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

Chapter 378: Yunlong Jiujian, Disappearing Without a Trace

When Liu Qi uttered the three words "King Gu", the eyes of these little beggars brightened up.

"What do you want to see King Gu about?" The leader quickly stepped forward, blocked the others, looked at Liu Qi with a vigilant look and asked.

Liu Qi saw the changes in their expressions and then said softly, "It seems that I did not find the wrong person. He is still alive."

After saying that, Liu Qi raised her eyes slightly and saw the bun in the hand of the older child in the lead. She then stretched out her hand and gently bent her five fingers.

call!
The leading child felt his hand loosen, and when he turned around, he found that the bun in his hand was gone. Then he was startled, as if he realized something, and suddenly looked up at Liu Qi.

When he saw the bun hanging in the air in Liu Qi's palm, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and open his mouth slightly.

His eyes swept across the palm of his hand, and Liu Qi's eyes showed undisguised disgust. After being touched by these little beggars, the buns were naturally stained with some dirt.

Liu Qi flipped his hand lightly, and the bun floating on his palm flew lightly towards the leading child.

The leading child had already been stunned. Seeing the bun floating in front of him, he subconsciously reached out to catch it. A hint of warmth came from his hand, which made him regain consciousness. Then the alertness in his eyes became stronger: "Who are you?"

Liu Qi did not say anything but walked slowly forward, passed by the leading child and went towards the little beggars carrying the steamers. Seeing Liu Qi approaching step by step, the little beggars showed panic on their faces.

"Wait!" Finally, the leading child couldn't help but turned around and shouted to Liu Qi, "Don't hurt them, I'll take you there."

Liu Qi stopped walking when he heard that, then turned his head slightly and glanced at the leading child from the corner of his eye: "What's your name?"

The leading child breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Qi stop. When he heard Liu Qi ask his name, he took a deep breath and replied in a deep voice, "My name is Gu Shi!"

……

Gu Shi took Liu Qi around in the alleys of the South City for a long time, and finally came to the city wall. He went up and pulled aside a pile of debris beside the wall, revealing a hole.

Gu Shi patted the dust off his hands, then turned to Liu Qi and said, "King Gu is just outside the city. Let's crawl through this hole."

Climb a dog hole?
What a joke!
Liu Qi narrowed her eyes, then reached out and grabbed Gu Shi's shoulder, then lightly stepped on the ground.

Gu Shi, who was about to drill into the dog hole, felt his feet go empty. Then he looked down and found that the ground was getting farther and farther away from him. He looked up blankly at the rising city wall in front of him and finally realized that he was "ascending to heaven"!
"Ah——" The shrill scream was instantly swallowed up by the biting cold wind.

boom!
A figure fell softly to the ground.

Liu Qi then floated down to the ground, then lowered his eyes to look at Gu Shi who was curled up on the ground and shivering: "Okay, lead the way."

It took Gu Shi about half a cup of tea before he could move his weak legs and lead Liu Qi towards Gu Liancheng's residence.

The two of them walked through a remote path, and a simple thatched house appeared in Liu Qi's sight.

Beside the fence outside the house, a familiar figure was busy. It seemed that he sensed Liu Qi's arrival. The busy man suddenly put down the work in his hands and looked over.

When Gu Liancheng saw Gu Shi and Liu Qi appear, a warm smile immediately appeared on his face.

"King Gu!" Gu Shi shouted as he rushed into the fenced yard, then came to Gu Liancheng and took over the work in his hands.

Gu Liancheng patted him on the shoulder twice, then smiled and looked up at Liu Qi who was walking into the fenced yard: "I thought you would not come for a few days."

Liu Qi came to stand in front of Gu Liancheng, then asked: "The Charity House, was it done by Gu Jiu?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the smile on Gu Liancheng's face disappeared instantly. He then turned to Gu Shi who was busy working and said, "Gu Shi, after you finish tying the fence, go to Aunt Song's house in the next village to get some steamed buns and bring them back for them to eat."

Gu Shi turned around and smiled innocently: "King Gu, this sister bought the entire bun stall. If we save some, it will be enough for us to eat for ten days or half a month!"

Gu Liancheng narrowed his eyes, then turned back to thank Liu Qi, "Miss Liu, thank you."

"It's windy outside, please come in."

Gu Liancheng invited Liu Qi into the house.

Liu Qi glanced at the dirty jars and bowls on the table and immediately signaled to Gu Liancheng that there was no need to prepare tea.

The two sat opposite each other at a small table. Gu Liancheng spoke first, "How did you know about the Salesian Home?"

Liu Qi replied in a cold voice: "Captain Lin of the Six Gates suspected that I was responsible and came to my house today."

