Chapter 230: Slashing the Luo Sha, Do Not Pursue a Desperate Foe (Two-in-One)

Willow Lane, in a large residence.

Late at night.

One candle flame, two silhouettes.

"What, Dao Mo is here?"

Qi Yu's complexion could not be called good; Dao Mo was a fifth-rank expert, and they originally thought he would take at least half a year to return to Qinghe, but they didn't expect him to be three months early.

"No, let's take action early."

A fierce look flashed in Liu Jiaoniang's eyes.

The two of them staying in Qinghe was certainly not to live a married life.

Collecting information was one thing.

The second was to plan chaos in the Trade Office market; even if they couldn't ruin the market, stopping it for a few months would be enough.

Whether it was the Southern Frontier Qi clan or the Ghost Ming Sect, neither wanted to see the market grow, and the best way was to create chaos and scare those Yu Kingdom merchants away.

Moreover, the war in the Wu Kingdom was about to start, and cutting off the gold and silver of the trade would definitely make the new Emperor of the Wu Kingdom very uncomfortable.

"Good, action in three days."

Qi Yu gritted his teeth.

Originally, there were many things yet to be completed, but now Dao Mo's appearance disrupted the plan, and they could only expose themselves early; otherwise, if found by Dao Mo, everything would be lost.

Dao Mo was a fifth-rank expert and lived inside the Trade Office; the means they had painstakingly arranged were at risk of being discovered at any time.

The longer the time dragged on, the more dangerous it became.

"By the way, are you still not killing that man?"

Qi Yu stared at Liu Jiaoniang.

Liu Jiaoniang snorted coldly: "Tonight, he will die."

The man Qi Yu mentioned was that person named He Shan.

Her poison didn't kill He Shan, but He Shan went crazy looking for her all over the world, and now he had even chased her to Qinghe; once, he almost really found Willow Lane.

Qi Yu already knew of He Shan's existence.

"It's time to make an end."

Liu Jiaoniang's thin lips curled, appearing even more mean, and killing intent surged.

This day.

The courtyard gate was knocked.

Li Rui put down the miscellaneous records in his hand, got up, and pushed open the door.

As a result, he saw a disciple of the Heaven and Earth Alliance standing at the door.

"Alliance Leader Li."

The disciple bowed respectfully.

Li Rui was now the Great Alliance Leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance, and disciples of the Heaven and Earth Alliance often came to deliver messages.

"Speak."

He said faintly.

The Heaven and Earth Alliance disciple bowed and said: "It is Mr. He who lives in the alliance; the Alliance Leader asked me to keep an eye on him, but he hasn't left the house for many days, and the subordinate feels there is something suspicious, so I came to report to the Alliance Leader."

Li Rui raised an eyebrow slightly.

After he arranged He Shan in the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

He Shan went out every day during the day and didn't return until late at night.

During this period, Li Rui had also visited He Shan several times.

According to He Shan, he was looking for Liu Jiaoniang.

Once a person could give up their life, they would burst out with unimaginable energy.

"Good."

Li Rui nodded.

He rode his spirit horse and flew away.

A moment later, he crossed half the city to reach the Heaven and Earth Alliance; as the Alliance Leader, the gatekeeping disciples naturally recognized him and dared not block him.

Before long.

He arrived at the residence he previously had in the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

Knock, knock, knock.

After a long while.

No one opened the door.

Li Rui frowned and looked at the young disciple of the Heaven and Earth Alliance who followed him: "Is he not in the room?"

The Heaven and Earth Alliance disciple scratched his head in confusion:

"That's not right, I watch at the door every day and dare not be the least bit negligent; Mr. He shouldn't have left the house."

Li Rui understood.

He Shan should have already left the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

He didn't blame this Heaven and Earth Alliance disciple either.

After all, the difference in their realms was too great; if He Shan was determined to hide his tracks, this Heaven and Earth Alliance disciple could not possibly detect it.

He stepped lightly, floating over the high wall and landing in the courtyard.

He looked around.

Soon, he saw the letter paper pressed by a stone on the stone table.

"Brother Li, I have already found that demon woman; everything started because of my wife, and as a husband, I should take revenge. I have already implicated you once, so I shouldn't implicate you in danger again, so I leave without saying goodbye. He Shan."

Li Rui looked at the content on the letter paper.

He sighed softly.

In fact, He Shan was the one who was implicated.

If it weren't for Liu Jiaoniang wanting to retrieve the immortal Qi, she wouldn't have let the charm-slave set a trap.

Li Rui rubbed his brow:

"Cause and effect are hard to sever."

Late at night, dark alley.

He Shan wore a bamboo hat, his long blade was already unsheathed, and his footsteps were getting faster and faster.

Ten zhang.

This was the distance between him and revenge.

"Thousand-Faced Luo Sha, it's time for all cause and effect to be settled."

His fingers holding the blade turned faintly white, and his breathing began to become chaotic.

Unable to calm down.

Simply unable to calm down.

Suddenly.

