Chapter 352

Slay the demons and eradicate the evil?

Of course not.

If the Purple Chai Jingong hadn't killed Song Shi, for the sake of their own official hats, how could they have so decisively chosen to follow Liu Qing to fight to the death?

They dispersed that day.

Li Rui wrote a letter to Xia Xiaotang through his own channels.

Matters like negotiation.

Of course, it couldn't be official-to-official from the start; it had to be negotiated before coming to the table, and by the time it surfaced, it was already a done deal.

The Purple Chai Jingong was, after all, on the territory of the Wu Kingdom.

It would be a disaster sooner or later.

With the Yu Kingdom sending troops to help suppress it this time, the Wu Kingdom had no reason to refuse.

So Li Rui was very confident about this matter.

Of course, to the outside world, he still maintained the appearance that the matter was very tricky, very difficult to handle, and he was thinking of ways.

At this time.

In the courtyard of the Li Canjun's Prefecture.

"Your disciple left?"

In the backyard.

Elder Tiekuang looked at Li Rui, who was squatting in the corner with his disciple, smoking a dry pipe together.

"Left, left yesterday."

"Why, does the senior miss that kid?"

Li Rui said.

"I suppose so. That kid left, and the porridge every day is hard to eat. I'll think of it every time I eat it; how could I not miss him?"

Li Rui was speechless.

That's true.

In the past, Wang Zhao cooked the porridge; now that Wang Zhao had left, this task naturally fell to the only young person in the courtyard, Liu Tiezhu.

Liu Tiezhu had spent his whole life in the blacksmith shop.

He was a master at forging iron, but when it came to cooking porridge, he was far behind.

Li Rui: "Senior, should I find a cook, or have the Drunken Immortal Tower send food every day?"

Elder Tiekuang waved his hand:

"No need for such trouble, just let Tiezhu continue to do it."

As a dignified Great Elder of the Divine Weapon Shanzhuang, what delicacies hadn't he eaten? After seeing and eating so much, he actually preferred this home-cooked taste.

Wang Zhao suited his taste very well.

Just make do for now; after all... it's edible.

Li Rui chuckled.

He hadn't expected that sending Wang Zhao to the Wu Kingdom would make Elder Tiekuang the most uncomfortable.

Elder Tiekuang smoked away, and before long, the charred tobacco in the brass pot hit the bottom.

He didn't refill it.

Instead, he turned to look at Li Rui: "You kid, your martial arts are making more and more progress. That kid surnamed Nie is a good hand among the Primordial Realm; even I admit I'm not his match. You being able to exchange more than twenty moves with him is not bad."

Li Rui: "Senior saw it?"

Elder Tiekuang rolled his eyes: "With such a big commotion from you two, how could I not see it?"

"That kid Nie Siming has always been arrogant."

"Practice hard, screw him!"

Li Rui was speechless.

For him to defeat Nie Siming, it would still take quite a few years.

The Primordial Realm is not so easy to break through.

Elder Tiekuang rubbed his hands: "Come, let's practice too."

Li Rui was somewhat surprised: "Senior, didn't you say you wouldn't practice before?"

In the past, it wasn't that he hadn't suggested that Elder Tiekuang suppress his power and practice the Teaching Fist with him.

But every time, Elder Tiekuang wouldn't agree.

Why was he suddenly interested today?

Elder Tiekuang: "Less nonsense, if I tell you to practice, you practice."

Seeing the fight between Li Rui and Nie Siming last time had whetted his appetite, and he had been thinking about sparring with Li Rui for the past few days.

Today, he had rested and gathered his energy, just to be absolutely sure.

As an old veteran who had stayed in the Primordial Realm for nearly a hundred years, if he were to be taken advantage of by mistake, that would be a huge loss of face.

He couldn't let such a thing happen.

Li Rui didn't hesitate either.

Regarding sparring, he never refused.

Immediately.

The two arrived at the martial arts practice ground.

Elder Tiekuang didn't use any blades or weapons, only fists and palms.

Unlike the previous sparring with Nie Siming, Li Rui didn't choose to use the Immortal Blade, the Dragon-Slayer, this time.

On one hand, Elder Tiekuang had helped him quite a bit, and these were all favors.

As a junior, he should naturally observe etiquette.

On the other hand, it was because although Elder Tiekuang's forging technology was unrivaled in Yunzhou, his martial arts realm was not the Heart-Refining Realm like Nie Siming's, but the second layer, the Heart-Refining Realm.

Only one small realm higher than Li Rui; compared to Nie Siming, the pressure was much less, which was why he dared to do so.

Li Rui looked at Elder Tiekuang, who was smashing his fists over, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

In the Great Dream Immortal Journey, he could have another excellent sparring partner; he would no longer have to look at the hook-nosed man in boredom.

The combination of Elder Tiekuang and Nie Siming was enough for him to practice for a long time.

When others were still having headaches over sparring partners, he had already practiced a thousand, ten thousand times, and his partners wouldn't have the slightest complaint.

No sooner said than done, in the blink of an eye.

The two's fists and palms collided.

As a weapon smith, Elder Tiekuang's external martial arts were naturally remarkable; although he didn't walk the path of pure external martial arts like He Qiannian, his external martial arts were still greater than his internal ones.

Li Rui used the Great Horizontal Training Mystery plus the Dragon-Elephant True Essence Force.

For a time, he was actually trading blows back and forth with Elder Tiekuang.

The two exchanged punches and kicks.

Like two humanoid beasts, pure violence aesthetics.

Elder Tiekuang seemed to have the upper hand on the surface, but he was becoming more and more alarmed as they fought.

He had watched Li Rui break through.

Up to now, it had been less than a year, but his foundation was shockingly solid; even an old-school Primordial martial artist like him felt strained when facing him.

