Lin Feng shook his head, then looked at the girl.
“But I didn’t expect you to figure out the truth from just a few clues.
You’re quite clever.
Don’t tell me you’re actually from the Tie clan?”
The girl looked at him in surprise.
“Why do you say that?
What made you think I’m from the Tie clan?”
She had little interest in the identity of the scumbag who had abandoned Miss Zhang.
She had already asked about him, yet even Lin Feng, an external elder of the Zhang family, knew nothing about his identity.
What caught her attention instead was Lin Feng’s sudden mention of the Tie clan.
She could not understand why he had connected her to them.
Lin Feng naturally had his reasons.
“The Tie clan is one of the leading forces of the righteous path in the Southern Border.
Unlike most clans, they take it upon themselves to uphold justice, pursue criminals, and help the weak.
Because of this, their Gu Masters are known for their keen judgment and exceptional investigative abilities in solving difficult cases.
Even the number one divine investigator of the Southern Border, Tie Xue Leng, comes from the Tie clan.”
“Moreover, the Tie clan possesses many specialized Gu worms used for investigation, such as Intuition Gu, Empathy Gu, Clue Gu, and Divination Gu.
You managed to uncover the truth from only a few clues, so naturally, the Tie clan was the first thing that came to mind.”
The girl nodded slightly.
“Those Gu are indeed unique to the Tie clan.
I didn’t expect you to know so much about them.”
“Of course.
I’ve always admired the Tie clan, so I naturally gathered information about them.
For decades, they’ve pursued criminals and hunted demonic Gu Masters without fearing powerful enemies.
“Especially the Demon Suppression Tower.
Thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands, of demonic Gu Masters are imprisoned inside.
Its very existence is a symbol of the righteous path.
Demonic Gu Masters tremble at the mere mention of its name.
How could such a clan not be worthy of admiration?”
“Without the Tie clan suppressing criminals and demonic cultivators throughout the Southern Border, who knows how many innocent people would have suffered?
Those demonic cultivators are truly despicable, killing people, stealing inheritances, secretly cultivating forbidden paths, and even hiding their identities while pretending to be righteous Gu Masters.”
Lin Feng shook his head with disgust.
“Absolutely shameless.
If I ever discover someone like that, I’ll personally send him to the Tie clan.”
“So this is what the Tie clan is like in your eyes?
I don’t think the Tie clan is anything special.” Although the girl spoke dismissively, a trace of smugness still appeared on her face.
She was clearly pleased by his praise, despite pretending otherwise.
“No, no, no.
This isn’t just my opinion.
Everyone in the Southern Border knows it.
The Southern Border can survive without any other clan, but it absolutely cannot do without the Tie clan.”
Even Lin Feng felt embarrassed saying such outrageous words.
After all, among all the forces in the Southern Border, the Tie clan was the one that suppressed Blood Path most fiercely.
For a Blood Path Gu Master like him to stand here and praise the Tie clan so passionately was truly shameless.
However, Lin Feng’s shameless flattery had clearly worked.
The girl tried to act indifferent, but the smug curve of her lips and the growing favor in her eyes were impossible to hide.
“Don’t tell me you really are from the Tie clan?
I remember hearing some news before we set out with the caravan. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
The Tie clan’s eldest daughter, Tie Yuning, had gone missing.
Could you be her?” Lin Feng asked, recalling the news he had heard before the journey.
“Yes, that’s me.”
The girl admitted it calmly, as though she were talking about something as trivial as drinking water.
“Huh?
It really is you!?” Although Lin Feng had already suspected her identity, hearing her admit it so readily still surprised him.
“But aren’t you the daughter of the Tie clan leader, the eldest young lady of the Tie clan?
Why would you run away from home?”
The girl wrinkled her pretty nose and crossed her legs.
“Hmph, what’s so great about being the eldest young lady of the Tie clan?
All I wanted was for my father to help improve my aptitude, but he refused.
If he won’t even help me with that, why should I stay there?”
Improve her aptitude?
Lin Feng looked at her in confusion.
As the eldest young lady of a powerful clan like the Tie clan, shouldn’t her aptitude be quite high to begin with?
Seeing Lin Feng’s puzzled expression, Tie Yuning snorted.
“Don’t bother thinking about it.
My aptitude is the same as Jia Jinsheng’s, the caravan leader.
D-grade aptitude.”
“I ran away from home because I wanted my father to take an aptitude raising Gu from the clan treasury and use it to improve my aptitude.
But he kept saying that the clan treasury belonged to the entire clan, not to him personally, and that he couldn’t abuse his authority for his daughter’s sake.
Hmph, what a stubborn old man.”
Well, that certainly sounded like the Tie clan’s way of doing things.
Rigid and inflexible, refusing to bend the rules even for their own family.
It reminded him of a certain righteous woman who was obsessed with our Great Love Immortal Venerable.