"What?" Hong Qigong was instantly shocked upon hearing this.
"Someone actually dared to wipe out our Beggars' Sect's Justice Branch and even kill one of our elders. There aren't many people in the martial world today capable of such a thing. Who could have done it? Could that old poisoner have come to the Central Plains as well? But why would he destroy a branch of our Beggars' Sect?" Thinking this, Hong Qigong immediately asked in a grave voice, "Do we know who did it?"
"Reporting to Sect Leader, according to the surviving disciples, a young man and woman pursued Elder Peng to the Justice Branch. The man's martial arts were extremely high. With only himself and a flute, he broke the Dog-Beating Array in less than half the time it takes an incense stick to burn!" the beggar replied.
"He broke the Dog-Beating Array in less than half an incense stick's time? His martial arts are probably not much inferior to mine!" Hong Qigong's face darkened. "What else do you know? Speak!"
The beggar shook his head and said uncertainly, "There isn't much else. The other disciples overheard the pair speaking. The man seemed to be surnamed Wu, while the woman was called something... Mochou?"
"Could they be Brother Wu and Miss Li?" Guo Jing suddenly said.
"Hm?" Hong Qigong froze, clearly not expecting Guo Jing to know them. He promptly asked, "Silly boy, you know these two?"
"Yes!" Guo Jing immediately nodded. Together with Huang Rong, he told Hong Qigong everything they knew about Wu Xuantian and Li Mochou.
Another half month later, Wu Xuantian stood in the wilderness. He turned toward a nearby grove and said, "I wonder which friend has come this way. Please show yourself!"
"Hehe, little one, your cultivation is indeed remarkable. You actually