The Old Guy's Purpose, His Name Was Dong He

I immediately suspected that this old guy had tricked me into coming here just so I would go to the Netherworld Blood Sea.

And his target was most likely Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

I had no doubt that Xu Qiuyan was truly trapped in the Netherworld Blood Sea. After all, Zhong Kui had confirmed it.

Zhong Kui said that saving Xu Qiuyan meant facing that bald man. Other than Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who else in the underworld was bald?

"Old guy, tell me honestly. What exactly did you bring me here to do?"

The old guy looked at me. "Save Xu Qiuyan."

"Really? But I've decided not to save her now. Let's go back." With that, I turned and walked away.

I wanted to save her, but being used like this made me very unhappy. Besides, if his target was Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, then what they were plotting had to be enormous. Who knew what they intended to do?

The old guy was not surprised at all, nor did he follow me.

I heard his voice behind me. "You don't need to test me this way. Don't you just want to know what I'm trying to do? There's no harm in telling you. I came here simply to gather some data—data I had never truly obtained before."

I stopped.

He had come to gather data. What data? What did he want it for?

After hesitating for a moment, I slowly walked back in front of him. "Go on."

"I want data related to the Netherworld Blood Sea, as well as all the data on Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. It is very important for us to gain complete control over Yanxu."

I narrowed my eyes. "Complete control over Yanxu?"

So they had not actually obtained control of Yanxu.

"Also, why do you think Xu Qiuyan was locked