Qing Zhe kicked the ball over to Jiang Yue.
Jiang Yue didn't hesitate. Shaking his head, he said, "The situation was urgent at the time. We used the wall and the gate, along with some defensive mechanisms we'd set up, to keep them at bay. There wasn't much close-quarters fighting, so I can't say for sure whether these were the same ones. But these Lizardmen were indeed the ones who gave us trouble at the guild before."
With Qing Zhe's experience as a point of reference, it was only natural that Jiang Yue couldn't be certain.
Fortunately, Lie Chi hadn't brought over the Lizardmen's corpses because he needed them to identify anyone. He'd mainly done it to give them an explanation and keep them quiet.
This was especially true of Qing Zhe's group, who had questioned whether they could eliminate the Lizardmen. Showing them the corpses was naturally the best response.
Seeing that Jiang Yue's group couldn't identify anyone either, Qing Zhe shook his head and said nothing.
But Xiao Qi, standing behind him, said, "Lord Lie Chi, I have a few questions. When I was being held by that group of Lizardmen, all eight members of their squad were with me. Judging by the timing, the other group of Lizardmen that attacked the houses by the medicinal garden should have been there at the same time."
Lie Chi was taken aback. "And?"
"So I personally think the Lizardmen who attacked the houses weren't from that group. They were either another group they'd joined forces with, or a different Lizardman faction altogether."
Xiao Qi's emphatic tone forced Lie Chi to consider the matter seriously.
As for Gao Yu's death, Master Hu's side had finally issued a statement: once the contract period ended and the medicinal herbs had been successfully handed