Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Peerless Brilliance Version 2.0
Xu Zhaoyi knew that he was overreacting, but he found that he didn't really want to restrain himself.
In general, he is on a very delicate psychological boundary, wanting to move forward and also wanting to retreat. He himself is not sure which impulse is the real one, so he dare not make a decision easily, so that his words and actions are a little out of control.
Before breaking the bottom line of the window paper, he will indulge himself in expressing some almost ambiguous messages, which may be intentional or unconscious. This is probably the instinctive reaction of a self-perceived straight man in such a contradictory situation.
But Qin Sheng is like an insulator that is impenetrable to swords and guns. His gentle personality is covered with an invisible layer of alienation, which is more confusing and difficult to break through than Xu Zhaoyi's Nine-Curved Corridor. His heart has only a one-way door, which is only sensitive to the part he wants to explore. The rest of the information is blocked outside the door and cannot be received well.
So he expressed silent incomprehension of Xu Zhaoyi's reaction and smiled tolerantly.
"Well, to put it another way, she seems a bit too carefree to me."
"……oh."
Xu Zhaoyi was suddenly pricked by a feeling of guilt, and all his messy thoughts disappeared. Being carefree was much more intuitive than being innocent, so intuitive that his first reaction after hearing it was how unattainable this was for Qin Sheng.
Why did he force Qin Sheng to change to these four words?
"Once the Qin family's problems are resolved, you can be free from worries." He couldn't help but promise.
Qin Sheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, as if he didn't expect Xu Zhaoyi to associate it with him for no reason.
[Thank you for your good words.]
He replied, but I didn't take it seriously.
Xu Zhaoyi curled his lips, thinking that people who are good at making promises will not easily accept the promises made by others, although he knew that what he just said was sincere.
Although the two people's minds have always been on different channels, some things have the same end. Xu Zhaoyi's observation is actually quite accurate. Qin Sheng is the kind of person that others have no idea how to pursue. He will not be moved by others showing kindness to him. He can only take the initiative to care for someone and pour his feelings into him.
If he really likes someone, even if the whole world sees it and everyone is hinting at it, it will be useless. He will not admit it until he discovers it himself.
Later, Noodles sent more detailed information about Li Zixin. Learning from Fernando's experience, he dug up all of Li Zixin's love history and confirmed that he was a completely heterosexual.
Qin Sheng took the pile of love histories that had just been printed out, flipped through two pages, and then stuffed them all into the shredder.
Noodles was still taking credit on the other side: [How's it going? Now you can rest assured, no one will tease your wife again.]
Qin Sheng was speechless to the extreme and couldn't help laughing. He whispered: "Then I thank you on behalf of my wife."
[You're welcome!] Noodles said happily: [This is what I should do!]
After coaxing away the eldest son who was just there to make people laugh, the reliable Feng Lili came over.
This time, we finally got some valuable news.
"During today's meeting, I led them in a discussion about Li Zixin. Most of the discussion was about trivial matters concerning his character, which was meaningless. However, there was one piece of information that I think you and Mr. Xu should know."
She spoke a little fast, but slowed down when she got to the point, which made Qin Sheng lose focus for a moment. He thought that this girl had some talent as a story blogger.
"I didn't find Mr. Xu's parents' case in the archives before, but this time I heard them say that the most common curse method used in the Southern School was brought in by Li Zixin!
I remember the box you showed me, which used a curse. Although it's not certain that the person who handled it was Li Zixin at the time, after all, he used it as a token of his loyalty to join the Southern School and taught it to many members. It's a shared spell within the Southern School. However, considering his age and qualifications, I personally think it's very likely that he was the one who did it.
Although this should be considered a very serious accusation, Feng Lili would not say such a suggestive statement if she were an ordinary person, even if she was sure, she would not say it lightly.
But Li Zixin himself was an unforgivable criminal. His files were full of blood debts, and all the people he had killed were his own compatriots. Feng Lili felt that even if she would rather kill the wrong person than let him go in this matter, she had no moral burden.
Qin Sheng obviously thought so too, and immediately said, "Thank you very much, this is indeed very important news for us."
"You're welcome, you're welcome." Feng Lili was also very happy: "You saved my life and my mother's life, and helped me get revenge that I would never be able to take in this lifetime. You also eliminated the biggest time bomb in my life. These are what I should do!"
Qin Sheng felt that this sounded familiar for some reason. It took him a while to realize that Noodles had just used this formula, and he burst out laughing.
"Thank you for your hard work. We both had our needs before. I won't take your efforts for granted. But it's not convenient now. Let's talk about it in detail after we finish this matter and return home."
"Actually... well, okay then!" Feng Lili wanted to emphasize again that she was really willing to help Qin Sheng, but then she thought that Qin Sheng would not listen to her, so she should just listen to Qin Sheng directly, and there was no need to waste time pushing and shoving in the middle.
Qin Sheng then told Feng Lili about his plan to have Xu Zhaoyi challenge Li Zixin to a fight in the casino, and asked Feng Lili to find a way to add fuel to the fire without leaving any trace.
