Chapter 150: Arrangement

Inside the inn.

Jin Buhuan wielded his flawless innate divine weapon, his heart filled with uncontrollable excitement.

For so many years, he had been tracking it everywhere, paying an immeasurable price, even specifically seeking out Si Lao for divination.

Finally, he had finally completed this divine weapon.

This was the very foundation of his standing!

With this divine weapon, his strength truly became the strongest among all his Family brothers, completely solidifying his position as heir, with no one able to influence his standing.

No…

Wait, recently, didn't Green Mountain produce another Eighth-Rank Jin Qi (Metal Energy)?

Both of his older brothers were in Green Mountain.

Tsk, is this what Li Qi meant by ‘trouble ahead’, is this the omen of ‘Yin and Yang displaced, the Two Poles separated’?

If he didn't deal with it, and if one of his two brothers obtained another Eighth-Rank Jin Qi (Metal Energy), wouldn't they have the capital to challenge him again?

He wasn't afraid of either of them individually, but if they joined forces and also had an Eighth-Rank innate divine weapon in hand…

Tsk, troublesome.

However, it also indirectly proved that Li Qi had a point.

After dealing with matters here, he should return to Green Mountain.

Furthermore, Li Qi didn't seem so deserving of death after all.

Hmm… he'd let him off the hook; making a friend might not be impossible, but he still needed to test and guard against him.

After all, this person was still using the method of ‘using the heart as a drumhead, Qi and blood as drumsticks, vibrating sound to disturb Qi’ to hide his surface thoughts, lest he hear his inner voice.

While thinking about these things, Jin Buhuan, with a smile on his face, said to Li Qi: “So, Brother Li, you said you wanted to spar with me, then I won't hold back. We won't harm each other's lives, but everything else is fair game!”

Then, he turned around and said: “Si Lao, please watch over this, lest either of us lose control and harm our harmony.”

“That is natural.” Si Lao nodded, agreeing.

Li Qi also cupped his hands: “Then let's begin. Perhaps Brother Jin can help me advance further?”

“Haha, I hope so, come, please!”

After saying this, Jin Buhuan extended a hand and lightly tapped his long saber.

With a 'ding' sound, metallic sounds erupted, instantly causing Li Qi's heart to skip a beat!

It was clearly a long saber, yet it produced the sound of ten sets of cymbals and a single bamboo flute, making one's blood run dry, body tremble, and soul scatter, momentarily losing their bearings.

Li Qi immediately stirred his Qi and blood and let out a loud shout! This helped him break free from his dazed state.

However, when he looked again, countless blade edges had already suddenly appeared before his eyes, whistling as they slashed towards him!

Countless blade edges, pulling left and spinning right, swift as wind and rain.

Li Qi immediately sank his Qi into his Dantian, and with a loud shout, the Qi of Heaven and Qi of Earth within his body surged!

Earth Qi ascended, Heaven Qi descended, Yin and Yang rubbed against each other, Heaven and Earth oscillated, stirred by thunder.

Li Qi, using the Qi of the small Heaven and Earth within his human body, combined it in his lungs and exhaled a sound of shocking thunder.

His Qi, like shocking thunder, destroyed all the blade edges formed by the countless sound waves.

But immediately after, the sound waves transformed again!

It was clearly a saber, yet it seemed to have turned into some kind of percussion instrument. The blade edge and the blade body both emitted different sound waves, containing countless erupting Jin Qi (Metal Energy) that tore the ground to shreds, and all the surrounding furniture was cut into wood chips.

Jin Buhuan stood in place, continuing to tap the blade body.

However, the scene before Li Qi's eyes was completely different.

Before his eyes, the sound waves seemed to be cooking stars, like a cauldron of soup boiling.

Beside his ears, it was like cannons roaring, and the fire of his consciousness flickered precariously in the dark wind and rain.

Everything before him seemed like flickering lightning, with metallic sparks flying everywhere, making one dare not look directly, and also like a thunder-axe cleaving a cliff, falling into an unfathomable abyss, terrifying the onlookers.

Before Li Qi could react, he saw tens of thousands of candles lit before him, their flames reflecting, starlight dotting, like boiling, like shaking, like a nightmare, like a murmur, like deaf, like mute.

He clearly heard countless sounds, but it was as if he heard nothing at all.

His mind was in a trance, his spirit lost control.

However, even though he had temporarily lost his reaction, he still managed to successfully gather his Qi again, activating Carp Current Intent, forcefully bursting forth and breaking through the obstruction before him!

Jin Buhuan was a little surprised: “Hmm? He can recover from that? What firm willpower, an ordinary Ninth-Rank should have fainted by now.”

But, it didn't matter.

After breaking through, the opponent was merely at the end of his rope.

He lightly flicked the blade body again.

