Chapter 270 Chasing the Wind
The chips offered by Hua Wubai are very generous.
Li Qi really wanted to see the internal energy flow path of the Hundred Flowers Heart Method, which might accelerate the evolution of the second level of the Immortal Heart Sutra.
But looking at Hua Wubai, Li Qi always felt that the other party must have other intentions in doing this.
After deep thought, Li Qi refused: "Sorry, Brother Hua, I don't want to get involved in this kind of thing, and... I'm not a delicate body. Besides, the strange phenomenon in Qiqiao Villa that year has been explained to the six major sects. It was caused by the rare treasure, not me, so..."
Li Qi stood up and bowed to the others, saying, "I'm sorry, I have something else to do. I won't accompany you any longer. Goodbye."
He said as he was about to leave.
Hua Wubai narrowed his eyes when he heard that, and stared at Li Qi for a long time. Suddenly, without any warning, he raised his fan and stabbed towards Li Qi!
The fan in Hua Wubai's hand is also one of the world's most amazing weapons. The fan surface is made of ice cicada silk that is rare in a thousand years, and the fan bones are made of the world-famous hundred-refined black iron.
Ordinary weapons could not break the fan at all, but when the fan was closed, combined with the martial arts of Xihua Palace, this fan became a first-class killing weapon! At this moment, the fan attacked Li Qi's side with a bone-chilling cold internal energy.
Li Qi frowned slightly, turned around, raised his hand, attached a thread to his finger, and pressed the fan down along the path it was attacking.
The two stopped their movements at this moment. Li Qi held down the fan and wrestled with Hua Wubai, looking at him coldly:
"Brother Hua, what does this mean?"
"Oh, Brother Li, you are a hidden talent."
Seeing that his attack was easily blocked by Li Qi, Hua Wubai smiled on the surface but was actually slightly frightened.
After all, he has reached the late fourth level in cultivation and comes from a famous sect, so it is not difficult for him to fight against opponents of higher levels.
As long as he doesn't encounter a Grandmaster or a peak fourth-grade master from a powerful sect, Hua Wubai is not afraid of anyone.
But Li Qi, whose cultivation level was estimated to be only the sixth level in the Xiantian realm, easily blocked his attack.
Even if Hua Wubai didn't use his full strength, this was still a little too shocking.
After staring at Li Qi for a moment, Hua Wubai turned his fan and continued to attack Li Qi.
Li Qi's face turned cold, and he no longer held back the strength of the thread. With a slight flick of his fingers, the thread that had just been transformed flew out of his hand like flowers scattered by a fairy, and flew towards Hua Wubai!
Silk threads were everywhere in the sky, flashing silver light. Hua Wubai's expression froze when he saw the sharp internal energy emanating from those silk threads.
He didn't dare to resist, and immediately took back the fan and opened it. The cherry pink internal energy belonging to Xihua Palace circulated, forming an internal energy barrier in front of him, trying to block the silk thread out.
But at this moment, Li Qi controlled a part of the silk thread to instantly condense into a strand, which was slightly thicker than before. With a slight flash, the inner energy barrier was directly split into two by Li Qi! "!!"
Hua Wubai's pupils shrank slightly, and he was about to pull back, but suddenly his body froze in place, and all movements of his hands stopped, not daring to move even a finger.
"...Brother Li, it's just a test...There's no need to be so ruthless, right?"
Hua Wubai spoke softly, moving his eyes slightly downward to look at the silver thread connected to his neck.
Li Qi hooked one end of the silk thread with his finger, and the other end was connected to Hua Wubai's throat.
As Li Qi's fingers moved, Hua Wubai's throat tightened a little. Li Qi said in a cold voice:
"If you weren't just testing me, this thread wouldn't just be around your neck."
"Brother Li is so murderous. Well, since Brother Li doesn't want to stay, I won't force him... I just hope Brother Li doesn't tell anyone about what happened today."
Hua Wubai was very aware of the situation. When he saw himself being easily defeated by Li Qi, he immediately gave in.
