Chapter 335
"BOOM!!!"
A tremendous boom suddenly erupted on a densely wooded hillside some hundred feet away.
The mountain shook, beasts howled, and flocks of birds scattered into the sky.
Even at this distance, the tremors were unmistakable.
Lu Mingyang and the other three elders instantly tensed, while all ten disciples went on full alert.
Their mounts startled, growing restless and agitated.
"A high-tier Profound Demon? Or a spirit demon?"
Li Miaoyuan fixed her eyes on that direction, her right hand already instinctively resting on the sword hilt at her waist.
Lu Mingyang quietly gripped his weapon as well, though his expression remained calm and his tone relaxed. "A pity we have to protect these disciples. Otherwise, the two of us could join forces to take down a spirit demon and make a tidy fortune."
Li Miaoyuan did not respond.
Everyone around them could vaguely sense that Lu Mingyang's calm composure was, to some extent, a brave front.
After all, if even he and Li Miaoyuan could not remain steady, everyone else would surely panic.
Once people lost their nerve, the group would become difficult to lead.
"Every part of a spirit demon is a treasure, worth a king's ransom. Capturing one would yield far more value than a spirit herb of the same tier, perhaps even as much as a spirit pill."
Gu Fei's Lineage had traded for generations. Having grown up steeped in that environment, he was particularly sensitive to matters of profit—and treated them with due caution. "But great demons of the Spirit Realm are immensely powerful. With their naturally formidable physiques and racial gifts, they can almost always crush human Martial Artists of the same realm in actual combat."
"For that very reason, capturing a Spirit Realm great demon is extremely difficult and dangerous. Unless a