Chapter 216

"Everyone, it's probably hard for anyone to walk out of here alive today. Since that's the case, why not eat first?"

Xu Qing picked up his chopsticks, tapped the table, and said in Liao Jinzhong's tone: "At least let everyone have one last full meal, right?"

"..."

Even Daoist He Yi couldn't help but sigh.

He regretted why he hadn't thought of casting a divination to ask about good or bad luck when he came over. Otherwise, how could he have ended up in such a dilemma?

"To be able to feast with a hero like you, what an honor. But may I ask for your honorable name?"

Xu Qing looked at Liao Jinzhong and smiled lightly: "Doing good deeds without leaving a name. Eunuch, you are a great scourge to this world. I came to eliminate the scourge for the people, so how could I be greedy for fame?"

Liao Jinzhong's hand playing with the walnuts paused, and he managed to hold back from acting out: "You killed the spirit child of the Celestial Master's Mansion, slaughtered the Jinmen Gang, and attacked my foster son. Is that also for the country and the people?"

"Otherwise? Could it be that there were good people among them? That would be strange."

"..."

Liao Jinzhong was silent for a moment, then suddenly sneered: "What about good people? What about evil people? In my view, your so-called eliminating evil and doing things for the country and the people are nothing but fishing for fame. In the end, it's just some shady business done for your own private gain. Otherwise, why don't you show your true face instead of acting like a thief in the dark, only inviting laughter?"

Xu Qing was amused upon hearing this. He didn't expect this old eunuch to be a sharp-tongued one. But then again, you, a person who is missing parts, where do you get the courage to talk to people like this?

"Eunuch, your roots are cut, but your momentum isn't. Your whole body isn't hard, but your mouth is quite hard."

"Eunuch, why are you glaring at me? Your old body is the lifeblood of the Great Yong world. It doesn't matter if anyone else is angered to death, but yours must not be damaged. Otherwise, I fear the Great Yong world will be finished sooner or later!"

"Otherwise, Eunuch, take off your pants and let the people of the world see, so they can have peace of mind."

"Shut up!" As soon as Xu Qing said this, Eunuch Liao was so angry that his mouth was crooked and his nose was distorted, and his whole body was trembling.

It's not to say that Xu Qing is also quite wicked. Eunuch Liao is from the palace, and no matter how aggressive he is when he speaks, he wouldn't use such underhanded tactics.

Xu Qing, on the other hand, skipped the debate and started personal attacks.

Eunuch Liao couldn't take it. The walnuts he got from Second Master Feng couldn't help but be crushed into pieces.

Xu Qing blinked, looked at the pair of walnuts, and kindly reminded him: "Eunuch, they're crushed."

"..."

"Both balls are crushed. You are too careless..."

"..."

"Original soup dissolves original food. I think those two kernels are still quite fresh. It's a pity to throw them away. Eating them can still make up for your body."

"Enough!"

A roar suddenly sounded. Eunuch Liao's hair flew, and the entire Eight Immortals table cracked open.

Xu Qing's reaction was faster than Liao's breaking point. If the two couldn't agree, then they would see the truth in their hands.

The Left Hand of God grabbed at Liao Jinzhong's arm. The latter shook his body and retreated. A bloody aura blocked the death energy on Xu Qing's hand, making a sizzling, smoking sound.

"What a powerful poison. I thought you were from some famous sect, but it turns out you are also a person who cultivates evil arts." "Also? It seems that your taking others' lives to increase your own cultivation is not just a rumor."

"Sharp-tongued. I haven't tasted the flavor of a Grandmaster yet. Since you ruined my good deeds, I will use you to knock on the Heavenly Gate today."

When the Mirror Reflection Bureau was drawing death row prisoners from the government office earlier, Xu Qing realized that things were not right. At that time, he paid special attention and finally discovered clues in the "revolving lantern" of many corpses. These clues were finally connected into a line, weaving a complete truth.

That is, Liao Jinzhong had obtained an evil art in his early years that could increase his own power and blood energy by absorbing others' power and essence.

This cultivation method was similar to Xu Qing's "Qi-Seizing and Origin-Returning Art," but his art was limited to increasing his cultivation base and could not convert blood energy.

And a cultivation method that could absorb the blood energy of living people, in a sense, no longer belonged to martial arts but was more like the demonic evil arts cultivated by some practitioners.

Xu Qing was not very interested in this cultivation method. Although he didn't have a method to invade others' blood energy, zombies possessed the ability to plunder others' vitality and absorb others' blood energy from the moment of their birth.

It's just that Xu Qing had strong self-control. In the case of having the "Corpse Raising Scripture" and a more orthodox zombie cultivation path, he didn't choose the path of drinking blood and eating raw meat. Even if he occasionally ate blood food, it was limited to common worldly ingredients like chicken blood and duck blood.

He always understood one thing: he was different from ordinary evil spirits. He wouldn't do things that would bury hidden dangers for the future.

Evil does not suppress good. Nowadays, demons and monsters are dancing wildly in the Great Yong Dynasty, but on the surface, the Great Yong is still the Great Yong, and he hasn't heard of any demon or monster daring to swagger through the streets.

Even Liao Jinzhong, a dignified Grandmaster in front of him, had to tuck his tail and act like a good dog.

A beast in human clothing, nothing more.

Xu Qing faced a Grandmaster in a rage for the first time. As they broke through the top floor of the towering vessel, they had already exchanged dozens of moves in a short moment. After breaking through the vessel, they occupied one corner each, standing on the mast, each having made a judgment.

"A hard-training Grandmaster, tempering the body with strange poison, and knowing some Yin-door arts. You have learned so much and so messily. I think you have no hope for the Heavenly Human realm, so you are looking for solutions everywhere. In this way, you and I are no different."

Xu Qing looked at the old eunuch whose blood energy was like a furnace and whose true Qi was like a river and sea.

If the manifestation of a Qi-condensing martial artist is Qi protection, then a Grandmaster is the fusion of blood energy and Qi, complementing each other. A Qi-condensing martial artist's Qi is indestructible and his momentum is domineering and sharp, while a Grandmaster gathers Qi and holds strength, internal and external as one, refining the domineering Qi that cannot be flexibly changed into a soft thing, like water and waves, like a river and a sea.

That kind of momentum is like using the human body as a vast sea, with a bottomless valley inside, and the bottom of the valley is where all waters gather, and Liao Jinzhong's words proved this point.

The so-called martial Dao Grandmaster is the peak and end of what humans can cultivate. To go further, one must leave the martial Dao category and transform from mortal to saint.

"Eunuch Liao, I am different from you. You have exhausted all means to break through the limits of mortals, but I don't need to."

Liao Jinzhong, who was about to make a move, stopped abruptly: "This is fresh. Could it be that you have already found a way to break through to the Heavenly Human realm?"

Xu Qing inserted a flag on the mast and smiled: "Only martial artists need to break through to the Heavenly Human realm, but have I ever said I was a martial artist?"

"What do you mean?"

Xu Qing snapped his fingers crisply, and the brightly lit vessel under his feet instantly fell into darkness.

"Martial artists are just mortals; the so-called Dao is just side-door and evil paths; only cultivating immortality and longevity is the right path!"

"Eunuch Liao, do you want to see me in my peak state on the water?"

(End of chapter)