Li Qi retracted the silk thread and turned away without saying a word.
This time Hua Wubai did not call him or stop him.
He just touched the red mark on his neck and looked in Li Qi's direction with gloomy eyes.
"laugh."
Seeing this, Mo Qingxian sneered, said nothing, shook his head and left.
Only Benwang was left. He stood up and clasped his hands together before Hua Wubai, saying, "Amitabha, Donor Hua, I will not tell anyone else about this matter, but... let's discuss the cooperation carefully. I'm leaving now."
“…”
Seeing Benwang turned around and left, Hua Wubai's face looked so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip out of it.
He touched his neck again and gritted his teeth and said, "Good, very good, hum!"
After saying that, he put away his fan and turned to leave.
…
Li Qi walked down from the pavilion on the mountain, thinking about what Hua Wubai had said.
What Hua Wubai said was partly true and partly false. It was true that there might indeed be hidden agents of the Demon Sect in various factions, and Zhou Que was not an exception. This was almost certain.
But what is false is that Hua Wubai gathered everyone together to form an "alliance", and it was definitely not for self-protection as he said.
He must have other purposes, but Li Qi cannot figure out what Hua Wubai's purpose is at the moment.
But no matter what it is, as long as Li Qi doesn't contact him.
Through this short conversation, Li Qi could see that Hua Wubai was a hypocritical person. He spoke nicely but actually had other ideas in his heart.
"It's a troubled time..."
Looking at the yellow leaves beside the road, Li Qi sighed softly.
At this moment, a loud laugh came from a distance:
"Hahaha! Not bad! I've been fed up with that sissy for a long time, and she's the most beautiful woman in the world... Go on!"
With a heroic laugh, a wine jar flew out from the woods and ran towards Li Qi.
Seeing the wine jar flying towards him, Li Qi raised his hand to catch it, then turned around and held the jar firmly in his hand.
Smelling the aroma of wine emanating from the jar, Li Qi raised his head and looked into the distance.
A majestic man in a green robe came flying through the woods.
He flew from a distance on the branches of trees in the forest, and finally landed directly in front of Li Qi, saying generously:
"Hahaha, Brother Li! Long time no see!"
"Brother Zhuifeng?"
Seeing this person appear, Li Qi called out his name.
This man was dressed in a green shirt and had a square face. He was full of the heroism and frankness of a man of the world, just like the heroes who often appeared in novels and storybooks.
This person is Zhuifeng, who is ranked first among the Four Famous Detectives of the Six Gates, and is also the source of Li Qi's identity as a "Patrol Envoy".
If it weren't for the token Zhuifeng gave to Li Qi, Li Qi would not have been able to disguise himself as a patrol envoy and command the Six Gates in Linbian City.
Although Li Qi was surprised that Zhuifeng came here, he was not particularly surprised.
He had heard before that the Six Sects would also send people to the Six Sects Martial Competition, but he didn't expect that the person coming would be Zhuifeng.
"Brother Li, the way you pulled the silk thread just now was more advanced than usual. It seems that your martial arts skills have not fallen behind during this period."
Zhuifeng came to Li Qi and patted him on the shoulder.
Li Qi blinked slightly when he heard this and looked at Zhui Feng: "Just now... did you see everything?"
"Oh, I saw it all from the beginning to the end. That girl from Xihua Palace had bad intentions. On the surface, she wanted to cooperate with you guys, but in fact, she wanted to set up a 'small righteous alliance' with him as the leader."
Zhuifeng said disdainfully: "Bah, don't you see what kind of person he is? Jiang Anyan of Shushan Dao didn't even say he wanted to be the junior leader, so how can he be worthy?"
"Brother Zhuifeng, it seems that your martial arts have improved again."
After hearing what Zhuifeng said, Li Qi understood that Zhuifeng had probably been listening to the conversation when Hua Wubai came here.
But no one noticed it, including Li Qi.
