"Eh, you haven't left yet?"
Inside the reception hall of Qin Mansion.
After seeing Qi Yuan and the other off, Qin Jiu extended Ghost Illumination and immediately discovered the three people lingering before the Qin Family gates.
"Who are they waiting for?"
He pondered briefly.
His consciousness stretched toward Tongfu Inn.
He wanted to see who this so-called witness actually was.
Yet greatly to his surprise, inside a cellar at Tongfu Inn, several martial artists with formidable auras were brutally interrogating certain people. Wails of agony filled the place.
Qin Jiu listened for a moment.
Then he drew his consciousness back to the front of Qin Mansion.
"Forcing confessions through torture..."
"So this is how they got their witnesses."
He relaxed slightly. So long as the evidence was not ironclad, there was nothing to worry about. Besides, even if the truth were exposed, given Mystic Firmament Sect's current attitude, they certainly would not allow the people of Divine Fist Sect to run wild.
As for the Baili Clan...
As he considered this.
On the bluestone road before Qin Mansion.
A blazing aura approached the three of them.
"Greetings, Senior Sister Liu."
The surprised voices of the young man and the other person rang out.
Then Baili Su spoke. "Sister Zhilan, you've finally come."
"I was arranging the troops earlier."
"I hadn't been able to spare the time. Junior Sister Baili, why did you send someone to summon me?"
"Sister, you must stand up for me."
Baili Su's voice no longer carried its former icy aggressiveness. Instead, it held a trace of soft sweetness as she said, "Didn't my uncle bring two disciples and arrive in Songshan County ahead of us?"
"But the moment they arrived, they were murdered by villains."
"After entering the city, I investigated and ruled out the