Chapter 91

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The heart-piercing sound of a sword slicing through the air echoed in the distance .

Qiu Yuetong finally opened her eyes after spending three days in her courtyard . She didn’t move but a sword appeared in front of her and sent a whistle out into the air . If anyone was standing in front of her, they would notice her blank expression . She seemed detached from the world like a transcendent being .

The expression only lasted for a few seconds . She blinked before stretching her hand out to grab her sword . The sword stopped whistling but sword energy dashed towards the sky . The tree in front of her started rustling and trembled slightly . The energy had cut off some of the branches .

It was a rather beautiful sight but only Qiu Yuetong could see it . The people in the public square heard the sword whistling . Mu Yi’s expression changed when he saw the sword energy floating towards the sky .

Qiu Yuetong had a breakthrough . Mu Yi didn’t really understand how she had broken through . Qiu Yuetong and Mu Yi had chosen different paths . Mu Yi practiced Taoism, he cultivated his mind . Whereas Qiu Yuetong practiced martial arts, she cultivated her body . There were some common points though . It didn’t matter if one practiced Taoism or martial arts . Both of them could reach the same goals by using different routes .

Mu Yi didn’t underestimate Qiu Yuetong . He thought rather highly of her .

However, neither of them knew that somewhere, someone was seated in the dark . He had a piece of wood in one hand and a knife in the other . He was carving the piece of wood and extremely focused on the task . He seemed detached from all worldly affairs, as if nothing could affect him .

Qiu Yuetong’s robe and hair fluttered in the wind . Her sword executed a strike and pine needles rained down above her head . Soon, there were pine needles spread across the entire courtyard . She exited the courtyard with her sword in hand .

Mu Yi heard the sword whistle in the distance and waited . He knew that Qiu Yuetong was coming . Qiu Zhu knew where the sound of the sword was coming from and what it meant so she was also waiting .

The brigand chief had finally come back to her senses . Everybody was waiting for their leader to arrive . A strong wind started blowing and Qiu Yuetong appeared in the public square . She was wearing a white dress . Her hair danced on her shoulders in the breeze . She stabbed her sword into the ground .

Her expression was blank and cold . She glanced at Mu Yi with a hard gleam in her eyes .

“Congratulations,” said Mu Yi .

He sounded as if the meant it . Qiu Yuetong felt slightly uncomfortable after hearing his words . She hadn’t felt uncomfortable in a long time .

Everybody was surprised except Mu Yi that Qiu Yuetong had appeared so quickly and quietly . People had the impression they had imagined it all . She had become faster . Mu Yi was convinced after seeing her that evil spirit slaying charms would be ineffective against her, only five thunders charms could hurt her .

“Bring him,” said Qiu Yuetong .

Her tone was cold . She didn’t even acknowledge Mu Yi’s words . Everyone was startled when they heard her . Nobody knew what she was talking about but a group of people brought over three people who had their arms tied behind their backs .

“Second brigand chief?” said someone .

“What happened?” asked another person .

“Chief…” said someone else .

The crowd was confused when the people were brought over because one of them was the second brigand chief . Li Hu looked angry . They also recognized the two people beside him . They were his closest servants .

Does the chief really want to hand over the second brigand chief? thought many people .

There didn’t seem to be any other explanation . The crowd was thrown into a frenzy . Qiu Yuetong wanted to hand Li Hu over? The thought alone made them sad . He was like her brother . It meant that she could turn her back on any of them .

They had joined Little Frost’s fortified village because Qiu Yuetong was the former leader’s daughter and Li Hu was his adopted son . They were supposed to protect their people as if they were their own family members and their own vital organs .

Everybody followed Qiu Yuetong because she was loyal . However, now she was about to betray her brother . Nobody said anything even though they were upset because the real enemy was standing in front of them .

“Qiu Yuetong, you’re shameless and insolent . You dare to sell me out when I’m like a brother to you . You’re not worthy of being a brigand chief . You don’t care about your people,” shouted Li Hu .

The eyes of people in the crowd glinted at his words .

“Shut your mouth,” said Qiu Zhu .

She didn’t know why Li Hu had his arms tied but she knew that he was trying to cause trouble .

“Since she doesn’t dare tell the truth, let me do it . Do you know how the former leader died? You don’t have any doubts about it? The former leader was fit . He was healthy . He could have lived ten, no twenty more years or even longer . Why did he die so suddenly? Who became the brigand chief soon after? She put her own father’s grave on a mountain road . It’s cold and windy there without protection . She didn’t even build a tombstone for him . Don’t you ever wonder why?” Li Hu said .

Everybody shivered slightly . The former leader had explained his reasons for everything back then but people still had doubts about certain things . The former leader was a strong martial artist before his death . Nobody could compete with him except Qiu Yuetong .

Qiu Yuetong had become extremely strong without warning . Nobody even knew that she practiced martial arts . The former leader was still alive at the time . Some people had doubts about her but saying such things was impossible .

Qiu Yuetong was a considerate person and she was the former leader’s daughter . The former leader had slowly disappeared from the people’s field of vision . Qiu Yuetong had started taking care of everything in the village . The former leader died shortly after .

Nobody had said anything then, especially since the former leader had explained things to them . Li Hu was bringing it up again though . Were there things they didn’t know about?

The crowd started thinking that maybe Qiu Yuetong had killed her own father . Now, she was even turning over her adopted brother . Maybe in the future she would turn on the people from the fortified village . A lot of them started thinking they shouldn’t have followed her .

Qiu Zhu couldn’t control herself after listening to him spout so much nonsense . She charged towards Li Hu with her sword drawn .