"Uncle Wu, Xiao Yao..."
He called out, quickening his pace as he approached.
"Le Kuo, I heard you caught the culprits who attacked Yao'er. Where are they?"
Wu Di eagerly stepped forward and asked.
The other party was the young master of the Qian Zhu Sect, Hu Le Kuo.
Tai Island had three martial arts forces in total. Besides the Wu family, the remaining two were the Qian Zhu Sect and the Hun Yuan Gang.
Hu Le Kuo was the young master of the Qian Zhu Sect, and his father, Hu Yi Tong, was the sect master.
Usually, the three martial arts forces had both competition and cooperation, so they were quite familiar with each other.
"Quick, bring them over!"
Hu Le Kuo urged the people behind him.
Immediately, several disciples of the Qian Zhu Sect carried several corpses to Wu Di and the others.
Hu Le Kuo pointed at the corpses and said, "Uncle Wu, it's them!"
Wu Di and the others' gazes all fell upon the corpses.
Including Qin Yi.
Qin Yi, with just a glance at these corpses, was certain that these were the masked men who had surrounded Wu Yao yesterday and whom he had driven away.
Although they were masked, and Qin Yi hadn't seen their faces yesterday, he didn't need to. He could identify them by their physique alone.
Wu Di took a look, then turned to Wu Yao, "Yao'er, is it them?"
Wu Yao did not answer. Instead, she frowned and walked a little closer to the corpses, examining them more carefully.
At this moment, at Hu Le Kuo's signal, a Qian Zhu Sect disciple removed the black cloth from the faces of the corpses so that Wu Yao could see more clearly.
As the black cloth was removed from their faces, Wu Yao recognized one of them and immediately pointed at him, saying, "It's him! It's him who killed Uncle Jing Shan! Back then, Uncle Jing Shan fought them to protect me, and he tore off this man's mask. I saw it very clearly!"
Upon hearing Wu Yao's words, Wu Di and Wu Chong Shui believed them. These were indeed the culprits who had attacked Wu Yao yesterday.
Instantly, Wu Di glared at the corpses, gnashing his teeth in hatred.
If these people were not already dead, he would have taken action!
"Le Kuo, thank you and the Qian Zhu Sect for finding the culprits so quickly and for dealing with them!"
Wu Di took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and solemnly thanked Hu Le Kuo.
"Thank you!"
Wu Yao also thanked Hu Le Kuo.
"Uncle Wu, Xiao Yao, you are too kind!"
Hu Le Kuo waved his hand magnanimously, "We are all family. If they dared to touch Xiao Yao, they were acting against our Qian Zhu Sect. This is what we should do!"
Later, Wu Di invited Qin Yi and Hu Le Kuo into the villa.
However, because of Hu Le Kuo's arrival, Wu Di's enthusiastic attitude towards Qin Yi seemed to diminish compared to before.
He redirected his enthusiasm towards Hu Le Kuo.
Hu Le Kuo glanced at Qin Yi and asked, "Uncle Wu, who is this?"
"His name is Qin Yi. He saved Yao'er when she was attacked and injured yesterday..." Wu Di introduced.
"Oh, really?"
Upon hearing this, Hu Le Kuo looked at Qin Yi with a peculiar expression.
He said meaningfully, "Uncle Wu, you must not be deceived!"
Wu Di: "What do you mean?"
"I mean, yesterday, when Xiao Yao was attacked, Senior Wu Jing Shan even sacrificed himself to protect Xiao Yao!"
Hu Le Kuo said lightly, "This brother claims he saved Xiao Yao. I'd like to know, how did you save her at that time?"
It was obvious that the latter half of the sentence was directed at Qin Yi.
Qin Yi, without much thought, recounted the situation when he saved Wu Yao yesterday.
"Lies!"
To his surprise, as soon as Qin Yi finished speaking, Hu Le Kuo uttered two words.
He continued, "Those culprits were extraordinarily powerful, even Senior Wu Jing Shan was no match for them. When we found them today, several of our people were seriously injured in the fight and are still being treated at the sect!"
"You claim you drove them away. Do you expect us to believe that?"
Hearing his words, Wu Di and Wu Yao suddenly recalled something and their expressions changed.
Their gazes towards Qin Yi became tinged with suspicion.
Hu Le Kuo's words had reminded them.
Those culprits were powerful, so much so that even Grandmaster-level Wu Jing Shan could not resist them and was killed. Could Qin Yi have really driven them away?
Therefore, Wu Di said to Qin Yi in a serious tone, "Young brother, please tell us the truth about what happened yesterday!"
Wu Yao's mind involuntarily recalled what Qin Yi had told her yesterday.
He had said he understood formations and could set up spirit-gathering formations, and that the spirit-gathering formations he set up were even better than Wu Di's...
As a result, she no longer doubted that Qin Yi had saved her, but rather disbelieved it outright.
In her eyes, Qin Yi had the character of loving to brag and exaggerate.
If he could brag about setting up spirit-gathering formations, then he could also brag about saving her!
Qin Yi felt the change in their attitude towards him and sat there, taken aback.
He hadn't expected that after just a few words from Hu Le Kuo, they would no longer believe him.
"Alas..."
Qin Yi sighed heavily and shook his head, "Everything I said before was true. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do!"
Then, he looked directly at Wu Yao and deliberately said, "Anyway, if I hadn't driven those people away yesterday, you would have been killed by them!"
"You are alive today, all because of me!"
To be honest, Qin Yi was very displeased that he had saved someone, but instead of being thanked, he was doubted.
Therefore, his words became less polite.
"Heh heh, what a bold claim!"
Hearing Qin Yi's words, Hu Le Kuo, who had been sitting, stood up directly.
He walked two steps towards Qin Yi and said, "Do you know how strong those culprits were?"
Qin Yi was about to answer, but before he could say anything, the other party continued on his own, "Those culprits were all above Grandmaster cultivation, and their leader was even a Great Grandmaster!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Di and Wu Yao were both shocked.
At the same time, they finally understood. No wonder Wu Jing Shan was killed. A Great Grandmaster plus several lesser Grandmasters, Wu Jing Shan alone could not possibly be an opponent.
"Earlier today, our Qian Zhu Sect, in order to deal with them, my father personally took action. At the cost of several disciples being injured, we barely managed to capture them..."
Hu Le Kuo continued, "Even with our Qian Zhu Sect finding it so difficult to deal with them, you claim you drove them away by yourself. Do you think we are fools to believe your words?"
"Le Kuo, did Sect Master Hu personally intervene? Is he alright?" Wu Di asked.
"Thank you for your concern, Uncle Wu. My father is fine, only a few disciples sustained minor injuries!" Hu Le Kuo replied.