Upon hearing those words, the chains that had been charging toward Demon Lord Linshi finally came to a halt. Chu Feng did not simply destroy him outright.
Instead, he asked, "What sort of conspiracy?"
"I don't know exactly what his goal is."
"But I can tell you — I am a secret technique forged from the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord's own power."
"That means he can use me to lock onto your position, but only on the condition that I do not merge with you."
"Once I merge with you, he can no longer use me to locate you."
"Chu Feng, I've followed you all this way and have witnessed your growth. I know you are no ordinary person."
"If I could, I would be willing to serve you — but I can't."
"The Blood-Devouring Demon Lord placed a restriction on me. If I fuse with you, I will perish," Demon Lord Linshi said.
Hearing this, Chu Feng's brow furrowed. He hadn't expected that Demon Lord Linshi's refusal to submit this whole time was because he was following the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord's orders.
That old fox had ostensibly passed on a powerful secret technique to him, and all along it turned out to be nothing more than a tracking beacon planted on his body?
But Chu Feng wasn't all that worried about himself — he was worried about Wang Qiang.
In truth, Chu Feng had known from the very beginning that the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord was up to something. However, given that the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord had been far too powerful for them at the time, there had been nothing he could do.
And the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord, in his bid to seize the power of the Divine Tree, had even tried to kill Chu Feng. Chu Feng could still sense the killing intent from back then.
Yet the Demon Lord had suddenly called it off. At the time, the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord himself claimed he had only wanted to test Chu Feng.
But now Chu Feng suspected that the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord had most likely discovered the protective formation left inside his body by his father, and finding himself unable to harm Chu Feng, had reluctantly held back.
After all, it was the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord who had first revealed that there was a formation within him and that the Evil God Sword had been sealed.
So looking back, it wasn't that the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord didn't want to seize the power of the Divine Tree — he simply couldn't at the time. But he hadn't given up…
Which was why he had planted the secret technique known as Demon Lord Linshi inside Chu Feng's body.
On the surface, it appeared to be a technique passed on to Chu Feng. In reality, it was nothing more than a tracking beacon that could lead the Demon Lord straight to him.
"What else do you know? Keep talking," Chu Feng said to Demon Lord Linshi.
"There's nothing else I know," Demon Lord Linshi replied.
At that, Chu Feng curled his finger slightly, and the chains that had already pierced through Demon Lord Linshi's body began to surge rapidly through him.
Demon Lord Linshi grimaced in agony and hurriedly said, "I truly don't know anything else — my memories are hazy, I can't even recall anything from before the ancient era."
"All I know is that I am a secret technique forged by the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord, and my body carries an aura that he can lock onto."
"He did warn me not to merge with you, or I would perish — but I don't know his exact purpose. I can only guess it has to do with the power of the Void Divine Tree."
"What exactly is the power of the Void Divine Tree?" Chu Feng asked again.
The Void Divine Tree had transformed into a little girl and merged into Chu Feng's body. He knew that little girl was enormously powerful, but to this day he had not felt any benefit from it.
In fact, he still hadn't been able to refine even that Divine Tree seed, even now.
But that only further proved just how powerful the little girl truly was.
"What I know, the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord has already told you — the power of the Void Divine Tree is tremendous, a power that all martial cultivators dream of. Otherwise, the Blood-Devouring Demon Lord wouldn't have been so desperate to obtain it."