There have been three instances of Soul Beasts being brutally slaughtered in the Sunset Forest over the past half month.
It is said that hundreds of Soul Beasts have been cruelly slaughtered."
Brutal slaughter!
This looks very much like the work of an Evil Soul Master.
But there's another possibility, which is using a secret technique to create artificial Soul Bones.
"A small town outside the city was massacred a month ago, and at that time, the City Lord of Tiandou City sent a Soul Saint to personally hunt the Evil Soul Master, who was reportedly killed."
"..."
I have to say, there are indeed quite a few such reports.
Even Su Yu suspects, even if it's not the Evil Soul Masters he's been chasing, there would still be a lot of this kind of information.
He noticed something Songzi mentioned, that the Iron Blood Sect has been quite active recently.
"The Iron Blood Sect, isn't that the old employer of the Guard Team?" Su Yu asked in surprise.
"Hehe, it's said that the Sect Leader of this Iron Blood Sect recently had a breakthrough, and absorbing a Soul Ring raised him to a Soul Saint."
Soul Saint?
"So fast?"
"Yeah, too fast. The Sect Leader of this Iron Blood Sect indeed has a monstrous talent. Ten years ago he broke through to Soul King, and now he's becoming a Soul Saint."
Kuang Tie, the Sect Leader of the Iron Blood Sect, is only forty years old himself. Breaking through to a Soul Saint at this age can't really be called genius, but the key is that he is a late bloomer.
He only became a Soul King at thirty, and was still a Soul Venerable at twenty-five.
"It's said he got some opportunity, his Martial Soul mutated, the Fine Steel Hammer Martial Soul mutated into the Soul Suppressing Hammer."
Clicking his tongue.
Songzi speaks with a hint of envy, as this kind of favorable mutation of a Martial Soul is truly the kind of opportunity any low-level Soul Master dreams of.
Soul Suppressing Hammer?
Su Yu nodded and didn't continue to ask.
Huo Yuhao's voice appeared in Su Yu's mind, "Brother Yu, do you suspect that the Sect Leader of the Iron Blood Sect is an Evil Soul Master?"
The speed of his later outburst indeed matches the characteristics of an Evil Soul Master.
However, breaking through from Soul King to Soul Saint in ten years is actually quite normal, averaging just two levels per year, which is slower than an Evil Soul Master.
The thing most suspicious about Kuang Tie is how he went from Soul Venerable to Soul King in just five years, from twenty-five to thirty.
But this averages to less than four levels per year.
If it's really a Martial Soul mutation, it actually makes sense.
"No, it's not this Kuang Tie. If it were really him, Shrek wouldn't let him off."
Kuang Tie being able to openly snatch Tang Sect's territory, Shrek, no matter how ruthless, would definitely gather information on it.
If Kuang Tie were an Evil Soul Master, he'd definitely be discovered.
"Then Brother Yu, why are you so concerned about the Iron Blood Sect?" Huo Yuhao could feel Su Yu's curiosity about the situation with the Iron Blood Sect.
"Kuang Tie isn't an Evil Soul Master, but he may be our mission target. My assessment task this time is to stop a normal Soul Master from falling into being an Evil Soul Master."
At the time, Huo Yuhao didn't actively ask about Su Yu's assessment, but now Su Yu voluntarily revealed it.
"Stop? Has Kuang Tie been targeted by the Holy Spirit Sect?"
Soul Suppressing Hammer...
A Martial Soul related to souls, if the personality is extreme, it indeed might cause a Martial Soul mutation. If coupled with the Evil Soul Master's induction, the possibility of falling becomes very high.
"No, it's not this Kuang Tie, but someone else."
Huo Yuhao was curious, seeing Su Yu's roundabout way of speaking, he was a bit frantic.
"Brother Yu, who is it, did you figure it out?"
Honestly, from Celestial Armor City all the way to Tiandou City, and now to listen to the Kuangyun Guard Team's intel, and you can guess the assessment target, it's really hard for me to understand.
Huo Yuhao could only assume that Su Yu had some special guidance from the Life God, along with an extremely profound Life Attribute that lets him perceive clues he couldn't notice.
"Yuhao, the Iron Blood Sect occupied the legacy site of the Tang Sect."
Su Yu reminded Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao's pupils contracted, and his breath became a bit rapid, cold sweat oozing from his back.
Teacher Xiaoya?
Is the one being induced to fall Teacher Xiaoya?
Huo Yuhao still has deep feelings for Tang Ya. Back then, Tang Ya helped him enroll, and even provided him with the Profound Water Pill, which helped him a lot.
His transformation came from absorbing the Ice Emperor as his Second Martial Soul.
