A Peaceful Passing

"Who are you?" the Green Snake King asked warily.

"Who I am isn't important. What's important is that I know who you are."

Qin He set down his teacup, then smiled as he recited the Green Snake King's background. "Green Snake King, lord of Azure Snake City, one of the Myriad Demon Kingdom's second-rank demon kings. Mid-stage Dao Palace Realm. You once pledged allegiance to the Bloodwing Bat King."

"However, your relationship with the Bloodwing Bat King is rather complicated. In name, you are its subordinate, but the Bloodwing Bat King clearly does not regard you as a confidant. It can command you, yet it also guards against you."

"As for you, you do not readily defy the Bloodwing Bat King, but neither do you truly submit to it."

"A weak allegiance. A delicate relationship. Conflict could erupt at any moment."

"How do you know so much? Who exactly are you? How did you know I would appear here?" Fury flickered in the Green Snake King's eyes. Anyone would find it impossible to sit still after having their secrets laid bare.

Because it meant that from beginning to end, he had never held the initiative.

He might even... have fallen into some trap.

But entering Sheng Hua Tower had been a spur-of-the-moment decision. It did not quite believe the person before it could foresee the future.

"If I said you were simply unlucky, would you believe me?" Qin He broke into a broad smile.

There was a road to heaven, yet you refused to take it; hell had no gate, yet you barged right in.

His luck today was truly not bad. He had merely come to listen to music and had run into such a big fish.

Whether it was Xi Tianlong or the other demons traveling with him,