When Yue Qi woke up, he found himself lying on his bed, while Lu Li was sitting not far away drinking tea, with Xiao Lu'er and Cang Wu standing beside him.
"You're alright? You orchestrated all of this?"
Yue Qi was quite clever and reacted instantly. However, in his excitement, he felt a sharp pain in his genitals, and only then did he remember that Little Deer had...castrated him!
"Kill me! Kill me!"
Yue Qi roared in fury; he simply couldn't accept this outcome. Even so, he couldn't change the situation, so he'd rather die than be humiliated.
Seeing his appearance, Lu Li shook his head helplessly.
“I’m always vengeful, and you’ll die, but I need to make some things clear before I do.”
Lu Li ignored Yue Qi's roar and calmly analyzed the ins and outs of the assassination attempt.
"As an inside agent, which country and which of the Hundred Schools of Thought have you colluded with?" Lu Li seemed to be asking Yue Qi, but in reality, he already had a rough idea in his mind.
"Hahaha, aren't you very good? Guess for yourself!" Yue Qi shouted frantically at Lu Li.
Lu Li was not annoyed, and analyzed very seriously: "During the Hundred Schools Conference, I once declared that I would choose a country to unify the world, and the only country with this strength is Qin."
"The state with the greatest hatred towards Qin must be Zhao, right?"
Yue Qi was immediately stunned and speechless.
"So, those assassins must have been sent by the Zhao state. Judging from your expression, I think I guessed right."
Lu Li smiled and continued, "Among the Hundred Schools, who wants me to die the most? The Confucian and Mohist schools are the most suspicious, because I confronted them at the Hundred Schools Conference without holding back at all."
"But those words alone might not be enough to make them want to kill me, because I am here to help a country unify the world."
"Because once it becomes a reality, all schools of thought will inevitably be hit, and the Mohist school will be the first to suffer!"
"The swords and blades wielded by those assassins were extremely sharp, something ordinary craftsmen couldn't possibly forge. I think... they must be from the Mohist school, right?"
The Mohists advocated universal love and non-aggression. They always helped weaker countries to fight against stronger ones, and each time it was remarkably effective.
However, if Lu Li chooses Qin and truly unifies the world, then the Mohist doctrines will vanish, and their advantages will inevitably suffer a severe blow.
Even after unifying the world, Confucianism would still have room to survive, but Mohism, apart from research and invention, had no political support.
Lu Li gave a brief analysis, which completely broke Yue Qi's defenses.
"You...you're not human? Now I finally understand why Master chose you. Losing to you is not unjust!"
At this moment, Yue Qi seemed to have resigned himself to his fate. Based on some clues, Lu Li was able to analyze the truth behind the assassination.
"Losing to me? No, no, no, you didn't lose to me, you lost to your own greed," Lu Li said calmly, shaking his head.
Upon hearing Lu Li's words, Yue Qi could no longer contain herself.
"Greed? Before you arrived, I was the most promising outer disciple to inherit Guiguzi's legacy!"
"Jian Chen is devoted to the way of the sword, I am the true senior brother among the outer disciples!"
"But you've ruined everything I have!"
Yue Qi screamed hoarsely, in his mind, it was Lu Li's arrival that destroyed everything he had.
"You still don't realize it even now. You said your senior brother was devoted to the way of the sword, but this time he lied to you, didn't he?"
Lu Li's words were so powerful that Yue Qi was stunned as if struck by lightning.
That's right! Jian Chen lied. He actually conspired with Lu Li to deceive me?
"Jian Chen, Jian Chen! We've known each other for over a decade, and I've called you Senior Brother for over a decade, yet you've lied to me!"
Yue Qi was filled with grief and indignation, but Lu Li shook his head in disappointment. Yue Qi was still shirking responsibility.
"Hahaha, Lu Li, it's all about the winner taking all the credit. A loser is a loser!"
"The entire Guigu lineage will belong to you from now on!"
After saying that, Yue Qi's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he pulled out a dagger from somewhere and stabbed it fiercely into the heart.
Even Lu Li was surprised by his action. This guy was so reckless? He committed suicide?
Yue Qi coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with malice as he looked at Lu Li and slowly said, "Lu Li... I'll never let you go, even as a ghost!"
This immense hatred caused Lu Li to frown deeply. He couldn't understand why it was Guiguzi who insisted on taking him as a disciple, especially since he had never considered inheriting the Guigu lineage before.
It was only later, through his interactions with Guiguzi, that he came to regard him from the bottom of his heart as his master and father!
Lu Li had seen through Yue Qi's wicked intentions back then, and now everything he had said had come true.
"Hmph! He just died like that? That's too easy for him!" Little Deer said indignantly.
Her hatred for Yue Qi ran even deeper. To her, this guy almost killed Lu Li, and even if he died a thousand times, it would not be enough to quell her hatred.
"Alright, little deer, you're already dead, let's just drop this matter."
Many outer disciples heard Yue Qi admit to the matter, and even the senior disciple Jian Chen served as a witness.
Lu Li stood up, sighed, and said, "Make him a nice coffin and bury him."
Just then, Jian Chen walked in.
"Give me his body!"
Lu Li glanced at Jian Chen, but didn't say anything. He just nodded slowly and left with Xiao Lu'er and Cang Wu.
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