"Tricked?" As Bu Er and Jiang Zhizhou listened to Yang Qing's analysis, their eyes darkened.
If this really was nothing more than a scam, then what had they helped the person behind it obtain during their long stay in the Demon Abyss?
It had to be the Demon Grass.
The Demon Grass they had carefully placed in that bag, only for it to vanish without a trace.
After voicing his suspicions, Yang Qing gradually calmed down instead.
"But if there really is something wrong with that Three Realms Immortal Lord, Jiangli would have noticed."
Yang Qing turned his gaze toward Jiangli.
The little beast was holding up its short paw and licking it incessantly again.
If human speech had not kept spilling from its mouth, no one who saw such a tiny beast would have taken it for an Ancient Divine Beast.
"There's nothing wrong with that Three Realms Divine Lord himself. It's just..."
"Just what?"
Yang Qing knew that even if there was nothing wrong with this Three Realms Divine Lord, those unexpected developments must still have arisen because of him.
"Still, the problems you're facing now did indeed arise because of him."
Sure enough, Jiangli's words matched Yang Qing's suspicions exactly.
"What is this issue with the Three Realms Immortal Lord?"
Jiangli licked its short paw a few more times before gently lowering it.
"The Three Realms Immortal Lord is actually a High God who's a little too upright for his own good."
Jiangli spoke unhurriedly. "In his eyes, heaven and earth have only two colors, black and white. There are no others."
"To put it nicely, that disposition is upright. To put it less nicely, it makes him a ready-made target."
Yang Qing frowned slightly. "You mean someone used the Three Realms Immortal Lord to pull a