Mid-May.
After months of interrogating the Fox Demon, they finally made progress.
The middle-aged man looked at her, then said after a moment of silence, "Is it time for you to give us information again?"
"You really are clever." The Fox Demon was now exceedingly weak.
The Mountain-Suppressing Office's interrogations were anything but gentle; they had even employed numerous illusions.
Had she not carried the Evil God's power, she would have spilled everything long ago.
But now, she was almost at her limit.
Even without interrogation, it was time for her to speak.
The middle-aged man said calmly, "What information are you supposed to release this time?"
"To tell you what the thing inside is." The Fox Demon looked at the middle-aged man. "Have you heard of the immeasurable kalpa?
"That is what's sealed in that place.
"Even if it stays where it is, its range of influence is considerable.
"Once the seal breaks, it can detect and sense anyone passing nearby.
"As long as someone is suitable enough, it can latch onto them without any contact.
"So you must have begun searching on a large scale, right?
"In other words, its pool of candidates is far larger than you imagined.
"Even if you find Shangguan Yang and Zhou Qing, it won't mean much.
"Unless someone actively refines it.
"You won't be able to know whom it chose."
"What pattern does it follow when choosing someone?" the middle-aged man asked.
The Fox Demon shook her head. "I don't know. No one told me that. Perhaps it chooses whoever has the greatest talent, or perhaps whoever has experienced the most. You'll have to figure that out yourselves.
"But I do know that once the fusion reaches a certain point, lightning will appear in the sky.
"You can watch the weather inside