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

Chapter 264 Chance Encounter
This rain at the turn of summer and autumn lasted continuously for four days.

As the sky cleared after the rain, Qingjiang Prefecture returned to its former bustle. At the same time, the news that the young lady who had been missing from the Xu Mansion on West Street for more than ten years had been found gradually spread throughout the city. Many people on the streets and alleys talked about it before and after meals, and there were many different opinions.

The Xu family may not be very prominent in Da Qi, but they are definitely a top-notch presence in Qingjiang Prefecture.

Let’s not talk about the main family of the South Mansion and the Xu family of the North Mansion, which is separated from the South Mansion by a river. Even the Xu family of West Street, which has been in the limelight recently, is an existence that ordinary people can only dream of.

"If Mr. Xu saw his descendants were so successful, he would surely be grinning from ear to ear in his grave."

"The head of the Xu family in West Street is now the chief constable of the Six Gates. I heard that he holds the rank of fifth rank in the Ministry of Justice, which is only one rank lower than our Feng Zhifu!"

"You know what? Lord Feng, a fourth-rank prefect, is not necessarily more noble than Master Xu. Otherwise, it is said that when officials from the capital meet, they are one level higher!"

A few regular customers were chatting at a tea stand on the corner of the street. Suddenly, someone stood up and shouted angrily, "How dare you, a bunch of ignorant people, make irresponsible comments on the officials appointed by the court? Aren't you afraid of losing your heads?"

One of them frowned when he heard the words, and turned around to look in the direction of the voice. He saw a man with an angry face glaring at him at a table.

"It's none of your business..." The tea drinker was sure that what the other party had just said was directed at him, so he retorted with a frown. However, before he could finish his words, his companion kicked his leg under the table.

The tea drinker looked at his companions with a puzzled look on his face, only to find that they all had pale faces, sweat on their foreheads, and they kept winking at him.

what's the situation?
The tea drinker didn't understand what was said, but he still looked back in the direction of the others' gaze, past the man who stood up, and looked at the guest sitting at the table.

Bang!

At this sight, the tea drinker suddenly stood up, and the stool he was sitting on was knocked under the table by his legs, making a harsh sound when it rubbed against the ground.

"Feng An, please sit down." The guest sitting at the table seemed to be disturbed by the harsh sound. He frowned and put the porcelain cup in his hand on the table, then whispered to the man standing next to him.

"Sir, they..."

Feng Qun raised his eyes slightly: "Sit down!"

"Yes!" The man called Feng An had no choice but to glare at the table of tea drinkers indignantly, then turned around and sat down.

Feng Qun glanced at the table of tea drinkers intentionally, then retracted his gaze and raised his head to shout to the tea stall owner, "Check out!"

Only after Feng Qun and his men left did the stunned tea drinkers at the table heaved a sigh of relief in unison, then with a trembling hand they took out a piece of loose silver from their sleeves and placed it on the table, then fled in panic!
"This group of unruly people are increasingly looking down upon the government!" Walking on the street, Feng An still felt that his anger had not subsided, so he took the initiative to step forward two steps, approached Feng Qun and whispered, "The Xu family has become so rampant just because they have a captain of the Six Gates. If he becomes the chief captain of the Six Gates in the future, won't the Xu family be so arrogant!"

Feng Qun replied calmly: "Feng An, things are different now. Besides, the Xu family is more than just Xu Yongyuan."

Feng An frowned slightly when he heard this: "My Lord, are you talking about the eldest daughter of the Xu family who married the son of Marquis Anle?"

Seeing Feng Qun shaking his head and sighing, Feng An frowned even more, and then continued, "Could it be that Xu County Magistrate who just resigned?"

Feng Qun sighed and said, "You have been with me for so many years, but your eyesight has not improved at all!"

"But it's not all your fault. You've been so busy with my affairs these years that you almost forgot that you were once a member of the underworld."

Feng An's body suddenly trembled when he heard this, and then his eyes flickered. He lowered his voice and asked softly: "Master, are you planning to rebuild... the Vajra Sect?"

This Feng An was the disciple Feng Qun accepted when he was in the Vajra Gate. After he returned to secular life, he saw that Feng An had no parents and nowhere to go, so he kept him by his side as a servant. Later, when Feng Qun passed the imperial examination and entered the official career, Feng An always followed him and handled some daily chores for him.

Compared to the incompetent Zhang Xin, Feng An is actually the one that Feng Qun truly treats as his own son.

That is why Feng An got so angry when he heard people talking about Feng Qun at the tea stall.

Feng Qun's question was not without purpose.

As the news of the general's death spread throughout the martial arts world, many forces in the martial arts world that had been suppressed for a long time could no longer hold back. The bold ones had already waved their flags and announced to the world that they were returning to the martial arts world.

