But halfway through, his tone shifted as he continued:
"However... the matter of the Fire Dragon Red Fruit is of great importance after all. Why not follow Fellow Daoist Kong's suggestion and adopt a compromise? Let them travel with us for now."
"Once the matter of the Fire Dragon Red Fruit is settled, whatever they wish to do afterward will be up to them."
"Martial sister Jiang, what do you think... of this proposal?"
Having said that, Yan Dongsheng looked at Jiang Xueyan with a smiling gaze.
Even as he displayed his sincerity, he tossed the difficult question to Jiang Xueyan and the others.
"A compromise? Traveling together for now? This..."
Jiang Xueyan turned to look at Su Shi'er, immediately casting him an inquiring glance.
"Brother Su, what do you think...?"
Her attitude toward Yan Dongsheng's proposal had clearly softened somewhat.
Falling out completely with Yan Dongsheng and the others was not the outcome she wanted either.
The Fire Dragon Red Fruit appeared only once in a thousand years. If it could be obtained, consumed, and refined successfully, the improvement to one's cultivation would be astonishing.
A single Fire Dragon Red Fruit could equal the bitter cultivation of a Golden Core stage or even Nascent Soul Stage cultivator for two sixty-year cycles.
Such a treasure was desired not only by Golden Core stage cultivators like them, but even Nascent Soul Stage titans.
She had also paid no small price for this Fire Dragon Red Fruit, and from the bottom of her heart, she did not wish to miss this chance.
The corners of Su Shi'er's lips rose slightly. His gaze settled on Jiang Xueyan as he calmly nodded. "The purpose of our journey indeed was not the Fire Dragon Red Fruit."
"As for this fellow Daoist's proposal, it sounds reasonable