"Actually, I have no ill intentions..."
After fidgeting for a long time, Bai Shan finally began to confess in a low voice. However, his very first sentence made Xu Yi roll her eyes.
"I haven't done anything to harm you guys."
Seeing Xu Yi's expression, Bai Shan retorted with his neck stiffened.
"If you dared to do something, we wouldn't have tolerated your presence."
Bai Shan's arrogant demeanor was extinguished by Xu Yi's words. He lowered his head and forcefully poked the ground with a wooden stick he had somehow acquired.
He knew he shouldn't have come to Zhuzhou in the first place.
He had been terribly wronged by the Dean of Kunlun Academy.
Yes, and that female demon from the Demon Clan!
None of them were good people.
"What are you mumbling about? Continue your confession," Xu Yi said sternly.
"I, I have nothing to say. You already know my identity, so do whatever you want!"
Bai Shan's heart pounded under Xu Yi's gaze, so he closed his eyes and fell straight to the ground, feigning death.
"Hey, you rascal, playing dirty!"
Xiong Zhuangzhuang was amused by Bai Shan.
He had always felt that Bai Shan was a bit odd, but now that he knew his true identity, Xiong Zhuangzhuang felt that he was just a shallow and arrogant child.
He cracked his knuckles menacingly and threatened, "If you don't talk, I'll take you back to our Beast Taming Sect. We have all sorts of demonic beasts there, and they particularly like young lads like you."
Bai Shan trembled with fear, then tightly clutched the front of his clothes, putting on a show of preferring death to surrender.
"What is Bai Shan's original form?" Xu Yi asked curiously.
"Ice Mountain Double-Faced Butterfly, also known as Silver Thread Snow Crystal Silkworm," Xiong Zhuangzhuang replied.
Xu Yi:!
She gently kicked the feigning-death Bai Shan with her foot, "So your original form is actually a Double-Faced Butterfly. No wonder you came out as a spy."
Bai Shan flipped over like a carp, glaring at Xu Yi indignantly, "You can insult me, but you cannot insult my race."
What was supposed to be a serious atmosphere was almost shattered by Bai Shan's remark.
Xiong Zhuangzhuang and Yu Xiaoyu gritted their teeth to suppress their laughter.
Xu Yi suddenly remembered something and took out the little green worm, still sound asleep, from her sleeve. "Help me identify this demonic beast first."
"Yuck, how ugly. Where did you catch this green worm?" Bai Shan glanced at the little green worm, his brows immediately furrowing.
This little thing couldn't even compare to one-thousandth of his original form's beauty, yet Xu Yi held it in her hand and came to him expectantly to ask?
"Take a closer look. I brought it back from the Realm of Giants. It seems to have undergone a peculiar mutation."
Because of Xu Yi's words, Bai Shan couldn't suppress his impatience and observed carefully. However, as soon as he did, he noticed something was amiss.
"This is..."
As he spoke, he reached out to grab the little green worm.
However, the little green worm, which had been dormant, sensed his approach, rolled over, and retreated directly into Xu Yi's sleeve.
Bai Shan missed, his expression gradually twisting, "It really is them..."
Xu Yi's eyes lit up; Bai Shan recognized the original form of this green worm.
Before she could ask further, Bai Shan suddenly put his hands on his hips and laughed heartily, "Hahahaha, this thing has become so ugly now. Indeed, we Silver Thread Snow Crystal Silkworms are the most beautiful!"
Xu Yi and the others: ...
After Bai Shan finished laughing, he preemptively revealed the identity of the little green worm before Xu Yi could ask.
The little green worm was not originally green, but purple, named the Purple Emperor Butterfly.
As the name suggested, it was a royal among butterfly-type demonic beasts.
The Purple Emperor Butterfly and the Ice Mountain Double-Faced Butterfly were both top-tier demonic beasts of the butterfly race, and thus, the two races had a long-standing feud.
Since the demon race was sealed within Zhuzhou a thousand years ago, the Purple Emperor Butterflies had vanished without a trace, never to be seen again.
Bai Shan and the others had all assumed that the Purple Emperor Butterflies had perished during the great battle a thousand years ago. They never expected them to have wandered into the Realm of Giants and ended up in this state.
Truly, heaven had opened its eyes.
Bai Shan's schadenfreude was written all over his face, making Xu Yi shake her head.
No wonder neither she nor Xiong Zhuangzhuang could identify the little green worm's original form; it was a mutated Purple Emperor Butterfly.
However, she felt that beyond this, the little green worm should have other secrets, otherwise, Senior Iron Claw Mountain Eagle wouldn't have specifically emphasized that she should take good care of it.
Being able to resolve one mystery was quite satisfactory for Xu Yi.
"Alright, we're done talking about the little green worm. Now it's your turn. The Ice Mountain Double-Faced Butterfly should hold a considerable status among the demon race, right? Why would they send you out to gather information?"
Actually, what Xu Yi truly wanted to say was that the demon race was filled with old monsters who had lived for thousands of years, with deep minds and more cunning than a sieve. Why didn't they go out to gather information themselves, but instead sent out an impetuous youth like Bai Shan, making him so easily exposed?
Bai Shan's smiling expression instantly froze on his face.
It was over; karma was a bitch, and now it was his turn.
He tossed the wooden stick in his hand away, adopting a "what the heck" attitude, "Because I sneaked out!"
Bai Shan was truly not good at scheming or conjuring elaborate lies, so he simply blurted out his secret.
"Five hundred years ago, a piece of news spread throughout the Divine Continent that the Demon Clan intended to join forces with our demon race to jointly tear up the peace treaty signed a thousand years ago and regain their freedom.
At that time, there were two voices within the Divine Continent: one in support, and one against.
I was arrogant back then and unwilling to be confined within the Divine Continent, so I allied myself with demons who wished to leave the Divine Continent and planned to cooperate with the Demon Clan.
Later, through a special method, I was sent out of the Divine Continent. They prepared a fake identity of Bai Shan for me, and then I participated in the Sect Competition. The events that followed... the events that followed, you all know."
"The Demon Clan again? It seems they are the ones leading this operation," Xu Yi's expression darkened.
While Bai Shan's words might not be entirely believable, they were at least fifty to sixty percent credible.
From Lord Lei Bao, the City Lord of Xiling City, who was impersonated by a mysterious figure, to the remnants of the Demon Clan in the Myriad Buddha Sect's secret realm, and now Bai Shan's evidence.
The Demon Clan appeared to be making an aggressive move this time.
"I think we should leave Zhuzhou first. Our identities have already been exposed, and staying here will be of no use. It is most important to return to the Kyushu Continent and discuss with our respective sects to jointly formulate a feasible plan."
"Agreed."
"I concur."
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Xu Yi looked at Ji Buwang, "Lu Zaiye, you should know the most suitable way for us to exit."
Xu Yi's words made everyone finally remember that Lu Zaiye's identity was also very unusual.
Bai Shan's spirits lifted even further, and he really wanted to rush forward to ask Xu Yi why she wasn't treating Lu Zaiye the same, why she didn't capture him and interrogate him properly.
However, after Lu Zaiye's gaze briefly lingered on him, he immediately fell silent, lowered his head, and became as quiet as a chicken.