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At this moment, Su Ming fell completely silent.
His feelings were complicated.
Yet regarding An Zijin, Su Ming did not have many doubts.
He recalled the abnormalities he had sensed from An Zijin several times before. Sometimes, he had even vaguely seen strange, indistinct patterns appear on her body.
Thinking back now, those patterns might have been her innate-awakened Pattern Sight.
This undoubtedly meant that An Zijin was a high-level Spirit Bearer.
"Our Qin Family knew of Zijin's existence as soon as she was born. We knew she was the high-level Spirit Bearer we had sought for so many years, so we had always kept an eye on her. We even sent people to protect her."
Qin Qing's words reminded Su Ming of something An Zijin had once told him.
It had happened during the Huaming Campaign.
At the time, An Zijin had told Su Ming that after leaving Longyao City and going to Yinze City, she would always encounter a mysterious madam.
That mysterious madam would appear before her from time to time, guide her, or accompany her in conversation. She had also given her the Extracurricular Sequence Spiritual Art, Demon Binding.
That Extracurricular Sequence Spiritual Art was now in Su Ming's hands.
Back then, Su Ming had worried about An Zijin for quite some time, afraid that the mysterious madam might have some ulterior motive toward her.
Now, it seemed that the mysterious madam had probably been someone sent by the Qin Family to protect An Zijin.
"Originally, the Qin Family planned to bring Zijin back to Tianfeng City after she graduated, when she was around twenty. However, Zijin suddenly requested to come to Tianfeng City more than a month ago, so the Qin Family secretly brought her here a month ago."
Qin Qing turned her gaze