Chapter 284

"Something happened?"

Li Rui's frown deepened, but he still patiently listened to Xu Chuan's words.

Xu Chuan swallowed the bloody taste in his throat and explained: "This time, I was ordered by Marquis Yuan to investigate the news of the Black and White Twins, but I didn't expect to be ambushed and intercepted by the Black and White Twins on the way."

"I was seriously injured and bumped around in the mountains, and I accidentally arrived in the Qinghe region, so I thought of coming to Brother Li for help."

Black and White Twins!

Li Rui's pupils shrank slightly.

He had naturally heard of the great name of the Black and White Twins; they were two fierce Primordial-realm experts, and because they were twins, they practiced a very high-level combined technique, which was not something ordinary people could contend with.

Xu Chuan also had some ability to have lived so long in the hands of the Black and White Twins.

"Brother Xu has some ability to have survived in the hands of the Black and White Twins."

The bitterness on Xu Chuan's face increased:

"It was all because the sect gave some life-saving talismans, which allowed me to barely hold on until I saw you, Brother."

Li Rui was envious when he heard about the talismans.

In order to ensure that their disciples could grow up smoothly, elders of these major sects would give some life-saving means; the most common type was talismans, which were simple to use and had power far exceeding their own, and some more important disciples would even have protectors.

With talismans on his body, he could indeed entangle with the Black and White Twins for a while.

Li Rui's heart then sank.

With the style of the Black and White Twins, it was very likely that they had already sneaked into Qinghe City; once they found him here, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Xu Chuan had thrown him a hot potato.

Seeing that Li Rui still hadn't taken any action.

Xu Chuan's words became colder, implicitly carrying a threat: "Lord Li, this is Marquis Yuan's business; do you dare to disobey the Marquis's wishes?"

Li Rui's expression didn't change at all, but he asked on his own:

"Brother Xu, does anyone else know that you came to Qinghe?"

Xu Chuan was stunned, not understanding why Li Rui said this.

Although anxious in his heart.

But he still had to rely on Li Rui to block the Black and White Twins, so he answered patiently: "The matter happened suddenly; besides the Black and White Twins, no one should know."

Li Rui nodded: "What about the Marquis?"

"Of course he doesn't know either."

"That's good."

"That's good?"

Hearing Li Rui's words, Xu Chuan was even more stunned; he didn't understand the meaning of Li Rui's words for a moment, looked out the window, and urged anxiously:

"Brother Li, if you don't take action now, it will be too late!"

"Good."

Li Rui nodded, raised his big hand, and fell heavily toward the top of Xu Chuan's head.

Xu Chuan: "??"

In a trance.

He actually saw a phantom of an immortal palace covering Li Rui's palm, and the terrifying immortal power made him almost unable to stand steady.

Xu Chuan's pupils shrank sharply.

'What kind of means is this!'

The thought had just risen.

His pupils gradually scattered and finally became completely hollow.

Suppressed with a raised hand!

Li Rui looked at Xu Chuan's corpse, a sneer appeared on his mouth; he had already arrived in the secret room.

Diverting the disaster?

With just your little seedling, you can play me, this old vegetable.

That's right, he killed Xu Chuan.

The move was directly the suppression of the immortal palace; not to mention that Xu Chuan was seriously injured now, even in his prime, it would be a matter of one slap.

This point.

He had tested it many times on Zhuang Renhe, Yuan Gao, and Qi Rui.

He had rich practical experience.

If the Black and White Twins killed their way into the Anning Guard, no one could stop them.

Perhaps in the end, those fourth-rank experts in Qinghe would join forces to behead the Black and White Twins, but he would likely be implicated by Xu Chuan and die.

And Xu Chuan's heart was not pure.

It was true that Xu Chuan was ordered to go to the Witch Kingdom, and it was also true that he was investigating the Black and White Twins.

But breaking into his house unreasonably today was very problematic.

Perhaps Xu Chuan didn't know.

Just after he arrived in Wubei City and met with Dao Mo, Dao Mo had already sent someone to write everything about Xu Chuan in a secret letter and tell Li Rui.

The day before yesterday, an urgent letter was sent.

Xu Chuan ran out of Wubei City by himself, and then there was no news.

He was ordered by Marquis Yuan to investigate the villains wanted by the imperial court; it was all official business that could be brought to the table.

Just wait steadily for the Witch Kingdom to help investigate.

There was no need to risk his life.

Unless there was some unspeakable secret.

Either Marquis Yuan's secret or Xu Chuan's own secret.

That's why Li Rui asked if anyone else knew, and then asked if Marquis Yuan knew, just to confirm whose business this was.

Since it was Xu Chuan's business.

Then Xu Chuan had to die.

This child was harboring evil intentions, and the trouble he caused himself was to pull him as a cushion.

No way!

He, Li Rui, was not someone who would be used as a gun.

"It should be here."

