Niu Ganghuo did not want to ask any more meaningless questions. He only wanted to resolve his final doubt. He was already certain that the string of prayer beads belonged to Ice Cloud Fairy. Dragon Grandson's live connection with Ice Cloud Fairy had not been fake.
Everything was dangerous to dwell on. Now, as he hid in an underground cavern, clinging to life, the scenes from before kept flashing through his mind.
After Xu Yi had used the Star Shuttle to rescue him and Master Mo into Immortal King City, he had asked Xu Yi about the prayer beads. Xu Yi had replied that Dragon Grandson had faked it, pretending to contact Ice Cloud Fairy, and that the whole thing had been a trap to harm him.
At the time, Xu Yi had only just rescued him. Though his murderous intent toward Xu Yi had not diminished, he simply couldn't find a reason Xu Yi would lie.
But now, he understood it all. Of course Xu Yi had a reason to lie: to buy time.
Back then, Xu Yi had deliberately sealed off the Star Shuttle's transparent screen and paired it with that lie. He had been buying time so Dragon Grandson, Xie Xuanting, and the others could catch up.
Once he figured that out, Niu Ganghuo carefully recalled Dragon Grandson's expression when he had seen the prayer beads. Anger, hurt, confusion—several emotions had appeared on Dragon Grandson's face in a single instant, each distinct from the others.
That could not possibly have been an act. It had been the truest reflection of Dragon Grandson's innermost feelings.
So Dragon Grandson's live connection with Ice Cloud Fairy afterward could not have been fake, either. The only one who had faked anything was that damned bastard. Unfortunately, he could only spot the