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Li Maozhen is here, so there is no need to explain the identity of the young man in red. He is naturally Li Xingyun who is temporarily cooperating with Li Maozhen.
King Qi Li Maozhen was checking on the condition of the Holy Child, but the Holy Child was like a puppet, staring blankly at the young man in red with a sword on his back.
"I have followed you all the way, and thank you for bringing us to this place, so that we don't get discovered by the people of King Shu, which would be troublesome." Li Xingyun smoothed Wang Sanlang's collar and took back the collar of the holy child.
Wang Sanlang's legs were shaking, and he knelt on the ground with a plop. He said that the King of Shu's men were not people that a young man like him could mess with.
Holding Li Xingyun's thigh, Wang Sanlang cried, "Master, spare my life. I am also blind. Please spare my life."
"Oh, don't worry, I won't kill you. You won't live long anyway."
Wang Sanlang forced an ugly smile: "Hero, what do you mean by this?"
"Who is that kid?" Li Xingyun pointed at the holy boy and said exaggeratedly, "Don't you know from his clothes? He is the young master of Raojiang, and his father is the witch king of those Gu masters who are used to using Gu insects."
"We are his guards. You have offended the son of the Witch King. Tell me, would you rather be pierced by a centipede and die from your intestines, or be swallowed by a giant python?"
"I heard that after a person is swallowed, he or she will not die immediately. Instead, he or she will be slowly digested by the python. In the python, one can even hear the sound of his or her skin and flesh slowly corroding and being digested."
"I recommend you choose the former. I heard that it will lead to death faster."
Li Xingyun became more and more excited as he spoke, but Wang Sanlang's eyes rolled back and he fainted from fright. Together with his two younger brothers, they fell to the ground.
Ji Ruxue, who had a high ponytail, twitched her ears. She heard Li Xingyun's threatening words clearly. She curled the corners of her mouth slightly and her ponytail twitched slightly, but it was gone in a flash.
Li Xingyun poked Wang Sanlang with his toes and saw that he was indeed unconscious. Then he said with a bored look:
"You're so annoying. I still have a few tricks to use."
At this time, after seeing Li Xingyun, the Holy Child finally remembered everything, ran to Li Xingyun, put his hands on his forehead, and bowed to him:
"Your Highness, today is the day for our clan to fulfill our promise."
Chapter 414 Li Maozhen's Plan
"A dragon hangs in the sky, loyal eyes can be seen, the ancient ferry is on the southeast bank, like a farm or a garden, there is nothing permanent in the world, only the mirror can straighten your clothes."
In the hideout of Wang Sanlang and several thugs, in an abandoned Buddhist temple, in the main hall, the holy child insisted that Li Xingyun block the left and right, and only in front of the faded Buddha statue with broken fingers, did he tell the formula to find the Longquan treasure.
The mantra is only heard by humans and Buddhas.
Li Xingyun murmured to himself: "Nothing lasts forever in this world, only the mirror can straighten one's clothes."
He was very familiar with this sentence. When Li Xingyun was young, his father once held him in his arms and taught him to write these two lines step by step, telling him that as a ruler, he must always look in the mirror and reflect on his mistakes.
Zhaozong once trained the extremely intelligent Li Xingyun as the crown prince. This was the reason why Yuan Tiangang only supported Li Xingyun.
As he himself said, he maintained a sense of embarrassment throughout his life and never crossed the line.
If Yuan Tiangang chooses the crown prince according to his own wishes and deposes the princes at will, then who is the emperor?
The holy child served beside Li Xingyun, lowered his head and said: "The location of the Longquan treasure is hidden in the formula, the Longquan sword is the key, and only the bloodline of the Li family can open the treasure."
Afterwards, the Holy Child bowed his head and kowtowed to apologize to Li Xingyun: "Your Highness, please forgive my clan's mistakes."
Li Xingyun was still thinking about the secret of the formula. Seeing the Saint Child suddenly kneeling down to him again, he felt helpless and could only persuade him gently:
"What is your crime? Get up first."
