However, Qianmo immediately laughed at himself. "Damn it, how could that be possible? Xiao Hua was with Li Zongbao in Flowing Ice Valley, while Nameless Senior Brother was at Seven Absolute Ridge..."
Yet in the next instant, Qianmo was stunned again. "How... is that impossible? If Xiao Hua knew Imperial Thunder Shock, then rushing from Seven Absolute Ridge to Flowing Ice Valley... would be entirely possible!"
"But... it seemed... Li Zongbao just said that the three of them had always been together, didn't he..."
Just as Qianmo secretly discovered the truth of the matter, the storage pouch containing Qin Jian's corpse was handed before him!
"Heh heh, this old man has been overthinking it!" Qianmo said with a bitter smile. "How long has Xiao Hua even been in the Thunder Control Sect? How could he possibly have cultivated to late Golden Core? If he were late Golden Core, Wunai would have gone mad with joy long ago!"
With that thought, Qianmo opened the storage pouch and inspected it carefully. As one of the three sects that had rendered such meritorious service, he could not leave anyone with anything to criticize. He had to be meticulous!
Watching the Golden Core senior masters inspect everything so seriously, Li Zongbao secretly laughed. This was the genuine article—where could there be any falsehood? It was the coming questioning that he had to deal with seriously.
Li Zongbao then glanced at Xiao Mao. After separating from Xiao Hua, the two had discussed matters at length before coming to the Council Hall.
Sure enough, a full half hour passed before all the Golden Core cultivators had finished examining Qin Jian's corpse. Hengming accepted the storage pouch and sighed. "Although Zongbao and the other two have indeed rendered such battle merit, they only accomplished it after Zhuohui,