Lin Heng sized her up without betraying a thing, then suddenly burst out laughing.
"Hahaha..."
"Young master, why are you laughing?"
"Miss Ke, as far as I know, your status should be an outer branch member of the Ke Clan. Now Dragon Sea City has been completely occupied by Extraterrestrial Cultivators, the Ke clansmen are either dead or scattered, and even the clan head has fallen!"
"Even their main-branch clansmen are powerless to do anything. Why are you so invested?" Lin Heng's tone made no attempt to hide its probing intent.
When a person did something, it could not be like an arrow shot without a target. There had to be some purpose behind it.
Ke Miaoling was an illegitimate daughter of the family, an ordinary fringe figure who could not be any more ordinary. She might not even have been entered into the genealogy.
When the Ke family met disaster, would she really be so concerned and obediently follow the words of the Ke Clan, taking a map of unknown authenticity to seek out people from an immortal clan in the Central Domain?
And from a place as distant as Dragon Sea Immortal City, trekking all the way here!
She just happened to meet Lin Heng, and she just happened to have come to Peace Hill City. Where in the world were there so many coincidences!
Hearing this, Qin Hongyi's heart tightened. He had not expected this brat before them to open with such a question, asking about their inner motives.
Fortunately, Dugu Yueli had long been prepared.
"Young master, those words are mistaken. Though my status is shameful, I was still fortunate enough to receive the Ke Clan's care! Now that my clansmen are in trouble, how could I sit by and do nothing?"
"Moreover, the direct clansmen