As thoughts flickered through his mind, Xiao Honghua gradually figured out the suspicious point and began to take Mo Jingqiu completely seriously. Although he had previously remained hidden behind the scenes and manipulated Heavenly Sovereigns to test Mo Jingqiu, that had merely been his style of preferring to wrongly suspect rather than let anything slip through the net. He had not truly taken it to heart, stopping after a light touch when he saw nothing amiss.
"Yet there is another possibility. The reason no one from the Scarlet Firmament lineage of Three Xiaos Palace has cultivated the Nine Bends Heavenly River Calamity Divine Light since Mu Jing may be that Mu Jing herself had a problem and deliberately altered the cultivation method. That would explain why the method was only restored after Xuansiao returned and Mu Jing perished, allowing Mo Jingqiu to witness the true intent of the complete Calamity Fate Great Dao and cultivate this transcending-level Immortal Technique." Once a figure at Xiao Honghua's level of Dao Lord caught a single clue, he could infer countless matters in reverse. "Perhaps Jiang Xiao's disappearance after reincarnating back then was related to Mu Jing."
"If that is the case, then there is nothing wrong with focusing attention on Xuansiao. Mo Jingqiu merely encountered this through fate and circumstance. But since this suspicious point exists, she must still be tested carefully, at least to rule out the other possibility."
Xiao Honghua waved Pei Yun out, then fell into thought. "It is said that Guīyī Dao Ancestor had an old friendship with Jiang Xiao and even owed her a favor. Among the Dao Ancestors born from Innate Spirit Treasures, some may well have been Jiang Xiao's friends. Moreover, Xuansiao herself has extensive connections. Of the many friends she made in those years, two