Gu Liancheng frowned slightly and murmured, "Lin Shengchuan..."

"Why, don't you want to find Gu Jiu?" Liu Qi asked in a faint voice, "She has already come to the door, why are you hiding outside the city?"

Gu Liancheng smiled bitterly and said, "You want me to die in Gu Jiu's hands."

Liu Qi did not refute: "Although I don't know why she hates you so much, but if she could have killed you at the orphanage that day, she probably wouldn't have taken her anger out on others."

"Miss Liu, are you feeling sad for those children?" Gu Liancheng asked.

"No." Liu Qi said bluntly, "I just think you big shots in the martial arts world are disgusting."

Gu Liancheng's face darkened: "This matter is indeed my fault. I didn't expect Gu Jiu to find that place, and I didn't expect her current mentality to be so twisted."

"Does she have a grudge against you?" Liu Qi asked.

Gu Liancheng nodded first, then shook his head: "She has no grudge against me, but her father was killed by me."

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly: "The hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable. This is what you mean by having no grudges against her."

"Gu Jiu's father committed a heinous crime. If I hadn't personally killed him, he would have been tortured to the point of being worse off than dead, and would have died in the end." Gu Liancheng smiled bitterly, "It's often said that misfortunes don't affect family members, but what Gu Jiu's father did was too evil, so people at the time didn't even want to let Gu Jiu, who was not yet an adult, go."

"Ms. Liu, do you think Gu Jiu should hate me?" Gu Liancheng asked in a serious tone.

"I don't know." Liu Qi never made assumptions. She shook her head and said frankly, "What is clear now is that Gu Jiu hates you to the core!"

"Actually, there is one thing I don't understand." Liu Qi's eyes darkened slightly, and then she asked softly, "The Ciyou Hospital is in South City. On the day Gu Jiu took action, I was at the Chunyue Restaurant in South City. Although the Ciyou Hospital is far away from the restaurant, it is not farther than the palace."

Liu Qishang could vaguely sense what Xiao Qifeng was doing in the palace.

There was also a top master taking action in Nancheng, so how could Liu Qi not feel it? That's why she came to Gu Liancheng to find out the truth.

After entering Zhiwei, Liu Qi has become accustomed to the feeling of controlling everything within the area she can perceive, but Gu Jiu can do whatever he wants in Nancheng where she is, and can even avoid Liu Qi's perception.

Liu Qi didn't care whether Gu Jiu was an unforgivable criminal or not, she would never allow an uncontrollable person to appear in her domain. Hearing what Liu Qi said, Gu Liancheng was obviously distracted for a short time, and then he smiled helplessly: "I thought Miss Liu, you were..."

Boom, boom, boom...

Liu Qi tapped the table lightly, then said expressionlessly: "It seems that Boss Gu has to help Liu Qi."

Since Gu Jiu wants to find you so much, why don't I just use you as bait to lure her out?

Gu Liancheng stared at Liu Qi for a while. He had already seen through Liu Qi's plan, and then he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Miss Liu seems to have made up her mind. It seems that I have no choice but to help her."

"Of course." Liu Qi said firmly, "No one can refuse my request unless he is a dead person."

When Gu Liancheng heard this, the resolute look in his eyes disappeared in an instant, and in that brief moment, he really felt a desire to die.

"I'm sorry!" Liu Qi suddenly attacked, and the index finger and middle finger of his right hand formed a sword finger and pointed at Gu Liancheng's shoulder with lightning speed.

Gu Liancheng's face darkened slightly, and then he suddenly spread his arms like wings, and before Liu Qijian could point at him, he slid backwards while sitting down, and the bench he was sitting on rubbed against the ground, making a harsh "sizzling" sound.

Liu Qi was not discouraged when his sword missed. He suddenly slapped the table with his left hand, and then flew into the air, still pointing his sword towards Gu Liancheng.

Gu Liancheng had already reached the wall with nowhere to retreat, and seeing Liu Qi attacking again, he knew that if he kept avoiding him he would ultimately not be able to escape Liu Qi's Five Finger Mountain, so he gritted his teeth and made up his mind. The true Qi that had been sealed in his meridians was instantly stimulated, and the majestic true Qi instantly turned into a huge wave that rushed wildly through his meridians.

boom!
Liu Qi's fingertips were only three inches away from Gu Liancheng's shoulder, but the next second a terrifying breath gushed out from Gu Liancheng.

With a loud bang, the already shaky thatched house was instantly blown to pieces by the air wave, and the dead grass all over the sky flew up in the wind.

"You really want to save Gu Jiu?" Liu Qi stood proudly in the strong wind, watching Gu Liancheng's figure in front of her gradually blur until it turned into smoke and disappeared. In an instant, a murderous aura emanated from under her feet and instantly enveloped the entire fenced yard.

