"Whether the City Lord believes it or not... the cultivators of the Council Hall believe it! When we disciples failed to receive the City Lord's decree, we took it upon ourselves to distribute the rewards previously promised to the Council Hall!" Fang Liebie said hesitantly. "In matters involving Junior Brother Tu, this disciple dared not delay too long, for fear of chilling the hearts of Xuntian City's disciples!!!"
"Hmph~ There must be something fishy here!" Snowy Realm True Person said coldly. "The swordsman who assassinated Tu Hong was not Qin Jian at all! That day, I was lured away by a sword transformation and left Xuntian City on the day Tu Hong was stabbed. I saw Qin Jian several hundred li outside Xuntian City! If he could have assassinated Tu Hong before I got there, then he would have possessed Divine Sword cultivation!!!"
"Ah???" Fang Liebie was greatly shocked. "Then the one who assassinated Junior Brother Tu inside Xuntian City definitely was not Qin Jian? Then... then who was this fake Qin Jian?? According to all the cultivators present, this fake Qin Jian had Qin Jian's appearance, and he also used the Flying Sword Technique!! Especially... that sword formation—it was absolutely not the flying sword art of us Dao cultivators!"
"Flying swords and sword formations are nothing strange!" Snowy Realm True Person's expression darkened. "The key lies in two points! First, by what means did this murderer escape Xuntian City? Second, what was so special about the murderer's sword formation that it drove the ever-steady Tu Hong mad!!"
"Hiss~" Fang Liebie suddenly thought of a possibility and sucked in a cold breath. "Could it be... City Lord..."
"Correct!" Snowy Realm True Person's tone was chilling. "After pondering it these past days, I believe that the murderer... perhaps never left Xuntian