The holy child was unwilling to get up and remained kneeling on the ground: "I should have been under the care of Xian Can, the master of the eleventh cave among the twelve caves, waiting for your call. Unexpectedly, Xian Can was nowhere to be found, and I also left the cave in a daze. I almost didn't meet your highness, and delayed my clan's mission."
"Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Li Xingyun wanted to help him up, but seeing that he was younger than himself, he felt pity for him: "What have you done wrong? You are just a chess piece they chose."
"Get up, your mission has been accomplished. I already know the whereabouts of the Longquan treasure."
The holy child bowed again and said: "Then my mission has been accomplished. Your Highness, please take care of yourself. May your Highness have a long and blessed new life and a long life."
Hearing this, Li Xingyun realized something was wrong and his face changed. He hurriedly pinched the pulse of the holy boy and subconsciously shot out silver needles to block his meridians before checking his complexion and voice.
The holy boy's pupils dilated, his face quickly turned pale, and spider-web-like blood vessels gradually turned black, gradually spreading from his chest to his entire body.
Li Xingyun's action was still a step too late.
The holy child died from a strong poison.
He was chosen and fell into a deep sleep for more than ten years. When his mission was completed, it was also the time for him to die.
He was like a craftsman who was buried alive, and the people who imposed on him the mission used this decisive means to ensure the safety of the secret.
Li Xingyun sighed and closed the Holy Child's eyes. There was not much pain on his face. He looked as peaceful as someone who was about to take a nap.
Perhaps to him, death is just an ordinary and trivial thing.
He laid the body of the holy child flat, performed a hand-in-hand ceremony, and bowed deeply. Then, Li Xingyun carried the Longquan sword on his back and pushed open the door of the hall:
"Junior sister, Xiaoxue, I'm afraid we have to wait a while before we leave. We need to ask Mr. Wen Tao to find a place with good feng shui for us first..."
"Junior sister, Xiaoxue!!"
Ji Ruxue and Ji Ruxue were both tied up, their beautiful eyes darted around anxiously, but they couldn't say a word. Wen Tao fell to the ground unconscious, and Wang Sanlang and others were already silent.
Only Li Maozhen was sitting quietly by the campfire, warming himself.
It's obvious who's responsible for this.
Li Xingyun immediately became furious and roared with gnashing teeth. His right hand was already on the hilt of the sword, the blade was half out of the sheath, and the Tiangang internal energy attached to it, igniting a golden flame.
The smoke of war gradually rose, waking up the soldiers to sharpen their swords.
Li Maozhen waved his hand calmly.
Ahhh~!
Lu Linxuan and Ji Ruxue suddenly cried out in pain. Small lumps appeared on their skin and moved back and forth, as if there were beetles crawling underneath.
Li Xingyun stopped immediately, in a dilemma.
Li Maozhen said slowly, "Your Highness, I advise you not to move. I have planted the Heart-Drilling Gu in the bodies of your junior sister and your lover."
"The Heart-Drilling Gu is used by Rao Jiang to torture traitors and criminals. It can even chew stones. Once it drills into the human body, it will make the person feel the pain of being eaten by thousands of insects. Your Highness, please give me the Longquan Sword and tell me the formula to find the Longquan treasure."
The sword was returned to its sheath, like a candle with a lid on it; the flame on the Longquan sword dissipated and the phantom sound of the armor rubbing against each other disappeared.
Li Xingyun threw out the Longquan sword, and carrying Li Xingyun's resentment, the Longquan sword circled and flew past with great power.
"Li Maozhen, release my junior sister and Ji Ruxue, and I will take you to find the Longquan treasure."
Li Maozhen caught the Longquan sword steadily, and rubbed it greedily and carefully twice, at the center of the Longhou sword guard and the Chihu tiger symbol in the dragon's mouth.
"Don't worry, your highness. We have other things to do."
"Brother Hou Qing, please show yourself."
"The head is not lowered and the legs are inseparable. The walking shadow floats like fire, separating the mortal world. The soul and spirit remain stagnant after being buried for a long time. The person is a corpse driver, bright inside and dark outside."
On the roof, under the bright moon, a handsome man in white clothes, chanting folk songs and holding a red umbrella, gracefully descends like an immortal.
