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

Chapter 331 Mirage
When Liu Qi heard the other party claiming to be the Lord of the Fengdu Ghost Cave, a cold look instantly appeared in his eyes, and then the Jingji Knife hanging on his waist suddenly began to "buzz".

Hearing the subtle sound, the face of the man in the evil ghost mask suddenly changed. He then slightly turned sideways, and a cold light flashed past his left cheek, cutting off the horn of the evil ghost on the mask, which fell to the ground with a "ding dong" sound.

The eyes revealed under the mask were suddenly stern, but he only had time to glance at the broken horn on the ground. In his dark pupils, a rapidly enlarging figure was reflected.

Suddenly, a powerful and terrifying aura erupted from beneath him. The man wearing the devil mask turned around and stretched out his arm calmly, exchanging three palm strikes with Liu Qi who jumped in front of him.

boom! boom! boom!
Accompanied by three deafening noises, surging air waves continuously rippled out with the two of them as the center, smashing the tables, chairs and benches in the lobby of the inn into pieces.

when!
Gongsun You, who was closest to the two of them, watched the terrifying air wave coming at her, and without caring about her own injuries, she gripped the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands, gritted her teeth, and thrust the sword fiercely into the stone slab under her feet. Even so, she was still unable to resist, and her body kept sliding backwards. The sharp sword left a long dent on the ground.

thump!
Until the last wave of air ended, Gongsun You could no longer hold on, his legs softened and he knelt on one knee.

She endured the churning blood and the constant severe pain in her body, and raised her head slightly to look in the direction of the inn's door.

Liu Qi used the opponent's palm power to float back to the ground, then he tucked his damaged sleeves together and said softly without raising his head, "The remnants of the Seventh Heaven are still lingering around."

“Hehehe…” The Emperor at this moment maintained the posture of one arm stretched out, with a pale yellow light emanating from his body. After hearing Liu Qi speak, he retracted his arm and laughed softly, “Aren’t you also a ghost of the seventh heaven?”

Seeing Liu Qi's cold eyes and silence, the Emperor continued, "You and I are from the same sect, but you are so cruel without even saying hello. Isn't that too merciless?"

Liu Qi's right hand had quietly climbed to the handle of the Jingji Knife at his waist, with a cold light flickering in his eyes: "When you arrested my second brother's family, did you ever think of the word 'relationship'?"

The Emperor narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, and his gaze fell on Liu Qi's right hand which was tightly gripping the hilt of the knife. Then he slowly put his hands behind his back, and where Liu Qi couldn't see, the five fingers of his right hand quickly opened and closed, barely dispelling the stinging sensation from his palm.

Then the Emperor said in surprise: "The one with the surname Xu? It seems that you really treat them as your family."

"What does it have to do with you?" Liu Qi uttered these four words coldly.

Canglang——

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a knife suddenly rang out.

The pupils under the evil ghost's mask were instantly filled with purple light, but instead of revealing the slightest solemnity, there was a hint of secret joy in his eyes.

After Liu Qi slashed with his sword, he no longer noticed anything wrong.

At the same time, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he looked past the masked man and through the door to the outside of the inn. He saw that the originally calm red fog suddenly became restless for some reason, and quickly gathered at the door of the inn. In an instant, Liu Qi could only see the red fog like a tide blocking the door of the inn tightly.

At this moment, the ground in front of the masked man suddenly "boomed" and a stone wall rose from the ground, blocking the oncoming sword light.

Bang!
The moment the stone wall was broken by the sword light, the evil ghost masked man standing behind leaped towards Liu Qi. The pale yellow energy around him became more and more condensed. The purple sword light hit the energy, but only caused a few ripples.

Seeing the other party approaching, Liu Qi was not panicked. He just turned the hand holding the knife slightly, and the purple light on the knife suddenly increased several times. He silently counted the number of steps between the two.

She is not afraid of close combat!

However, before the man who claimed to be the emperor approached, the red fog that had been gathering outside the inn seemed to have finally reached its limit at this moment. Then the cloud-like red fog rolled and surged, and unexpectedly turned into a human shape. Then it rolled and changed under the human shape, and actually condensed into the shape of a tall horse!

"kill!"

