When the Soul Masters from Sea God Island came ashore, the Su Family had just returned to port after exploring the island ruins.
Sea God Island's informants immediately approached them to ask about the situation at sea.
After all, the Su Family had set out with two ships but returned with only one. They were bound to become a prime target for investigation.
At first, the Su Family had indeed yearned for Sea God Island and had been very patient during the questioning. But after being treated differently by Sea God Island for so long, the insults its Soul Masters had hurled during the earlier interrogation became the final straw that broke the Su Family's back.
In truth, the Su Family had embraced the Sea God Faith not because they had received any great benefits from the Sea God or Sea God Island, nor because they truly believed the faith would help them. They had simply gone with the flow.
The Soul Masters from Sea God Island had spoken harshly, disparaging the Su Family as utterly worthless. In that case, why should the Su Family still risk their lives for them?
With their faith shattered, the Su Family chose a pragmatic path. After all, they were a merchant family. In the past, they might have taken on thankless tasks for their faith, but they would no longer do so.
Su Ernan had said all this because he wanted to seize the opportunity to use this information as a bargaining chip and earn a favor from Qin Yuan.
There was bad blood between Sea God Island and Spirit Hall. As long as that group of Soul Masters who had come ashore was captured, Spirit Hall would gain leverage over Sea God Island and could take the initiative in certain matters down