Back then, Hou Sihai had committed countless killings and was sealed in ice by his daughter through a secret technique. It was only after Su Shi'er stumbled upon him by chance that he rescued and freed him.
After breaking out of the ice, Hou Sihai had provided Su Shi'er with no small amount of help throughout a long stretch of his cultivation.
Thus, the two had forged a deep friendship!
Not to mention that Hou Sihai's daughter, Leng Yan, was one of the higher-ups of the Phantom Star Sect. During Su Shi'er's time in the Phantom Star Sect, she had taken great care of him as well.
Unfortunately, Leng Yan later perished, body and soul extinguished. In search of a chance to revive her, Hou Sihai had first joined a force secretly supported by the Devil Race.
Then, after the Demon Sealing Seal broke and the Devil Race emerged once more, he vanished without a trace.
Or rather, it was Su Shi'er himself who had vanished without a trace. After all, Ye Qingxue had directly taken him to Heavenly Capital, where he had spent a full hundred years trapped within the array.
What Su Shi'er had not expected was that, upon meeting again now, Hou Sihai had entered the Buddhist path and become a cultivator of the Buddhist Sect.
By the time Su Shi'er arrived, Hou Sihai had already ignited his Nascent Soul. Though helpless, Su Shi'er had been powerless to turn the tide.
But regardless of the circumstances, whether it was the spirit vein jointly guarded by the three of them or their relationship with him—
Su Shi'er had no reason to stand by and do nothing.
Of course, there were other reasons as well.
Su Shi'er had always possessed a keen and meticulous mind. Seeing Mu Yingluo, also