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Chapter 2319 The Tauren Clan's Winning Strategies
As soon as the Star-Burning Venerable uttered his words, not only were the five cultivators stunned, but even the Venerable Star-Burning Venerable himself was stunned.

After a long silence, True Venerable Hanli shook his head and sighed, "What did I say? It's true what they say: those who are not of our kind are bound to have different hearts!"

"Pretending to be ignorant when you know the truth," even the Golden Immortal slowly opened his eyes. "So you know everything!"

There are many examples of Star Eaters cooperating with humans, but very few have been able to form a fixed partnership with humans.

There are many theories about the reasons, but the mainstream understanding among cultivators is that the Star Eater is afraid of being enslaved by cultivators!
This concern is actually somewhat justified, because among human cultivators, beast taming is not only one of the many arts of cultivation, but also a major category.

The appearance of the Star Tapir can basically be classified as that of a beast—even the Asuras look more like humans than they do!
In this situation, is it strange that some cultivators would want to tame the Star Eater?

However, the Star Tapirs don't think so. They believe that everyone is a civilized species, with similar levels of civilization, and that they are all equally capable.

It's not impossible for them to want to be equal partners, or even have higher priority.

After all, Star Tapirs have virtually no bottlenecks from birth to the Golden Core stage, and their bloodline advantage is very obvious when their cultivation level is relatively low.

Since the two groups have different perceptions, cooperation is not a problem, but long-term cooperation is difficult.

Even if both parties agree to establish a long-term partnership with the Star Tapir, the Star Tapir will not accept it.

The fact that the Star Eater Venerable has now proposed allowing the human race to take away ten Nascent Soul cultivators shows that he knows more than just a little about cultivators.

Even the Golden Immortal couldn't hold back any longer. You can pretend to be crazy and stupid, but now you have the nerve to expose yourself?
“I have no other choice,” the Out-of-Body Star Tapir replied calmly. “The entire race is searching for hope, and I can’t just let it go.”

"As for whether my decision is right or wrong, I believe the answer is not far off."

"Ten Nascent Soul Star Beasts..." For once, even True Venerable Han Li was somewhat tempted.

For him, forcibly capturing ten Nascent Soul Star Tapirs was no big deal, but ten that were willing to give up were quite rare.

Putting aside other things, even just taking it back to Houdejie to show off would be a very prestigious thing.

However, he had a question: "This tapir... it seems a bit strange that tapirs can grow wings when they are young!"

"This is the true bloodline of my race!" the Star-Burning Venerable replied proudly. "In other worlds, survival is not easy for my race!"

It is proud of this; the tapirs of this world are the true descendants of the original tribe.

The tapirs who were stranded in other worlds underwent some changes in form for various reasons.

This is rather regrettable, but in its view, it is still one of the advantages of the tapir's bloodline.

When living in different regions, tapirs undergo moderate mutations in order to better adapt to their environment. Isn't that an advantage?

Upon hearing this, Qu Jianlei had a strange thought—such a confident race might also exist on Earth.

However, something still felt off. In his mind, the tapir tribe did not seem to be a group that liked to defecate anywhere.

Han Li Zhenzun turned to look at him, "Xiao Qu, what do you think?"

"What does the Nascent Soul of the Tapir Clan want?" Qu Jianlei shook his head dismissively.

Anyway, thinking of that strange race on Earth, he instantly felt that the tapir race had lost its appeal.

Then he pointed and said, "Instead of making us wait for news, why don't we take that vein... We can talk about cooperation later."

This is not robbery, but rather the price that the other party has to pay for begging us to wait a while.

Han Li Zhenzun gave him a strange look. "You actually approve of that cobbled-together garbage?"

Upon hearing this, Minning Zhenzun couldn't help but glance at Wenxian: So that mine... was modified?

Wenxian Zhenzun pretended not to see it, but in his heart he was thinking, "I didn't look closely, but Han Li is really amazing."

"Patched together?" Qu Jianlei frowned slightly, the sense of déjà vu becoming even stronger. "Then I have nothing to say."

“Then let’s each have a top-grade spirit stone,” Jin Ge Zhenxian said again, “I’ll wait for you for ten days.”

He was focused on expelling the aura from the spearhead, but he also noticed that Xiao Qu didn't seem very interested in the tapir tribe.

Anyway, he'll be busy for a few more days, and the others need to rest too. A top-grade spirit stone is better than nothing.

The Star-Burning Venerable hesitated for a moment, then stingily took out five top-grade spirit stones, glancing at Qu Jianlei, "These too?"

"What a joke!" True Venerable Han Li said seriously, "I wouldn't dare to provoke him, what do you think?"

"Understood!" The Star Eater Grandmaster nodded, seemingly understanding something, but his aura became noticeably more amiable.

Then it glanced longingly at the ground beneath it, "This mine of mine... you don't want it, right?"

"You've never seen anything good before!" Venerable Minning sneered. "Go now!"

The Star-Burning Venerable shuddered and vanished instantly.

But the next moment, it flashed back, bringing with it two Nascent Soul Tapirs, "greeting several distinguished guests!"

