Chapter 52: Deng Qiuzhi

"Brother?"

Li Tongya entered the courtyard, dusty, drenched in dew, and with mud spots on his shoes. He placed the cloth bag in his hand on the tabletop and gave Li Xiangping a bear hug as soon as they met.

Li Xiangping let out a long sigh of relief and smiled:

"You're finally back, saving Father from not being able to sleep night after night."

"Hahaha, I brought back quite a few things."

Li Tongya laughed loudly. He first carefully took out the silver box from his arms and checked it carefully. Seeing that the few Wu-Zuo insects looked listless, he couldn't help but sigh in a low voice. Only then did he untie the green-crow-colored long bow from his back and put it into Li Xiangping's hand with a smile.

"Try it, is it handy?"

Li Xiangping was pleasantly surprised. He pulled the bowstring and carefully stroked the bow body. Under the urging of magic power, the string immediately lit up, flashing with a glistening white light. Li Xiangping said repeatedly:

"This, is this a magic tool?"

Li Tongya laughed softly and explained:

"I bought this from the market. It cost two and a half spirit stones."

"So expensive, where did you get the spirit stones?"

Li Xiangping felt the pain for a few breaths before asking his second brother in confusion.

Li Tongya told Li Xiangping everything that happened at Crown Cloud Peak. Li Xiangping nodded repeatedly as he listened and sighed:

"Jie'er has also grown up."

Not long after, Li Xuanxuan, Li Qiuyang, and others heard the news and went up the mountain. Li Tongya gave the Wu-Zuo insects and the insect book to Liu Rouxuan and said sternly:

"This is the first time our family has raised Wu-Zuo insects. You must read this book carefully, pick a few old women in the village who are good at raising silkworms, and find a courtyard to raise them well. I will immediately go call Li Yesheng and order someone to send you spiritual rice leaves and stalks. These spiritual insects have been jolted all the way and are already at their last gasp."

"Yes."

Liu Rouxuan hadn't seen her husband Li Tongya for several months, so she naturally missed him dearly, but she also knew that this matter was urgent. She carefully took the silver box and went down the mountain.

"Clan Uncle, this Green Pool Immortal Sect is truly extravagant."

Li Qiuyang sat on a wooden chair, looking at Li Tongya with interest, and said in a low voice.

Li Qiuyang was now eleven or twelve years old. He had been mainly responsible for the spiritual rice in recent years and was very low-key in the village. His father, Li Chengfu, was a sensible person who restrained his brothers from farming and building courtyards, so no ugly incidents of bullying others had occurred.

"That Envoy drove the Rosy Cloud Boat, with red clouds filling the sky. It's naturally very grand!"

Li Tongya laughed twice and replied with high spirits.

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"Truly very grand!"

Li Chijing placed his left hand on the green blade at his waist, resisting the urge to draw his sword, and said coldly.

"I've been in seclusion for a few years, and I didn't know that Green Spike Peak had new disciples."

The young man in front tossed the jade bead in his hand lightly and said indifferently.

He looked quite handsome, but the distance between his eyes was a bit narrow, making him look less grand. He wore a fox fur cloak, a storage bag hung at his waist, and his attire was very grand.

As the young man approached step by step, the few people following him gradually moved forward to surround Li Chijing, gradually forcing him into a corner on this narrow path.

"Junior Brother, don't panic. I'm just testing your quality."

"You are a Qi Refining stage cultivator, yet you come to surround me, a Spirit Initial Wheel at the peak of Embryonic Breath. Aren't you ashamed?"

Watching the few people surround him, Li Chijing retreated slowly, but he was already pressed against the cold stone wall. He gripped the green blade in his hand tightly, staring at the young man's movements.

The young man smiled slightly, and the light from the golden bead in his hand shone brightly, suddenly striking at Li Chijing.

Li Chijing frowned, a pale blue spiritual net appeared in front of him, he lowered his body to dodge the golden bead, and approached in two steps.

"Your Green Spike Peak really knows everything, except how to use a sword."

The young man mocked, and seeing Li Chijing approach, he couldn't help but praise:

"So decisive."

Li Chijing held the sword scabbard with his left hand and pressed the sword hilt with his right hand. He forcibly took a hit from the person's magic tool, immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, but flew forward a step and was already in front of the young man.

The young man was startled and immediately tried to use his spiritual sense to recall the spirit bead, but saw that the pale blue large net had already entangled the magic tool spirit bead. Although the spirit bead broke free with a light movement, it was still a few breaths slower.

Li Chijing gritted his teeth, and the green blade in his hand was finally drawn. A brilliant moon-white arc-shaped sword light rose from his left hand and ended at the pale white long sword drawn by his right hand, immediately gushing out toward the young man's neck.

"How is this possible!"

The young man's hair stood on end, thoughts flashed through his mind, and he didn't even have time to cast a spell. The safety talisman at his neck shone brightly, supporting a golden light shield, which barely blocked the sword light, shaking the young man back a few steps.

"Not good!"

Regardless of the vibration in his Qi Sea, the young man hurriedly changed his hand seals, forcibly stopping the golden bead that was heading toward the back of Li Chijing's head. Only then did he look at Li Chijing, who was standing with his sword, with a complex expression.

Qi Refining cultivators can control magic tools to fight from afar. Only by finding a way to get close and strike with a sword can one seek life in death. Li Chijing's move was also a sword he had thought about while practicing the Profound Water Sword Technique, and its power was particularly great.

"You won!"

The young man had seen Green Spike Peak, which he had always disliked, on the road, and had originally come to scare this new disciple with a playful heart. At this moment, however, his expression was complex and thoughtful, and he cupped his hands toward Li Chijing.

Li Chijing's face was pale. He sheathed his sword and replied reluctantly:

"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist, for holding back. This is my first time fighting with this sword, and I couldn't control my strength."

The young man patted his brocade pouch, took out a few bottles of healing medicine, placed them in front of Li Chijing, and said in a low voice:

Watching Li Chijing's pale face, Deng Qiuzhi hurriedly sent two people to help him back to Green Spike Peak, and he himself left with his people as if fleeing in panic.

After walking only a short distance, Deng Qiuzhi turned his head with an ugly expression and gave the person behind him a hard slap.

"Tomorrow, go with me to Green Spike Peak to apologize!"

That person lowered his head aggrievedly and couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"You were the one who wanted to provoke them..."

Who would have thought that Deng Qiuzhi would suddenly grab that person by the neck, lift him high, and ask with a complex expression:

"He doesn't hold a grudge against me, does he?"

"Young Master! You even gave him healing medicine, he won't, Young Master..."

That person was scared out of his wits and begged for mercy repeatedly.

Deng Qiuzhi listened to his nagging for a few words, suddenly narrowed his eyes, looked at him coldly, and said word by word:

"You don't hold a grudge against me, do you?"

That person was terrified in his heart, his legs trembling, and he said with a crying voice:

"This little one doesn't..."

"That's good."

Deng Qiuzhi put him down casually and muttered to himself thoughtfully:

"Li Chijing of Green Spike Peak..." ===== CHAPTER 53 =====