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

Chapter 379 Setting up a trap
Zheng——

The white wrist flipped slightly, and as a low humming sound came from the blade, the murderous aura centered on Liu Qi spread out to the surroundings again.

But the next second, a solemn look suddenly appeared in Liu Qi's eyes.

rustling...

She could clearly hear the sound of dust rising in her ears, but could not catch the breath of Gu Liancheng.

After standing still for a moment, Liu Qi suddenly made a surprising move. She slowly sheathed her sword. With a "clang" sound, the murderous aura that had spread to a distance of fifty steps away quickly subsided.

Liu Qi, who had completely restrained his breath, just stood there quietly, with his right hand naturally hanging by his side.

Liu Qi, who had fought with several top masters before and after, already knew that each top master had his own strengths. Even if he had already reached the top, it would not be easy to defeat them.

If you are not careful, you might even overturn the car!

Human power is limited.

The so-called realm of knowing the details is just the "human realm". Although it can see through everything, it cannot change the weak nature of the mortal body.

This point was vividly demonstrated when he was with Shen Lin at Sihai Villa.

Even though Liu Qi's cultivation was higher than Shen Lin's, he was still injured by his strange sonic attack.

And now, Gu Liancheng's specialty obviously lies in the word "hidden".

Being able to hide his tracks in front of Liu Qi without making any noise, Gu Liancheng deserves the title of “Nine-appearing Divine Dragon”!

Liu Qi just stood there quietly, without any fluctuation of his true energy, looking completely vulnerable and ready to be slaughtered.

She is waiting.

Wait until Gu Liancheng stops being timid.

Wait till he does it to himself!
Time passed bit by bit, and the cold wind that had been quelled by Liu Qi's true energy began to howl again.

At this moment, the crystal clear earlobe of Liu Qi's right ear suddenly trembled slightly, and her deep eyes instantly flashed with brilliance, and then her right hand hanging by her side had climbed onto the hilt of the knife without her knowing when.

buzzing...

The Jingji Sword, which was still in the scabbard, suddenly began to tremble, and invisible air waves continued to spread out with the shaking of the scabbard.

"Not good!" Gu Liancheng, who had already flashed to the right side of Liu Qi, felt the strange breath in front of him. His heart sank instantly. He said inwardly that it was not good and frantically urged the true energy in his dantian to be poured into his meridians.

It's now!

At the moment when Gu Liancheng's true energy was circulating wildly, the airtight curtain that permeated his body finally produced an extremely subtle fluctuation. Liu Qi, who had been waiting for a long time, naturally noticed this fluctuation.

Cang——

The sound of the sword rose into the sky, completely covering up the sound of the whistling cold wind.

Gu Liancheng's figure had already taken shape beside Liu Qi. He watched as Liu Qi pulled out a short knife with a flashing purple light in his right hand. A sharp aura gushed out from the knife and then turned into countless air blades that swept towards him.

Gu Liancheng, who had already dispersed his true energy throughout his body, was not panicked. He knew that as long as he "disappeared" again, even if the knife in Liu Qi's hand had the power to collapse the earth and destroy the mountains, as long as he could not lock onto his breath, he would not be able to hurt him.

Sure enough, just as the overwhelming air blades swept over, Gu Liancheng's figure suddenly stopped, and then gradually became blurred and dissipated.

But just when Gu Liancheng felt relieved, his heart suddenly twitched and his face changed. He had a premonition that danger was coming.

hold head high--

The sudden clanging sound instantly penetrated Gu Liancheng's protective qi, and the sound waves rushed towards Gu Liancheng's ears from all directions like a tide.

Gu Liancheng only felt a sharp pain in his head. He gritted his teeth and used his true energy to seal his ears. Then he was shocked to find that he was surrounded by countless swirling and shuttling sword qi. With him as the center, the sword qi swirled and shuttled around him, forming a huge sword qi tornado that tightly wrapped him up.

Liu Qi's idea was very simple. Since she couldn't lock onto Gu Liancheng's exact location, it would be good enough to just know his approximate location. Anyway, every move of her mad knife was designed to cause large-scale damage. She locked onto Gu Liancheng's approximate location with a whirlwind of speed, and the next thing would naturally be much simpler.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Gu Liancheng does not have any thoughts about Liu Qi. As long as he does not take action and hides and escapes, Liu Qi will have no way to deal with him.

It’s a pity that if Gu Liancheng had escaped without even making a move, there wouldn’t be the “Nine-Appearing Divine Dragon” today.

boom! boom! boom!
Gu Liancheng, who had been trapped by the sword energy, still wanted to struggle, but unfortunately his cultivation was inferior to Liu Qi's, and his injuries had not yet healed. The power of his cultivation was less than 80% of its peak, so he could only watch the swirling sword energy shrink little by little. In ten breaths at most, his position would be completely exposed to Liu Qi.

No more, no less, exactly ten breaths later.

