"The Gu Family abducted people, and the Old Madman lied about his surname. What a mess..."
Shi Yan shook his head, summed up the situation, then asked the most important question.
"So what do we do next?"
Thinking things through had never been Shi Yan's strong suit.
He preferred having clear orders to carry out.
And he clearly wasn't the only one who felt that way.
So...
Everyone in the room turned to look at Su Jinghong.
Su Jinghong: ...The captain has to do the thinking too?
At that moment, Su Jinghong missed her damned husband terribly.
How could Feng Yunqi go off to the Divine Realm by himself and leave his darling wife to deal with all this trouble?
"Ahem."
Su Jinghong rubbed her temples.
"By now, we can more or less rule out the Gu Family. Our next focus should be the Feng Family and the Shen Family, both of which have ties to the Old Madman... Su Ye, since you made a deal with him to get the Spiral Chaotic Wind Sword, why don't we investigate the Feng Family first?"
Su Jinghong privately gave herself a pat on the back.
That logic is airtight!
"I agree with the captain. Searching the Feng Family first is a good idea!"
"The Feng Family is stronger, while the Shen Family has already fallen into decline. It makes sense to tackle the tougher one first."
"But... didn't Su Ye say the Old Madman claimed to be from the Feng Family when he actually had Shen Family blood? Doesn't that make the Shen Family more suspicious?"
"Maybe he was born into the Shen Family but has deeper ties to the Feng Family."
"More importantly... Su Ye's deal with the Old Madman concerns the Feng Family. It has nothing to do with the