This matter is simple. Just spread some public opinion in advance. Feng Lili agreed immediately without saying a word.
The next day, Ligaya came again and told them that her family agreed to their idea of dueling in the casino. The venue would be provided free of charge, and if they were allowed to gamble, they would pay an additional sum of money to the winner.
Qin Sheng was not interested in the money, but the bet could attract more audiences and would be more beneficial to them, so he suggested that Xu Zhaoyi agree.
"Just my agreement is enough?" Xu Zhaoyi was indifferent, but just a little curious: "Is Li Zixin's opinion unimportant?"
Ligaya smiled and said, "You are the one who initiated the decisive battle. This is up to you. Besides, I think he is dead, so his opinion is really not important."
When Xu Zhaoyi was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, her master couldn't beat him. Now he has broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining in such a short time and even killed Fernando. Lijiaya doesn't think Xu Zhaoyi will lose at all.
However, to outsiders, the outcome is still unknown, mainly because no one witnessed how Fernando died. Rumors say that he was bitten to death by the poisonous insects he raised. Some people will inevitably suspect that the victory in the first game was due to luck, and Li Zixin is still more powerful than Fernando.
Lijiaya wished that everyone thought this way so that she could take the opportunity to make a fortune. Although she was not short of money, who would complain about having too much pocket money?
Since the matter was settled, Xu Zhaoyi challenged Li Zixin to a fight as usual, and this time the meeting was scheduled for five days later because Li Jiaya said that the casino needed to make some preparations in advance.
Strengthening the fighting venue, doing publicity in advance, and leaving time for people who want to watch the fight to buy tickets all take time, and five days is actually quite tight.
"Would you like to go check it out beforehand?" Ligaya invited, "We've sat in the private rooms the last few times we've been there. This time, I'll take you down to the arena. Familiarizing yourself with the environment beforehand will definitely be beneficial for you!"
Hearing this, Xu Zhaoyi looked at Qin Sheng.
Qin Sheng nodded and said, "Go ahead." He decided not to go. He was home alone and had time to calm down and think carefully about whether he should tell Xu Zhaoyi in advance that Li Zixin was most likely the maker of the box.
After he found out yesterday, he had been hesitant and hadn't said anything, worried that Xu Zhaoyi would be so eager for revenge that he would lose his composure and perform poorly.
In order to prevent some people from taking desperate measures in this duel, he restricted himself and was unable to take action at the critical moment, so it was really difficult to make a decision on this matter.
But if he doesn't tell anyone, when Xu Zhaoyi casually kills Li Zixin, and then finds out that he might be one of the murderers of his parents, will he regret letting the other person die too easily?
After all, not only did his parents die young, but they were also stranded in the human world for more than ten years, suffering from the burning yang energy. Now they are unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation. No one can balance their mentality in this situation.
Xu Zhaoyi looked at him doubtfully. He vaguely felt that Qin Sheng had something on his mind, but after looking at Li Jiaya who was waiting on the side, he chose to get down to business first.
If there is anything, wait until they are alone at night to ask. Otherwise, with Qin Sheng's personality, he won't say anything even if asked when there are outsiders around. Even if he asks with his mind, the result will probably be the same.
He followed Ligaya to the casino again. This time, instead of going through the main door, Ligaya took him in through a hidden small door. It was very quiet inside, and there was no one else except them.
Ligaya told him that since she told him this when she got home yesterday, all the previous activities in the casino have been suspended from today, and everything is in preparation for the duel in five days.
When Xu Zhaoyi walked onto the fighting arena in the center of the venue for the first time, he discovered that it was much larger than what he had seen from the box. There was also a considerable hollow area between the audience seats, so the people on the field could perform without any restrictions.
Although the entrance to this venue is on the second basement floor of the casino, the area directly above the fighting arena is open-air, which should have taken into consideration the fact that some practitioners may be proficient in thunder magic.
Xu Zhaoyi looked around and didn't find anything wrong. The only constraint was that it was too spacious and there was no cover. The Nine-Curved Corridor and the Paper Man Surrender probably wouldn't be very effective.
He has to focus on practicing the Starfire Technique these days.
Lijiaya asked him secretly, "How is it? If you have any special needs, please tell me."
Of course, she fully supported Xu Zhaoyi to win. After all, her master had told her that Mr. Qin had a strong background, and following him would definitely allow her to obtain cultivation resources that they could hardly imagine.
Xu Zhaoyi shook his head: "No need." Although killing was the goal, winning by unfair means would not help him on his way, so he politely declined Li Jiaya's suggestion to use the venue to help him cheat a little in advance.
After returning to the villa, Lijiaya did not stay long. Xu Zhaoyi told Qin Sheng that the Nine-Turn Corridor could not be used. This made Qin Sheng, who had been hesitant, make a decision directly and not tell him about the matter for the time being.
He thought for a moment and said, "Just remember that your first priority is to protect yourself. There's one more thing..."
"What?" Xu Zhaoyi looked up at him.
