Chapter 161

162. Chapter 162: Challenging to a Duel

When Li Yi walked into the main hall of the residence, Fan Zhizhou had already been sitting on a chair waiting for quite a while.

"City Lord Fan, sorry. Just now I was practicing martial arts, and it delayed me for a while. I hope I didn't keep City Lord Fan waiting too long." Li Yi said, his words very polite. After all, a visitor is a guest, and he couldn't have an attitude of keeping people thousands of miles away. He still had to maintain the necessary appearances.

"Brother Li." Seeing Li Yi, Fan Zhizhou hurriedly stood up and bowed.

"City Lord Fan, please sit."

Li Yi nodded and signaled: "City Lord Fan, you must have something important to visit today. Let's not beat around the bush with those polite words. Just say what you have to say. I am not a person of the Four Seas and Bazhou and don't like those etiquettes."

"Straightforward. Good, then I'll speak directly."

Fan Zhizhou smiled and said: "This special visit is for two things. The first thing is the Yin Horses Brother Li asked me to find. I found four. This time I just brought them to you, Brother Li, on the way. It's a pity that time is still short; otherwise, I could have found more. But Brother Li, rest assured, I will continue to let people collect them. This thing is not a precious object, just a bit rare and hard to find."

Having said that, he signaled, and a beautiful maid behind him immediately placed a box on the side.

After opening it, there were indeed four mud horses neatly placed inside.

Li Yi said: "City Lord Fan, having this heart is enough."

These four Yin Horses, plus the three in his hands, were enough for the short term, and there was no need to rush to find them for the time being.

"As for the second thing, it's about the ghosts and gods collecting life yesterday..." Fan Zhizhou sighed and said: "Brother Li, your riding a horse to kill ghosts and snatching the life force of ghosts and gods late last night has indeed caused trouble. Just today, the Underworld God of the Meng family in Qingzhou has noticed the problem in Sanyang City and has now dispatched a Qi-Refining expert from the Meng family, along with five Meridian Cultivation experts, to come together, determined to solve you, Brother Li, this anomaly."

"After our Fan family's secret agents in Qingzhou received the news, they sent it this afternoon, which is why I couldn't wait to visit and quickly inform you, Brother Li."

Li Yi's gaze flickered and he asked: "Meng family of Qingzhou? Isn't Xingzhou under your Fan family's management? Why involve another aristocratic family?"

"Brother Li doesn't know this. Ghosts and gods collecting life is collecting life across states. For example, the Meng family of Qingzhou collects the life of the people of our Xingzhou, and our Fan family collects the life of the people of Yanzhou... The aristocratic families of the Eight States do not collect life locally. This is a rule set a thousand years ago. The purpose is for the ghosts and gods above to provoke the Eight Kings to fight each other and prevent the Eight Kings from joining forces. Therefore, for thousands of years, there have been constant frictions and fights between the Eight Kings."

Fan Zhizhou said somewhat helplessly: "Although everyone knows this scheme, they can't stand the complexity of human hearts. Who doesn't want to collect more Yang life? But if you collect too much, the people of a state will die early. If too many people die and reproduction is not timely, and you are unwilling to reduce Yang life, then you can only cause more people to die... In this way, a state will be turned into a mess. Forget it, it's useless to say these things. Brother Li, you should think about how to deal with that Qi-Refining expert."

"I know your strength, Brother Li. Even if those five Meridian Cultivation experts join forces, they are definitely not your match. The one who is truly threatening is that Qi-Refining expert."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Li Yi, hoping to get some answers from Li Yi's expression.

However, Li Yi had no panic at all. His face was surprisingly calm, and even a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Qi-Refining expert? This is coming to me to die. Killing him is not a difficult matter."

"Brother Li has such confidence?" Fan Zhizhou was very astonished.

Not even putting a Qi-Refining expert in his eyes?

Li Yi said: "City Lord Fan, I am a person who hates killing the small and having the old come, endlessly. What I want to know is, if I slaughter this Qi-Refining expert, will another Spirit Refinement expert come?"

"Absolutely impossible."

Fan Zhizhou said immediately: "The Meng family of Qingzhou has at most fewer than three Spirit Refinement experts. Being able to dispatch a Qi-Refining martial artist to handle this matter is already very important. If you can really kill him in Sanyang City, Brother Li, then the Meng family of Qingzhou will only compromise, and even in the future, ghosts and gods collecting life will intentionally avoid Sanyang City. Trading a city for a piece of peace, this deal is worth it for them."

"After all, the Meng family of Qingzhou has a big family and a big business, and there are many places that need experts to guard. To bet the family's top strength for this little thing, once something goes wrong, the Meng family is finished."

As an aristocratic disciple, no one understood the style of aristocratic families better than Fan Zhizhou.

Assuming Li Yi could even kill a Qi-Refining expert, then the Fan family would have to use a Spirit Refinement expert. But such experts were the pillars of the family. How could they move for this little thing? It was just a Sanyang City. Even if the life force of the whole city was given to Li Yi, it wouldn't matter.

But the premise was that Li Yi could kill a Qi-Refining expert.

If he couldn't kill him, everything was empty talk. Only with sufficient strength was one qualified to let the Meng family of Qingzhou compromise.

"Since the small won't be beaten and the old won't come, then I'm relieved. City Lord Fan, thank you very much for informing me of such important news." Li Yi said solemnly.

"Brother Li is polite. My advance notice can't help much. The other party can arrive in Sanyang City tomorrow. You can't do anything in one day. Of course, Brother Li, you can take advantage of this day to cross over and leave, avoiding their edge. It won't be too late to come back and solve such an enemy when your strength has improved."

