“I learned some things today.”
Bai Sha looked at Long Er and Long San.
Seeing that Bai Sha had finally spoken, Long San perked up. “I wonder what things Junior Martial Sister has learned? Could they be related to us?”
“Indeed, they are related to you.”
“What is it?”
Even Long San was growing curious.
Bai Sha spoke unhurriedly. “What I heard seems to differ from what the two Senior Brothers have said before. Rumor has it you were chased to Hundred Beasts Island by a race called the Bloodthirsty Swordfish Clan, and that you sought refuge here, becoming members of the island for protection.”
The moment these words left her mouth, Long San’s expression stiffened, and Long Er paused mid-bite.
They had never expected Bai Sha to bring this up.
That was a matter from many years ago.
After arriving at Hundred Beasts Island, they had directly contacted the island’s upper echelons to join them. This matter shouldn’t have spread.
“Junior Martial Sister, where did you hear that?” Long San asked helplessly.
Though he was asking, Long San had his suspicions.
He knew Bai Sha was Luo Nishang’s cultivation partner. Through Luo Nishang, she could indeed learn such things.
Bai Sha didn’t answer, and instead continued, “I also know the cultivation arts you practiced in the past hide a secret. Your old arts came from the Blood Sword King. If they were to be fused with two other arts also originating from the Blood Sword King, you would obtain an art surpassing the Transformation Stage.”
If what Bai Sha said earlier had surprised Long Er and Long San, then these words filled them with dread.
How could Bai Sha know about this?
The two Dragonhead Sharks stared at Bai Sha with stunned eyes, their gazes filled with pure bewilderment.
Even Hundred Beasts Island didn’t know this!
“Junior Martial Sister, you… you…” Long San, who had always been so eloquent, seemed to lose his ability to speak at this moment, completely unsure of what to say.
Bai Sha leisurely said, “Do not be nervous, Senior Brothers. Though I know these things, I won’t reveal them.”
Long San calmed his inner turmoil and asked, “Junior Martial Sister, where exactly did you get this information?”
Information about the Blood Sword King and the art fusion was something even Hundred Beasts Island didn’t know, so Luo Nishang couldn’t possibly know either.
Thus, neither Long San nor Long Er could understand how Bai Sha knew these things.
Bai Sha smiled faintly. “Where I got this information is a secret, so I cannot tell the two Senior Brothers.”
Long San and Long Er couldn’t help but frown.
Bai Sha continued, “However, as your Junior Martial Sister, I am quite curious about these fusible arts. Would the two Senior Brothers be willing to share the content of these arts with me?”
Long San remained silent.
Long Er, without any hesitation, said, “Impossible. This is a matter destined to be forgotten.”
Bai Sha wasn’t surprised by this answer and shifted the topic. “Do the two Senior Brothers happen to know the whereabouts of the Ghost Jellyfish Clan?”
This question caused the expressions of Long Er and Long San to change again.
They understood perfectly well why Bai Sha would ask about the Ghost Jellyfish.
“Junior Martial Sister, could you be connected to the Bloodthirsty Swordfish Clan?” A look of suspicion surfaced in Long Er’s eyes.
“Senior Brother seems rather agitated?” Bai Sha smiled. “But there’s no need for misunderstanding. How could I possibly be related to the Bloodthirsty Swordfish Clan?”
“Junior Martial Sister, where exactly are you learning all this?” Long San asked once more.
“It’s a secret. I can’t say.” Bai Sha shook her head, then added, “But returning to the matter, are the two Senior Brothers truly unwilling to tell me the content of your past arts?”
“Quell that thought entirely, Junior Martial Sister. We cannot possibly divulge the art’s content.” Long Er’s tone was absolute.
Long San also nodded.
Even if they had some thoughts about Bai Sha, on this matter, they would not compromise.
Bai Sha was unsurprised by their reaction. She instead said, “Senior Brothers, while I cannot reveal my source of information, I possess another secret I can tell you.”
“A secret?”
Long Er and Long San looked at Bai Sha with confusion.
Bai Sha smiled. “The truth is, our Hundred Beasts Island has already been targeted by the Heavenly Devil Palace. You know of the Heavenly Devil Palace, yes? It is an immensely powerful Devil Cultivator sect. Even Nascent Soul cultivators are merely mid-level members there.”
Long Er and Long San exchanged a glance, then looked at Bai Sha oddly.
Targeted by the Heavenly Devil Palace?
They found her words somewhat baffling.
Bai Sha didn’t mind and continued, “Before long, the Heavenly Devil Palace will attack Hundred Beasts Island and annihilate everything here. Everyone will die. No one will survive. However, I have a way for everyone to escape this calamity.”
“What exactly does Junior Martial Sister mean?” Long San asked in confusion.
Bai Sha chuckled. “Simply put, if the two Senior Brothers tell me the content of the Tide Riding Technique, and also share the information about the Ghost Jellyfish Clan, then when the Heavenly Devil Palace attacks, I can guarantee your survival.”
This was, of course, a bluff.
Bai Sha was exploiting an information gap.
When the Heavenly Devil Palace really attacked, she, the Demon Cultivator who predicted the event, could not be ignored by Long Er and Long San regardless of anything else. When the time came to save their own skins, would they still dare to hide the Tide Riding Technique?
In her previous life, Bai Sha had learned about the Hundred Beasts Island situation from the Devil Cultivator Yu Zi’an, discovering the secret that the Raging Waves Art could be fused. That meant that in the previous life, to save their lives, Long Er and Long San had already told the secret to the Devil Cultivators of the Heavenly Devil Palace.
If they could tell Devil Cultivators, surely they could tell her too?
But these words, spoken now, only made Long Er and Long San’s expressions turn strange.
They naturally found it hard to believe that the Heavenly Devil Palace would attack soon, and simply thought Bai Sha was fearmongering to trick them out of their arts.
Bai Sha smiled. “I know the two Senior Brothers cannot easily trust me, but I also won’t ask you to pay any price right now. When the Heavenly Devil Palace truly attacks, you’ll know if my words are true or false. You must remember to find me then. You know where I live.”
After saying this, Bai Sha said no more, turned around, and left leisurely.
She wasn’t worried about Long Er and Long San believing her words and escaping in advance, because Demon Cultivators of Hundred Beasts Island were not allowed to leave freely. They needed prior approval. She could easily have Luo Nishang watch them, and if they tried to leave early, she would know immediately.
