Su Jinxiu recounted the details of the attack today.
This was all information Liu Nanfeng had later told her, and it was far more detailed than what the little koi fish had said, even omitting no minor detail.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yin’e instinctively extended her right index finger and twirled a strand of her hair that fell down beside her temples, displaying an alluring grace.
Seeing this, Su Jinxiu quietly averted her gaze, her thoughts drifting back to that person. No wonder he had become a monk for eight years, yet his mortal heart had been stirred because of Zhu Yin’e.
“What is the origin of these people, and why do they want to capture Xiao Yu?” Zhu Yin’e furrowed her brow deeply.
Actually, the answer wasn't difficult to guess. Zhu Yin’e had resided at the bottom of the river for many years, and she didn't have many enemies. Even if she did, that person had killed them all back then.
Therefore, if these people wanted to capture Feng Hongjin, the answer was obvious.
“Feng Zhirun, Heavenly Palace.”
It wasn't the Dragon Gate because Zhu Yin’e had an agreement with the dragon race. Moreover, if they truly intended to capture the little koi fish, they wouldn't have waited until now.
However, she recalled something else. To find that person, Ao Jiangyue had been constantly following the little koi fish. Today, Ao Jiangyue had not appeared at all, indicating she had been deliberately lured away.
This meant the other party was fully aware of their movements.
With this thought, Zhu Yin’e’s divine sense, utilizing the river water, instantly swept through a hundred miles of the river, but she detected no suspicious individuals.
They first made their move on the shore, likely believing Liu Nanfeng to be an “ordinary person” and thus having a high chance of success. But they hadn't expected him to escape.
After escorting the little koi fish back, Su Jinxiu and her sister appeared together, causing them to have reservations and not dare to act rashly. Thus, they prepared to capture the little koi fish in the river, but they hadn't expected Zhu Yin’e to arrive so quickly.
Furthermore, the little koi fish’s alertness had also exceeded their expectations.
Although they could guess the objective, determining who was behind it was very difficult, as there were too many people who wanted to know about the Heavenly Palace.
“If we want to know the answer, perhaps we can ask it.” Su Jinxiu pointed to the corpse of the monster beside them.
Zhu Yin’e’s eyes lit up at this. “Soul extraction and bone searching,” that was Su Jinxiu’s specialty.
“Then I’ll trouble you, sister.” Zhu Yin’e’s face showed delight.
Enemies hidden in the dark were the most terrifying. As long as the target was identified, she would have means of restraint.
“It’s nothing, I also want to find them.”
Su Jinxiu’s face showed ferocity, a look that Liu Nanfeng had never seen before.
Su Jinxiu’s gentleness and thoughtfulness were only directed towards Liu Nanfeng. The path of cultivation was fraught with hardships, and it could not be smooth sailing. Therefore, Su Jinxiu was never a gentle or kind person.
Contending with heaven, contending with people, and contending with demons, her formidable reputation in the demon realm was forged through killing.
The monster was split in two, but this did not hinder Su Jinxiu’s spellcasting.
She reached out and grabbed the monster’s jaw, pulled, and extracted the complete skeletal structure. The stark white bones, devoid of any flesh or blood, were Su Jinxiu’s unique technique.
The monster’s body collapsed on the ground like a pile of mud, but its blood was not red, but blue.
“Eh.”
Just then, Zhu Yin’e, standing nearby, discovered something in the pool of rotten flesh. She beckoned, and a stream of water coiled around it, cleaning it before it fell into her hand.
“What is this?” Zhu Yin’e asked, somewhat puzzled.
It looked like an electronic device.
Su Jinxiu, having dealt with humans for many years, had broader knowledge. After a glance, she said, “It looks a bit like a tracking device.”
“Give it to me, and I’ll have someone look at it.”
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yin’e, without a second thought, handed it directly to Su Jinxiu.
Su Jinxiu took it, and it vanished instantly from her palm, her receiving it somewhere unknown.
Zhu Yin’e’s gaze returned to the stark white bones that had been extracted.
Su Jinxiu wasted no time. She placed her hand on the monster’s skull, and a mysterious power was activated. It surged upward along the bones, converging within the skull to form a faint, small flame.
Meanwhile, Zhu Yin’e, who had somehow procured a bronze basin filled with mercury, stood beside them.
Su Jinxiu, who had intended to directly read the soul’s memory, glanced at the basin, extended her hand, and guided the soul flame into it.
It then dissolved into the mercury. The originally silver-white mercury immediately became clear, and then, like a mirror, it began to reflect images.
This monster had low intelligence, and many of its memories involved either eating or pursuing prey.
However, the two did not pay much attention to this, merely focusing on the bronze basin as the images rewound.
From the pursuit of the little koi fish to preying on fish in the river…
The monster was thrown from the sky into the river…
The monster was kept in a dark aquarium…
The monster was in a transparent aquarium, surrounded by bright lights. Many people wearing masks and white clothes walked back and forth.
Besides various aquariums, there were also many iron cages. However, whether in the aquariums or the cages, all kinds of monsters were confined within.
There were monkeys with eyeballs filling their bellies, snakes with human faces, and mice with eight legs…
“Is this an artificially synthesized monster?” Zhu Yin’e said with a distressed expression.
Su Jinxiu nodded. She also thought so. It appeared to be in a research facility.
However, they did not see anything particularly distinctive, and they still did not know who these people were.
At this moment, the monster was lifted from the aquarium by a giant mechanical arm, then fixed onto a massive testing platform, and finally, along with the platform, was moved towards the back of the laboratory.
“Eh?”
Just then, the two finally discovered a special place, one that also struck them as familiar.
It was a symbol on the wall.
A circular pattern resembling the Earth, with an empty space at the top and a pattern of surging waves below, looking like the logo of a marine corporation. However, the color of the waves was not blue, but a deep red, like waves of blood. Even when viewed in the bronze basin, it still emanated an eerie aura.
“Tidal Society?” Zhu Yin’e exclaimed in surprise.
Su Jinxiu also nodded with a solemn expression.
“But wasn’t it completely eradicated by my husband back then?” Zhu Yin’e said.
Upon hearing this, Su Jinxiu glanced at her, her expression quite grim.
“Although Arun is powerful, the Tidal Society has a long lineage. They existed in ancient times. To completely eradicate them is likely beyond his sole power,” Su Jinxiu said, her face betraying a look of hatred.
For it was the Tidal Society that had massacred the Feng and Su families back then.
All for the Sacred Remains Finger Bone, which the Feng family had passed down for thousands of years.
But unexpectedly, Feng Zhirun had given it to Su Jinxiu as a token of their love, and it was buried with her when she passed away.
Back then, the Feng and Su families were annihilated, and this item was not found. Eventually, the matter was dropped. After all, although the Feng and Su families were also ancient clans that had been passed down for thousands of years, possessing noble status and immense power among humans, they were, in the end, just ordinary people. Killing them was simply killing them.
But who would have thought that Feng Zhirun, a member of the Feng family, would cause the Tidal Society to suffer severe blows within the next sixty years.
Countless experts were killed, various strongholds were destroyed, and several large-scale encirclements were organized, but each time resulted in heavy losses.
The reputation of the Unrivaled Sword Saint was not merely spoken, but earned through killing.
For a time, the Sword Saint’s might was unstoppable, and the Tidal Society, thoroughly terrified, eventually vanished without a trace.
Now it seemed that Feng Zhirun had not annihilated them completely, but had merely caused them to hide even deeper. When Feng Zhirun completely disappeared, they resurfaced.