Qin Sheng looked him in the eye and asked earnestly, "I hope that after Li Zixin dies, you can draw out his soul and trap it."
After he made this request, he didn't wait for Xu Zhaoyi to ask any more questions before shutting him up: "Don't ask why, okay? I just need you to do this."
Xu Zhaoyi's eyes flickered when he heard that. After a moment of silence, he softly replied "Okay".
The soul is trapped without a time limit. No matter what Qin Sheng's purpose is, the final result will be to cut off Li Zixin's reincarnation path. This requirement is actually a bit... over the line according to Xu Zhaoyi's principles.
Judging from the social rules of the world of the living, Li Zixin definitely deserved to die, but Xu Zhaoyi was not sure whether he was qualified to sentence him to an end in which both his body and soul would be destroyed.
But Xu Zhaoyi agreed without much hesitation. Qin Sheng never spoke without a purpose. There must be a reason that he was not convenient to say for the time being. He was still willing to give him this trust.
Since coming to Nanyang, he has learned a lot of unconventional things and has not practiced the Star Fire Technique for a long time. Xu Zhaoyi can only go into seclusion to find his state. Before going in, he did not forget to ask Ramon to arrange two medicinal meals for the next few days.
He didn't tell Qin Sheng that he must eat it. He just said that he wanted to eat it and asked Qin Sheng not to forget to make it.
Anyway, I am quite certain that Qin Sheng will not be perfunctory in saying this.
This time during the retreat, Noodles was not available to be on standby beside Xu Zhaoyi, so Qin Sheng naturally paid more attention to it and agreed to this request without thinking.
He observed Xu Zhaoyi's condition during three meals a day, and asked Noodles to come back and watch over him at night. Everything was peaceful until this morning, when the familiar burnt smell woke Qin Sheng up.
Xu Zhaoyi was also numb. Could it be that every time he made a small progress in the Star Fire Technique, he would have to die like this?
The joy of successfully breaking through the sixth level of Qi Refining was gone.
He looked down at his naked state, then looked around at most of the things in the room, including the bed and wardrobe, which were burned to ashes by the sparks, and had no choice but to compromise.
[Qin Sheng…] He called out reluctantly in his heart.
If he really couldn't do something as indecent as walking out of the room naked to look for clothes, he would never have been willing to call Qin Sheng over to relive the last time he was accidentally seen by someone and was embarrassed.
[You want me to send you clothes again... right?] Qin Sheng suppressed his laughter and said this from the bottom of his heart.
Xu Zhaoyi was completely naked, and hearing Qin Sheng's voice in this situation was even closer than a whisper in his ear. It felt incredibly strange, and he urged with a face full of shame, "If you've guessed it, stop talking nonsense! Hurry up!"
Qin Sheng was much more relaxed this time than last time. He slowly got up and took out a bathrobe from the closet, teasing his wife: "Why are you in such a hurry? Are you afraid of the cold?"
[…I’m just afraid of catching a cold, okay?] Xu Zhaoyi gritted his teeth in anger.
Qin Sheng couldn't help but chuckle: "Okay, no more delay, I'm already at your door. Do you want to open the door yourself, or should I walk you in with my eyes closed?"
After saying that, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Wait a moment, I'll open the door." Xu Zhaoyi hurriedly stood up and walked over. Knowing that Qin Sheng was just outside the door, he was too embarrassed to look down.
He stood behind the door, opened it a crack, took the bathrobe handed to him by Qin Sheng and put it on, only then did he feel that his sense of shame had returned to its original place.
Then he opened the door and walked out as calmly as possible, trying to act as if nothing had happened.
However, Qin Sheng had no intention of letting him go. He saw that the other party was still wearing pajamas, leaning against the door of the opposite room with his arms folded, raising his eyebrows and smiling at him:
"Should I prepare a fireproof wardrobe for you? Otherwise, you'll be naked this time, just like practicing the Jade Girl Heart Sutra."
Xu Zhaoyi's mind buzzed when he heard that, and he no longer cared about shame. He put on a fake smile and replied, "I practice the Jade Girl Heart Sutra? Then do you think you are more like Yang Guo or Yin Zhiping?"
"My character isn't so bad that you'd put me in the latter category, right?"
Qin Sheng still had that utterly unbearable look on his face. Normally, he could hold more than a bottle of mineral water, but now, I don't know if it was because he hadn't woken up yet or what, but when he needed to be graceful the most, he was talking nonsense.
Xu Zhaoyi almost laughed out loud: "Yang Guo is not like you, he didn't see anything at that time——"
Before he could finish his words, Xu Zhaoyi, who had also been talking nonsense and realized that he was angry at Qin Sheng, quickly stopped talking.
But it was too late.
The smile on Qin Sheng's face froze, as if he was reminded of something terrible, and a trace of uneasiness, the same as Xu Zhaoyi's, finally spread across his face.
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The author has something to say: Note: "The Jade Girl Heart Sutra" comes from Jin Yong's "The Return of the Condor Heroes" - when practicing this martial art, you need to remove all clothes to dissipate heat, otherwise you may go astray.
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