Cui Jiuyang wiped away his sweat. "Why does this thing look like that? You can't even tell its head from its tail!"
Ao Dongping was still shaken. "Good thing Ming reacted quickly, or we'd have fallen for his trick!"
Ming smiled bitterly. "I... have forgotten too much. Just as we were about to fall into the Fish-Eye Pit, I suddenly remembered that the grass growing on Soul-Seizing Sky Fish was bait to begin with."
"They often appear as corpse bones to lure people into their trap. Only when the grass withers does it mean they're truly dead..."
Cui Jiuyang said, "Damn it, if the Heavenly Court could imprison them, why didn't they just kill all these Great Yaomo back then? What was the point of locking them in Guixu? This is far too dangerous!"
Ao Dongping said, "How could the Heavenly Court have had enough strength to kill them all...? According to the Dragon Palace's records, the Heavenly Court respected heaven and earth's compassion for life, so they merely cast these Great Yaomo into Guixu rather than take their lives."
"But... that's clearly a euphemistic account. These Great Yaomo wreaked havoc in the mortal world. If the Heavenly Court had been capable of exterminating them, they couldn't possibly have let them go."
"When we see that Heart-Stealing Divine Ape again, we can ask about ancient matters-how exactly the Heavenly Court managed to imprison whole groups of Great Yaomo in Guixu."
Cui Jiuyang nodded thoughtfully. "When Ming got into trouble before, I only thought the Heavenly Court was cold and heartless."
"Now I feel... there may be something seriously wrong with the Heavenly Court!"
"And with what you said, Teacher, about the Heavenly Court ignoring worldly affairs for ten thousand years... there's still plenty to dig into!"
"Great-Grandfather said, 'Ask Not