A trace of gloom crossed Su Zhonghai's face. "Su Xin clearly carries the blood of our Su Family, yet he treats us this way. His intentions are downright treacherous!
"If he didn't have our Su Family's blood, how could he have made it this far? And now he acts as if he wants nothing to do with us."
Everyone present nodded. They were all direct descendants of the Su Family and valued their bloodline above all else. To them, Su Xin's actions were no different from those of a traitor, and they felt no goodwill toward him.
Su Zhonghai sneered. "In that case, there's no need to waste words with him. Su Xin is just like his father—a thankless wretch who can never be tamed. We might as well use the Mind-Bewitching Gu and take control of him!"
Su Zhonghai looked up at the others. "Our Su Family should still have that Mind-Bewitching Gu, right?"
Everyone present was startled. They hadn't expected Su Zhonghai to be so ruthless as to use that thing.
The Mind-Bewitching Gu was a sinister kind of Gu insect passed down from the Miao Border. It could cloud a person's mind and turn them completely into a puppet.
But the thing's effects were far too sinister. In ancient times, after one Miao Border clan developed the Mind-Bewitching Gu, they had wreaked havoc throughout the martial world, causing great turmoil.
Unfortunately for them, the First Dynasty had held the world in its iron grip in that era, and no one dared defy the Human Emperor's might.
So when that Miao Border clan had only just begun to stir up trouble, the Human Emperor had ordered the ancestor of the Ningyuan Hall Su Family to lead his people in wiping out the entire clan. The method of refining