6: The information deliberately revealed in Chapter 6

Wu Li did not answer; he only tilted his head, his playful gaze falling upon the Old Fox Demon.

"You..."

The Old Fox Demon felt completely uneasy under his gaze and took a deep breath, saying,

"Old thing, we are neighbors after all. You and I both know what kind of temperament the Old Vulture Demon has. He can spare you for seven days today, but do you really think he will let you go after seven days?"

The Old Fox Demon's voice was very low, carrying a hint of persuasion.

"How about... we make a deal? You give me that thing, and I will take the fall for this matter. As for the Old Vulture Demon, I have my own ways to handle him."

Wu Li finally reacted and understood the Old Fox Demon's intention, which made him even more certain of his feasible plan. He then followed the Old Fox Demon's words and said,

"You take the fall? What are you going to use to take the fall?"

"Are you going to use that path you take to deliver Vermilion Fruit to Hanshui Ridge to take the fall?"

The Old Fox Demon's expression changed instantly. Its triangular eyes widened sharply, and its pupils constricted into slits.

"What are you trying to say?"

Wu Li flapped his wings twice and flew toward the Old Fox Demon. "You want to find a new mountain... You have a lot of nerve, too."

The Old Fox Demon's face darkened completely. It stared at Wu Li, and the peace in its triangular eyes gradually faded, replaced by the anger and embarrassment of being exposed.

"Whoosh!"

At close range.

The Old Fox Demon suddenly erupted. Its thin body arched slightly like a fully drawn bow, and it lunged forward two steps.

The speed was astonishing. Its gray-white figure left a blurred trail in the twilight, and its sharp fox claws reached straight for Wu Li's face.

This strike carried the full Demon Power of a Tier 1 Demonic Beast, its claw tips shimmering with a cold light, enough to tear through the fur of an ordinary Yao Beast.

A flash of red light appeared in Wu Li's pupils.

He did not retreat.

"Whoosh!"

Wu Li spread his wings wide and flapped them with all his might!

A gust of wind rose from the ground, carrying dead leaves and sand, and slammed into the Old Fox Demon like an invisible wall.

"Bang!"

The Old Fox Demon was knocked back. Before its claw could touch Wu Li's feathers, it was forced back two steps by the wind, its claws carving two shallow marks into the ground.

"Flap, flap!"

Wu Li took the opportunity to flap his wings, his black figure rising from the ground and landing steadily on a higher dead branch behind him.

He looked down at the Old Fox Demon from above and tilted his head.

"Old Fox, don't waste your energy."

His hoarse voice was unhurried, carrying a calmness that made one's teeth itch.

"You and I are both First Stage Early Stage."

"But I have just had a Breakthrough, and my Qi and blood are at their peak."

"And you..."

Wu Li paused, his scarlet pupils flashing in the twilight.

"You are already old and decrepit, your bones are practically brittle. What do you have to fight me with?"

The Old Fox Demon stood in place, its chest heaving violently.

Its claws were still trembling slightly, not because of the strength of that flap, but because it realized it was truly old.

It had used all its strength in that strike just now.

But that old crow had neutralized it effortlessly with just a single flap of its wings. Its breathing quickened, and its gray-white fur was disheveled in the wind.

"Heh, what use is that? Given the Old Vulture Demon's personality, you are dead regardless of whether you hand over the item in seven days."

To this, Wu Li responded coldly.

"Rest assured, as long as I have enough sincerity, with the Ape... *cough cough*..."

"Anyway, I will definitely survive. Once you die, I will use the life essence of your descendants in the Thousand Fox Den to compensate myself. I won't lose anything at all."

"Caw caw caw~~"

After saying this.

Wu Li flapped his wings and flew away quickly.

The Old Fox Demon stared fixedly at the direction where Wu Li had disappeared.

In those triangular eyes, the anger and embarrassment were quickly receding, revealing the cold and shrewd calculation beneath.

Although it had been completely suppressed by that old crow during the confrontation just now, it had not gained nothing.

"Ape..."

The Old Fox Demon muttered to itself, its small eyes darting around.

Wu Li's tone had shifted extremely quickly, so fast that it was almost glossed over, but a fox's ears are naturally designed to catch such details.

Within a hundred miles, there was only one place with the word "Ape": the White Ape Cave, fifty miles east of Desolate Ridge.

A First Stage Mid-level White Ape Demon resided there. This Ape Demon was near the outer perimeter of Wanhui Mountain and did not belong to the Three Great Demon Generals. He possessed immense strength and thick skin, making him a notable figure in the eastern part of Wanhui Mountain.

"Could it be... related to that Ape Demon?"

The Old Fox Demon's mind raced.

Wu Li said there was a treasure, and the Vulture Demon believed it, sparing him for seven days.

If that treasure was not at Desolate Ridge, then the most likely place was the White Ape Cave.

Seven days...

Could it be that the item only matures after seven days?

The Old Fox Demon's eyes grew brighter and brighter. If that was the case, then there was an opportunity to exploit.

"Wouldn't this be the opportunity? What if I could intercept it beforehand?"

Thinking of this...

The Old Fox Demon took one last look at the direction where Wu Li had disappeared, turned around, and limped into the bushes.

The gray-white figure quickly vanished into the twilight, like a drop of water merging into the sea.

Desolate Ridge returned to deathly silence.

The twilight deepened, and the last trace of blood-red color on the horizon was swallowed by the darkness.

Not long after the Old Fox Demon left.

At the top of the tallest dead tree on Desolate Ridge, a black figure slid silently out of the shadows. Wu Li crouched at the treetop, his bean-sized black pupils staring fixedly at the direction the Old Fox Demon had left in.

He hadn't flown far at all just now.

He had only used the sound of his wings flapping and the cover of twilight to circle around and land on this tallest dead tree.

From his high vantage point, he had a clear view.

Every move the Old Fox Demon made was under his watchful eyes.

He saw the Old Fox Demon standing in place for a long time, saw its eyes darting around, and saw the smile of self-perceived cleverness on the corner of its mouth.

"Caw caw caw~~"

Wu Li let out a low, hoarse laugh.

It was no surprise.

This was something Wu Li had deliberately let slip.

According to the divination text, entering later can be a small fortune...

Since that was the case.

For this misfortune, he would let the Old Fox Demon take the hit for him. If it survived, Wu Li would finish it off after he obtained the fleeceflower root. If it died, that would be even better; without any effort, all the good things in the Thousand Fox Den would belong to him.

After waiting for a while, Wu Li calculated the time.

"It's about time."

According to the guidance of the divination, the one guarding the fleeceflower root was an Ape Demon. Ape Demons have personalities similar to humans and also sleep after nightfall. Wu Li knew this, and the Old Fox Demon surely knew it too.

At this moment.

Wu Li spread his wings and leaped silently into the night sky.

The Demon Power of a Tier 1 Demonic Beast circulated within his body, and every flap of his wings was steady and powerful.

He flew close to the treetops, his black figure blending into the black sky; even nocturnal Yao Beasts would find it difficult to notice a pitch-black crow passing overhead.

Desolate Ridge grew further and further away, with the primeval forest rolling beneath him.