Chapter 193: The Gu Master Who Cultivated the Young Hero
Qi He imagined that the man named Xie Qing was dead, otherwise why had he never seen him before? But later he felt that this possibility was not high. Over the years, he and his master had moved several places because of practicing martial arts, and his master had never mentioned anything about paying tribute to his friend.
He thought, maybe the two of them just met and exchanged letters when he didn't know, but he didn't expect that Xie Qing was really dead.
He died several years ago, when the Master was young, perhaps before he met him.
This made Qi He very unhappy. The living people could do it, but he couldn't catch up with the dead.
"No problem."
Lin Zhi answered simply without saying much.
He didn't have any grief, nor did he want to say too much in front of Qi He. Just a little stimulation was enough. If he missed Qi He too much, Qi He might feel depressed.
He never thought that if he pronounced the name wrong it would cause much trouble. As long as he wanted, he could stop the waves from rising at all.
As long as he made up an excuse like "Xie Qing used to like to cover his mouth and nose as a prank when he was sleeping", Qi He would believe it.
It wasn't like Qi He saw him and Xie Qing sleeping together with his own eyes, so there was no need to panic. Lin Zhi even thought rather badly that since Qi He was blind, it would be quite difficult for him to do this.
Lin Zhi's tone was calm, making Qi He unable to guess whether he was not that sad or just didn't want to talk about it.
But Qi He would not fail to mention it. If he missed this opportunity, it would be difficult to ask next time. He had to try no matter what.
"Master's old friend must have a good personality. I wonder what kind of person Senior Xie is."
There was some regret in Qi He's words, but in his heart he hoped it was an old man, so that his polite mention of seniority would be worthwhile.
He has always been a thoughtful person and had some other ideas. He did not believe the reasons given by his master when he took him away, but there seemed to be no other reason. However, if he was similar to Xie Qing, everything would make sense.
Qi He felt a little depressed. He didn't want this to happen. He didn't want to be anyone's shadow. When he thought that his master might see others through him, the bitterness and jealousy in his heart surged up.
Lin Zhi was amused by the word "senior" from Qi He's mouth, and thought that if Xie Qing heard Qi He say that, he would roll his eyes to the sky and would respond with some sarcasm.
However, Qi He's address was also reasonable. He was Qi He's master. If Xie Qing was his good friend, he would naturally be of the same generation as him. In another sense, Xie Qing was indeed Qi He's predecessor.
"He was a very boisterous man, and he couldn't seem to be quiet for a moment."
Lin Zhi thought of the past with a smile in his voice.
Qi He felt choked up when he heard his nostalgic tone, but he was also relieved. At least in terms of personality, he was completely different from that person.
But speaking of such people, Qi He couldn't help but ask, "Is Brother Qu like that?"
“Somewhat similar, but not exactly the same.”
Although they may be described similarly, in Lin Zhi's opinion, Qu Ziheng and Xie Qing are completely different people.
Qi He felt a sense of crisis in his heart, and wondered when to expose the secret between Qu Ziheng and Yan Yixiuan so that these two happy enemies could get together sooner.
Lin Zhi curved her lips and said, "He always hoped that I could be more lively and that I wouldn't do things just for the sake of meaning, because some things can make people happy even if they have no meaning."
Xie Qing was a man who was good at talking nonsense and often did nonsensical things just because he wanted to. After his heart disease healed, he was no longer shy about his positivity, and Lin Zhi was inevitably influenced by him.
Qi He seemed to be thinking: "Master took me away back then. Was there also this reason?"
Lin Zhi said with a smile: "I guess so."
"Then I must thank you very much, Senior. I wonder where you are buried, so I can go and pay my respects to you during festivals."
Qi He looked kind and sincere, but all he could think about was how he would repay kindness with enmity and step on Xie Qing's grave.
Of course, it was just a thought. He would definitely pay his respects properly and talk to the dead in the underground. If Xie Qingquan knew about it, he could rest assured that his master would be taken care of by him from now on.
How could Lin Zhi not know what Qi He was thinking? He was probably just pretending to worship him but really wanted to show off his power.
Fortunately, Xie Qing does not exist in this world, otherwise, facing such a provocation, he would probably be so angry that he would die.
It was so funny. Lin Zhi had no intention of feeling sorry for any of her lovers. They were just fragments of one person's soul after all.
"He has no tomb or memorial tablet. He is buried between the mountains, rivers, heaven and earth. There is no need to visit him."
Lin Zhike had no intention of building a grave for Xie Qing, just a token of her appreciation would be enough.
Qi He replied obediently: "Then I will keep it in mind."
He frowned in his heart. This person was really new. It was impossible for him to be everywhere.
Now that he had gotten the answer to what had been puzzling him, he still couldn't be happy.
Qi He was thinking about how to replace him, and followed Lin Zhi into the yard.
As usual, Lin Zhi opened the map in his mind and used the function provided by the system to check for people hiding nearby.
Ever since he got the Bing Yulian, there have been more and more people surrounding his house.
If he wasn't a Gu Master, the house would have been looted when he and Qi He left.
But today, there were fewer people ambushing outside his yard.
Lin Zhi had some guesses in his mind, but he kept them to himself.
The moon is full tonight, but it is not a peaceful night.
The sound of hurried running was particularly obvious at night, scaring some timid people into closing their doors and windows.
Qu Ziheng was lying drunk on the bed in the inn. As a martial artist, he was alert and opened his eyes immediately when he heard the sound. He subconsciously held down his sword and walked to the window.
