On their way to Jiao Lin's home, Su Jiu and her companions were stopped by a young man.
"Don't meddle in the village's affairs. Take your friends and leave at once."
The newcomer was Jiao Chen, who looked like a young man.
Su Jiu stared at Jiao Chen and pressed her lips together. "You're helping a tyrant commit his atrocities."
Her tone was certain, but her other two companions were utterly bewildered. It would have been understandable if Mo Qi and Qiao Zirong failed to follow her, but the two of them had stayed by Su Jiu's side all along, yet they, too, were beginning to lose track of her thoughts.
Jiao Chen already knew how clever this girl was. There was nothing strange about her guessing part of the truth.
Jiao Chen lowered his eyes slightly. "That's all I have to say. Whether you listen is up to you."
"Is your so-called village chief really a merfolk? Or does he merely possess a merfolk's Core, which gives him merfolk features?"
At this, Jiao Chen's face paled slightly. He said, "Even if you know, what can you do?"
"Do you realize your story is riddled with holes? It could only fool the two idiots behind me."
The two idiots behind her glanced at Su Jiu and chose to remain silent. They really were beginning to lose track of what she was saying.
"Your Cultivation Level gradually declined for no apparent reason? Hah! You really glossed right over that, without even bothering to explain."
Watching Jiao Chen's face grow paler, Su Jiu smiled, though there was no amusement in her eyes. "To think the Merfolk King would willingly bow beneath a human-oh, no, beneath a demon. Could you tell me who stuck that talisman inside your body?"
Yun Huanling felt that