Chapter 201

'Nine four, leaping in the abyss, no blame.'

The divine dragon either soars in the nine heavens or falls into the deep abyss; as long as one can see the situation clearly and act according to the trend, one will not make mistakes.

"Senior's fate has changed, which is why I have this guess."

Jiang Yan stated the truth directly.

In her fate-eye, a winged feather dragon circled and danced around Li Rui, its divine brilliance flowing.

'Ying Dragon!'

Jiang Yan saw at a glance that the divine dragon was not an ordinary dragon, but the ancestor of all dragons—the Ying Dragon.

The god who is the trinity of creation, making, and destruction in legend, an supreme existence.

She had seen many people's fates, even the fates of many heavenly geniuses, some of which had great phenomena, but compared to Li Rui, they were like heaven and earth.

The Ying Dragon is the ancestor of all dragons; the dragon-form phenomenon is already large enough, and the Ying Dragon is even more terrifyingly large.

'Clearly, the last time I saw it, it wasn't the Ying Dragon.'

Jiang Yan thought of a certain type of person.

These people's initial fates are extremely sparse and ordinary, but they can climb upward step by step, causing their fates to change, and finally achieving great success.

Among them, the most famous one is, of course, the Grand Progenitor Emperor of the Yu Kingdom.

A commoner who rose in troubled times to become a true dragon.

Li Rui actually vaguely had this sign.

'If this were seen by a Dragon-Supporting Master, it would be a big deal.'

Within the Hidden Sect, there is a lineage that calls itself the Dragon-Supporting Masters.

Their life's mission is to discover people with a true dragon fate and then help them soar to the heavens, thereby obtaining dragon qi to open the Immortal Gate.

There are Dragon-Supporting Masters, and of course, there are Dragon-Slaying Masters; if some Dragon-Slaying Master saw Li Rui's fate, it would be no less than a divine treasure; as long as they beheaded Li Rui, they could obtain heaven-breaking creation.

Of course, because the Grand Progenitor Emperor was harmed by Dragon-Slaying Masters, this lineage went extinct a thousand years ago.

Li Rui listened to Jiang Yan's words.

He raised an eyebrow:

"Leaping in the abyss..."

That is to say, he is currently in a stage of being about to fly but not yet flying; as long as he is careful and cautious, he can take advantage of the trend and rise, a dragon flying in the sky.

"Miss Jiang, can my bias-form be seen now?"

He asked curiously.

Jiang Yan shook her head: "It seems to be obscured by heavenly secrets; I can't see it clearly, it seems there is... a door."

Li Rui was shocked in his heart.

Jiang Yan's fate-eye was truly remarkable, actually being able to see a corner of the Southern Heaven Gate.

Fortunately, he obtained Immortal Qi, which allowed him to shield himself from others' prying eyes.

Once it was exposed that his bias-form was an Immortal Form.

One possibility is being favored by a super major sect and becoming a seventy-year-old heavenly genius, and another possibility is being taken by some old monster as an experimental tool.

Immortal Form—this has a fatal attraction to those old monsters of the Hidden Sect.

Becoming an immortal is the obsession of who knows how many people.

Li Rui doesn't like risk, so he chose to hide the matter of the Immortal Form.

At this moment.

Han Qin asked the question he was more concerned about: "Senior Li, have you really broken through??"

Both were chatting about fate, not knowing that in his eyes, Li Rui being at the Sixth Rank was the more shocking thing.

Li Rui smiled slightly: "By luck."

Han Qin couldn't sit still immediately.

By luck?

When he first saw Li Rui, he wasn't even ranked.

Fine, let's say he was hiding his strength.

But how many years have passed since they first met?

At most, six years.

Li Rui was growing at a speed of almost one rank every two years.

A Sixth-Rank at seventy-six is not rare, but to say he climbed from the Ninth Rank to the Sixth Rank in six years—that is simply a life that only a heavenly genius deserves to have!

"Can one really be a late bloomer like this?"

Han Qin didn't know what to say for a moment.

Li Rui laughed: "I hope the two of you understand; walking the Jianghu, one inevitably has to keep more trump cards."

Han Qin's mouth twitched crazily.

This is called keeping more trump cards?

A dignified Sixth-Rank insisting on pretending to be a Seventh-Rank—if some unlucky person provoked Li Rui, they would definitely die without even knowing how.

"Senior is truly steady."

Han Qin thought for a long time before finally coming up with such a word.

If it weren't for Jiang Yan having a special fate-eye today, and Li Rui's fate changing, no one would have been able to discover it.

Being seen through his realm, Li Rui was not panicked at all.

How do you know that what you see is the truth?

Li Rui's actions have always adhered to the principle of showing only seven parts in front of others; Han Qin and Jiang Yan thought he had just broken through to the Sixth Rank.

In reality.

He is already invincible below the mid-stage of the Sixth Rank!

Li Rui opened his mouth: "I hope the two of you can keep this a secret."

"Senior, rest assured."

Han Qin and Jiang Yan nodded repeatedly.

Especially Jiang Yan, who had accidentally peeked at Li Rui's secret and was already embarrassed.

'Let's not tell Father for now.'

Jiang Yan secretly made up her mind.

Han Qin immediately chatted with Li Rui about martial arts with great interest, and the two talked for a full hour.

Only then did they bid farewell and leave.

The next day.

When Li Rui finished practicing his blade in the courtyard, he saw Ning Zhongtian and the others return to their lodging, full of vigor and satisfaction.

'They didn't spend little silver last night.'

As an old hand, Li Rui could tell at a glance.

Seeing Li Rui, Ning Zhongtian grinned: "Brother Li, it's a pity you didn't go last night; the young ladies of Anning Prefecture really have high martial arts skills."

Martial arts?

