The seven or eight people who had arrived first were stunned.
They could hardly believe it.
"Impossible, Young Master Zhuang. Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
"We heard that Xue You was teaching the people of the Blood Tiger Stronghold the Wind-Splitting Saber Art, but the results were terrible. Not one of them had even reached the Minor Accomplishment Realm."
"So how could someone have reached the Perfection Realm?"
The young man in plain clothes saw them questioning him, and his expression turned cold.
"Me, see it wrong?"
"I reached the Perfection Realm in the Wind-Splitting Saber Art three years ago. You think I'd see it wrong?"
"Ah..."
The group seemed to come to their senses and hurried to apologize.
"Young Master Zhuang... sorry, sorry. We didn't mean that. We weren't questioning you. We were just too shocked."
"The scouts said no one in the Blood Tiger Stronghold had even reached the Minor Accomplishment Realm in the saber art. How could someone suddenly use it at the Perfection Realm to kill people?"
"Something must have changed."
The young man in plain clothes swept them a disdainful glance and said at his leisure, "Of course something changed. I'm curious, too, about this person who's suddenly appeared with the Wind-Splitting Saber Art at the Perfection Realm."
"That's enough..."
"You go back first. I'll look for him myself. I want to see what sort of person can bring the Wind-Splitting Saber Art to the Perfection Realm!"
In truth, the young man was deeply shaken.
Having reached the Perfection Realm in the Wind-Splitting Saber Art long ago, he was more perceptive than the others. The person who had killed those three from the White-Headed Old Man Stronghold had done it with startling speed and precision.
The Blade Intent lingering in the corpses