The younger generation is to be feared. Truly incredible.

Elder Tiekuang had originally thought about reserving his strength, but as they fought, he had unknowingly used ten percent of his power.

Finally.

At the two hundred and thirty-first move.

Elder Tiekuang found an opening and knocked Li Rui to the ground with one punch.

Seeing Li Rui fall to the ground in a sorry state, he finally revealed a smile.

"That was close."

Elder Tiekuang looked at Li Rui, whom he had defeated; if he couldn't take down Li Rui within three hundred moves, his face would be completely lost.

You must know, he had used his full strength.

Only then did he chuckle: "My blade is still sharp; Li kid, you still need to practice!"

Li Rui smiled and climbed up: "Senior's martial arts are naturally not something I can compare to; how can a hundred years of cultivation be ordinary?"

!

Elder Tiekuang knew Li Rui was deliberately flattering him, but he still found it extremely comfortable to hear.

He put his hands behind his back: "Practice hard; in a few days, I will come to test you again."

He looked serious on the surface, but he was happy in his heart.

Li Rui was truly an excellent sparring target; upon reviewing the fight, he had actually discovered quite a few flaws in himself.

After going back to digest it.

His strength would definitely improve.

Wasn't this the goal he wanted to achieve through sparring?

Thinking this, his pace quickened.

"No iron forging today."

Watching Elder Tiekuang leave, Li Rui smiled slightly.

Lost?

Of course he lost; crossing a small realm, and without using his trump cards, of course he lost.

Every small realm improvement in the Primordial Realm is a qualitative leap, with a huge increase in strength.

He had already used ninety percent of his strength.

Of course, if he used all his trump cards, his chance of winning would be roughly thirty percent.

To be able to kill enemies across realms in the Primordial Realm, thirty percent was already very exaggerated.

If those Primordial martial artists knew of this thought, they would definitely be shocked.

Never losing in cross-realm challenges, and still in the Primordial Realm, this was truly too rare.

Those who could do it were all true prodigies.

Li Rui stood in the practice ground.

Reviewing the details of today's battle with Elder Tiekuang.

As a powerhouse of the Divine Weapon Shanzhuang, Elder Tiekuang naturally had many things worth learning from.

Especially after exchanging blows with him, did he realize Elder Tiekuang's formidable nature.

He was indeed a formidable opponent.

Li Rui had excellent comprehension.

His ability to draw inferences and check for gaps was first-class; perhaps the next time he sparred with Elder Tiekuang, the situation would be very different.

He couldn't wait to spar with Elder Tiekuang again on the Dream Cloud Platform.

"Senior, I have received your letter. I asked Master, and Master indicated he had no objections, only that the Wu Kingdom also needs to send people to act together."

Li Rui looked at the reply letter sent by Xia Xiaotang.

Just as he had expected.

The Wu Kingdom agreed very readily.

As everyone knows, the new Emperor of the Wu Kingdom now has shallow qualifications, and the one who truly has a say in the country is actually the Great Shaman.

Unlike the Yu Kingdom.

Even if it wasn't during such a special period, the Great Shaman possessed power almost equal to the Wu Emperor.

Since the Great Shaman said it was okay, there were no more variables.

As for the Wu Kingdom sending people, it was also within Li Rui's expectations.

After all, the Wu Kingdom is not a small country; even if it is turbulent now, the imperial majesty remains. Letting the Yu Kingdom send troops casually would inevitably damage their face, so sending their own people would make it seem legitimate and also serve as a supervisory role.

People's hearts are separated by skin.

Who knows if the Yu Kingdom might harbor other thoughts.

As the chief official of the Anning Guard, Li Rui naturally had the power to negotiate with foreign countries.

According to the rules.

He could have sent a document to the Wu Kingdom himself, and the matter would be settled.

But Qinghe now had two superiors above him.

He naturally went to Nie Siming and Liu Qing first, told them everything from beginning to end, and then handed the power of choice to his leaders, without the slightest intention of overstepping his authority.

Upon learning the news, Liu Qing readily agreed.

He had no objections to the Wu Kingdom sending troops as well.

The matter was considered successfully completed.

Having obtained approval, Li Rui then took the Li Canjun's seal, wrote the official document, and handed it to the messenger to be sent to the Wu Kingdom.

Next, he only needed to wait for the reply from the Wu Kingdom.

This day.

Li Rui was practicing in the courtyard when Tan Hu suddenly ran in, grinning: "Big Brother, that silly girl from the Wu Kingdom is here, saying she wants to see you."

The silly girl from the Wu Kingdom didn't need to be guessed; it was definitely Xia Xiaotang.

Tan Hu was an old hand by Li Rui's side, so he naturally had seen Xia Xiaotang, which was why he said that.

Li Rui: "Quickly, invite her in."

Before long.

Xia Xiaotang appeared prettily in front of Li Rui. She looked at Li Rui with a giggle: "Senior, since we parted in the capital, I have missed you very much. I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

Li Rui laughed: "Miss Xiaotang's grace is as it was, so I am relieved."

Xia Xiaotang pouted:

"Senior, the Third Sister is really a good person; why don't you believe it?"

How could she not hear that Li Rui was talking about the Third Princess, no, the Fourth Imperial Prince's consort, Xia Yun.

Li Rui was noncommittal, glossed over the matter of Xia Yun, and asked about Xia Xiaotang's recent days.

Xia Xiaotang poured it all out.

"Miss Xiaotang, could it be that you are leading the troops this time?"

Xia Xiaotang shook her head:

"Of course not. This time General Puxin is leading the troops; I came on my own."

Li Rui was startled:

"You mean the Heavenly Mountain Divine Eagle, Puxin?"

(End of chapter)