"Fellow Daoist!"
"Fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist!"
"Stop!"
"We can talk this over!"
Seeing He Pingsheng take out another Thunder-Splinter Talisman, the grievously wounded giant flood dragon in the water immediately spoke.
What astonished He Pingsheng was that this fellow could actually speak human language.
"You can talk?"
He Pingsheng held the talisman between his fingers. Though he had not activated it, he dared not let his guard down.
He extended his divine sense, keeping it locked onto the giant flood dragon at all times.
The moment it made any suspicious move, he would activate the Third-Grade Talisman.
If it proved amenable to reason, he could save this third-grade talisman.
"Yes!" the giant flood dragon said. "You may not know this, fellow Daoist, but we demon beasts develop intelligence after embarking on the path of cultivation. At the Qi Refining Stage, we can understand human speech. At the Foundation Establishment Realm, we can communicate with human cultivators through divine sense. Once we reach the Golden Core Stage, we can speak human language!"
"After reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, some demon beasts can take human form!"
This truly touched on a gap in He Pingsheng's knowledge. He had genuinely not known that.
"You are powerful, fellow Daoist-the strongest Foundation Establishment cultivator I have ever seen!" the giant flood dragon continued. "How about this? Since you want these fruits, let us divide the three between us!"
"You take two and leave one for me. What do you say?"
"To tell you the truth, fellow Daoist," the giant flood dragon said, "I am comprehending a Thunder Dao Divine Ability, and I need this essence-splitting lightning fruit to complete the final transformation!"
"Please grant me this favor!"
He Pingsheng smiled. "That works for me!"
Naturally, nothing could be better than obtaining what he