Qin Bailian and Yi Yue exchanged a glance, and Qin Bailian said, "Sir, we had actually received some rumors before, but we hadn't confirmed them, so we didn't report them."
Jiang Liu frowned slightly upon hearing Qin Bailian's words and asked, "Tell me more about it."
Qin Bailian organized his thoughts and said, "Sir, have you heard of the Blood Demon Island faction?"
"Blood Demon Island? What kind of organization is that? I've never heard of it," Jiang Liu asked doubtfully.
"Blood Demon Island is not a force within our Great Qian territory; it's a force that operates overseas year-round," Qin Bailian explained.
Overseas again? Jiang Liu was also stunned when he heard this. The Bloodfiend Sect had already fled overseas, but they were still causing trouble in the Great Qian territory, attempting to invade the Great Qian.
Now there's Blood Demon Island too. Could there be some connection between the two?
"The Bloodfiend Sect and Blood Demon Island should have no connection. The Bloodfiend Sect was originally a force within the Great Qian territory, but it was driven out by the Jianghu forces of Great Qian," Qin Bailian explained, noticing Jiang Liu's confusion.
"So what does the matter of Soul Valley have to do with Blood Demon Island?"
"Actually, we hadn't thought of this before, but judging from the missing people in Soul Valley, it's very likely that Blood Demon Island was behind it?"
"In fact, when Blood Demon Island was active in the Great Qian Dynasty, it had been capturing disciples of sects that mainly cultivated mental power techniques."
"Perhaps the Blood Demon Art they practice requires martial artists with high mental strength."
"As for the forces that would secretly capture Soul Valley disciples, I can't think of any other ones. Some time ago, we discovered that people from Blood Demon Island seemed to be active in Yunzhou."
"We didn't take it seriously at the time because they didn't cause any damage, so we didn't investigate them further."
"Now that we know that the original location of Soul Valley was within Yunzhou, we suspect that this was done by the people of Blood Demon Island."
After hearing this, Jiang Liu was unsure whether the guess was right or wrong.
However, upon hearing that people from Blood Demon Island were active in Yunzhou, Jiang Liu cast a questioning glance at Qin Bailian and Yi Yue.
Jiang Liu had not seen any information about these things in the intelligence reports that were usually sent from the Listening Wind Pavilion and Ascension Tower.
Immediately, Yi Yue began to explain to Jiang Liu.
It turns out this news came from Qi County, and it happened before the Battle of Xun Province. It was Gong Heqian reported it to Yi Yue.
Yi Yue discussed it with Qin Bailian, but since they hadn't confirmed the news and nothing had happened, they didn't report it to Jiang Liu.
This time, it was because of the Soul Valley incident that Qin Bailian and Yi Yue got involved in these two matters.
This has led to speculation that it was the work of the Blood Demon Island people, but whether this is true or not remains to be investigated.
Jiang Liu frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Since we're unsure whether it was the work of the Blood Demon Island people, let's capture them and interrogate them."
"Since you can identify who are from Blood Demon Island, then you should take the lead in handling this matter. You can ask the people from the Listening Wind Pavilion for help. It must be done as soon as possible, because I'm afraid the people from Blood Demon Island will continue to cause trouble in Yunzhou."
"Yes, sir!" Qin Bailian and Yi Yue stood up and replied in unison, then the two walked out together.
Subsequently, Jiang Liu sent a message to Murong Yin through the messenger of the Listening Wind Pavilion, asking Murong Yin to arrange manpower to cooperate with Qin Bailian and Yi Yue.
After thinking about it, Jiang Liu still felt uneasy, since he knew too little about Blood Demon Island.
Immediately, Jiang Liu leaped into the air and flew directly towards the Cloud City Ascension Tower.
Before long, Jiang Liu reached the top floor of the Ascension Tower.
As soon as Jiang Liu arrived, he heard Murong Aotian's voice transmission, telling him to go in directly.
Jiang Liu flew into the pavilion on the top floor of Ascension Tower and saw Murong Aotian drinking tea alone through the open door to the secret chamber.
"Come in! What are you looking at outside?" Murong Aotian said to Jiang Liu.
Jiang Liu made an apologetic gesture to Murong Aotian and then went inside.
"What brings you here today, visiting this old man?" Murong Aotian asked as he poured tea for Jiang Liu.
Jiang Liu took the tea, took a sip, and then said, "I wanted to inquire about Blood Demon Island today."
Upon hearing Jiang Liu's words, Murong Aotian asked in confusion, "Blood Demon Island? What do you want to know about them for? Have the people from Blood Demon Island appeared in Yunzhou again?"
"Judging from what you're saying, you're quite familiar with the people of Blood Demon Island? And they were active in Yunzhou before?" Jiang Liu asked Murong Aotian.
Murong Aotian nodded and said, "To be precise, he was active in both Xun Province and Yunzhou. However, that was a long time ago, and he hasn't appeared since."
"Xun Province and Yunzhou? You mean that Blood Demon Island isn't only active in Yunzhou?" Jiang Liu frowned and asked doubtfully.
"Yes! Many older people in Yunzhou and Xun Province know about them, but they've never been able to trace their hideout. Moreover, Blood Demon Island only operated in the two states for a short time before disappearing without a trace."
Furthermore, Blood Demon Island hasn't appeared for a long time, so many people have forgotten about it. If you hadn't brought it up today, I wouldn't have remembered it either.
After Murong Aotian finished speaking, he got up and walked towards the secret chamber at the back. After a while, Murong Aotian came out with several secret scrolls in his hands.
Murong Aotian handed the secret scroll to Jiang Liu, Jiang Liu then took it and began to read it.
Although there are several secret scrolls, they do not contain much information.
Moreover, it only records the activities of the Blood Demon Island Islanders in Xun Province and Yunzhou, and speculations about who they might have kidnapped.
However, the speculation about the cultivation techniques on Blood Demon Island is similar to what Qin Bailian said.
After confirming this matter repeatedly, it did provide some help in dealing with the current disappearance of Soul Valley disciples.
If it really was Blood Demon Island that did it, then we have a target.
Whether or not Blood Demon Island was responsible remains to be seen until Qin Bailian and Yi Yue capture the perpetrators.
Since it was still uncertain, Jiang Liu simply put him aside for the time being.
Jiang Liu then asked Murong Aotian about some recent events concerning the current situation of the Great Qian Dynasty.
Especially regarding matters concerning Buddhism, after all, he now has a blood feud with Buddhism.
However, Jiang Liu is no longer afraid of Buddhism; otherwise, he wouldn't have agreed to the Daoist sect's request for help.
However, Jiang Liu had become accustomed to nipping any potential danger to him in the bud.
If Jiang Liu could find Xuan Kong and Xuan Xing's whereabouts, he wouldn't mind personally going to kill them.
Unfortunately, even the Ascension Tower had no news of the two of them.
Perhaps they are plotting something in the shadows, who knows?