Chapter 346 - Half an Invader (2/2)

“What is this?” Shen Ying raised the purple gaseous mass and looked at him. “And what are you?”

His eyes widened. An undecipherable emotion flashed across his face as he replied, “This purple gaseous mass is my Dharma treasure. I can only cultivate as both an immortal and a demon if I have it. I just want what belongs to me.”

“Oh, I see!” Shen Ying kept the purple gaseous mass and placed her fist under her chin. She narrowed her eyes as she studied him closely. After a few seconds, she asked, “Let me ask you something else. What plane are you from?”

“…”

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Lonemoon and Yi Qing only took one day to rescue the remaining people from the sect. They did not meet with much resistance. In all honesty, they thought that the new Demon King was not doing a very good job. It was possible that he had not even considered repairing the demonic realm. Yet, Lonemoon and Yi Qing could not figure out exactly what he was aiming to do.

“Has he spoken yet?” Yi Qing turned to Lonemoon.

“He’s refusing to say anything.” Lonemoon shook his head and nudged the person next to him. “Shen Ying, are you sure the new Demon King is an invader?”

“I’m not.” Shen Ying shook her head.

Lonemoon’s expression darkened. “Then why did you send me to interrogate him?”

“His data is weird.” Shen Ying tilted her head. After a moment, she said, “Half and a half.”

“What do you mean?” What half-and-half?

“Half of his data is the same as the immortals on this world. The other half… is different.”

Was there such a thing? Lonemoon pursed his lips. “He’s not mixed, is he?” Maybe he’s the descendant of an invader.

“There isn’t such a thing in planes,” Shen Ying answered, breaking Lonemoon’s train of thought. “Each person can only belong to one plane.” Even Father Niu, who was now an assistant manager of this plane had changed the plane to which he belonged. One person could not belong to two planes at once.

“Then what kind of situation is he in?”

“I don’t know.” Shen Ying shook her head. This was the first time she was seeing something like this. She flicked her wrist and retrieved the purple gaseous mass once more. Somehow, she knew she had to analyse this closely.

“Is this what the new Demon King is looking for?” Lonemoon glanced at the gaseous mass in her hands..

“I wonder what it is?” Yi Qing asked.

“I don’t have an answer yet.” Shen Ying shook her head slowly. Suddenly, she faced Lonemoon. “Father Niu, have you found Little Black?”

Lonemoon paused and exchanged a meaningful glance with Shen Ying. His expression darkened as he replied, “No! We are sure we can sense his aura, but…” He trailed off mid-sentence. The crowning of a new Demon King indicated that the old one has passed. Perhaps the Skyfiend had known this all along. It was more likely than not that something horrible had happened to Little Black.

“No,” Shen Ying retorted. “That man cannot kill Little Black.”

“Why not?” Lonemoon stared blankly at her.

Shen Ying did not answer his question. Instead, she asked, “Have you found the treasury?”

“What?” Lonemoon paused. “We went to rescue people, not to raid their homes and look into their treasuries…” He stopped himself mid-sentence when he finally understood what Shen Ying was asking. That purple gaseous mass was found in Yu Hong’s body. When that new Demon King first got ahold of her, he was only looking for that hairpin. In other words, that purple gaseous mass entered Yu Hong’s body through the hairpin. And that hairpin was taken from the treasury. Little Black’s disappearance could have had something to do with that treasury!