"Oh?"
Hearing Sanzang's words, Ye Lin raised his brows and looked at him.
"This Demon Star Stone contains a vast amount of bizarre aura. To you as you are now, it is not only completely useless—it is exceedingly harmful."
"If you keep carrying it, it will erode you without you noticing. In the end, one careless moment is all it will take for the Demon Star Stone to seize the chance to corrupt you and turn you into what the princess was just now."
"So handing it over to me is the best course of action. This thing absolutely cannot remain in this world. If it were to spread outside, it would bring about a disaster—a disaster that would sweep across the entire world."
"This is a secret realm. It is small, with no room for it to spread its wings. But if it were released into the outside world, by the time anyone discovered it, it would already have grown to a point where people could only look up at it."
"It seems this Demon Star Stone has already awakened its intelligence. Your cultivation is too low right now; you cannot control it."
Listening to Sanzang's explanation, Ye Lin nodded. During this stretch of conversation with Sanzang, malicious intent had been continuously gnawing away at his divine soul.
He could still fend it off now, but what if? If this thing pulled something while he was in seclusion, half his life would be gone.
Besides, the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art alone was already giving him enough of a headache. If this thing were added to the mix, could he even go on living?
"Oh? Then what are you going to trade me for it?"
Ye Lin weighed the Demon Star Stone in his hand, a faintly mocking smile on his