Chapter 182

Li Youyi sat between two Nine Springs Pure Immortal Bodies in the seventh realm of the Five Seas Realm, as if standing at the intersection of two turbulent rivers, bearing the fierce wind and waves from the left and right, having a feeling of swaying in the wind and rain.

Especially Yang Qingxi on the right.

Although her combat intent did not manifest, Li Youyi was close at hand and could clearly hear the sound of the big river rushing in his ears.

Where was this a murmuring stream?

It was simply the Heavenly River passing through, and the combat intent must be of an exotic kind.

A person who could compete for the second place in Lizhou was naturally not simple.

At the same time, Li Youyi clearly saw strands of magic Qi dissipating from Yang Qingxi's snow-onion-like fingers, climbing onto his arms, shoulders, waist, abdomen, and legs... her control over magic Qi was perfect.

One could imagine that as long as her mind moved, these magic Qi would instantly shrink and turn into fatal chains to strangle Li Youyi.

Zuoqiu Ting, sitting on the left, patted Li Youyi's hand lightly, and with a light touch, shattered all the magic Qi released by Yang Qingxi, and smiled: "Eldest Miss Yang should go to the seventh floor of the pavilion, instead of sitting here, sharing a table with a group of small people like us. Could it be... afraid to go to the seventh floor of the pavilion?"

Yang Qingxi gave a light "eh", knowing that she had encountered an expert of at least the same level, so she put away her combat intent, her eyes deep, staring straight at Zuoqiu Ting, wanting to identify what kind of face she had under her bone-changing technique.

Li Youyi pondered Zuoqiu Ting's words carefully and asked: "This is strange! Eldest Miss Yang must be invited by the Longmen and is a distinguished guest, why would she be afraid to go to the seventh floor of the pavilion?"

Zuoqiu Ting smiled: "Brother, haven't you seen the clues yet? Eldest Miss Yang is like us, sitting on the imperial court side? Her current situation is quite difficult, she dare not choose either side, and dare not offend either side. So, she can only sit on the fourth floor of the pavilion to avoid the limelight, and dare not go up at all."

Along with Yang Qingxi, besides Sheng Qingyan, there were Yang Yue and Yang Zhiyong, two young experts who were extremely famous in Lizhou, whose cultivation was unfathomable, ranking second and third in the Sui Sect.

All three had taken their seats opposite, staring at Zuoqiu Ting like tigers.

This just showed that Zuoqiu Ting was not shooting at random, but a word like a spear, hitting their vital point.

"Then you have to tell me in detail, I have been close-door cultivating recently."

Li Youyi didn't know much about the current situation, and was curious in his heart. How did the glorious Sui Sect and Yang Qingxi fall into the embarrassing situation of needing to avoid the limelight?

Zuoqiu Ting said: "Cang Li has already set his sights on Eldest Miss Yang! If she doesn't choose either side, guess if she can walk out of Qi Prefecture City alive? And whether to choose, how to choose, sometimes it's not up to her at all, but the high-level of the Sui Sect. But the high-level of the Sui Sect also faces the same dilemma as her. In the case of unclear situation, one wrong step is eternal damnation."

Li Youyi looked at Yang Qingxi, who was female-bodied and male-dressed, still full of moving charm: "Why doesn't Eldest Miss Yang refute?"

Yang Qingxi's expression changed from sharp to deep and light: "In today's troubled times, all forces are competing for corners. Those who can sit at the table as chess players can be counted on ten fingers. If you can't be a chess player, you can only make choices. And how to choose, it is impossible to have a ten-percent chance of winning. Li Youyi, do you think that the Nine Li clan choosing the Zuoqiu Gate will definitely win? Once you choose wrong, it is also eternal damnation."

Li Youyi wanted to ask why the Sui Sect still had the opportunity to choose the imperial court.

