Chapter 292

"Fellow Daoist, save me..."

"Hand over the treasure medicine!"

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Since Li Xuanling made up his mind to return south, he naturally flew north. Along the way, it was chaotic. Sometimes it was Immortal-Demon battles, treasure medicine appearing, sometimes Dharma cultivators subduing demons, both sides suffering. It looked like there were bargains to pick up, but Li Xuanling was anxious to return, burying his head and flying south, not willing to stop for a moment.

The Li family has the deepest attainments in the 《Jianghe Flowing Step》, so he did not touch a leaf along the way, riding the wind and flying without danger, and soon arrived at the Great Jianghe on the border of the Xu Kingdom. The rolling waves surged past, the waves on the shore slapped, layer upon layer, snow-white and crystal-clear, a vast scene, moving people's hearts.

The Great Jianghe divides north and south, surging with waves, and is one of the places with the most water Qi in the world. The upper reaches go deep into the Zhao Kingdom, winding and stretching, turning back at Luoxia Mountain, and disappearing into the territory of the Wu Kingdom. It is called the ancestor of the southern water veins. Li Xuanling cultivates the 《Jianghe Qi Art》, which is a Qi Refining cultivator of the Great Jianghe. Seeing this scene, he cannot help but stop and watch.

"The Great Jianghe is vast..."

"The trend of life is like this Great Jianghe flowing, unable to control oneself."

Li Xuanling recalls this northern trip in his mind. Originally, he was just wandering in the Xu Kingdom, but the thought of going to Luoxia Mountain sprouted for no reason. The thought was like a mountain collapsing and the sea roaring. Without knowing it, he crossed the Xu Kingdom and went to the Zhao land.

"If it weren't for being interrupted by Fahui, I would still be trapped in this thought and unable to extricate myself... Is it that I want to go, or is it that some Zifu, some Mohe is hoping I go..."

Li Xuanling feels a chill on his back for a moment. The shadow of the great hand planning and laying out between heaven and earth covers him, making him tremble, and the chaos along the way makes him even more certain of this possibility, becoming more and more terrified.

"What treasure medicine appearing, what Dharma cultivator subduing demons, I am afraid they are all illusions created with intent, wanting to call me to continue going north!!"

Li Xuanling thinks silently, walking along the river bank for a while, and a large reef appears before his eyes. On the reef sits an old man in a coir raincoat, his brown-black coir raincoat dripping with water, silently grasping a fishing net like a mess of hemp, patiently untying it.

Under the brown-black coir raincoat is a pair of sharp eyes, staring straight at Li Xuanling who is walking up, startling Li Xuanling into stopping suddenly.

Li Xuanling's rejoicing has not yet faded, and a deep shock surges up. A bang sounds in his mind, secretly saying:

"I've been tricked!"

Li Xuanling immediately operates his magic power, but before he can ride the wind and leave, the old man says loudly:

"Little brat! No need to go south anymore!"

Li Xuanling just rode the wind and left the ground by a foot, but was forcibly suppressed back to the ground. His whole body could not move, only his mouth and tongue could move, losing his voice:

"Zifu True Person!"

"Little brat has a good heart. We used all kinds of beauties, monsters, wealth, and treasures along the way, but couldn't shake you at all..."

The fisherman lowers his head again, staring at the fishing net like a mess of hemp in his hand, and says gently:

"I had to come down myself and intercept you."

Li Xuanling cannot move, so he has to open his mouth and say in a muffled voice:

"This lowly one is just a Qi Refining cultivator, and the Senior is a great Immortal cultivator. Why bother to scheme and manipulate this small cultivator..."

The fisherman laughs and stares at Li Xuanling carefully, replying:

"We have also planned this game for decades, and it must not be lost. It was not easy to lure you to the north. Who would have thought that you, little brat, would be so cautious? It shouldn't have been so troublesome."

Li Xuanling feels his whole body loosen. This True Person has untied the restraint. Feeling that there is no way to escape, he sits cross-legged openly and says dejectedly:

"If this lowly one guesses correctly, what you are plotting is my father, and Xuanling is just a bait?"

The Zifu shakes his head, glances at him, and smiles:

"Wrong, your father is also a bait."

Li Xuanling feels a chill rising on his back, opens his mouth, and says astringently:

"It's just that my father has always been cautious, I'm afraid he won't satisfy you all."

This Zifu shakes his head again, gently saying:

"Li Tongya has to come. He already has a premonition, otherwise he wouldn't be sitting silently on Lijing Mountain."

This person lets out a long breath, with a look of admiration, and says softly:

"We Zifu have watched the wind and clouds for hundreds of years. What kind of character have we not seen? I have to say that this Li Tongya is a character, but he is not ruthless enough, cannot let go of his family and bottom line, and has to sit and wait for death."

Li Xuanling remains silent, grips the long sword at his waist, his eyes slightly crystal-clear, his face red, and asks:

"If my father and son both obey and die, can my Li family get a night of peace?"

The fisherman looks at him deeply, claps his hands, and replies:

"The monster cave of Great Dali Mountain and Xiao Chuting will protect your family. The Li family will be fine."

Li Xuanling lets out a long breath, still wanting to ask, but the Zifu waves his hand and says in a low voice:

"Enough! I looked at your father's face and answered you twice, but you are still nagging. Go, go to Luoxia Mountain!"

Li Xuanling purses his lips, sighs in his heart, bows to this person, rides the wind, and goes north.

Leaving this Zifu cultivator in place to collect the fishing net, cursing and shouting:

"What kind of thing is this, even the fate of a Qi Refining cultivator cannot be grasped! And I have to come down..."

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The cold winter gradually rolls in. The news of Xiao Yongling's breakthrough spreads to the market. Li Xuanxuan organizes a gift that is not big or small, and personally sends it to Guanyun Peak to congratulate Xiao Yongling.

Xiao Yongling breaks through to Foundation Establishment, high-spirited, looking at him with a complex expression, takes the jade box on the desk, and after a spiritual sense scan, recognizes that the spiritual medicine inside is the best among the Qi Refining level, nodding slightly, only replying:

"You have put your heart into it."

"Thank you, Senior, for your care over these years..."

Li Xuanxuan has been operating in the market these years, and Xiao Yongling has been guarding it, helping a lot. Naturally, he is full of gratitude and responds respectfully.

Hearing this, Xiao Yongling pauses, rubbing the jade cup in front of him twice with some difficulty, wanting to speak but stopping. After ten or twenty breaths, he waves his hand dejectedly and points to the white-clothed man holding a long stick on the side, replying:

"After I leave, Ruyu will sit in the market. If your family has any important matters, you can come and find him."

"Greetings, Lord!"

Li Xuanxuan hurriedly bows. Xiao Ruyu on the side smiles lightly, now also at the eighth layer of Qi Refining, and says softly:

"I have a lot of friendship with Brother Xuanfeng, so there is no need to be so restrained. Just call me Ruyu."

The two chat for two sentences, and Li Xuanxuan bows and retreats. Xiao Yongling frowns, his expression full of guilt, watching Li Xuanxuan's departing figure, and says tiredly:

"Li Xuanling has mostly arrived in the north. The Zifu are playing chess... I am not good at speaking directly. The Ancestor tried his best to be tactful, but still got such a result, making me feel sorry for Li Tongya."

"But it is also a helpless matter."

Xiao Ruyu looks much more mature, his eyes increasingly firm, and his voice becomes heavy, saying:

"My Xiao family... has already done our best..."

Xiao Yongling smiles bitterly and replies: