Xia He shook her head. A smile appeared on her masked face, and her big eyes sparkled as she said with certainty, "You're not going to be scared. Your magic is so powerful—you've definitely been practicing in secret this whole time."
Seeing Xia He steer the conversation in that direction, Wang Yue quickly changed the subject. "Be careful over the next few days. Some other practitioners are bound to show up. Try to stick with me, and don't go anywhere alone."
Xia He nodded at once and said solemnly, "Okay. Don't worry."
After Wang Yue and Xia He left, Dou Le, the regional director for East China, and Xiao Zizai, a temporary worker, arrived at the scene.
After examining the body, Dou Le said gravely, "This is clearly the Five Thunders Orthodox Method from Dragon Tiger Mountain. The skill behind this technique is probably beyond all but a few people on the mountain."
Xiao Zizai frowned. "But we've been keeping records of the Celestial Masters' whereabouts on Dragon Tiger Mountain. They shouldn't have been anywhere near here recently."
Dou Le furrowed his brow. "There's one other person. I think you've forgotten him."
Xiao Zizai froze, then said in disbelief, "How is that possible? Zhang Xilin knows the Lightning Method, sure, but shouldn't he be in Sichuan? We heard he just forced his way into the Tang Sect."
Dou Le nodded and sighed. "It doesn't take that long to fly here from Sichuan. It would be perfectly possible for him to make it.
"Everyone had only suspected that someone from Dragon Tiger Mountain had joined the 36 Thieves, but there'd never been any concrete evidence. What happened to Tian Jinzhong proves it.
"Now it looks like Zhang Xilin is the one from Dragon Tiger Mountain. The fact that he's still alive