Late at night, a figure jumped in from outside the high walls of the Tian Mansion. When he landed, he staggered and fell to the ground. Zhou Qing half knelt on the ground, clutching his chest, gritting his teeth and cursing Nie Li.
He endured the pain and got into the room through the window on the side. In the dark room, he walked to the bookcase and turned the mechanism. The bookcase moved to one side and a secret door appeared in front of him.
After Zhou Qing entered, the bookcase returned to its original position. He lit the lamp in the dark room, illuminating all the space inside. The place was not very big. There was a stone table in the middle with a spherical stone plate on it.
First, he took off his shirt. Zhou Qing looked at the wound on his chest. It was still bleeding. Although the wound was not deep, Nie Li's saber Qi had been left on the wound, hindering the wound from healing.
Zhou Qing put his right hand on his chest and tried to use his internal force to pull out the saber Qi. In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the blood gradually stopped. Zhou Qing's face was pale.
Looking at the thin saber wound, Zhou Qing's face was extremely gloomy. "Nie Li, Nie Li, since you are like this, don't blame me. Next time, I will definitely kill you."
He placed his gaze in front of the stone plate in front of him. When he approached, a rustling sound was heard. A suffocating scene appeared. He saw that it was filled with highly poisonous things.
There were spiders the size of a baby's fist, huge scorpions with sharp barbs that flashed with cold light, centipedes that were one foot long, and a few black-scaled triangular venomous snakes. From time to time, a dull croaking sound could be heard.
It was full of poisonous things. Even the food was poisonous grass. A fishy smell hit his face. Zhou Qing hurriedly held his breath. He did not think that he was invulnerable to poison.
He channeled his internal force into his hands and used an evil palm technique. His skinny palms slowly reached into the stone plate with a cold wind. All the poisonous things rushed to surround him.
Zhou Qing's face was distorted, but the corners of his mouth were smiling like an evil ghost.
The next day, after returning to the Fang Mansion last night, Nie Li casually sat on the bench to rest. Early in the morning, he asked the servants to prepare hot water for a bath.
After coming out of the bath, he changed into a pure white robe. His original aloofness and coldness had lessened a little. His elegant, handsome, and gentle temperament had taken the upper hand, making everyone's eyes light up like a spring breeze.
"Third Master, someone is looking for you outside. They say they are old friends." A servant knocked on Nie Li's door. Nie Li, who was in the middle of training, could only stop and let the servant invite the person in.
His heart was filled with doubts. His old friend was probably someone from Gusu City. However, he did not know many people from Gusu City. He wasn't sure who Uncle Li was.
"Third Master, I've brought him." After the servant finished speaking, he left. Nie Li looked through the window and could vaguely see a man standing outside the house.
"Come in!" Since he was already here, he might as well take things as they came. He wasn't worried, but his right hand was already on his saber as he sat facing the door. As long as the other party showed the slightest bit of hostility, he would kill with a single slash.
"Little Brother Nie is so impressive!" The door was pushed open and a gust of cold wind blew into the warm room. Nie Li looked at the person in front of him, his face was unsettled. He never thought that it would be Wang Zhi.
Although he respected Wang Zhi because he saved him when he was in trouble, he didn't want to see Wang Zhi. But he didn't want to see Wang Zhi either, because he was a Patrol Inspector. Massacring an entire clan in front of his eyes was a challenge to him.
"Big Brother Wang, have a seat!" Nie Li raised his right hand and casually pointed to a chair. Wang Zhi looked at Nie Li's hand and smiled. He didn't say anything and sat down.
"I'll have the servant make a pot of hot tea! Wait a moment. "Nie Li stood up and was about to walk outside when Wang Zhi spoke.
"No need, I'm not that particular. You don't have to be so reserved. I'm not here to catch you. If I wanted to catch you, I would have done it long ago. "Wang Zhi pulled Nie Li's wrist and pulled him back.
"What? Chen Family was slaughtered and you, as a Patrol Envoy, didn't care?" Nie Li asked tentatively. Since he wasn't here to catch him, then what did he come here for? To catch up?
"If I, as a Patrol Envoy, were to care about everything, wouldn't I be busy to death?" Wang Zhi teased. "This is just an ordinary murder case. We Patrol Envoys don't have to get involved."
"Moreover, a Patrol Envoy is in charge of a very large area. Why would he waste his time on this kind of thing?" Wang Zhi said it very casually, but it also made Nie Li feel a chill down his spine. For this kind of strong person, human life was really like grass.
Just now, he felt an undetectable internal force from that hand. This meant that Wang Zhi's martial arts were very high, at least much stronger than his own. If he wanted to catch him, he wouldn't be here talking nonsense with him.
"I heard a rumor in Jianghu that Gusu City had a hundred year old Blood Lingzhi. I thought that there would be some Jianghu matter, so I came to Gusu City. But I didn't expect that the people who died were more than a hundred people from the Iron Chain Gang. This is obviously a conspiracy against the Iron Chain Gang."
"But when I pulled your wrist, I found that the rumor seems to be true. Your Blood Qi contains a huge amount of power. Unfortunately, with your current strength, you can't absorb it all. "Wang Zhi stared at Nie Li.
