Chapter 317: A great secret and the Zevali metalsmiths
Mumu quietly came over and stared blankly at Jilian's body, while Doudou and Gou Dandan stayed on a rooftop farther away, not daring to approach.
Standing on Jilian's back, Su Su seemed to suddenly think of something. She turned to Mumu, who was cautiously touching Jilian's body.
"Mumu, don't you know what an ancient species is?"
At Su Su's question, Mumu's main thorny trunk swayed a few times.
"Although I once lived in the relatively isolated Dark Realm, and as a Tree Shepherd, I disliked contact with the outside world, several hundred years have passed since my earliest memories. Yet I have never learned anything about 'ancient species.'"
Su Su tilted her head in thought.
"In that case, ancient species really are mysterious. If Aixi and Aiyou hadn't appeared, we wouldn't even know that the super-powerful Demons sealed away by our Dawn predecessors thousands of years ago were 'ancient species.' Tsk, tsk. Feels like there's some earth-shattering secret here!"
She completely ignored the fact that Doudou was also an Elf and showed no intention of asking him.
Hearing this, Qin Xiaoxia reflexively glanced out of the corner of his eye at the swell of Su Su's chest, which even her robe couldn't conceal.
What occupied his mind, however, was what power had sealed or killed Jilian, and who had once owned those six Heavenly Pillar-like objects.
Still, they didn't need to worry about anything on the level of an ancient species for now. Such beings couldn't cross the world barrier, at least not yet. Jilian was dead, so that didn't count.
As for how the Flame Demon had managed to enter back then, that was entirely due to the hell shard and his own assimilation with it.
Qin Xiaoxia suspected the