Junior Brother Ding killed an expert at the perfected Dayan Realm, a third-rank "Divination" master?
He killed an expert like that with just a few strokes of his sword?
Even with a surprise attack, that was far too outrageous!
Surely they couldn't have fought fiercely in the room, with Junior Brother Ding even performing Spirit Walking Through the Netherworld, without me noticing a thing?
Perhaps that was what really happened?
Junior Brother Ding was catching right up to Junior Sister Zheng. His strength was already equivalent to third-rank "Divination"...
He was only at the early Dayan Realm! How powerful would he be once he reached the middle and late stages? If he reached the perfected Dayan Realm, wouldn't he rival a Martial Grandmaster who had just entered the Law Realm?
Pan Yunzhou's thoughts churned like boiling water, all manner of conjectures rising in a swirling flurry.
And every possibility pointed toward a conclusion that made his heart pound with dread.
Seeing the Station Chief staring at him, Pan Yunzhou remembered his promise to take responsibility for Junior Brother Ding's deed. He could only force a smile and say:
"He was far too conceited. He never imagined we weren't actually asleep, only pretending. I suddenly sprang up and slashed him across the throat..."
Pan Yunzhou offered a torrent of explanations, exhausting every excuse, yet he could not bring himself to say, "Yes, I killed him."
Suddenly, he remembered the last time:
Junior Brother Ding had been nearby when I killed Xiaoyang. Could he have secretly helped me then, too?
*And when Junior Sister Zheng killed that fiend from the Accumulated Evil Path, Xie Zi'an, He Luo, and the second of the Three Fiends of Xiao City, Junior Brother Ding seemed to have been with her every time. Even when he didn't