"What? You were constables?" Yue Changhe exclaimed.
"I always thought you were chasing me because I carry both human and demon blood. The two great powers you represent must have valued how rare my bloodline is, so they sent you to capture me and subject me to some inhumane research—or make me the link between the human and demon races."
When Yue Changhe had first seen the hawk-eyed man and the great monk bearing down on him, they'd immediately asked whether he was human or demon and insisted he choose a side. They'd clearly been no good, so he'd run for his life.
The hawk-eyed man hissed. "Your understanding isn't entirely wrong."
Lu Yang nodded to himself. He'd thought the same thing, which was why he'd stepped forward to say a few polite words.
But there was no need for Yue Changhe's small frame to serve as the link between the two races. The link between them now was the <Great Xia, Buddhist Kingdom, Demon Domain, and East Sea Economic Alliance Pact>.
When he'd been lying in bed recovering from his injuries, he'd witnessed Emperor Xia, Zhu Tian, and Ao Ling discussing the pact.
After learning about it, the Buddhist Kingdom had joined the pact of its own accord.
"Nonsense! I explained why I was there when I first met you. You were evading arrest!" the great monk snapped. He'd crossed half the Buddhist Kingdom chasing Yue Changhe, wearing through two pairs of cloth shoes. Even he had a temper.
"You clearly came right out and said you were taking me to the Western Heaven!"
"I said I was taking you to West Heaven Temple! You ran off before I could finish!"
Yue Changhe awkwardly scratched his head. *You shouldn't have given your temple such a misleading name. Don't blame