But, with a hum, Jin Buhuan was surprised to find that the sound was trembling and could no longer form a coherent pattern.

What's going on?

Why was his technique interrupted?

He was still surprised and hadn't reacted when Li Qi had already rushed to his front.

So fast!

The moment those two words popped into his head, the fist the size of a sandpot was already in front of him.

The protective Jin Qi (Metal Energy) around him shattered inch by inch, and a string of golden stars appeared before his eyes.

Li Qi's heavy blow directly made him dizzy and he was hit squarely!

Martial Dao Ninth-Rank, there's not much fancy stuff.

It's just immense strength, incredible speed, the power of a Physical Body refined to its extreme.

All the methods of the Martial Dao are about how to eat to increase strength, and then how to perfectly unleash that strength!

As long as the ranks are the same, then no Dao Orthodoxy can avoid suffering losses after a Martial Dao practitioner gets close.

Jin Buhuan never expected that Li Qi actually possessed Martial Dao cultivation, and had also reached a rank!

He barely stabilized himself and flicked his blade again.

But before he could even stand firm, before he could even raise his hand, Li Qi had already caught up and delivered another punch.

This time, his entire body flew out the door, saliva mixed with blood forming a thin line in the air, and he, with afterimages, crashed onto the ground outside, shattering the stone bricks.

He was sent flying ten steps by Li Qi.

Just right.

Within ten steps, Li Qi was certain he was faster than him.

Like a roaring storm passing by, Li Qi surged forward again, like a swift lightning bolt sweeping past his opponent!

His eyes were sharp, and his entire body's muscles trembled subtly and precisely, releasing explosive power.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump!

Three consecutive punches, precisely bypassing Jin Buhuan's protective Jin Qi (Metal Energy), delivering the explosive force of his fists into the opponent's body.

Shaman Dao gave Li Qi precise eyesight, clear knowledge, and the ability to manipulate a certain amount of Qi.

And Martial Dao, on the other hand, gave him extremely strong close-combat ability.

Most importantly, the progress bar gave him an unparalleled ability to seize opportunities.

Every time Jin Buhuan tried to rally, Li Qi would interrupt him at just the right moment, punching him down again and again!

With the thunderous roar of the punching wind, Li Qi's instant movements were so fast that the air itself made a loud noise due to friction.

Each punch landed solidly on his body, but he didn't know what his body was made of, as there were no obvious external injuries even after such a beating.

After all, he was a divine child.

Jin Buhuan was not human.

“Enough!” Jin Buhuan, after taking more than a dozen punches, roared in fury!

He violently struck his body, and the elegant Young Master appearance he had before completely vanished; his head directly transformed into a tiger's head.

A grotesque creature with a tiger head and human body let out a roar, and even the Jin Qi (Metal Energy) around him roared along!

Shining golden light moved around his body, but it was all restrained within by some powerful energy. His body then activated this mass of energy to the point of nearly exploding.

Jin Buhuan was surrounded by visible heat waves, emitting a bright glow around him, like liquefied gold, radiating a brilliant and dazzling color.

Wave after wave, wave after wave, countless energy fluctuations resonated around his body, forming circles of energy ripples that continuously spread across the ground.

It was like a stone being thrown into a calm surface of water, creating ripples, and then many more stones being thrown in! Stirring the originally calm water surface into turmoil!

Li Qi was also directly pushed away by these fluctuations.

However, he assumed a horse stance, standing firmly on the ground, connecting to the earth with Earth Qi, borrowing strength from the earth, and then using the Martial Dao's sense of balance and solid lower body, combined with connecting to the Earth Qi, to prevent himself from being pushed over by the sudden immense force.

But even so, he was still pushed back fifteen meters.

The stone bricks beneath his feet were plowed into a long trail.

Li Qi had barely managed to stabilize himself and hadn't even had time to regain his stance when he felt a chill brush past his neck.

“I lost, Brother Jin is indeed formidable.” Li Qi cupped his hands and lowered his stance.

Jin Buhuan lightly beckoned.

The long saber transformed into a stream of light and flew back into his hand.

“Brother Li is not bad either. If I weren't of an extraordinary Bloodline and didn't have the advantage of my weapon, I might not have been able to win against you.” Jin Buhuan replied with a smile.

At this moment, his appearance was no longer that of a dashing Young Master; instead, like his father, he had a tiger head and human body, protruding fangs, fierce eyes, and around him emanated the noble Qi of Jin and the Killing Intent of weapons.

However, his speech was still refined and courteous.

“This battle has greatly benefited me, so I won't see Brother Jin off. I still need to thoroughly comprehend it.” Li Qi said hurriedly, not even seeing him off, and directly ducked into the inn, slamming the door shut with a bang.

