Jing Yuexin had long made up her mind. No matter what the other party was plotting, as long as there was spiritual energy to leech off, she would not make a move lightly.
So she answered bluntly, "No evidence. I'm rather curious—since you aren't a Demon Cultivator, why do you have a Demon Core?"
"Well... it's a long story," the Great Serpent sighed helplessly.
It had remained in this world for far too long. With its lifespan nearing its end, it had no choice but to seize the body of a demonic beast.
This snake was a descendant of its bonded demonic beast and had originally been nothing more than an egg.
Its bonded demonic beast had been a Flying Serpent. Its transformation into a dragon had not fully succeeded, and it had ultimately died in this world.
After hatching the Little Snake, it had carefully raised it for a time but had not formed another bonded contract.
Later, it discovered that its lifespan was running out and wanted to perform Body Seizure, but it could not find a suitable vessel.
It had learned quite a bit about the creatures of this world. As far as it knew, few of them could live for very long.
More importantly, the creatures of this world were naturally devoid of spiritual energy. Even if it could seize a body, it still had to consider its future development.
So it could only discuss the matter with its spirit pet. The Little Snake had long regarded it as a father and agreed without hesitation.
The Body Seizure process had gone quite smoothly, but it had preserved the Demon Core as a token of remembrance for its spirit pet.
Its explanation was reasonable, but Jing Yuexin still stated that they had to see its treasure hoard