As a Senior Harvester, Meng Chao knew the Wisdom Tree was not lying. Tiger Leaping Fish indeed had the habit of traveling thousands of miles back upstream during breeding season to lay their eggs.
Because swimming against the current consumed enormous amounts of energy, Tiger Leaping Fish became exceptionally ferocious when breeding season began. They even attacked aquatic monsters larger than themselves, storing up enough food for the journey ahead.
If Jin Qianxi had truly been severely wounded and fallen into the Crimson Dragon River, then her blood and Spiritual Energy could indeed have attracted Tiger Leaping Fish, which might have swallowed her whole and carried her upstream.
But Jin Qianxi had, after all, been one of Dragon City's foremost experts of that era.
According to "Martial God" Lei Zongchao and "Underground Emperor" Jin Wanhao, Jin Qianxi had possessed the greatest talent and strongest combat power among the old three-person team that explored the Ancient Ruins.
Otherwise, she would not have been subjected to the Blood Alliance Leader's frenzied concentrated assault during the battle to overthrow the Blood Alliance, ultimately falling into the Crimson Dragon River.
Lei Zongchao and Jin Wanhao had personally told Meng Chao this assessment of Jin Qianxi.
One was Dragon City's universally acknowledged Martial Dao Myth and a pioneer of the Spiritual Energy cultivation system; the other was the Nest City Master, a supreme underworld tycoon who had dominated Dragon City's gray domains for decades.
Their judgment ought to have been highly credible.
Could such a heroic woman really have perished just like that... even if she had briefly fallen unconscious from grave injuries and the shock of the river after plunging into the Crimson Dragon River, only to be swallowed whole by a Tiger Leaping Fish?
Sure enough, the winds and clouds abruptly changed within