The voice inside the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron couldn't manage a complete sentence for a long while. Shock spilled from within the cauldron.
Hua Yunfei climbed to his feet and frowned at the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron. Why had the creature inside suddenly started acting strangely?
"It can't be a coincidence. Someone similar?"
The creature inside the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron fell silent, brow furrowed. He wanted to divine Hua Yunfei's fate, but caution kept him from daring to try.
If things were truly as he suspected, divining him was absolutely out of the question—especially given Hua Yunfei's unusual identity.
No one could withstand the collision of two great karmic forces.
The creature inside the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron took a deep breath and calmed down before asking, "Why are you looking for Duanmu Qingyue?"
Hua Yunfei cupped his hands. "We... are friends."
Their relationship was complicated. Even Hua Yunfei didn't know what to call this inexplicable connection, so he could only describe them as friends for now.
"Friends? Heh..." Hearing that, the creature inside the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron sneered, utterly disdainful, as if he'd just heard an absurdly funny joke.
"If you won't tell the truth, I can only make you leave." The creature inside the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron pressed him.
He was an Old Monster who'd lived for who knew how many years. He could tell at a glance that Hua Yunfei was hiding something.
There was no way the two of them had such a simple relationship.
Otherwise, Hua Yunfei wouldn't have refused to leave even after realizing the creature's level of power.
"Senior, I only want to know whether she's safe." Hua Yunfei didn't want to tell an outsider what had happened between him and Duanmu Qingyue, so he continued to ask.
"Can't you understand what I'm saying?" The creature