Then, somewhat helplessly, he explained to Liu Chuxuan:
"Lord Prefect, this man is Chu Ping'an, the rogue cultivator who reached the summit of Ten Thousand Evils Peak single-handedly a few days ago."
Liu Chuxuan frowned deeply at this.
"Why is it another rogue cultivator?"
These past few days, the rogue cultivators below the mountain had given him no shortage of headaches.
Liu Chuxuan then asked:
"What do you think of his combat strength?"
Liu Chuxuan had been away from the Nine Prefectures recently, so he did not know much about Xu Taiping's ascent that day.
Huang Que immediately answered:
"I asked Chen Sheng, the Sword Immortal of the Pure Yang Sword Sect."
"According to Chen the Great Sword Immortal, Chu Ping'an's combat strength is indeed considerable, but he is more of a martial artist than a sword cultivator."
"Of course, martial artists are also allowed to participate in our True Martial Sword Champion Assembly."
"But beyond the Transformation Realm, both sword cultivators and spell cultivators far surpass martial artists in combat strength."
"So in my view, Chu Ping'an merely reached the summit of Ten Thousand Evils Peak by a stroke of luck. In a real fight to the death, he probably couldn't even beat those ordinary True Martial Heaven cultivators."
Hearing this, the light in Prefect Liu Chuxuan's eyes dimmed once more.
Then he waved a hand at Huang Que and said:
"Huang Que, go oversee today's Sword Inquiry. There has been some progress regarding Elder Chu Qiuyai's case. I need to discuss it with the other elders."
Huang Que's eyes immediately lit up at this, and he asked Liu Chuxuan with urgency filling his gaze:
"Have you found the killer?"
Prefect Liu Chuxuan shook his head somewhat helplessly.
"We haven't found the killer yet."
But he immediately added:
"However,