Exchanging pleasantries with Pu Jianming made Anji more sure that something else was terribly wrong. Elder Shen would arrive in a few hours, so Anji did her best to buy time. However, the man had genuinely no idea he was working for a greater evil.
"Did you create the brainwashing hairpins?" Anji eventually cut to the chase. There were only so many stories about the Mystical Qilin Sect she could entertain him with. It would be unwise to feed her enemy information.
Not seemingly offended, Pu Jianming refilled the teapot with small spells similar to the ones used in the Mystical Qilin Sect. Not much in that aspect had changed since he left.
Almost with a sense of pride, the senior researcher beamed.
"Is that what they've been calling it? Yes, they were my creation, but the original name is the Soul Summoning hairpin. It took many years, but finally, we can end the cycle of suffering!"
