Yue Wen put away the Demon Emperor Hide and gave the information he had just learned some thought.
For now, he would assume the being in Snake Mountain was the Fallen Immortal Tiger Heavenly Emperor.
Had Ao Yuanren negotiated a deal with the Tiger Heavenly Emperor?
Yue Wen did not think he had the standing. Even a fallen immortal was stronger than an ordinary Dao Lord. At most, Ao Yuanren had gone to negotiate on behalf of the East Sea Hall Lord.
But if Ao Yuanren had succeeded, why had Ao Ligun and the others been sent there again afterward?
Had the first deal gone poorly, or had the two sides haggled over the terms?
Aside from her previous loyalty to the Hall Lord, the Heart-Ripping Woman's reluctance to mention him probably also stemmed from the same assumption Yue Wen had once made: she did not think the Demon Race could turn someone of that rank.
But Yue Wen's thinking had long since changed.
The Demon Race indeed could not turn someone of that rank, but that did not stop someone of that rank from choosing to turn traitor himself. The East Sea Hall Lord might have contacted the Tiger Heavenly Emperor to obtain something beneficial from him.
For that thing, he had sent people to Snake Mountain twice, sparing no losses.
What they had finally brought back was the book written in Nine Li Script.
Moreover, neither inside nor outside the Dragon Hall was there any mention of Ao Yuanren's first expedition. Even the Heart-Ripping Woman Xue Huifang's death had been rewritten as a casualty of an otherworldly war.
Who were they afraid would find out?
Ao Yuanren certainly knew more about Snake Mountain's secrets, but getting the old fellow to talk would be too difficult.
Yue Wen felt