Suddenly, a cry of killing reached the top of Liu Qi's head. Her heart trembled as a pale yellow figure suddenly approached her.

brush!
Liu Qi made up his mind, then he raised his knife and chopped towards the opponent!

When the Emperor saw that Liu Qi was not affected by the red mist, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He suddenly raised his arms and met them in front of him. Then he quickly separated his hands. One hand turned into a palm and lifted it up towards the oncoming knife. The other hand bent its five fingers slightly and turned into a claw, grabbing Liu Qi by the head!

Just as the blade flashing with purple light was about to touch the emperor's right palm surrounded by a pale yellow light, a layer of hazy white frost suddenly appeared in Liu Qi's eyes, and then the purple light of the blade quickly faded, replaced by a cold and pale color!

laugh--

The Emperor seemed to sense something was wrong, but it was too late to stop. He could only shout, and the sudden surge of light yellow light almost engulfed his entire right arm, colliding with the blade wrapped in pale air. After a slight sound, the Emperor's face turned visibly paler.

Boom, boom, boom...

The Emperor rolled over and landed ten steps away from Liu Qi. He staggered back several steps before he stopped retreating. Then he lowered his eyes in disbelief at his empty right sleeve.

"You... dare!" The Emperor gritted his teeth. When he saw the forearm falling at Liu Qi's feet, his eyes instantly turned red. "I will kill you!"

Liu Qi stared straight ahead without even glancing at the Emperor, and said calmly, "Kill me? Go and queue up on the Naihe Bridge first!"

Da da da……

The sound of rapid horse hooves like drumbeats came from the front!

Liu Qi's pupils shrank slightly as he watched the knight transformed from the red mist leap through the door of the inn and rush towards him with a murderous aura rising to the sky!

At this moment, the scene in front of me suddenly spun around and eventually turned into a vast wasteland.

Liu Qi looked around silently, and saw bones and corpses everywhere. Broken limbs were everywhere she looked. In front of her, there was a knight in black armor holding a sword, ready to go. A black horse over ten feet long was sitting under her, and hot air was gushing out of its nose.

The black-armored knight on the horse, who was also not as tall as an ordinary man, slowly raised the long sword in his hand, which was as thick as his forearm, and pointed the tip of the gun with a cold glow at Liu Qi.

"Anyone who offends the Emperor of Heaven will be killed without mercy!"

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed when she heard that, but she silently tightened the Jingji Knife in her hand, feeling the coldness and heaviness of the hilt. Her heart was now calm.

If she had never seen a killing knife before, she might still be curious about what the scene before her was.

Now everything is clear.

This is another regret left behind by a master who once reached the realm of "small world".

Liu Qi collected his thoughts instantly, then slowly closed his eyes, and the Jingji Knife hanging diagonally at his side slowly slashed across his body.

"Kill!" The black-armored knight shouted, raised his spear and rode his horse towards Liu Qi, causing the sky and the earth to shake.

laugh--

Just when the tip of the gun was less than three inches away from Liu Qi's forehead, Liu Qi suddenly opened his eyes, and everything in front of him froze in an instant. Then a crack gradually emerged, and the crack expanded rapidly until it completely swallowed up the boundless wasteland.

Liu Qi's pupils narrowed slightly, and she returned to the inn. Right in front of her eyes, a red mist was visibly dissipating...

The Emperor, who originally thought that Liu Qi would be affected by the red mist, was also shocked when he saw this scene. His eyes flickered and he quietly took two steps back, obviously intending to retreat. However, the next second his drooping pupils suddenly shrank and a light green skirt suddenly appeared in his sight.

"It's too late if you want to leave." Liu Qi's voice sounded pleasant to the ears, but in the heart of the Emperor, it was like a death warrant.

He suddenly raised his head, looked directly into Liu Qi's cold eyes, and said in a deep voice: "If we two fight, it will only benefit others in the end!"

"Oh?" Liu Qi replied calmly, "Then please tell me, Your Majesty, who are the others you are talking about, and what is the origin of this red mist?"

The Emperor's eyes darkened when he heard this: "I said yes, but you must promise not to kill me."

Liu Qi just lowered his head silently, watching his right hand gently stroking the handle of the Jingji Sword which had been sheathed.

