Chapter 231

Huff, huff.

Heavy panting, courtyard walls receding at high speed.

"Damn it, why are there so many alleys!"

Qi Yu glanced at the torches behind him; they were like soul-reaping ghosts, appearing in front of him no matter where he went.

"Fuck, fuck!"

Qi Yu panicked.

Once he stayed in Qinghe for too long.

Whether it was Dao Mo, Cao Wei, or Jiang Linxian, any one of them could easily kill him.

For some reason.

He thought of the fox-like smile of that Yu Kingdom official named Li Rui.

Yes, that was old and cunning.

"Damn!"

Qi Yu understood that he had fallen into a trap.

"Motherfucker, I should have killed that old bastard first."

He was now truly at the end of his rope, surrounded on all sides.

The surroundings were full of ordinary soldiers; killing them was useless. It would be better to kill officers in the courtyards—one is not a loss, two is breaking even.

Regret.

Qi Yu was like a trapped beast, his eyes turning crimson in the dark night.

Turning into a small alley.

His footsteps halted.

"Still running?"

The speaker was Dao Mo, his Witch Blade still dripping with blood; no need to think, it must be the blood of the Southern Border Qi Clan.

Qi Yu just glanced at Dao Mo.

His gaze landed firmly on the person behind Dao Mo.

"Li Rui."

For some reason, Qi Yu's hatred for Li Rui even exceeded that for Dao Mo; the rage almost drowned his reason.

"It's you, it's all because of you!"

Dao Mo's appearance meant he had no possibility of escape; a Fifth-Rank Sea-Observing martial artist, he could not be an opponent.

Unable to escape, it instead stirred up Qi Yu's ferocity.

"Die, all of you die!"

A sharp shriek.

Qi Yu, who originally looked thin and weak like a merchant, instantly tore his skin and flesh, turning into the appearance of a burly man. However, the transformation showed no signs of stopping. In just a few breaths, Qi Yu turned into a huge monster, one zhang tall, with a dark green body and protruding fangs.

Dao Mo narrowed his eyes:

"Evil God Law?"

He had heard of this law many times.

But if he remembered correctly, didn't the people of the Southern Border Qi Clan consider practicing the Evil God Law a shame?

His whole body tightened.

Just as he was about to charge up.

He was astonished to find that Qi Yu, after turning into a monster, was not targeting him at all.

But Li Rui behind him!

"Not good."

Qi Yu's strength after using the Evil God Law was far superior to before; an ordinary Dragon Gate Realm martial artist could not be his opponent.

Li Rui likely couldn't either.

Wisdom is wisdom, martial power is martial power.

What Dao Mo admired was Li Rui's wisdom, not his martial power.

The monster's huge body leaped high, flew over Dao Mo's head, and landed steadily behind him.

And behind him, Li Rui was standing.

The terrifying fist, wrapped in strong wind, wanted to smash Li Rui into a meat patty.

By the time Dao Mo turned around, it was already too late.

Li Rui raised his blade to block.

Pfft!

A mouthful of fresh blood was spat out, his body flew backward, hitting the courtyard wall hard, his head tilted to one side.

A successful strike.

Qi Yu felt incomparably happy. Just at this moment, Dao Mo's blade finally arrived.

Bursts of shrieks exploded in the city.

He relied on the domineering strength of the Evil God Law to fight Dao Mo.

A quarter of an hour later.

The monster's huge body fell, and Qi Yu returned to his original appearance.

Dao Mo first took an elixir from his bosom and stuffed it into Qi Yu's mouth to prevent him from committing suicide, and then called his men to restrain the dying Qi Yu.

Capturing a Qi clan member alive.

This was a great merit!

Dao Mo's excitement was hard to hide in his eyes.

However, he did not stay on Qi Yu for too long, but turned and ran toward Li Rui's direction.

When he arrived at the corner where Li Rui was knocked away, Li Rui had already stood up in a sorry state, blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth, and smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, this old bag of bones is hard enough."

Seeing that Li Rui was fine, Dao Mo was relieved.

He was surprised in his heart.

The power of Qi Yu's strike after using the Evil God Law just now was quite terrifying. Li Rui took a punch and only suffered minor injuries; it seems his martial power is also quite extraordinary.

"Brother Li, are you alright?"

"No matter."

Li Rui waved his hand and patted the dust off his body.

Qi Yu's punch just now was fierce, but it was still a long way from killing him.

It was all an act.

It was just a habitual concealment of strength; the blood at the corner of his mouth was the blood from his own tongue he had bitten.

"What about Qi Yu?"

Dao Mo glanced at the few people not far away: "If it weren't for Brother Li this time, it would be impossible to capture this bastard alive."

He looked at Li Rui, feeling respect in his heart.

In this world, it is not only high martial power that makes people respect, wisdom can too.

In his heart, Li Rui was the latter.

Yes, it was wisdom.

Li Rui had performed miraculous feats twice; it could not be explained just by being careful and having good luck.

Feeling Dao Mo's respectful gaze, Li Rui's heart stirred slightly.

Everything today, the lead had to start from He Shan.

