Moreover, unlike other precious treasures in the cultivation world, secret arts could be copied endlessly. Passing them on to others did not diminish one's own possession in the slightest.
But after pondering for a moment, Crying River Demon Venerable still set forth a condition. Her gaze flickered as she said, "If you want me to teach you the secret art for concealing Ancient Demon aura, that is possible. But first, you must kill Gong Man as your letter of allegiance..."
"Gong Man?" Wei Tu was slightly startled upon hearing this. He had no idea who the Gong Man Crying River Demon Venerable spoke of was.
Naturally, his expression remained calm and composed, betraying none of his thoughts to outsiders.
Yet Crying River Demon Venerable was no simple figure either. When she saw that Wei Tu had no follow-up, she immediately understood that he was not, as she had assumed, fully informed about her and Purple Blood Demon Venerable.
He had no backing and was likely a Rogue Cultivator Demon Venerable!
But she did not expose the matter.
After all, Wei Tu's threat to her was real enough, and the two terms of exchange he had proposed were truly nothing much to her. They were far from things she could not bear to part with.
Just as Wei Tu had said, she could not simply watch him fall into Purple Blood Demon Venerable's hands and allow her intelligence to be exposed because of it!
"That Gong Man was once Purple Blood Demon Venerable's Dao companion. She is only at the initial stage of the Demon Venerable realm. Seventeen thousand years ago, she and Purple Blood Demon Venerable separated, each going their own way from then on..."
"From that point onward, the four great Demon Venerables of Black Mist Marsh became three."