He Qing spoke in a flat tone, "An artifact that can prolong life by thirty years, a pill, is roughly equivalent to a middle-to-high-grade Dharma artifact refined around the sixtieth layer, and it's quite expensive. Items of this caliber are not few in private hands within the sect, but those that can be produced at a moment's notice are scarce. What's more, not everyone is like you and Senior Brother Xie, placing such high value on life and death."
Without needing to conceal it, Yu Ci already wore a bitter expression on his face. He thought of the "former Five Manifestations Yin Demon Barrier" he had just tucked into his storage ring, further confirming that he must never let Gan Shizhen know about this matter—he had to hide it for as long as he could.
Every nuance of expression on his face fell into He Qing's eyes, and the female cultivator asked, "What do you plan to do?"
Yu Ci answered honestly, "This disciple is temporarily at a loss for strategies either. Originally, my plan was to catch another top-grade fish-dragon in the Sky Rift Valley, but with one trip there and back now, there is very little time left..."
At this point, a thought suddenly crossed his mind, and his focus drifted.
He Qing was also silent, then suddenly tapped the stone table. At the sound of the muffled thud, a long shadow suddenly flew out and undulated forward through the dark night.
Yu Ci turned his head, a ripple stirring in his heart. The creature flying toward them was He Qing's fish-dragon, which could be confirmed as the highest-quality specimen Yu Ci had ever laid eyes on. Following the train of thought from moments before, Yu Ci's gaze toward this fish-dragon grew intensely fervent. At that moment, he