The Emperor was startled when he saw this, but when he thought about how Red Mist could do nothing to this woman, he could only beg for mercy in a low voice: "Liu Qi, since you and I are both descendants of the Seventh Heaven, please spare my life!"

"I promise to send Xu Qingjiang and his wife home safely!"

"And there's also the poison in that girl's body..."

laugh!
The emperor who was chattering incessantly suddenly froze, then he turned his head with a wooden expression and looked at his empty right arm.

Liu Qi played with the gleaming purple Jingji Knife in his hand with a normal expression, and said without raising his head: "If you keep talking nonsense, the next knife will be to your head."

“You…you…” The Emperor staggered back two steps, then gritted his teeth and said, “This red mist is the mirage left behind by the Great Qin Emperor after his death. It contains a trace of the Emperor’s martial arts will, which is difficult for even the best masters to resist.”

The Great Qin Emperor? Liu Qi had heard of him a little. As the first emperor to unify the Central Plains, the Great Qin Emperor not only conquered every inch of land in the Central Plains, but also suppressed all the schools of thought that represented the source of martial arts, becoming the first grandmaster with a name in history.

As if worried that Liu Qi would not believe him, the Emperor quickly continued, "The Fengdu Ghost Cave was built on the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum. Back then, the Qin Emperor massacred hundreds of thousands of craftsmen and laborers who were responsible for building the mausoleum, and used his own terrifying cultivation to gather the resentment of these people before they died around the mausoleum, thus forming the Fengdu Ghost Cave, one of the three great forbidden areas!"

As if noticing Liu Qi's slightly moved expression, the Emperor's eyes flashed with cunning, and then he licked his lips and said, "Don't you want to know why the Great Qin Emperor did this back then?"

"As long as you let me go, I will tell you."

The Emperor persuaded him earnestly, "He wants to live forever and rule the world for eternity. The secret of immortality lies in..."

The Emperor was halfway through his words when he saw that Liu Qi seemed to be immersed in it. Suddenly, his eyes fixed, and then a pale yellow light suddenly shone around him, and then his body shrank downwards.

boom!
After a loud bang, gravel flew everywhere.

Liu Qi silently looked at the dark cave entrance under his feet, and a hint of coldness instantly appeared in his eyes.

Cang——

He suddenly turned around, holding the Jingji Knife in both hands, raised it high above his head, and without any hesitation, chopped down at the empty wall!

Rumbling--

The huge blade light instantly smashed the wall, but the blade light did not weaken at all. Instead, it was deeply embedded in the ground.

"what--"

A shrill roar was heard from underground, followed by a "bang". A figure emerged from the ground and fell heavily to the ground along with the rubble that was raised in the sky.

Liu Qi walked forward slowly, only to see the "Emperor" lying on the ground covered in dust, with a wound deep enough to see the bone running through his entire back.

Just as Liu Qi stood still, the last bit of life in the "Emperor" completely dissipated.

"The Seventh Heaven, the Houtu Palace lineage has been lost since then." Liu Qi glanced at the corpse on the ground indifferently, and then murmured in a low voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Qi turned around and walked towards Gongsun You who was lying in the corner on the other side.

After she helped Gongsun You up, she injected a stream of true energy into his body, and then Gongsun You slowly opened his eyes.

When Liu Qi saw that he was able to stand on his own, he let go of his hand and walked towards the counter.

When she came to the counter, she saw a man shivering behind the counter, and then whispered: "Take me to see the person behind you, otherwise..."

She glanced in the direction of the emperor's body and continued, "You are the same as him."

The trembling man hiding behind the counter shuddered when he heard this, and then replied in a muffled voice: "I know nothing, I know nothing..."

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he raised his hand and pressed towards the counter.

Bang!
The counter, which had been intact under the impact of the air wave just now, was instantly shattered into pieces.

The man hiding in the corner of the counter with his head in his hands stared in amazement at Liu Qi who appeared in his sight.

"Even top masters can't resist the red fog. With your ability... you should have died outside long ago." Liu Qi said lightly.

This man who claims to be the chief escort of the East China Sea Escort Agency has only first-rate martial arts skills. Even Gongsun You, a top master, cannot resist the erosion of the red fog. Could it be that this man named Zheng Antai is hiding his skills?
After hearing Liu Qi's words, Zheng Antai, who was still squatting on the ground, suddenly changed his expression and showed horror.