He didn't even bother with the mess outside.

The ground of the street, and the treasure chests on those carts, had all been overturned and scattered due to the aftershocks of their battle, strewn all over the street, many of them already damaged.

Jin Buhuan, however, didn't even look, and opened his fan: “Let's go! We're going back too!”

As he walked, he looked at the closed door where Li Qi had entered.

This probing… this person looked like a brainless martial artist, could everything before have been faked?

When he was talking to him earlier, this person seemed very shrewd, but sometimes he would do things that were completely out of character.

Was he faking it? Or was he truly just uninhibited?

Even if he was faking it, he did indeed help him complete this Jin Qi (Metal Energy), and even informed him about the Yin and Yang Jin Qi (Metal Energy).

For now, he would abandon the Killing Intent; after all, the other party had been very cooperative. The goal was the Jin Qi (Metal Energy), and since the goal was achieved, there was no need to relentlessly pursue.

Whatever he did afterwards was a matter for later.

The most urgent matter was his two brothers in Green Mountain; they were the true threats that could shake his foundation.

As for the passing traveler… whether an enemy or a friend, ultimately, he posed no threat to his position as heir. If he wanted to move against him, the power he had displayed so far was far from enough.

Besides, was the other party's background… real?

In today's battle, he had figured out the other party's true capabilities; this person was actually Dual Cultivating Shaman Dao and Martial Dao…

What kind of force would have such a bizarre Legacy?

Jin Buhuan remembered that Shaman Dao and Martial Dao could be compatible in the early stages, but in the Late Stage, the aggressiveness of the Martial Dao would manifest, and Martial Dao Inner Qi would try to devour all Qi that was heterogeneous and of different origins.

The Dao of Martial Arts, as for sincerity, values specialization; all the Qi throughout the body would be refined into one's own Inner Energy, with no strange or peculiar things within the body.

This was contrary to Shaman Dao's idea of accommodating Heaven and Earth within oneself.

Therefore, Shaman Dao would have strange and peculiar methods, while Martial Dao's methods were singular; this was a difference in Dao path philosophies, and the two simply could not accommodate each other.

To cultivate both simultaneously was already very strange.

Did he really have a background?

He couldn't investigate it, could it be because he was just a miscellaneous person who had an adventure?

Forget it, it doesn't matter, he still had to rush back to Green Mountain.

“Si Lao, please hasten, we're returning to Green Mountain to see if the Yin and Yang Jin Qi (Metal Energy) theory is true.” Jin Buhuan said.

Si Lao frowned: “Young Master, if we go to Green Mountain, no matter what, we won't be back until tomorrow. During this time, if there's no one in the city…”

“It's only one day. What problems could arise in such a short time? But if I don't deal with that, the threat posed by my two useless brothers is much greater.”

“No time to lose, let's go.”

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After witnessing Jin Buhuan's departure, the smile on Li Qi's face vanished.

Then, he walked directly to the backyard, to where Piao Xu and the others were.

Piao Xu's face was full of worry. The moment Li Qi entered, she immediately stepped forward, her voice as calm as possible, but an uncontrollable urgency leaked out: “Sir, how did things go?”

“We'll talk about the specifics later. Where is Qi Ya? Where is she?” Li Qi asked.

Qi Ya, hearing this, quickly ran over. The little fox stood up, staring at Li Qi, squeaking.

“Qi Ya, I have something to entrust to you. Others might be noticed if they go, but you haven't transformed into a demon yet, you're still a wild beast, so you're more discreet. This matter is a bit dangerous, are you willing?” Li Qi asked.

Qi Ya looked a bit confused, looked at Li Qi, then at her elder sister, thought for a moment, then squeaked and nodded.

“Yan Yu Lou, West Street Lu Residence, Li Hu Xiang Shi, Yang He Quan Long Pen Chi, Mei Hua Shu Wu, Feng Men Jun Zhi Ting. I need you to go to these places and deliver a personal letter for me, asking these families to come to the inn within an hour.”

Li Qi said, beckoning outside: “Shen Guniang, please help draw a concealment Talisman, I'll write the letter.”

Piao Xu, hearing this, frowned tightly.

She seemed to realize what Li Qi was planning to do.

And that he was going to involve Qi Ya too.

So Piao Xu stepped forward: “Sir, I can transform into my original form, and my body is small too. Qi Ya is still young, I fear she might mess up your plans. Let me do it instead.”

Li Qi glanced at her: “You've already become a demon, you have Demon Qi on you… you might be discovered, and you could die.”

“I also know some techniques, and I'm just as good as Qi Ya, each with our own strengths and weaknesses.” Piao Xu immediately said.

Seeing her like this, Li Qi didn't stop her: “Alright, then so be it. I will reward you afterwards, thank you for your trouble.”