"Senior, I have not lied. Just a short while ago, I fought a bloody battle against the Fire Demon Saint Race in Orchid Village!" Xiao Chen said.
Because of Qiongqi's disguise.
Xiao Chen kept his patience.
And explained to the old man.
"Orchid Village? Could you be in league with those two villains?"
The old man narrowed his eyes and stared at Xiao Chen, cold light surging within them.
Not long before.
A black-robed youth had ridden a terrifying ant demon.
With several thousand villagers in tow.
And come seeking help.
He claimed to have come from Orchid Village.
And to have already fought the Fire Demon Holy Army.
That human and demon had been just like the youth before him.
Their faces had been as pale as gold paper.
Their auras feeble.
At a glance, they were clearly gravely wounded.
Initially, he had been half convinced.
After all, although the black-robed youth traveled with a demon, he had genuinely saved several thousand villagers.
However, just as he was about to investigate.
Yun Shi of the Mad Sword Star Realm happened to pass by.
And identified the human and demon as spies at first glance.
Out of caution, he had not immediately believed Yun Shi's one-sided account. Instead, he summoned the city's scouts to question them, and learned that the ant demon served a Demon King near the Seven Demon Sect, had guarded the mountain for years, and had always been hostile to the human race. He was no benevolent demon.
Afterward.
He escorted the villagers into the city.
And at Yun Shi's request.
Handed the human and demon over to him to be taken into the nearby mountain forest and executed.
"You saw Little Black and Lao Six? Where are they now?"
Hearing the implication, Xiao Chen stared at