The old man's story was short, but Su Jiu gleaned a great deal from it.
What he recounted was not information about this mission, but a veiled account of the events surrounding the Spirit-Draining Stone vein on Red Blossom Mountain.
Su Jiu had only heard the outcome from Xia Jue. She had never imagined so much had happened along the way.
As it turned out, the Azure Tide Sect had been at a disadvantage throughout that battle against the Soulguiding Sect. After all, the Soulguiding Sect's members frequently visited the Other Shore and were therefore more familiar with its terrain.
At first, the Enforcement Hall disciples had suffered many unseen setbacks because they did not know the terrain. Things had only improved considerably after Feng Qi led them in gradually turning the situation around.
In the end, the Enforcement Hall had wiped out the Soulguiding Sect disciples in one fell swoop. Then, using the Heavenly Flame Feng Qi had obtained from Xia Jue, they had set the Spirit-Draining Stone vein ablaze.
The fire had burned for a very, very long time-long enough to draw both Yin Ze's and Hong Zizhuo's attention.
But once the two learned what the Azure Tide Sect was burning, neither had said anything.
Spirit-Draining Stones only worked on human cultivators, and what use did they have for human cultivators' Spirit Roots? Thus, after watching for a while, they had stopped paying attention.
Yet the matter had not ended there. Immediately afterward, the Enforcement Hall had turned around and headed straight for the Soulguiding Sect on the Spiritflight Continent.
They held all manner of evidence proving the sect's control over the Spirit-Draining Stone vein and had thought they could seize the opportunity to encircle and eradicate it.
But when the Enforcement Hall arrived, the Soulguiding Sect's higher-ups