Everyone turned toward the sound and saw Yunqi Tower disciple Yuan Zhao looking at Xia Ming with an eager expression.
At that moment, she revealed a look of sudden realization and said, "Ah, look at me. I was so focused on my own people that I forgot there was such a capable hand as Junior Brother Yuan nearby."
Through their interactions over the past few days, she believed she had already figured out the temperaments of this pair of Great Sect siblings.
Yuan Ning was a meticulous person, and everything she did was well ordered and methodical.
But her younger brother, Yuan Zhao, had little scheming in his heart. He was straightforward by nature and easily influenced by others.
The little act she had deliberately put on with Wen Youcai earlier had been intended to lure Yuan Zhao into taking the bait.
As a demonic cultivator who had infiltrated the Northwest, she had learned about these Great Sect disciples before setting out.
Since these two came from the same sect and were blood-related siblings, they surely possessed some trump cards they could wield together.
So long as she found a way to separate them, the threat they posed to her would be greatly reduced.
And judging from Yuan Zhao's current reaction, the act she and Wen Youcai had put on had clearly achieved its purpose.
"Xiao Zhao, how can that be? The situation beneath the water is unknown. Rashly going underwater would be immensely dangerous."
Hearing that her younger brother wanted to go underwater to investigate as well, Yang Yuanling was the first to step forward and stop him.
Yet Yang Yuanzhao seemed to have made up his mind. No matter how she tried to persuade him, it was useless. Left with no other choice, she took three talismans from