Chapter 684: Searching for the Jiao
Qin Sang stepped out of the cave dwelling and found the five others gathered in the outer hall, speaking in hushed tones.
"Always leave one person on watch outside. Pay close attention to any movement from demonic beasts in the trench. The rest of you should stay inside unless necessary. You chose well. This location is excellent. Even if unrest breaks out in the trench, we can detect it immediately and escape in time..."
Qin Sang laid out detailed instructions. At the same time, he secretly stationed one of his flying yaksha outside as an unseen guard.
The elderly couple exchanged glances. After a moment of thought, they said, "Reporting to Daoist Master, the few of us discussed this just now and believe last night’s disturbance was likely just a coincidence. Even if there truly are royal-blooded demonic beasts as the legends say, they should remain deep within the trench. It’s unlikely they’d appear in such a remote area. In fact, we once hunted a peak Demonic Spirit Realm fish demon nearby, and nothing strange happened afterward."
Qin Sang’s tone sank slightly. "Better safe than sorry. I don’t need to teach you that principle. I paid a hefty price to hire you for one thing: to search for Jiao. I have no intention of losing my life over a single Jiao spirit. Just follow my orders and do your jobs properly. We’ll stay in the cave dwelling and cultivate quietly for a month. Once we’re certain nothing is amiss, we’ll go out and hunt again."
The elderly couple’s hearts tightened. They responded in unison, "Understood."
Qin Sang nodded and was about to return to his cave when he suddenly turned back. "By the way, do any of you have demonic beast inner cores?"
These five had hunted in the Demonic Sea for decades and were far from weak. It wouldn’t be surprising if they had collected some inner cores.
Qin Sang planned to test whether the fat silkworm was only interested in poison cores, or if other types of inner cores would also work.
"Demonic beast inner cores?"
The five glanced at one another. The man in gray gave a flicker of expression and hesitated slightly.
Seeing this, Qin Sang immediately understood their concern and said coldly, "Even if you take the inner cores back, you’d still need to spend a fortune in spirit stones to hire a skilled alchemist to refine them into Malevolent Demonic Pills. I can trade with you directly using top-grade artifacts or finished pills. I don’t have any Malevolent Demonic Pills on hand right now, but I can promise this, if your core is what I’m looking for, I’ll have the merchant guild exchange it for a high-quality pill the moment we return."