Chapter 195: The Truth Revealed, Ling Xiao's Greed
"Don't worry. As the Son of Light, Long Haochen is currently a key training target for the Holy Alliance. We can't possibly harm him."
Seeing Bai Yue's concern for Long Haochen, Ling Xiao's eyes flickered as he spoke.
Others might not understand, but he knew full well.
Long Haochen was now nothing more than a tool for the Holy Alliance to use against the demons.
The entire alliance's leadership knew that Long Haochen bore the bloodline of the Demon Emperor Feng Xiu.
But Long Haochen alone was unaware.
While none of the leaders spoke out loud, they secretly concealed Long Haochen's identity, unwilling to reveal it to the public.
After all, Long Haochen now possessed the power to destroy the Demon Pillar. Precisely because of Long Haochen's bloodline, the kindness shown to him by the leadership was merely superficial.
If it weren't for Long Haochen's power to destroy the Demon Pillar, he would have been marginalized long ago.
Long Haochen's father, Long Xingyu, barely considered him his own son, single-mindedly training him to be a killing weapon.
To outsiders, Long Xingyu seemed to have given everything to Long Haochen, but Ling Xiao understood that Long Xingyu simply wanted to see the Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu and Long Haochen, "father and son," slaughter each other to sate his own hatred.
It was truly absurd, and Ling Xiao felt pity for Long Xingyu.
Without any solid evidence, he had driven his own son to hell based on his own suspicions.
He couldn't help but wonder what would happen if Long Xingyu learned the truth.
And if Bai Yue knew what Long Xingyu and the Holy Alliance had done, she'd probably regret handing Long Haochen over to him.
Ling Xiao's resolute determination to withhold information about Long Haochen made Bai Yue realize that Long Haochen's actions likely implicated the interests of both the human and demon races.
Bai Yue sighed deeply and said, "Ling Xiao, for the sake of our past acquaintance, I hope you can tell me the truth about Hao Chen. If you're worried about my identity, I can assure you I won't reveal Hao Chen's situation to the demons. Over the years, thanks to my mediation, trade between the human and demon races has increased several times over. It's fair to say that thanks to my efforts and those of the Moonlight Chamber of Commerce, many unnecessary wars have been avoided. I also intend to promote coexistence between humans and demons, and you're willing to tell me the truth. As a mother, I'm simply worried about Hao Chen's situation..."
Ling Xiao remained unmoved by Bai Yue's assurances. Instead, he slowly spoke, "Bai Yue, for the sake of our past acquaintance, please leave the Holy City. I can pretend I never saw anything. Before I regret it..."
Sensing Ling Xiao's hostility, Bai Yue paused, looking at Lin Ze and saying, "Forget it. Since he won't tell, let's go back."
Although she was somewhat worried about Long Haochen, this was the Holy City after all, and a real falling out with Ling Xiao would be unsafe.
Ling Xiao, watching Bai Yue and Lin Ze speak with contrasting attitudes, felt displeasure fill his face.
Especially now that Bai Yue's appearance had returned to its former peak, it was impossible for Ling Xiao to have no thoughts at all.
A hint of displeasure and jealousy lingered in his eyes as he asked, "What's your relationship with him?"
Bai Yue frowned at Ling Xiao's question but ignored his thoughts.
But then Lin Ze reached out and grabbed Bai Yue.
"Sister Yue, wait a moment. I have something to ask him."
Under Bai Yue's puzzled gaze, Lin Ze turned to Ling Xiao and said with contempt, "Palace Master Ling Xiao, for Sister Yue's sake, I've been very tolerant of you. If you had just been honest, I would have turned a blind eye to the affairs of the Holy City.
After all, when the human and demon races are at war, it's normal for them to engage in some behind-the-scenes intrigue, and I don't want to get involved.
But I'm very dissatisfied with your current attitude.
Tell me, what exactly are you planning? Don't think you've hidden those undead well."
In fact, when Lin Ze entered the city yesterday, he had sensed over fifty more ninth-level auras within the Holy City.
Moreover, these auras were very strange, revealing a kind of undead aura.
Needless to say, the Temple Alliance must be planning something.
Originally, Lin Ze didn't want to interfere. After all, he came here just to accompany Bai Yue to meet Long Haochen, and if possible, to accompany Cai'er for a while.
Apart from that, Lin Ze didn't want to care about anything else.
But judging from the disappearance of Cai'er, Long Haochen, and Chen Ying'er, it was obvious that there was some connection between this Temple Competition and the auras of more than fifty ninth-level masters hidden in the Holy City.
He was afraid that this Temple Competition was deliberately held in advance in order to let the demons relax their vigilance and conceal their tracks.
Hearing Lin Ze's words, Ling Xiao was stunned for a moment and then laughed.
"Haha, I didn't realize you're so perceptive, little guy.
But it's a pity that sometimes knowing too much isn't a good thing.
Calculating the time, they're almost over. It doesn't hurt to tell you. You can't leave the Holy City anyway."
Ling Xiao suddenly turned to look at Bai Yue and said, "Bai Yue, don't you want to know about Long Haochen's situation? I'll tell you.
The current Long Haochen is just a tool in the hands of the Holy Alliance.
It's ridiculous. You obviously trusted Long Xingyu so much and entrusted Long Haochen to him."
Ling Xiao laughed and said, "But do you know that Long Xingyu thought that Long Haochen was the child born after the Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu humiliated you? On the surface, he is a rare father in the world, but in fact, in order to avenge you and the Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu, he actually tried to train Long Haochen into the sharpest sword of the Holy Alliance, letting him and the Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu kill each other!
Not only does he not have any fatherly love for Long Haochen, he even didn't regard Long Haochen as a human being from beginning to end.
Isn't it ridiculous?
How about it, do you still like Long Xingyu like this?
If you had chosen me, how could this have ended?
Oh, right, I might as well tell you all at once.
Right now, Long Haochen, led by two title-level demon hunters, is probably sieging the demons outside the demon territory.
Lin Ze, I heard the demons have been searching for the person who destroyed the Love Demon Pillar. Do you want to know who it is..."
"Who?" Looking at Ling Xiao, whose smile was a bit sinister, Lin Ze tried to suppress his anger.
"Haha, he's the Long Haochen you're looking for. You never expected that.
Hahaha..."
As Ling Xiao's voice slowly died down, he looked at Bai Yue, whose face was as pale as a livid ray. Finally, he could no longer conceal his greed and said, "Bai Yue, you understand. For you, I have not married yet. Stay with me. I promise you that when the holy war begins, I will forever keep the news that you are the daughter of the Demon King a secret!"
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