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Though sinister thoughts lurked in his heart, Meng Zhao showed not the slightest trace of them on his face. After some thought, he instead smiled.

"Fine. We shall see how you conduct yourself from now on. If you can truly aid me with all your heart and sincerity, protecting you from the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child will not be difficult."

Wei Qi in white naturally did not believe Meng Zhao, but he had no other choice. Still, he began pondering just what sort of hero Meng Zhao was. Judging from the style of his martial arts, he was not from the demonic path. Could he be a pawn the Demon Venerable Hall had planted within the righteous path?

There were quite a few such people. As one of the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child's nine great stand-ins, when he had traveled the Divine Land, he had personally encountered more than a dozen people who openly possessed righteous-path identities but were secretly disciples of the Human Path. Naturally, his thoughts went in that direction.

Meng Zhao flicked out a wisp of crimson true qi, which landed on Wei Qi in white. The true qi came in fine threads, red without and black within, shaped like a seed yet carrying an immensely sinister and strange aura. After entering Wei Qi's Jianjing acupoint, it released the seal on one of his meridians, allowing him to move freely and use qinggong to travel. However, he could probably only wield one-thousandth of his true qi; anything more was impossible.

This was a necessary precaution for Meng Zhao. Without absolute certainty, releasing this man's restraints and allowing him to recover all his combat strength would be an act of sheer recklessness.

Wei Qi paid no heed to any of this. Upon sensing a trickling current of qi