Jiang Xiaohui took a hit from Ying Gou, but instead of getting angry, he was actually a little happy.
In his eyes, Ying Gou punishing him this way meant that Ying Gou had truly awakened.
This was also one of Ying Gou's usual moves against him.
He was only worried that it was an illusion, afraid that Ying Gou had not yet broken free from the other party's control.
Had Ye Jinghong and I not harbored the same suspicion?
But seeing Ying Gou as he was now, it was hard for us to pour cold water on the situation.
I said, "We'll take it one step at a time. Since he's already awakened, I think he should be able to control himself and keep outside forces from controlling him."
Ying Gou nodded. "Then you can rest assured. There is absolutely no way what happened before will happen again."
Then he looked at Shadow Demon. "This thing is a hidden danger. Why not just crush it to death with one palm?"
I stopped him. "It saved you, after all. How can you be so rude?"
Ying Gou froze. "It saved me?"
Jiang Xiaohui had not told him how Shadow Demon had saved Ying Gou. He had only described some of what we experienced before and after entering the Ghost Domain.
Now that he heard it was Shadow Demon that had awakened him, while Shadow Demon itself had become like he had been before, guilt appeared on his face. "I nearly repaid kindness with enmity."
Ye Jinghong said, "All right, leave it here. Let's keep going up the mountain."
"I'll lead the way!" Ying Gou volunteered to take point. For one thing, he was the strongest among us. For another, he seemed to have noticed that we still did not fully trust