Jin Yu smiled and nodded. "No need for formalities. Have your injuries healed?"
Xu Yang cupped his hands. "They were only minor injuries. They've almost healed."
"As the sole survivor, you will be questioned by me on behalf of the academy. Tell me what happened." Jin Yu sat down on a rock and beckoned Xu Yang to sit.
The people who had accompanied him spread out to examine the traces left by the battle.
Xu Yang nodded and sat opposite Jin Yu, beginning with Ma Daxing's arrival on the Giant Eagle. When he reached the part where the Blackwater Spirit Loaches in the cold pool went berserk after Ma Daxing collected water, and the Blackwater Spirit Loach King left the pool to kill people, Jin Yu frowned.
"No one inspected that iron bucket, and you even let an outsider approach the cold pool?"
Xu Yang shook his head.
"Wait a moment."
Jin Yu rose and strode toward the cold pool. After examining the traces around it, he confirmed that Xu Yang had not lied. The Blackwater Spirit Loach King had indeed left the pool.
Xu Yang followed him and saw Jin Yu bend down, scoop up a handful of water from the pool, and swallow it. He closed his eyes to assess it.
A few breaths later, Jin Yu opened his eyes. "The water was drugged."
He did not blame Xu Yang. After all, Xu Yang had not been in charge here, and Luo Zhao was dead. Assigning blame was pointless.
Still, today's incident had largely resulted from Luo Zhao failing to inspect Ma Daxing's water bucket carefully. If the cold pool had not been drugged, Ma Daxing and his men could never have captured so many Blackwater Spirit Loaches.
Had the Blackwater Spirit Loach King not appeared, Ma Daxing