Feng Jun fell silent. After a long while, he replied, "But lonely people... are shameful."
He felt that his resolve to seek the Dao had always been strong. Yet after thinking it over, he realized that along the way, he had left many friends far behind. He had risen above the rest, but he had also lost much without even realizing it.
Gazi becoming his little brother did not count; that was normal. But Dou Jiahui had drifted farther and farther away, as had Mou Miao. Even Red Sister was planning to find something else to do on the Phone Plane.
At last, he could not help letting out a soft sigh. "But I really am lonely."
"Stop dwelling on that," the Big Shot said impatiently, directly ordering him, "Stand guard for me!"
"Stand guard?" Feng Jun found that surprising, but he knew the senior never spoke without reason, so he could not help asking, "Are those Heavenly Demons useful?"
"They're extremely useful," the Yin Soul Big Shot answered bluntly.
In truth, the Big Shot's temperament was much like Feng Jun's. It liked to keep a low profile, which showed that it lacked a sense of security. Yet it also loved to show off—without admiring gazes, who was it supposed to display its extraordinariness to?
So without a second thought, it began explaining the various uses of Heavenly Demons, growing increasingly excited. Its gains from the Yin Soul Stone this time had truly exceeded all expectations.
First was a Wrath Heavenly Demon. It could stir up the anger and resentment in cultivators' hearts. This type of Heavenly Demon was relatively rare, because powerful cultivators were generally skilled at restraining their tempers. Desires such as greed, on the other hand, were far harder to control.
Precisely because of that, a Wrath