With the existence of the Spirit Eye, Li Rui's efficiency in searching corpses was terrifying; in a few strokes, he turned out all the valuable things on Xu Chuan.

Xu Chuan was worthy of being a disciple of a major sect.

There were many treasures on his body; besides elixirs, there were also large stacks of talismans.

No wonder he said he relied on talismans to escape the pursuit of the Black and White Twins.

Li Rui squinted his eyes slightly.

He stuffed all these things back onto Xu Chuan as they were.

Leaving only a palm-sized piece of jade.

"This is..."

Just as Li Rui was thinking, lines of small text appeared before his eyes.

【Congratulations to the host for completing the primary plot of "Becoming an Immortal and Ancestor" — Testing Spirit Roots.】

【Spirit roots are the foundation of cultivation; as a loose cultivator, you finally obtained a Spirit-Testing Stone by chance; please determine your spirit root as soon as possible and start the path of cultivation.】

【Task "Testing Spirit Roots" completed, rewards are being calculated.】

【Task rating: C.】

【Obtained 20 achievement points!】

【Name: Li Rui】

【Age: 10】

【Talents: Martial Bone, Superb Comprehension, Wisdom Eye, Great Dream Immortal Traveler, Demon-Subduing Victory】

【Cultivation Arts: Longchun Gong, Dragon Roaming the Nine Heavens Map, Dragon-Elephant True Origin Strength】

【Achievement: 80/100】

Li Rui's pupils shrank sharply, and his mouth opened slightly.

Looking at the lip shape, one could tell.

It was a big "F***."

Friends who have practiced cultivation know that the first step of cultivation is to test the spirit root.

He had imagined that Xu Chuan must have obtained some incredible treasure, which was why he was hunted by the Black and White Twins.

Otherwise, the Black and White Twins had no reason to intercept and kill Xu Chuan halfway.

But he never expected that what Xu Chuan took was actually a Spirit-Testing Stone.

Spirit-Testing Stone, as the name suggests, is a stone for testing spirit roots.

Li Rui's eyes suddenly became hot.

This thing had been extinct since ancient times.

'Just drop a drop of fingertip blood on the Spirit-Testing Stone to measure the spirit root.'

He recalled the usage method he had seen in ancient books before.

Gritting his teeth.

He bit his fingertip, and a drop of bright red blood dropped onto the Spirit-Testing Stone.

Then—

The Spirit-Testing Stone, which had been silent for countless years, was finally activated again, blooming with brilliant golden light; fortunately, it was in the secret room, otherwise, it would definitely be noticed by others.

Soon.

The light of the Spirit-Testing Stone gradually dissipated, and finally, two faint white marks appeared on the jade. Li Rui: "..."

Sure enough.

Medium-grade spirit root.

One white mark is a low-grade spirit root, two white marks are a medium-grade spirit root, three marks are a high-grade spirit root, and as for above three marks, that is the legendary Dao Body; even when spiritual energy was sufficient in ancient times, it was a one-in-a-thousand-year existence.

'Not bad.'

Li Rui's mouth curled up slightly.

You must know that this world is cut off from spiritual energy; being able to reach a medium-grade spirit root without the nourishment of spiritual energy is already quite remarkable.

Just as Li Rui was thinking.

The white marks on the spirit root stone slowly disappeared and finally returned to their original appearance.

Li Rui squatted down.

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Then he put the Spirit-Testing Stone into Xu Chuan's bosom and carried his corpse into the secret passage of the secret room.

Outside Qinghe City, in the mountain forest by the official road.

Two people, eight feet tall, one in black and one in white, wearing high hats, stood quietly.

If mountain folks passed by at this time, they would definitely be scared out of their wits.

This was simply the appearance of the Black and White Impermanence in the rumors.

"That kid entered Qinghe City?"

Bai Sha slowly said.

"Should be."

Black Evil's eyes were gloomy.

They chased Xu Chuan from the border of the Witch Kingdom to Qinghe, and Xu Chuan threw talismans as if they were worthless, forcing them to be unable to succeed.

Just about to catch him.

He actually ran into Qinghe.

Speaking of it, anger arose from his heart.

They originally followed the Immortal Venerable's order to go south to the One Hundred Thousand Mountains of the Witch Kingdom to find what the Immortal Venerable wanted, but they didn't expect that the Yu Kingdom kid had high-level talismans to hide his figure; the two were negligent for a moment, and Xu Chuan actually succeeded.

The two were furious, so they chased Xu Chuan for a thousand miles to Qinghe.

If it were another city, they would just go in and slaughter the city.

Daring to take the Immortal Venerable's things, this is the price.

But Qinghe is different; there are quite a few fourth-rank experts in Qinghe.

Their names are all on the reward notices of the Yu Kingdom; if they were killed, a sect could benefit.

If they were besieged, it would be troublesome.