Liu Qi, who was standing in front of the sword energy tornado, suddenly had his eyes move, and then he lightly tapped his feet and his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

A streak of purple light pierced through the barrier of condensed sword energy. Gu Liancheng suddenly turned sideways and raised one hand, trying to deflect the knife. But before his hand touched the tip of the knife, a slender jade hand appeared from nowhere and wrapped around Gu Liancheng's palm like a spirit snake.

Gu Liancheng was horrified upon seeing this, and a strong wind surged out from his palm, trying to shake Liu Qi's hand away. However, an even more powerful true energy burst out from Liu Qi's hand, which instantly defeated Gu Liancheng's true energy. The five fingers like tender onions instantly climbed to Gu Liancheng's wrist, suddenly closed their fingers and grabbed his wrist, and then gently twisted it.

Click!

Gu Liancheng's pupils trembled slightly, but his other arm had already been raised in front of him. Just as he was about to clap his hands, the true energy surging around his body suddenly stopped, and his raised arm slowly fell to his side.

Gu Liancheng lowered his eyes slightly, and the flashing purple light on the blade was reflected in his pupils.

His eyes fixed, and he raised his head slightly and slowly closed his eyes. Then he said calmly, "Gu is not as skilled as you. If you want to kill me, please do as you please, Miss Liu."

"You could have left," Liu Qi asked calmly, "Why did you take the risk of attacking me?"

Gu Liancheng still kept his eyes closed and refused to speak.

"I know even if you don't tell me." Seeing this, Liu Qi slowly retracted the knife, and then said slowly: "Gu Jiu already hates you to this extent, why do you still want to protect her?"

The moment the blade left his neck, Gu Liancheng opened his eyes and looked at Liu Qi in surprise: "You won't kill me."

Bang!

Liu Qi sheathed the knife neatly, then raised his eyes and stared into Gu Liancheng's eyes: "I won't kill you, but... I want to kill Gu Jiu."

Seeing Gu Liancheng struggling, Liu Qi continued, "And I will kill her in front of you."

……

"According to what the real person said, Gu Jiu actually developed feelings for Gu Liancheng." Xiao Qifeng said expressionlessly, holding a chess piece in his hand.

"Ah..." The old Taoist priest sitting opposite Xiao Qifeng sighed, and after casually placing a piece on the chessboard, he sighed, "I saw Gu Jiu when she was a child. She was a courageous and resolute child. The Dragon Yuan Tian Gang of the Beggar Gang is famous for its fierceness and domineering. She is a weak woman who can practice the Dragon Yuan Tian Gang. But her character should not be underestimated!"

Ding!
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Qifeng also dropped a move, and then said softly: "Courage and determination can also be stubborn, or... paranoid. Since the founding of the Beggars' Sect, all the descendants of Longyuan Tiangang have this kind of virtue."

The old Taoist smiled and said, "That's true. Gu Jiu was like this, the deceased Qiao Wu was like this, and Gu Liancheng... was also like this."

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report." A voice came from outside the door. Xiao Qifeng pressed the chess piece on the chessboard without any pause. After placing the piece, he calmly said, "Speak."

"Half an hour ago, Liu Qi brought a middle-aged man into the capital from the South Gate. He has now moved into the charity home." The person who spoke outside hesitated for a moment, then continued, "According to the report from the spies below, the middle-aged man is suspected to be the former leader of the Beggars' Sect, Gu Liancheng."

"Oh?" The old Taoist paused, then looked up and said in surprise, "So, this girl Liu Qi has taken down Gu Liancheng."

"Not surprising." Xiao Qifeng was as calm as ever. "Don't forget that Gu Liancheng is also the descendant of Long Yuan Tian Gang. He is just as paranoid as his two disciples. Gu Jiu must have put all the blame on himself for what he saw today."

The old Taoist smiled knowingly when he heard this, then gently put down the chess piece in his hand, and then raised his eyes and stared at Xiao Qifeng: "I wonder who the King of Donghai thinks is responsible for Gu Jiu's fall to this point?"

Xiao Qifeng pondered for a moment, stretched out his hand and made a move, then raised his eyes slightly to respond to the old Taoist's gaze, and uttered three words: "Gu Liancheng."

There was an obvious flash of surprise in the old Taoist's eyes, but in the end he just smiled and said nothing more.

"King of the East Sea, you lost again." The old Taoist looked down at the chessboard.

"Crash..."

Rumbling--

Just as he finished speaking, the old Taoist suddenly heard the sound of rolling waves in his ears. The turbidity in his eyes faded away instantly, and a terrifying aura burst out from his body. His thin body was like a towering mountain that soared into the clouds. No matter how the raging waves swept away, he remained unmoved.

After a while, peace returned to the bedroom.

Xiao Qifeng lowered his eyes slightly, glanced at the empty chessboard, and then said in a deep voice: "Since the chess pieces are destroyed, why not call it a draw."

The old Taoist could only smile helplessly: "Since the King of the East Sea said it was a draw, then let it be a draw."

After the old Taoist finished speaking, he stood up, and then looked at the remaining chess pieces in the chess box with some distress, and then sincerely suggested: "Next time the King of Donghai invites me to play chess, why not change to a cheaper set of chess pieces."

