Super Invincible Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1601 - 1602: Turning of the Tides

Chapter 1601: Chapter 1602: Turning of the Tides

"You’re talking nonsense! I have no idea what you’re talking about!"

Luo Ling’er’s adamantly denying attitude only further confirmed Su Chengyu’s suspicions.

He gently shook the wine cup in front of him, which had yet to touch his lips, and said softly, "This so-called heart-to-heart wine doesn’t seem very sincere."

"You..."

"Want to kill me?"

Sensing the intent to kill, Su Chengyu spoke preemptively. However, a flicker of Rainbow Sword Light shone at his glabella, and the Sword Qi left by the Heaven-Mending Stone in Su Chengyu began to emerge halfway from his forehead, as he looked at the person in front of him and spoke coldly.

"Don’t be too confident in yourself. Even if I am injured now, I’m still confident that I can kill you before you make any move, and then leave this place."

Luo Ling’er furrowed her brows tightly; she did not doubt what Su Chengyu said. In fact, she chose to communicate with Su Chengyu in this manner precisely because she believed her strength to be far inferior to that of the man in front of her.

And now, Su Chengyu’s reaction also made Luo Ling’er realize something, as she squinted her eyes and said to Su Chengyu.

"You don’t want to give up on this place? No, you don’t want to give up the two intelligence lines you’ve established after infiltrating the Luo Clan, Luo Nanping?"

Realizing something, Luo Ling’er’s mind pieced together the clues, and as she looked up, the Rainbow Sword Light was already close to her face.

At such a close distance, Luo Ling’er was certain that Su Chengyu could dissipate her soul with a mere thought.

"You wouldn’t dare..."

"Do you think I dare?"

Su Chengyu asked with a cold laugh in response. If Su Chengyu had other options before, after Luo Ling’er guessed so much, it was impossible for Su Chengyu to let this living witness go if he were to leave.

Watching the woman in front of him whose chest was heaving violently, unable to hide her nervousness, Su Chengyu instead became completely calm and spoke placidly.

"You guessed right, I am indeed here for Xu Nanzhi’s sake. I cannot give up the Luo Nanping intelligence line. But I guess I’m not wrong either, right? You had tied yourself to other Ancient Clan lines long ago, trying to collude with foreign clans to usurp the now-weak Luo Clan. I’m very curious as to what made you come to this decision. Are you really a born-and-bred member of the Luo Clan?"

"Of course!"

As soon as Luo Ling’er responded instinctively, she realized something was wrong. Although this affirmative answer could only be considered a response to Su Chengyu’s last question, subconsciously, it clearly indicated that she had accepted all the other speculations Su Chengyu had made before.

This guy has tricked me again.

Seeing Luo Ling’er who had realized what had happened, Su Chengyu finally withdrew his Sword Qi and raised his cup to drink.

"Now, this heart-to-heart wine seems drinkable."

Luo Ling’er looked at Su Chengyu with great dissatisfaction, but now that her weakness was in the hands of the other party, she understood that she couldn’t do anything and chose to hold back her anger.

"So, Miss Ling’er, it’s time to answer my question. Why exactly did you choose to ally with other Ancient Clans?"

"Why should I be the one to speak first!"

Luo Ling’er was obviously still reluctant to compromise so easily.

"Because I am stronger than you."The plain response left Luo Ling’er at a loss for words. Indeed, in a situation where neither party can reveal the other’s identity, the stronger one naturally holds more sway. This is the logic of this world.

After taking a deep breath and pondering for a moment, Luo Ling’er reluctantly spoke.

"Do you know how many years it has been since the Luo Clan has last seen a new infusion of Martial God Bloodline?"

Factoring in He Yao’s previous failure, Su Chengyu made a rough estimate and said, "About a hundred years?"

Luo Ling’er snorted coldly: "A hundred years? You really underestimate our Ancient Clan. If it was only a hundred years, which clan couldn’t sustain themselves? As far as I know, the Su Clan, which had continued their bloodline not so long ago, is also nearing a hundred years."

"How long has it been?"

"Eight hundred years."

This answer surprised Su Chengyu. A hundred years was almost tracing back to the early times of the Dharma-Ending Period.

"After the Dharma-Ending Period, all the major Ancient Clans took some time to realize the abnormalities in the world and continued their bloodlines once within the clans. After that, only the Luo Clan has not had a second continuation of bloodline. The current state of the Luo Clan, running out of oil, is not just a problem of bloodline continuation. Even those who have reached the Hollow Vacuum or the Earth Immortal realm are beginning to have problems."

"The Earth Immortals of the Luo Clan are having issues?"

Su Chengyu’s sharp reaction displeased Luo Ling’er. She gave him a glance and said, "Yes, this is the answer I got from my father. After years of piecemeal probing, it was confirmed that as early as decades ago, a Supreme Elder within the clan had passed away."

This surprising response made Su Chengyu’s eyes light up, and he asked subconsciously, "So how many Earth Immortals are left in the Luo Clan now?"

Luo Ling’er rolled her eyes and said, "Even my father may not know such a thing, so what makes you think I would know?"

How many Earth Immortals an Ancient Clan has has always been a highly confidential matter.

After joining the Demon Slayer Department, Su Chengyu had been secretly investigating this matter, but even though he had almost gained access to all of the department’s archives as a Tian Heng Saint Envoy, he still could not obtain an accurate count.

He even suspected that the clans did not have a complete understanding of the number of Earth Immortals within other Ancient Clans. After all, although the Ancient Clans form a coalition of interests, their internal struggles have never ceased over the centuries. And Luo Ling’er’s words further confirmed Su Chengyu’s speculation.

"So besides the clan leader, no one else in the entire Luo Clan knows the answer?"

Luo Ling’er shook her head: "That’s hard to say. The two Executive Elders are very likely to know, and even common Elders might know something if they are trusted enough. Although it is a secret, there are no strict rules within the clan. Besides, the Luo Clan might not even know how many of the old rules they have broken by now."

From her words and tone, Su Chengyu could hear Luo Ling’er’s utter disappointment towards the Luo Clan, and he continued to ask.

"So the matter of your alliance with other tribes, is it your own doing, or is it an action taken together with your father?"

Luo Ling’er was somewhat surprised when she heard this, and she looked up and said, "I thought you didn’t care since you didn’t ask before?"

Su Chengyu sneered and said, "Don’t bother probing. Even now with my injuries, whether your father is a Martial God, Hollow Vacuum or whatever, it would be impossible to silently kill without a trace. My question is just to confirm whether your father is aware..."

"Then you might as well give up. This is my own judgment. These years, my father has been very strange, seldom interacting with others, and the only one he seems close to is that inexplicable Saintess. I have no idea what he’s up to."

"Hm?"

Upon hearing this, Su Chengyu immediately furrowed his brows, puzzled: "What’s your father’s name?"

"Luo Changping."