A child?
Brother Blood Slaughter was rather unusual—why was he traveling with a child?
The moment he saw Luo Yao in Shangguan Wanyu's arms, he was utterly stunned.
After examining her again and again, Jian Changfeng had basically confirmed it: she was a child, an utterly ordinary child with no cultivation whatsoever.
But why would a child be kept by Blood Slaughter's side?
How was that any different from dragging around dead weight?
To make sure he had not misjudged her, he had secretly spread his divine sense over Luo Yao. Yet no matter how he looked at her, Luo Yao remained utterly ordinary.
"Brother Changfeng, sitting here alone—who are you guarding against?" Ye Lin asked.
Naturally, Ye Lin had noticed Jian Changfeng extending his divine sense over Luo Yao, but he did not call him out on it.
Even he himself could not fathom Luo Yao's origins. He did not believe Jian Changfeng could discern anything.
"Ah, it's like this. Earlier, a prodigy from the Demon-Monster Realm wanted to come to my Heavenly Sword Sect to attend the grand gathering."
"But you know as well that land-dwellers and the sea clans are irreconcilable enemies. As for the grudge between the Earth God Realm and the Demon-Monster Realm, there is no need to say more."
"So I drove him away. But judging by the sinister and cunning nature of those demons from the Demon-Monster Realm, they certainly will not let the matter rest so easily. That is why I have remained stationed here, lest trouble arise."
Jian Changfeng said with a light smile.
Though he did not know where this child had come from, anyone Blood Slaughter kept by his side could not possibly be simple.
As for whether she was Blood Slaughter's offspring?
Impossible. With cultivation as profound as