"Demons and Monsters?"
The moment Yuan Liuzi and the other two saw the ghostly face, their expressions changed drastically.
Zhou Dingyi even blurted out the name.
Yuan Liuzi and the High-Crowned Daoist said nothing, but their grave expressions made it clear that the name was familiar to them.
The long-haired man flicked a finger.
The Blue-Purple Mask instantly turned into a wisp of Green Smoke.
Seeing no further strange phenomena from the mask, the three opposite him could not help breathing a sigh of relief. Their expressions soon turned solemn again.
Zhou Dingyi spoke bluntly. "Chen Fangqing was possessed by a fiend from Beyond the Mundane? Since when?"
Yuan Liuzi thought as he spoke. "After Chen Fangqing entered Great Hua Mountain, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. Even Beyond the Mundane couldn't bring him down and was forced to ascend instead. If he was a fiend from Beyond the Mundane all along, that would explain it."
The High-Crowned Daoist pondered for a moment before saying, "In that case, he should be one of the two impostor Immortals."
But after the three had spoken, the long-haired man suddenly said, "Not necessarily!"
All three turned to look at him.
What do you mean by that, sir?
You were the one who said Chen Fangqing was suspect. Now that the problem has surfaced, you say "not necessarily" and leave us confused all over again.
Unfortunately, no matter how many questions they had, none of the three dared ask him rashly.
The long-haired man smiled. "There's no need to be confused. Even if Chen Fangqing has been corrupted by Beyond the Mundane, that doesn't necessarily make him an impostor Immortal. After all, the Immortals themselves reincarnated from Beyond the Mundane."
At his words, something stirred in the three elders' minds.
"Ancestor, you mean...