When he saw a figure rolling in from the window, his hand paused.
In the middle of the night, Lin Zhi's courtyard door was knocked.
Yan Yixiuan's hair was a little messy, probably because she was lying down drunk and her hair was messy without any makeup.
"Brother Lin, it's bad. Jiang Yan...he...was seriously injured. Qu Ziheng sent him to the clinic and is guarding him. I'm here to call you."
Yan Yixiuan was panting and a little flustered. It was not that she had never seen blood before, but she was a little panicked because her good friend who had been drinking with her a few hours ago was suddenly dead or alive.
Lin Zhi and Qi He set off to the clinic, where the old doctor was giving acupuncture.
"He was badly injured. He was hit in the lungs by the palm technique. He also had many wounds on his body. I gave him some internal energy so that he could hold on until here. When I looked out the window, several figures disappeared. It's hard to judge other injuries, but that palm should be the Bone-Dissolving Palm of the Akabane Sect. It's very vicious."
Qu Ziheng reported the situation with a calm face; he had long been sobered up by the fright.
Yan Yixuan was puzzled: "Why was he being hunted down by the people from the Akabane Sect? He didn't tell us that he had provoked such an enemy. I looked at his injuries and saw who killed him."
Qu Ziheng looked at Lin Zhi: "Brother Lin, did anything happen after we got drunk?"
Lin Zhi shook her head and said, "After you got drunk, we almost dispersed. I asked someone to send you back to the inn and then went back with Xiao He. He said he had a place to stay, so we separated."
Lin Zhi didn't want to tell those old things because it involved too many things and was very inconvenient.
Lin Zhi was not surprised to hear that it was the people from the Chiyu Sect who took action. The people from the Chiyu Sect and the Western Region Holy Church had already had a head-on confrontation over the issue of medicinal materials, but the Chiyu Sect always had the upper hand. They had been entrenched in the Central Plains for a long time and naturally had more advantages than the people from the Western Region Holy Church.
But he didn't expect that they were so hostile that the people from Chiyumen were determined to kill Jiang Yan. He thought they were planning to capture Jiang Yan alive.
Lin Zhi had no intention of interfering in this matter. After all, he would be happy to see them fighting each other. But now that the matter had come to him and Jiang Yan had not been captured nor was he dead, he would take the opportunity to ask for more information.
The old doctor had superb medical skills and brought Jiang Yan back from the brink of death, but Jiang Yan was seriously injured and still unconscious. Qu Ziheng fed Jiang Yan medicine. The old doctor did not keep any patients here, especially those from the underworld, as they could easily attract murder. Qu Ziheng and the others understood and, at Qi He's suggestion, took the person back to the Lin residence.
Although they are old friends, they know very little about Jiang Yan. In the current situation, they can only wait until Jiang Yan wakes up.
At daybreak, 01 reminded Lin Zhi that Jiang Yan's red dot showed signs of movement.
"I just woke up and I'm thinking about running. What kind of dragon and tiger training am I?"
Lin Zhi walked out of the room and stood in the dark, watching Jiang Yan force his luck and jump over the high wall.
He did not stop her, but just called Qi He's name softly.
Qi He had already come out when he heard the noise. He understood what Lin Zhi meant and followed quietly.
Jiang Yan wiped the blood from his lips and fell on the woman who had hurried over to pick him up.
The woman helped him onto the carriage, which circled the city a few times and then headed out of the city.
These actions were not enough to shake off all the ears and eyes. Qi He was waiting in the dark when he suddenly heard the sound of a flute.
The sound of the flute seemed to have a soul-stirring effect, making the listeners dizzy.
Qi He frowned slightly, and tried to concentrate to ease the tension. He must not block his hearing, otherwise he might lose it.
He thought of the flute sound on the boat when the Snake Cloud Grass was lost three years ago, and began to guess the identity of the contact person.
When the flute sound stopped, Qi He followed again.
So at night, the woman helped Jiang Yan to the stronghold and planned to find a doctor for him.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she went out, she felt a gust of strong wind.
She resisted subconsciously, but the man's martial arts was stronger than hers, and she soon lost consciousness.
Jiang Yan heard a voice in his daze, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a blindfolded boy. His bloodless face became even paler. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his companion was just fainted beside him.
Qi He raised his hand, with the tip of the sword pointing directly at Jiang Yan's vital point.
"Tell me everything you know."
Jiang Yan pulled the corner of his lips and said, "Young man, aren't you taking advantage of others' misfortune?"
Qi He lowered his eyes, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms with his other hand, and shook it at Jiang Yan.
"This is the Gu that my master made. I really don't want to waste it on you."
The regret in Qi He's tone was not fake. It was not because of the friendship between old friends. He just didn't want to waste his master's poisonous insects.
He treasures all of his master's things.
"If you don't tell me in half a quarter of an hour, I will cut off your hands, and then her hands. Without hands, you won't be able to play the flute anymore."
Qi He took the porcelain bottle back into his arms and decided not to waste it. He would just solve the problem in his own way. If he consumed fewer poisonous insects, his master would consume less essence and blood.
The boy stated the threat in a very calm manner, as if it was no big deal.
Jiang Yan coughed violently and said with a smile: "The Qi family prides themselves on being chivalrous, but their descendants followed the Gu Master and learned the ways of the Demon Cult."
Qi He knew that he was provoking her, so she broke one of Jiang Yan's fingers without blinking.
"If you continue to talk nonsense about my master, it won't be that simple."
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