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Night falls.
Bang! Bang!
Accompanied by the whistling of the wind, the final set of punches was finally completed.
Li Guanqi opened his insight and found that it was already midnight, and his brow furrowed.
"Grandpa hasn't come back yet today?"
"Tsk, never mind, he probably went down the mountain to buy wine again."
Li Guanqi wiped the sweat from his brow and muttered to himself.
Then a hint of a smile appeared on his lips as he got up and left the house.
"Zhao Beichen, I'm here!"
The young man in gray seemed to blend into the darkness, moving lightly as if he were a cat leaping onto the roof.
In no time, the young man arrived at a courtyard.
The big yellow dog lying outside the door suddenly caught the scent of a stranger and slowly opened its eyes.
Smack!
A slap landed on the dog's face, leaving it a bit dazed.
Just as it was about to bark…
Smack! Smack!
"Shut up!"
The big yellow dog was slapped twice, and tears of grievance welled up in its eyes.
Seeing the fierce look on the man's face, it dared not bark again and quickly ran away with its tail between its legs.
As it ran, it looked back at the Zhao family's courtyard.
Li Guanqi smiled slightly at the sight, then crouched down and easily scaled the mud wall, which was taller than a person.
Once inside Zhao Beichen's house, Li Guanqi was in no hurry. Instead, he turned and headed for the firewood stack in the Zhao family's yard.
Sure enough, he found two nests of eggs there.
Li Guanqi smiled slightly and unceremoniously tucked seven or eight eggs into his arms.
For the ones he couldn't fit…
He shook three eggs vigorously in his hand for a while before finally putting them back in place, satisfied.
After doing all this, Li Guanqi sneaked into the backyard of the Zhao family, where some vegetables were growing.
He trampled them to pieces with his feet, then made his way to a well.
"Hush, hush."
Splash!
The contented young man muttered to himself, "I should have a fever these past few days, hmm… not bad."
"Oink, oink!"
The young man shivered and tightened his belt, then looked at the pigsty and chuckled, "Don't worry, pigs, you're included too."
As he spoke, the young man took out a packet of powdered medicine wrapped in mulberry paper from his pocket.
Looking at the three pigs inside, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "I'll add some ingredients for you."
With that, he poured the white powder from his hand into the pig trough.
"This is an extremely potent laxative. You should eat more of it. Don't waste my kindness to Zhao Beichen."
Li Guanqi chuckled to himself, thinking about the situation in the pigsty tomorrow morning, and couldn't help but shiver.
In the end, it would be Zhao Beichen who had to clean up the mess.
After doing all this, Li Guanqi suddenly heard a slight movement in his ears, and the smile on his lips deepened. He muttered to himself, "Tsk tsk, it's already midnight, and Old Zhao is in such high spirits?"
Sure enough!
When he turned around, he happened to see a flickering candlelight in the east.
Li Guanqi tiptoed to the window, licked his finger, and poked a hole in the window.
The beautiful scene inside made him smack his lips and mutter, "It's really big…"
After saying that, the young man shook his head with regret and looked up at the sky, muttering to himself.
"Ah, the heavens! Why does the world only have black and white? What's the use of opening my insight?"
However, before half a stick of incense had burned, Zhao Lao'er couldn't hold on any longer.
The unenthusiastic young man left the Zhao family's courtyard, muttering to himself as he walked, "Is that it? It's hard for Zhao Lao'er to want a second child."
At that moment, the big yellow dog from earlier happened to be lying at his doorstep.
Sensing danger, the big yellow dog opened its eyes and, seeing the jinx from earlier, quickly took a few steps back.
Suddenly!!
The earth trembled slightly, and after a few breaths, a rumbling sound came from the north.
The young man quickly looked north, but he couldn't see anything.
Li Guanqi didn't think much of it and turned back to his home.
As he lay in bed, Li Guanqi felt a bit down, and he soon fell asleep in a daze.
***
In the middle of the night, two figures coincidentally arrived under the willow tree at the village entrance.
The thin old man smoking a pipe turned to look at the figure that had just arrived and couldn't help but say, "Were you also called out by him?"
Meng Jiangchu shrugged and said to the old man, "With such a commotion, how could I not come?"
"Besides, didn't he also send you a message over a long distance?"
"Zhang Qixuan!"
The thin old man just smiled and said nothing.
Looking at the unfinished game of chess, the relaxed look on his face disappeared without a trace!
"Old Meng, I advise you to take a look at this game of chess!"
Meng Jiangchu, who was Meng Wanshu's father, rushed to the chessboard at the sound of this and, at a glance, his face turned pale, and large beads of sweat dripped onto the chessboard!
The old man knocked his pipe on the edge of the chessboard, stood up, and said softly, "The old man probably wants to confront us tonight."
Three black pieces on the chessboard were surrounded by numerous white pieces, leaving only one gap!
The meaning was clear: if they didn't agree to Su Xuan's demands, he would take action to eliminate the three of them!
Obviously, Lu Tiancheng had no choice but to compromise, which caused the commotion that had just shaken the area for miles.In the moment of their silent confrontation, the space a yard in front of them began to twist slightly.
Su Xuan's figure slowly emerged from the Void, his clothes slightly torn, yet his face still bore an expression of nonchalance.
Meng Jiangchu's eyes narrowed as he caught a glimpse of the gleam in the Old Man's eyes while he held the black scabbard.
"Where's that old Lu fellow?"
Instead, Su Xuan pointed at the chessboard and asked, "Have you seen it all?"
Meng Jiangchu nodded, while Zhang Qixuan, hunching over, tapped his tobacco pipe and said with a smile.
"So what if I've seen it, and what if I haven't?"
Su Xuan did not reply but slowly placed the black scabbard at his waist.
Immediately after, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth boiled over in an instant!
With the Old Man's hand seemingly grasping at the Void, a golden-red hilt began to slowly materialize.
The gaunt Old Man seemed to be bound by an invisible force, unable to move!
Cold sweat streamed down the Old Man's forehead in an instant.
Su Xuan's right hand slowly climbed onto the hilt, and immediately, a terrifying power surged towards the heavens!
The Void within tens of thousands of feet suddenly transformed, with thunder and lightning erupting all around!
"You bunch of old immortals are so annoying…"
"I tried to talk nicely, but it's no use, is it?"
"Do I really need to go to the Profound Gate Domain to find you myself?"
"Isn't it better to keep a Divine Transformation clone?"
The gaunt Old Man's eyes were fixed on the black scabbard, and a long-forgotten name suddenly flashed through his mind.
Gradually, it merged with the Old Man before him, and in that moment, his heart was filled with endless fear!
The trembling Old Man struggled to say, "You are the Great… you are the Great!!!"
Boom!!
A terrifying Pressure instantly fell upon the Old Man, and his already hunched body knelt on the ground.
The Old Man knelt, swallowing saliva with difficulty.
His head was pressed firmly against the ground, yet he had no intention of resisting!
If it really was him, he would surely go directly to the Profound Gate Domain to find his true body!
The Old Man's voice was hoarse as he pleaded, "Please… have mercy, I will leave the Great Xia Domain immediately!"
Boom!
The Spirit Light longsword within the scabbard shattered, and a smile appeared on Su Xuan's face, "That's more like it~"
"I am a reasonable man, I prefer to win people over with virtue, and I dislike resorting to violence."
Meng Jiangchu then asked, "What about Lu Tiancheng?"
The Old Man shrugged his shoulders, hanging the scabbard at his waist and muttered.
"I killed him."
"No choice, he wouldn't listen to reason."