Xue Chan's words changed everyone's expressions; some faces turned grim.
On the contrary!
Another group revealed surprise mixed with excitement.
Qin Jishi narrowed his eyes slightly and swept his gaze over them. They were clearly the people who had come alongside Lord of Thousand Rays Realm.
After his gaze passed over the crowd, it finally settled on Xue Chan.
When Xue Chan had appeared, he had exchanged looks with Lord of Thousand Rays Realm.
Qin Jishi had seen all of it.
What?
Could Lord of Thousand Rays Realm's mastermind truly be the Crimson Blood Divine Hall?
Qin Jishi could not help but grow suspicious...
One had to know!!
The Withered Wood who had taken Zhang Shiqing away back then had been an elder of the Crimson Blood Divine Hall.
According to the Lord of the Black Fiend Realm's later investigation, after Withered Wood took Zhang Shiqing away, he had not returned to the Crimson Blood Divine Hall and had remained missing ever since.
Thus, Qin Jishi could make two judgments.
Either some people within the Crimson Blood Divine Hall were secretly plotting something unknown.
Or the entire Crimson Blood Divine Hall...
Thinking of this, Qin Jishi recalled the scene the Myriad Worlds Diagram had shown him when he was in the Heavenly Mystery Realm.
His eyes gradually narrowed, and he lowered his voice even further.
"Senior Dugu, what do you think of this matter?"
"..."
Dugu Qiubai seemed to have anticipated Qin Jishi's question and also seemed to have expected something like this to happen. His expression was incomparably calm.
"Young Pavilion Master, do you think it is possible that the Crimson Blood Divine Hall has already..."
He did not say the rest, but Qin Jishi had already understood.
Qin Jishi's expression abruptly changed again, his brows furrowing to the