Chapter 71 Aggrieved (1/2)
When the news of three Master Warriors had been brutally murdered, it shocked all the cultivators and even alerted the Pavilion Guards .
Only that the Pavilion Guards are only in charge of maintaining the town's law and order for the common people. For matters regarding the cultivation world, they have no means to intervene, even more so for three cultivators who were at Master Warrior level.
The only thing they could do was to identify the corpses and notify their family of their demise.
However, the news had spread like rapid fire. After all, the death of three Master Warriors in town was not a small matter.
As for these matters, Feng Jiu did not care about it and once she returned to her courtyard, she entered her own s.p.a.ce and started cultivating.
The black market mercenaries had withdrew the task of hunting her down so the next few days were very peaceful, and both of them could concentrate on cultivating. A few days later, Guan Xi Lin walked in dejected after he came back from the marketplace after buying some food back.
”Brother?” Feng Jiu felt something was amiss when she saw his forlorn expression. After calling out to him, he still had no response.
”Brother?” She called out to him again and he finally came to.
”Oh, Little Jiu, you called me?” Only after a short while after sorting out his feelings did he flash her a weak smile, but what he didn't know was that this smile looked very forced.
”What happened to you? Did something happen?” She walked towards him and asked with deep concern.
Guan Xi Lin silently lowered his head, holding back his thoughts.
”It's something that you don't want to tell me? Then it's alright, I won't ask any further.”
Hearing this, he hurriedly looked up in a fl.u.s.ter and quickly interjected, ”No, it's not that Little Jiu! It's just… it's just that…”