"That little thing, Demon Phoenix." Huo Lian frowned and murmured.
"Demon Phoenix knows about these things, but he understands what is at stake. He wouldn't dare talk carelessly," Huang Xiao hurriedly said.
He feared that the Patriarch would stop at nothing to keep this information secret.
If he did anything to Demon Phoenix, Huang Xiao would not be able to accept it.
The best way was to kill him to silence him.
If the Patriarch really killed Demon Phoenix to preserve the secret, he would not be surprised.
After all, he was a man of the Demonic Path.
"That little thing usually lets his tongue run loose, but when it comes to matters of right and wrong, he can still keep his mouth shut," Huo Lian said. "Still, to be cautious, he'd better not come out for a while."
Hearing this, Huang Xiao finally let out a long sigh of relief inwardly.
If it was merely something like confinement, that was nothing.
He knew Demon Phoenix was cultivating somewhere secluded now, probably still with Wang Jiu and the others. Perhaps Hall Master Wei, now Senior Wei, was there too.
After turning the Supreme Evil Crystal over in his hands for another look, Huo Lian tossed the Supreme Demon Pearl and the Supreme Ghost Stele to Huang Xiao.
Huang Xiao hurriedly caught them and asked in confusion, "Patriarch, don't you want them?"
"Never mind the Supreme Demon Pearl and the Supreme Ghost Stele—even the Supreme Evil Crystal won't be coming with this old man. I'll leave it here with you as well," Huo Lian said.
These words surprised Huang Xiao even more.
As he saw it, even if the Patriarch did not take the Supreme Demon Pearl and the Supreme Ghost Stele, he would certainly take the Supreme Evil Crystal.
He