Ding Songyan looked at Liang Gan and said with a sincere expression:
"Senior Liang, we've come unannounced for two reasons. First, we recently discovered that the Accumulated Evil Path was behind He Luo, and we wanted to warn you. You must be wary of their retaliation. If you discover anyone connected to the Accumulated Evil Path, keep your distance and report it immediately."
As he said this, a thought surfaced in Ding Songyan's sea of consciousness:
I'll test Fu Yangquan with the Accumulated Evil Path and see how he reacts.
To make the thought seem convincing, Ding Songyan deliberately cast a sidelong glance at Fu Yangquan.
With that movement, he carefully sensed how the wisps of illusory black qi spreading from Fu Yangquan used the currents of qi between heaven and earth to silently cross the distance of less than ten feet and reach toward him.
So this was how "orthodox" members of the Two-Faced Clan gradually polluted others? Ding Songyan tried slowly dissolving the small portion of black qi spreading toward his senior sister, returning it to the primordial One.
Zheng Zhuxi stood farther from Fu Yangquan, so it was perfectly understandable for the black qi to dissipate in midair before reaching her. For now, it should not alert him.
Ding Songyan continued spouting nonsense, presenting one face outwardly, another in his mind, and yet another deep within his sea of consciousness-not to test Fu Yangquan, but to experience firsthand how the Two-Faced Clan transformed ordinary humans into their own kind. He wanted to accumulate experience for a later comparison with the "demon seed," then use it to explore and create a universally applicable countermeasure.
Though he was unsure whether he was a martial arts prodigy or possessed any such talent, Ding Songyan had some confidence in this endeavor.