"It would be one thing if only the Bone-Scraping Blade were suspicious, but even His Majesty specifically summoned me to the palace and ordered me to investigate Lianshan Jingcheng to see whether he is Jiang Ping'an."
"If the Bone-Scraping Blade weren't an elder of the Demon Cult, I'd suspect His Majesty was in league with her. Both of them are actually interested in an ordinary physician from Jiangzhou. And when His Majesty ordered me to investigate Lianshan Jingcheng, he specifically kept it from the Heavenly Queen."
"Interesting, very interesting. Could there be a conflict between the Nine Heavens and His Majesty behind this?"
The inner voice stopped there.
Qi Shiyun's expression remained composed. From beginning to end, she never met Cao Fuhu's eyes.
Inwardly, however, she did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Was there anyone in Great Yu who did not collude with the Demon Cult?
Why did every random person she met have ties to the Demon Cult?
Like Thousand Faces and Blood Guanyin, the Bone-Scraping Blade was one of the Four Great Elders of the Demon Cult.
She primarily practiced the Bewitching Art.
Her nickname alone made it clear that the Bone-Scraping Blade excelled at Essence Absorption.
She and Blood Guanyin stood at opposite extremes.
Qi Shiyun was not surprised that someone in the Imperial Court had been subjected to Essence Absorption by the Bone-Scraping Blade.
But she had never imagined that the newly appointed Jiangzhou Governor would have that sort of relationship with her.
Emperor Yongchang's choice of personnel was far too precise.
Or would anyone else he appointed instead of Cao Fuhu have ties to the Demon Cult as well?
Recalling her own father's countless tangled ties to the Demon Cult, Qi Shiyun thought it really was hard to say.
Cao Fuhu's relationship with