"Can I go now?"
An Ning sounded a little frustrated. She had never expected that before she could even begin her plan to make Hua Yunfei miserable, one of Hua Yunfei's confidantes would teach her a lesson.
Just what kind of divine being was this sword?
For this sword to value Zhou Qingran so highly, what secret was she hiding? Was she really just a minor cultivator?
An Ning was curious. One of these days, she would have to ask her master. The Venerable Lord would surely know.
"Hua Yunfei's confidantes are all extraordinary. You'd better not go looking for them."
"You don't seem to want to make a big fuss and risk Dao Wushuang finding out, either. If you want to find Hua Yunfei, why not challenge him openly? I think he'd agree, given his nature," Demoness Ji advised.
She could tell that An Ning wasn't bad by nature. She had simply been led astray, probably by imitating someone else and being influenced too deeply. And that person had to be someone quite extraordinary.
If An Ning really were so malicious, wouldn't killing her outright be more likely to provoke Hua Yunfei?
That would also be quicker and easier.
With An Ning's strength, it would be simple to do.
But instead, she had chosen a much more thankless approach: keeping An Ning with her so Hua Yunfei couldn't find her.
As Demoness Ji looked at An Ning, she didn't see a Overlord with terrifying strength. She saw a poor child who had lacked a father's and mother's love since childhood, gone astray and grown immature.
Demoness Ji wondered: Could the elder who had taught An Ning all these things really have done it on purpose?
"No. What fun would that be?" An Ning flatly refused. Then she pointed at