Zhuang Kou and Xin Yuan exchanged a glance. Zhuang Kou spoke first. "Void Sage Fang, we followed Grand Academician Mo into the Dragon City Ruins purely as partners. We did not entrust everything to him. To be honest, before I knew your identity, I did intend to kill you for the reward. But once I learned who you were, that thought vanished completely. However foolish we might be, we know that if we killed you, a Half-Sage would certainly send people to wipe out our entire clans, perhaps even our entire cities."
"Brother Zhuang is right. We all understand the price of killing a Void Sage, so we would never commit such a grave mistake," Xin Yuan said.
"What I am asking now is why Mo Yao suddenly fled. Are you two deliberately changing the subject?" Fang Yun asked.
Zhuang Kou and Xin Yuan exchanged another glance and sighed helplessly.
Fang Yun watched them without speaking.
"His Highness asked you a question! If you refuse to answer, you are showing contempt for the Water Race!" Shark Lantern roared.
Blood and qi surged through thousands of Water Demons, stirring up wave after towering wave that bore down on the two Grand Academicians.
The two Grand Academicians bobbed up and down, forced to use Fluent Recitation to form Protective War Poetry.
Zhuang Kou said, "Void Sage Fang, we made an agreement with Mo Yao not to divulge this matter. Unless..."
"Unless what?" Fang Yun asked.
"Unless you agree to take us both out of the Crime-Suppressing Hall and back to the Bloodmang Ancient Land. Then you would have saved our lives, and we could disregard that agreement." Having finished, Zhuang Kou looked at Fang Yun alongside Xin Yuan.
Seated on the Water Throne, Fang Yun lightly tapped the armrest with his right