"That's it? Nothing else? Then what use do I have for you?"
After hearing him out, Chen Yao abruptly said this to Ning Chuan.
"Huh? Uh, well... my lineage is only an undercover force, after all, and we count as peripheral members. So we only have a rough understanding of the relevant background. As for anything more detailed, for now..."
Cold sweat immediately broke out on Ning Chuan.
At this moment, he desperately wished he knew a little more, that he was at least something more than a member of a recruited undercover force who had no answers to any questions. If he had known, he would have joined the darkness long ago. Why waste time here with the prodigies of the Ninety Lands?
According to what he had learned from some deeply hidden ancient texts, the darkness had been the driving force behind the Emperorfall Era and was suspected of having a true Emperor-the rank countless Immortal Kings flocked toward like ducks.
With a force like that in existence, why mingle with the immortal forces and ask for suffering?
"Do you have no way of contacting the superior who recruited you as subordinates?"
Chen Yao posed the question.
"There should be one within the clan, but I... don't have the necessary authority. To use it, I would probably have to succeed to the position of sect leader, or even reach a higher realm."
Ning Chuan spoke somewhat bitterly.
"Tsk. No wonder you came up with all those wild guesses when you saw me earlier, even imagining that this was some test and that passing it would earn you something. So you've been going mad wanting to join the main forces of the darkness, probing and letting your imagination run wild whenever you see an opportunity."
Chen Yao watched Ning