Chapter 871 - What Do You Know about Them? (1/2)

Ma Zhi Wu sighed and folded the letter back together, putting it into the envelope again and then hiding it in his clothes. He could imagine that the Chun Feng Sect would love to take it from him but there was no way he would hand over the only thing he had from Nian Hong Fang. They really couldn't expect that of him. It was more than enough that he was helping them.

He took a deep breath and then leaned back. ”So you wanted to know about that array, the Grandmaster's disciple and the golden-haired person, didn't you?”

Xian Xun nodded his head. ”Yes. Let's start with the two people. What can you tell us about them?”

”I'm not sure if there is a lot that you don't know about yet. The Grandmaster's disciple was taken in about ten years ago. He didn't have any relations to anyone for the first five years and only appeared in front of others at the Gathering of Practitioners.

”Most people thought that that was only true for outsiders but actually, he also didn't have any contact with the people in the sect. Everyone was surprised at his appearance. In fact, I think that even the Sect Master didn't know about him before the Gathering.”

Xian Xun and his disciple raised their brows and exchanged a glance. They hadn't known that this was the case but it was very much in line with the behavior of a demon. It was easy for them to worm their way into the good graces of one person. After all, they had a natural talent for that. It was more difficult to do so with a group of people and especially so if the group was as big as a whole sect. If they tried to, it was much more likely for somebody to pick up on the fact that they weren't human.

Thus the demons would often start by enticing one person — preferably somebody who had some difficulties and would be susceptible to their charm — and then slowly learn from them what they could and couldn't do in front of this person.

When they were comfortable enough with that, they would broaden their scope of action and approach others as well, finally leaving the person they had originally used for a more useful target.

It was a little strange that the person this particular demon had chosen was the Grandmaster of all people but then again, the Grandmaster had probably been searching for a disciple for a long time but hadn't been able to be satisfied with anybody because of his high standards. And as shameful as it was, they couldn't deny that the demons did have a lot of talent in regards to cultivation.

So maybe this demon had been able to get close to the Grandmaster based on that and had somehow managed to cover up his origin. Maybe he also wasn't a full-blooded demon. This type often was able to fool anybody who wasn't a demon hunter.

Thinking of these possibilities, Xian Xun's brows furrowed together tightly. This wasn't nearly enough information to make sure they could win but it was a good place to start their further investigation. ”What else?”

”I don't think there's anything I can tell you about the time after that. He left the sect for a while as far as I'm aware, traveling through the world with his beloved. They then came back shortly to go on some mission and were finally caught up in that accident in the Leyuan region as soon as they were called back.”

Xian Xun nodded, feeling that things were starting to make sense. That accident … Maybe it hadn't been an accident at all. Maybe it had actually happened because of the machinations of one of these demons. It wasn't impossible.