"Ok?"

Liu Qi frowned slightly. Within the range of her consciousness, she could not find any trace of Gu Liancheng.

"hold head high--"

Suddenly, an extremely subtle hum came to my ears, like the low roar of some creature, which contained an astonishing pressure.

Liu Qi, who was standing in place, narrowed her eyes slightly, then suddenly turned sideways, and her right palm, which had been hanging by her side, was raised to a position parallel to her shoulder. Before her body had completely turned around, her right palm resolutely pressed forward with a whistling gust of wind.

boom!
An afterimage appeared out of nowhere and collided heavily with Liu Qiyin's palm. Accompanied by a deafening roar, the afterimage gradually appeared.

Gu Liancheng showed a look of surprise as he looked at the place where his palms touched Liu Qi's. Then he instantly restrained his expression, withdrew his palm, turned around and rushed backwards.

Want to run?

The moment her palm was empty, Liu Qi's right hand had already withdrawn to the hilt of the knife hanging at her waist. She looked at Gu Liancheng's figure that was gradually becoming blurred in the strong wind, and suddenly exerted force with the five fingers holding the hilt.

Cang——

The sound of the sword drowned out the sound of the whistling wind!
A purple arc of light shot out from in front of Liu Qi and chased after Gu Liancheng's figure. Just when it was three steps away from Gu Liancheng, the arc of light suddenly expanded and turned into a huge sword light more than three meters long.

laugh--

The blade light whizzed past Gu Liancheng's distorted and blurry figure, and then disappeared into the horizon.

Liu Qi, who was standing with a knife in his hand, frowned. With a slight shake of his right wrist, a wave of air surged out from the blade and spread in all directions. The howling wind stopped instantly, and the dead grass that was blown up in the sky also slowly fell down.

Liu Qi tilted his head slightly and looked around, but he did not see Gu Liancheng anywhere.

What a Nine-Manifestation Divine Dragon! Liu Qi now understood why he was able to escape from the hands of the three top masters.

……

At this time, the palace.

Xiao Qifeng, dressed in a black dragon robe, stood with his hands behind his back, in front of the window, gazing into the distance with a serious gaze.

Next to him, there was an old Taoist with a long beard hanging down to his chest, completely white hair and beard, and an immortal-like appearance. Like Xiao Qifeng, he was standing in front of the window and looking into the distance, as if something in the distant sky had attracted the attention of both of them.

The old Taoist was the first to retract his gaze, then shook his head and sighed: "Sure enough, they are fighting again."

Seeing that Xiao Qifeng did not speak, the old Taoist stroked his long beard and continued, "King of Donghai, do you think Gu Liancheng can escape unscathed from Liu Qi's sword?"

"Yunlong Jiujian is ethereal and traceless." Xiao Qifeng finally spoke slowly, "If Gu Liancheng wants to leave, no one in the world should be able to stop him."

The old Taoist immediately smiled and said, "What about you? Can this cloud dragon escape from your vast ocean?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qifeng slowly turned around and said to the old Taoist priest with a serious face: "Beyond a hundred steps, you can, but within a hundred steps, you can't!"

The old Taoist narrowed his eyes, then said with a smile: "What are you going to do with this girl Gu Jiu?"

Xiao Qifeng pondered for a moment, then asked, "Was the case at the Salesian Home really her fault?"

The old Taoist's eyes lit up: "Do you suspect the murderer is someone else?"

"But how do you explain the residual Taiyin Qi on the wounds of the corpse?" the old Taoist asked.

Xiao Qifeng turned his back and replied in a deep voice: "Gu Jiu's Taiyin Qi... who passed it on to her?"

"Have you... found any clues?" the old Taoist couldn't help but ask.

Xiao Qifeng still stood with his hands behind his back, his back to the old Taoist, and replied slowly: "The Seventh Heaven was destroyed by Emperor Wenzong back then, and I thought the inheritance of the Seven Veins was cut off from then on, but now..."

Seeing that Xiao Qifeng was unwilling to continue, the old Taoist stroked his beard and smiled, "The secret manual of divine power is right in front of us. How many people can resist the greed in their hearts? Isn't it the same for your Xiao family?"

Xiao Qifeng immediately said solemnly: "As long as we know who has the inheritance of the Taiyin lineage, the person behind Gu Jiu will naturally be revealed."

The old Taoist couldn't help but ask: "Who do you think it is?"

Xiao Qifeng was silent for a while, then said bluntly: "I never make random guesses. When Fu Qingshu arrives in Beijing, everything will be revealed."

(End of this chapter)