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Chapter 122 Nanyue Mountain Marrow, Goodbye Aunt

According to Hou Zhongyu's research, exotic beasts such as the unicorn, dragon and tiger were also transformed from the pure power of heaven and earth. Strictly speaking, they belong to the same general category as inanimate gems and mountain marrow; and plant-based precious trees and elixirs.

Since in a strict sense they are all spiritual creatures created by the birth and nurturing of heaven and earth.

Use natural treasures and exotic mountain marrow to change the inner qualities of the Fire Qilin.

Following the principle of the Five Elements, fire gives birth to earth, which then transforms and rises into the auspicious Qilin of Wu Earth.

It is fully operational.

Li Guanyi flipped through the book and the more he read, the more he felt that it was possible. At least it could help Qilin conceal the fire-attributed energy that could be seen at a glance. The principle behind this method was actually to allow Qilin to master the ability of fire to generate earth, and show the aura of Wu Earth Qilin to the outside world.

This can at least ensure that people will not associate this Qilin with the Fire Qilin of Chen State.

Mountain Marrow...

Li Guanyi thought of the agreement between the Queen and Hou Zhongyu.

But Hou Zhongyu is dead, and several days have passed, so I'm afraid something has changed.

Li Guanyi thought about it and decided to go and take a look himself. He would use the Qi-gazing technique to take a quick look. If the queen had been taken away or there was a trick there, he would go find Mr. Xue.

Li Guanyi put the scroll down, and tried to practice the "Eternal Blue Moon Immortal Divine Body". He ate many pills, practiced breathing exercises, tempered his blood and refined his vitality, and then successfully condensed a prototype of the "Golden Pill" in his lower abdomen.

The threshold and difficulty of practicing this magical skill are much lower than Li Guanyi expected.

However, he quickly realized that this magical skill was not easy to practice.

It’s just that he is too suitable for this magical skill at the moment.

The difficulty of practicing this skill lies in refining the vital energy and blood into golden elixir.

For a sorcerer like Hou Zhongyu who cultivates qi and spirit, this takes a lot of effort.

This requires extremely high physical strength, but for Li Guanyi, who has golden muscles, jade bones, dragon tendons and tiger marrow, this is as easy as eating and drinking water. He estimated the characteristics of this embryonic form of the golden elixir, and he could not do what Hou Zhongyu did, who practiced magical skills for a century and recovered from his injuries in the blink of an eye.

However, there is also endless vitality to maintain it, and combined with one's own physique, the recovery speed is also considerable.

At least visible to the naked eye.

To fight with Li Guanyi, one must first use all his strength to get through the rain of arrows and cross the rolling waves and destroying mountains.

Then break his armor and blast his golden muscles and bones.

Then the opponent will find that the wounds he left with all his strength are visibly healed right under his eyes, and when he raises his head, a move of triple-energy Jade-Broken Fist has covered his face.

I'm afraid he would despair on the spot.

Not to mention the attacks and fighting, but the thick skin and flesh are extremely strong. Throughout history, most of the fierce generals wearing heavy armor and fighting on the battlefield have similar methods. The impact of a fierce general who charges back and forth on the battlefield without dying on the morale of both sides is immeasurable.

Among those in the same realm, Li Guanyi suspected that he was already the most difficult to kill.

"Innate Strike Formation Holy Body?"

Li Guanyi laughed at himself as the Blue Luan bird fluttered around him, vaguely connected to the energy of this technique. When the [Golden Pill] in Li Guanyi's stomach was formed, the feathers of the Blue Luan bird glowed with a green light, showing its joy.

On the second day, Li Guanyi was on duty at the Jinwu Guard and took a long walk when he was relieved of his duty. The pavilion was not far from the Qilin Palace. Taking advantage of the night and with the help of the external influence of the "Four Symbols Sealing Spirit Array", Li Guanyi hid his tracks and arrived quickly.

He closed his eyes slightly and used the Yin-Yang school's Qi-gazing technique to take a look.

But he held the weapon.

There was indeed someone inside the pavilion.

With the help of the Qi-gazing technique, Li Guanyi could see that under the pavilion, first there was a clear and powerful deep yellow aura surging, as if the earth veins and mountains were standing there, and then he could see the breath of people.

Good news, the mountain marrow of Nanyue is still there.

Bad news, the other party is likely planning to go fishing.

As expected, Hou Zhongyu is dead, and the queen would definitely want to take away the rare treasure like the mountain marrow. But why didn’t they take it away but instead sent people to wait here? Did they know something?
Li Guanyi seemed to be thinking about something. He slowed down his pace and slowly approached with the help of the "Four Symbols Sealing Spirit Array" until he was close to the extreme. He still needed to try his best to calm down and concentrate. After thinking for a while, he took out two silver needles and inserted them into the Ermen acupoint of the Shaoyang Triple Burner Meridian of the Hand.

It can improve hearing, dispel wind and clear away heat, increase internal strength and strengthen hearing.

I could barely hear the conversations inside.

If it is the second floor, for a warrior whose first acupoint is the ear, he can hear it without going through so much trouble; if it is a warrior whose first acupoint is the eye, he can see clearly even in the night.

Thanks to Situ Deqing, Li Guanyi's accumulated internal energy is enough to impact the acupoints.

But he still hadn't made up his mind.

Not sure which acupoint to hit as the first step.

At this moment, with the help of medical skills to enhance his hearing, he concentrated his mind and calmed down. He heard the voices of two people, a man and a woman. The woman's voice sounded familiar. She was the queen's lady-in-waiting who had a secret conversation with Hou Zhongyu that day. The man was a middle-aged man with a steady voice.

