"Was it that inherently evil [Return to True Celestial Person], Demon Fiend Zhang?"
Tan Duanchang hurriedly pressed for an answer.
Everyone else also turned toward the Core Disciple who had spoken, their gazes burning and their guard raised as though facing a formidable enemy, hoping for definite intelligence.
Named Zhang Yuan, and claiming to be a Wandering Daoist from the Boundless Southern Heaven Realm-he sounded far too much like that [Return to True] Demon Fiend.
This revelation even made the First God Cult Master, seated at the head, turn toward him. Clearly, he cared a great deal about it as well.
"I... I don't know."
Under the stares of the cult's senior figures, the Core Disciple grew nervous and shook his head.
Although he had not received a definite answer, Tan Duanchang did not reprimand him. He nodded in understanding.
After all, the man was not even an elder. Obtaining such important intelligence was already commendable. Asking a Core Disciple to enter the Imperial City and confirm the [Return to True] Demon Fiend's identity was far too demanding.
This was not a responsibility a Core Disciple should shoulder. No matter how he looked at it, confirming that identity should fall to him, the Deputy Cult Master.
"What do you think, Cult Master?" Tan Duanchang asked, looking toward the First God Cult Master at the head.
After a long silence spent in thought, the First God Cult Master rose and said:
"I will go there myself. Behave yourselves while I am away, and do nothing unnecessary in the city."
"We shall obey your command, Cult Master."
Tan Duanchang and Yu Lian rose and cupped their hands, answering respectfully along with the other disciples.
They had not expected the Cult Master to act in person.
On reflection, it made sense. That [Return