Chapter 196: The one who comes with ill intentions
"It's called a water mirror, but is this really water..." Lingxiang stretched out her hand and reached into the ink-like pool and felt for a long time, but she couldn't feel any water at all. However, she did put her hand deep into it!
Lingxiang was puzzled. She tried to scoop out some water, but when she raised her hand, there was nothing in her palm.
Could it be because of the Penglai branches?
Thinking of this, Lingxiang flicked her fingers and took out a dry branch from her Qiankun bag, and then took out the Water Spirit Pearl from her bosom. But even so, she really didn't know what to do.
My mother's notes only wrote what was needed for the water mirror, but did not explain how to make it. Now that I have obtained these two things, I am helpless in the face of reality.
Seeing Lingxiang squatting by the lake, bewildered, Long Qi felt a pang of dismay. He had always known Lingxiang to be so confident in her actions, and he had never seen her so bewildered before. He walked over to her and squatted beside her, gazing at her furrowed brow. He spoke softly, "Perhaps something is missing, or some detail has been overlooked. There's no need to panic. It's still early. Just take your time and figure it out. I'll be here with you."
Listening to Long Qi's comforting words, Lingxiang felt warm in her heart, and suddenly realized something: although Long Qi was still a little childish, he had become much more stable since some time, and knew how to take care of other people's feelings. He was no longer as reckless as when they first met.
Lingxiang didn't know what she was feeling. At first, she hadn't thought of anything strange happening between her and Long Qi. Instead, she had been training him like a disciple, slowly cultivating him. But later, she discovered that after spending so much time with him, she sometimes developed a sense of dependence.
When did it all begin? Was it when he made a strange chair for himself when he was injured, or was it the nonsense he muttered by the river on the Lantern Festival?
Or did it start when he was drunk in Liangcheng?
For a moment, Lingxiang's mind was a little distracted. She looked at Long Qi with eyes as clear as autumn water and bright black pupils, which even made the deep pool beside her look much less impressive.
Long Qi didn't know why Ling Xiang looked at him like that, but he thought her eyes were truly beautiful. He felt as if a breath of Qi was trapped in his chest, sometimes rushing around, sometimes pressing against his throat as if ready to burst out at any moment.
Looking at the deep eyes of Lingxiang, Long Qi's body involuntarily wanted to lean forward, but for some reason, his consciousness warned him not to be reckless, so he swayed back and forth.
Just as Long Qi's mind was wandering, a burst of laughter suddenly rang out. The two men immediately came to their senses and turned to look behind them. Suddenly, a white figure emerged from the dark forest, and behind him, a woman was tied up.
"Wei...Brother Wei Chang..." Long Qi was extremely surprised. He never thought that he would meet him in such a place.
No! To be more precise, Long Qi had never expected to meet him again in his lifetime. When he first met him, it was simply because of the strange events in Liangcheng that he deliberately approached him, just to gather information.
"My dear friend Long Qi, it's been a long time since we last met. I hope you are well!" Wei Chang waved his folding fan, smiled, and waved it comfortably, greeting Long Qi.
Long Qi's surprise was fleeting. Hearing Wei Chang calling him, he immediately stood up to return the greeting, but Lingxiang, standing beside him, tugged at his robe. He paused, thinking Lingxiang had been crouching for too long and needed help. But when he turned around, he saw Lingxiang's expression was serious, her brow furrowed even more deeply than before.
He was completely confused. What was wrong with Lingxiang? Logically, she had met Wei Chang once when she was in the Liangcheng government office. Why was she so nervous now? And...
And it wasn't just Lingxiang, Xinyi, Zhao Wuyang, Liu Xia, Banxia and the other four were also holding weapons, looking ready for battle, and Xinyi seemed to be trembling all over.
This...what on earth is going on?
In fact, it was no wonder that Long Qi felt puzzled. During the second martial arts performance of Yuanqing Sect, he fainted due to serious injuries. No one told him the whole story afterwards, and he was focusing all his attention on Lingxiang at that time.
The person who came was none other than Bai Wuchang, the first counselor under the Demon Lord, who had repeatedly offended Yuan Qing, planned the second tragic martial arts performance, and took the prisoner Hui Wu away! He was also known as the White-Faced Shura!
The reason Liu Xia and the other two were so nervous was because they had all seen him before. Elder Qian Yuan, with his profound cultivation, was powerless against him. Even the headmaster hadn't harmed him in the slightest, demonstrating just how formidable he was.
Xinyi was trembling because the person tied behind Bai Wuchang was his mother!
"Oh my! I taught you martial arts when you were a child and spent so much effort to pass on magic to you. I never thought that you would betray me now. You are really a wolf cub who can't be tamed." Bai Wuchang smiled and waved his folding fan. He exerted force with his hand and pulled the hemp rope. Madam Lu staggered and fell at his feet.
Bai Wuchang stepped on Madam Lu's back and said with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill her?" As he spoke, he exerted force on his foot and kept twisting on Madam Lu's back.
"Unless..." Bai Wuchang dragged out his tone, put away his folding fan, pointed at Lingxiang and said, "Unless you kill these people now and capture that woman alive, I will let your mother go."
Madam Lu groaned in pain, then looked up at Xinyi. With a piece of coarse cloth stuffed in her mouth, she couldn't speak. She could only shake her head with red eyes, signaling Xinyi not to care about her.
The grief in his mother's eyes was like steel needles, deeply piercing Xinyi's heart. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at Bai Wuchang. Although his hands were tightly gripping the two blades at his waist, they were still trembling. With a sound of "choking", he finally pulled out the two blades from the deer antlers, his expression determined and full of anger.
But in the blink of an eye, the forest was already filled with flying sand and rolling rocks. Seeing this scene, Long Qi suddenly remembered that this was the same move Xinyi had used outside Qizhou City!
Long Qi suddenly felt something was wrong, and Lingxiang even cried out, "Not good!" They had both witnessed the power of this move before, even Lingxiang's shield couldn't resist it. It was that time that they were severely injured by this move. If Chi Yanzi hadn't arrived in time, they would have died!
Is Xinyi really going to kill them?!
Long Qi quickly pulled out the Seven Star Dragon Abyss, his brows furrowed, his eyes wide open, and he hurriedly summoned his spiritual power, ready to attack Xin Yi. But just then, he heard Ling Xiang shout, "Quick! Stop him! Make him stop!"
He naturally knew that they had to stop him, but among them, Xinyi had the highest cultivation level, and everyone knew how powerful he was. Even if they joined forces, they might not be able to defeat him!
Just as Long Qi was thinking of a countermeasure, he saw Xinyi move and disappeared in an instant!
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