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

Chapter 321 Drawing the Sword
After the news of Jiang Jiyu's death spread across the country.

Changle Street thus became a forbidden area in the eyes of people in the south of the Yangtze River. The wealthy gentry who originally lived on Changle Street did not even have time to pack up the valuables in their houses, and moved out hastily with their entire family in just two days.

As the current mistress of the Xu family in Jiangnan, Tao expressed serious dissatisfaction with the actions of her neighbors.

Tao walked into the mansion angrily. When she saw Xu Yongding coming to greet her, she was even more furious. She immediately complained, "What do they mean by this? Since we moved into Changle Street, we have been following the proper etiquette. Now it is clearly our Fang Fu who won the competition fairly, but these people are trying to avoid us!"

Hearing this, Xu Yongding smiled and comforted her, "Madam, don't be angry. Most of these people are not from the martial arts world, so it is naturally difficult for them to understand the way of doing things in the martial arts world. It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm. Don't bother with them."

In fact, although Jiang Jiyu's killing by Liu Qi caused a huge wave in the martial arts world, people in the martial arts world were shocked by the fact that Liu Qi was able to kill Jiang Jiyu, rather than whether the incident itself was right or wrong.

After all, Liu Qi had already issued a declaration of war to Jiang Jiyu, and no outsiders intervened during the fight. Although the final act of killing Jiang Jiyu was still too cruel in the eyes of the people in the martial arts world, it seemed that there was no problem if one investigated it further.

Liu Qi challenged Jiang Jiyu to a duel in an open and aboveboard manner, and Jiang Jiyu also accepted the challenge in an open and aboveboard manner. Jiang Jiyu died at the hands of Liu Qi, and he could only blame himself for not being as skilled as his opponent.

Of course, if Feiyu Villa wanted to retaliate against Liu Qi for this reason, there would be no criticism in the martial arts world, and this behavior might even be highly praised.

The joy of settling scores has always been something that people in the martial arts world enjoy talking about.

Therefore, the pressure now comes to Feiyu Villa, and almost everyone in the world is waiting for Feiyu Villa’s next move.

But everyone also knows that the reason why Feiyu Villa was able to leap from a powerful force in Jiangnan to one of the giants in the martial arts world in just a few decades is none other than relying on the top master Jiang Jiyu.

In history, there were many short-lived sects like Feiyu Villa. However, after the passing of the top masters who led the sect to rise, most of these sects would fall as quickly as meteors, and some would even be wiped out.

There are still only a few martial arts schools like Shaolin and Qingcheng that have lasted for a long time.

A quiet yard in the backyard.

Liu Qi sat cross-legged on the soft couch in the room, with a wooden sword placed horizontally on her knees.

It is the killing knife.

A faint pale aura lingered around Liu Qi, and the killing knife placed across his knees trembled slightly from time to time, and the white light on the blade disappeared in an instant.

Liu Qi's tightly closed eyelids moved slightly, and the pale aura lingering around his body became visibly more solid.

Zheng——

Liu Qi suddenly opened his eyes, and a buzzing sound instantly echoed in the room. A pale aura spread out from under Liu Qi's seat and covered most of the floor in the room in the blink of an eye.

Liu Qi frowned slightly, then slowly turned his eyes to look at the vase on the table. The vase was sent by Tao early this morning, and there was a bunch of fresh osmanthus flowers in it.

As the pale scent spread to the table, the originally lush and fragrant osmanthus flowers withered and died at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then turned into a ball of black powder and scattered on the table.

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly upon seeing this, and the pale aura that was spreading in all directions instantly converged.

After the aura around him was completely contained within his body, Liu Qi stood up from the couch, then lowered his eyes to look at the killing knife in his hand.

It seems that I still have a long way to go to reach the level of Fang Hen and Xiao Qifeng.

Liu Qi restrained the expression in his eyes, then shook his arm lightly. With a "swoosh" sound, the killing knife slipped out of his hand and then fell steadily on the knife rack on the counter.

The Killing Knife is just a wooden sword, but it was Fang Hen who gave it the power to slaughter all living things.

Based on Liu Qi's research on the Killing Sword, she speculated that the reason why the Killing Sword could expand into a small world under the blessing of murderous intent was mostly because Fang Hen still had consciousness remaining in it.

But the killing knife is not Liu Qi’s knife, and Fang Hen’s way is not Liu Qi’s way.

Liu Qi can use the remaining consciousness on the killing knife to comprehend the mystery above the top, but he will never destroy his own foundation and practice the way of hiding his murderous intent and stopping war with killing.

The reason is that Liu Qi does not have as deep an obsession with everything in this world as Fang Hen.

"Hiding murderous intent...how can I hide it?" Liu Qi frowned deeply. Although she did not intend to follow Fang Hen's path, it did not mean that she could not learn a thing or two.

Just as Liu Qi was thinking hard, he heard a faint sound of breaking wind approaching the yard from the air.

