Chapter 326

The Battle of the Imperial Mausoleum was the first time Li Miao saw three opponents who could truly be on par with him, or even surpass him. And in that battle, Li Miao also obtained "salary" that far exceeded all the accumulations of the previous twenty-plus years.

It was just that because of this, he also felt for the first time the pain of "having money but nowhere to spend it."

There was salary, but no martial arts to cultivate. The two martial arts left by the emperor and Emperor Jianwen were both evil paths. Li Miao used his salary to deduce them and obtained several "Silent Illumination" cultivation methods that were neither fish nor fowl.

But he only cultivated them slightly and knew that this was definitely not the right path. The person who gave the martial arts to Emperor Jianwen had cut off the possibility of deducing the correct martial arts from them from the very beginning.

Cultivating these few martial arts could only block his own path.

So Li Miao could only retain a portion of his salary for deducing nature-cultivation in the future, and the rest was used to deduce means of fighting.

The sword Qi means that the emperor kept at the bottom of the box was one of them.

Fourteen meridian acupoints, extraordinary acupoints, and uncertain acupoints; seven hundred and twenty strands of peerless, sharp sword Qi erupted from the seven hundred and twenty acupoints on his body, expanding from the thickness of a little finger to sword light the width of a palm the moment they erupted.

Cold light engulfed Li Miao and Zheng Anqi.

Swish swish swish swish—

There was no grand momentum, nor was there splashing dust and smoke. The cold light flashed by, sank into everything around, and disappeared.

"Ha—"

Li Miao opened his mouth, and hot blood Qi steamed from his mouth, rising in the early winter air, and then slowly dissipated.

Yingzhou's inheritance was indeed not bad, and could even be said to be the most insidious martial art Li Miao had ever seen. Now Li Miao looked like he had no injuries on the surface, but in reality, his brain was stinging, and the meridians in his four limbs were full of hidden injuries.

Fortunately—the outcome was decided.

The surrounding houses made creaking sounds and collapsed with a bang.

Dust and smoke rolled in front of Li Miao. He gathered the True Qi that had recovered in this moment to disperse the dust and smoke, and looked at Zheng Anqi in front of him.

The dharma robe on Zheng Anqi's body slowly peeled off, like paper scraps burned during ancestor worship, rolled up by the wind, gradually becoming smaller and disappearing.

The arm blocking in front made a sticky sound, and the section above the forearm slid slowly along the cross-section, finally falling to the ground, revealing his eyes that had lost their luster.

His mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to let out an angry roar before he died, but half of his chin and tongue fell off together, as if it were the signal for the opening, and more and more flesh and blood cut off by the sword Qi fell off, finally leaving only a cavity with only the torso and head.

Li Miao reached out and gripped his neck, carrying this miserable corpse, and turned to walk toward the Imperial City.

A living one, he couldn't keep.

But to Li Miao, dead people could sometimes say more than living people.

After walking for a while, he suddenly patted his forehead.

"Oh right."

He took a turn, slapped a piece of ruins to the ground with his palm, and fished out a blood gourd from it.

Zheng Qi.

"Can't leave a flaw in Xiao Yizi's state of mind. Before Hai'er and the others grow up, I still have to rely on her to hold the fort for me."

A Qi in the left hand, a Qi in the right hand.

Behind him were ruins like a hurricane that had passed through hundreds of yards, and countless gold, silver, wealth, flesh, and blood embedded in the ground and walls.

Li Miao swayed and walked toward the Imperial City.

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"Commander Li, how is it?"

Cao Hanyan said, rubbing his hands.

In the secret room, Shou Xia lay on his back on the stone bed, his chest broken open, and countless rustling, sticky, greasy sounds came from inside.

Xiao Si withdrew her small hand inserted inside, wiped the bloodstains on her sleeve, shook her head, and said.

"No."

"Brother Cao, are you sure that person didn't touch this eunuch?"

Cao Hanyan recalled carefully again and nodded.

"Sure."

Xiao Si sighed.

"Like this... Gu technique."

"That person used Gu technique, the kind of Gu technique that the royal family used to control offerings before. After he approached this eunuch, he crushed the paired Gu insects, and the Gu insects in this eunuch's body sensed it and broke out."

"If I had been at the scene, I should have been able to stop it, but it's been a long time since it was sent, and I have no way."

Cao Hanyan paused, but didn't show frustration, instead slowly frowning, thinking for a moment, and then said in a deep voice.

"No matter, the Nanjing matter has been concluded. Even if all four Garrison Eunuchs are dead, they still have countless subordinates, so we can always find out the truth."

"Let's look at what's in front of us first."

Cao Hanyan paced back and forth in the secret room, frowning and looking at Shou Xia's corpse, thinking for a moment, and said in a deep voice.

"I'm a bit worried about the Commander right now."

Xiao Si heard this and looked at him strangely.

"Brother Cao... what kind of heart is this?"

Cao Hanyan shook his head.

"Commander Li, you have been with the Commander for too long, perhaps you are used to his towering posture, but things are ultimately 'those involved are confused, those on the sidelines are clear'... The Commander is not an immortal."

"He will also get tired, get hurt, and feel pain."

Cao Hanyan pointed at Shou Xia.

"The person who killed Shou Xia is undoubtedly a heavenly being expert. And it is highly likely to be a eunuch expert who escaped from the palace, an expert who knows the foundation of the Commander's realm."

"And Zheng Anqi is an opponent that the Commander had to go all out to defeat... Commander Li also knows how cruel the struggle of heavenly beings is. The Commander might have won, but he should also have suffered not-light injuries."

"What if they make a move at this time?"

Cao Hanyan frowned and said.

"They know the Commander's realm, so if they make a move, they will be fully prepared... at least in their view, there should be a few points of certainty."

Xiao Si heard this, but tilted her head.

"Then what does Brother Cao intend to do?"

Cao Hanyan said while thinking.

"We can't get involved in the Commander's fight, so we can't get close... Senior Zheng can, and the military formation can too."

"Commander Li, you stay here and wait. I will go find Senior Zheng, let her return to support the Commander, and then I will use the Commander's waist token to mobilize troops to guard the Commander!"

"Let's do it like this!"

After saying that, Cao Hanyan turned around and walked toward the secret room door.

He reached out to touch the stone door and was about to push it open, but he suddenly paused, his whole body stiffened in place, unable to move, only a pair of eyeballs rolling around.

"Ai..."

A sigh came from Xiao Si behind him.

"Brother Cao should stay here with peace of mind."

She went around to Cao Hanyan's front, shook the Gu insect crawling on her fingertips, and smiled sweetly.

"I left a Gu insect when I was healing your injuries, it was to stabilize your injuries, Brother Cao, don't blame me."

Cao Hanyan looked at Xiao Si, thinking about the Gu insects crawling around in his body, feeling cold in his heart, but he had no time to care, only stiffened in place, and said urgently.

"The Commander Li I just mentioned didn't understand, you—"

"No, no, no."

Xiao Si shook her slender, fair fingers and said with a smile.

"I understood, that's why I stopped you, to save you from being beaten by the Commander too... the warning is very painful, Brother Hai was in bed for a full half month, Brother Cao, don't try it."

Cao Hanyan was stunned, couldn't understand what Xiao Si said, opened his mouth to continue to persuade her, but was sealed by Xiao Si operating the Gu insects, along with his mouth.

"I know the Commander is not an immortal."

Xiao Si tilted her head and smiled sweetly.

"But I know, the Commander will definitely win."

"No matter who the opponent is."

"So, Brother Cao should stay here with me with peace of mind!"