After leaving Xiangli Youming, Yuan Qi went to Yaoguang Pavilion.
Tu Shanli has long since regained his human form and left the Jiang residence; he is currently being cared for in Yaoguang Pavilion.
The five foxes that beat him up were burned by Yuan Qi and will take at least a year and a half to recover, so they won't be causing trouble for Tushan for the time being.
When Yuan Qi found him, Tu Shanli was sitting cross-legged, recovering his strength.
"How much has he recovered?" Yuan Qi sat down on the other side of the daybed, poured himself a cup of tea, and sipped it.
Tu Shanli gathered his energy in his dantian, finished his stance, opened his eyes, and chuckled lightly, "I've recovered to about 80 or 90 percent. Why do you want to fight?"
Yuan Qi hummed in agreement: "That old man Xuanqing is a traitor to the Fusang Sect. My master is planning to clean house, so I'm calling in a few more helpers. You've been away from Tushan for hundreds of years, so why are your clansmen suddenly causing you trouble again?"
Yuan Qi had reason to suspect that Xuan Qing was behind this. Xuan Qing, in league with the Tu Shan clan, wanted to kill Tu Shanli so that Yuan Qi would lose one of his allies.
Tu Shanli looked at her calmly: "Just as you thought, they want to cut off your left and right arms, and then take the opportunity to kill you and your master."
Yuan Qi nodded and said, "That's what I think too. It seems that Xuan Qing's strength isn't that great right now."
Tu Shanli disagreed: "I think you can't underestimate the enemy. Xuan Qing is even more powerful than Xuan Ji, and he likes to use despicable means. He has no bottom line. My men reported that he has colluded with Xiang Lilin again, and the two have met privately several times. Yuan Qi, this is probably going to be a tough battle."
"I know, I will be prepared."
"When do we make our move?" Tu Shanli asked.
Yuan Qi gave a half-smile: "The day after tomorrow."
After chatting for a while, Yuan Qi returned to the Jiang residence.
The day of the decisive battle arrived quickly.
Yuan Qi got up early and laid out his unused magical artifacts one by one on the table: a half-foot-tall Soul-Suppressing Tower, a seemingly ordinary but actually very powerful Xuan Tie Sword, and a Soul-Destroying Bow.
Wen Zhujun walked over and placed her Soul-Returning Whip on the table: "This whip was originally made by you to deal with Xuan Qing. Today I will go with you."
Yuan Qi hummed in agreement: "Alright, be careful. You just need to deal with Xuan Qing's few junior disciples. He has a disciple named Qiu Sheren, who is good at manipulating insects."
She took a cloth and wiped them all down.
Wen Zhujun, who was watching from the side, asked curiously, "Why not poison it?"
Yuan Qi stared at her intently: "For cultivation levels like ours, poison is useless. Or rather, ordinary poisons are ineffective."
Daoist Guangcheng and Yuan An walked in: "Disciple, are you ready? We're going to Wuji Palace!"
The five of them set off together, and when they reached the entrance, they saw Tushanli, which they had arrived at without even realizing it.
Daoist Guangcheng clasped his hands in greeting to Tushanli and said politely, "Thank you for your trouble."
Tu Shanli clasped his hands in greeting: "It's my pleasure, Daoist Lord, you don't need to be so polite. I just hope I can do my bit."
Wuji Palace is no longer as prosperous as it once was. The entire palace is very quiet. There are few worshippers in the Sanqing Hall, and only a few Taoist priests are dozing off with their heads down.
Yuan An went up and patted the middle-aged Taoist on the shoulder: "Asleep?"
Before the Taoist priest could even see who was in front of him, he quickly said, "Please come this way to offer incense."
When he realized that the people who came were a group of people dressed in Taoist robes just like him, he got a little angry: "Fellow Daoist, are you trying to make fun of me?"
Yuan Qi went up to her and asked, "Where is Xuan Qing?"
Seeing that these people didn't seem to want to cause trouble, the Taoist priest pointed to the back mountain and said, "They're in the back mountain, but I heard from Senior Brother Qiu that the abbot has distinguished guests today and probably won't have time to see you."
Daoist Guangcheng stroked his beard and said calmly, "It seems he anticipated our arrival. In that case, lead the way."
"Wait for me!" Bai Youhui caught up with him, along with Xiangli Youming.
Yuan Qi looked over in surprise, walked to the door and asked, "Why are you here?"
Xiangli Youming said, "There's something about the formation that I don't understand and want to ask you. I went to the Jiang residence to find you early this morning. Green Bamboo said you came to Wuji Palace, and I knew you were going to have a decisive battle with Xuanqing. You've helped me so much in the past, how could I stand idly by?"
Bai Youhui, standing to the side, was also a little angry: "That's right, how can you fight without me? Last time we caught Xiao Zhen, it was the two of us who worked together. This time you actually abandoned me. That's so unfair."
Xuanqing didn't blame the two for being stubborn, and told them seriously, "This Xuanqing is a traitor to our Fusang Temple. My master wants to clean up the sect, so how can we let outsiders interfere?"
Bai Youhui was very angry. He pointed at Wen Zhujun and Tu Shanli and said, "Aren't they outsiders? You've given me so much guidance. We're more like master and disciple than master and disciple. You're being too unfair to me."
"Since you want to go, then go ahead. Xuanqing still has many lackeys; let them deal with those." Daoist Guangcheng waved his hand, and the group headed towards the back mountain.
However, the Taoist priest did not follow them; he only pointed out a path.
Bai Youhui said to Yuan Qi with a touch of arrogance, "See? Daojun said we can help."
He patted the cloth bag beside him, which looked similar to Yuan Qi's. He had specially commissioned someone to make a copy, and he had also consulted Yuan Qi and added storage talismans inside. Now his cloth bag could hold quite a lot of things.
"Seventh Sister, I've learned how to use almost all the talismans I got from Kong Ling. Don't worry, I'll definitely be able to help you this time and won't hold you back."
Yuan Qi hummed in agreement.
Xiangli Youming said, "Why didn't you call me for something so dangerous? What do you take me for?"
He was somewhat unhappy. Yuan Qi didn't treat him like one of his own, and he felt that his cultivation was not high enough, so going there would only cause trouble.
He earnestly stated, "I have been practicing diligently these days and have made great progress. I have also mastered the Soul-Returning Whip technique and will definitely be able to help you."
Yuan Qi gave a perfunctory "hmm": "Xuan Qing must be prepared. Who knows what powerful things he has come up with to deal with us? My master and I will deal with him, and you guys deal with their henchmen. Don't let those henchmen do anything underhanded to us."
"I knew you looked down on us," Bai Youhui said unhappily.
Yuan Qi explained, "Going to deal with Xuan Qing is just suicide. He can take your lives with a flick of his sleeve. You won't be able to help him at all, do you understand?"
Bai Youhui then said "Oh," and asked somewhat disbelievingly, "Really?"
Yuan Qi smiled enigmatically: "You can try. Don't think those small fry are easy to deal with. They are also cultivators, not ordinary people. You're lucky if you can even handle them."
Bai Youhui and Xiangli Youming were both unwilling. The four guards behind Xiangli Youming and some secret guards from Xiangli Mansion were also very curious about how powerful Xuanqing could be.
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