I glanced at the Water God, "If you have nothing else, I'll be leaving."

"Haha... quite a temper!" The Water God covered her mouth and laughed, "No wonder Yue Ying said you're not easily teased and told me not to play with you."

Before I could speak, the Water God continued, "Alright, I won't tease you anymore!"

"Zhao Yuezhu came to me half a year ago and told me to do my best to help you once I met you, as a way of returning a favor."

I raised an eyebrow, "That girl Zhao knew I would come?"

The Water God nodded, "She knew you would definitely come. Even if you weren't the first person here, you would come after Ye Yang."

Before I could ask further, the Water God explained, "Zhao Yuezhu's previous identity was Yue Ying, the second-ranked of the Eight Great Thieves. I am Shui Linglong, the Flowing Water Thief."

My eyes narrowed sharply – I never expected that the Eight Great Thieves, whom even Chen Shuyu couldn't find, would be hidden right beside me!

I said in a deep voice, "Did Zhao Yuezhu know all along that she was one of the Eight Great Thieves?"

Shui Linglong shook her head, "Yue Ying would be sad to hear that."

"Yue Ying is actually someone who was reborn through body snatching."

"Among the Eight Great Thieves, she's probably the only one who became a body snatcher. The rest of us cultivated into ghost deities and continued to live the carefree lives we had in the martial world."

"Yue Ying regained her memories before she left your Two Realm Hall."

"At that time, she should have been the most powerful person in your Two Realm Hall. However, she hid her cultivation because of things that happened in the past."

"She was worried about you and followed you onto the snowy mountains. That's when she learned the secret that Ye Yang was the Nine Coffin Taoist, Ye Qianyang."

I was about to speak when Shui Linglong interjected, "Are you going to ask if Yue Ying was the one who killed Ye Mei and took the coffin from the snowy mountain?"

"You don't trust Yue Ying again!"

Shui Linglong said, "Although the eight of us are thieves, we believe in leaving a trace wherever we go. We always leave a mark for the things we do."

"At that time, Yue Ying simply didn't have the ability to stop the other person."

"Of course, that person didn't dare to provoke Marshal Qisha; they just killed Ye Mei and ran away."

I changed the subject, "Tell me about your affairs! Why did you steal the iron bones of the Nine Coffin Taoist, Ye Qianyang, back then?"

Shui Linglong said, "At that time, someone hired us to do it. Or rather, they used their kindness to force us to do it."

"All of us were orphans who were rescued by that person and sent to the Thieves' Sect to learn our skills, becoming the most outstanding thieves."

"He sent more than just the eight of us to the Thieves' Sect, but only we survived."

"The Thieves' Sect back then wasn't as desolate as it is now; it could stir up storms in the martial world. In a sense, we became successful with that person's help."

Shui Linglong couldn't help but give a wry smile as she said this, not sure if she was mocking herself.

Shui Linglong continued, "The only time he asked us to take action was to steal the iron bones of the Nine Coffin Taoist."

"That time, we went through life and death to complete the mission. After that, we went our separate ways."

"As for who hired us?"

"I can only say that only two of the Eight Great Thieves knew his identity: our leader, Zhang Baishou, the Hundred Hands Thief, and Yue Ying, who was the most curious."

"I even suspect that Yue Ying's disappearance back then was because her curiosity got the better of her and she saw something she shouldn't have."

"After we broke up that time, we contacted each other a few times. Zhang Baishou also sent me a message, asking me to go back and help him. However, I felt that he was still working for that person, so I didn't agree."

"In order to avoid Zhang Baishou's entanglement, I heard that there was a place where sorcerers were exiled, and I came here out of curiosity."

"At that time, I realized that people's curiosity really shouldn't be too strong. Curiosity can really kill people."

"Once I came to the Land of Exile, I couldn't leave."

Shui Linglong stopped here, seemingly giving me time to consider.

Back then, since the Eight Great Thieves were ordered to steal Ye Qianyang's remains, why did they deliberately leave clues, leading us to the snowy mountains?

Could it be that Zhang Baishou and the others had another mission back then, which Shui Linglong didn't know about?

I've studied the Eight Great Thieves. Although they all came from the Thieves' Sect, their thieving skills were specialized.

Zhang Baishou, the Hundred Hands Thief, was good at opening various mechanisms.

Chen Qingyan, the Mountain Piercing Thief, was good at digging holes.

Shui Linglong, the Flowing Water Thief, could only exert her strongest abilities where there was water.

Yue Ying, the Shadow Thief, was said to be unstoppable as long as there were shadows.

Shui Linglong might have climbed the snowy mountain from the waterway back then!

However, I didn't have time to ask about these things.

If I spent too much time with her, Ye Yang might launch an attack.

I asked again, "How did you become a ghost deity here? Was this temple built for you?"

"Well, that's a long story." Shui Linglong said, "When I found the Road of Exile, it was already sealed off."