Hearing Jiu Futu's startled, furious cry, Wang Ba's heart sank, and he immediately flew over.
He saw Jiu Futu hovering in midair, cursing at the top of his lungs.
At the sight of Wang Ba, his expression shifted slightly, but he hurriedly flew down, squeezing a fawning smile onto his ashen face.
"Senior, someone just stole the Blood Qi and Resentment Qi I'd collected..."
Wang Ba's expression darkened slightly. He looked toward the distant exit, but the Jade-Robed Youth was already nowhere to be seen. Frowning, he turned to Jiu Futu.
"Someone? Wasn't that man the Palace Master of your Ten Thousand Devil Palace?"
Jiu Futu froze at his words.
"The Palace... Tian Guiye? No, I didn't sense him either... Besides, has the Palace Master returned so soon?"
A trace of nervousness involuntarily surfaced on his face.
Hearing this, Wang Ba frowned and studied Jiu Futu. After examining him carefully, he finally withdrew his gaze.
He had only asked in passing; in truth, he already had his answer. If that man really were Tian Guiye, Palace Master of the Ten Thousand Devil Palace, he could not possibly have abandoned the Ten Thousand Devil Daoist Grounds and fled.
But if he was not Tian Guiye, who was he?
And why had he infiltrated Tian Guiye's cave abode?
Could it have been merely to cultivate?
He recalled the surging demonic Qi on that man, which had made even his heart turn cold, and then the seemingly genuine surprise and words when the man had seen him.
Ran into me again... What did he mean by "again"?
Could he have seen me before?
Wang Ba's brows knitted tightly, doubts springing up in his mind.
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