When Chen Yang decided to contact Nangong Jinghe, he had prepared himself for a confrontation.
But when their spiritual senses connected through the mineral essence, Nangong Jinghe did not challenge Chen Yang at once.
He did not demand to know why Chen Yang had missed their appointment, nor was he angry that Chen Yang had secretly tampered with the mineral essence. Instead, he politely greeted Chen Yang with a bow, then thanked him.
Nangong Jinghe's unusual attitude left Chen Yang baffled. He had no idea what the thanks were for.
As Nangong Jinghe recounted the details of the attempted assassination, Chen Yang found his answer.
Nangong Jinghe told Chen Yang that ever since he had received the secret art from him, he had studied and contemplated it every day without slackening.
After ten years of steady practice, he could now activate the art reliably and sense the presence of Creation Origin within a given area.
Using it, Nangong Jinghe had even found a hidden mad god in a small blessed land controlled by the Nangong Clan that had already turned inauspicious. He had refined it into his Gold Ring.
That success had made him more certain than ever of Chen Yang's identity.
And he thanked Chen Yang not only for teaching him this wondrous secret art, but also because it had played a crucial role in the attempted assassination.
By this point, most of the fog in Chen Yang's mind had cleared. He could roughly guess what had happened.
Bai Di had personally raised these Demon Children, while Wu Chang had been the power behind the scenes who helped Bai Di rise to his current position. Naturally, Wu Chang had used the various divine arts at his command to prepare plenty of safeguards for them.
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