Mo Wuyang voiced his displeasure. "When have I ever stopped looking for the Fire-Tailed Fox for you?
"Although it's only a first-level demon beast, it's wary by nature and fast, too. Finding it isn't easy. You need to be patient."
Chen Shi'an curled his lip. "You're a great demon, a Heaven-Swallowing Beast, yet you need this many excuses to find a single first-level demon beast?
"Among the demon beasts I've killed these past few days, plenty were wary by nature and fast, and their levels and combat strength were higher than the Fire-Tailed Fox's. Didn't you find them all just the same?"
Mo Wuyang chuckled. "Those demon beasts stumbled into us on their own. I didn't deliberately look for them."
Chen Shi'an rolled his eyes. "Enough is enough, Mo Wuyang. You've eaten no fewer than twenty demon beasts these past few days. It's time to find the Fire-Tailed Fox.
"Once I kill it, I need to go to Flowing Stone Stronghold. Gu Xiaotian and Gu Qingyao are still waiting for me."
Mo Wuyang blinked. "Has your cultivation broken through?"
Chen Shi'an shook his head. "Just a little short."
Over the past few days, Chen Shi'an had fulfilled his promise to Mo Wuyang, hunting demon beasts throughout the Desolate Ruins.
He took the demon cores, while Mo Wuyang ate the meat.
Chen Shi'an simply put away some of the first-level demon cores, intending to exchange them for Marrow-Washing Pills at the Four Seas Trading Company once he returned to Windrise Stronghold.
He gave the second- and third-level demon cores to the Saintly Dao Stele to absorb and refine.
Previously, the Saintly Dao Stele had sucked away even the mind power in Chen Shi'an's mind without leaving a drop. As its repairs progressed, it had now stopped absorbing his mind power.
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