This Old Woman Had a Few Tricks Up Her Sleeve

"The Streamer was right. The Old Citizens are just a bunch of relics clinging to the past."

The old woman nodded in agreement.

"You said the Guangming Society's betrayal dealt the Old Citizens a devastating blow, leaving them with barely any footholds in the underworld. What happened?" Jiang Qiao asked.

"The Nether Sea..." The old woman's tone suddenly grew grave.

"What you heard was true, Streamer. The Nether Sea holds some of the most terrifying Evil Spirits in the Supernatural World, and possibly even Deities. But why do you think they entered the Nether Sea?"

Huh?

Jiang Qiao paused.

Before he could respond, the old woman said quietly:

"I don't know how the Guangming Society managed it, but they did get those Evil Spirits into the Nether Sea. The Old Citizens played a major part in it too."

"After all, they wanted to return to the surface."

"But after the Old Citizens paid a tremendous price, the Guangming Society turned on them. They changed something, causing many Evil Spirits to stray from the original plan and slaughter the Old Citizens."

Holy shit!

They stabbed their allies in the back?

Jiang Qiao understood at once.

No wonder the Old Citizens had opposed them for centuries.

"Does the Guangming Society have any Half-Gods?"

Jiang Qiao asked the question again.

There was no telling whether he would clash with the Guangming Society one day, so he needed to know how powerful it was.

Yet...

The old woman shook her head. "I don't know."

"You don't know?" Jiang Qiao blinked.

"People have argued for years over whether the Guangming Society has any Half-Gods. Many believe it does. After all, its terrifying legacy dates back to the Great Cataclysm, and its foundations run deep."

The old woman spoke at an unhurried pace, showing none of