Zuoqiu Baiyuan walked over, glanced at the four Sui Sect people who appeared out of thin air, and didn't take it too seriously. His gaze fell on Li Youyi and Zuoqiu Ting, with a tone as gentle as possible: "The room has been prepared, it is the best position, the South Room that can see the Bingzu Marsh. Everyone, follow me and move over!"

Zuoqiu Baiyuan at this moment was completely different from the arrogant and cold before.

No longer seeing the style of a direct descendant of the million-gate sect.

Seeing that no one reacted, Li Youyi had to stand up and leave his seat first, and smiled: "Then let's move over, Brother Baiyuan has worked hard, and lead the way for us."

Zuoqiu Baiyuan hurriedly said: "Not hard, Brother Li is the one who doesn't show his true colors."

Qi Wangshu and Gan Yanzhen couldn't see the clues, knowing that the "Second Miss" beside Li Youyi was not simple, and Zuoqiu Baiyuan was probably just following orders.

Who could be the person who could compete with Yang Qingxi?

Qi Wangshu thought of a person who liked to disguise and could make Zuoqiu Baiyuan kneel down with one sentence, but denied it instantly. How could that person appear here and be a sister to a martial cultivator in the fourth realm of the Five Seas Realm?

Li Youyi looked at Yang Qingxi, who was still sitting in the chair: "Would Eldest Miss Yang like to come together?"

"Respect is better than obedience."

Yang Qingxi stood up abruptly, with a warm smile, walking over gracefully, the two of them looking like true close friends.

The expression on Li Youyi's face froze, regretting asking this sentence.

"Dong dong!"

Messy footsteps came from the stairs.

Among the crowd of martial arts experts who climbed up, a little fatty jumped out and called out loudly: "Brother Youyi, I have been looking for you for several days, where have you been hiding? Didn't we agree to capture Yang Qingxi together, why is there no follow-up..."

Shi Shishi's voice stopped abruptly, as if he had seen a ghost, staring at Yang Qingxi who walked out from behind Li Youyi, completely stunned, and couldn't help scratching his head.

The Sui Sect people all had cold eyes.

Even the air was cold.

Yang Qingxi lowered her eyes and pondered, her heart full of doubts, feeling it was too incredible that two mortals with cultivation lower than her dared to have such great courage.

After a short silence, Li Youyi tried his best to remain calm: "We are sharing a table with Eldest Miss Yang, would Dharma King Shishi like to join?"

Shi Shishi couldn't figure out the situation at all, retreated three steps cautiously, and transmitted with magic Qi: "Brother Youyi, if you have already been captured and controlled by her, just blink, don't pit me, I can still go and move reinforcements."

Li Youyi couldn't laugh or cry: "If you are afraid, don't follow."

Fourth floor of the pavilion, South Room.

The room was big enough to place ten tables, but only one table was set by the window, and delicacies and fine wines were all ready, with an old servant who looked like a eunuch in the fourth realm of the Five Seas Realm waiting on the side.

There were four maids wearing rune robes.

Li Youyi, Zuoqiu Ting, Qi Wangshu, Zuoqiu Baiyuan, Gan Yanzhen, and the four Sui Sect people all took their seats. Shi Shishi slipped in and sat in the position between Gan Yanzhen and Sheng Qingyan like a needle in a haystack.

Li Youyi smiled: "Why did you dare to come in again?"

Shi Shishi was already moving his chopsticks to pick up food: "I suddenly figured it out! Even if Eldest Miss Yang has the seventh sea realm, Ten Absolute Sword Techniques, and Long River intent, she absolutely dare not kill anyone today. Being a bad guest is equivalent to slapping the imperial court in the face. We can't beat her, but she can't beat Ge Xiantong."

Yang Qingxi narrowed her eyes, and coldness radiated from her body.

Li Youyi turned slightly, looked at her, and asked with a smile: "I am just curious, why doesn't Eldest Miss Yang sit on the Longmen side?"

