Chapter 219: Preparation

After Wei Hongqing entered Tianmu Mountain, he focused a lot of energy on handling affairs, especially after he was the owner of Hongji Restaurant. The opportunities for him and Lu Yanshi to get together were much less. Lu Zhongqiu took advantage of this situation to get involved with Lu Yanshi. His status as a Lu disciple, his identity as an inner sect deacon, and his cultivation at the Qi Refinement Perfection stage were all much stronger than Wei Hongqing. Unknowingly, he captured Lu Yanshi's heart and became Wei Hongqing's great enemy.

Therefore, Wei Hongqing was really anxious. When Liu Xiaolou asked him what he should do if he killed Lu Zhongqiu, he didn't have a better idea, but he had been forced to the cliff and had to do it.

Of course, there was another plan, which was to take the initiative to inform Lu Yanshi about Lu Zhongqiu's plan to take action.

But Wei Hongqing didn't want to do this. He said: "Xiaolou, you have to know that once I inform Lu Yanshi about this, I will have no power to fight back. Between life and death, I have to rely on Lu Yanshi's kindness. I dare not bet. What if Lu Yanshi thinks the same way? This woman, her heart is ruthless. For the sake of entering the inner sect, the ideas she thought of, you don't know. Thinking about it to this day, I feel terrified!"

Liu Xiaolou asked: "Then we must consider how Brother Wei can get rid of the suspicion after Lu Zhongqiu dies?"

Wei Hongqing said: "I have thought about it. I have been honestly staying on Tianmu Mountain for more than three months and have never gone down the mountain. This time I went down the mountain, no one knows. After I finish talking to you, I will go back immediately. I have also considered the timing of the murder carefully, and there will be no problem."

As an inner sect deacon, Lu Zhongqiu is responsible for the important industry of Tianmu Mountain—part of the affairs of the spiritual wine Bamboo Leaf Green, which is the procurement of the most core brewing spiritual materials. Wei Hongqing's plan is to take action when he goes down the mountain to purchase spiritual materials.

"The brewing formula of Bamboo Leaf Green cannot be leaked, so several key spiritual materials will not be purchased on the mountain, as it is easy to be noticed. On the surface, the person responsible for purchasing spiritual materials is another inner sect deacon, but as far as I know, at least three spiritual materials are brought down by Lu Zhongqiu. The time he goes down the mountain is usually in the first ten days of February. I guess these spiritual materials may all be produced in the cold winter..."

Liu Xiaolou's eyes lit up. This also means that when Lu Zhongqiu goes down the mountain, he should carry spirit stones and gold and silver!

Wei Hongqing said: "This matter is extremely secret. On the surface, even I don't know it, so when taking action, you can do a little cover-up, think of a way to make this matter look like an ordinary robbery case."

Liu Xiaolou nodded: "Understood... How is his fighting technique? Are there any difficult magic weapons? Brother Wei, how many people do you think are needed?"

Wei Hongqing said: "He has a Seven-Treasure Lotus Bead on him. Even if he competes with Foundation Establishment, he can remain invincible."

"Defensive magic weapon?"

"Yes, defensive magic weapon, but also has the power to fight back. It is a good thing, a treasure that can be used for Foundation Establishment. But there is a fatal flaw. Find a way to find lotus seeds, any lotus seeds will do, refine the lotus seeds into magic weapons, and hit the Seven-Treasure Lotus Bead, then it can be broken."

"With this news, Lu Zhongqiu is not far from death... Is the news accurate?"

"Don't worry, Xiaolou..." Saying that, Wei Hongqing suddenly laughed loudly, laughing until he couldn't straighten his waist: "Haha, it's funny, hahahaha... The matter of the Seven-Treasure Lotus Bead was told to me by Lu Yanshi, two years ago! We were loving each other in bed, and she told me as a joke, hahahaha. Xiaolou, look, the flaw of the Seven-Treasure Lotus Bead is lotus seeds, and the husband she wants to marry will die by her own mouth. The two are so similar! It is truly the cycle of heaven!"

Liu Xiaolou thought about it, but didn't feel funny, but suddenly feared the way of heaven. Is it really arranged in the dark? He asked: "Brother Wei, will she suspect you because of this?"

"Don't worry, I'm afraid she has forgotten that she said this herself... What I worry about is you guys. This matter must be done strictly. You must not expose your identity. Lu Zhongqiu is the cousin of Sect Master Lu. It is only because of his limited talent that he did not enter the inner sect disciples. Once this matter is leaked, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Whether Lu Zhongqiu's identity is noble or not, Liu Xiaolou doesn't care much. For people like them on Wulong Mountain, as long as they are calculating people from famous sects, no matter what identity they have in the sect, it is actually the same. The result of being caught is a death sentence.

