Liu Changqing felt his entire worldview had been overturned.
But he could not possibly let the Ghost Beast out to destroy the crystallization of his lifelong cultivation.
"Young Master Xu, as agreed, you must explain the truth of the Holy Secret... Void Island to this old man!" Liu Changqing paused as he spoke. "Otherwise, even if I die, I will not let it out."
This gave Xu Xiaoshou a headache.
What the other party wanted to know was hardly something that could be easily explained.
From the old fellow's reaction, he could tell that the man knew little about Void Island. He was one of those who had been deceived by legends and knew only fragments of the truth.
After considering it, Xu Xiaoshou summarized simply, "Put it this way. The Ghost Beasts as I understand them can be divided into two types. One is a true Ghost Beast, like him."
Xu Xiaoshou pointed at Xin Gugu.
"This kind is a true spirit of a plane. Being parasitized has its pros and cons, but at the very least, there probably won't be a second voice inside your heart chattering nonsense at you, right?"
Xin Gugu nodded without denying it, though he thought to himself, It still affects me. You just haven't seen me when my temperament changes completely...
Receiving confirmation, Xu Xiaoshou continued, "The second kind is the one inside you, one that escaped from Void Island."
Seeing the Gray Mist Man's expression suddenly turn rather ugly, Xu Xiaoshou froze, then hurriedly waved his hands. "Don't do anything rash. I said 'escaped'—that's fairly objective, isn't it?"
The Gray Mist Man remained silent.
Xu Xiaoshou gave an awkward laugh before continuing, "As for this kind of Ghost Beast, if nothing unexpected happened, it should originally have been human... a Demi-Saint? A