Chapter 637: Saint Slave Secret Talk

A pop-up suddenly appeared in his information bar, displaying “Startled: Passive Value +7,” startling Xu Xiaoshou.

He had only asked that one question, and Mu Zixi's surprised reaction was expected. But why were all these guys from the Saint Servant organization also looking surprised and trying to hide their surprise?

“It seems none of you know about this?” Xu Xiaoshou raised an eyebrow.

No one replied. Behind them, Cen Qiaofu, who was resting on a grass mat to recover from his injuries, seemed to have been awakened by this remark.

“Young man...” His voice was somewhat weak. After all, he had single-handedly fought off numerous White-Clothed Cutters and Number Thirty-Three, perfectly buying the Saint Servant organization a significant amount of time. This was a feat not easily achieved.

Xu Xiaoshou timely looked over, raising his hand to pull out a jar of honey. “Elder, you’re awake? I have some healing medicine here, would you like to try it?”

Cen Qiaofu stared at the honey for a long time, then waved his hand. A junior’s healing medicine—never mind whether it would work or not. Simply knowing it came from the unrestrained Xu Xiaoshou, he wouldn’t dare ingest it.

“No need.” Supporting himself, Cen Qiaofu sat up, refusing Haitang’er’s help, and asked, “But regarding the ‘Eyes of Gods and Devils,’ what do you know, young man?”

Xu Xiaoshou blinked, his “Perception” discreetly glancing at his junior sister. Seeing that she didn’t react much and wasn’t resistant to the topic, he said, “That depends on what you all know.”

“I don’t know, and I don’t recognize it,” Lei Shuangxing suddenly said. But this time, not only Xu Xiaoshou but even Mu Zixi could tell he was lying.

“You do!” she blurted out, poking her head forward. Seeing the grizzled face turn towards her, she retracted her head at light speed.

Even at this moment, Mu Zixi still felt very uncomfortable being caught in the Saint Servant whirlpool. But there was nothing she could do. She had never anticipated that her own master would turn out to be the second-in-command of the Saint Servant organization.

“We’re all on the same side now, so why not speak up?” Xu Xiaoshou began to build rapport. Indeed, even if he felt no real allegiance, he was outwardly almost entirely a Saint Servant member. Hiding things from him like this didn’t seem like something Saint Servants would do.

Lei Shuangxing still said nothing. Instead, Bazun An nodded slightly from the front. Only then did Cen Qiaofu, from the back, continue, “Young man, you’ve touched on a sensitive point. There’s not much we can tell you about these matters. In short, the Eyes of Gods and Devils are a power belonging to the Lei family.”

“The Lei family?” Xu Xiaoshou was surprised. So, if Mu Zixi possessed the Eyes of Gods and Devils, was she also a member of this Lei family?

“What kind of power is the Lei family?” Mu Zixi asked herself, tugging at her twin ponytails.

Cen Qiaofu sighed, “They were a declining Grand Void noble family. Because the power they wielded became too strong, they were...” He paused at the right moment, but Xu Xiaoshou’s brows furrowed.

“Exterminated?” He didn’t speak aloud, only subtly sent a voice transmission. Cen Qiaofu nodded slightly.

Everyone could see that the two were communicating privately, but no one said anything further at the moment. Some matters were indeed not suitable for open discussion.

Having received an affirmative reply, Xu Xiaoshou hesitated, unable to voice his question. If it truly was a case of family extermination, it would be difficult to bring up in front of the affected party.

However, since it concerned his junior sister’s secret, he couldn’t ignore it. “I apologize if this is presumptuous, but I’ve witnessed the ‘Eyes of Gods and Devils’ before and am very curious about this power...”

“She has the Eyes of Gods and Devils, doesn’t she?” Lei Shuangxing suddenly interrupted.

Xu Xiaoshou paused, then turned to glance at his junior sister. He clearly remembered that back on Sword-Leaving Grassland, he had kept the Eyes of Gods and Devils a complete secret, preventing their exposure.

So, for Lei Shuangxing to still know about it now meant... a deep-seated bloodline sensation?

And if the power of the Eyes of Gods and Devils could be perceived through bloodline, then Lei Shuangxing should have sensed his junior sister’s uniqueness when he first entered Heavenly Sang Spirit Palace, right?

