Chen Ping's words left Mo Fang bewildered.
Wait, that worked too? It was that simple?
But soon, Mo Fang burst into hearty laughter. "Good, good, good! Whether it was you or the Body Sect, as long as the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo didn't fall into old man Jing's hands, I'm happy!"
Seeing how thoroughly gratified Mo Fang looked, Chen Ping spoke again. "Professor Mo, I've answered all your questions, but you still haven't told me why Jing Hongchen was so determined to hunt you down and kill you."
"Could it be that you really sold Mingdetang's underground coordinates to the Body Sect, and that this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo was a setup you, the Star Luo Empire, and the Body Sect planned together from the very beginning?"
"Bullshit!" Mo Fang cursed at once upon hearing Chen Ping's words. "Is that really the sort of despicable scoundrel you think I am, brat?"
Mo Fang took the God Sealing Platform from Chen Ping and said as he inspected it carefully, "His Mingdetang was already leaking like a sieve. How can he blame that on me?"
"It's a long story. I'll tell you in my own time, but I absolutely never sold any intelligence about Mingdetang."
As he spoke, Mo Fang brushed the dust off his clothes, a reminiscent look entering his eyes. "To tell the whole story, I have to start with my youth."
"Jing Hongchen and I more or less belonged to the same generation, and we both displayed exceptional mastery of Soul Tools when we were young."
"Unfortunately, our research directions always overlapped considerably, and whether in producing results or the speed of our progress, I held a slight edge over Jing Hongchen. You could say I won more often than I lost."
"Unfortunately, when we later competed for the