In the face of Hu Hong's desperate pleas, Lin Xuan didn't think she was lying—but he only believed the first half of her story. He couldn't trust that she would obediently return to him after going back to report what had happened.
The Demon Fox Race was known for its cunning. It wasn't that they were inherently untrustworthy, but they offered no such courtesy to most other races. After all, nearly every other race wanted to capture them. If they were to naively obey an outsider, they would just be asking for trouble.
Likewise, if Lin Xuan actually let her go, she would almost certainly never return. It wasn't that she lacked integrity, but that she believed humans were untrustworthy. 'They've captured so many of my people, why should I choose to trust one of them now?'
After a moment of contemplation, Lin Xuan asked, "How strong is the most powerful cultivator in the Minotaur Race?"
