At this point, the two men finally truly understood where Jiu Yan's backing lay, and all the memories related to Shang He had been retrieved as well, cross-verifying with Kui Dou. Combined with what they had previously obtained from their private exchange with Duanmu Senqiu, the deeper they dug, the more unfathomable they felt Jiu Yan's background truly was, leaving them staring at each other in blank dismay for a moment.
To say nothing else, just Zhan Shuicheng, that supreme talisman grandmaster of renown throughout the world, was quite enough to give them a hard time—after integration, the number of true person cultivators in the Thirteen Water Mansions had already broken through ten, and there were even two Lesser Calamity Law Grandmasters holding down the fort. In terms of strength, it was already close to the standard of a large sect, but facing an expert who could stand at the absolute peak of the talismanic field, or even facing a powerful sect suppressed by a great earth immortal caliber like Ruizhu Palace, the difficulty was by no means the least bit easier than dealing with the Yin Mountain Sect.
Shang He smiled bitterly and patted Kui Dou's shoulder. Apart from feeling a bit chilly, he was just like an ordinary person:
"It's good that you've figured it out. Although Nine Nether Prison is fine, the connections right before our eyes are still more important."
How one should choose between the location of an Innate Secret Treasure that could not yet be determined and a clear-cut super connection, Kui Dou presumably could not fail to understand.
Kui Dou's face was as dark as water, but the trace of greed that had just sprouted was extinguished right then and there.
In the blink of an eye, night passed. Led by Qi Baiyi,