In Qingjiang Prefecture alone, more than a dozen underworld forces have emerged in recent days, and almost all of them are old forces that were forced to disband because of the Broken Martial Order.

Therefore, Feng An felt that it was not surprising that Feng Qunsheng came up with the idea of ​​rebuilding the Vajra Gate.

After all, it's a comfortable position to be an official, but there are many big Buddhas piled up above your head. If you think about it carefully, it's not as comfortable as being the abbot of the Vajra Gate. At least the big Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the temple will not ask for benefits from you.

When Feng Qun heard his disciple ask this, he couldn't help but laugh, then shook his head and kept silent.

Just as Feng Qun reached the middle of the long street, he suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards him. The figure then stopped and his eyes slowly narrowed.

It was her!

The person Feng Qun saw was none other than Liu Qi!

Several days have passed since Liu Qi fought with Master Mu Shi. During these days, Liu Qi has been in seclusion in his mansion, honing his swordsmanship to the point of almost forgetting to eat and sleep.

After arriving at Qingjiang Prefecture, he fought several battles, including Crazy Cheng, Xiu Shaoyang, Feng Qun, and Master Mushi...

Among them, Crazy Cheng, who has the lowest cultivation level, is definitely ranked among the top masters.

It was impossible for Liu Qi to gain nothing when competing with a master of this level.

In addition, she has decided to challenge the best in the world one by one. The martial arts of these people have reached perfection, and their understanding of their own martial arts has also reached a superb level. Liu Qi certainly cannot take it lightly.

She must improve her own cultivation and swordsmanship to the same level to ensure that she can continue on this extremely difficult path to climb the stairs.

The problem facing Liu Qi now is that, while it is extremely difficult for other people to improve their cultivation, Liu Qi can completely rely on Yueya's help to solve this problem.

But as for the comprehension of his own martial arts, it all depends on Liu Qi himself.

The last time he fought with Xiu Shaoyang, although the fight was interrupted by Jiang Xuanyun and no real winner was decided, Liu Qi did get a glimpse of the mystery of the ultimate realm.

The key lies in the Qiankun Zhengqi Seal used by Xiu Shaoyang!
Although Liu Qi eventually broke the seal by force, when she was first trapped by the seal, the people and events she had experienced in her life flashed through her mind like a passing scene, especially the faces of those who died under her knife, which appeared before her one by one.

At that time, Liu Qi didn't care at all, and directly used the Jingji Knife with murderous intent to shatter these images, and at the same time broke Xiu Shaoyang's Qiankun Zhengqi Seal. But now thinking carefully, are these images the presentation of Xiu Shaoyang's martial arts will? If he had hesitated or felt guilty for a moment when facing those who died at his hands, would the result be different?

Righteousness is as great as the sky, and the seal of righteousness...

And... the sea is turbulent!
Thinking of Xiu Shaoyang's name and martial arts, as well as the scene when he first met Xiao Qifeng in the palace and was instantly pulled into the ocean, Liu Qi felt that his guess might be correct.

Perhaps this is what Zhou Mi said, people achieve martial arts.

Integrate your martial arts will into your own cultivation.

The unity of essence, energy and spirit.

Three flowers gather at the top of the head, the ultimate in martial arts!
But Liu Qi was not delighted because she had glimpsed the ultimate of martial arts, because she finally understood why she caused strange movements in heaven and earth when she first reached the pinnacle.

Because she had not yet refined the Nine-Turn Purifying Heart Pill at that time, the murderous intent was wrapped in her true qi and constantly passed through her body, so as long as she used her true qi, she would also use the murderous intent at the same time.

Murderous intent represents killing, destruction and death.

But the true Qi of Yi Mu is just the opposite. Wood is the spirit of heaven and earth and represents vitality. When Yi Mu meets spring, the world will live forever!
Therefore, the strange movements of heaven and earth are the strange phenomena that occur when Yi Mu's true Qi is unwilling to take over his own martial arts. It is the Qi of all living things in the world resisting their natural enemies.

However, after figuring this out, Liu Qi did not feel that there was anything wrong with his murderous intent and the Yi Mu Divine Art. If he denied them simply because the two were incompatible, wouldn't that be denying his own martial arts?

Liu Qi's stubborn character was rewarded at this moment. He stripped away all the choices that confused him. If the ultimate goal of martial arts is to integrate one's own martial arts will into cultivation, and the pinnacle sign is that one's own true qi cultivation is infinitely close to the origin of heaven and earth.

Then is the ultimate goal of martial arts to influence the way of heaven with human will?

If it is really as Liu Qi expected, then this is a path that goes against the will of heaven. Why bother about the opposition between life and death and follow the original will of heaven and earth?

