Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 322 - 308 Seeking Cooperation
The Flame Rhino Beast King spoke in human tongue, and from the level of proficiency, the two words it uttered seemed very awkward, clearly indicating it seldom spoke the language.
Qin Qing retracted the long spear in his hand and watched the Flame Rhino Beast with great interest.
"Human, let us stop here. How about it?" The Flame Rhino Beast no longer had anger in its eyes, perhaps because it had realized that it could not possibly harm Qin Qing.
Moreover, it was now at the critical moment of Nascent Soul Formation.
If it were to capsize in the gutter and fall into the hands of this human, it would truly be a loss not worth the gain.
Thus, the Flame Rhino Beast took the initiative to speak, wishing to reconcile with Qin Qing on the spot.
Qin Qing was slightly taken aback, as he hadn’t expected the Flame Rhino Beast King to propose a truce.
"Human... I can tell you a secret. I know you must want to enter Heifeng Valley to explore the so-called forbidden ground of life. If you stop now... I will tell you this secret, it will definitely be of help to you!"
Seeing Qin Qing hesitate, the Flame Rhino Beast King thought he was unwilling to stop and spoke again.
"Oh?" Qin Qing seemed to be intrigued.
"You know I want to enter Heifeng Valley?" Qin Qing asked.
"Of course... During this time, many humans have entered Tianjue Forest, all wanting to venture into Heifeng Valley," said the Flame Rhino Beast.
It seemed that after speaking a few sentences in human tongue with Qin Qing, the words it spoke afterward became more fluent.
After all, it was a Golden Core Realm Perfection level ferocious beast, which had fully awakened its spiritual intelligence and was only one step away from Nascent Soul Formation.
Ferocious beasts undergoing Nascent Soul Formation inherently possessed wisdom not much different from that of humans.
Back when Qin Qing encountered the Thunderous Black Wolf and the Ice Flood Dragon in the Wind Spirit Valley Secret Realm, those were Nascent Soul Realm Ancestral Beasts, and they spoke human language just like humans.
"Speak then! Let’s stop here!" Qin Qing said.
"Add one more condition. You must not harm my subjects..." the Flame Rhino Beast King added.
"Your subjects?" Qin Qing raised his eyebrows and chuckled, then quickly nodded, "Fine, I won’t harm your subjects anymore. Now can you tell me what exactly the secret is?"
"My secret is... inside Heifeng Valley, there is a Tree of Life, and the Fruit of Life on it will ripen within three days..." the Flame Rhino Beast King said to Qin Qing.
"That’s the secret you’re talking about?" Qin Qing frowned, "What you’re saying doesn’t quite count as a secret, right? I already knew that."
Despite what Qin Qing said, that wasn’t actually the case.
He knew about the existence of a Tree of Life inside Heifeng Valley that bore the Fruit of Life, but he didn’t know that it would ripen within three days.
However—
Upon reflection.
Since Qin Sheng had scheduled the spring hunt for this day with plans to enter Heifeng Valley the next day.
It’s likely he, too, anticipated the Fruit of Life would ripen in these few days.
"I haven’t finished speaking..." the Flame Rhino Beast King said in a muffled tone, "I’m not yet fluent in your human language, don’t rush me..."
"It’s ’impatient’!" Qin Qing corrected.
"Don’t be impatient..." the Flame Rhino Beast King glanced at Qin Qing and continued, "What I mean to say is, the Fruit of Life must be picked at the exact moment it ripens to have the effect of bringing back the dead and eliminating all poisons. If picked before it ripens, it becomes a deadly poison that will instantly devour all vitality. Anyone who comes near it will probably be killed instantly by the toxin!"
"Oh?" Qin Qing was slightly startled, as he truly didn’t know about this.
He also wondered whether Qin Sheng and the others were aware of it.
"How do you know all this?" Qin Qing glared at the Flame Rhino Beast King.
"Because... I have seen it before!" the Flame Rhino Beast said, "The Fruit of Life blooms every five hundred years, and it takes five hundred years to bear fruit, and another five hundred to ripen. The last time I saw it was three thousand years ago..."
Qin Qing was somewhat surprised.
This Flame Rhino Beast King had actually lived for three thousand years.
But on second thought, it made sense.
The lifespan of such ferocious beasts was naturally much longer than that of humans.
A human Golden Core Realm Martial Dao Master could live nearly a thousand years, and some Golden Core True Persons could live over a thousand years.
"Good. Your secret isn’t bad and will be of some use to me," Qin Qing said, looking at the Flame Rhino Beast King and waving his hand, "Since that’s the case, you may go. I won’t harm any other Flame Rhino Beasts either."
The Flame Rhino Beast King looked at Qin Qing as if it had something more to say.
After hesitating for a while, it spoke up, "Human, I see you’re different from ordinary people. You give me a better impression than the humans I’ve met in the past... I can tell you another secret. But, you need to do something for me."
"Oh?" Qin Qing didn’t expect that the Flame Rhino Beast King actually wanted to make a deal with him.
"What do you want me to do?" Qin Qing asked.
"I hope you can join forces with me to kill an enemy of mine," the Flame Rhino Beast said.
"Let’s hear it. What is your enemy, what realm of strength do they possess, and what secret can you tell me?" Qin Qing, holding the Azure Dragon Spear, moved to the side and leaned against a broken tree trunk, looking at the Flame Rhino Beast King and asking.
"My enemy is a Thunder God Eagle."
Upon hearing this, Qin Qing nearly choked on his breath.
"Thunder God Eagle?"
"If I’m not mistaken, a Thunder God Eagle is typically of the Nascent Soul Realm, with an even greater chance of breaking through to the Divinity Transformation Realm..."
It is precisely because the Thunder God Eagle can break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm that it is also known as the God Eagle.
