【Watching the Free and Unfettered God close his eyes and calmly accept execution, you instead became confused.】
【Could he really not be the Black Hand?】
【He even admitted that he was a remnant of the Ancient Wasteland Survivors. Was there really any reason for him to keep denying that he was the Black Hand?】
【Admitting that he was a remnant of the Survivors was already a death sentence.】
【Although the human world had not conducted a massive investigation or purge against those remnants, if any were truly discovered, they would still be executed without exception.】
【He was going to die either way, so would he really refuse to tell the truth even on the verge of death?】
【If the Free and Unfettered God was not the Black Hand, why did this fellow have no inner voice?】
【He did not look dead, either, did he?】
【You thought of another question and decided to see whether he would answer truthfully.】
【“Where is the Heaven and Earth Sword?”】
【“The Heaven and Earth Sword has the greatest destructive power among the Five Element Root Vessels of the human world. Since a very long time ago, it has been controlled by the Ancient Wasteland Secret Realm and kept as a final measure.
Therefore, the Heaven and Earth Sword has always remained intact and has never been damaged.
However, it disappeared without a trace approximately three thousand years ago.”】
【Although you could not hear the Free and Unfettered God's inner voice at this moment,】
【with the ability to read people that you had developed through several lifetimes of experience, you could determine that the Free and Unfettered God was not lying.】
【Could he really not be the Black Hand?】
【A hint of transparency appeared in your body.】
【You knew that you could not remain in the human world for much longer.】
【Looking at the Free and Unfettered God, you pondered a question.】
【Should you kill him or not?】
【The air around you grew quiet, so quiet that the only sound left was the sea wind between the two of you.】
【In the end, you left.】
【The doubts surrounding the Free and Unfettered God were clues you had discovered with great difficulty, and they might be connected to the Black Hand.】
【If you killed him now, the clues would be severed, and those doubts would remain unresolved.】
【Keeping him alive and having Chen Six watch him, forbidding him from entering the Path to Immortality again, watching him for a hundred or eighty years, or even several hundred years, might allow you to discover something else.】
【If he really was the Black Hand, keeping him alive was indeed a hidden danger.】
【But this was only a Simulation, after all. Discovering more clues and information was more meaningful.】
【The Free and Unfettered God turned around, only to discover that you had already disappeared.】
【He sat dejectedly on the isolated island, gazing at the vast sea as its waves rose and fell, and let out a long sigh.】
【You returned to Baiyun County and dragged Chen Six out of the Chen Family Cemetery.】
【“All right, stop mourning at the graves! I am giving you another task. Keep a close eye on the Free and Unfettered God and record everything he does!”】
【Afterward, you headed to the Divine Arms Pavilion to complete this Simulation's main mission, taking the Star Apes' First Prince, the Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey, with you.】
【“I hope Chen Six can seize the evidence that the Free and Unfettered God is the Black Hand during this lifetime's Simulation...”】
【To accomplish this goal, you felt that it would be best for you to live a little longer during this lifetime.】
【Otherwise, if you died before the Black Hand could lose his patience, the clues would be severed once again.】
【After returning to the Real Realm, just as in the previous Simulation, Sun Xiaosheng took out a black stone and gave it to you as a gift of thanks.】
【The righteous Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey was also the same as last time. Seeing that his old friend had tried to dismiss you with a broken stone, he loudly declared that he would definitely repay your kindness in the future and so on.】
【On Vermilion Violet Star, in the Ji Family Ancestral Land, Sun Xiaosheng and several Star Apes surrounded the Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey, preparing to escort him away.】
【“First Prince, it is time for us to leave.”】
【At this moment, you thought of something and pulled Black Wind over.】
【“Wait! Everyone, uh... all of you, Brother Monkeys! There is one more thing I want to ask.”】
【Sun Xiaosheng raised his chin.】
【“Go ahead, go ahead.”】
【“Are you familiar with the Dragon-Scale Horse clan?”】
【“We are fairly familiar, fairly familiar. Your humanoid race designated us as one of the Three Great Ancient Divine Beasts, hahaha! You are still too ignorant. If we count as Ancient Divine Beasts, then there would be far too many Ancient Divine Beasts in this universe! Hahaha!”】
【“Take a look at this horse. Do you have anything to say about him?”】
【You pulled Black Wind in front of everyone.】
【Black Wind was rather embarrassed. He shifted his hooves and lowered his head.】
【Sun Xiaosheng and several high-ranking officials from the Star Ape clan circled Black Wind several times. Then they exchanged glances, smiled, and pointed at one another, as if they had reached some sort of unanimous conclusion.】
【“Your friend is indeed a member of the Dragon-Scale Horse clan, but we cannot tell which branch he belongs to or whether his bloodline is noble. That is what you wanted to ask, right? Haha, I am afraid we have disappointed you!”】
【“I think his Bloodline should be noble.”】
【“What evidence do you have?”】
【“None. I was wondering whether you could drop him off at the Dragon Horse Galaxy on your way back.”】
【Sun Xiaosheng waved his hands repeatedly.】
【“No, no, no! Going to the Dragon Horse Galaxy would take us far out of our way. We have to hurry and take the First Prince back to seize... I mean, ascend the throne!”】
【Sun Xiaosheng rejected your request, but the Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey was displeased.】
【“What kind of nonsense is that, Minister Sun? My Benefactor has asked for neither gold nor silver. He only wants you to escort one friend home. Why would that be impossible?”】
【“Your Highness, your memories have not yet returned, so you do not know. If your sibling prince is found first by another team, and we return even one step late, everything will be over!”】
【“My four-eyed junior brother came up here decades before me. What use is there in getting anxious now?”】
【Sun Xiaosheng and the others wanted to help the Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey take the throne, so they could only strictly observe the proper duties between ruler and subject.】
【The Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey insisted on helping you, leaving them no choice but to grit their teeth and agree to escort Black Wind back to his homeland.】
【Black Wind was somewhat reluctant to leave.】
【“Boss, can I stay?”】
【You patted Black Wind's sturdy neck.】
【“Parting is for the sake of a better reunion. Once you go to the Dragon Horse Galaxy, you will surely encounter a great opportunity. By then, even these monkeys might have to curry favor with you.”】
【“Black Wind does not want any opportunity. Black Wind only wants to remain by Boss's side and serve you faithfully.”】
【“Black Wind, what I will have to do in the future is bound to be extremely dangerous. I am not asking you to lend me a hand, but I hope you will have the power to protect yourself. Otherwise, when I undertake great matters in the future, I will not bring you along for the sake of your safety.”】
【You successfully talked Black Wind around. He agreed to leave with Sun Xiaosheng and the others, heading to the Dragon Horse Galaxy to search for the Dragon-Scale Horse clan.】
【“By the way, do you recognize this?”】
【You took out a horn shaped like a bolt of lightning and showed it to Sun Xiaosheng.】
【This horn had been removed from the head of Niu Sanjiao, the Sect Master of the Blood Iron Sect on Blazing Star.】
【Sun Xiaosheng took a close look, and his eyes immediately widened.】
【“This is the horn of a Thunder Beast!”】
【Your mind turned quickly.】
【“I guess this Thunder Beast must be the last of the Three Great Ancient Divine Beasts, right?”】
【“That is correct! But compared with us and the Dragon-Scale Horses, Thunder Beasts are even more special.”】
【“How special?”】
【“Their population is tiny. There are fewer than a hundred of them in the entire Thunder Beast Galaxy!”】
【“That few? Are they nearly extinct?”】
【“No. They have always been so few in number, but they are born with Immortal Lord-level battle prowess!”】
【“Holy crap!”】

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