Chapter 43: Wind Surges

POSTED ON AUGUST 1, 2023 BY TNYKT

Liu Su’s distress did not last long.

A guard knocked on the courtyard door, “Sir Qin, someone from the palace invites you to the palace.”

The couple in the intoxicated kiss suddenly woke up. It was inevitable that the emperor would continue to summon Qin Yi.

Li Qingjun pushed Qin Yi away, panting slightly. Her confused mind slowly regained consciousness. She said in a low voice, “You can’t… kiss me and abandon me after. Do your best in meeting my father… I’ll go back right away to pack my things. If father insists on marrying me to Mang Zhan, we will elope immediately.”

Qin Yi’s heart was soft. He responded in a low voice, “I will try my best. At least, I won’t make it easy for your father to make a decision.”

Li Qingjun nodded seriously, “En. I’ll believe you.”

Qin Yi turned around, picked up the mace, and strode out the door.

The eunuch was still the one from yesterday. When he saw Qin Yi, he frowned, “Why are you bringing a weapon into the palace?”

Qin Yixin thought: Do you really want me to carry you? He replied instead, “This is an enchanted weapon, not an ordinary weapon. You will know when I see the emperor.”

The eunuch shook his head and said, “I’m afraid it will be difficult to enter the palace gate. Sir is better to leave the weapon here.”

Qin Yi quietly handed over a piece of silver and whispered in his ear, “With Sir Eunuch, how can I not enter the palace? Just say it’s an imperial edict…”

The eunuch hesitated for a moment, but he didn’t insist in the end. He turned around, took Qin Yi to the palace, and said with a smile, “Imperial has summoned Sir Qin for 2 consecutive days, which shows His Highness attaches great importance to you.”

Qin Yi sighed.

It’s not Qin Yi whom he values, but my elixir.

It’s not about his daughter whom he values, but my cultivation.

He is just a selfish old bastard…

The daughter’s marriage is just a weight between binding a Taoist and appeasing the enemy’s country harassment. It only depends on whichever is more important. If Li Qingjun hadn’t dragged his brother to search for immortals and thus brought me back as a Taoist, she would be married out without any suspense.

A person’s encounters in life are all predetermined by fate.

While distracted, they walked into a narrow alley. In the alley, someone was sitting by the wall and selling vegetables in a stall. Someone was selling hot bean curd. Seeing it from a distance, Qin Yi only realized that he hadn’t eaten breakfast yet. I don’t know if saying to eat breakfast first at this time will make the eunuch mad?

After taking a few more glances at the bean curd stall from a distance, Qin Yi’s heart skipped a beat, and he stopped.

The eunuch turned his head strangely, “What’s wrong?”

Qin Yi said, “Sir Eunuch, there is more than one way for us to enter the palace, right?”

“Of course not, but this one is nearest.” The eunuch said strangely, “Didn’t we also take this one yesterday?”

Qin Yi started to back away slowly, “The bean curd seller yesterday is different from the person today.”

The eunuch was speechless, “You can remember the people of the roadside stalls from yesterday?”

Of course, Qin Yi couldn’t remember what the people at the roadside stalls looked like yesterday.

But today, the bean curd seller, he knew even after the seller turned into ashes.

Because that was 1 of the 2 people who killed the original owner of this body on Immortal Track Mountain! The normal memory of the original owner was devoured by the stinky stick, leaving almost no memory for him. All that was left was the resentment before death. He even hated the State Preceptor to his core, not to mention that this person who could be regarded as the real murderer!

The subconscious mind of his body even wanted to rush up and smash his skull with a stick, but he knew not that he couldn’t be impulsive. Since this person appeared here, the group of vegetable sellers here were 100% Dong Huazi’s people!

Qin Yi took a few steps back, then he suddenly turned around and ran away.

There was a moment of panic in the alley, then there was a commotion. All the vegetable sellers and breakfast sellers overturned their stalls, drew their swords and chased after Qin Yi. There were even a few people with bows and arrows on the walls by the alley, shooting arrows at Qin Yi’s back from afar.

Of course, it was useless.

The poor eunuch didn’t know what happened, so he was pushed against the wall by the rushing seller and got knocked unconscious.

Qin Yi also encountered 2 sabers head-on. It was those who originally planned to seal off his retreat, but now they were forced to make a hasty move.

Machete, men of Mang Zhan.

Qin Yi sneered.

It will be very troublesome to get into a tight siege, but do you really think I’m just a taoist?

