The probability was high.
The only question was, what exactly had the Human Emperor and the others done? To provoke the Witch Clan into such fury that they had carried out a bloodbath outright.
Unfortunately, the Witch Clan's upper ranks had sealed off the matter completely. Everyone involved, even the Black Riders who had only been responsible for beheadings later on, had been warned and strictly forbidden from leaking any related information.
Several Black Riders had even been seized immediately after drunkenly letting something slip. They were never seen again afterward and had most likely been dealt with.
Picking up one of the reports, Li Su's eyes flickered with surprise.
It was intelligence from a mixed-blood who handled the sewers beneath a Witch Clan drinking hall. He had overheard the words of a drunk Black Rider.
That Black Rider had been responsible for the executions. According to his account, some of those beheaded had kept crying that they had been wronged, saying they knew nothing and had merely been brought in by someone...
Not long afterward, the drunk Black Rider was taken away and disappeared from then on.
Though there was little information, the implications were terrifying.
The Witch Clan had very likely obtained information that should not have been known at this point. Of course, that was not particularly strange. Ordinary people of the Human Emperor Dynasty might not know the situation of the Nine Provinces or of the War of the Witch and Demon, but cultivators were different—especially cultivators from medium and large sects. Within the major sects, there were dedicated records concerning the Nine Provinces and the War of the Witch and Demon.
The Human Emperor had truly been far too bold. He had brought so many cultivators who knew about the War of the Witch and