After putting the Black King's armguard back on, Su Xiao felt no change brought by the Black Crow Ring, nor could he control the crows on Silent Light Island. The adaptation period probably had not ended yet.
The adaptation period lasted around 1–60 days, with the exact duration depending on the strength of one's soul. Being eroded by the Demon Sea's curse could accelerate the process. Even if one's soul was not particularly strong, one could control over ten thousand Black Curse Crows in at most five days.
The situation on Silent Light Island had been thoroughly investigated. Su Xiao had no intention of staying there any longer. He had just learned a crucial piece of information from the old woman: an organization was researching what exactly the Cursed Ones were.
This organization was not the mysterious mastermind behind everything. It had been established many years ago by a witch who had once stayed aboard the Doom. She had shared an ambiguous relationship with the Doom's fifth captain.
The fifth captain had used some unknown method to free the witch from the Doom. After returning to land, she began researching the Cursed Ones, the Demon Sea's curse, and more.
It was difficult to accomplish much alone, so the witch founded a small organization and invited other witches to join her in researching the Demon Sea's curse.
Time passed, and the witch who had founded the organization died of old age long ago, but her knowledge had been passed down and accumulated through generation after generation until now.
It was said that the organization had completely declined, and its research direction had also changed. It had gone from finding ways to lift the curses suffered by the Cursed Ones to finding ways to control the Demon Sea's curse and make it