However, the foundation of this transformation was cultivating to Level 20. During this process, the help of the Profound Water Pill was invaluable.
Also the Profound Celestial Skill, these were great aids at the time to someone with mediocre and even poor aptitude like him.
"Why would it be Teacher Xiaoya?"
Su Yu could hear that Huo Yuhao's voice was already a little anxious.
"Why not? The Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul of Tang Sect has always absorbed the Soul Ring of the Human-faced Demon Spider, so it's normal to inherit its devouring abilities. Besides, Tang San, the founder of Tang Sect, also had the devouring ability in his Blue Silver Grass, which is undeniable. The possibility of Tang Ya's downfall still exists."
"So Brother Yu, you sensed something off when you saw Teacher Xiaoya in Xingdou Great Forest?"
Huo Yuhao recalled when Su Yu gave a warning to Tang Ya.
Advising her to always absorb Life Attribute Soul Rings was not just to discuss the cultivation philosophy for Blue Silver Grass, but to purify the evil capabilities deep within her Martial Soul?
The ability to connect the dots is a great thing.
Su Yu praised mentally.
This Huo Yuhao managed to piece together the logic himself, so there was no need for him to explain.
"But, Brother Yu, why does the Holy Spirit Sect go out of its way to lead Teacher Xiaoya to fall?"
Returning from the hall to the guest room arranged by Zou Yun, Huo Yuhao still couldn't understand, so he simply asked Su Yu.
Why induce Tang Ya?
"If even the Life God took notice, naturally, the impact of Tang Ya's downfall wouldn't be small."
"Don't forget Tang Ya's status, the Sect Leader of Tang Sect, and her connection with Shrek."
In addition, from Su Yu's own understanding, there might be some personal intentions from Zhongli Wu involved.
If Tang Ya was targeted, and there's a specific plan, then it wouldn't have started just yesterday.
It might have been set from her birth or even before, with her parents.
Su Yu could realize, if those within Holy Spirit Sect familiar with the knowledge of Evil Soul Masters found out, it wouldn't make sense that they didn't know.
With the previous splendor of the Tang Sect, it wouldn't be strange for the Holy Spirit Sect to have noticed Tang Sect's legacy.
So it all still makes sense.
Moreover, Su Yu also knew that Zhongli Wu treated Tang Ya, after she joined the Holy Spirit Sect, almost like a daughter.
These premises helped him analyze and sort out this general cause and effect.
Huo Yuhao listened to Su Yu's logically sound deduction, his lips turning white.
"What are you worried about? My task is to stop the actions of the Holy Spirit Sect, Tang Ya is fine right now."
Su Yu said helplessly.
It was clear that Huo Yuhao's feelings for Tang Ya were quite deep.
And, the connection they built over a year, whether there were external factors influencing it, was unknown.
But it doesn't matter, the sentiment was returned, and it won't be owed anymore, these things will soon fade away.
"Kuang Tie breaking through Level 70 might not be unexplained, either. In the next few days, keep an eye on the Iron Blood Sect's movements; they're likely also part of the Holy Spirit Sect's plan. Tang Ya's induction must involve the Iron Blood Sect being washed in blood."
Su Yu was also curious how a minor Soul Venerable like Tang Ya could kill someone like Kuang Tie and the entire Iron Blood Sect's Soul Masters.
...
With Huo Yuhao's assistance, Su Yu's investigation into the Iron Blood Sect was particularly smooth; Spiritual Detection Sharing was quite convenient.
"Brother Yu, behind this Iron Blood Sect, there might indeed be Evil Soul Masters laying the groundwork." After discovering several potential clues, Huo Yuhao increasingly believed Su Yu's guess. "Brother Yu, what do we do? Find the Evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Sect, and then kill them?"
Su Yu shook his head.
Kidding.
If Zhongli Wu came in person, the two of them wouldn't be enough as sacrifices.
So they must still use force against force.
Tang Ya is Beibei's girlfriend, and there's no way her safety can be ignored; Beibei is Moon's great-grandson, the Sea God Pavilion can't ignore this, can they?
Of course, just using this connection definitely wouldn't achieve the effect Su Yu wants.
He was merely using this outcome to find a target that could lend a hand.
Whether directly in rescuing Tang Ya or not, for the sake of their relationship, they might stumble upon Evil Soul Master's tracks and then pursue them, as long as they're doing so, it counts as saving her.
Su Yu's thinking is also refreshingly unconventional, leading powerful figures from Shrek to eliminate danger was one thing, but he even managed to pull together so many reasons.
It seems to make quite a lot of sense, too.
Huo Yuhao was momentarily stunned.