Chapter 189: The Hidden Lord Of Qin Garden
“Shua!”
Shi Shishi leaped over, screeching to a halt in the alleyway. Seeing Li Weiyi actually alive and well, Shi Shishi was shocked for a moment: “Brother Weiyi, Yang Yue said Yang Qingxi would personally kill you yourself. How are you still alive? Did you use a honey trap?”
Yang Yue was the number two of the younger generation in Sui Sect, with strength on par with Yang Zhiyong.
The one Shi Shishi had just encountered was him.
“I did use a honey trap, but it wasn’t me—it was Zuo Qiu Ting. Yang Qingxi figured she couldn’t handle it, so she fled!” Li Weiyi said.
Shi Shishi suddenly understood: “No wonder Yang Yue ran off halfway through the fight. It turns out Zuo Qiu’s honey trap arrived, forcing him to cut things short early.”
Li Weiyi smiled wryly and shook his head. Right now, aside from joking around, he really had no energy left to chase and kill her, returning the flowing stream.
The three didn’t want any extra trouble and quickly hurried back to Southern City.
As for Yang Qingxi and Sui Sect, Li Weiyi actually didn’t hope they’d just be taken care of by Zuo Qiu Ting like this. This grudge, of course, had to be settled personally.
Shi Shishi claimed to be too injured and wanted to go back to the wolf den to sleep. Li Weiyi naturally remembered this favor and decided to repay it generously. After agreeing on the arrogant plan to capture Yang Qingxi before the New Year, the three finally parted ways.
Li Weiyi and Yin Eleven returned to Qin Garden; it was already late at night.
There, a tall, majestic figure stood with hands behind the back, towering by the lakeside like a mountain, exuding a majestic aura.
The two exchanged a glance and hurried forward to pay respects.
“Greetings, Hidden Lord.”
The Hidden Lord wore a metal mask and was silent for a long time before sighing: “I somewhat regret letting you come to Qiu Zhou Prefecture City! Right now, this city has become a dangerous place. Even we old guys don’t know what will happen next, or even if we can intervene. Who did you encounter?”
“Sui Sect,” Li Weiyi said.
“Yang Qingxi,” Yin Eleven said.
A cold glint flashed in the Hidden Lord’s eyes: “Cang Li has really disappointed me too much. Yang Qingxi and Sui Sect should fear him like a tiger, but now they’re arrogant to this extent.”
“The Jiu Li tribe’s martial cultivators are saying he’s in secluded cultivation accumulating Qi, aiming to reach Seven Seas Perfection by New Year’s Eve to challenge the Young Esteemed One,” Yin Eleven said.
Among all the top successors, Cang Li was the youngest, lacking several years of accumulation.
Before the anomaly in Zangxian Town, in the battle outside Jiu Li City, Cang Li could only stand off against Long Ting. A few months later, he could already defeat Long Ting.
Now, with a few more months passed, no one knew how much his combat power had grown under the boost of Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine. As for Dao Lotus and Dao Fruit, at his status, he wasn’t lacking them at all.
The Hidden Lord was extremely dissatisfied with Cang Li: “Secluded cultivation, leaked out. Strength, leaked out. Goal, leaked out. A strong practitioner shouldn’t be in this state. He doesn’t even need to challenge—he’s already lost utterly.”
“Weiyi, where did you get the Jiu Li God’s battle intent?”
Yin Eleven’s eyes instantly widened, thinking they had misheard or hallucinated.
Li Weiyi said: “Thirty-three Mile Mountain!”
Then, following the prepared explanation, he recounted the matter of the Silver Coffin and the suspected burial site of the Jiu Li God.
“Yingzhou encountered Xuanyuan, buried alongside Blood Moon Spring.”
The Hidden Lord recited this line, becoming extremely agitated, and let out a long sigh: “Weiyi, in that Immortal Realm Space in Zangxian Town, you shouldn’t have hidden this from me. If you’d told me earlier, even if it cost this life, I definitely would have gone to explore Thirty-three Mile Mountain. Now, entering Zangxian Town is as hard as ascending to heaven!”
