As Bi Xuanming slowly explained, Qin Fengming finally learned the true relationship between Zhuyan and Bi Xuanming.
Three or four thousand years ago, Bi Xuanming encountered Zhuyan. At that time, Zhuyan had yet to undergo the shapeshifting demon tribulation. With Bi Xuanming's experience, he naturally saw that Zhuyan possessed the bloodline of a Zhu Yan.
At first sight, he was overjoyed. He was certain that as long as Zhuyan grew smoothly, then after advancing to the shapeshifting stage and awakening his bloodline, he would have a much greater chance of advancing to the Integration stage than other shapeshifting demon cultivators.
Thus, after discovering Zhuyan, Bi Xuanming would go guide him every dozen years or so. He continued until he protected Zhuyan through the shapeshifting demon tribulation, then bestowed the name "Zhuyan" upon him. His purpose was to hope that Zhuyan could carry on the inheritance of the Demon King's Hall.
Zhuyan did not disappoint him. In just two or three thousand years, he advanced from the initial stage to the late shapeshifting stage. Among demon cultivators, this absolutely made him an extraordinary existence.
Although Bi Xuanming knew that Bi Wan'er and Zhuyan had depended on each other since childhood and shared an extremely deep bond, he still took Bi Wan'er away after she underwent tribulation and shapeshifted.
It could be said that all of Bi Xuanming's painstaking schemes had been for the Demon Race of the Northern Region, and also to reduce the dangers Zhuyan would face before his strength was sufficient.
Although Zhuyan had not said so, he might well have felt the same way in his heart.
By this point, Qin Fengming had also gained a far deeper understanding of Bi Xuanming.
"Fellow Cultivator Bi, you know that your lifespan is nearly exhausted. Could it be that you