In the blink of an eye.
The next day.
Morning.
"Xu Qing, Xu Qing..."
Outside the courtyard.
Dian Hongbo was knocking on the door and shouting loudly. Startled, Xu Qing walked to the courtyard gate, opened it, and saw the hurried Dian Hongbo.
"Brother Dian, what has made you so rushed?"
Xu Qing asked.
"Something big has happened."
Dian Hongbo hurried inside, sat down on a stone bench in the courtyard, picked up the teapot, and gulped down several mouthfuls of water.
"What is it?"
Xu Qing remained unhurried.
"This morning."
Dian Hongbo swiftly said, "Patrolling constables discovered four corpses. Of course, if ordinary people had died, it would have been nothing much. After all, people die every day."
"The key is that these four people were no ordinary people."
"Oh..."
Xu Qing sat down as well. He had vaguely guessed it already. The four corpses Dian Hongbo spoke of were most likely the people he had killed last night.
"If they were not ordinary people, who were they?"
Xu Qing asked.
"Among their true identities, there was one person who shocked even me when I learned of it. I could hardly believe it."
Dian Hongbo drew a deep breath. "Because he was my colleague, a Gold-ranked Demon Slayer who had reached the Outer Gang Realm. I had even gone on a mission with him once."
"A Gold-ranked Demon Slayer."
Xu Qing was stunned for a moment.
To be honest.
He had not expected that the middle-aged man in the bear-face mask who had intercepted him last night would have such an identity.
Yet.
A dignified Gold-ranked Demon Slayer had actually become such a despised 'hunter' in the black market, only to die in his hands in such a dramatic fashion.
"That's right."
Dian Hongbo nodded solemnly. "As for the