"I'm not interested in the Blood Lingzhi. The one who killed more than a hundred people from the Iron Chain Gang was not you. Because even if it was me, I can't kill so many Houtian and Xiantian experts. "
"Even if I don't catch you, it doesn't mean that no one will. Chen Feng's brother Chen Jiang already knows about you. You have to be careful in the future. "Wang Zhi said as he removed the knife from his waist and threw it on a chair.
"If they want to come, then come. Anyway, there are many people who want to kill me." Nie Li said indifferently. With so many people wanting to kill him, if he had to remember every single one of them, it would be too tiring.
Looking at Nie Li's murderous aura and dense killing intent, Wang Zhi bitterly smiled. He could understand Nie Li's pain, but he didn't think that he would change so much.
"Do you think that Chen Jiang is the same as those gangsters in Yunhai City? No matter what, he is still a disciple of a righteous sect. Regardless of his strength, just his martial arts foundation is unimaginable. "
"Do you think that just because you killed a few Blood Transformation Realm people in Yunhai City, you are very powerful? These people are all ordinary hoodlums. They only have a bit of martial talent and a cultivation method, and yet they can still reach this step. But their strength and foundation can't even compare to a proper Viscera Training disciple. "
"Therefore, don't bite off more than you can chew." Wang Zhi sincerely said. He didn't like the fact that this youth in front of him would lose his life because of his arrogance.
"So what if you are stronger than me? Jianghu only cares about life and death, not strength." Nie Li sneered and said with disdain. His domineering aura was like a tide and like a mountain, shocking Wang Zhi, especially when he found something different in this aura.
He didn't know if it was a mistake for him to let Nie Li grow. Over the years, he had seen countless genius disciples and disciples of famous sects. There were many who were more talented than Nie Li, but none of them had his temperament and domineering aura.
There were several times when he wanted to capture Nie Li because he had a premonition that the future of the martial arts world would be in turmoil because of him. But he still remembered that time on the Immortal Overlooking River, that youth who asked him for a penny.
That youth who could disregard everything and abandon life for his father's illness. He believed that Nie Li's heart still had a trace of kindness and truth, but he wasn't willing to bear it. He only wanted revenge.
"So, I won't say anything more. Chen Jiang is on the Hidden Dragon Ranking and is at the Houtian Perfection realm. If you don't have confidence, then run for your life."
"I heard that the Hidden Dragon Ranking was made by the Dawn Sky Pavilion. Why is there so little information about it in the Cloud Sea City?" Nie Li asked his doubts. He had been in the Cloud Sea City for a long time and rarely heard people talk about the matters of the martial arts world.
"Of course, the Cloud Sea City is only at the border of the Southern Song Dynasty. There are few people here and martial arts are declining. The Dawn Sky Pavilion will definitely not pay attention to this place." Wang Zhi said, but there was a trace of indescribable melancholy in his eyes.
After Nie Li heard this, a storm arose in his heart. In his opinion, the Cloud Sea City was already very big, but such a place was called a remote place by Wang Zhi.
This made him yearn for the outside world even more. Looking at Nie Li's daydreaming, his eyes were filled with longing and excitement. "The outside world is very big, so big that you don't dare to imagine it. Once you go out, you will know how short your knowledge is."
"Actually, I came here today because I want you to do me a favor." Wang Zhi changed the topic and spoke of the purpose of his trip.
"Speak! What is it? If I can do it, I will definitely help you. "
Nie Li had no reason to refuse. He owed Wang Zhi a favor, so he had to repay it.
"Recently, there have been cases of young girls going missing in the Cloud Sea City. Do you know anything about it?"
The case of young girls going missing reminded Nie Li of Zhou Qing's actions last night. Was he related to this matter? But if it happened frequently, he didn't hear anything about it at all!
"This is the information my informant gave me. Take a look for yourself!" Wang Zhi took out a roll of paper and handed it to Nie Li. Nie Li took it and slowly opened it. The information recorded in it terrified him. In the past few months, hundreds of people had mysteriously disappeared.
"The identity of the Patrol Inspector is too sensitive. The officials of various places are conflicted, so it's inevitable that they have their own intelligence sources," Wang Zhi explained.
"There is no news about this in the Cloud Sea City." Nie Li put the information aside. He hadn't heard anything about this matter.
This showed two points. First, this matter was made out of nothing. There was a mistake in Wang Zhi's information. However, the power of a Patrol Inspector was difficult to fathom.
The other point was what Nie Li was worried about. This kind of thing really did happen, but the person behind it was too powerful. They covered up the news and didn't let outsiders find out.
Obviously, it was impossible for Zhou Qing to do it alone, so it meant that there was someone behind him.
"I have some information. Last night, I saw a man break into a private house and kidnap a woman." Nie Li also thought of another possibility, which was that Zhou Qing went to take revenge on Zhou Ning.
But seeing Zhang Junshi's appearance so coincidentally, he felt that he should add a little fun to them! Let Zhang Junshi be lively.
"Oh, tell me what you think." Wang Zhi immediately became interested. He didn't tell Nie Li in detail that these women were actually very useful when they were kidnapped.
"I suspect that this matter has something to do with the City Lord's son, Zhang Junshi. Try to start with him. "Nie Li threw the blame to Zhang Junshi.
Zhang Junshi. Wang Zhi clearly believed Nie Li's words and listed Zhang Junshi as a key person to take care of.
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