The Aura of the Animal Path! (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Feng Junzi Haoran)

When Zhang Chen heard the girl's words and was about to step forward, the tenth-order deity called out to him. "Wait!"

Zhang Chen halted and turned to look at the tenth-order deity. "May I ask why this Old Ancestor has stopped me? Do you have some instruction for me?"

That tenth-order deity recognized Zhang Chen. After all, during the search following the great fire at the Shen Family, that deity had inspected Zhang Chen's body.

The deity walked before Zhang Chen and circled him once, a flicker of uncertainty appearing in his eyes. Then he uttered two words. "Very similar!"

"Similar to what?" Zhang Chen was taken aback.

"Your build and bearing are very similar to the thief who set the fire and stole the Shen Family's treasure that night," the tenth-order deity said.

Zhang Chen's pupils contracted at those words. His heart nearly began pounding wildly, but he ultimately suppressed it with his Blood Control Technique. A question flashed through his mind. How did he know the thief's build? The tenth-order deity had already been lured away that night. Could it be that he has some method I do not know about?

Steady! I must stay steady! He is only suspicious right now. If he were truly certain I had done it, he would have attacked me directly instead of calling me over to examine me. Zhang Chen's Primordial Spirit operated at breakneck speed, swiftly sorting through the implications. In an instant, he regained his composure and looked calmly at the tenth-order deity before him.

"You must have mistaken me, Old Ancestor. If I had such abilities, I would not have been bullied in the Shen Family."

At those words, the tenth-order deity reached out and gripped Zhang Chen's shoulder, pouring divine power into Zhang Chen's body as he