In the secret chamber of the Residence of Yun.
Yun Yang was alone, facing the trussed up Li Changqiu.
Lao Mei and Fang Mofei were outside.
"Lao Mei, the young master is very mysterious." Fang Mofei said in a puzzled tone, "That's strange. I thought that there was only a young master and a butler in the Residence of Yun. Why do I realize that I'm getting more and more unsure after coming in? "
Lao Mei chuckled and glanced at him from the corner of his eyes, saying faintly, "Unsure? That's right! I, Lao Mei, have been in this residence for more than three years, but I still haven't figured it out! You've just arrived and you're already trying to figure it out? "
He chuckled in disdain.
Fang Mofei was truly shocked, his eyes wide. "With your ability, you still can't figure it out in three years?"
Lao Mei grinned, feeling humiliated. His embarrassment turned into anger as he said fiercely, "Why are you so curious? And you're talking about me? With your intellect, forget three years, you won't be able to figure out our young master's background even if you stay in this residence for three lifetimes! "
Fang Mofei glared at him. Your father won't talk to you before you recover!
What a firecracker!
…
"Child, don't waste your time." Li Changqiu's gaze flickered. "I don't know anything about the legacy."
"You'll hand it over." Yun Yang walked forward with a grin, suddenly punching and kicking him violently. "Hand it over! Hand it over! Hand it over! "
Pfft, pfft, pfft …
Li Changqiu gritted his teeth without making a sound, feeling more and more at ease. You want the legacy? Hmph … then you won't dare to kill me!
Until … a wave of pure aura suddenly sealed all the meridians in his body and sealed his dantian. Only then did his expression change slightly.
The purity of this aura was something he had never seen before!
Since he had such an amazing skill, why would he still want the legacy of the School of Dastardly Poison?
Just as he thought about it, a punch came at him like a bolt of lightning.
Ugh …
Crack …
Four of his front teeth were knocked out and blood flowed profusely.
"A warrior prefers death to humiliation!" Li Changqiu glared at Yun Yang venomously, "How dare you humiliate a strong practitioner like this! Brat, do you still have any dignity left?"
His teeth were knocked out and his voice sounded strange.
"An expert?!" Yun Yang retracted his hand and smiled faintly. He pulled out a snow-white towel and began wiping away the blood stains on his fist. He spoke slowly, "Li Changqiu, remember your place. You are a prisoner here!"
Li Changqiu said viciously, "I'll remember you!"
Yun Yang smiled. "Your meridians are under my control now. It's impossible for you to break your own meridians and heart meridians. His Dantian has been sealed by me, so it is impossible for him to self-destruct his Dantian. His movements are restricted by me, so it is impossible for him to kill himself. His teeth have been knocked out by me, so it is impossible for him to bite his tongue to commit suicide. "
He spoke very slowly, but as Li Changqiu listened, he couldn't help but feel his hair stand on end. "You … What do you mean?"
"No reason. I just don't want you to die."
Yun Yang flashed a toothy grin. "Because you'll want to die very much after this!"
Li Changqiu chuckled and said in a muffled voice, "Even if I die, you can forget about obtaining the School of Dastardly Poison's legacy!"
Yun Yang smiled strangely. "Do you still think that I've captured you for the so-called School of Dastardly Poison's legacy?"
Li Changqiu lifted his head abruptly. "You're not?"
"No!"
Yun Yang's expression turned icy as he forced the corners of his lips to reveal a cold, cruel smile. "I only want to ask you a few questions."
Li Changqiu instinctively felt that something was amiss. "What do you want to ask?"
"What day of the month are you?" Yun Yang asked word by word.
Li Changqiu's hairs stood on end.
…
"What day of the month are you?" It was a simple question.
However, the combined power of the words, especially when they fell into Li Changqiu's ears, was like a bolt of lightning that struck the deepest part of his soul.
At this moment, he even felt dizzy.
How many years had it been since someone had dug out his secrets right in front of him? This was his deepest secret!
Li Changqiu calmed himself down and said, "I don't know what you mean."
Yun Yang smiled coldly and said faintly, "Li Changqiu, alias Blacksmith Li, has lived in seclusion in Tiantang City for thirteen years. In these thirteen years, he has always been diligent; the weapons he has forged are all of the finest quality. Besides, someone once said that as long as Blacksmith Li continues to work hard, perhaps there will be a day where he will break through and reach the level of a master in the weaponsmithing industry."
"In recent years, Blacksmith Li's name has become even more well-known. Moreover, there are people who are proud to receive a weapon forged by Blacksmith Li himself."
