"You! Didn't I tell you to leave? "Han Qiongzhi stopped.
Li Qingshan's tall figure stood in front of the Qian Manor. He looked back and said, "I'm sorry. I don't have the habit of asking a woman to die for me!" He was apologizing because of the moment of hesitation Just Now.
"Even if we have to break the formation, I have a better chance. Leave!"
"I'm the one in charge here!" Han Qiongzhi rushed forward and tapped her forehead with a finger. A supreme-grade talisman shone brightly and enveloped her body.
Although the power of the talismans was greatly reduced in this formation, it was still useful. The cracks on her face stopped spreading.
She opened her mouth to speak. She tossed a healing spirit pill into her mouth, and the wounds on her body began to heal.
"Obedient women are cute. Don't let my efforts go to waste." Li Qingshan said no more. He turned into a gust of wind and charged into the inner courtyard of the Qian Manor.
Han Qiongzhi clenched her teeth and ran out of the city.
"Sometimes, someone has to be sacrificed. But no matter who the sacrifice is, this sacrifice shouldn't go to waste." This was what Han Anjun had said to her before. Even when two people were playing chess, there was the saying of bait and abandonment, not to mention when two armies were fighting. This was the way of the military.
The familiar scenery flooded his face, and Li Qingshan charged right through it.
His True Qi was useless. Not only could he not fly, he even lost the ability to turn in the air. From now on, his feet would not leave the ground.
After breaking through countless walls, he finally arrived at the inner courtyard of the Qian Manor, the source of the black lotus.
Beside a lotus pond, the lotus leaves were green. The lotus bloomed, and its fragrance filled the air. It was like spring or summer. He could vaguely see carps swimming in it. It was full of vitality. However, in the dead silence of Ancient Wind City, it was so strange and abnormal.
A man dressed in black dharma robes and a black lotus crown. He sat cross-legged on a lotus leaf. He reached out his hand to stir the water and tease the carps. He was like a scholar in the spring forest. He did not look like a wicked person at all.
However, those black lotuses that were about to bloom had roots as thick as giant trees planted in front of him. Tens of thousands of lives were taken in front of Li Qingshan.
"You're here. Looks like Rui Liu has already left. No, he should be here too." The black-robed man looked up at the black lotus and smiled.
Li Qingshan was very similar to Han Qiongzhi. Without saying a word, he slashed with his saber. However, the warning in his heart was simply screaming. This black-robed man was not just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was simply at the peak of Foundation Establishment. The feeling he gave Li Qingshan was similar to that of the slovenly daoist.
In this state, perhaps a single move would be enough to kill him. The more dangerous the situation was, the calmer he became. He was looking for a flaw, a chance of survival.
"Who are you?"
"My name is just a code. Just call me Black Lotus!"
"Your companion is dead. Don't you feel sad and angry?"
"I'm happy for him. He has committed many sins, and it's time for him to repay them." Altar Lord Black Lotus slowly recited, "Ten thousand sins extinguished, lotus peanuts. Mud removing plow. Clear! "His gentle voice had a different kind of charm. His eyes were clear and relieved, like an eminent monk. Anyone who saw him would want to get close to him.
"You're happy for yourself, right? It's given you this lotus a bit more power. However, I don't know when you'll be able to repay your sins?"
"Perhaps today." Altar Lord Black Lotus smiled.
Li Qingshan was speechless. This Altar Lord did not just disregard life and death, he truly viewed death as a return home. The thoughts of people from evil sects could not be understood with common sense.
At this moment, there was a splash in the pond. A red figure passed through the lotus leaves, wagging its head and tail as it swam out, nodding towards Li Qingshan on the shore. It was the one that Li Qingshan had released in the past. It opened its mouth as if it was begging for a pill to eat.
"You know each other?" Altar Lord Black Lotus waved his hand. "Go, go. I don't have any panacea for you right now."
Even when he was facing a carp, a daemon in the eyes of the world, he was so gentle that he seemed like he was coaxing a child who was asking for candy. Perhaps this analogy was not correct, as he had just personally killed hundreds, if not thousands, of children.
Altar Lord Black Lotus was helpless. He fished out a panacea from his hundred treasures pouch and placed it in the carp's mouth. He rubbed the carp's head, and only then did the carp leave in satisfaction. Even if the pill was not as good as the Virtue Accumulation pill, it was not too far off.
No, I can't waste any more time. Li Qingshan took a step forward.
"You want to sever the black lotus to save your friend?"
Li Qingshan froze up. Was this Altar Lord Black Lotus always watching over the outside? If that was the case, it would be difficult for him to carry out his plan.
"I didn't see it. I was just guessing that's what you were planning. Hawkwolf guards rarely move alone, especially when they're facing us. Just Now, you've been staring at the black lotus the entire time. Is he a man or a woman?"
"You want to use the power of belief in the divine talisman to activate the talisman and launch a sneak attack on me, right?"
Li Qingshan's mind that had just eased up suddenly tensed up. He activated the talisman and opened his hundred treasures pouch. He did not use his blood, but the Divine Talisman of Great Creation. Ever since he left the Clear River prefecture, the power of belief that had gathered in the Divine Talisman of Great Creation gradually increased. Clearly, it was produced by the members of the Cloudwisp association.
