Within the Misty Cloud Barrier, Zhang Tianji sensed the anomaly as well. Turning to Zhou Chu beside him, he said, "Earlier, I thought Sun Jingfu had come here for the same reason we had—for the Shangqing legacy treasures, and for Yu Ci. But now, it seems something is amiss."
"Senior Brother is right."
Zhou Chu had always been expressionless, with few emotional fluctuations. Though this matter involved the life of his clan nephew, he still considered it thoroughly and impartially. "The timing does not match. Unless Sun Jingfu, like the two of us, had been traveling through the north. But even then, Sun Jingfu alone could not take down Yu Ci... If his target was not that man, then it could only be the Three Treasures Ship."
Zhang Tianji rather agreed, then brought up You Ziwo and Wan Feiluo. "The upper ranks of the Rakshasa Sect and the Four Seas Society are closely connected, but it is still rare for them to appear together. The declaration of intent here is extremely strong; it should be public business. I have not heard of any old grudge between the Shangqing Sect and those two sides, so they can only be targeting Suixin Pavilion and its partners."
As he spoke, he gave Kan Xingli an order. "Bring the inventory over."
Though Kan Xingli was among the top five senior figures of the Azure Wave Water Mansion, he had no temper to speak of at this moment—urging someone's clan brother to his death was one thing, but in the end they had fallen into Crimson Firmament Heaven's trap and brought the aggrieved party to their door. They truly had no face left to refuse anything.
Zhang Tianji took the inventory and swept his eyes over it. The treasures listed were still divided into the