"What?" Huang Qitao and the other two all cried out in shock.
The Ten Thousand Demons Canon's fearsome reputation was simply too great. After all, this very scripture had made Ling Tianya what he was, allowing one man's demonic might to cow the world.
Yet now Mu Jingfei was telling them that Tuoba Xiongzhen had arranged for Ling Tianya to obtain the Ten Thousand Demons Canon. Wasn't that utterly absurd?
Ling Tianya frowned and, for a moment, said nothing.
"Sect Master Ling, did you never have the slightest suspicion about how you obtained the Ten Thousand Demons Canon back then?" Mu Jingfei asked.
Huang Qitao and the other two turned their eyes to Ling Tianya again, wanting to know what secrets lay behind it.
"When I obtained the Ten Thousand Demons Canon back then, I initially thought it was luck. But thinking about it later, I did feel something was amiss. My martial prowess was only middling in the Jianghu then, yet I was the one who ended up obtaining this cultivation method. Although none of the renowned great sects took part in the struggle for it, there were still quite a few experts involved. At least, they were experts to me at the time, and I was no match for them," Ling Tianya said. "In the end, I thought it over but found no answers, so I stopped dwelling on it. Now that you put it that way, I have to admit it is possible. Mu Jingfei, are you saying there is something wrong with my Ten Thousand Demons Canon? Or did Tuoba Xiongzhen tamper with this cultivation method?"
Ling Tianya could not help thinking further. If Tuoba Xiongzhen had truly arranged it deliberately, then his having practiced this cultivation method might bode ill.
"No, it hasn't come to