Sikong Jing nodded without the slightest hesitation at Yao Yulou's speculation, while Yao Yulou continued...
"Brother Duanmu said that Xiu Hanzhi had misjudged you..."
"He might have misjudged you the first time in Chaos-Shaking City, but the second time in Wuji Town, there was no way he could have misjudged you again."
"So, you are at the very least still Xiu Hanzhi's disciple."
At this moment, with Sikong Jing's appearance and answer, Yao Yulou understood even more.
"More importantly..."
"Nether Protector Venerable failed to notice during the day that you had long since achieved spirit-beast fusion. He had clearly forcibly controlled you, so it should have been impossible for him not to discover that a spirit shadow already existed within your spirit platform sea of consciousness. That proves..."
"He had not actually controlled you at all."
"And that proves Di Geng had not managed to control you back then either. Everything you said about Xiu Hanzhi in Chaos District Eight was false."
The reason Yao Yulou had suddenly developed such strange suspicions toward Sikong Jing earlier was precisely because of the matter of spirit-beast fusion.
They all knew that Sikong Jing had long since achieved spirit-beast fusion.
Yet he had openly fused again before the gates of the Eastern Tyrant Branch. That proved Nether Protector Venerable had never forcibly controlled him. Coupled with Duanmu Chun suddenly saying he wanted to slap Xiu Hanzhi in the face...
All sorts of thoughts had sprung up in Yao Yulou's heart.
How could someone as terrifying as Xiu Hanzhi possibly let a genius of the Army-Slaying Formation like Sikong Jing slip away?
In response, Sikong Jing softly replied, "That's right. Di Geng forcibly interrogated me back then, but he never controlled me. Otherwise, they would have pried out the matter of you, Yao Bajue,