Song Wen sighed helplessly, then moved, breaking through the lake's surface and fleeing into the distance once more.
As he sped onward, he sank part of his consciousness into his sea of consciousness.
The souls of Jing Bei and Fu Kaiyu, imprisoned within his sea of consciousness, suddenly found the man who had taken their lives appearing before them.
"Who exactly are you? Why do you know so many of the Divine Blood Sect's closely guarded secrets? You not only refined the Blood Sea Seal, but also cultivated the Corpse King Reincarnation Art and the Nine Great Heavenly Thunder Secret Arts?" Jing Bei asked, watching Song Wen's figure gradually solidify.
"In your current situation, what good would knowing any of that do you?" Song Wen said.
"Even if I must die, I want to know why." Jing Bei fixed Song Wen with a piercing glare. "You kept our souls because you wanted to pry information out of us, didn't you? Answer my questions, and I'll tell you everything you want to know."
"Very well. I'll let you die with your eyes closed." Song Wen raised his brows slightly, a faint smile touching his lips. "You're asking about my origins because you resent the thought of dying at a fellow disciple's hands. But you needn't worry about that. I'm not a member of the Divine Blood Sect. I've simply killed quite a few of its core disciples and obtained many of its secret arts from them."
"Really?" Jing Bei looked at Song Wen doubtfully.
"Do you think I still need to lie to you under these circumstances?" Song Wen asked.
Jing Bei scrutinized Song Wen for a long time before finally speaking, somewhat dejectedly.
"Your turn to ask?"
"Do you have the Body Integration Realm portion of the Corpse King Reincarnation