After hearing Xu Chunniang's words, Mu Yun and Mu Sha exchanged a glance, their feelings complicated.
The two of them had gone ahead and expended great effort to carve out a path, thinking they had seized the initiative. Yet someone else had actually reaped the spoils.
Mu Yun suppressed the killing intent in her heart and patiently asked, "Who gave you the map?"
Xu Chunniang shook her head. "A man in a black robe. He was wrapped head to toe in black, so I couldn't see what he looked like.
"I originally refused to come, but when I wouldn't agree, he threatened to kill me. I had no choice but to brace myself and head toward the Valley of Lost Souls. Yet I didn't encounter even half a vile creature along the way."
Using the motion of rubbing her brow, Mu Yun concealed the impatience in her eyes. That was the same as saying nothing.
Mu Sha had a perverse temperament. Seeing that his sister had failed to obtain anything substantial, he looked toward Mu Yun inquisitively and secretly transmitted his voice.
"She's not being honest. Nine times out of ten, she's lying. Should we kill her and search her soul?"
"Have you forgotten the vine we saw just now? That vine had the cultivation of the early stage Heavenly Demon realm. She was able to tame it, arrive here unscathed, and trail behind us all this way. Her cultivation is definitely not as simple as it appears."
Mu Yun calmly analyzed through voice transmission. "Back when we hunted in the Third Heaven, you and I were both at the late stage Earth Demon realm, yet we still let her, a Human Demon, escape. If we force our hand, how certain are you that we can keep her here?"
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