The three people from the agency stood before the fox, becoming the true meaning of “The Three Little Ones,” like a few travelers about to climb a mountain.
Standing before the fox, the Agency's trio truly became "three little ones," like travelers about to climb a mountain.
The three circled it in wonder before Yue Wen suddenly said, "Wait, where's the treasure?"
This final burial chamber contained nothing but the mountain-sized demon corpse.
Never mind burial goods-there was not even a coffin, entirely in keeping with monsters' casual attitude toward death.
"A fox demon corpse this big could very well belong to that Fox Demon Lady," Qi Dian said. "Didn't they say she once shed her demon body? This could be the demon beast body she shed. Since she didn't really die, of course she'd keep her treasures for herself rather than leave anything too valuable here as burial goods, right?"
There was a trace of regret in his voice.
They weren’t really Demonic Cultivators. Taking this intact Dao Realm corpse home would be no use to them.
They were not actually demonic cultivators. Taking an intact Dao Realm corpse home would do them no good.
"It makes sense for Fan Baimo to consider this demon corpse a treasure. If demonic cultivators got their hands on such a powerful monster's corpse, they could refine an incredibly powerful corpse puppet. But this corpse wouldn't be much use to the Hu Family, would it? Why go to all the trouble of hiring a group specifically to carry it away?" Yue Wen mused.
"Maybe the Hu Family wanted this monster's body for scientific research?" Zhao Xing'er guessed. "Weren't they conducting those evil experiments before?"
"After what happened last time, even if the Hu Family wanted to keep doing those experiments, they'd have to