Li Weiyi said: “It wasn’t intentional concealment. Really, at the time, I didn’t even know the Jiu Li God’s battle intent was attached to the Silver Skeleton Heavenly Clan bone. Even this stele inscription, I only later dared confirm it was the Jiu Li God’s handwriting.”
The Hidden Lord didn’t suspect otherwise.
After all, Li Weiyi was willing to offer the Silver Coffin and the Jiu Li God’s battle intent for all the Hidden Sect’s hidden persons to comprehend. Just this alone, few in the Jiu Li tribe’s own tribe members could match.
Yin Eleven finally chimed in weakly: “The Jiu Li God’s battle intent really emerged?”
Li Weiyi said casually: “Yeah, Yao Yin already obtained one. The Hidden Sect’s hidden persons, as long as they revere me as the God Hidden Person, can all go try. Whether they get the opportunity depends on their own ability.”
“You’ve always been the only candidate for God Hidden Person in my heart—I’m fully on board. For something this big, you should’ve notified me? I’m absolutely loyal to the Hidden Sect and the God Hidden Person,” Yin Eleven said.
Li Weiyi said: “That’s why I told you first!”
“What?” Yin Eleven said.
Li Weiyi said: “You forgot? That day at the hidden persons’ gathering, when leaving, I told you there was something important to discuss with you? You said, wait for your message.”
“That was it?”
“Of course! With so many people around then, how could I say it outright? I really wanted you to be the first to try.”
“I really want to punch myself!” Yin Eleven clenched a fist, hammering halfway, then looked over eagerly: “Is there still a chance?”
Li Weiyi pointed him in a direction.
“My good brother God Hidden Person, capturing Yang Qingxi—leave it to me. Next time there’s something important to discuss, even across knife mountains and seas of fire, I’ll definitely be first to arrive.” Yin Eleven flew off, as if afraid that one second late, the Jiu Li God’s battle intent would be gone.
By the lakeside, it was so quiet snowflakes could be heard falling.
The Hidden Lord finally turned around, all sharpness gone, and said gently: “Yin Shisan said you want to apply for a Thousand Year Elixir? And it has to be ice attribute?”
“I can exchange with a magic tool…” Li Weiyi said.
“Shut up. Just the Jiu Li God’s battle intent alone doesn’t know how many Thousand Year Elixirs it could exchange for. Weiyi, the Leader didn’t misjudge you. Among Ling Xiao’s younger generation today, in talent and character, this lord hasn’t found anyone who can compare to you.”
The Hidden Lord took out a foot-long Ice Jade Medicine Box from the boundary bag and handed it over.
Li Weiyi hurriedly accepted it, like obtaining a treasure.
With this Thousand Year Elixir, plus the Xihe Flower, the Phoenix Wing Moth Emperor growing to five inches, even six inches, was just around the corner. At that time…
“About the Dao Lotus… has Yin Ten told you, Lord Hidden Lord?” Li Weiyi prepared to seize the chance and get all the benefits—after all, character also had a price.
“It hasn’t been reported to my level yet! What realm are you at now? Why would you need a Dao Lotus?”
Then, the Hidden Lord advised: “Having a heavy treasure isn’t necessarily a good thing—it has to match your cultivation realm. Otherwise, it’s a disaster.”
“Third Realm,” Li Weiyi said.
The Hidden Lord said: “Exactly, in the Third Realm you can still use Qi Increasing Pills, accumulating Qi on one side, quenching Qi on the other, polishing battle intent and martial arts moves—this is steady and solid, no rushing… Wait, what realm did you say earlier? Third Realm?”
That last “Third Realm,” even with the Hidden Lord’s state of mind, was uttered in a sharp, high-pitched voice.
Li Weiyi nodded, troubled: “No choice, the third sea of Qi over three hundred cubes—using Qi Increasing Pills, who knows what year and month it’ll take to cultivate to perfection?”