When the Trade Office opened for the first time, he had actually noticed Liu Jiaoniang and Qi Yu, but he didn't know at the time that those two were Liu Jiaoniang and Qi Yu.

Until He Shan appeared.

It was He Shan's words that confirmed the identities of those two.

As a Trade Captain, getting the list of people entering the market was simple.

Although Liu Jiaoniang and Qi Yu had disguised themselves and changed their identities, three months were enough for him to scour the entire Qinghe. As long as he compared the market entry list with the list of new residents in Qinghe, he could find them with some time.

He had lived in Qinghe for decades.

He could quickly rule out people he was familiar with, leaving only half, and finally, he just needed to have people check the new residents one by one.

The power of the imperial court was far more terrifying than that of an individual.

So he had actually found them before He Shan found Liu Jiaoniang.

Originally, he had planned to use the two as bait to catch a bigger fish, but because of He Shan, he had to act early.

Li Rui and Dao Mo walked in front of Qi Yu.

Qi Yu was not dead; he raised his head and glared fiercely at Li Rui.

"I really should have killed you."

Li Rui looked at Qi Yu expressionlessly.

Just this?

Young people nowadays really don't even know how to make threats.

He spoke slowly: "If I were you, I would choose to die directly. Are all the people of the Qi Clan as afraid of death as you?"

The truth is the sharpest blade.

Stung in his sore spot, Qi Yu's eyes instantly turned crimson, his whole person like a furious beast, roaring: "I am noble royalty, you bug, how dare you look down on me?"

Li Rui did not respond.

But it was this posture that further increased Qi Yu's anger.

Because, when Dao Mo defeated him just now, he actually had a chance to detonate the poison pill in his body and die with dignity, but he was afraid; because of hesitation, he was captured alive.

Dao Mo kicked Qi Yu in the face.

"Behave!"

Watching Qi Yu being taken away, Dao Mo then looked at Li Rui.

One sentence made Qi Yu break his defense.

"Brother Li, thank you for today's matter. I owe you another favor."

Li Rui smiled slightly: "It's all within my duty."

He thought in his heart:

"Just consider it repaying Xia Xiaotang's favor."

What he did now, compared to a Daojun Shenhun Great Elixir, was simply not worth mentioning.

After tonight.

The methods of the Southern Border Qi Clan and the Ghost Ming Sect in the Trade Office were almost uprooted; even if there were more, there shouldn't be many, and they wouldn't pose much of a threat.

Li Rui looked at the Qi Yu being taken away, and then gripped the blade at his waist.

"I really want to slash him."

He looked at the small words that had just disappeared on the panel. 【Triggered Luo Sha-Overcoming Victory effect!】

Liu Jiaoniang was actually very strong; besides her disguise technique, her martial power value was also very high.

But she was slashed by him with one blade.

So much so that she left He Shan with the image of an expert from outside the world; the reason was actually that Liu Jiaoniang had triggered the Luo Sha-Overcoming Victory effect.

Lethality doubled.

Wasn't she just killed by Li Rui in one second?

Li Rui really wanted to slash Qi Yu to death to verify his conjecture; of course, his reason would not let him do that.

"It should be the Evil God Law."

"The Evil God Law transformed the body into a ghost demon, and a ghost demon is also a demon, so it activated the Luo Sha-Overcoming Victory effect."

Thinking of this.

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Li Rui's eyes lit up.

In this way, isn't he not only the nemesis of demon beasts, but also the nemesis of the Witch Kingdom and the Ghost Ming Sect?

Their proudest methods were being countered by him to death.

Just thinking about it made him excited.

Li Rui suppressed the excitement in his heart.

He first returned to the Anning Guard, found Jiang Linxian and Cao Wei, and reported everything that happened tonight one by one.

Of course.

Liu Jiaoniang and He Shan were deliberately omitted by him.

Unsurprisingly, both chief officials were very satisfied.

It wasn't until the early morning that Li Rui finished everything.

He did not go home, but went straight to the Heaven and Earth Alliance, in front of his own residence.

The courtyard gate was wide open.

He walked straight in without knocking.

Li Rui walked into the courtyard and saw He Shan sitting on a stone stool, his expression haggard; he had clearly sat there for the whole night.

"Brother He"

He sighed lightly.

Seeing Li Rui appear, a glimmer of light appeared in He Shan's eyes, and he said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "What exactly happened? Did you know everything all along?"

Li Rui did not defend himself.

He nodded.

"I didn't intend to lie to you, it's just that I had a duty, and I couldn't help myself."

"I am a Royal Secret Guard. Lurking in Qinghe is for the sake of His Majesty's plans concerning the two countries. The Thousand-Faced Luo Sha came for the secret letter I carried. She sent the Charm Slave, that is, He Lan, to approach you, just to get close to me through you and steal the secret letter."

"That day, it was actually a trap I set. The Thousand-Faced Luo Sha took fake intelligence; I didn't expect her to kill her own subordinate."

Li Rui spoke solemnly, seven parts true and three parts false.

No way.

He couldn't say he snatched the Immortal Qi of the Ghost Ming Sect.

