"Kill him. If you cut the weeds without pulling out their roots, they'll grow again when the spring wind blows."
After learning the full story, Su Jiu had already made her decision. Even the questions and gaps that had emerged along the way had gradually been filled in without anyone noticing.
Judging by Huang Shan's earlier impulsiveness and temperament, he certainly did not seem particularly bright. People like him only had a little talent when it came to deceiving women's hearts.
Thus, she was almost certain that neither discovering the Soul-Suppressing Pearl nor "accidentally" finding the tomb had been Huang Shan's doing. He was merely a scapegoat in this affair.
As for the true culprit...
Su Jiu slowly turned her gaze toward a spot not far from Huang Shan. It was probably this petite female cultivator lying on the ground.
"Are you going to get up yourself, or would you prefer us to find another way to get you up?"
Su Jiu's words struck the female cultivator's heart like a heavy hammer. Seemingly aware that she could not escape today, she slowly climbed to her feet, then continued to regard the five of them with a timid air.
To say she was looking at all five of them was not entirely accurate. Her gaze fell mainly on Yun Huanling, Yun Chao, and Feng Qi.
Yun Chao never concerned himself with negotiations or matters that required racking his brains, so naturally, he had no interest in receiving the signals a female cultivator sent him with her eyes. He kept his head lowered and remained silent throughout, as though detached from the group.
Perhaps it was a common failing among sword cultivators, but Yun Chao rarely returned his Life-Bound Treasure, the Morning Cloud Sword, to his dantian to nurture it. Like a