"Dogs biting dogs?" Niu Youdao looked displeased, but with a wave of his hand, he decided not to hold it against him. "There's something I find strange. You've dealt with the Demon Cult for so many years and fought Wu Chang for so many years. Do you know how Wu Chang broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm?"
Zhao Xiongge clearly did. He snorted. "Didn't you pick all the fruit off the tree? Why do you still care about this? Naturally, it was a Boundless Fruit!"
Niu Youdao found that strange. "Where did Wu Chang get a Boundless Fruit?"
Zhao Xiongge said, "The Demon Cult's Holy Maiden had secretly kept one in her possession all along. Only the Holy Maidens of successive generations knew about it; no one else within the Demon Cult knew a thing. Later, somehow Wu Chang learned of it. After the item was stolen, no one knew where it went, and the Holy Maiden did not dare search for it openly. If it alerted those few in the Sacred Realm, and they learned that the Demon Cult possessed such a thing, it would likely bring catastrophe upon the Demon Cult. Only when Wu Chang broke through did they learn that Wu Chang had stolen it."
Niu Youdao was puzzled. "How could the Holy Maiden have a Boundless Fruit?"
Zhao Xiongge said, "Have you forgotten who opened up the Sacred Realm? I told you that the Demon Cult originated from Li Ge, the empress of the Wu Dynasty. Li Ge could freely enter and leave the Sacred Realm back then. Is it strange for her to have a Boundless Fruit?"
Niu Youdao let out an "oh," but still found it strange. "Since they had a Boundless Fruit, why had none of the Demon Cult's Holy Maidens through