At this moment, among everyone present, only Ye Weiming and Gongsun Lüe had recovered from their shock. The others were still utterly bewildered.
Xiao Qiao, Mu Ran, and Cang Xingyu in particular stared at Gongsun Lüe with undisguised shock.
Ye Weiming's Sweep Across Eight Directions, Gongsun Lüe's lightning-fast counterattack, her sacrifice of Gongsun Zhi, and her self-rescue had all happened in the blink of an eye.
Everything had changed too quickly, catching everyone completely off guard.
Still reeling from the shock, Xiao Qiao was the first to react. She suddenly snapped awake and exclaimed, "The martial arts she used just now clearly included moves from the Heavenly Demon Field. Could this Gongsun Lüe be from the Yin Gui Sect?"
Xiao Qiao's question received no answer, because aside from Gongsun Lüe herself, no one present could give a definite answer.
Not even Ye Weiming, who had already spotted something amiss!
Yet Gongsun Lüe, the only one who knew all the answers, wore a pitiful, aggrieved expression as she looked plaintively at Ye Weiming. "Lord Ye. Did you intend for that sword strike to kill both Gongsun Zhi and me?"
"Could you tell me why you did that?"
"Was it because I revealed some flaw in my earlier behavior, or because I deserved to die simply because 'I am Gongsun Zhi's daughter'?"
Upon hearing Gongsun Lüe's questions, Yang Guo, Xiao Longnv, and the three teammates behind Ye Weiming all turned curious gazes toward him.
Clearly, they also wanted to know the answer.
Facing everyone's curious and doubtful eyes, Ye Weiming calmly planted the Peerless Divine Sword into the ground before him. He stacked both hands atop the pommel, while his eyes remained fixed on Gongsun Lüe. He said righteously, "The reason I attacked you is, of course, because I had already seen