Yang Chen asked awkwardly, "When did your trusted subordinate discover it?"
"When you were undergoing Tribulation Crossing in the Jade Immortal Realm. Heh, you thought you had promptly recalled the God-Slaying Spear after finishing your tribulation, but you did not know that some people from Luoxing Island still saw it. That spear had only appeared in a flash back then. Many who saw it did not recognize the God-Slaying Spear, so they paid it no mind. But that subordinate of mine had been sent by me many times to the Giant Beast Clan to gather information on the God-Slaying Spear, so he was extraordinarily sensitive to it."
Heavenly Venerate Xingtong said, "Thus, through a twist of fate, he learned that you possessed the God-Slaying Spear."
Yang Chen sighed. He had never expected to be exposed in such a way.
He had feared at the time that someone from Luoxing Island might have noticed something. In the end, he had still been exposed.
Yang Chen could not help feeling uneasy. "Senior Xingtong, since that is the case, you summoned this junior to speak of the God-Slaying Spear..."
"Do not be nervous. Yang Chen, I have lived for countless years. Though the God-Slaying Spear is a King Divine Artifact, I will not cast aside my dignity and directly demand it from you. Yet the God-Slaying Spear did once belong to Luoxing Island. If you explain things clearly and satisfy me, I will let you keep the God-Slaying Spear. But if you do not satisfy me, then I ought to reclaim it. If you feel wronged, you may seek justice elsewhere. So long as anyone believes that I, Heavenly Venerate Xingtong, have bullied you, I will return the God-Slaying Spear to you." Heavenly Venerate Xingtong spoke openly and aboveboard.
After hearing this, Yang