The Power of Wish was an extremely unique type of energy. It wasn't affected by the array at all. At this moment, it became the key to victory. But he didn't think that before he could even make a move, the enemy would see through him.
Altar Lord Black Lotus said, "The power from the divine talisman in your body might still be very weak, but I can't just ignore it. Forget it, do it! "
"What?"
"I won't stop you. If you can shake the stem, the formation will shake for a moment, and your friend will have the opportunity to escape. I'd like to see just how you're going to achieve that."
Li Qingshan frowned. He had never seen such a strange opponent in his life.
Altar Lord Black Lotus said, "Don't worry. If I wanted to do something, I would've done it a long time ago. Just treat it as the words of a dying man being kind!"
"About to die?" Li Qingshan made his way towards the black stem step by step, but he was filled with hesitation. If Altar Lord Black Lotus had used his full strength to kill him right from the beginning, he would instead feel much more at ease. However, the current situation was far too unexpected, which only increased the pressure he felt inside. He had to be on guard against Altar Lord Black Lotus's sudden attack at all times, and he had to worry about whether there were any traps.
However, he did not purposefully avoid him either. At such a close distance, a distance of a few feet made no difference to a Foundation Establishment cultivator at all.
Li Qingshan came to a halt. He brought his fingers together like a sword and leapt up. The remaining several dozen strands of sword Qi all merged into his finger, stabbing towards the black stem.
The unstoppable sword Qi stabbed deeply into the stem, interrupting its absorption of nutrients. The huge bud on it swayed as well. The sky suddenly brightened slightly, but it returned to darkness very soon.
Li Qingshan returned to the side of the pond and looked at Altar Lord Black Lotus strangely.
As expected, Altar Lord Black Lotus did not attack. Instead, he praised, "This sword Qi is very unusual. No wonder Ruiliu could not even take a single blow."
"Now, it's a matter between the two of us." Li Qingshan said. Han Qiongzhi must have used this opportunity to leave already. Now, only the two of them were left in Ancient Wind City. They could transform into their daemon forms and fight to their heart's content. With the formation as a barrier, outsiders would not be able to see them.
"Oh?" Altar Master Black Lotus was slightly astonished. Even if a seventh layer Qi Practitioner had some very special powers, challenging a Foundation Establishment Cultivator in a situation where he couldn't even use his true qi, wasn't he overestimating himself a little too much?
"People of our generation should look at each other calmly even when a great calamity is upon us. We should not lose our bearing. Why should we learn from mortals and fight like a trapped beast?" Instead, he taught Li Qingshan a lesson.
"Cut the bullshit!" Just when Li Qingshan was about to release his daemon qi, he heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and said, "Why'd you come back?"
"I don't have the habit of asking men to die for me. Not to mention, I've never been a cute woman, so there's no need for me to please you!" Han Qiongzhi's expression changed a few times as she spoke forcefully.
She had no idea why she had come back either. The education she had received since she was young told her that retreating was the most correct choice in a situation like this, and she would not face any moral responsibility either. Neither the Hawkwolf Guard nor the school of the Military encouraged pointless sacrifices.
If she lingered around at a time like this, she would instead waste the sacrifice of her companion. Originally, she hated this girly attitude the most, but this time, she was unable to abandon him. In her heart, he was not just a colleague, a comrade, or a companion.
"I just feel like I can't escape the pursuit of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Instead of being defeated one by one, I might as well risk my life. Perhaps I'll still have a chance."
"She really is a woman, and a beautiful woman at that. It's far too rare to find someone in the world who's willing to sacrifice themselves for each other. You should treasure this fate."
At this moment, the Altar Lord continued to study the two of them in interest. As he spoke, he did seem like a matchmaker.
Li Qingshan had no idea how to react either. If someone was willing to die with you, even if she learned your secret, it would be nothing!
He said to Han Qiongzhi, "Be careful." He took out all of his supreme grade talismans, about to strike out and risk his life in battle. "Hold on!" The Altar Lord suddenly raised his hand.
If it were any other opponent, Li Qingshan would not wait no matter what, but the Altar Lord was far too strange. Let alone killing intent, he did not even show any hostility the entire time.
"You can all go. The person I've been waiting for has come!" The Altar Lord raised his head at the sky.
A streak of scorching white light tore through the darkness and descended from above, directly striking the black lotus that was about to bloom.
Boom! Thunder rang out immediately afterwards.
A few familiar figures descended from the sky.
Han Qiongzhi cried out involuntarily, "Father!"
Han Tieyi happened to be one of them. Beside him were Liu Changqing, Wang Pushi, the One Thought master, and so on. Basically all the school leaders were gathered here. The bolt of heavenly lightning had come from the peak Foundation Establishment slovenly daoist priest, Zhou Tong, which was why he could rip through the formation in a single stroke.
Wang Pushi said, "Altar Lord Black Lotus, today is the day you die!"
PS: After a nap, a minor discomfort turned into a major discomfort. The climate of Henan sure is horrible! That's all for today. I'll update as usual tomorrow. I'll go make some ginger soup. It'll be better tomorrow, right?
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