Along the way, to confirm his suspicions, he had even visited Cloudmist Peak and Cold Pool Nightfall specifically to seek verification from two particular seniors.
Of course, the final results had been almost exactly as he had suspected.
It was precisely this that made him feel increasingly that some force was manipulating everything from the shadows.
And Su Jiu was the knot fastening the bond between these two continents.
At that thought, Xia Jue lightly licked his lips. He seemed even more curious about his little junior sister's origins now.
Yes, he had secretly investigated Su Jiu's origins long ago, but her background was simply too clean, and too mysterious. Beyond Great March Mountain, there was nowhere else he could trace her roots.
It was as though she had truly appeared out of thin air.
Xia Jue was still turning everything about Su Jiu over in his mind, his thoughts drifting in and out.
Just then, someone else walked in.
After entering, the newcomer first glanced at Feng Qi before turning to Xia Jue.
Xia Jue raised his eyes slightly. "Were you the one who led the team to the Newly Appeared Mountain Range?"
The man lowered his head and answered, "Yes."
"Tell me about it."
"I brought back twelve cultivators wearing Azure Tide Sect disciple robes. One of them was still conscious and claimed to be Su Jiu's friend, so I brought him back as well."
Feng Qi, who had just taken a sip of water, nearly sprayed it straight out. "How... how many?"
"Twelve."
"Are you sure it wasn't two?"
"My bone age is three hundred and ten, and my cultivation is at the Nascent Soul Late Stage." He was hardly so old that his eyes had grown dim.
The disciple's perfectly composed reply left Feng Qi choking