For a moment, Su Jiu was rather bewildered.
By all rights, no one had ever mentioned Crimson Thread to her, nor had she ever read anything about it in a book. She should have known nothing about it.
Yet, inexplicably, the instant Sword Demon mentioned Crimson Thread, a wealth of information about it flashed through her mind, as though it had always lain submerged in her memories, something she was supposed to know all along.
Seeing their expressions, Sword Demon looked intrigued. "So you know what Crimson Thread is?"
At Sword Demon's prompting, Su Jiu could not help looking back at her companions.
Chu Luohen's expression was as impassive as ever, revealing nothing. Buddha Child stood with his eyes closed, running his Buddhist Prayer Beads through his fingers without a word.
Yun Huanling was different from both of them. His face had gone a little pale, and his gaze was somewhat unfocused...
Su Jiu had always known Yun Huanling had a secret. She had never pried, believing it to be a small secret of his own. Now, however, it seemed far more serious than she had imagined...
Sword Demon circled them once, then suddenly chuckled. "Speaking of which, I have your Senior Brother to thank for my freedom."
Su Jiu's gaze darkened slightly. "What happened to my Senior Brother?"
Sword Demon smiled. "Your Senior Brother? I'm afraid he isn't doing too well."
"What did you do to him?"
"I didn't do anything to him. What you should be asking is what Zheng Qilong did to him..." At that, he shook his head in amusement. "That doesn't seem quite accurate either... More precisely, he suffered a backlash because of what he tried to do to Zheng Qilong..."
Su Jiu thought of a Magic Treasure... the Fortune-Transferring Pearl...
Of course. How could