togophonebook Is Chapter 11 going to be this twisted?
Is Chapter 11 going to be this twisted?
Inside Ling'er's room, the two sat facing each other across a table.
"Brother Qin Feng, is there something important that you've come to see Ling'er?" The girl rested her chin on her hands, her eyelashes fluttering slightly, still looking as innocent as ever.
"I sold a golden amulet today."
"I don't know anything about talismans," Ling'er shook her head.
"That talisman will be used to assassinate Qin Ruoxi," Li Qingyi said calmly.
A sharp glint flashed in Ling'er's eyes, and she instantly understood Li Qingyi's purpose.
He wanted to use his own hands to get rid of the trouble that might backfire on him.
But what puzzled her was why Li Qingyi had approached her.
"He... sensed something?" As her thoughts raced, her opinion of the person before her rose even higher.
Perhaps, he really is the variable Master spoke of, the one who can help me overcome this life-threatening ordeal.
"But what does this have to do with Ling'er? Ling'er doesn't understand."
Despite the growing turmoil within her, her face remained blank.
Seeing her like this, Li Qingyi thought to herself, "She's really good at acting!"
If Li Qingyi hadn't witnessed Ling'er commanding Qin Baisheng in the simulation, she would have truly believed it.
"Helping me is helping yourself." Li Qingyi leaned forward slightly, lowered her voice, and said in a deliberately profound tone:
"For certain reasons, I cannot reveal my identity yet."
Ling'er narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing Li Qingyi. She was extremely curious about Li Qingyi's identity.
"Is he a disciple of some Purple Mansion True Person? Or perhaps, a pawn?"
"Then..." Ling'er tilted her head, striking a charming pose, "What will I get in return?"
Li Qingyi met her gaze, smiled calmly, and said, "Naturally, it is what you desire."
Li Qingyi naturally didn't know what Ling'er wanted, but that didn't stop him from making empty promises.
Ling'er was greatly alarmed. 'It seems... he is very likely the person Master was talking about.'
With that in mind, Ling'er readily agreed, "Okay."
Having achieved her goal, Li Qingyi calmly stood up and dusted off her sleeves:
"In that case, I won't bother you any longer. If you have anything important to discuss, you can come find me next door."
After saying that, he turned and left.
"My master said that when you meet that person, you will know that he is him."
She didn't have this mysterious feeling at the moment, so she closed her eyes, listened to the other person's footsteps getting farther and farther away, and began to recall every detail since she met Li Qingyi.
Li Qingyi's transformation began after she took out the spirit stone.
"Could it be... that he sensed something when I took out the spirit stones?"
She knew that it was unreasonable for her to take out so many spirit stones with this attire, and that revealing her identity was only a matter of time. She was indifferent to it.
She has a pair of spiritual eyes that can see into people's fortunes.
At first glance, Li Qingyi was shrouded in mystery, his true nature impossible to discern.
This is also why she became attached to Li Qingyi. After the subsequent deductions and the confrontation just now, her opinion of him has completely changed.
"It seems Qin Feng had already sensed the suspicious circumstances surrounding Qin Ruoxi's assassination attempt. But... why did he choose to actively enter the game by selling the Golden Body Talisman?"
Ling'er probably couldn't have guessed, even if she racked her brains, that Li Qingyi's initial purpose was simply for those three spirit stones...
"I really want to know who he is!"
With a thought, she immediately formed hand seals, her fingertips glowing with spiritual light, attempting to deduce Li Qingyi's background using her sect's secret techniques.
However, after some calculations, her brows furrowed even more deeply.
Li Qingyi's past and future are a blank! She can't figure anything out.
"There must be some great treasure on Qin Feng that is concealing the secrets of heaven!" This was her second attempt today, and she still found nothing.
"Never mind... I'll go back to the mountain to ask my master for help after he helps me through this ordeal."
She composed herself, made another hand gesture, and a hazy stream of light disappeared into the shadows in the corner of the room.
A moment later, a blurry black figure emerged from the shadows and knelt respectfully before her.
"Go tell Qin Baisheng that Qin Feng is one of ours."
"Your subordinate obeys."
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The Qingchi Immortal Sect is nestled amidst towering, cloud-shrouded mountains, shrouded in spiritual mist year-round, ethereal and dreamlike.
Looking out, the seventy-two green peaks resemble giant emerald swords, piercing through the surging sea of clouds.
The snow on the summit has remained unmelted for millennia, contrasting beautifully with the golden eaves of the palaces gleaming in the sunlight.
The magnificent palaces and pavilions, built along the mountainside and connected by covered bridges, appear and disappear amidst the misty clouds, like a fairyland.
At times, flocks of cranes would appear, their clear cries shaking the heavens, carrying disciples and followers through the rosy clouds and mist.
On a secluded green peak surrounded by myriad wonders, an old man and a young man are playing chess in front of a naturally formed jade chessboard.
