"The Linglong Pagoda is in your hands, Shen Luo... Then the Heavenly Register entrusted to the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King should be with you as well." Before the Bull Demon King could speak, the long-bearded Daoist spoke first.
At his words, the Yellow-Browed Monk and the silver-armored man's expressions shifted slightly, and both looked toward Shen Luo.
"Daoist Yuan?" After hearing his words and thinking for a moment, Shen Luo asked tentatively.
The long-bearded Daoist did not deny it. He merely sighed softly. "What a pity..."
Shen Luo's brows knitted ever tighter, his displeasure steadily mounting. He simply could not understand why the Bull Demon King had attacked him the moment they met.
Had he not confirmed his identity with the Fiery Golden Eyes, he would have suspected that the Bull Demon King before him was an impostor.
"Tell me, why did you betray us?" The Bull Demon King finally spoke, his voice unusually hoarse.
Shen Luo's brows drew tightly together at that. "Betray you? When did I ever betray you?" he demanded angrily.
"Shen Luo, is it? So you're the reason everyone suffered so terribly this time." Anger also rose in the silver-armored man's eyes as he snapped at him.
"Someone told me back then that your origins were unclear and warned me to be wary of you. Yet I still trusted you so easily. I even gave you the Sea-Calming Pearl. How laughable, how pitiful..." The Bull Demon King glared at Shen Luo, his eyes bloodshot.
"What exactly happened while I was away?" Shen Luo asked, suppressing his resentment.
"Hmph, don't you know what happened? Weren't you the one who leaked our whereabouts to the Demon Clan? When disaster struck Accumulated Thunder Mountain, you just happened to be absent. This time, when Wuzhuang Temple was surrounded and attacked, you