Fan Zhizhou said, and this was also his original purpose.

He didn't think Li Yi could kill a Qi-Refining expert, so he wanted Li Yi to withdraw from the Four Seas and Bazhou first and come back when he was strong in the future.

After all, his opportunity to cross over was on Li Yi. Without Li Yi, he would only be trapped here for the rest of his life, unable to see the wider world outside.

"Being able to know the enemy is coming in advance, I can make preparations. This point is still very critical. As for crossing over and running away? That's not needed. I still have some confidence. However, since City Lord Fan has told me such important intelligence, then just be a good person to the end, help me be a middleman, contact that Qi-Refining expert, and pass a word for me." Li Yi's eyes flickered, and he opened his mouth.

"Just pass a word? This is not a problem. I don't know what Brother Li wants to say." Fan Zhizhou asked.

Li Yi said: "Tomorrow at noon, outside Sanyang City, under Mount Daqing, I will arrive as scheduled, challenge that Qi-Refining expert to a duel, to decide the winner, and also to decide life and death."

"Challenge to a duel?" Fan Zhizhou was stunned, and then asked: "Brother Li really has such confidence that he can solve that Qi-Refining expert alone?"

Li Yi said calmly: "Without confidence, how dare I challenge to a duel? And only by killing that Qi-Refining expert can this matter be calmed down, right? If I really run away, the first to suffer will likely be my Master, and those Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters. The monk can run, but the temple can't. Might as well fight him."

"This makes sense. However, I can take care of the Zhao Martial Arts School. After all, Xingzhou is managed by our Fan family. The Meng family can't intervene in the affairs of the living world. It's just the matter of ghosts and gods collecting life, our Fan family can't manage it. If you don't solve this matter, Brother Li, on the first day of next month, when the Yin God comes again, I guess it won't just be collecting one month of Yang life, I guess it will be one year, ten years, or even twenty years of Yang life."

Fan Zhizhou said this, also feeling somewhat powerless.

"But if you can beat back the Qi-Refining expert, Brother Li, plus our Fan family's mediation, I guess the matter of collecting life in Sanyang City can be avoided in the future."

"Very good, that's enough." Li Yi said.

"Since this matter is settled, then I will go and ask someone to challenge to a duel today." Fan Zhizhou asked again, wanting to confirm it one last time.

Li Yi nodded and said: "Tomorrow at noon, under Mount Daqing, challenge to a duel with Qi-Refining, this matter is settled, there is no change. After killing that Qi-Refining, City Lord Fan, I owe you a favor. The matter of crossing over in the future will not be a problem."

He also returned the favor, and this time he dangled another carrot.

"Good, then I wish Brother Li victory and return tomorrow." Fan Zhizhou was happy, then stood up and bowed again: "I will go and handle this matter. However, Brother Li, you don't need to worry. If there is any accident, I will come forward to ensure you are safe, Brother Li."

"Rest assured, I won't lose." Li Yi smiled.

Seeing Li Yi's confidence, Fan Zhizhou was determined in his heart and immediately got up to say goodbye.

Li Yi didn't keep him and watched Fan Zhizhou leave.

To be honest, he wasn't sure he could defeat a Qi-Refining expert in a head-on fight, but he was a prisoner of the earth. This time he came to the Four Seas and Bazhou with a sniper rifle. That was a special model specifically for dealing with extraordinary creatures, and its power was terrifying.

Having a gun and not using it, what kind of expert is that?

"Daring to challenge me to a duel, isn't this seeking your own death? Outside Mount Daqing, a vast plain, there are no obstacles within a range of more than ten kilometers. Daring to come over, isn't this a moving living target? Qi-Refining expert? I think it's a soul under the gun." Li Yi thought secretly in his heart.

Others are dueling with martial arts, he is using a gun, let you people of the Four Seas and Bazhou see what a naturally evil prisoner of the earth is.

He didn't believe that the Qi-Refining expert's Qi could block the bullets of a sniper rifle.

"Meng De, are you there? It's Master coming to find you. I heard you are leaving in a few days. Is it true?"

Suddenly.

Just as Li Yi was thinking, in the front yard, Zhao Ge's vigorous and powerful voice sounded. From this voice, it could be judged that Zhao Ge's injuries had healed, and he had returned to his peak state.

Li Yi came back to his senses and looked outside the main hall.

He saw Master Zhao Ge appearing with Zhao Qian, Rong Niang, Skinny Monkey, and others.

Obviously, they heard Li Yi was leaving and came to see him specially.

"Master." Seeing this, Li Yi hurriedly greeted him and bowed.

Zhao Ge nodded: "Not bad, your strength has improved again. Are you already at Bone Cultivation? The progress is very fast, but you still need to polish it for a period of time. Meng De, you just said Rong Niang said you are leaving the Four Seas and Bazhou. Is this true? Your martial arts cultivation is only at Bone Cultivation, and your foundation is shallow. You should stay in Sanyang City for a period of time, at least practice to Blood Cultivation."

Li Yi said: "This time to save Master, I came in a hurry, and many trivial matters at home were not handled well, so I was in a hurry to go back. After I handle the matters at home properly, I will naturally return to Sanyang City, not going and never returning."

"So that's it. I understand." Hearing that Li Yi would come back, Zhao Ge couldn't help stroking his beard and laughing: "However, Meng De, since you have many trivial matters at home, why not take Zhao Qian and Rong Niang with you, let them follow you, so that there will be someone to take care of you at home, which can save a lot of trouble."

As soon as this was said, the faces of Zhao Qian and Rong Niang on the side turned red.