Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

That night, the Xuan Tian Dynasty was shaken.

The death of State Preceptor Tang Chongqing cleared the Li family of treason.

The current Holy Emperor was temporarily removed from the throne by the Great Xia Sword Sect Immortal Master.

In the rainy night, Li Guanqi held an umbrella and slowly disappeared into the downpour.

As soon as he left the city, Li Guanqi immediately found a cave to heal his injuries.

He took off his clothes and sprinkled on some wound medicine; Li Guanqi's face was a little pale.

After swallowing a healing pill, the surging of Yuan Qi in his body finally eased him a little.

Leaning against the wall, Li Guanqi felt a slight sense of lingering fear.

“I didn’t expect Foundation Establishment cultivators to be so difficult to deal with; that Yuan Qi barrier was indeed a bit troublesome.”

However, in his perception, that Tang Chongqing should be an unaffiliated rogue cultivator.

If the other party really had a good background, he wouldn't be ignorant of this taboo in the cultivation world.

Moreover, the opponent's swordplay was disorganized, relying solely on the ability to control swords to fight.

More importantly, Li Guanqi felt that the other party's Yuan Qi was not strong, most likely choosing to establish his foundation at the ninth level of Qi training.

Feeling the emptiness in his dantian, Li Guanqi simply began to meditate and cultivate.

The Sword Spirit appeared behind him at some point, nodding slightly.

It must be said that Li Guanqi's resilience and diligence on the path of cultivation are rare.

Moreover, after a great battle, Li Guanqi also had a trace of insight in his heart.

Especially when using the sword, he no longer deliberately pursued the gorgeousness of sword moves.

A fatal blow is perhaps a better choice, and it can also greatly save the consumption of Yuan Qi in the body.

Early the next morning, Li Guanqi rushed to the nearest ferry.

The cloud boat soared through the air, and Li Guanqi rarely rested for a moment.

However, at this moment, a stream of light suddenly crossed beside the cloud boat.

Li Guanqi felt something and, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Xu Zhengjie, the Second Elder of Tianlei Peak, slowly tearing open the cloud boat's barrier.

The boatman quickly bowed and saluted, saying, “Greetings, Immortal Master!”

Even the other guests on the cloud boat stood up and saluted.

Xu Zhengjie waved his hand lightly to help everyone up, flashed to Li Guanqi's side, and said with a smile.

“Little brat, what’s this I hear? A Foundation Establishment cultivator causing chaos in the imperial court?”

Li Guanqi nodded and said softly, “Does dealing with this matter require Elder Xu to personally make a trip?”

Xu Zhengjie laughed loudly and said, “That's right, the Foundation Establishment cultivator is a small matter; what’s more important is to re-select the new emperor.”

“How was it? Did you get injured while scouting for information? Did that cultivator discover you?”

Li Guanqi shrugged and said, “That… Second Elder, that Foundation Establishment cultivator… I killed him.”

“What!!!”

Xu Zhengjie’s voice became much sharper, with a very high pitch.

Then, Xu Zhengjie said with a solemn expression, “Little brat, you can’t joke about this kind of thing!”

“You, a Qi training cultivator, killed a Foundation Establishment cultivator?”

Li Guanqi truthfully said, “He wasn’t very strong…”

“Even if he’s not very strong, he’s still a Foundation Establishment cultivator!”

Before Xu Zhengjie could react, he heard Li Guanqi say, approaching him, “In that case, the points reward should be higher, right?”

“You see, I killed that cultivator, and you can just go over and directly choose the new emperor.”

“You don’t even have to take action; you have to give me some benefits~”

Xu Zhengjie laughed loudly and said, “I knew that when you left the inner sect, part of the reason was definitely the points reward for the outer sect assessment!!”

“Old Li didn’t believe anything I said at the time, and just said you were doing it to ease his mind.”

“Alright, well done!”

“Don’t publicize this matter; go directly to the mission hall to receive your points later.”

Li Guanqi grinned, secretly thinking, “Tsk, money is squeezed out bit by bit; see, here it comes.”

After speaking, Xu Zhengjie threw out his long sword, preparing to leave. Li Guanqi bowed and saluted, saying, “Farewell, Second Uncle-Master.”

Xu Zhengjie suddenly remembered something, turned his head, and said, “Are you about to establish your foundation soon, kid?”

Li Guanqi was slightly stunned, then thought about his loosening bottleneck, and nodded.

The old man said with a hopeful look, “Then you should prepare earlier; perhaps the Spirit Ruins Competition… this year, we can only rely on you.”

After speaking, the old man gently tore apart the barrier, then soared into the air on his sword, rushing towards the Xuan Tian Dynasty.

After the old man left, everyone on the cloud boat looked at Li Guanqi with a bit of awe.

However, seeing Li Guanqi meditating with his eyes closed, no one dared to step forward to talk to him.

Li Guanqi got off the boat at Minning Ferry, which was closest to the Great Xia Sword Sect.

The street vendors all bowed slightly to this young man carrying a sword box on his back.

Li Guanqi smiled, not wasting any time, and hurried back to the Great Xia Sword Sect.

As he expected, the points for investigating the Xuan Tian Dynasty had tripled.

The manager personally transferred the points to Li Guanqi, with a gleam in his eyes, and secretly asked.

“Junior Nephew Li, did you really kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator?”

Li Guanqi had an inscrutable smile on his face and whispered, “Guess.”

Back in his courtyard, Li Guanqi saw Yu Suian standing on the roof from afar, looking around.

Seeing him return, she leaped down from the roof.

“Li Guanqi!! Why are you only back now! It’s been so long.”

Then, she stretched out her hands expectantly.

Li Guanqi laughed loudly and said, “I brought you something~ Let’s go, let’s go inside to eat.”

One big and one small person returned to the courtyard.

“Tsk tsk, let me show you the big meat buns from Wangyue City! And drunken…”

“Cough cough, and some more unique pastries…”

Yu Suian bit off more than half of the bun in one bite, mumbling with her eyes narrowed, “So good to eat!!”

“Alright, you eat.”

“Where are you going?”

“Spirit Ascension Platform.”

Arriving at the Spirit Ascension Platform, Li Guanqi looked at the points in his jade slip.

Including the six hundred points given this time, he had a total of one thousand eight hundred points in his hand.

These points were enough for him to open a Profound-level Spirit Ascension Platform cultivation room for a month.

When he arrived at the Spirit Ascension Platform, he gritted his teeth and directly chose to spend seven hundred points to open a Profound-level cultivation room.

Great Xia Sword Sect disciples hardly had any time to meet each other; everyone was cultivating very hard.

Because of its special assessment system, anyone who ranked low twice in a row would be removed from the inner sect.

Therefore, in the inner sect, which outer sect disciples envied, the atmosphere of cultivation was even more intense.

Everyone was in a hurry, with almost no moment of rest, walking at a run.

Under this atmosphere, even Li Guanqi felt a lot of pressure, especially since he would often see some inner sect senior brothers flying on their swords.

Li Guanqi gritted his teeth and secretly said, “This time, I must break through to the thirteenth level in seclusion!!”

“Right, Sword Spirit, are you there?”

“What is it?”

“Uh… have a better attitude~”

“I want to ask what exactly is the Spirit Ruins Competition?”