The old man was dressed in simple linen robes, with white hair and a youthful face, and deep, profound eyes.
The young man, dressed in white with his hair tied up, had clear and bright eyes, and a faint light seemed to flow from his fingertips as he held the jade tablet.
On the chessboard, undercurrents are swirling.
"Has your precious disciple found her destined one?" the young man asked casually, placing a white piece on his hand.
The old man in hempen clothes stroked his beard and smiled, his gaze still sweeping across the chessboard, and made a move in response:
"It's just a game of chess that you and I are moving in, why make it sound so mystical?"
The young man placed another piece, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Having been in the Purple Mansion Realm for a long time, it's inevitable that I'd like to seek out some interesting things."
Having said that, he slowly rose, walked to the edge of the cliff with his hands behind his back, and gazed at the vast and boundless sea of clouds:
"If the two of them get together, it will be a fortunate thing for both of us."
The old man in hemp robes stared at the chessboard for a moment, then finally shook his head and let out a soft sigh:
"I have played chess with you for hundreds of years, yet I have never won a single game."
He sighed softly, walked to the edge of the cliff, and stood shoulder to shoulder with the young man. "If you don't interfere, aren't you worried that someone will intervene and steal that opportunity?"
Upon hearing this, the young man couldn't help but chuckle. "Ling'er has, after all, inherited part of my mantle. How could she possibly make a mistake on such a crucial matter concerning her own destiny?"
"That's true," the old man in hemp robes nodded noncommittally. "Who in the Cangling Domain doesn't know that True Person Minghao of the Zhengyang Immortal Sect is unparalleled in the world when it comes to his innate calculation skills?"
Minghao simply smiled indifferently at the compliment, his gaze once again turning to the ever-changing depths of the sea of clouds.
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In an inn in Yishan City, Xuan Kingdom, a young man with a face as white as jade sat in his room, his brows furrowed.
"My master clearly said that my destined Daoist partner would come to me on her own in the next few days... But let alone a Daoist partner, I haven't even met a woman who has taken the initiative to talk to me in the past few days."
The boy pondered for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.
"Alright, let's wait three more days. If we still can't see her, then we'll head to the Qin family to see how far along Junior Sister Ruoxi's plans are."
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Li Qingyi returned to the Qin family market.
After much deliberation, he felt that relying solely on Ling'er's promise was not enough, and a thought gradually became clear.
Why not go and meet Qin Ruoxi in person?
He found it hard to believe that such an important figure in the Qin family could be so easily taken by a few Qi Refining Level 2 cultivators and a Golden Body Talisman.
There must be something deeper hidden behind this.
"Have you heard? That young lady from the main family, Qin Ruoxi, is watching people forging iron at Old Iron's blacksmith shop right now!"
"Really? How could someone as ethereal as her be interested in such menial work?"
"Absolutely true! Let me correct you, it wasn't watching Old Iron Head forge iron, it was commissioning Old Iron Head to make a precious sword."
Hearing the whispers of the surrounding cultivators, Li Qingyi's doubts deepened.
He knew that Qin Ruoxi would be assassinated soon.
In Li Qingyi's eyes, her current behavior was exactly like saying to an assassin:
Come and kill me...
He immediately quickened his pace and hurried toward the famous blacksmith shop in the corner of the market.
Even ten paces away from the blacksmith's shop, it was already surrounded by a huge crowd.
Many young cultivators stood on tiptoe to look around, hoping to take the opportunity to establish a relationship with this prodigy of the main family, but without exception, they were all stopped at the outer perimeter by six cold-faced guards.
All six of them were at the first level of Qi Refining cultivation.
Beside Qin Ruoxi stood a middle-aged man with his eyes closed, his aura deep and heavy.
Li Qingyi judged that he must be the guard at the third level of Qi Refining.
His gaze passed over the crowd and guards, landing on the beautiful figure in front of the blacksmith's shop.
A woman in white, with a graceful figure and a light veil covering her face, was quietly observing the scene inside the blacksmith's shop.
Inside the shop, Old Iron Head, shirtless and muscular, was wielding a huge iron hammer, forging a knife blank while sweating profusely.
The furnace in front of him was blazing with flames, and waves of heat hit him.
Li Qingyi stared at Qin Ruoxi, feeling that something was strange about her, but she couldn't quite grasp the fleeting inspiration.
He hid at the edge of the crowd, silently looking for an opportunity to get closer and use his divine sense to probe the true nature of this young lady from the Qin family.
Just then, a handsome young man with a sunny disposition approached him, nudged him lightly with his elbow, and said with a sly grin:
"Bro, you've got your eye on her too?"
Li Qingyi remained calm and retorted, "So what if I like it?"
The young man chuckled softly and whispered in Li Qingyi's ear:
"I have a plan that might help you get close to her. But... after it's done, you'll have to help me remove the veil from her face."
Li Qingyi: "???"
"Is this some kind of twisted game? The cultivation world is full of talented people!"