Cangsong is convinced that the black stick is a blood-sucking object. He thinks that the kid must have been sent by the Cultists to infiltrate the sect. He wonders if the kid's master is also a fake. He remembers seeing the stick absorb his blood during the tournament and wonders how he could have known how to refine it. He also wonders how the kid could have been a spy for the cultists. Senior cangsong and junior shuiyue try to defend the kid, but the kid is adamant that the blood-refining technique is "sinister and wicked" and that killing the kid would be better than letting him go