Yu Tian watched over Xueling as she circulated the healing energy from the pill.
As he observed her recovery, he made his own calculations.
There seemed to be something he was missing.
Su Jiang appeared to have been used by Su Ming to achieve his goal. So it could be seen that Su Jiang was the praying mantis and Xueling was the cicada. But when he ran calculations specifically targeting Su Ming, even with his companion, they weren't much of a threat to them.
Then... his eyes suddenly brightened when he realized what was happening.
"Could it be... Su Ming is actually the praying mantis?" he wondered.
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Now everything was beginning to make sense. But then, who was the oriole? Who was profiting from all of this? He could only think of one person.
"The sect master."