Xu Qing knew full well that he had suppressed the shadow enough that its intelligence had dropped, and thus it had been tricked by Patriarch Golden Vajra Warrior. Despite that, he still felt the urge to suppress it for what it had just indicated. However, doing so wouldn’t be logical, so he dismissed the urge and then glared at the patriarch.

Appearing very obsequious, the patriarch ceased his attempts to make the shadow more irritating to Xu Qing.

Looking at the shadow, Xu Qing said, “Why are you able to attract the attention of that giant pulling the dragon chariot? What exactly are you? And how many other things like you are out there?”

Shivering, the shadow did its best to express itself.

“Through... shadow....” Having finished speaking, it looked urgently at the patriarch.

The patriarch, still squatting next to the shadow, started whispering. After a series of blinks and nods from the shadow, the patriarch turned to Xu Qing, clasped hands, and respectfully said, “Milord, Little Shadow is trying to say that it doesn’t know what it is. From the moment it gained consciousness, it was...