I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 260: Encountering the Blood Mist Again

Can humans achieve immortality?
When Liu Qi first came into contact with martial arts, he had thought about this question: Can martial arts achieve immortality?

But as Liu Qi's martial arts became more and more advanced and her understanding of martial arts became deeper and deeper, she had already put this idea, which now seemed a little ridiculous, behind her.

But when Master Mu Shi took the initiative to mention Zhou Mi, the idea of ​​"immortality", which had been forgotten for a long time, was once again placed in front of Liu Qi.

Now Liu Qi can answer his previous doubts very calmly.

That's... impossible!

"Immortality" can be divided into three words: "immortality, immortality, and immortality."

Let’s put aside the original “longevity” and “immortality” for now. Just talking about “immortality” is absolutely impossible. Even if Liu Qi is as strong as he is now, he will die on the spot if his head is chopped off.

After all, even if her martial arts skills are at the top of the world, it cannot change the fact that her body is essentially no different from that of an ordinary person.

If they take a longer-term view, even the land and the world beneath their feet will be destroyed one day, and they will understand even more clearly that the so-called "immortality" is just a foolish dream.

Since it is impossible to achieve "immortality", how can we talk about "longevity"?

But if the definition of "longevity" is narrowed from living as long as heaven to thousands or hundreds of years, Liu Qi feels that it is still somewhat credible, but it is no longer relevant to the word "immortality".

And "immortality" is precisely the most promising thing to achieve.

If Liu Qi used the rest of her life and cultivation to maintain her youthful appearance, then Liu Qi could almost foresee that when her time came, she would still die in the same appearance as now.

Not only Liu Qi, almost all the top masters have this ability. They may not be able to change the upper limit of their lifespan, and they don't need to worry about the functions of their internal organs. They just need to maintain a radiant appearance.

But no one would do that!
In other words, people who have such thoughts at the beginning will probably find it difficult to even reach the first-rate level, let alone the top level, in their entire life.

Therefore, Liu Qi was not curious about how Zhou Mi had been able to maintain her youthful appearance for hundreds of years.

After all, she had admitted in front of Liu Qi that her martial arts skills had reached the top level back then.

But what Master Mu Shi said forced Liu Qi to face up to Zhou Mi's confusing life experience.

Liu Qi vaguely remembered that Zhou Mi had mentioned her father and the elders of the clan many times, and had also revealed in words that the Cang Hai Divine Art was Zhou Mi's family martial arts, which she passed on to Xiao Lang, who was still in a state of desolation, and thus the Xiao family's Great Qi was established.

If what Master Mu Shi said is correct, then it can explain why Zhou Mi passed on his magical skills to Xiao Lang.

But Liu Qi, who had some understanding of Zhou Mi's character, had other ideas. She vaguely felt that the relationship between Zhou Mi and Xiao Lang might not be as simple as husband and wife.

After seeing off Master Mu Shi, Liu Qi went straight to Zhou Mi and Nineteen's courtyard.

When Liu Qi stepped into the room, Zhou Mi was playing chess with Nineteen.

Zhou Mi was smiling like a flower, and from time to time, she would pick up a piece of dried fruit snack and feed it to Nineteen while he was making a move. Nineteen did not resist this way of feeding him like feeding a puppy and smiled throughout the whole process.

"Boom, boom!"

Seeing that the two had no time to pay attention to him, Liu Qi reached out and knocked on the door twice gently. Only then did Zhou Mi and Nineteen turn their heads to look over.

Zhou Mi smiled brightly when she saw Liu Qi, and then waved at her: "Come on, come on, it's too boring to keep losing to Nineteen in chess, it's more fun for us to be evenly matched!"

Liu Qi glanced at the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard, then walked over slowly.

Back then, Nineteen was loved and valued by Madam Mei at Xiliu Villa. Madam Mei taught her the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting herself. Considering Zhou Mi's and Liu Qibajin's poor chess skills, they were able to compete with Nineteen to such an extent, which shows that Nineteen was not just letting him win, but letting him win the game.

Perhaps Nineteen felt that playing chess with Zhou Mi was a bit boring, so when Liu Qi approached, he stood up and gave up his seat.

After Liu Qi sat down, he said without raising his head, "Come with me to Yongquan Mansion later and tell Butler Cheng to prepare two fast horses."

Nineteen, who had wanted to watch the two poor chess players make a fool of themselves, suddenly became serious when he heard this, and then left the room without saying a word.

Zhou Mi looked at the direction where Liu Nineteen left, then retracted his gaze and sighed softly: "It is only at times like this that Little Nineteen will listen to you obediently."