This appearance highlights one word.
handsome.
Li Maozhen introduced Li Xingyun kindly: "Your Highness may not know him, he is one of the four great corpse ancestors of Xuanming Sect, the bloodstained corpse driver Hou Qing."
"Brother Hou Qing is good at the Blood Weeping Record and is best at swapping people's bones and blood. I will use the Twelve Caves' Gu technique in exchange for Hou Qing's help."
Li Maozhen stared at Li Xingyun with fire in his eyes: "As long as I get your Li blood, I can get the Longquan treasure."
Holding a red umbrella, Hou Qing played with the bone flute: "You just want to exchange blood with him. Let's make it clear first. As long as the blood exchange is completed, we will be even."
Li Maozhen said in a relaxed tone: "Of course, as long as Brother Hou Qing exchanges my essence and blood with His Highness, I will pass on the rest of the Gu technique to you."
"Okay, let's get started."
After playing a flute, Hou Qing pinned the bone flute to his waist, put away the red umbrella, and took off the handle.
Hidden inside the umbrella handle is a Qixuelu magic weapon that is the size of an ordinary pen, made of glass, and sharp at both ends, like a large needle.
The surface of the magic weapon is made of gold and is densely engraved with secret codes. It is extremely gorgeous and as classy as its owner.
Li Xingyun used the Huayang needle to prick the acupuncture point on his heart: "Let my junior sister and Ji Ruxue go first, otherwise I will rush to the acupuncture point and you won't get a single drop of blood."
Li Maozhen chuckled: "Your Highness is really a romantic."
It seemed like a mockery. If Li Xingyun had not been so affectionate and kind, how could he have deceived her and traveled with her.
With a wave of his hand, Li Maozhen untied the acupoints of Lu Linxuan and Ji Ruxue, and took back the heart-drilling Gu in their bodies.
As soon as the acupoints were unblocked and he gained his freedom, Lu Linxuan picked up the sword on the ground and used the Wuliu Heart Technique to perform the last move of the Green Lotus Sword Song, Jinghong. His sword power was unreserved and like a comet hitting the moon, there was no return.
Lu Linxuan tried to die together with Li Maozhen to buy a chance of survival for his senior brother.
But the gap between her and Li Maozhen was too big. Li Maozhen blocked Lu Linxuan's stunning sword before he even drew his sword.
The mighty sword energy carried by the sword is like the west wind blowing on Mount Tai. The wind is fierce and violent, but it can hardly shake the mountain.
Ji Ruxue took advantage of the situation and ran towards Li Xingyun, wanting to rescue him, but saw a red umbrella appear in front of her.
The red umbrella opened, red light flashed on it, and Ji Ruxue fell into coma without knowing it.
"Stop, Li Maozhen, let them go." Seeing that Ji Ruxue and Lu Linxuan were both injured, Li Xingyun was heartbroken. He inserted the silver needle in his hand a few inches deeper, forcing his heart meridian and causing him to bleed from all seven orifices.
Li Maozhen easily withdrew his hand and knocked Lu Linxuan away with just the force of recoil.
Lu Linxuan fell to the ground, blood spurting from his mouth and internal injuries.
Li Xingyun said anxiously: "Junior sister, Xiaoxue, you are no match for him, leave!"
Lu Linxuan struggled to get up: "Senior Brother."
Li Xingyun said sternly: "Do you want my sacrifice to be in vain? Go!"
Seeing that his senior brother had said so, Lu Linxuan could only carry Ji Ruxue on his back and leave the Buddhist temple.
In front of the gate, Lu Linxuan turned his back to Li Xingyun and said, "Brother, don't worry. If anything goes wrong with you, I will make Li Maozhen pay the price in the future."
Then he simply walked out the door.
Li Xingyun murmured, "I'm relieved that you're all safe."
After seeing Lu Linxuan and Ji Ruxue leave, Li Xingyun, whose heart meridian had already been damaged, collapsed to the ground.
Hou Qing patted the red umbrella and shook his head, saying, "This is truly a deep and lasting friendship."
"I'll be quicker in a moment."