After agreeing on the time and place, Wei Hongqing instructed: "Xiaolou, you can tell Tan Bazhang and Zuo Gaofeng in advance, but don't tell them the details until you get to the place. This has always been the rule of our Wulong Mountain. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected."

Liu Xiaolou nodded: "Don't worry, Brother Wei, I understand."

He was worried that Liu Xiaolou had no confidence, so he cheered him up: "Brother is already at the eighth level of Qi Refinement, Xiaolou, you have made great progress, sixth level, right? Plus Gorge Master Zuo and Tan Bazhang, it is no problem to ambush a Lu Zhongqiu."

"Is Brother Wei going too?"

"This is my business, there is no reason to let you sell your life while I stand by."

After Wei Hongqing left, Liu Xiaolou went to Longma Waterfall, called out Tan Bazhang who was practicing stick technique under the waterfall, and briefly explained to him: "There is a business to do, about the beginning of February, the harvest cannot be confirmed, it may be very large, or it may not be."

Tan Bazhang asked: "Have you decided?"

Liu Xiaolou said: "I definitely want to go, so I came to ask Brother Tan."

Tan Bazhang smiled: "Since you have decided, then count me in, nothing to say."

Liu Xiaolou thought about it, but couldn't help giving him a hint: "News from Guimeng Cliff."

Tan Bazhang nodded: "No need to say more, follow the rules."

So Liu Xiaolou rushed to Banmu Gorge and informed Zuo Gaofeng. Zuo Gaofeng said happily: "The harvest in Zhuoshui is almost used up, and I am worried that I can't catch up. Xiaolou came to send spirit stones, haha."

Liu Xiaolou said with a bitter smile: "It's hard to say, what if there is no harvest?"

Zuo Gaofeng sneered: "It's like this, everyone went to fight for their lives, who dares to guarantee a harvest? It's not bad to have one harvest in three times, and it's a big profit to have two!"

Liu Xiaolou asked with a smile: "What if there is none?"

Zuo Gaofeng answered with a smile: "Then do it again! We people on Wulong Mountain have no other skills, only fighting for our lives."

Zuo Gaofeng, Wei Hongqing, Tan Bazhang, and himself, this small team had done more than one business, and they were very skilled in cooperation. Ambushing a guy at the Qi Refinement Perfection stage by surprise, even if he was an inner sect deacon of Tianmu Mountain, even if he had a top-grade magic weapon in his hand, the successful killing was almost a nail in the coffin.

After informing the two, Liu Xiaolou went to Tiankeng Drum again, stood on the high pit top and peeked down, and saw a piece of flat land organized on the northeast side of the pit bottom. The trees and vines were cleared. This flat land stood many stone tablets seven feet high. It was the memorial forest that Jiang Feihu and others made according to Liu Xiaolou's suggestion, carving the deeds of more than ten fellow practitioners on Wulong Mountain who died in the Zhuoshui battle on the tablets for later generations to mourn.

At this moment in the monument forest, Jiang Feihu, Zhang Shihua, and others were all there, and there was also one who was Taoist Hu Du. This old Taoist was using an iron rod to dig a hole, dug out a stone tablet, threw it aside, and then bowed to apologize while smashing the stone tablet.

After watching this scene with a smile, after they left, Liu Xiaolou slipped down the pit, came to a pond on the west side of the pit, pulled out a few lotus pods and took them away, and then rushed to Xingde Mountain overnight, borrowing the power of the Nine-Star Earth Fire to refine the lotus seeds that could be used as hidden weapons. He was not an artifact refiner, but as an array master, he was proficient in artifact refining, and he had the "Thousand Extreme Formulas" for reference, so it was not difficult to refine a cluster of the most ordinary magic weapon lotus seeds.

This cluster of lotus seeds had nothing strange, at most it carried true qi when hit, and the strength was fierce. It was a bit reluctant to say it was a low-grade magic weapon, but according to Wei Hongqing's requirements, the purpose of refining was not to hurt people, and refining was enough.

After things were settled, he calculated the time, and there was still more than a month left, so Liu Xiaolou returned to Gan Zhu Ridge to continue cultivation, trying his best to open the remaining acupuncture points of the Foot Shaoyang Meridian. Between life and death, breaking one more acupuncture point and accumulating one more point of true qi are all good. ===== CHAPTER 220 =====