Although Zhuifeng's martial arts are good at gathering intelligence, even Li Qi at this stage failed to detect him hiding, which proves that Zhuifeng's martial arts have improved.
Li Qi remembered that the last time he met him, he was at the peak of the fourth rank.
So now...
Zhui Feng smiled when he heard this: "Almost. Just one step away from breaking through to Grandmaster level. It's a pity... one step away, there is a world of difference."
"That's almost half a grandmaster level. I'd like to congratulate Brother Zhuifeng in advance on reaching the grandmaster level."
Li Qi bowed and congratulated at the right time.
Zhuifeng laughed even more happily when he heard that: "Hahaha, brother Li, you are really good at talking. Come on, come on, it's been a long time since we last met. Come have a few drinks with me!"
As he spoke, he put his arm around Li Qi's shoulders and patted the wine jar in Li Qi's hand.
Only when he got closer could Li Qi smell the alcohol emanating from the other person.
It seems that Zhuifeng had already started drinking before he came to find Li Qi.
However, the aroma of the wine in the jar in his hand also slightly tempted Li Qi to drink.
He thought about it and realized that he had hardly drunk any alcohol since entering Tianyi Valley.
Although Li Qi is not a big drinker, he hasn't had good food or good wine for such a long time, and now he misses it a little.
Furthermore…
Zhuifeng is not the kind of person who neglects his work for the sake of drinking. He should know that Li Qi's current status is not suitable for him to leave for too long, so drinking this time is probably just an excuse. The real reason is that Zhuifeng wants to say something to Li Qi.
Thinking of this, Li Qi smiled and raised the wine jar:
"In that case, I will respectfully obey your orders."
…
Xihua Palace area.
As the sect with the largest number of women among the six major sects, Xihua Palace is filled with beauties.
And it's not just the female disciples, the male disciples who come as guards, their looks are far beyond the outside average.
It can be said that as long as you come to Xihua Palace, just to admire the appearance of these people, it can be said that the trip is worthwhile.
But compared to outsiders, Hua Wubai, who grew up in Xihua Palace, doesn't have any feelings for the disciples around him.
Especially now that he was in a bad mood, he was in no mood to care about these things.
He hurried back to the room, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw a woman in purple gauze lying on a large armchair in his room, drinking tea quietly.
When he saw this woman, Hua Wubai's expression remained unchanged, as if he had known she was here for a long time.
He closed the door, raised his head and said to the woman, "Failed."
"Hmm, as expected." The woman shook the teacup in her hand as if she were shaking a wine glass, and said softly, "How could a group of geniuses be willing to be someone else's subordinates?"
“…Li Qi’s cultivation is not right. I have never beaten him. He is definitely not a sixth-grade one.”
Hua Wubai sat next to the woman and said in a deep voice.
The woman smiled slightly, stood up, embraced Hua Wubai's body, held him in her arms, stroked his head as if he were a baby, and said with a smile:
"Looking at the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body throughout the ages, most of them have countless hidden cards and uncertain cultivation. If someone could see through their cultivation so easily, then Li Qi is too careless."
Lying in the woman's arms, Hua Wubai closed his eyes. He sighed softly and said in a softer voice: "It doesn't matter if I fail, but if I delay the Palace Master's important business..."
"Don't worry, the six sects' martial arts competition is within the Palace Master's expectations. You just need to follow the Palace Master's instructions and get in touch with the other geniuses. As for the rest... you don't have to worry."
The woman lowered her head and pressed her lips against Hua Wubai's forehead.
"But..." Hua Wubai wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the woman: "No need to say more, nothing can escape the Palace Master's calculations, whether it's the Six Sects or the Demon Sect..."
The woman said this, raising her skirt with her right hand.
The purple gauze skirt instantly covered her and Hua Wubai, engulfing their figures.
Then.
There came a soul-stirring sound.
...I feel that the names Xihua Palace and Hua Wubai look familiar, as if I have seen them somewhere.
I read this martial arts fanfiction today and realized that this is not about Yihua Palace and Hua Wuque...
(End of this chapter)
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