The Goddess of Wu Mountain smiled. “Not really. I merely sensed a formidable power hidden inside her body. She should have no problem protecting herself.”0

“A formidable power?” The Mermaid Queen was stunned. The Fiend races’ Saintess’ cultivation should be beneath mine, but the knowledge and composure she displayed… 0

Zu An remained calm, as if he had already known that. 0

He hadn’t doubted Yumen Beiqing at the start. The way she hadn’t hesitated to sever ties with the Fiend races for him greatly resembled Xie Daoyun. But as he spent more time with her, he'd noticed so many anomalies that it was clear something was amiss. If he was that dense, he wouldn’t have survived skirting around death for so many years. 6

For instance, he had followed Yumen Beiqing’s information to locate Pei Mianman’s whereabouts,...0