"What is your Demon Hall after, then? Do you just want to find out the purpose of the Sword Pavilion and the other sects?" Huang Xiao asked.
From Chenwu's words, they could also tell that the Sword Pavilion was essentially directing all of this.
"Whatever the purpose is, it isn't something a Ding Grade Hidden Demon Guard like me would know. As I just said, my orders were to watch the young experts coming to Imperial Province and report their circumstances promptly. As for anything else, what you said earlier already made plenty of sense. Asking me is pointless," Ding Shiba said.
Huang Xiao had not expected this Hidden Demon Guard to act as though he truly did not care at all. He was already a prisoner, yet he still dared to speak to him like this.
Still, Huang Xiao could also see that this man was not afraid of death.
The reason he cooperated with them and answered some questions might truly have been that he feared revealing all his secrets before Daoist Chenwu's mind-reading technique.
Some of the secrets he concealed were not things Huang Xiao and the others wanted to know. Once exposed, they would cause considerable trouble for the Hidden Demon Guard.
"He knows next to nothing about this. Asking him is a waste of breath," Zhangsun Youyue said, having also seen through the situation. "Let's leave that aside. Tell me, are those three the ones your Demon Hall Three Great Halls sent to take part in the Ranking Contest this time?"
"Yes, precisely those three young masters," Ding Shiba answered readily.
This was no secret. Everyone knew it, so he felt no burden in confirming it.
"You answered that readily enough." Zhangsun Youyue chuckled. "Another question, then. Exactly how strong are those three now?"
Ding