Sun Feiyang's question struck Ding Songyan like a bucket of ice water poured over his head:
There was another expert involved?
He steadied himself. Not wanting to read too much into it, he considered for a moment before asking:
"Fu Yangquan was Mister Wei's subordinate, sent to work in Dingjiang Prefecture. Mister Wei belongs to the Two-Faced Clan and cultivates the Heart Demon Scripture. Surely you know who he is?"
This time, Sun Feiyang's yin soul nodded:
"He's Wei Wuji, the hidden sect master of the Ten Thoughts Sect. He was born into the Two-Faced Clan, not turned through corruption. He controls the Ten Thoughts Sect on the Path Master's behalf."
Wei Wuji... Ding Songyan committed the name to memory.
The Ten Thoughts Sect was the branch of the heterodox path County Lieutenant Yi had mentioned, which passed down the Heart Demon Scripture. It had three Martial Grandmasters. The Martial Prohibition Bureau had previously supplied the Xiaoming Sect with information on it, listing all three names, but none had the surname Wei.
Only now did Ding Songyan resolve that mystery. Wei Wuji had always remained behind the scenes, never stepping into the open.
"Is the Ten Thoughts Sect an offshoot of the Accumulated Evil Path?" Ding Songyan's alarm subsided.
"No. They're the Path Master's servants. Apparently, the Heart Demon Scripture is very useful to the Two-Faced Clan. It helps them control their selfishness, treachery, greed, and malice as they would control heart demons, allowing them to grudgingly consider the bigger picture. That's why the Path Master specifically brought the Ten Thoughts Sect under his heel." Sun Feiyang's ghost recounted everything he knew.
*An Evil Envoy like you, who so often wanted nothing but to commit evil and ruined plenty of things doing it, criticizing the pureborn Two-Faced Clan for not