Chapter 83: Already lush like a canopy

"Brother Li, the Sword Immortal of Jiangdong, his demeanor is truly extraordinary. That Elder Jiang killed the Wan Gui Matriarch with three strikes, and the corpse is hung on the city wall of Anning Prefecture."

Wu Tu was spitting everywhere, talking with great enthusiasm.

Jiang Linxian had killed the Wan Gui Matriarch.

The Ghost Gui Ming Jiao in Qinghe had scattered like birds and beasts, and there was no need to worry about being attacked by people from the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao anymore.

"It's strange to say, but of the three great disciples under the Wan Gui Matriarch, that Crimson Maiden, I heard she disappeared inexplicably. The Ghost Gui Ming Jiao is searching the whole world for her; don't you think it's strange?"

Li Rui glanced at the soil under his feet.

Crimson Maiden?

The grass on Crimson Maiden's grave was already a foot high.

No wonder they say practicing martial arts is precious.

Even as fertilizer, it's useful; in the middle of autumn, the old willow tree is sprouting new buds.

He should be thanking Jiang Linxian.

Crimson Maiden's affair might be hidden from others, but it definitely couldn't be hidden from the people of the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao.

The Wan Gui Matriarch was dead.

Now the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao was busy with its own affairs and probably didn't have the heart to care about Crimson Maiden's business.

And the young disciple who knew Crimson Maiden had been to his house had already been sent away by him, and presumably, he had already left Anning Prefecture.

It was best if it became a cold case.

Even if someone wanted to investigate, it would be hard to trace it back to him.

Ten miles outside Qinghe City.

Beside the official road, in the woods.

Ghost-Faced Blade Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo was looking warily at a gaunt, pale-faced man.

"The Matriarch wasn't killed by me, so why are you blocking my path?"

The Wan Gui Matriarch was dead, and they, the people of the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao in the Qinghe region, were leaderless; Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo certainly wasn't planning to stay in this place of right and wrong.

He gripped his blade.

He didn't make a move.

Because he wasn't sure he could kill the man before him.

The reputation of Green Snake Spear was enough to make him cautious.

That's right.

The man standing opposite Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo was none other than one of the three great disciples under the Wan Gui Matriarch, Green Snake Spear, Gongyang Han.

Unlike Crimson Maiden Su Xuan, Gongyang Han had become a disciple of the Wan Gui Matriarch through his own solid skills, a genuine Seventh-Rank master.

"Stupid."

Gongyang Han looked at Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo with disdain.

Veins bulged on Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo's forehead; no one had ever dared to speak to him like that.

Gongyang Han continued to speak to himself as if he hadn't noticed Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo's anger:

"Do you really think the Matriarch is dead?"

Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo was startled and narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you mean?"

"The Matriarch long ago practiced the Undying Body; the one surnamed Jiang only killed one of her bodies. The Matriarch will not die."

"!!"

Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo's pupils constricted violently.

He remembered an evil technique circulating in the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao and asked in disbelief: "Did the Matriarch really succeed?"

His voice even trembled a little.

Gongyang Han still maintained a condescending posture: "A mortal, how can you imagine the Matriarch's realm? I advise you to stay in Qinghe; otherwise, bear the consequences yourself."

"..."

Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo was silent.

If it were really as Gongyang Han said, he wouldn't dare to leave.

Otherwise, with the Wan Gui Matriarch's methods, he wouldn't be able to handle the reckoning.

Gongyang Han's mouth curled up slightly: "Alright, I have another matter to ask you."

"What matter?"

Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo responded.

"Where did that woman Su Xuan go?"

"I've asked many people, and they all told me you were the last person to see Su Xuan."

Gongyang Han's gaze was burning as he took a step forward.

Creating pressure for Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo.

Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo snorted coldly: "I'm not that woman's father, so how would I know."

"Then tell me what you know."

Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo originally wanted to get angry, but thinking of the Wan Gui Matriarch, he held it back:

"After that woman killed the Zhu family people, she returned to Qinghe, saying she wanted to find Tang Sheng and the Heaven and Earth Alliance for revenge; I don't know anything else."

"Very good."

Gongyang Han's thin lips curled up, appearing even more mean-spirited.

Hu Fu Fu Yanzhuo muttered: "I didn't see it, but you people actually have brotherly and sisterly affection."

"Affection?"

Gongyang Han almost laughed out loud.

He wished he could kill that disgusting woman Su Xuan with his own hands.

The reason he was searching for Su Xuan.

Was for the Immortal Treasure.

Yes, after the Wan Gui Matriarch obtained the Immortal Treasure, she anticipated today's situation, so she divided the Immortal Treasure into four parts, keeping 70% for herself and distributing the remaining 30% among her three disciples.

That's right, being killed by Jiang Linxian was a trap set by the Wan Gui Matriarch herself.

She deliberately faked her death.

Even Xu Hua was deliberately seduced by her and then defected to the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao, all to make Jiang Linxian notice her.

The Wan Gui Matriarch knew very well that she couldn't swallow the entire Immortal Treasure alone, and 30% was enough.

Gongyang Han didn't care about Su Xuan at all; he just wanted to retrieve the Immortal Treasure from Su Xuan.

Just completing the task entrusted by the Matriarch.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

Li Rui had never enjoyed such a luxurious life.

He could eat a spiritual elixir every day.

The reason Wu Gu dared to claim to be the best in the world was precisely because of its all-around crushing power.

Although it was impossible to make people reach the sky in one step, it could make one faster than others in every aspect.

Just like spiritual elixirs.

Ordinary martial artists at most eat one elixir a week; after all, medicine is three parts poison, and spiritual elixirs are the same, and the more you eat, the weaker the effect.

True martial arts experts are all medicine jars, but they can't be piled up just by using spiritual elixirs.

But Wu Gu can suppress the harm of elixir poison to the minimum.

Li Rui's realm soared all the way.

In front of Hun Tian Yi Hall.

"Hall Master, what kind of martial arts are you practicing?"

Liang He looked at Li Rui in surprise.

Li Rui's movements were getting slower and slower, and he only moved a step after a long time, looking like he had no lethality at all.

Can this thing kill people?

Liang He couldn't figure it out even if he broke his head.

"The Hall Master is practicing a very new martial art."

Based on unconditional trust in the Hall Master, Liang He thought so.

No matter how strange things were, in the end, every time it was proven that what the Hall Master said was right.

Li Rui held his hands in a circle in front of his chest.

"This is using slowness to beat speed."

Liang He was even more surprised.

In martial arts, only speed is unbreakable; this is almost a recognized truth in the Jianghu.

No matter what weapon.

As long as it's fast enough, it's strong enough, so countless martial artists pursue speed, but Li Rui goes against the grain.

Seeking slowness.

Can't understand, really can't understand.

Liang He felt his comprehension was still too poor, not even half as good as Hall Master Li.

Li Rui didn't explain much.

This kind of thing can only be understood by oneself.

If you understand, you understand; others can't help.

After practicing.

It was already the hour of the Pig.

Li Rui returned to his room and carefully took out an elixir from a small jade bottle.

It was surprisingly the Seventh-Rank spiritual elixir obtained from Crimson Maiden.

"The time has come."

Li Rui could already feel that he was only one step away from the Bronze Bone perfection.

This was the best time to take this elixir.

He tilted his head back.

The Seventh-Rank spiritual elixir was swallowed into his belly.

A heat flow surged up, his pores instantly widened, and in just one breath, his back was completely soaked with sweat.

"Break!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 84 =====