Dressed in a dragon robe, Xuan'er still looked pitifully at Chen Changsheng before her, like an abandoned puppy.
But inside the girl's mind, the Old Emperor reached an agreement with Xuan'er's soul for the first time: they had to keep up the act!
This masked, purple-robed Immortal had come straight up and lifted her chin, his eyes seeming capable of seeing through her heart.
The Old Emperor controlled Xuan'er's body. His deeply scheming mind allowed him to devise a response in moments, and he gave Chen Changsheng a performance drenched in tears and sobs.
The masked Chen Changsheng did not speak at first. Instead, a faint light shone in his eyes. Looking at the girl before him, panicked and helpless as a fawn, he said quietly, without a shred of pity, "I never believe what people say. I'll find the truth myself!"
Holding the girl's chin, Chen Changsheng unleashed the Soul-Searching Art without the slightest hesitation!
He had nearly used this forbidden art on Little Junior Sister before, only to be stopped by Handsome Guy, the Tribulation Transcendence Stage pet hidden on Little Mountain Peak. He had even earned himself a slap from Eldest Senior Brother.
But using it on the girl before him placed no burden on his conscience. Chen Changsheng even felt a thrill at uncovering the truth with his own hands.
Ever since leaving Little Mountain Peak with Ling Feng, Chen Changsheng had felt as though his shackles had fallen away. The cunning nature that had struggled through the Apocalypse resurfaced within him.
Afraid of karmic consequences? I even dared to kill the Future Demon Emperor. Why would I fear this little bit of karma?
Chen Changsheng used the Soul-Searching Art on the girl twice, because there were two souls inside her body!
When Chen Changsheng released