A light breeze rose from the flat ground; in the blink of an eye, a woman with a seductive figure appeared before his eyes; contrary to her hot figure was the coldness in her eyes.

"It seems Xiao Jiu's eye for men is not bad; you were actually able to chase here."

'Xiao Jiu?'

He Shan frowned.

'Is this Xiao Lan's real name?'

He took a deep breath, staring fixedly at the woman in front of him.

How many nights had he dreamed of finding her.

"Tell me, why did you kill her?"

He Shan asked the doubt in the bottom of his heart.

Looking at He Shan's appearance, Liu Jiaoniang laughed out loud: "Why kill her?"

"Because she deserved to die!"

In an instant, Liu Jiaoniang's eyes became cold to the extreme.

"A lowly charm-slave, not knowing how to behave, shouldn't she die?"

'Charm-slave?'

He Shan's eyes flashed with confusion.

Things seemed not quite as he imagined.

"How could Xiao Lan be a charm-slave?"

He had investigated for so long, even sparing no expense of his lifespan to ask a Ghost Calculator to divine, only then did he find Liu Jiaoniang.

Of course, he knew what charm-slave meant.

After the confusion came endless anger; He Shan's eyes turned blood-red in an instant.

"No, that's not right!"

"You lied to me, don't try to disturb my mind, die!"

The long blade swung in a circle, slashing towards Liu Jiaoniang.

Liu Jiaoniang twisted her waist, easily dodging He Shan's blade, her mouth sneering repeatedly: "Fine, I'll send you down to see her; when you meet, ask her yourself."

Her boneless hands pushed forward.

It actually seemed to have the force of ten thousand jin.

Pfft.

He Shan's chest caved in to a visible extent, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.

He flew backward several zhang, hitting the courtyard wall, bleeding continuously, his face like gold paper.

Looking at Liu Jiaoniang's palm again, it had turned into a hideous and terrifying ghost claw.

"Evil God Method!"

He Shan's pupils shrank violently.

After only a few moves, he was defeated.

The corner of his mouth was full of bitterness.

Liu Jiaoniang looked at the man in front of her mockingly: "You really thought a Blood-Breaking Technique gave you the qualification to kill me? Wishful thinking!"

She slowly raised her right hand.

Intending to finish He Shan, then meet up with Qi Yu to launch a riot and leave Qinghe.

By then, the sky would be high and the earth wide; who could find her?

"Go to hell."

Hearing Liu Jiaoniang's light scolding, He Shan closed his eyes.

He had already accepted his fate.

But he waited for a long time and still didn't wait for Liu Jiaoniang's palm; he slowly opened his eyes.

He saw Liu Jiaoniang's right palm suspended one foot above his head, looking behind him with a look of dread.

He turned his head.

"Li... Brother Li?" He Shan's pupils widened, looking at the old man standing beside him, murmuring.

Li Rui was expressionless like an iceberg, looking down at He Shan on the ground: "Brother He, you're not going to die, are you?"

He Shan curled the corner of his mouth.

It hurt a lot.

"Not dead yet."

"That's fine."

Li Rui nodded, then raised his head to look at Liu Jiaoniang, sighing: "It's time to end it."

Liu Jiaoniang stared fixedly at Li Rui.

For some reason, she actually felt a hint of retreat.

The old man in front of her was like an endless abyss, making it impossible for people to see clearly.

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She had paid attention to Li Rui in Qinghe for a long time but had never taken action.

Besides Li Rui's identity as a Trade Captain, it was also because she couldn't see through this little old man.

The twelve blood disciples were all butchers.

As a butcher, she instinctively dared not take action against prey she couldn't see through.

"Who exactly are you?"

Liu Jiaoniang spoke slowly.

She always felt that the old man in front of her was hiding his identity.

Li Rui laughed lightly:

"Me?"

"Li Rui."

In an instant!

The brilliant blade light illuminated the dark night, becoming the only light in Liu Jiaoniang's eyes.

"Uh..."

A bloodstain slowly appeared from Liu Jiaoniang's forehead, her eyes lost their luster, and her pupils began to dilate.

One move!

Blood red spread in her vision, and finally, the pitch-black night turned blood red.

"How could he be so strong?"

Liu Jiaoniang looked at Li Rui in disbelief; until she died, she didn't even have a chance to take action.

That blade was simply too fast.

He Shan widened his eyes, looking at the beautiful corpse lying on the ground.

"Twelve blood disciples, Thousand-Faced Luo Sha, just died like this?"

He felt it was somewhat unreal.

He looked up again.

Li Rui put away his blade and said faintly to He Shan: "Brother He, I know you have many questions in your heart, but now is not the time to explain; tomorrow, I will tell you everything. This place will soon become very dangerous, leave."

He Shan stood up with difficulty.

He looked deeply at Li Rui.

Clearly.

Everything that happened to him was far from what he had imagined.

Li Rui's strength was far more terrifying than he had imagined.

Both were blade users, and he knew very clearly how strong Li Rui's blade was; no joke, in terms of blade technique alone within Anning Prefecture, no one could compare to Li Rui.