Jiang Linxian's one sentence turned him into a Royal Secret Guard, which indeed made many things become reasonable instantly.

He Shan looked deeply at Li Rui: "Royal Secret Guard?"

Li Rui nodded frankly: "Now that the two countries have opened trade, I don't need to hide it anymore. Many people in the Anning Guard know about this."

He Shan was dejected, the corners of his mouth bitter.

"So I was just a chess piece."

The methods of an emperor, even a trace falling on a mortal, are like a great mountain.

"Brother Li, you have your difficulties, I don't blame you."

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have met Xiao Lan, I would definitely have been lonely for the rest of my life, and you killed Liu Jiaoniang, which can be considered as avenging me."

He Shan said, slowly standing up.

He didn't even pick up the blade placed to the side, and walked toward the gate.

Li Rui sighed, but still asked: "Brother He, what will you do after this?"

He Shan's voice drifted over:

"Green mountains, clear waters, spending the rest of my life."

After speaking, he walked out of the courtyard without looking back, disappearing around the corner.

A few days later.

"Mr. He built a hut on Guishan, almost never going out."

A Heaven and Earth Alliance disciple said.

Li Rui nodded: "Understood."

He Shan went to Guishan because He Lan's body was buried in Guishan.

"Foolish child."

Li Rui sighed lightly. He Shan could be considered trapped by love; he used the Blood-Breaking Technique and didn't have many years to live. He reckoned that in a few years, he should be buried together with He Lan.

"It can be considered a good ending."

He Shan and He Lan, their meeting from the beginning was a mistake.

It was impossible to have a good outcome.

Liu Jiaoniang died, which could also be considered as putting a full stop to all the evil.

Qi Yu couldn't bear to die and had already been escorted back to the Witch Kingdom by Dao Mo; what happened after that was not something Li Rui needed to worry about.

The secret hands laid by the Southern Border Qi Clan in Qinghe were all rounded up.

"Finally peaceful."

Li Rui looked at the smoke in the Wisdom Eye perspective.

It had turned light red.

"Comfortable."

Now, he, this Trade Captain, could finally be at leisure.

Li Rui was about to lie down.

A line of small words appeared before his eyes.

【Congratulations to the host for completing the primary plot of making a name for yourself—Shocking the Witch Kingdom.】

【A person's name, a tree's shadow, you are naturally a heaven-gifted talent, you should leave your name in history. You are only ten years old, yet your fame has already spread in the two countries, known to ten thousand people, and you have even been valued by the Great Witch of the Witch Kingdom, showing excellent performance, a rare talent.】

【Completing the task Shocking the Witch Kingdom, reward settlement in progress.】

【Task rating S.】

【Obtained 50 achievement points!】

【Name: Li Rui】

【Age: 10】

【Talent: Martial Bone, Superb Comprehension, Wisdom Eye, Great Dream Immortal Travel, Luo Sha-Overcoming Victory】

【Cultivation Art: Long Chun Gong, Dragon Wandering Nine Heavens Map】

【Achievement: 60/100】

Li Rui looked at the words on the panel.

His teeth felt sour.

It was not because he had obtained a rare S, but because of the words "valued by the Great Witch of the Witch Kingdom" on the panel.

He, a Yu Kingdom official.

Being valued by a big shot equivalent to a prime minister of another country, no matter how you look at it, this is not a good thing.

"Should be Dao Mo's doing?"

"But it has caused me great trouble."

If it weren't for being valued by that Great Witch, it would be impossible to obtain an S rating for this task.

"Sure enough, blessings and misfortunes are interdependent."

Li Rui did not continue to be melancholy. Since things had already happened, and he had even obtained benefits from it.

He should naturally accept the cause and effect.

Only want the benefits, not accept the cause and effect?

Does he think he is an immortal?

Witch Kingdom, Imperial City.

A palace piled up with giant black crystals, shining brightly under the moonlight, flashing with a demonic black luster.

"What exactly did that Yu Kingdom person named Li Rui do to you?"

The voice of the Witch Kingdom's Great Witch echoed in the palace.

Faintly carrying a trace of anger.

If there were Witch Kingdom officials present, they would definitely be shocked, because the Great Witch didn't even show a trace of expression when the late emperor passed away.

Xia Xiaotang was like a child who had done something wrong, her fingers twisting together.

Paper cannot hide fire after all.

The matter of her giving the Daojun Shenhun Great Elixir to Li Rui was still discovered by the Great Witch.

Xia Xiaotang stammered for a long time and could not give an explanation, which made the Great Witch even more angry.

"Then I will call someone to tie up that Yu Kingdom person named Li Rui. Refining him now should still be in time."

Seeing her Great Witch master being so shameless.

Xia Xiaotang finally panicked.

If the Great Witch refined the reincarnation of the Beast God, wouldn't the two of them, master and disciple, become sinners of the Witch Tribe?

But... the Beast God wouldn't let her say anything about the reincarnation of the Beast God.

Xia Xiaotang's little head spun frantically at a speed she had never had in her life.

"Master... Master, disciple... disciple has fallen for him."

(End of chapter)