"me……"

Liu Qi stroked the hilt of the knife and interrupted the other party's hesitation: "Either take me with you or die, your choice!"

"I'll take you to see Doctor Yuan!" Zheng Antai stood up straight and shouted at the top of his voice!

Hearing the other party mention Divine Doctor Yuan, Liu Qi frowned slightly: "The Divine Doctor Yuan you mentioned, could it be... 'Nine Deaths and One Escape' Yuan Tong?"

Zheng Antai nodded his head: "Miss Liu is indeed very discerning. The one who entrusted us to bring that little girl here was none other than the genius doctor Yuan Tong!"

Zheng Antai showed regret as he spoke: "If I had known that this escort mission would attract such a powerful expert, I should not have taken the risk and killed dozens of people in the escort agency!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Antai burst into tears.

After asking in detail, Liu Qi found out that half a month ago, the genius doctor Yuan Tong took the initiative to find the East China Sea Escort Agency and asked the East China Sea Escort Agency to bring back a person from Jiangnan in exchange for 50,000 taels of gold and a bottle of elixir to strengthen the body.

According to Zheng Antai's description, the person they were responsible for escorting was a little girl about seven or eight years old. Although she was pretty, there was nothing unusual about her. Zheng Antai originally thought that she was a child that some adult had left behind.

As a result, after leaving Jiangnan, they suffered several waves of attacks, and Zheng Antai realized that something was wrong.

When Zheng Antai and his men ran into Liu Qi at the post station, they had just been attacked by a group of mysterious people. Although they successfully repelled the enemy, several brothers were still injured.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zheng Antai quickly ordered his brothers to advance day and night, but they encountered a terrible accident halfway.

The bodyguard who was responsible for protecting the little girl suddenly changed his temperament and started killing his own people.

Then a strange red mist overflowed from the little girl, and any escort who came into contact with the red mist would lose their minds.

Fortunately, Yuan Tong arrived in time, rescued the remaining escorts, and brought them to this small town.

Zheng Antai didn't even want the money at this time. He just wanted to leave quickly with his surviving brothers. However, before he could leave, a man who claimed to be the emperor showed up outside the town.

Yuan Tong only heard the emperor's voice from afar, and his face changed drastically. Then he used some means to activate the red mist on the little girl's body, and in an instant the red mist enveloped the entire town.

Except for Zheng Antai, the rest of the bodyguards were all corroded by the red fog and turned into terrifying monsters.

As for Zheng Antai, Yuan Tong gave him a pill, threatened him to disturb the sight of the man who called himself the emperor outside, and promised to let him go as long as he could get through the night safely.

"So you don't know where Yuan Tong is now?" Liu Qi said softly after hearing the whole story.

Zheng Antai shook his head repeatedly when he heard this: "No, no, no, I know where Yuan Tong is hiding!"

Then he said indignantly, "Yuan said that the red fog can suppress the perception of warriors. Even if a top master is in the red fog, his perception range is only within twenty steps."

"So I immediately followed Yuan and found out where he took the little girl!"

Originally, Zheng Antai was planning to use this secret as a condition to exchange his life with the Emperor, but he didn't expect that Liu Qi would come along.

"I'll take you there!" Zheng Antai gritted his teeth, "But you have to let me live afterwards!"

Liu Qi nodded slightly: "Deal!"

……

At this time, in an underground secret room in the town.

On a disc-shaped stone platform, a little girl sat with her chin in her hands, looking bored.

She blinked and yawned, then looked up at the hunchbacked old man who was busy not far away, and asked in a clear and pleasant voice: "When are you going to let me go?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Tong stopped what he was doing, and then slowly looked at the girl with sinister eyes: "Girl, why did you lie to me in the first place? You can obviously control the immortality potion, but you still pretended to be out of control. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to let Cui Ming know about this!"

The little girl spread her hands helplessly: "I didn't mean to do that, but all the sisters who saw you before, those who behaved normally afterwards would disappear the next day, while the crazy ones could survive."

The little girl pursed her lips and said with a serious face: "I want to live!"

(End of this chapter)