Square City Lord Street.
Three middle-aged men with extraordinary auras stood at the place where Wang Shao and the others were killed. They looked at the eight bloody words on the ground that emitted a fierce sword intent, and their expressions were particularly solemn.
"Even with my Zongshi 3-dan cultivation, I feel a sense of trepidation when faced with this remnant sword intent. This level of Sword Dao cultivation is simply terrifying! Who is this Lin Ji?"
A middle-aged man in a brown robe sensed the powerful sword intent contained in the words through his mind. His eyes were filled with unconcealable shock.
Just the sword intent left behind by the words made him feel invincible. He could not imagine how strong Lin Ji was.
However, one thing was certain. He would definitely not be able to withstand one move from Lin Ji!
"Grandmaster Chen, is this Lin Ji an intermediate grandmaster?”
The middle-aged man in the middle frowned. He was Situ Lingyan, the City Lord of the Square City. The two people beside him were Chen Jingsheng, the chief martial master of the City Lord's Estate. He was in the third tier of the Grandmaster Realm. The other was Zhu Xingfeng, the sect leader of the Star Sword Sect, an upper-class sword sect in Qingzhou. He was also in the third tier of the Grandmaster Realm.
"More than that."
Zhu Xingfeng shook his head and said solemnly,"This sword intent has already reached the great success realm. It's most likely a sword path great grandmaster!”
Sword intent was a type of grandmaster martial intent, and grandmaster martial intent often determined one's martial cultivation. The deeper one comprehended grandmaster martial intent, the higher one's martial cultivation would be.
This was also the standard for dividing the strength of a grandmaster. When a grandmaster's martial intent reached Small Success, they would be a Beginner grandmaster. When they reached Middle Success, they would be a Medium grandmaster. When they reached Large Success, they would be an Advanced grandmaster, or Great grandmaster.
It was because of this that Zhu Xingfeng determined that Lin Ji was a great grandmaster of the sword, because the great success of sword intent was the symbol of a great grandmaster of the sword.
" Great grandmaster?!"
Situ Lingyan's expression immediately changed. They were both grandmasters, but ordinary grandmasters and great grandmasters were completely different concepts. There was even a qualitative difference. A seventh-tier great grandmaster could easily suppress ten sixth-tier grandmasters. The difference in strength was huge.
At the same time, the status of a martial grandmaster was far beyond that of an ordinary grandmaster. Any martial grandmaster basically had a deep background and was an existence that could not be easily provoked!
If this matter involved a martial grandmaster, then things would be very difficult. Even he would not be able to give Wang Qi an explanation unless the Crown Prince also sent a martial grandmaster to help him.
That's right, Situ Ling Yan was also the Crown Prince's man. Moreover, the Crown Prince had specially placed him in Sifang City to monitor the movements of the General Manor and the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
"There are only a few great grandmasters in Qingzhou, and there is only one great grandmaster of the sword. When did such a great grandmaster of the sword appear?”
Zhu Xingfeng was puzzled. Those who could become a Great Grandmaster were all extraordinary people. It was impossible for them to be unknown. However, in his impression, he had never heard of a person like Lin Ji. Just like the mysterious Extermination Sword Sect, he appeared without warning.
When Chen Jingsheng heard this, he could not help but guess,""Could he be the Extermination Sword Sect?”
"Not just one person."
Zhu Xingfeng shook his head in denial and said with certainty,"I once comprehended the sword intent of the Extermination Sword Sect, and it's completely different from the sword intent of this sword master. The two are definitely not the same person.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Jingsheng directly erased this guess. Martial intent was a unique symbol of every grandmaster. Since the sword intent of the two was different, it could not be the same person.
However, if it was not the Extermination Sword Sect, then who could this Lin Ji be?
"What kind of power could dispatch a martial grandmaster to protect the General's Estate?”
Situ Lingyan's gaze changed, and he turned to look at the General's Estate." It seems that I have to make a trip to the General's Estate."”
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General Manor.
Hearing that the City Lord had come to visit, An Ruyi immediately went out to welcome him.
"Su Furen, Ling Yan shouldn't have come to disturb you at this time, but there's a matter that involves the General's Estate and is of great importance. Ling Yan had no choice but to come, I hope Su Furen can forgive me.”
Situ Lingyan cupped his hands and apologized. He did not put on the airs of a City Lord in front of An Ruyi at all. Not to mention that the General Manor had the Su family and the An family backing them up, Lin Ji's existence alone was enough to intimidate him. How could he dare to put on airs in the General Manor with his status?
"May I know why City Lord Situ is here?”
An Ruyi asked. After Wang Shao left the General Manor, she had ordered the General Manor to be sealed and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Thus, she did not know that Wang Shao had been killed.
"Su Furen, did General Wang Qi's son, Wang Shao, come to the residence today?”
"Yes, he spoke rudely in my General Manor and even wanted to force my daughter to marry him. His behavior was intolerable. In my anger, I ordered people to punish him and then chase him out of the General Manor.”
An Ruyi answered half-truthfully. Then, she asked Situ Lingyan indifferently,"Could it be that City Lord Situ is here to seek justice for Wang Shao?”
"Su Furen misunderstood, Ling Yan did not have such intentions.”
Situ Lingyan observed An Ruyi's expression and asked in a probing tone,"Mrs. Su, do you know a person called Lin Ji?”
"Lin Ji?"
An Ruyi looked puzzled. She naturally did not know who Lin Ji was. Could Situ Lingyan be talking about Ji Ling?
An Ruyi's eyes flashed slightly. She shook her head and replied,""I don't know the person that City Lord Situ is talking about. I wonder what relationship he has with my General Manor?”
"Mrs. Su, you really don't know him?"
"City Lord Situ, do you think I'm in the mood to lie to you?”
"Su Furen, please calm down. This is a serious matter.”
Situ Lingyan said apologetically. Seeing that An Ruyi really didn't seem to know Lin Ji, he asked,""Mrs. Su, do you know that Wang Shao has been killed?”
"What did you say?"
An Ruyi's expression changed, and she hurriedly asked,""When did this happen? Who killed him?"
This news surprised her. Although Wang Shao was seriously injured by Ji Ling, it should not be fatal. How could he suddenly be killed?
"About four hours ago."
Situ Lingyan looked deeply at An Ruyi and told her the truth."Four hours ago, on the streets of the city, Wang Shao and his group of 16 people were all killed. The murderer was a sword grandmaster! He left eight words at the scene, six of which were for those who violated the General's Estate to die, and the other two were his name, Lin Ji!”
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