Shi Shishi ate while grabbing the answer: "Two reasons! First, the Sui Sect people actually mixed with the embers and monsters of the extreme west ash region, which made that Long Zhexian quite dissatisfied. The Eastern Region Longmen and the extreme west ash region have been at odds for thousands of years, and there have been contradictions for thousands of years."

Sheng Qingyan said coldly: "It was the successor of their Longmen who cooperated with the extreme west ash region first. We were coerced into chasing Jiang Ning. Does offending the imperial court have any benefit to our Sui Sect?"

Shi Shishi glanced at her and found that she was not a pure immortal body, so he lost interest and continued: "Second, the Sui Sect's first grade Yao Qian went to visit the Second Palace Master of the Lingxiao Palace not long ago."

"It is said that Yao Qian had long been in the eyes of the Second Palace Master, but he had always been afraid to choose a side. Going to visit at this moment is undoubtedly a signal that the Sui Sect is leaning toward the imperial court."

"Eldest Miss Yang is embarrassed! Previously, among the young generation of Sui Sect martial cultivators she led, some participated in the action of chasing the Luan Terrace angel Jiang Ning."

"Now that the high-level of the Sui Sect leans toward the imperial court, she is equivalent to becoming Jiang Ning's subordinate, how can she not be liquidated?"

Yang Qingxi did not participate in the action of chasing Jiang Ning, but as Shi Shishi said, some young generation martial cultivators of the Sui Sect participated in it, so she couldn't clear herself at all.

Zuoqiu Ting said: "Worthy of being a Dharma King, at such a young age, he has such insight, but he didn't say it all. The biggest problem with the Sui Sect is that although the strength is not enough, the heart is not enough, and the snake wants to swallow the elephant."

"Initially, the Sui Sect was in the posture of a big dragon head, wanting to unite the Three Chen Palaces, Tianyi Gate, and Coffin Sea Pavilion to form a coalition of the four major sects, destroy the Nine Li clan, and seize the entire Lizhou."

"Worried that the strength was not enough, the Sui Sect secretly colluded with the Longmen and the Earth Wolf King Army who were in urgent need of resources and grain."

"Unfortunately, every step was miscalculated. First, Coffin Mountain forcibly entered the game, and then Tianya Ridge wanted to share a piece of the pie. Neither was something the Sui Sect could contend with. After making a move, they were surprised to find that their little brother Coffin Sea Pavilion had long been controlled by the Nine Li clan, followed by the Earth Wolf King Army's rebellion."

"More interesting things came. The Three Chen Palaces, which had always followed the Sui Sect's footsteps, actually had the support of Night City and the extreme west ash region, but they didn't know it at all."

"The Sui Sect suddenly fell into an embarrassing situation, thinking they were the big dragon head, but found that they couldn't beat anyone. Thinking they were the manipulators, but found that they were just pawns of the extreme west ash region, and not very important pawns, purely used for utilization."

"Because, in terms of strength, the Sui Sect can't compare to Coffin Mountain. In terms of the trust of the extreme west ash region, the Sui Sect can't compare to Night City and the Three Chen Palaces."

"If the Sui Sect continues to be coerced like this, the end will inevitably be ashes. Now defecting to the imperial court, there is a glimmer of life. But the imperial court's defeat is imminent. Is there really a glimmer of life if you defect to them at this time?"

Yang Qingxi had a sense of shame of being stripped of her clothes and mocked on the table, and the sharpness in her eyes was almost about to materialize.

She controlled her emotions and looked at Zuoqiu Ting: "The situation is so unpredictable, we are just juniors, and we have no qualification to choose a camp at all, we can only try our best to do what we can do in our own position. At least, we didn't choose the extreme west ash region, which shows that I stand on the human side. We are essentially different from those barbarian thieves who only care about immediate interests and have no long-term vision. Ending the war and returning peace to the world, isn't it a noble ideal?"

"You tell this ideal to Jiang Ning and see if she believes it. If she believes it, she will naturally give you a way to live," Zuoqiu Ting said.

(End of chapter)