After reviewing the information relayed by [Insight into All Living Beings], Shen Mo turned his gaze toward Su Qingtao once more.
However, rather than answering the question Su Qingtao had raised earlier, he said, "This place is my cultivation grounds. Fellow Daoist Su, you barged in without so much as a word of warning. Isn't that rather arrogant and unbridled? If you fail to give me a satisfactory explanation today, I'm afraid you won't be leaving!"
"An explanation?"
A flicker of astonishment crossed Su Qingtao's face. Never had she imagined that one day, a cultivator of the Formless Realm would point at her nose and demand an explanation.
Yet she quickly recalled the array's aura that had made her flesh crawl earlier, as well as the young cultivator before her and his ability to suppress her spells and divine abilities.
After pondering for a moment, her eyes narrowed into twin crescent moons. The corners of her lips curved upward, revealing a row of neat, pearly teeth, among which two sharp canine teeth stood out like blades... Though it was plainly a friendly smile, Shen Mo sensed danger from it, as though thorns were pricking his back.
"If I said I was merely passing through, would you believe me, Fellow Daoist?"
"No."
Shen Mo shook his head and replied calmly.
In truth, even without Su Qingtao spelling it out, Shen Mo had already guessed why she had come.
Other than Cao Ren, who cultivated the Dragon Transformation Curse, she had no karmic connection with Five Dragon Mountain or the Crimson Flame Sect. Nine times out of ten, she had come for Cao Ren.
After attending the Xuanyuan Aristocratic Clan's son-in-law selection ceremony, Cao Ren had returned to Five Dragon Mountain alongside Jade Wheel Immortal Palace. Since his lifeform had changed, after