Although Liu Qi felt that he had figured out the trick, he still had no idea how to integrate murderous intent with true energy, so he simply gave up his secluded practice and walked out of the room.

It so happened that her mother, Mrs. Tao, was very worried about Liu Qi's seclusion and hard practice for several days and nights. Now that she saw her break out of seclusion, she was overjoyed. So she took advantage of the rain to take Liu Qi out for a walk, under the pretext of relaxing and getting familiar with her hometown.

Liu Qi also knew that it would be impossible for him to achieve his current level of cultivation at once, so he readily agreed. As a result, he ran into Feng Qun, who was traveling in plain clothes, on the street.

Compared to Feng Qun who was not very noticeable in the crowd, Liu Qi was the focus of everyone. After refusing to cover her face with a veil, Liu Qi appeared on the street with her face bare, and of course attracted countless people's attention along the way.

Add to that the two equally beautiful ladies, Tao and Xu Fangfei, who were traveling with them, and it was even more difficult to take their eyes off them.

This feeling of being the center of attention doubled the pressure on the brothers Xu Qingtao and Xu Qinghuai who were accompanying them.

Xu Qinghuai, who was skilled in martial arts, was fine. He had a warm smile on his face all the way. However, when someone with martial arts skills appeared in the crowd, a bit of vigilance appeared in his eyes.

However, Xu Qingtao always felt that the eyes of the people around him were murderous, and most of them were on Yunying's unmarried younger sister. This made him furious, and he had a gloomy face since he got off the carriage.

"Third brother, don't be too nervous." Xu Qinghuai, who was standing by, saw his third brother's worry, so he smiled and comforted him, "With my martial arts, the scoundrel who dares to covet her in this world is probably..."

Halfway through his words, Xu Qinghuai suddenly frowned, and saw a man in brocade clothes with a slow step and a red face jumping out from the crowd and heading straight for Liu Qi who was standing in front of a small stall.

Xu Qinghuai's eyes narrowed slightly, and when he was about to take action, he suddenly saw that someone had taken the lead.

"boom!"

Liu Qi heard the sound of someone hitting the ground heavily behind her, mixed with the sound of bones breaking, but she was calm as she held a crudely made wooden hairpin and asked the woman behind the stall, "How much is this hairpin?"

"Ten... ten... cents." The woman selling the goods did not look very old. When faced with Liu Qi's inquiry about the price, she lowered her head with a red face. She did not dare to look at Liu Qi any longer. Her voice was as thin as a mosquito's hum, and she stammered as she replied.

Liu Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, raised his hand and gently wiped across the stall, and a piece of silver the size of a fingernail instantly appeared on the stall.

Liu Qi casually put the wooden hairpin on her head, then turned around and saw Feng Qun.

"Lord Feng!" Xu Qingtao, who was studying in the academy, recognized Feng Qun at the first moment and immediately bowed and saluted.

"It's the prefect!" When the people around saw Xu Qingtao's actions and the address, they also recognized that the person who had just stopped the drunk lecher was none other than the prefect Feng Qun!

Feng Qun glanced at the Xu family members beside Liu Qi, and for a moment he didn't know whether to call the woman in front of him Miss Xu or Miss Liu, so he simply hid her last name and directly called her Miss:
"It's you, girl."

Feng Qun nodded slightly with a smile on his face as he greeted her.

Everyone around was stunned when they saw this scene, and then they all looked at Liu Qi who was standing in front of Feng Qun.

Liu Qi's face was calm, but his eyes fell on the square hat on Feng Qun's head. After staring at it for a moment, he replied calmly, "Master Feng."

This could almost be called an impolite act, and Feng An, who was standing behind Feng Qun, immediately turned pale. However, before he could react, he saw that his master and host Feng Qun not only did not show any concern, but instead smiled very warmly and invited him:

"It's better to meet by chance than to meet by chance. If the young lady is willing to do me the honor, why not let Feng host the Xu family and invite everyone to the Yunzhong Pavilion for a gathering?"

As soon as Feng Qun finished speaking, some people in the subgroup began to whisper, "Who on earth is this woman that Magistrate Feng took the initiative to invite her?"

"The person who was personally invited by the prefect to go to Yunzhong Pavilion must be someone extraordinary!"

"Could it be the young lady from the Xu family who married into the Marquis' Mansion?"

……

Just as people around were whispering, Tao and Xu Fangfei had already come to Liu Qi's side, looking at Feng Qun with confusion and vigilance.

Xu Qingtao hurried forward and whispered something in Tao's ear. Tao's face changed slightly, and then she bowed and said, "Greetings, Lord Feng."

Liu Qi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then raised his head and glimpsed a restaurant not far away, and then whispered: "Why not go to the Yuelai Restaurant?"

Feng Qun's eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately agreed: "Okay!"

(End of this chapter)