"Elder..."
In the Martial Yamen courtyard, hearing Qiu Jianfeng's successive words, Fang Yun, kneeling on the ground, spoke with a pale face.
She urgently wanted to explain something, but upon meeting Qiu Jianfeng's icy gaze, she viciously lowered her head again.
Li Chengfeng, Zhao Lie, Sun Qing, and Qian Anguo, standing to one side, all frowned.
The Southern Heaven Sword Sect was putting on quite the show of power!
Right before their eyes, they were bolstering the momentum of someone who had ambushed and killed another, showing not the slightest regard for their own people's lives.
This was not merely an insult to Li Chengfeng and Zhao Lie—it was an insult to the Martial Yamen of Shuiyang Prefecture, an insult to the Qinghe Gang!
Sun Qing deeply raised his head and looked at Elder Qiu of the Southern Heaven Sword Sect before him, an Innate Realm expert, then calmly withdrew his gaze.
Clearly, no matter how furious they were inside, there was nothing they could do against an Innate Realm powerhouse and someone from a great sect...
Behind him, Li Chengfeng and Zhao Lie had gone taut all over. Zhao Lie clenched his teeth hard, while every hair on Li Chengfeng's body stood on end. Yet he did not dare erupt, nor did he dare move.
He merely kept his head lowered, saying nothing.
For at this moment, the majestic and terrifying aura Qiu Jianfeng radiated—like that of a Heavenly Emperor—made him understand that the slightest misstep might bring a calamity as though the Heavenly Emperor himself had overturned the heavens!
What virtue or ability did a mere Aperture-Condensing Realm martial artist from a commoner background possess, to warrant such attention from an Innate Realm expert like Qiu Jianfeng?
What was more, the other party was an elder of a