“No, not necessarily,” Xu Xiaoshou said, somewhat uncertain. After all, his junior sister hadn’t awakened her power back then; she had only suffered a high fever once.

Wait! High fever? A jolt went through his heart, and he suddenly understood something.

Could it be that the arrival of Lei Shuangxing, a direct descendant of the Lei family, triggered the power of the Eyes of Gods and Devils within Mu Zixi, and that high fever was the beginning of her power’s awakening?

He couldn’t hold back anymore. He turned to Lei Shuangxing and directly asked, “What exactly are the Eyes of Gods and Devils?”

The scene fell silent once more; no one replied. Lei Shuangxing suddenly stood up. “I’m tired, I’ll sleep for a bit.” With that, he walked to the far end of the cave, lay down on the large stone bed, and then turned over, facing away from everyone.

The campfire in the cave crackled, and the aroma of roasted meat filled the air. The Storyteller was already shamelessly salivating. Lei Shuangxing’s hasty departure clearly indicated he didn’t want to continue discussing the topic.

Xu Xiaoshou’s eyebrow twitched, but he didn’t say much either. Since the other party didn’t want to talk, he decided to find a more suitable opportunity to discuss it later, as it was indeed difficult to talk openly with so many people present.

But at that moment, a gentle, soft voice suddenly reached his ear. “The Lei family, a Grand Void noble family, yet they were an extraordinary power, comparable to a semi-saint noble family, wielding the power of Heavenly Dao Punishment.”

“Their bloodline inheritance was the ‘World’s Eye Techniques,’ which included the ‘Eyes of Gods and Devils’ you mentioned.”

“Of course, in addition to that, other equally renowned techniques on the continent such as the ‘Eye of the Unknown,’ ‘Soul-Stabilizing Gaze,’ ‘Ornate Star Pupils,’ ‘Will-Transferring Aperture,’ and ‘Eye of the Grand Dao’ were also part of the ‘World’s Eye Techniques.’”

“Having wielded too much power and possessing ambitions unwilling to be ordinary, their path led either to extinction or ascending to the peak.”

“Evidently, the Lei family met the former fate.” Xu Xiaoshou was momentarily stunned by what he heard. He barely registered the subsequent information, his mind fixated on a few familiar names he’d heard earlier.

“What Star Pupils?” “And... the Eye of the Grand Dao?” He turned to look at Luo Leilei. The young girl was wide-eyed, her expression indicating she had said all she would say.

“Tell me!” Xu Xiaoshou was itching with curiosity. This suspense was worse than not being told anything at all. The crucial point was, if the Lei family’s eye techniques included the two he recognized, then Yu Zhiwen’s and Ai Cangsheng’s powers...

A chill ran through him as Xu Xiaoshou considered a terrifying possibility. “There’s nothing more to say,” Luo Leilei replied.

Luo Leilei pursed her lips, looking as if she hadn’t spoken, but her voice transmission was very diligent: “For many years, too many coveted the power of the ‘World’s Eye Techniques,’ and various forces used different methods to divide the Lei family’s bloodline.”

“If what I’ve said includes powers you recognize, then...” She paused, then added, “You understand ‘borrowing a chicken to lay an egg,’ don’t you?”

Xu Xiaoshou understood, realizing his heart had been racing without him noticing. Before he could relax, Luo Leilei continued, “Of course, I’m not ruling out the possibility you’re already anticipating.”

“Uh!” Xu Xiaoshou froze. He parted his lips, unable to utter half a word.

His “Perception” covertly glanced at Mu Zixi. He knew the young girl had no memory of her early life. So, what if that part of her memory was something she didn’t want to talk about?

And Yu Zhiwen, and Ai Cangsheng... Xu Xiaoshou felt he had found a connection between the two. A shiver ran through him, and he asked, “Which force ultimately exterminated the Lei family?”

Luo Leilei’s eyelids lowered; she didn’t reply. “The Holy Divine Palace?” Xu Xiaoshou’s neck involuntarily craned forward.

“I don’t know,” Luo Leilei shook her head. “You don’t know anything!” Xu Xiaoshou was infuriated. This wasn’t the look of someone who didn’t know; it was clearly the look of someone who didn’t want to say.

He hadn’t been able to figure out his junior sister’s constitution or her origins. Having such a person by his side was very dangerous!

