The attack clearly couldn't have caused Wang Ping any harm. Its primary purpose was intimidation—a warning for everything he had done in Ningzhou Road.
The attack was just a minor incident. Once it was over, a sense of calm returned to the ship.
But the calm was merely on the surface. Hu Qianqian arrested many people and subjected them to surprise interrogations, which also served as the first lesson for her own disciples.
On the top deck, inside a luxurious private cabin, Wang Ping wrote all the information he had on Xiu Yu Taoist onto a bamboo slip.
Xiu Yu Taoist had risen to fame at the very beginning of the Xia Dynasty. During the great upheaval of the Demon Race, he led numerous campaigns to suppress them, and it was in the process that he ascended to the Third Realm.