"As a spy, or rather, a spy, to be able to do this is already the pinnacle of perfection."
"However, Blacksmith Li has a bad temper and is often in a bad mood. Therefore, whenever Blacksmith Li is in a bad mood, he will close his shop and disappear."
"As long as this honest, hot-tempered, rustic, and wrinkled Blacksmith Li disappears, a graceful and almost flawless Li Changqiu, High Sir Li, will appear in Cirrus House."
"High Sir Li is very rich, spending money like water. Every time he goes to Cirrus House, he will spend at least a few hundred silver taels. "
"Then, this High Sir Li will suddenly disappear. No one knows where he is from, where he came from, or where he is going. But at the same time, Blacksmith Li will appear and his mood will be back to normal. He will continue to forge iron diligently, and continue to forge swords with the highest standards. "
"If Blacksmith Li didn't give himself away, or if he could always control his unwillingness to give himself away, no one would be able to associate the elegant High Official Li with the honest Blacksmith Li. After all, on the surface, they look like people from two different worlds. "
Yun Yang spoke slowly, his eyes staring into Li Changqiu's like ice.
Li Changqiu smiled and said, "I don't understand what you mean at all."
Yun Yang ignored him and continued speaking slowly, "If you didn't warn Marshal Qiu Jianhan, perhaps no one would have found out about you for the rest of your life. It's a pity that you did it after all."
"I believe your superior would be very surprised if he knew about this. Why would Blacksmith Li, who has always been steady, do such a crazy thing of his own accord? After all, although it looks like no one will be able to catch you and you can escape at any time, what you did was indeed illogical. "
Li Changqiu sneered, "It's even more illogical for you to catch me."
Yun Yang smiled faintly, "I am also curious as to why you would do such a thing. However, I have finally figured out why you did it just now. "
Li Changqiu could not help but ask, "Why?"
"All of this is because of … four words." Yun Yang smiled and said, "These four words are called roaming the martial world."
"Roaming the martial world …" Li Changqiu murmured slowly, a complicated look in his eyes.
"Because you are an expert after all. Your skills have already reached a level that ordinary people can't reach. You must have been a reputable figure in the martial world before you came to Tiantang City."
"You have your own status, your own reputation, your own vanity, your own pride. All of these belong to you. However, ever since you came to Tiantang City and became a blacksmith, you have lost all of these. You have lost yourself."
"Everything you have is gone. From then on, you are only a blacksmith; your secret identity is a day." Yun Yang said, "But the martial world is everywhere."
"Your blacksmith's shop will have many interactions with the people of the martial world."
"When you hear the changes in the martial world, you hear the names of countless people, some of whom you know, some of whom you don't, some of whom you know are not as good as you, but they are all glorious now. On the other hand, you can't show your ability, you can't make a name for yourself, you can't strengthen yourself …"
"You watch as each generation produces talented people; you watch as the new generation surpasses the old; but the name that belongs to you is slowly being forgotten."
"So you are indignant, you are indignant, you are indignant. What right do these insignificant ants have? If I were still here, how could I allow them to be so arrogant? So you will have a bad temper, you will be irritable, you will be in a bad mood, and you will close your shop, unwilling to be a blacksmith … "
Li Changqiu chuckled and said in a low voice, "Ridiculous."
Yun Yang was unmoved and said, "Although you are unwilling to be a blacksmith when your state of mind is touched, unwilling to be forgotten by others, you understand that being forgotten and being treated as a true blacksmith is your biggest goal."
"That's why you won't go far. That's why you'll go to Cirrus House instead of fighting in Jianghu. You'll numb yourself for a short while in Cirrus House to calm your mind and suppress your agitation. Then, you'll go back to your blacksmith job."
"However, this accumulation is a vicious cycle. Your temper will become more and more irritable, and your mood will become worse."
"Especially when you've done something earth-shattering but you can't say anything about it. You'll be in an even worse mood. That's why your blacksmith shop has been open less and less this year, while you've been going to Cirrus House more and more."
Li Changqiu's face was pale. He did not say a word, only glaring at Yun Yang.
"People like you are filled with fear and anxiety. So, when something happens that you feel you can't handle, you do what you think you should do, regardless of the consequences. For example, threatening Marshal Qiu."
"Because Wu Wenyuan's capture is like a fox mourning the death of a rabbit; the sense of crisis is too strong. You are afraid that such a fate will befall you. Because, at the end of the day, you are the same kind of person as Wu Wenyuan. So, you can't help it."
"But it is because of this that you can't help it that you have come to me."
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