Upon hearing Xiao Ling's words.
"Yes!"
Cai Menghuan and Wei He both nodded.
Such a major incident had erupted without warning. Of the top twenty in the beast tide tournament, more than ten had all been taken captive.
Before the eyes of several hundred True People, that fellow called Shangguan Qiulin had acted—yet no one knew his purpose.
And what exactly was the Abyssal Eye? What he had said had clearly been aimed at the Haining Alliance.
The whole matter was nothing but a tangled mess.
Wei He was speechless inwardly. He had only come to collect a reward, yet even that had spawned such a sudden twist.
"Patriarch, who exactly is that Shangguan Qiulin?" Cai Menghuan could not help asking.
It was also the question everyone around them wanted answered.
At once, pair after pair of eyes focused on Xiao Ling.
"If I am not mistaken, he should be a member of an independent organization active in Far Hope several centuries ago. It was called Tide."
Xiao Ling quickly said, "Tide was a non-sectarian force formed when the most outstanding geniuses and masters from Far Hope's various factions gathered together. At first, the organization had been founded to deduce a more powerful path of True Force martial arts.
"Later, however, a series of changes occurred. Tide's members became unwelcome throughout Far Hope, so the sects of that time joined forces to hunt them down, thoroughly exterminating every branch of Tide.
"This matter should originally have ended there. I never expected someone to emerge again now."
Xiao Ling paused. "But this has nothing to do with us. This is karma inherited by Far Hope's local factions from back then. We will return first and discuss it later."
The surrounding True People all came to an understanding.
Wei He said nothing.