"Answer my earlier question." After giving Daoist Chenwu a slight nod, Huang Xiao turned to stare at Ding Shiba again.
But a trace of mockery appeared on Ding Shiba's face. "I'm just a Hidden Demon Guard of the lowest rank. How could I possibly know secrets like that?"
"He really probably doesn't know about those things," Chenwu said.
Hearing Chenwu say that, Huang Xiao did not press him further.
"To think the Hidden Demon Guard has been mobilized. It seems the Demon Hall is making a major move," Zhangsun Youyue said.
As she spoke, she noticed the questioning look in Huang Xiao's eyes and continued, "The Hidden Demon Guard is a force controlled by the Demon Hall's Elders' Council and answers only to them. They rarely appear in the Jianghu under ordinary circumstances, since the intelligence forces of the Demon Hall Three Great Halls are already sufficient to gather information throughout the Jianghu. Anything that warrants deploying the Hidden Demon Guard is a major matter."
"Hmph, it isn't our Demon Hall that's planning some major move. It's a question of what you people are trying to do," Ding Shiba said with a cold snort after hearing Zhangsun Youyue's words.
Clearly, he strongly disagreed with what she had said.
"Oh? Tell us, then. What other secrets are involved?" Zhangsun Youyue asked with a smile, raising her slender brows.
"One of you is from Bishui Palace, one is from Shangqing Temple, and while I don't yet know where the other comes from, he clearly has some backing too. Are you telling me you don't even know about your own affairs?" Rather than answer Zhangsun Youyue directly, Ding Shiba asked a question of his own.
"Don't play games. Answer whatever Miss Zhangsun asks you," Huang Xiao snapped coldly.
Zhangsun Youyue was not particularly