When Sikong Jing asked that question, his heart trembled.
He had not expected Ling Dongwei to deliberately pick up the thread in order to cover up the matter of the Nine Heavens Legacy—and even mention his father and mother.
Of course, Sikong Jing asked without hesitation. He wanted to probe for his parents' whereabouts.
Yet Ling Dongwei snapped back to his senses in an instant...
He stared fixedly at Sikong Jing. In the contours of Sikong Jing's face, he seemed to see something familiar. Although Sikong Jing had made minor alterations to his appearance, Ling Dongwei still felt a sense of familiarity...
He immediately shot back, "Your surname is Sikong. What is your relationship with that pair of traitors?"
In an instant, Ling Dongwei seemed to recall something, and his gaze grew colder and colder.
Sikong Jing's eyes narrowed slightly as he slowly said...
"Anyone with the compound surname Sikong is naturally connected to them."
"Because of them and people like you, how many people with the surname Sikong died? How many Sikong Families were wiped out? Don't you know?"
"I may be a variant human from the Gods and Devils Island Sea, but why do I bear the surname Sikong?"
The reason was still the same: they had been unable to catch Sikong Ding and his wife...
Back then, they had slaughtered countless Sikong Families throughout the Desolate Sea Region and dragged them into the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation to construct the Blood Demon Grand Formation.
Upon hearing the words "variant human," Ling Dongwei immediately felt that he had been overly suspicious.
Though the person before him did resemble Sikong Ding and his wife somewhat, he was a variant human.
As for matters concerning the Gods and Devils Island Sea...
The Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family knew something of them as