"Wait, wait, wait, Hall Master Yang. Could you explain this in more detail? We still don't know anything."
A martial artist hurriedly spoke up. They were still completely in the dark. How had Feng Xing become a Sea Demon? And what was going on with those Mutants? They were utterly baffled.
Yang Wan looked at the bewildered crowd with pity. Perhaps it would be better if they never learned the truth.
Before she learned that the Mutant Sea Demons had once been Heaven Beyond Heaven's most powerful figures, she had still held out a sliver of hope that they could drive the Sea Demons back.
But after Feng Cong told her everything, even Yang Wan felt a creeping uncertainty.
Before becoming Sea Demons, those Mutants had already stood at the pinnacle of Heaven Beyond Heaven. Now they had turned into Sea Demons and grown even stronger. What about them?
They were merely weaklings huddling together for warmth. Even if those beings had never undergone Sea Demonization, they would have stood no chance.
"You're better off not knowing... truly."
Yang Wan spoke with heartfelt sincerity, but her answer sent the crowd into an uproar.
What did she mean, they were better off not knowing? Did they no longer even have the right to learn the truth? They were, after all, the strongest people left in Heaven Beyond Heaven. Yet Yang Wan spoke as though she were addressing infants.
Just as they were about to press her further, an old man stopped them.
"Old Zhong! What are you doing?"
"Quiet!"
Old Zhong shoved aside the man trying to force his way past, then turned to Yang Wan.
"Hall Master Yang, we'll do as you say."
He gestured for her to go ahead. Yang Wan gave him another look, then led Lin Jun