The Immortal-Thief Outsider looked at Teacher Lan Qing in surprise and asked, "What rabbit?"
Then he caught on and said, "You mean that fellow from the Big-Eared Moon Race? Why do you call him a rabbit? It sounds like something really formidable."
At this, Ye Han said, "That doesn't matter. Why was the Hell Messenger chasing that fellow from the Big-Eared Moon Race?"
Ye Han couldn't be bothered to explain to the Immortal-Thief Outsider that they called the fellow from the Big-Eared Moon Race a rabbit because he looked exactly like the most ordinary, common rabbits in the Earth Realm-nothing more than an ordinary wild beast... What was so formidable about that?
Still, Ye Han instinctively knew that the Hell Messenger must have had a reason for hunting down the fellow from the Big-Eared Moon Race. He had killed one himself before and gained the enormous benefit of an ice-attribute spirit root, which had even surpassed his other spirit roots...
So he might as well ask the Immortal-Thief Outsider what exactly was going on.
At this question, a rare trace of sadness appeared in the Immortal-Thief Outsider's eyes. "The Big-Eared Moon Race and our Immortal-Thief Outsider Race are actually both rather unfortunate branches of the Immortal Race. Both our races were once enslaved by the Immortal Race. We were livestock used to find treasures and fortuitous opportunities...!"
As he spoke, anger appeared on the Immortal-Thief Outsider's face, but it vanished almost immediately. Changing the subject, he said, "Rumor has it that the Immortal Race used the Big-Eared Moon Race to cultivate spirit roots. They have a special innate divine ability, and variant spirit roots emerge among them very easily. They can pass their own spirit roots to others. Of course, that's only a rumor. I don't know the details."
Then