Feng Wuji swept his gaze over the members of the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect, lingering briefly on Lu Zhen. "Three thousand li ahead, we discovered a deathtrap.
"A monstrously huge beast has made its lair there. We suspect... it's guarding a Longevity-Extending Immortal Medicine."
"A Longevity-Extending Immortal Medicine!"
Pavilion Master Chu, Elder Mo, and the others were all startled. Even Lu Zhen's eyes lit up.
Their greatest goal in entering the Canghua Secret Realm was precisely a Longevity-Extending Immortal Medicine!
"What makes you think so?" Elder Mo could not help asking.
Hua Nongying giggled, twirling a lock of dark hair that hung over her chest. "Elder Mo, surely your Supreme Unity Mystic Sect knows the rules of this Canghua Secret Realm?
"Different areas within this secret realm nurture different grades of spirit medicine, and the grade of the medicine is firmly tied to the strength of the great beast guarding it."
"Ordinary rare treasures are guarded by ordinary fourth realm beasts," Feng Wuji continued, his tone turning serious. "But Longevity-Extending Immortal Medicines are different.
"Those beasts spend year after year beside the immortal medicines, occasionally consuming some of the medicinal energy they release.
"Beasts already live far longer than we humans do. With immortal medicine nourishing them, who knows how many tens of thousands of years they've lived?"
"The longer they live, the more terrifying their reserves become."
Deep wariness flashed through Feng Wuji's eyes. "That beast's body is practically a sprawling mountain range.
"Although its cultivation is still suppressed to the fourth realm, after so many years of daily nourishment from origin energy and immortal medicine, its body and combat strength have reached an utterly terrifying level.
"Among fourth realm beasts, it's absolutely a heaven-defying monster."
"The seven of us aren't confident we can take it down." Hua Nongying's