Liu Qi immediately collected his thoughts, opened the door and walked out.

Whoosh!
A figure dropped from the sky and landed steadily in the center of the courtyard.

Liu Qi didn't even need to take a look. Chu Xingbai was the only one in the mansion who liked to go out in this way.

Chu Xingbai was stunned for a moment when he saw Liu Qi walking out of the room, then he looked up at the sky and muttered softly, "This is really a ghost, could it be that all top masters have clairvoyance and super hearing?"

"It's good that you know it. Remember to go through the door next time." Liu Qi's voice came.

Chu Xingbai's body shuddered, then he quickly stood up straight, laughed dryly twice, and then shouted loudly: "The people from Feiyu Villa have already sailed south overnight, and it seems that they are planning to go out to sea, but... they seem to be followed by someone."

"Is it someone from the Jiangnan Governor's Office?" Liu Qi asked in a deep voice.

"No," Chu Xingbai shook his head. "I saw that the leader of those people was wearing a peculiar mask, which looked like a copper coin. He must be from Jinshan Yinhai Manor."

Liu Qi pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then asked softly: "Where is Fang Qingluan, is she still in the river trying to salvage Jiang Jiyu's body?"

Chu Xingbai nodded slightly and said solemnly, "I went to take a look when I came back. This disciple is really...tsk tsk tsk, nothing to say. She worked nonstop for two days and two nights. I heard that she has spread the word that anyone who can fish out Jiang Jiyu's body will be rewarded with 100,000 taels of silver!"

Liu Qi shook his head: "When a person dies, his body is gone. What's the use of a body of remains?"

Chu Xingbai looked at Liu Qi in surprise, then said earnestly: "You can't say that. If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his body. Besides, he's her master. Once a teacher, always a father!"

Liu Qi obviously found it difficult to agree with this statement: "If she really cares about Jiang Jiyu, she should be with her fellow disciples now, instead of wasting time on the river for a corpse."

"Actually..." Chu Xingbai hesitated for a while, but still asked in a low voice, "You and Jiang Jiyu don't have any deep hatred, so there seems to be no need to kill him?"

Liu Qi's eyes swept over Chu Xingbai, and then he said calmly: "I have said it many times, if I don't have the intention to kill him, I will be the one who loses this battle!"

"Oh!" Chu Xingbai acted as if he had suddenly realized something. "I understand. You simply cannot control your killing intent completely. So when facing Jiang Jiyu, you can only hold on to the idea of ​​killing him. If you hesitate for a moment, you will be defeated by him?"

Liu Qi narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this, staring into Chu Xingbai's eyes: "I can't believe that the great thief Chu has such an opinion."

"Of course." Chu Xingbai said proudly, "Who am I, Chu Xingbai? If I had devoted myself to martial arts, I might not be the Thief Saint but the Thief Lord now!"

"Yeah~"

"Master Thief Chu, has anyone ever told you that disaster comes from the mouth?" Liu Qi's eyes were like sharp blades that instantly pierced through Chu Xingbai's body.

Chu Xingbai's heart shuddered, and then he felt a chill in his chest. He raised his eyes and saw Liu Qi's cold eyes. Only then did he realize that he had said the wrong thing in his moment of pride, so he took two steps back in panic.

"Liu Qi, I don't mean anything else!" Chu Xingbai explained with a guilty conscience, "You know me. I, Chu Xingbai, have always liked to steal things in my life. I have no interest in anything like the two supreme beings!" Liu Qi was too lazy to waste words with this man. He walked up the steps in front of the door and walked straight past him.

Chu Xingbai quickly lowered his head to look in front of him, and when he found that there was no sharp blade piercing his chest, he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief!

Then he seemed to have thought of something, turned his head and looked at Liu Qi who was walking to the gate of the courtyard and asked, "What are you going to do?"

The only answer he got was Liu Qi's back disappearing silently at the door.

……

In the middle of the river, on a dilapidated black-sailed boat.

Fang Qingluan half-crouched at the bow, her beautiful eyes filled with bloodshot. She stared at the surging river, as if she wanted to cross the dozens of feet of water and see everything at the bottom of the river clearly.

"Girl, it's been two days and two nights." A shirtless man walked out from behind and said with a worried look on his face, "Every year, the Dragon King in this river takes away countless people, and only a few can be found. If we continue like this, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack!"

"Shut up!" Fang Qingluan's face darkened and she scolded, "Boss Zhang, you are also an old hand. Have you forgotten the rules of taking money to do things?"

The man called Zhang Boss gritted his teeth and said, "Otherwise, we don't want this money, return it to..."

Cang——

The sound of the sword being unsheathed echoed in his ears. Boss Zhang stood there with his eyes wide open, not daring to move, beads of sweat the size of beans sliding down his temples.

"Ms. Fang...Ms. Fang." Boss Zhang's tongue seemed to be tied. "Don't be angry. We will help you find it. We will help you find it!"