Li Rui naturally understood what kind of martial arts Ning Zhongtian was talking about.

"Next time."

Ning Zhongtian then opened his mouth again: "Brother Li, since we're already at the Huaqing Sect, we should go through the motions; shall we set off now?"

Li Rui nodded: "Suitable."

Immediately, Ning Zhongtian led the Galloping Tiger Cavalry to find Elder Han Shaoquan, whom they had seen yesterday.

Anning Guard inspections are nothing more than checking account books inside and looking at appearances outside.

They were all Jiang Linxian's people; from the moment Ning Zhongtian left the military camp, he already knew it was just a routine matter.

Han Shaoquan looked at Ning Zhongtian with a smile: "Lord Ning, did you rest well last night?"

Ning Zhongtian grinned: "Thank you, Elder Han, for your hospitality."

Although Han Shaoquan and Jiang Linxian were both elders of the Huaqing Sect, the difference was huge.

One was just a Sixth-Rank, like Ning Zhongtian, while the other was the combat ceiling of the Huaqing Sect.

If Jiang Linxian wanted to be the Sect Master, it's estimated that the Sect Master could abdicate the next day.

This is Jiang Linxian's status in the Huaqing Sect.

Still the same saying.

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People from other prefectures all know Jiang Linxian first, and only then know that there is a Huaqing Sect in Anning Prefecture; cause and effect cannot be reversed.

"Elder Han, where are the sect's account books?"

"They have already been prepared."

Before the words fell, several Huaqing Sect disciples carried over stacks of thick account books.

At a rough glance, there were at least ten thousand volumes.

The sheer quantity showed the foundation of the Huaqing Sect.

Ning Zhongtian's face stiffened: "Elder Han, actually, you don't have to take them all out."

He was just here to go through the motions.

He didn't really want to find anything on Jiang Linxian.

He still had to mix in Jiang Linxian's command in the future, so he didn't dare to do anything that would embarrass his superior.

Han Shaoquan said with a smile: "No problem, they're already out, Lord Ning can look at them as you please."

"..."

Ning Zhongtian was speechless for a moment.

It was his first time seeing such an honest sect, but surface work still had to be done, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Then we won't be polite."

In the closed room, a warm yellow beam of light shot out through the window paper.

The sound of flipping pages rustled.

If one didn't know, they would think they had entered some academy.

"Boss Ning, do we really have to finish reading them?"

Tang Hai had a mournful face.

He had already been reading for three hours, three hours!

His eyelids were sore and swollen.

And what made him even more desperate was that the account books beside him were still piled as high as a small mountain, and he hadn't even finished ten percent.

"Can't finish, absolutely can't finish."

On the other side, Tan Hu was also shaking his big head.

It wasn't that they hadn't read for three hours, but the key was that the remainder was truly annoying; they were all soldiers of the Anning Guard, not old scholars in the Hanlin Academy, so they really couldn't manage to study until their hair turned white.

Ning Zhongtian slapped the account book shut.

Looking at the account books on the side, he felt the same way.

He tentatively looked at Li Rui: "Brother Li, shall we take a break and look again tomorrow?"

For a garrison commander to ask for the opinion of a patrol officer under him could be considered unprecedented.

No other reason.

Who told Li Rui not to show any signs of stopping at all.

Li Rui raised his head, looking at Ning Zhongtian with a calm gaze:

"Boss Ning, do you really want to stop?"

Ning Zhongtian was stunned: "Brother Li, what do you mean?"

He heard that Li Rui was speaking with hidden meaning, pointing to something.

Li Rui: "Could it be that Boss Ning hasn't noticed that something is wrong with this trip to the Huaqing Sect?"

Being asked by Li Rui like this, Ning Zhongtian was stunned and silent, clearly pondering where the problem lay.

Li Rui sighed lightly:

"I'm afraid Lord Jiang wants us to see this."

As he spoke, he handed the dossier in his hand to Ning Zhongtian.

Skipping the headache-inducing numbers, only one name remained at the end—"Jiang Baichuan."

Ning Zhongtian's first instinctive reaction was to frown.

"Surnamed Jiang?"

The Jiang clan is a super major surname in the Huaqing Sect; it is the Jiang of Jiang Linxian, which means this Jiang Baichuan is of the same clan as Jiang Linxian.

Li Rui's voice sounded at the right time:

"Jiang Baichuan, Lord Jiang's cousin, has resold over a million gold in private property of the Huaqing Sect within a year."

A year, a million gold?!

Hearing this, Ning Zhongtian gasped.

The Huaqing Sect is large and wealthy, but it can't withstand such squandering, right?

Soon, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Ning Zhongtian is a smart man; he understood almost the instant Li Rui said it.

Jiang Linxian is finding it hard to take action against his own cousin, so he is finding outsiders to clean up the sect!

A leader's mind is unfathomable.

Ning Zhongtian admitted that if it weren't for Li Rui's reminder, he would never have discovered this matter and would have definitely muddled through it and returned to the Anning Guard.

By then, he wouldn't be promoted for ten years, and he would have racked his brains without figuring out the reason.

A chill couldn't help but run down his back.

Official cultivation—isn't that exactly what it refers to? If you fall, you can only blame yourself for not having enough cultivation.

Why didn't Jiang Linxian say it directly?

Taking action against his own cousin, doing it too obviously would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the Jiang clan; an honest official finds it hard to judge family affairs, and even if he is the Jiangdong Sword Immortal, could he really pierce through all his relatives?

That's why he must find a smart person to do it.

Li Rui was clearly the smart person chosen.

Ning Zhongtian still didn't understand one thing: "Brother Li, with so many dossiers, how did you find Jiang Baichuan so quickly?"

Li Rui chuckled:

"Miss Jiang told me last night."

"..."

What is called being old, crafty, and cunning?

(End of chapter)