“Boom!”

Mace whistled as it swung. There was no fancy stick technique, just a momentum fierce like tiger. How could the machetes resist such an overwhelming stick? The entire machete and the person’s head were smashed to pieces.

There was an awkward silence for a while.

Although they often watched Qin Yi walking around with a mace, blocking Mang Zhan’s spear, and General Liu’s saber, he never really showed his true strength. He looked too delicate and thin, and he didn’t have the same style as the mace.

Such a young boy who looked handsome and aloofness really smashed a person’s head with a swing, it was really too contrasting.

The other sabersman who was facing Qin Yi didn’t have time to be in a daze. When Qin Yi hit his companion, he also stabbed Qin Yi under the rib.

Qin Yi’s figure flashed with extremely agile, then swung his stick and swept back without stopping.

There was another “bang“. The faces of passers-by who were watching from a distance couldn’t help trembling. They were thinking about the feeling of the mace hitting the back of the head…

This young man is not an ordinary taoist, and his mace is not pretending. He really is a martial artist who has thich true qi, is vigorous, and possesses skillful stick technique!

His combat style is even particularly brutal!

No wonder when Prince Mang Zhan made the arrangements, he solemnly stated to set up a tight siege and attack in the narrow alley. Judging from the spear he blocked, Qin Yi’s strength is much stronger than it appears on the surface!

This moment seemed to be long, but in fact, it took only a moment for Qin Yi to kill the 2 people blocking the way. Everyone in the alley only managed to rush to the entrance of the alley. The entrance of the alley looked densely packed, but outside the alley, there were even more people with swords and sabers coming from all directions to surround Qin Yi.

Qin Yi looked at the entrance of the alley, smiled slightly, and made a gesture with his left hand.

“Dash!”

There seemed to be invisible ripples passing by. The people in front suddenly felt as if their feet were filled with lead, and their steps became very strenuous. With just this sudden stop, the people behind bumped into each other.

Basic tao spell, [Sluggish].

The knowledge of Taoism that I crammed these days isn’t for nothing… I initially thought I didn’t have spiritual force to use the spells, but didn’t I have it now…

Qin Yi turned sideways to avoid the stabbing sword from the side and dragged his left hand, causing the sabersman stagger. The man turned his head in horror, only to see Qin Yi grinning.

“Bang!”

The passers-by watching from a distance trembled again.

Qin Yi laughed loudly, “Goodbye everyone. Say hello to State Preceptor and the savage from the west for me!”

After he said, he had already rushed into the crowd and disappeared in an instant.

…

When Qin Yi went out with the eunuch, Li Qinglin found Li Qingjun who was about to leave.

“Ugh, brother.” Li Qingjun, who had just kissed Qin Yi for the first time, was still a little blush on the face. She was even more embarrassed to see her brother.

Li Qinglin also smiled when seeing his younger sister. Over the years, he could hardly imagine that hot-tempered and obstinate younger sister blushing, but he had seen her blush many times in the past 2 days as if she had completely changed.

“Qingjun, don’t go back to your princess mansion for a few days.” Li Qinglin said nonchalantly, “Anyway, Qin Yi lives here. It’s troublesome for you to run back and forth. Why don’t you just stay here for a few days and accompany your sister-in-law.”

Li Qingjun said angrily, “Staying here for what? You really want Qin Yi to drug me!?”

Li Qinglin blinked, “Is that necessary? Isn’t he just a natural drug to you?”

Li Qingjun stomped her feet, “I won’t talk to you you anymore.”

“Wait.” Li Qinglin stopped her sister, and his expression finally became serious, “Your princess mansion is not safe these days. Someone will take risks. It doesn’t matter if Qin Yi drugs you or not, if Mang Zhan sleeps on you, then it’s too late to regret.”

Li Qingjun was taken aback for a moment, and her expression became serious.

Li Qinglin looked at the sky and said, “I’m going out. You keep this.”

Looking at the jade pendant handed to her, Li Qingjun was extremely surprised, “This is your jade pendant for self-defense, why did you give it to me?”

Li Qinglin smiled slightly, “If Dong Huazi wants to deal with me, he must have taken this thing into consideration. The effect of this is not as great as imagined. But no one would have thought it would be on you, so its effect will be different.”

Li Qingjun stared at him blankly.

Li Qinglin said faintly, “If I fail, South Li Kingdom will still have you.”

TL: Time to open war?