The Xuan Kui members currently in Taiyi were mostly Ou Rushuang's subordinates. The rest came from the other six kingdoms.
In terms of numbers, Qingyang had suffered the smallest losses. When Qin Chongxue arrived that day, he had already taken most of Qingyang Xuan Kui's people away on Qingkui's orders.
But some had been left behind, and Ou Rushuang had kept them on, including Zhang Xiangyun and the others.
Nian Qiuyan lowered his head to look at the Listening Wind Ruler. Yu Sui had told him that once the Sage discovered the mirage, it was inevitable that he would also investigate those who had been there.
Especially Nian Qiuyan. He was the one who had made the Lan Poison, and someone on the mirage's side would definitely expose his identity.
But Yu Sui had also said that a Sage would declare the students who had gone to the mirage to have been deceived by Ou Rushuang, unaware that what they were helping her make was Lan Poison.
Nian Qiuyan calmed down and looked over the message Yu Sui had sent him again. His scalp prickled.
What exactly had she done?
To enter the mirage, Ou Rushuang would have to take people in herself, or one of the other two Agricultural School Sages would have to come to the Mist Sea specifically to search for it. Nian Qiuyan couldn't think of any other way to get into the Red Island Mirage.
And leaving the mirage aside, how had Nangong Sui persuaded a Sage to help her?
Nian Qiuyan couldn't help closing his eyes. There were too many things he couldn't figure out, and divination couldn't give him answers either. It left him with a pounding headache, gnawing anxiety, and no sense of security.
After taking a moment to collect himself, he