Xiang Yuan's true nature—good or evil—was impossible for Bai Yue and her disciple to discern. Fearing they had fallen into a fiend's scheme, they remained on guard throughout.
Not until they reached the outskirts of Stabilize Summer City, where Xiang Yuan dug up two Heavenly Demon relics beneath a ruined temple, did Bai Yue barely begin to believe he was one of the good fiends.
Xiang Yuan glanced at the relics. They were not his mission targets, so he casually tossed them to Abbess Bai Yue.
Of the seven relics, he could confirm that two were not the ones he sought. The other five had been sent to Slaughter Mountain. Whether any of those five were what he wanted or not, his only lead at present lay at Slaughter Mountain. He had no choice but to go.
"You Devil Race creature, why would you refuse a Heavenly Demon relic after obtaining one? With your abilities, you should be able to refine it and greatly advance your cultivation," Abbess Bai Yue said gravely.
"I am not of the Devil Race. Like you, Abbess, I am human. Heavenly Demon relics are of no use to me; refining one rashly would only lead to cultivation deviation," Xiang Yuan answered truthfully. He had no affinity with Heavenly Demon relics.
"..."
Really? You're not lying? x2
The master and disciple exchanged a glance. Abbess Bai Yue vaguely began to believe him, but several doubts still remained. Unless they were resolved, she would still find it difficult to trust him.
"You say you are human. Then why can you change your appearance like the Devil Race?"
"It is due to my cultivation art."
"No such cultivation art exists in this world!"
"Your knowledge is shallow, Abbess. Why do you have no self-awareness of that?" Xiang Yuan