The number one blade of Anning.

Li Rui, who was stronger than a charm-slave... everything made him feel powerless.

Then came endless confusion.

Finally, he took a deep breath: "Good, I'll wait for you."

After speaking, as if his last bit of strength had been drained, he dragged his blade and walked step by step towards the depths of the alley.

In the large residence.

"Why is that woman so slow?"

Qi Yu looked up.

Looking at the sky, it was already approaching midnight, and Liu Jiaoniang had been out for a full hour.

"Could it be that she fell into a ditch?"

Qi Yu's eyes became gloomy.

He didn't care whether Liu Jiaoniang lived or died, but if Liu Jiaoniang delayed or even leaked tonight's action because of this, he would definitely drag that woman out and whip her corpse himself.

Qi Yu pondered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth.

"A-Hu, you take people to see; once midnight arrives, take action on time."

"Good!"

A man looking like a sturdy servant at the door responded, and then a burst of footsteps sounded.

Qi Yu looked at the sky again, his expression even more anxious.

Not even half a quarter of an hour had passed.

He could no longer suppress the restlessness in his heart and strode out of the room.

But just as his right foot stepped out of the room.

A loud crashing sound of wood breaking sounded from the direction of the courtyard gate.

The servant A-Hu, who had already gone out, was kicked into the courtyard like a sandbag, rolled twice on the ground, and landed right at Qi Yu's feet.

Qi Yu's eyes twitched, staring fixedly at the old man striding in from the broken courtyard gate.

"Li Rui!"

He spat out two words from between his teeth.

He never expected that Li Rui would actually appear here.

Li Rui looked at Qi Yu with a smile: "Anning Guard handling a case, those who violate the order will be executed on the spot!"

After saying that.

A team of people filed in from behind him.

Among them, there were even a few Wu Kingdom people.

Qi Yu looked at the crowd in front of him, feeling a slight relief in his heart.

At least Dao Mo didn't come in person.

He was still in the appearance disguised by Liu Jiaoniang, holding onto a last glimmer of luck, he piled up a smile: "Lords, what is this for? We are good citizens."

While trotting to Li Rui's front, he shouted injustice.

Li Rui looked at him with a smile that wasn't a smile:

"Injustice?"

"Three seventh-rank guards in one courtyard, none of whom reported to the Anning Guard, and you say you are wronged?"

Hearing this.

Qi Yu instead breathed a sigh of relief: "Lord, it's that I don't understand the rules."

Saying that, he took out a small box from his bosom and stuffed it into Li Rui's hand.

"This fifth-rank Qi-Strengthening Pill is a small token of respect, I hope you accept it, Lord."

Li Rui accepted the elixir with a smile.

Qi Yu sneered in his heart: "Yu Kingdom officials are all the same, greedy and insatiable!"

He just wanted to send Li Rui and these people away as soon as possible.

Li Rui reminded "kindly": "Little brother, did you offend someone? We received a report from someone else, it's all routine."

Qi Yu was suddenly furious and took out another elixir.

"Lord, please tell me who wants to frame me?"

Li Rui laughed:

"It's a woman, seems to be called... Liu Jiaoniang."

Liu Jiaoniang!

Hearing this name, Qi Yu could no longer hide the killing intent in his eyes.

'Stinking woman, how dare you betray me.'

'I knew that woman couldn't be trusted!'

In his heart, he wished he could pull Liu Jiaoniang's tendons and peel her skin, tearing her into ten thousand pieces.

Qi Yu took out the last fifth-rank elixir from his bosom with a pained heart and gave it to Li Rui with a smile.

He asked the last question:

"Lord, where is that woman now?"

Li Rui smiled and accepted the fifth-rank elixir without changing his expression, while carefully tidying his somewhat bulging robe, saying nonchalantly:

"Already dead?"

Qi Yu's pupils shrank violently, and he couldn't help but whisper: "What?"

Li Rui had a good sense of business and kindly added: "Yeah, killed by me."

Before Qi Yu could take any action.

The corner of his mouth raised an arc:

"The time is about right."

Qi Yu was stunned by this inexplicable sentence.

"Time?"

"What time?"

Li Rui had to kindly remind him one last time: "Brother Qi, Dao Mo has already killed almost everyone over at the Trade Office; you'd better run, if you're any later, you won't be able to run."

Qi Yu was shocked beyond measure.

He finally understood.

Why, even though it was already midnight, there was no movement from the people ambushed at the Trade Office.

It turned out Dao Mo had already taken action in advance.

"Damn it!"

Qi Yu was furious; he suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist, wanting to kill a bloody path and escape.

Li Rui didn't stop him, and even thoughtfully made a path for Qi Yu.

Qi Yu rushed out of the residence without much effort and disappeared into the dark alley.

Tan Hu wanted to chase, but it was too late.

He said to Li Rui with annoyance: "Brother Li, why didn't you stop him?"

Li Rui said faintly:

"Hu-zi, haven't you heard a saying?"

"Do not pursue a desperate foe."

(End of chapter)