Ghost King Qin Ming immediately frowned and said:
"If what that mountain bandit said is true, and they won't spare a single outsider, that is hardly good news for the cultivators who entered the village for this trial."
At these words, everyone's expression grew grave.
With the option of surrendering to the mountain bandits cut off, the cultivators who had entered the village now had one fewer path to survival.
What concerned Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu more, however, was a name that mountain bandit had just mentioned:
"The Strategist."
Heavenly Lord Xuanbei frowned and said:
"Who is this Strategist?"
Daoist Fengzhu looked equally puzzled as he said:
"I have watched countless scenes of cultivators undergoing trials in Three Paths Village, yet I have never heard of a Strategist among these Green Sand Gang mountain bandits."
Just as everyone was puzzling over this, a swish rang out, and a white-robed figure suddenly appeared in the scene as though through Instantaneous Movement.
At this sight, Ping'an said in surprise:
"A cultivator?"
Just as everyone thought the mountain bandits who had yet to leave would attack this white-robed cultivator-
To their surprise, the mountain bandits suddenly bowed to the white-robed cultivator in unison:
"Greetings, Strategist!"
At those words, everyone's hearts jolted.
None of them had expected the Strategist they had just been so curious about to appear in the scene before them already.
Still less had they expected this Strategist to be a cultivator, an outsider!
Before anyone could recover, the white-robed figure, whose back was turned to them, raised a hand and said:
"No need for formalities."
Only then did the mountain bandits straighten up with utmost deference.
At that moment, the white-robed figure suddenly pointed at Xiaohui, the girl from Three Paths Village, and said indifferently:
"Kill her."
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