"Two reasons. First, I wanted to see where Lü Yue's limits lay. He had always worked by my side, steady and cautious in his conduct—indeed, an excellent steward. But I did not want him to be merely a steward; I hoped he would make breakthroughs in the future.
"This was an excellent opportunity. With him facing a powerful enemy, I could see how well he adapted in the heat of battle. It could only benefit him, never harm him. Even if some unforeseen mishap truly occurred, my martial arts were enough to cover for him."
"The other reason was that I was very interested in the Demonic Path expert behind Fang Duohai. To devise a poison targeting the Three Corpses and Nine Worms within the human body, he was at the very least a Great Grandmaster. More likely than not, he was a powerhouse who had perceived the Primordial Spirit and cultivated the Heavenly Human Path.
"I have encountered quite a few powerful figures of the Demonic Path, but among those who had stepped into the Heavenly Human realm, there had been one—no, only one: the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord. Now, perhaps a second had emerged. I very much wanted to uncover his origins and identity."
There was actually one more point Meng Zhao did not mention. When he had probed Fang Duohai with his Primordial Spirit Power, he had vaguely sensed an incomparably formidable force hidden within Fang Duohai's Sea of Consciousness. Its nature was like metal, indestructible; its bearing was like a demon, frenzied and tyrannical.
If Meng Zhao had wanted to forcibly subdue him and use the Mind-Reading Great Law to search for information about that Heavenly Human Demonic Path expert, it would have been impossible. The moment his Primordial Spirit Power touched the deepest memories in