Dragon King Hall's Legend

"So, you've been afraid to show your true face all this time, fearing you'd scare people?"

Mu Jinyu asked.

He thought to himself, originally, he did think Bai Xiaosheng should be a charming and elegant man, but seeing his appearance now, it's indeed quite frightening.

He wondered if there was any way he could help with a makeover.

Mu Jinyu pondered silently.

"No..."

Bai Xiaosheng shook his head after speaking, then abruptly straightened his back. The black giant rock he was sitting cross-legged on began to move forward.

"Clang! Clang!!"

After taking a few steps while controlling the giant rock, Bai Xiaosheng stopped, slightly out of breath.

Then he laboriously raised his head to look at Mu Jinyu, explaining, "It's because of this rock that I can't walk normally."

Mu Jinyu, hearing this, looked closely at the giant rock and used his Divine Sense to examine it.

Then, he discovered that Bai Xiaosheng was not sitting cross-legged on the rock, but his entire lower body was fused with the giant rock.

Moreover, this rock seemed to be made of some very special material and appeared to be extremely heavy, making it impossible for Bai Xiaosheng to move it and walk normally.

"Hmm? Something's not right..."

At this point, Mu Jinyu narrowed his eyes slightly, noticing something strange. This rock seemed to be a Heaven-reaching Spiritual Treasure?

Bai Xiaosheng seemed to know Mu Jinyu had realized the issue with the rock, so he smiled and said, "Well, I actually don't have much power of my own. The reason for the mysterious and unpredictable shadow projection is also because of this rock..."

"Blessings and curses go hand in hand?" Mu Jinyu muttered under his breath.

He was quite curious about what Bai Xiaosheng had gone through to end up like this and how he fused with this giant rock spiritual treasure.

But Bai Xiaosheng had just clearly stated it was due to an accident that he became like this, and he didn't elaborate further; obviously, he didn't want to revisit the past.

Therefore, Mu Jinyu just silently noted these questions without intending to pry further with Bai Xiaosheng.

Seeing that Mu Jinyu recognized the giant rock spiritual treasure fused with him but didn't show any greed, Bai Xiaosheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Originally, when he reached out to Mu Jinyu, he was filled with apprehension.

After all, now he had to completely expose his true form to Mu Jinyu. If Mu Jinyu wanted to retaliate or recognized the Heaven-reaching Spiritual Treasure and wanted to kill him for it, he probably wouldn't be able to stop him.

But now that Mu Jinyu didn't seem inclined to attack, Bai Xiaosheng knew he had passed the first hurdle.

With a slight smile, Bai Xiaosheng said, "Dragon King, do I now seem sincere enough?"

"Sincerity?!" Mu Jinyu scoffed, raising an eyebrow as he gave Bai Xiaosheng a cold glance and said coldly, "You're asking me to deal with Paradise Lost, to stop their plan to revive the Ancestral Dragon Evil God, what benefits do you want to gain from this?"

If it were someone else saying this, he might believe in the other's sincerity and not suspect ulterior motives.

But Omniscient is different. The dark chaos and Night Parade of One Hundred Demons were also co-created by them and Paradise Lost. The current so-called Ancestral Dragon Evil God revival plan was also their collaborative effort.

But mid-process, Bai Xiaosheng suddenly betrayed Paradise Lost, wanting to join forces with him to oppose Paradise Lost and stop the plan. Mu Jinyu couldn't believe there were no hidden motives.

Mu Jinyu believed Bai Xiaosheng definitely had some objective in this.

Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Bai Xiaosheng also knew that his and Omniscient's recent performances made it really hard for Mu Jinyu to trust him, so he let out a long sigh and said:

"Dragon King, if I say, in reality, our beliefs are the same, that I never intended to collude with Paradise Lost to destroy this world, that the goal of Omniscient is to protect Earth, would you believe me?"

Mu Jinyu didn't respond, looking at him coldly.

Although Bai Xiaosheng was blind, he seemed to perceive Mu Jinyu's reaction. With a faint sigh, he said, "Actually, when Li Yaotong first contacted Xiang Mantang, he advised against going to that place. Although there was a chance to find a way to revive you, Dragon King, there was also danger. With blessings come curses, but Xiang Mantang didn't listen."

"At that time, we indeed had ties with Paradise Lost, but the purpose was not the same as theirs, not to release those demons to plague the world, but because we knew they were secretly plotting something. We hoped to find a way to stop it..."

"Unfortunately, we didn't foresee that just one visit from Xiang Mantang would throw the world into chaos, catching us off guard!"

"In the end, we thought we might learn a solution from Paradise Lost's cooperation, so we didn't immediately fall out with them. But in the end, Li Yaotong was killed by Le Le..."

Bai Xiaosheng spoke in a low voice, tinged with self-blame.

Listening to his account, Mu Jinyu's memory scenes surged in his mind, recalling that incident back then, how Li Yaotong indeed ended up dead on Le Le's hands, and afterward, Le Le even took his phone to send them a message leading them to that school to die.

And Le Le, after they arrived, even disguised himself as Li Yaotong to deceive them. At the time, if not for Xiang Mantang intervening in time, facing Le Le, who controlled dozens of demons, the development of events would have been unpredictable.

While Mu Jinyu was lost in his thoughts, Bai Xiaosheng continued, "The dark chaos was an accident, we at Omniscient performed quite poorly then, but afterwards, we didn't immediately fall out with Paradise Lost because we knew they had other plans, and we had to find out their headquarters and eliminate them all at once."

"Therefore, over the past year, I've maintained contact and cooperation with Paradise Lost, providing them with lots of useful information that wouldn't cause any harm to the current situation. This plan was successful, and I also learned about their plan to revive the Ancestral Dragon Evil God and located Paradise Lost's headquarters..."

"Afterwards, I arranged for them to send themselves to their deaths at Dragon King's hand, then come to seek Dragon King's cooperation to eradicate Paradise Lost and completely terminate their evil plan!"

After Bai Xiaosheng finished, he asked, "Is this explanation believable to you, Dragon King?"

Mu Jinyu raised an eyebrow at Bai Xiaosheng and countered, "Providing them with lots of useful but non-harmful information to the current situation? What about the recent snow disaster? Don't tell me it had nothing to do with you, and don't say it wasn't considered severe?"

Bai Xiaosheng remained silent for a moment, shaking his head before speaking, "Although we claim to be Omniscient, we don't truly know everything or foresee everything. To be frank, this snow disaster wasn't part of Paradise Lost or Withered Tree Quest for Spring's plans but was a natural occurrence, likely one of the impacts after Earth's seal was broken. Such situations might arise again in the future, but it might just be a simple recovery of Spiritual Energy, with the environment not worsening like that."

Mu Jinyu looked deeply at Bai Xiaosheng but didn't speak.

Bai Xiaosheng had said so much, yet he didn't know how much of it was true or false.

However, Li Yaotong's death at Le Le's hands was indeed true, and the snow disaster incident possibly truly couldn't be predicted, seemingly genuine too.

Overall, there's still some credibility in Bai Xiaosheng's words.

Moreover, it's not like he could give up dealing with Paradise Lost just because he was wary of Bai Xiaosheng.

Ultimately, he intended to eradicate Paradise Lost completely, so perhaps he should learn about Paradise Lost's headquarters and the location of the Ancestral Dragon Evil God.