Chapter 407: The Rules of the Wulin Alliance
# 407. The Rules of the Wulin Alliance
Qiu Qian’s expression contorted, struggling — this was the first time Xu Qi’an had encountered such a situation.
*Didn’t Li Miaozhen say that when someone had just died, with the three souls not yet fully gathered, they were no smarter than the simpleton son of a landlord — willing to answer whatever they were asked?*
At that moment, Qiu Qian’s expression gradually calmed, his gaze vacant, and he murmured, “I suspect he’s the First Jianzheng.”
“…”
It was as though a thunderbolt had exploded in Xu Qi’an’s mind, shattering all his thoughts into fragments. His head buzzed with noise, his mind thrown into chaos.
It took him a long time to recover from the explosive weight of that revelation, and then he realised there was something wrong with Ji Qian’s response.
Ji Qian used the word ‘suspect’. From those two words alone, Xu Qi’an could deduce two critical pieces of information:
Firstly, Ji Qian was not a core figure within his faction — he had not been exposed to the most confidential secrets.