Yuan Rong glanced at Yongcheng Daojun. How could the hidden fervor in the other man's eyes escape his notice?
But how could he not be tempted as well?
The Life-Restoring Fruit could extend one's lifespan by three thousand six hundred years. It was a legendary spiritual treasure. Even if he did not keep it for himself, he could trade it for rare spiritual treasures he needed.
"Fellow Daoist Yongcheng, we must not take this lightly. Although the two eighth-rank azure foxes guarding the forbidden ground are nothing to fear, do not forget that the Azure-faced Jade Fox Clan has four more eighth-rank azure foxes. Once we engage the two foxes in the forbidden ground, we will surely alert the other four eighth-rank demon beasts. The Azure-faced Jade Fox Clan's territory is less than thirty thousand li from the forbidden ground, and those four eighth-rank azure foxes will arrive quickly. By then, the two of us will be surrounded by six eighth-rank demon beasts."
Several azure foxes they had captured earlier had confessed that the two azure foxes guarding the forbidden ground had only recently advanced to the eighth rank, within the past one or two thousand years. Their strength was presumably not particularly great.
That was why Yuan Rong had said that the two eighth-rank azure foxes in the forbidden ground were nothing to fear. Of the four eighth-rank experts at the Azure-faced Jade Fox Clan's territory, three possessed late eighth-rank cultivation. Moreover, the Azure-faced Jade Fox Clan carried the bloodline of divine beasts, so their strength was certainly formidable. If they were truly besieged by six eighth-rank azure foxes, Yuan Rong and Yongcheng Daojun would be in grave danger.
"This must be settled swiftly. We take the items and leave. We absolutely cannot let the two eighth-rank azure foxes