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Unable to get an answer from Peony, Hao Shuai had to rely on himself.
He looked around, then pointed ahead. "Let's keep going. There seems to be light up ahead."
With that, Hao Shuai headed straight forward.
But the moment he took a step, he felt someone tugging at the hem of his clothes.
Confused, Hao Shuai turned around and saw Peony clutching his clothes with a pitiful look on her face.
"I'm afraid of the dark!" Peony lowered her head shyly and spoke in a way that made her seem utterly helpless.
"You're afraid of the dark?!" Hao Shuai looked at Peony speechlessly and grumbled inwardly, If you're afraid of the dark, how did you get all the way here?
If he hadn't already known that Peony had come from Myriad Flower Fairyland and was inexperienced in worldly matters, he would have thought she was one of those fake sweethearts who pretended to be innocent!
Left with no choice, Hao Shuai took her hand and led her down the passage.
"Hm?"
While they walked, Hao Shuai took the opportunity to scan Peony with his Divine Thought. His expression immediately turned puzzled. "Why is Peony so strange?"
By strange, he didn't mean that she looked strange. He meant that the aura around her was very peculiar.
If Peony was a demon, she was nothing like a demon such as Tree Demon Grandma. The most obvious difference was that she didn't have even the slightest trace of demonic energy.
Even a demon like Xin Shisi Niang, who was kindhearted, accumulated merits, and had never done evil, still had a faint trace of demonic energy.
Peony not only lacked demonic energy, but also had a faint, pure aura about her.
Hao Shuai had never sensed this kind of pure aura in