As for the rest of the story, even without the cultivator surnamed Lu telling her, Su Jiu could more or less guess what had happened.
In the end, jealousy lay at the root of it all.
Although the two belonged to different sects, they still often traveled and trained together after reaching Foundation Establishment.
They had been friends since childhood, after all. The Jade Sword Sect disciple naturally had no reason to guard against his companion, and so he had lost his life. It was a terribly unjust death.
As for someone like the cultivator surnamed Lu, he had never possessed a clear understanding of his own aptitude and strength. Su Jiu thought that even without his friend, the Jade Sword Sect would never have accepted him as a disciple. All of it had been nothing more than his wild fantasy.
Though the Jade Sword Sect could not compare with the Azure Tide Sect, it still considered its prospective disciples' character, and the cultivator surnamed Lu clearly failed that test.
After his fit of madness, the cultivator surnamed Lu gradually quieted down.
Seeing this, Su Jiu continued, "As for the final point, there's the flaw in the range of your divine sense..."
"Since you know who I am, you should also know about one of my widely known innate gifts: my otherworldly eyes.
"Your cultivation, root bone, Dantian, and aptitude-none of them can escape my otherworldly eyes. In other words, standing before me, you're practically transparent.
"The range of your divine sense is utterly ordinary. It couldn't possibly support observation over such a great distance. That you knew what lay across the swamp can only mean one thing: you'd already been to this side.
"And to think you kept up that frightened act for so long. I wonder what you