Hearing Tian Xuan call it "nonsense," Ling Tian and the others felt reassured instead. They knew that if Elder Heaven-Devouring Wolf wanted to possess the little wolf, there would be no need for all this nonsense. With its strength, it could simply take over by force.
Seeing that Feng Lingzi had put Ling Tian and the others at ease, Tian Xuan couldn't help laughing. It looked at Ling Tian. "Youngster, you don't suspect me of trying to possess this little wolf cub anymore? Heh, what a wild idea. Our Heaven-Devouring Wolf Clan isn't like your races. We don't enjoy killing our own kind."
Wen Yan and the others could only smile wryly, because they knew Tian Xuan was telling the truth. Among cultivators of the Human Race, Demon Race, and Devil Race, killing one another was almost an everyday occurrence.
Ling Tian, however, didn't take it to heart. After all, the Human Race, Demon Race, and Devil Race had countless cultivators. If they had only two members, like the Heaven-Devouring Wolf Clan, they probably wouldn't kill one another either.
"This is a serious matter, so we had to be careful. I hope you'll forgive us, senior," Ling Tian said. Though he faced a Heaven-Devouring Wolf of immense power, he remained neither servile nor overbearing.
Tian Xuan seemed to appreciate Ling Tian's attitude and praised him repeatedly. "As expected of Yuan Yi's disciple of a later generation. You truly are extraordinary."
Hearing the words "disciple of a later generation" and "friend," clever as he was, Ling Tian quickly guessed who "Yuan Yi" was. After all, he knew there were very few cultivators qualified to be friends with Elder Heaven-Devouring Wolf. Even experts on the level of the Young Leader or Feng Lingzi probably didn't qualify.
"The person it means is the