After asking that question, Sikong Jing's heart tightened slightly.
Perhaps Father's family still existed?
Ma Shuquan immediately said, "Impossible. The first Sikong family was wiped out long ago. Probably not even ashes remain."
At once, Sikong Jing's mood sank hard. It seemed he had been too optimistic.
He gave a bitter laugh inwardly. Given the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family's way of doing things, given Ling Dongwei's utterly bottomless conduct...
How could Father's family possibly still exist?
After steadying his emotions again, Sikong Jing deliberately frowned and said, "What I mean is, perhaps someone survived and secretly followed the first Sikong to the Sovereign Seal, then secretly raised Sikong Jing."
Hearing this, Ma Shuquan thought for a moment, then slapped his thigh wildly. "Maybe... that really is possible."
At that moment, the captain, who had remained silent all along, chimed in, "I did hear that the first Sikong didn't seem to have been completely uprooted back then. I received an order at the time to search for an old man and several children."
The moment those words came out, Sikong Jing's entire body trembled slightly...
The captain continued, "Later, because we failed to find them, our entire unit was thrown out of the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent. Now we can only be dumped on Frost Isle. I'm originally from the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent too."
As the captain spoke, his face was filled with frustration.
Ma Shuquan could not help saying, "Something like that actually happened? Then perhaps..."
Before he could finish, the captain shook his head again. "Impossible. Even if that old man and those children weren't found, they must have hidden in some corner of the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent. They couldn't escape the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent, much less reach the Sovereign Seal."
What Ma Shuquan meant was precisely this: Sikong Jing might