Black Evil's eyes flickered, and finally gritted his teeth: "No, the Immortal Venerable's things must be taken back; we'll go in and come out quickly; looking at the direction, it should be the Anning Guard; there are no Primordial martial artists there, we can just kill everyone!"

Bai Sha nodded.

Just as the two were about to move.

Suddenly something flew over.

Bang!

It smashed heavily on the ground.

"Who is it?!"

Both were shocked; Bai Sha was about to rush up to chase, but was stopped by Black Evil.

"Is that the kid??"

Bai Sha stopped his forward momentum, turned his head, and saw that what flew out just now was actually Xu Chuan's corpse!

Xu Chuan appeared before their eyes just like that.

Black Evil's figure flashed and instantly arrived beside Xu Chuan's body.

Squatting down, he fumbled for a while.

Reaching in.

His face was overjoyed; the Spirit-Testing Stone appeared in his hand; Black Evil breathed a sigh of relief: "The thing is still here."

Bai Sha saw the stone in Black Evil's hand and was also overjoyed.

Although they didn't know what this stone was for, since it was what the Immortal Venerable wanted, it must be extraordinary.

Black Evil slowly stood up:

"Brother in the dark, thanks."

Then he disappeared into the depths of the mountain forest.

One hour later.

Black Evil and Bai Sha returned and appeared at the original place again.

"Cautious enough."

A hint of killing intent appeared in Black Evil's eyes; everything just now was put on for the person in the dark to see.

They left, but not completely.

Instead, they hid in the dark and kept observing.

That person killed Xu Chuan, but they wouldn't have any gratitude; on the contrary, if possible, they would kill that person together.

Bai Sha was thoughtful:

"It seems this pretty boy has quite a few enemies."

Black Evil's eyes flickered, and after a long time, he slowly said: "Let's go, it's more important to finish the Immortal Venerable's business first."

"Hmm."

Bai Sha nodded.

That person was too cunning, or rather, hidden too deep; they couldn't be found in a short time; as for Xu Chuan, even without that person, they would still kill him; this pot was carried, so be it.

It's just that carrying a pot for someone inexplicably doesn't fit their Black and White Twins' temperament.

That's why there was such a scene.

After saying this.

The two disappeared into the dark night again.

Until dawn.

The ground covered with dead leaves shook slightly, and Li Rui slowly crawled up, shaking off the mud.

Not bad.

Last night, he carried Xu Chuan's corpse from the secret passage to outside the city.

The mountain forest in the dark night was deserted.

Plus he had a pair of Spirit Eyes, the Black and White Twins were simply like lighthouses, and he found them quickly.

After throwing out Xu Chuan's corpse.

He buried himself underground; well, he buried himself alive; with the Longchun Gong, as long as there was a trace of air, it was enough for him to hold on for a long time.

Facts proved.

He did the right thing.

Black Evil and Bai Sha were cunning and actually came back four times, only then did they leave completely.

Li Rui's mouth curled up slightly.

The matter was finished.

If the Black and White Twins forced their way into the Anning Guard, they would be punished at best and lose their lives at worst; the best way to stop the Black and White Twins from entering the city to kill was to throw out the culprit, Xu Chuan.

For his life, he could only wrong Xu Chuan a little.

Actually, if it weren't for Xu Chuan harboring evil intentions, Li Rui might have thought of a way, but Xu Chuan clearly had the intention of diverting the disaster, so Li Rui couldn't be blamed for being ruthless.

And with Xu Chuan's nature, even if he saved him, he wouldn't necessarily be grateful.

Even after he was safe, he would still be suspicious, thinking Li Rui knew he had obtained the treasure, and thus secretly deal with Li Rui.

This is not persecution mania.

When there is danger, perhaps not, but after being safe, it becomes possible.

Xu Chuan went to handle Marquis Yuan's business, but ruined it for his own selfish interests; if Li Rui reported it, he would definitely suffer, so he would naturally choose to deal with Li Rui.

Rather than waiting for Xu Chuan to seek revenge later, it's better to strike first.

Once and for all.

Anyway, no one knows, and the Black and White Twins aren't going to find Marquis Yuan or the Guiyun Sect to explain.

The result didn't change, just added his intermediate step.

The sky was bright.

People in Qinghe City walked out of their houses one after another, starting a day of busyness; no one knew that just last night while they were sleeping soundly, the Black and White Twins almost entered the city.

The Anning Guard was also peaceful, with soldiers running toward the cafeteria in groups of three or five.

In the Li residence.

When Wang Zhao finished cooking the meat porridge, Li Rui had already dressed neatly and walked out of the room.

Stretching.

As if nothing had happened yesterday.

Looking at the warm sun, Li Rui squinted his eyes slightly:

"Another beautiful day."

Wang Zhao saw Li Rui go out and greeted him with a bright smile: "Master, eat porridge."

Li Rui laughed:

"Coming."

(End of chapter)