Fang Qingluan's eyes flashed coldly, and then her right hand holding the sword slowly turned over, tapping the cold sword with two fingers, and said in a grim tone: "Boss Zhang, even if the master is gone, Feiyu Villa is still there, and I, Fang Qingluan, am still alive!"

"Lady, please spare me!" Boss Zhang was completely panicked. "Lady Fang, please spare me. I was wrong. I will have my brothers salvage the body for you overnight. We will not rest for a moment until we get the body of Master Jiang!"

Fang Qingluan's eyes flickered, and the five fingers holding the hilt of the sword clenched tightly until the sword body began to tremble slightly.

"Get out!" Fang Qingluan suddenly withdrew her sword, then turned around and shouted at Boss Zhang with her back to him.

Feeling the cold sword blade leaving his neck, Boss Zhang felt relieved. His body softened and he almost collapsed on the deck. He staggered backwards all the way to the stern. Seeing that Fang Qingluan still didn't move, his eyes moved slightly, and then he turned around and dived into the surging river.

Hearing the sound of Boss Zhang jumping into the water behind him, Fang Qingluan's face suddenly showed a deep sadness.

"It seems like I came here for nothing today!"

A cold voice suddenly appeared. Fang Qingluan opened her eyes slightly, then turned back abruptly and looked at the figure that was deeply engraved in her memory. Fang Qingluan suddenly raised the long sword that was originally hanging at her side.

Liu Qi looked at the sword tip that was flashing with cold light and pointed directly at him, and said slowly: "If you dare to use a sword against me, I will send you to Jiang Jiyu, and it will be considered as the end of your relationship as master and disciple."

Fang Qingluan's eyes instantly turned red when she heard this. She gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, and the back of her hand turned white from squeezing too hard.

Fang Qingluan had dealt with Liu Qi several times, and she knew very well that the woman in front of her was a man of her words. If she really dared to make a move, she would definitely do what she said!

As time passed, Fang Qingluan's body began to tremble slightly, but the raised sword slowly fell to her side.

As the tip of the sword touched the wooden deck, Fang Qingluan lowered her head, exuding a dejected air.

This once-famous favored child of destiny, for the first time, felt the deep powerlessness and the cruelty and ruthlessness of the world where the strong prey on the weak!

Seeing this, Liu Qi said softly, "Is there any connection between Feiyu Villa and Jinshan Yinhai Villa?"

Fang Qingluan lowered her head and said nothing, as if she had already accepted her fate.

Liu Qi hesitated for a moment, then continued, "If I'm not mistaken, Dugu Ming should be preparing to go out to sea with your fellow apprentices."

Fang Qingluan raised her head suddenly, looking at Liu Qi with shock and anger.

Liu Qi said calmly, "Don't worry, I have no interest in you little chickens and little cranes. Even if all of you are added together, it's not worth my effort."

There was anger in Fang Qingluan's eyes.

Liu Qi continued calmly, "Just because I'm not interested doesn't mean others aren't interested."

Fang Qingluan's face changed slightly, and she finally said in a hoarse voice: "What on earth do you want to do?"

"Nothing." Liu Qi said calmly, "I once promised to send Jiang Jiyu's body to his disciples."

Liu Qi paused, recalling the peaceful look on Jiang Jiyu's face when he was dying, and immediately said softly: "I think you should understand your master's thoughts."

Fang Qingluan's eyes moved slightly, and after looking at Liu Qi quietly for a while, she suddenly jumped up and disappeared on the surface of the river, stepping on the surging waves.

After Liu Qi watched Fang Qingluan leave, he suddenly raised his head slightly, then restrained the expression on his face, and then said in a cold voice: "If you don't come out again, you might as well not come out!"

boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, the surface of the river suddenly splashed, and then a figure jumped out of the water.

Liu Qi narrowed his eyes slightly and saw clearly the golden copper coin mask on the man's face. Then the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

When Jin Qian saw Liu Qi's expression, he felt a chill in his heart for some reason. After jumping to the highest point, he suddenly turned around and flew away.

"laugh!"

But he heard a sneer in his ears, and then he felt a chill in front of him.

Jin Qian lowered his eyes slowly with a dazed look, just in time to see half of the body fall onto the surface of the river, causing a splash of water before instantly disappearing into the waves.

"Uh……"

He raised his head suddenly, his eyes widened and his Adam's apple rolled.

Liu Qi looked at the half of his body falling from mid-air, turned around silently, and then stared at a lone boat swaying in the distance.

I saw a petite woman standing on the solitary boat.

Although the woman looked a little childish, she had a cold expression. She was wearing a plain white dress and holding a familiar long sword in her left hand.

When she saw Liu Qi on the black-sailed boat, she first frowned slightly, then seemed to have thought of something, a solemn look appeared on her face, and then she clasped her hands in front of her and saluted to the man holding the sword.

"My name is Gongsun You, nice to meet Miss Liu."

(End of this chapter)