Liu Qi listened and hummed softly, agreeing with what Zhou Mi said.

To be precise, in order to make Nineteen obedient, you must tell her directly to do certain things in the form of commands, rather than giving her kind advice or exhortations.

To a certain extent, Liu Qi also has the same characteristics.

After all, they all come from the same place.

Suddenly, the only sound in the room was the sound of "click, click" of chess pieces falling.

After Liu Qi placed a piece on the corner of the chessboard, he suddenly raised his eyes and asked, "Back then at Baixi Villa, when you saw that I had the Wild Blade inheritance, did you already plan to leave the capital with me in the future?"

Zhou Mi's hand holding the chess piece suddenly paused, but he still kept his head down, and only a faint smile could be seen at the corner of his mouth.

despair!
After Zhou Mi made his move, he slowly raised his head and looked into Liu Qi's eyes, then smiled: "You ask me now, it seems that you really have nothing else in your eyes except martial arts!"

Then she nodded slightly: "What you said is not wrong. When I realized that you were most likely the successor of Crazy Blade, I had already thought about leaving you alone after Wei Yang died."

"Although there was a small accident later, the plan was finally completed."

Liu Qi frowned: "I don't understand, what's the benefit of having you by my side, Madam? If you want to find a place to settle down, isn't Xiao Qifeng a better choice?"

Zhou Mi fell silent after hearing this, then slowly reached into the chess box, but did not pick up the chess piece.

After a while, the smile on her face gradually faded, and a cold frost appeared in her eyes that she had never seen before: "I don't trust the Xiao family, even Xiao Qifeng who has mastered 'Cang Hai Heng Liu'."

Liu Qi instantly recalled Master Mushi's words, and asked bluntly, "Is your Majesty's last name Zhou or Jiang?"

Zhou Mi's eyes lit up, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It seems that this old man Mu Shi is not blind yet."

"Ah!" She sighed in annoyance, "If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have let Susu paint that picture. She must have left it at the Jiang family!"

It seems that Master Mu Shi was right.

While Liu Qi was deep in thought, Zhou Mi suddenly stuck her head out, almost touching her face to Liu Qi's, and then asked quietly, "Did Mu Shi mention Jiang Susu?"

Liu Qi quietly straightened his waist and moved his upper body backwards, then shook his head and said, "No."

Zhou Mi sat back somewhat angrily, then rested her hand on her chin and murmured, "Could Jiang Xuanyun be Su Su's descendant? Given his age, shouldn't he call me grandma..."

Suddenly Zhou Mi's expression froze, and then he quickly waved his hands in front of his eyes, as if to dispel the words he had just said, and he kept muttering: "This is too scary!"

Zhou Mi, who was waving his hands, also noticed Liu Qi's solemn expression, so he stopped what he was doing. After pondering for a moment, he said with a serious face: "In fact, I don't know much about many things after the founding of the Great Qi. Do you still remember the forbidden area under Baixi Villa?"

Liu Qi nodded.

Zhou Mi continued, "The cold spring under Baixi Villa is one part of the Nine Nether Cold Veins. I slept in the Nine Nether Cold Veins for more than 150 years, until I encountered a rare eruption of the cold veins that only occurs once in a thousand years, and was able to escape."

Then Zhou Mi slowly stretched out one arm and stopped in front of Liu Qi. Then Liu Qi saw Zhou Mi gently stroke his arm with his other hand. A blood line instantly appeared on his arm, and soon spots of blood flowed out from the blood line...

In an instant, Liu Qi felt a familiar and hot breath coming towards her. Her face darkened, and then she saw that the bloodstains on Zhou Mi's arm had turned into a blood mist.

Liu Qi subconsciously activated his true Qi, and a green light appeared on his body. But at the moment when the true Qi touched the blood mist, Liu Qi could feel that his own true Qi seemed to be ignited, and then a burning breath came back madly along the true Qi.

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed, and he remembered the scene when he first met Zhou Mi in the basement of Baixi Villa. He no longer hesitated, and at the moment when he gathered his true energy in his body, his left hand suddenly stretched out.

pat!

He held Zhou Mi's slender and tender arm, and his palm covered the wound on her arm. In an instant, the blood mist dyed the back of Liu Qi's hand red!
"Huh?" Zhou Mi's face changed slightly and he let out a light exclamation. Then he looked at the hand holding his arm with some surprise, and saw that the redness on the back of the hand was slowly fading away.

Just as the last trace of red on the back of his hand disappeared, Liu Qi slowly withdrew his hand, glanced at the crescent moon on his wrist that was gradually becoming red and full, and then silently dropped his hand to his side.

