However, the formation spirit said curiously, "Xiao Hua, that is truly a lie! You did not know of the demon or my existence before this, so how could you have been searching for the three of us?"
"You are mistaken, immortal friend!" Xiao Hua said with a smile. "Naturally, I was only looking for 'Buddha,' but... with the two of you immortal friends at his side, how could I mention only 'Buddha'? Would that not make me seem rude and inhuman?"
"Oh!" The formation spirit nodded and did not press further.
Xiao Hua explained further, "This fellow Daoist was once the spirit of a devil formation as well, but by a twist of fate, he devoured a member of the Devil Race, and then he..."
"Ah? You are a formation spirit too??" Before Xiao Hua could finish, the three formation spirits were greatly shocked. Looking at Demon Venerable Slayer, they cried, "How could we not see it?"
"Haha..." Demon Venerable Slayer laughed loudly. "Very simple! Because I now possess humanity!"
As he spoke, devilish qi surged around Demon Venerable Slayer, revealing the image of a devil formation. That vast and profound aura of the devil formation instantly occupied a portion of the space!
Demon Venerable Slayer had originally devoured the spirit of a devil formation, so this devil formation was naturally genuine. At the sight, the three formation spirits immediately felt a sense of closeness. The demon formation spirit shouted, "Demon Venerable Slayer, quickly, quickly tell us how you attained humanity!"
"Difficult, yet not difficult; easy, yet not easy..." Demon Venerable Slayer did not withdraw the devil formation. As he spoke within it, all the myriad aspects of life and worldly love appeared amid the bloody light—scene after scene, act after act, seeming like Demon Venerable Slayer's own experiences, yet