Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

Li Guanqi stood frozen, his face an icy mask, his eyes blazing with fury as he glared at the figure cloaked in black before him.

A tempest of rage and self-reproach surged uncontrollably through his mind!!

Never could he have imagined that a woman he'd met only once would die because of him!!!

They had met only once! A single encounter, nothing more!!

Why!!!

The figure, entirely concealed within the black robe, stood silently, uttering no words.

But this very silence only stoked the fires of anger within Li Guanqi!

Clang!!!!!!

Boom!!!!

A wave of terrifying pressure erupted from Li Guanqi, and a horrifying flash of sword light streaked past him!!!

The black-clad figure instantly retreated hundreds of feet, yet still, the sword's edge found its mark, slicing across his chest.

Crimson blood trickled slowly down his chest.

Li Guanqi took a sudden step forward, roaring in fury.

"Speak!!!"

"Why was she not protected!!!"

After a long silence, a woman's cold voice echoed from beneath the black robe.

"Those of the Heavenly Calculation Pavilion do not easily reveal their identities."

Hearing this, the rage in Li Guanqi's heart ignited anew!

"Not reveal their identities? Even in death!!!"

"She sold her life to your Heavenly Calculation Pavilion, yet in the end, she couldn't even save her own life."

"What a joke!!! A colossal joke!"

Thunder and flames crackled around Li Guanqi, the terrifying aura pressing down on the woman, making it hard for her to breathe.

Beneath the black robe, her face was etched with fear, terrified that Li Guanqi might lose control and attack her.

At that moment, Li Guanqi's impression of the Heavenly Calculation Pavilion reached its nadir of disgust!

A jade pendant instantly appeared before him, and with a cold snort, the Heavenly Calculation Pavilion's jade pendant exploded!

Li Guanqi slowly turned around, his gaze growing colder than ice.

"Tell me, who killed her."

The woman hesitated visibly upon hearing this.

Boom!!!!

The terrifying pressure instantly intensified, directly crushing the woman, a fellow cultivator in the God Transformation Realm, to the ground!

Bang!!!

The woman smashed a deep crater into the ground, blood flowing from all seven orifices beneath her black robe, her eyes wide with terror.

She bit her lip tightly, blood seeping from the corners of her mouth, and said in a low voice.

"The Heavenly Calculation Pavilion will handle this matter itself!"

Killing intent flared in Li Guanqi's eyes!!!

He gritted his teeth and spoke each word with chilling precision.

"Tell! Me!!!"

Boom boom boom!!

Three words, three surges of aura.

The woman's body sank three times deeper into the crater!

The sound of bones breaking echoed incessantly.

"Ugh!! Cough cough!! Aaaah!!"

A miserable scream rang out.

Most of the woman's bones were shattered, her eyes filled with terror, her pupils contracted and trembling wildly.

She was utterly convinced that if she didn't speak, the other party would not hesitate to kill her, even if doing so meant becoming enemies with the Heavenly Calculation Pavilion!!

"Chen Zhi!! It was Chen Zhi!!!"

Li Guanqi said nothing, turning and leaving.

Walking between heaven and earth, Li Guanqi suddenly seemed to have lost some of his essence.

He walked aimlessly among the mountains and rivers, his eyes vacant.

He lowered his head to look at the lifeless woman in his arms, and his eyes instantly turned red.

He looked up at the sky, muttering with a hint of sorrow.

"How… how could there be such a foolish woman in this world…"

"We… we only met once! Only once…"

"If others want to kill me, you could have just told them."

His slightly red eyes were filled with guilt.

"Because of this, I will remember you for the rest of my life…"

Li Guanqi walked through thousands of mountains and rivers that night, finally finding a scenic mountain peak.

At his feet was a winding river, and at the summit was a blooming peach blossom forest.

Li Guanqi, his eyes slightly red, leaned against the stone tablet, drinking wine.

Beside his feet were rich offerings and burning incense.

Inscription.

"Ning Xiu, carved by Li Guanqi."

Very simple words, not even saying what kind of person Ning Xiu was, or what kind of relationship existed between them.

He wanted to write more… but stopped when he picked up the brush.

Because he didn't really know Ning Xiu that well.

Li Guanqi drank the wine one gulp after another, as if only the burning liquor in his hand could extinguish the melancholy in his heart.

He sat there until dawn, when the sunlight shone on the earth, and the winding river at his feet sparkled in all directions.

A gentle breeze blew, and the peach blossom forest behind him rustled.

Li Guanqi said softly, "What do you think? My taste isn't bad, right?"

He lit the incense again and stuck it in the ground, then poured the wine from the gourd onto the ground.

"Consider this us drinking together."

"There's still some in the gourd, I'll save it for you."

"Next time I come, I'll bring Chen Zhi's head with me."

Li Guanqi tied the vermilion wine gourd to his waist, half a gourd of wine remaining.

This was what he saved for Ning Xiu.

A cold light flashed in Li Guanqi's eyes, and killing intent surged!!

Ning Xiu's death… filled his heart with immense guilt.

This was the second time he had experienced something like this.

During the battle at the Purple Sun Palace, some of his fellow disciples had also died because of him, but these two events were different in nature.

Ning Xiu… he had no relationship with her at all, not even acquaintance.

It could only be considered a chance encounter, a brief meeting.

It was precisely because of this that he felt that Ning Xiu's death was because of him.

"Chen Zhi… who is he?"

"The one who killed Ning Xiu… someone from Miao Rongchang? No… if someone around Miao Rongchang could crush Ning Xiu, they would at least be in the God Transformation stage."

"Could it be someone from the Mo family?"

"No! The Mo family can't touch her!"

Suddenly!

A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Li Guanqi's mind, and the cry of a dark crow echoed repeatedly in his mind.

Perhaps his slightly intimate behavior with Ning Xiu next to the stone wall in the Blazing Flame Valley was seen by someone.

The Dark Crow organization may have received this information, which is why they targeted Ning Xiu.

"But… why has it been so long? Why kill Ning Xiu at this time?"

"There's no reason or logic to it at all!!"

Li Guanqi's mind was a tangled mess, and he had thought of everyone who might have a motive to kill Ning Xiu.

But even the most likely Dark Crow organization had no reason to choose to kill someone at this time.

It made no sense at all…

A name appeared in his mind.

"Chen Zhi."

Perhaps only he knew the truth about Ning Xiu's death.

Li Guanqi reached out to touch the gourd, but then put it down.

He exhaled a long breath and looked back at the lonely stone tablet, saying softly.

"Believe me, I won't let you wait too long."

He took a step and stepped into the air, waving his hand to envelop the mountain peak with dozens of thunderous sword lights!

The sword light hovered in the sky, its power sufficient to last for three years.

He didn't want anyone to disturb the person on the mountain peak.

She had lived a lifetime of anonymity, let her rest in peace after death.

As for what Ning Xiu's real name was, he didn't care at all.