Zhou Mi stared thoughtfully at the place where Liu Qi had just held her arm. After a moment of silence, she suddenly looked up at Liu Qi and smiled knowingly: "It seems that you used this mysterious method to remove the poison when you were in Baixi Villa!"

As she spoke, her beautiful eyes looked back and forth at Liu Qi's left arm, which had been lowered under the table.

"Ahem..." Liu Qi coughed lightly, then asked, "What kind of poison is this?"

The moment the true Qi came into contact with the blood mist, instead of suppressing it, it was instantly infected by the blood mist and almost backfired on itself. Liu Qi had never heard of such a strange poison.

This poison is undoubtedly the nemesis of those who practice martial arts. Even top masters will die on the spot if they fail to react in time and allow the poison to invade their bodies!

In this world, Liu Qi is the only one who has a crescent moon!

Zhou Mi withdrew his hand and sighed: "If I knew, why would I follow you in the storms of the martial arts world?"

“But I don’t know if it was God’s pity on me. Although this strange poison destroyed my martial arts and almost took my life, when I was trapped in the Nine Nether Cold Veins, it was this strange poison that blocked the erosion of the Nine Nether Cold Air, allowing me to survive by chance. In the end, I caught up with the rare eruption of the cold veins that only happens once in a thousand years, and was able to see the light of day again.”

Liu Qi asked in a deep voice: "You want to find out who poisoned you back then? More than a hundred years have passed, how do you know that the person who poisoned you back then is still alive?"

Zhou Mi's eyes moved slightly: "The person may be dead, but the poison is still there. Even if the person who poisoned him is dead, his descendants or successors must still be alive!"

"how do you know?"

"Thirty-seven years ago, Wei Yang found me in the Nine Nether Cold Veins. He was poisoned by the same poison as me at the time. Fortunately, his poison was not too serious. The Nine Nether Cold completely devoured the poison in his body, but it also left him with injuries that are difficult to heal."

"Oh, that's right." Zhou Mi said with a smile, "Remember in the future, his name is not Zhou Weiyang, but Xiao Weiyang. He is the son of Emperor Wenzong. In terms of seniority, he should be the grandfather of Xiao Wenhuai."

"What a pity..." Zhou Mi couldn't help but sigh when mentioning the general again, "His talent is far superior to Xiao Qifeng. With his incomplete body, he can still reach the top. It's just that his body can't support him to use 'Cang Hai Heng Liu'. What a pity!"

Seeing Liu Qi's expressionless face, Zhou Mi suddenly changed the subject and asked with a smile: "Little Liu Qi, do you want to learn Cang Hai Heng Liu?"

Liu Qi immediately said coldly: "I think your Majesty, you yourself are not likely to be so confused!"

Zhou Mi snorted unconvincedly: "Of course I can't, but I have a full set of Cang Hai Heng Liu Mentality Skills!"

"As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in a hundred battles. Don't you really want to see how powerful Cang Hai Heng Liu is?"

Liu Qi shook his head decisively: "Now is not the time. When the day comes when I really need it, I will ask the queen for it in person!"

Zhou Mi's eyes brightened when he heard that, and then he looked at Liu Qi with deep admiration in his eyes: "Liu Qi, I am looking forward to your fight with Xiao Qifeng. Maybe you can really surpass Fang Hen and beat Cang Hai Hengliu!"

……

"Uu——"

As Liu Qi pulled the reins to stop the horse, he looked up at the ferry not far away, which was the only way to Yongquan Prefecture.

The ferry was crowded with people waiting to cross the river, including many merchants driving goods in horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts.

Not long after, Nineteen also arrived on horseback, reined in his horse and stopped beside Liu Qi. Then, when he saw the crowded ferry, he couldn't help but frowned. He was about to ride forward, but was stopped by Liu Qi behind him.

"Why are you stopping me? If we cross the river quickly, we can still reach Yongquan Prefecture before dark!" Liu Shijiu turned his head and asked Liu Qi angrily.

"Even if you kill them all, you still have to wait for the ferry to dock." Liu Qi glanced at the ferry that had just docked on the other side of the river, and then said lightly.

"Look." Liu Qi raised his hand and pointed at the boat sailing in the middle of the river, and then said to Liu Shijiu beside him casually, "Let's take that boat to cross the river!"

After saying that, she jumped up with a whoosh and disappeared into the air in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, a breeze blew by, and the flag that was originally drooping on the mast of the ship sailing in the center of the river fluttered in the wind, and in the center of the flag was written the word "Fang"!

(End of this chapter)