"Excellent! Zhen has no objections! What do the fellow Daoists think?" Zhen Ye was the first to agree.
Once everyone had voiced their approval, Xiang Min smiled again. "Since we are so fated to cross paths, why not divide both the Thunder Beast's Inner Core and the Fire Ape's Inner Core into seven portions, one for each of us?"
Zhang Chengguang and Sun Shangkong naturally agreed, while the other cultivators looked toward Zhen Ye.
Zhen Ye smiled. "Our Thunder Beast Inner Core is meant for refining pills. If Fellow Daoist Xiang does not disdain Zhen's pill-refining methods, you may entrust the matter to Zhen and take the pills afterward. Otherwise, take your own portion of the Inner Core away."
"Hehe, there is no need to trouble Fellow Daoist Zhen. This poor Daoist will simply take the original Inner Core," Xiang Min said with a smile. "And as for the Fire Ape's Inner Core, what this poor Daoist can offer you will likewise be the original Inner Core."
"Mhm! That is very good!" Zhen Ye nodded, then added, "However, the two beasts' Inner Cores cannot merely be divided into seven portions. They must... be divided into eight!"
"Hm? Why is that?" Xiang Min glanced at the Golden Core cultivator beside Zhen Ye and asked in puzzlement.
"This is how it is." Zhen Ye smiled. "This poor Daoist cannot lure the Thunder Beast here himself. Instead, one of this poor Daoist's junior disciples has a means of drawing the Fire Ape over. Fellow Daoist Xiang has met this junior disciple as well."
As he spoke, Zhen Ye pointed at Xiao Hua. "This is Xiao Hua, a Myriad Thunder Valley disciple of my Zhen Thunder Palace. He possesses a magic artifact capable of luring the Fire Ape here. However, he is not Zhen's