Secrets of the Past (Fellow Daoists, Please Vote at the Start of the Month

"Brother Shen, as long as you spare his life, I am willing to tell you everything I know about the secrets of the Body Refining Altar." After saying this, Ma Xiuxiu actually dropped to her knees.

"Ma Xiuxiu, so you truly are connected to the Body Refining Altar." Shen Luo's voice was cold.

"Brother Shen, as long as you show mercy today, anything is acceptable. Even if you demand my life in exchange, I would not hesitate." Ma Xiuxiu lowered her head even further and spoke again.

"You cannot..." The Jing River Dragon King was instantly filled with shock and Rage.

"What exactly is your relationship with the Jing River Dragon King? Why would you go this far?" Shen Luo's expression shifted repeatedly as he could not help asking.

"Brother Shen, he is my biological father. How could I not save him?" Ma Xiuxiu demanded loudly.

As she spoke, she suddenly raised her head, her face already streaked with tears.

Though Shen Luo had long suspected as much, he was still somewhat shocked to hear Ma Xiuxiu admit it herself. He had never imagined that Ma Xiuxiu would be the Jing River Dragon King's daughter.

"Hard to believe, isn't it? If those people had not committed their evil deeds, I probably would have borne that revered surname, Ao, wouldn't I? I probably would have been a little dragon maiden raised in the Dragon Palace, ignorant of worldly affairs, wouldn't I?" Ma Xiuxiu murmured.

Yet Shen Luo heard an indescribable implication in her words and asked, "What do you mean by those people committing evil deeds?"

"The world only knows that my father, in a fit of anger over a wager, disobeyed the Jade Emperor's decree and altered the time and amount of rainfall without authorization. They know he was sent