Zhou Yanfei muttered, his face filled with disbelief. "The demon was indistinguishable from the real thing! How did you manage to create such a thing?!"
"That’s a family secret," Yuan responded with a mysterious smile on his face.
Then, he turned to look at Yan Hara, who was standing before him with a dazed look on her face.
"Are you okay?" he asked her.
Yan Hara lowered her head to stare at her trembling hands and slowly responded, "Give me a few minutes... I need to organize my mind for a bit..."
Yuan silently nodded and returned to Zhou Yanfei.
"So, anything new during these last few months?" he questioned.
"Your trick worked like a charm. We’ve managed to extract the traitors’ memories without any issues after you removed their curses, and we learned from them their background and goal on that day, as well as some information on the thief. Unfortunately, there was very little information about the thief."
"I see. What did you learn?"
"These traitors were all orphans trained at a young age to be spies in the Demon Sealing Grotto and Demon Sealing Clan. They hail from a hidden family surnamed Mo somewhere within the Disappearing Mountain Valleys, and that’s all we know about them. We also know about their methods of training as well as their purpose."
"Once they complete their training, they are sent to the Demon Sealing Clan and the Demon Sealing Grotto, where they establish themselves as Demon Sealers and spy on us. Their goal during the invasion was to distract us so the thief, whom they knew as ’Master Mo’, could break into our vault."
"Master Mo, huh?" Yuan mumbled, pretending to ponder despite already knowing the thief’s true identity.
"So what is the Demon Sealing Grotto going to do now?" he then asked.
"Naturally, we’re going to retrieve the Divine Paragon’s treasures. Once we’re prepared, we’re going to give this Mo Family a visit."
"I would investigate the Mo Family first before approaching them if I were you," said Yuan.
"Don’t worry, we won’t act recklessly, especially knowing that they are working together with demons," Zhou Yanfei reassured.
Zhou Yanfei left Yuan and Yan Hara alone a few moments later.
Nearly half an hour after Zhou Yanfei left, Yan Hara finally opened her eyes and said, "I apologize for the wait."
"That was quick. I wouldn’t have blamed you even if it had taken a few months," said Yuan.
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