"Is this the so-called illegitimate son?"
Gu Shen stood outside a temporarily rented courtyard in the wilderness of Yinghai District. His gaze pierced through layer after layer of obstruction and settled on the bound Higashizaki Jing.
After completing the handover in the Ice Sea, he had rushed back to Yinghai.
"That's right."
Song Ci folded his arms and said irritably, "Kidnapping someone like this is seriously beneath me. I'm the boss of the Sincere Heart Society's North Hall. If I'm going to do something, it should be something big."
"Don't worry. There'll be some 'ruthless work' later that you'll like."
Gu Shen smiled. "Have you checked this guy's Mental Sea?"
"No."
Song Ci shook his head. "Chen Li and I aren't Mental Affinity Transcendents... Touching it rashly could trigger unknown chain reactions. This sort of thing is better left to you."
"Alright. Wait here."
Gu Shen nodded.
He entered the courtyard alone.
The first thing he needed to do after returning to the Eastern Continent was investigate the "Higashizaki Family betrayal case."
This case could be as significant or insignificant as one wished.
As Song Ci had previously told Chen Li, there were only five true aristocratic families in the Eastern Continent.
Gu Bai Gong Mu Li.
As for all the other families, they weren't even qualified to carry the Five Great Families' shoes!
The Higashizaki Family's betrayal was an indisputable fact. Higashizaki Tsuki's memory images were proof.
Thus, the simplest solution was to uproot them completely.
But the troublesome part was this... was the Higashizaki Family the only family doing such things?
If not, did that mean an even greater force was pulling the strings?
A young man with a numb expression was tied to a chair in the courtyard.
He was somewhat different from the usual