The Hidden Lord thought he was joking, pointed a finger at his chest, and sent magic energy probing in.
After a moment, the Hidden Lord withdrew the finger, pacing back and forth on the snowy ground, pondering something. Stopping, he said: “Wait a few days for me. I’ll handle all of Qiu Zhou Prefecture City’s matters properly, then leave with me.”
“After Sui Sect surrenders to the Imperial Court, they’ll definitely withdraw quickly. For other forces to achieve anything will be as hard as ascending to heaven. Compared to Qiu Zhou Prefecture City now, Li Zhou is actually safer.”
Li Weiyi shook his head: “I’m not leaving!”
The Hidden Lord laid out the pros and cons: “If you die in Qiu Zhou Prefecture City, how will this lord explain to the Leader later? A mere Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival—what’s that? You’re a true dragon, the future Martial Dao Son of Heaven.”
Li Weiyi said: “The Martial Dao Sons of Heaven since ancient times were all forged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, grown through fighting against people. Without training, without honing the state of mind, without constantly correcting oneself, how could there be a Son of Heaven? In the end, one would just blend into the crowd!”
“The Son of Heaven isn’t cultivated in Spring Gushing Realm and Five Seas Realm—it’s fighting in every realm for supremacy. Otherwise, no matter how good the foundation now, it’ll be surpassed in the future.”
The Hidden Lord never imagined that one day a little guy would lecture them, and yet it was hard to refute.
“You’re not leaving, then neither am I!” the Hidden Lord said.
Li Weiyi was surprised: “……”
The Hidden Lord said: “Since you’re pursuing speed in accumulating Qi, a Dao Fruit is faster than a Dao Lotus. I’ll arrange this—delivered tomorrow.”
Dao Lotus: increases Qi by ten thousand cubes.
Dao Fruit: increases Qi by tens of thousands of cubes.
During the earlier probe, the Hidden Lord had discovered Li Weiyi using Immortal Soil to shape lung leaves, knowing that once accumulation was complete, he’d have the conditions to impact the next realm.
“Give me another Dao Lotus!” Li Weiyi said.
The Hidden Lord frowned: “What do you need another Dao Lotus for?”
“I owe Shi Shishi a favor—sending it to him,” Li Weiyi said frankly, without making up lies.
The Hidden Lord was utterly speechless: “You think Dao Lotus is like cabbage? Its value far exceeds your imagination—it’s truly a tribe’s foundation treasure.”
“Without him today, I might not have made it back!”
Li Weiyi’s words of course had some exaggeration—a guardian wife wouldn’t truly fail to protect. But when Shi Shishi acted, he hadn’t considered there was a guardian wife.
The Hidden Lord knew Li Weiyi was bargaining hard, using the Hidden Sect’s resources to repay his personal favors.
“Fine, since you asked, this lord can’t refuse you. I’ll send someone, in your name, to deliver the Dao Lotus to the wolf den. But you must promise this lord one condition!” the Hidden Lord said.
Li Weiyi said: “It’s not asking me to leave Qiu Zhou Prefecture City with you again, right?”
“You don’t want to leave—how could this lord dampen your fighting spirit? But if you don’t get an invitation, you’re not allowed to participate in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. Can you promise that?” the Hidden Lord said.
Without an invitation, one could still assist martial cultivators who had one.
Once participating, it meant slaughter would descend on one’s head.
Li Weiyi relaxed and smiled in agreement: “Without an invitation, what’s the point of participating?”
The Hidden Lord nodded in satisfaction, chuckling inwardly: even if your cultivation speed is fast, breaking through one more realm before the New Year is the limit. Five Seas Realm fourth stage is still quite a ways from getting an invitation.
“Where is Li Ling?” He finally asked the question he most wanted to ask, yet was most afraid to.
Worried that Li Ling had already met with misfortune.
Li Weiyi knew this matter had surely been reported upward, and had long prepared his response: “What the Hidden Lord wants to ask is that departed spirit residing in her body, suspected to be Zen Sea Observing Mist, right?”
