Half an hour later.
"Qian Xiaofu, could you stop being so rash next time?"
Huang Que glanced at the corpse before him, split into two halves, then at Qian Xiaofu, who had a large lump on her forehead. He looked utterly helpless.
Qian Xiaofu said aggrievedly:
"Uncle Huang, I didn't want this either! Who knew that strange man would find the lower half of that Tangting Mountain disciple's body in an instant!"
Hearing this, Dugu Qingxiao, who had been silently examining the corpse nearby, suddenly raised his head and rolled his eyes at Qian Xiaofu. "Is that the point?"
Qian Xiaofu frowned.
"What else?"
Dugu Qingxiao stood up, gave Qian Xiaofu an expressionless stare, then turned to Huang Que.
"The Nine Prefectures grows more disappointing by the day."
With that, he walked out of the room without looking back, ignoring Huang Que's calls behind him.
Huang Que sighed helplessly at the sight.
As soon as Dugu Qingxiao left, Qian Xiaofu said disdainfully:
"He clearly needs something from our Nine Prefectures, yet he always acts as though he looks down on us. Azure Profound Sect disciples are all ungrateful wolves!"
Huang Que's face darkened at her words, and he snorted coldly at Qian Xiaofu.
"Qian Xiaofu, how dare you!"
Seeing that Huang Que was truly angry, Qian Xiaofu immediately lowered her head, though her eyes remained defiant.
Huang Que said coldly:
"Your mistake today was believing one side of the story before you had investigated everything, deciding that those siblings had killed that Tangting Mountain disciple."
"Nothing else!"
Qian Xiaofu frowned.
"But Uncle Huang Que, in that situation, all the evidence pointed to those siblings. Surely my mistaken judgment was understandable."
Huang Que looked disappointed.
"Then what is your job, Qian Xiaofu? You are a Walker of our Nine Prefectures, not