Xiao Qifeng said with a serious face: "Master Jiang, compared to playing chess, I actually want to learn your Jue Ling sword intention more."

The old Taoist's eyes flashed with a strange light, and then he laughed: "Hasn't the King of the East Sea already experienced it?"

Xiao Qifeng's eyes were solemn.

The old Taoist glanced at the chessboard, and then sighed helplessly: "If you can't even protect a chess piece, how can you be worthy of the name 'Jue Ling'?"

After saying this, without waiting for Xiao Qifeng's reply, the old Taoist bowed to Xiao Qifeng and said goodbye.

Xiao Qifeng accompanied the old Taoist all the way to the palace gate. Until he saw the old Taoist's back disappear around the corner of the street, he still stood at the palace gate with his hands behind his back, looking quietly ahead.

Seeing this, Eunuch He, who was following behind him, immediately took small steps to approach and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I see that Master Jiang seems to be more kind than before. He has been smiling since he entered the palace."

"He's old." Xiao Qifeng said in a serious tone.

Eunuch He was startled. He was just thinking back to what he had just said, to see if there was anything unintentional, when he heard Xiao Qifeng's voice again:

"Go and clean up the Queen Mother's bedroom."

"Empress Dowager...Your Majesty?" Eunuch He expressed his confusion carefully.

"Zhou Mi."

Hearing the name Xiao Qifeng said, Eunuch He felt cold sweat on his forehead, and then nodded repeatedly: "I know, I will send someone to do it right away."

Xiao Qifeng glanced at the direction of Liu Mansion, then turned around and walked towards the palace, saying, "Let the cabinet draft an order... Forget it, you should send someone to invite Duke Qing to ask him to invite the Queen Mother back to the palace."

"Slave takes orders."

……

In the evening, Liu Qi learned the news of Zhou Mi's entry into the palace from Xu Qinghuai, who had come hurriedly.

Liu Shijiu also entered the palace with Zhou Mi.

Because of Xiao Qifeng, Liu Qi naturally couldn't live in the Liu Mansion which was too close to the imperial palace.

So she brought Gu Liancheng to the orphanage. A bloody incident had just happened here and no one dared to approach. It was a quiet place.

"Where is Jiang Xuanyun?" Liu Qi asked Xu Qinghuai.

Every time Xu Qinghuai heard his sister address the headmaster by his name, he could not help but feel a headache. He held his forehead with his hand and said helplessly, "The headmaster's whereabouts are always uncertain. Even in Qingcheng Mountain, I rarely see him."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qi became even more suspicious that the Master was most likely Jiang Xuanyun.

"Oh, right!" Xu Qinghuai suddenly thought of something, and then quickly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Liu Qi, "I was so busy moving my luggage just now that I forgot about one more thing. Do you still remember Shen Zhuang, the old patriarch of the Shen family?"

"After he knew that you had returned to the Xu family, he gave me this letter before we set off, saying that he must hand it to you personally!"

Liu Qi took the letter and found that there was no signature on the envelope. After hearing Xu Qinghuai say that it was a letter from Shen Zhuang to her, she immediately tore open the envelope, picked up the letter inside and started reading.

It turned out to be a letter from Shen Zhuang to her!
The letter contained, apart from some insignificant greetings, only reminded Liu Qi of one thing between the lines, that is, whether her promise to Shen Zhuang was still valid!

Liu Qi promised Shen Zhuang that if Shen Zhuang found the real murderer who killed his youngest son Shen Liang in the future, no matter who the real murderer was, Liu Qi would use the knife in his hand to seek justice for him.

After Liu Qi finished reading the letter, he held the entire letter in his palm and then asked Xu Qinghuai, "How is Shen Zhuang's injury?"

Xu Qinghuai replied: "He has almost recovered. He has now returned to the Shen family in Yongquan. It is said that after dealing with some family affairs, he will set off for Beijing."

……

On the calm river, a boat is sailing through the waves.

At the bow, Shen Zhuang looked into the distance with a gloomy look, as if he was troubled by something.

"Grandpa, it's very windy outside. You just recovered from your injury, so you should take good care of yourself."

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhuang turned his head and looked at his granddaughter who was walking beside him. The solemn look in his eyes disappeared instantly, revealing a gentle smile: "Don't worry, Ying'er, Grandpa is still strong!"

The worry in Shen Ying's eyes did not fade away, and she continued to persuade earnestly: "Grandpa, are you worried that Sister Liu... won't help?"

Shen Zhuang's face darkened when he heard this, and then he touched Shen Ying's head and said meaningfully: "I just feel that everything is going too smoothly. The case happened more than ten years ago, and even with the intervention of Qingcheng and the government, there were no clues at all. Now, not only have so many clues emerged overnight, but the murderer is also about to be revealed."

"It's really... too abnormal!"

Shen Ying also nodded in agreement, then looked up and asked in confusion: "Then why did Grandpa go to Beijing to look for Sister Liu?"

"Silly child." Shen Zhuang looked at Shen Ying with tenderness in his eyes. "This is the only chance to find the murderer who killed your parents. Even if I know it's a trap, I will go ahead without hesitation."

(End of this chapter)