Yingxing instinctively lowered the hand holding his Jade Abacus and stared blankly at the man and dragon before him as they dropped one revelation after another.
The High Elder had shed his usual arrogance and begun discussing the past with Xianyu in a deeply wistful tone Yingxing had never heard from him before:
"Back then, the Vidyadhara could not control the power of our dragon ancestor, and the boiling sea grew ever more dangerous..."
Dan Feng had already noticed Yingxing's bewildered, uncertain gaze.
He simply had no time to spare for his friend.
Besides stalling Xianyu, Dan Feng had other objectives this time.
Xianyu had seen through Dan Feng's plans the moment they met.
But seeing through them was one thing; saying them aloud was another.
If Dan Feng's idea succeeded, he could use a method internal to the Vidyadhara to extend his friend's lifespan while also increasing the Vidyadhara population.
Then neither the Xianzhou, which shunned "immortality" and fought abominations, nor the Dragon Preceptors at odds with Dan Feng could find any fault with it.
However, the box Yingxing had brought back from the battlefield had immediately changed the nature of the matter.
Dan Feng suspected that it almost certainly contained the target of this campaign-Shuhu.
What besides an Emanator of Abundance could survive neutron radiation?
That conclusion had made him break out in a cold sweat.
He and Yingxing had inadvertently brought an Emanator of Abundance into the Luofu! Into Scalegorge Waterscape!
A few steps farther in... and they would reach the "Abundance Emanator Disaster" sealed by Imbibitor Lunae!
If Shuhu came into contact with the Ambrosial Arbor...
Dan Feng forced himself to rein in his thoughts.
With Xianyu here, Shuhu would certainly cause no further trouble.
This matter could be serious or trivial, depending entirely on Xianyu's