The introduction of family members has begun... Qu Jianlei thought to himself with a sense of dread.

But he didn't pay much attention to it, and instead looked down and played with the stone in his hand.

A top-grade spirit stone was sealed inside the rock; it was the first one he had come into contact with since he began cultivating immortality.

The seal was placed by the Star-Burning Great Venerable, which shows that the Burmese race's heritage is still quite impressive.

Han Li Zhenzun didn't care about Ji Ling. Instead, he looked at Qu Jianlei and asked, "Is that stone plate of yours sealed with a killing move?"

“Yes,” Qu Jianlei nodded slightly, “I have met the two Venerables, Min Ning and Jin Ge.”

The stone disc seals the Flawed One. Now that we've come to the world of cultivation, we can no longer use the technological method of sealing it.

Considering that he might need to use it while exploring other worlds, he specially sealed it during this period to avoid being easily recognized.

Han Li Zhenzun didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he looked at the spirit stone vein that Xingmo Dazun had pieced together and said, "Let me take a look."

The two Nascent Soul tapirs were clearly a little anxious, as the Great Venerable had instructed them to guard the mine before his departure.

But the people opposite them were not only distinguished guests, but also more than one great master, so the two of them could only watch longingly.

Han Li glanced at it a few times, then shook his head in disappointment. "It really is... sigh."

The five people gave the Star Eater Great Venerable ten days, and it returned on the eighth day.

Accompanying it were two Star Tapir Grandmasters, one of which was clearly larger, almost the same size as the one from the Forgotten Peninsula.

As soon as the Great Venerable appeared, he nodded slightly, "Rajan was right, he is indeed a human immortal venerable."

Another unfamiliar Great Being spoke up, "But the number of people seems a bit small."

The great being known as Rajan said, "I am young and ignorant, and I hope that the two great beings, Ratan and Raru, can make the decision."

The Grand Master nodded. "It's good to be cautious... Welcome, human friends from afar."

“There’s no need for your welcome,” said Minning Zhenzun without any politeness. “We can come and go as we please.”

"Cultivators are indeed as proud as ever," the unfamiliar Grand Venerable couldn't help but sigh.

"However, since you need the assistance of my Tapir clan..."

“No need,” Venerable Minning waved his hand, stating decisively, “I just want to gather some information.”

Jin Ge Zhenxian was completing the final cleansing and was feeling much more relaxed. Seeing this, he whispered something to Qu Jianlei.

"Isn't the Tapir race a little too self-important? Didn't they say they were fairly friendly with humans?"

"It's alright," Qu Jianlei smiled, his expectations for the Tapir tribe had been greatly reduced.

"That's how it is in another world. Being able to communicate normally is already considered good, let alone being able to cooperate to a certain extent."

We really can't expect too much from other races; those cute exotic pets can only appear in works of art.

After exchanging views for a while, the powerful figure named Ratan expressed his hope to establish a combat alliance with the cultivators.

Minning Zhenzun did not directly refuse, but he also did not respond, clearly showing no interest.

However, the other Raru seemed oblivious, continuing to emphasize the friendship between the two races.

Furthermore, it stated that the tapirs are quite powerful in combat, fearless in the face of death, and trustworthy fighting partners.

Logically speaking, True Venerable Han Li should be the de facto leader of the team, but he has no interest in communicating with the other party.

Instead, he pulled Qu Jianlei aside and asked, "You've had contact with the Tapir Clan before, how would you assess their combat strength?"

The four characters "Mozu Yingxue" flashed through Qu Jianlei's mind.

"This fearlessness... we'll see in battle, but that doesn't seem to be our purpose here, does it?"

Although Venerable Minning was talking to the other party, he also heard their conversation.

So he casually remarked, "We're not particularly interested in the alliance; we're here to look for opportunities."

"If you can provide suitable intelligence and gain our approval, we will help you hunt down the designated Zerg Grandmaster."

There's no fear of seeking opportunities; the Tapir clan has already obtained all the opportunities they could.

Offering those opportunities that they cannot obtain to cultivators for a fee is not an unreasonable request, is it?

However, Rajan's first reaction was, "Ah, only hunting Zerg Grandmasters?"

Besides the insectoid race, the tapir race also has enemies like the tree race!

The five exchanged glances, as if to say, "So you guys... think we're professional thugs?"
Finally, Venerable Minning calmly replied, "Great Venerable of the Tree Clan, we have already killed quite a few."

He also took out a small ball of light and tossed it in his hand; inside was the sealed-off locust that had left its body.

"Helping you is not out of the question, as long as you can provide enough information about opportunities."

The three Star-Burning Great Venerables stared blankly at the flying locust for a while: They just captured one of their out-of-body forms and imprisoned it?

After a while, they came to their senses, and then Ratan said: We need to discuss this matter.

The alien race's supreme beings went to a meeting to discuss matters, and True Venerable Hanli asked Qu Jianlei again, "Do you think the information they provide... is credible?"

Qu Jianlei glanced at him and said, "Great Venerable One, why do you... always ask me these strange questions?"

Han Li Zhenzun looked at him and said meaningfully, "I have a feeling that you should be more familiar with them."

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