Si Ma Ye hurriedly explained, "After Mu Rong Yu, our fellow disciples, and I got separated, we eventually made our way here. Just as we were about to find a route around to the other side of the river, a figure suddenly flashed out from around a corner and knocked us all unconscious here."
"When we woke up, the storage artifacts on us had vanished without a trace."
Qian Meng glared coldly at Si Ma Ye, deeply disdainful of the words "got separated." He had clearly joined Jiu Ren in dealing with them, only leaving the group after being injured by the array.
Now, they were safe and sound, yet Jiu Ren was nowhere to be seen. Even without guessing, it was clear that the latter had most likely met with misfortune.
Yet Si Ma Ye did not ask about him at all, deliberately avoiding the subject. He was unworthy of being called a disciple, and it chilled the heart.
Seeing Qian Meng's gloomy face and silence, Sun Fu stepped forward on his behalf and asked, "Who knocked you out? Did either of you see them clearly? And what happened to that corpse?"
Si Ma Ye answered frankly, "The ambush came too suddenly. Before we could react, we both passed out."
Mu Rong Yu continued, "When we woke up, Ye Lingfei's corpse was already there."
"Perhaps she accidentally saw the appearance of the person who ambushed us, and that person killed her to silence her."
"If so, the person who ambushed us was very likely someone we knew."
"Someone we knew?" Qian Meng mused, mentally considering possible candidates.
Seeing the wounds on Ye Lingfei's neck, he instinctively thought of the claw techniques Demon Eagle excelled at, and suspicion rose in his heart. Could Demon Eagle have done this?
Could Demon