At least, at this moment, during the Saint Servant secret meeting, if his junior sister’s Eyes of Gods and Devils were truly acquired through such means, if she was indeed the true culprit behind the Lei family’s downfall... what would that make her? An undercover agent?

At this thought, a chill ran down Xu Xiaoshou’s spine. But upon further reflection, the last time he had pressed his junior sister, he had gotten no results, and she hadn’t seemed to be lying either.

And if she were truly the culprit behind the Lei family’s downfall, would Lei Shuangxing, relying on his bloodline sensation, react this way to the Lei family’s eyes appearing before him?

His body relaxed slightly. Xu Xiaoshou felt he might have been overly biased. Perhaps his junior sister was not only not one of the culprits behind the Lei family’s downfall. On the contrary, she might be the person Lei Shuangxing had been protecting all along?

After all, sometimes, what you don’t know can’t hurt you. “I’ll remember that.”

He glared fiercely at Luo Leilei, but she just made a face back, completely unconcerned. Xu Xiaoshou, exasperated, could only give up pressing the matter.

He wasn’t foolish. Since Luo Leilei was able to tell him these secrets, it meant she had already acknowledged his identity as a Saint Servant deep down.

But at this point, she was still vague and chose not to speak. For such a significant matter to be handled this way, it was likely not that she wouldn’t say, but that she couldn’t say.

It was like how the world could only refer to Dao Qiongcang as “Palace Master Dao,” and Bazun An as “The Eighth Sword Immortal.” When it involved the power of a semi-saint, some things couldn’t be easily discussed.

There was a force in this world that compelled silence, and Xu Xiaoshou knew of it.

According to Luo Leilei’s words, the Lei family, a Grand Void noble family, had wielded power comparable to a semi-saint noble family. Such a giant had still been annihilated.

So, what kind of power could have annihilated them? A semi-saint? Or... merely that?

Xu Xiaoshou didn’t dare to think further. He knew he was already involved in enough whirlpools, and if it weren’t for his junior sister, he wouldn’t want to concern himself with these matters at all.

Since he could only let it go for now, so be it! Still... glancing at his junior sister, who was still innocently staring at the campfire, Xu Xiaoshou’s heart felt very conflicted.

He always had a feeling that “if it’s not a blessing, it’s a curse; if it’s a curse, you can’t avoid it.” His fate was perhaps intertwined with this. If he truly needed to intervene, at this moment, he felt he was not qualified enough.

At the very least... “At least I need to reach Grandmaster rank first, right?” Xu Xiaoshou sighed wryly, feeling a bit sorry for himself. He was only at the Innate realm; when would he ever be qualified to interfere in matters concerning semi-saints?

The White Cave was a huge mistake. Everything had been out of necessity. What he should be focusing on now was how to strengthen his own power and seek self-preservation amidst these several whirlpools.

As the voice transmission ended, the cave truly became a bit quieter. Everyone seemed hungry, remaining silent, just quietly waiting for the wild game in Xu Xiaoshou’s hands.

The wafting aroma had already started to make several people’s stomachs rumble. Those at the Innate realm could abstain from food, and the higher one’s cultivation, the more so. However, this certainly didn’t mean that everyone capable of abstaining from food would choose not to eat; there were still many spiritual foods in this world beneficial to spiritual cultivators.

Moreover, the wild game in Xu Xiaoshou’s hands was roasted using “Culinary Mastery.” The aroma of meat was accompanied by the fragrance of herbs...

Even Bazun An didn’t know how this guy in front of him could use just a few leaves to give this spiritual food an aroma worthy of a master chef from a wine pavilion.

Lei Shuangxing procrastinated for a long time, but eventually, he couldn’t resist the aroma any longer. He scuttled over and sat down next to Luo Leilei. He had initially found it difficult to adapt. But when he noticed that no one around him paid attention to his actions, their focus entirely on the succulent deer meat, he immediately relaxed.

Xu Xiaoshou took in everyone’s reactions and chuckled. “Hungry...” Mu Zixi tugged at her senior brother’s sleeve from behind, letting out a soft whine. “Prompted: Passive Value +1.”

Xu Xiaoshou turned around to see the young girl, tugging at her twin ponytails, her two large eyes practically jumping onto the meat. He chuckled. With a flip of his hand, he set up the various skewers he held. Tonight, it was a meat feast! “Food’s ready!”