Su Qingqing simply stood there, stunned, but Yan reacted far more fiercely. "You have no proof. Why should we believe you?"
"You can certainly choose not to believe me, but that is the past of what you call the Nightmare Demon. It slaughtered countless disciples of our sect and brought countless calamities upon us."
Su Jiu's cool voice echoed evenly through the still prison, yet every word struck Su Qingqing's heart like a heavy hammer.
Yan could refuse to believe Su Jiu, but Su Qingqing could not.
This was her Second Older Sister, the Second Older Sister she had treasured in her heart for years, the Second Older Sister who had never lied to her...
Besides, Su Jiu had no reason to lie to her about this.
Yet doubt still lingered in her heart. "But why would it treat Meng'er so well, raise a human child to adulthood, and spare the two of us instead of killing us outright?
"It listens to Meng'er. I can promise you it isn't bad. Second Older Sister, it really isn't bad."
Su Qingqing insisted over and over that the Nightmare Demon was not bad. She seemed to be trying to convince Su Jiu, but in truth, she was mostly trying to convince herself. By the end, even she was no longer entirely certain.
With the Nightmare Demon standing guard, no stranger had ever intruded into their territory. At first, that seemed perfectly reasonable, but thinking about it now, there were many things she could not explain.
For instance, she had never seen bloodstains or the bodies of intruders anywhere around them. And although it silently guarded their surroundings, it rarely spoke with them.
It often stayed with Meng'er and had raised her into an innocent, adorable girl.
It was hard to imagine. Had a