The female official sighed and said, "Are you sure that someone will come here?"

The man smiled and said, "Otherwise, I have another idea."

"what?"

The man said in a gentle voice: "If it weren't for this, how could I enter the palace to accompany you?"

Then the woman started to pout coquettishly, and the man chuckled, as if he was holding her in his arms. Li Guanyi, who was standing far away, grinned.

What a disgusting couple.

It seems that I have to leave today.

Li Guanyi was about to leave slowly, but the man said, "You want to know who it is? Ha, I might as well tell you today. If someone comes, it is most likely the guard of Qilin Palace that day, Li Guanyi."

Li Guanyi paused, his eyes slightly stern.

He held the sword and half-knelt again.

The female officer said, "Hmm? Is it him?"

The man said, "Yes, it was the Prime Minister who said that. That day, the old man from the Xue family came to meet the Prime Minister and told him the news you heard that day."

The female official said, "I will report the news to the queen immediately after returning, and no one else will know about it."

The man smiled and said, "Yes, then how did the old man from the Xue family know that?"

"I think that Li Guanyi must have heard what happened between you two that day. Hey, maybe that's why he uncovered the conspiracy of Hou Zhongyu and Yue Qianfeng and made a great contribution. However, we can't be sure that it was him."

"It is also possible that the old man in the Xue family has other channels."

"That's why the Prime Minister asked us to wait here for ten days. If Li Guanyi comes to take it, it means that he eavesdropped on it that day, and the Xue family doesn't have more channels, so there's no need to worry too much; otherwise, it would be dangerous."

The female officer asked, "So, we should kill him?"

The man couldn't help laughing and said, "What did you say?"

"That's the Jinwu Guard, the emperor's imperial guards. Li Guanyi is one of the best among them. He is a second-level warrior, wearing heavy armor and holding a halberd and a sword. Although you and I are the confidants of the Prime Minister and the Empress, we value intimacy and wisdom rather than strength."

"In troubled times, talents are cherished."

"A warrior at the third level is already a general who can lead an army of a thousand men."

"All the people under the Prime Minister's command are sent to other places. Even if there are any, they will not be allowed to do such a thing and waste ten days. You and I can definitely defeat Li Guanyi together, but it is difficult to kill the armored Jinwu Guards in the palace without being discovered."

"Here, the Prime Minister just wants us to give this mountain marrow respectfully to Li Guanyi."

The female official was surprised: "Why?"

The scholar said, "It's simple. Li Guanyi's coming here means that he didn't tell the old man of the Xue family about the mountain marrow. This means that Li Guanyi is not completely obedient to him. The prime minister probably wants to alienate them and make Li Guanyi lean towards us from the bottom of his heart."

The female official was a little unwilling and asked, "Are you going to pay for a treasure like the mountain marrow?"

“Is it worth it?”

The man replied: "Li Guanyi is not worth it."

"But Xue Daoyong is worth it." Li Guanyi frowned when he heard it. It seemed that he was planning to sow discord. Tan Tai Xianming only had Xue Daoyong in his eyes. He was willing to spend so much money just to make the relationship between Li Guanyi and Xue Daoyong worse.

The scholar smiled and asked, "How can you be alienated?"

"The word spies only has one word: sincerity."

"If the other party is a hero, treat him as a hero."

"As for the beauty trap, treat her as someone who is young and unavailable, and then it will work."

Li Guanyi was considering whether to take the bait and tell the old man when he got back.

He ate the bait and spit out the hook.

The scribe smiled slightly and said, "But I have a third idea."

"Li Guanda probably won't come for a treasure like this mountain marrow."

"Why don't you and I take this mountain marrow with us, and then take advantage of the grand sacrifice to flee far away. At that time, you and I will stay away from Chen State and live together in Ying State, away from this dangerous court, drinking and playing the zither every day. Isn't it wonderful?"

In the pavilion, the elegant middle-aged scholar made a suggestion. The female official widened her eyes and said in a low and urgent voice: "You are crazy, the Prime Minister and the Empress, how can they tolerate us leaving?!"

The scholar said confidently: "Li Guanyi hasn't come for such a long time, I'm afraid he won't come."

"Or he's not here at all."

"I specifically looked for craftsmen from the Mohist school and made something similar to mountain marrow. Look, aren't they exactly the same?" He took out a box, and inside the box was a palm-sized prismatic crystal, which emitted a bright yellow glow and illuminated both sides. It was very similar to mountain marrow.

"It's real enough."

The scholar said, "You and I are close confidants and close ministers in the prime minister's residence, but not his confidants."

"Your and my skills are only at the second level of the Refining Acupoints, which is not enough to compete in this vortex in the capital. These past few days, I have often felt like I was sitting on pins and needles. I often wake up in the middle of the night, covered in cold sweat. When I wake up, I must touch my neck to see if my head is still there."

"We are the confidants, and we are involved in dangerous and life-threatening things, but our strength is not enough to protect ourselves. However, if we leave the vortex of the capital and go to any city, a warrior of the second level will be considered to have some weight, and wealth and glory will be within our reach."

"What are you waiting for?!"

The female official seemed to be persuaded as well, and she was extremely frightened after learning about the illegitimate child.

If she knew this news, she would surely die.

The Queen Mother eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist scriptures.

But the strong smell of blood on my hands could not be washed away.

After struggling for a long time, he whispered, "You are not allowed to betray me."

The scholar was overjoyed and said, "You and I have already had sex and are pregnant. How could I betray you? Don't worry!" He stopped the woman. Li Guanyi thought he was watching an elopement scene, but suddenly he heard the sound of cold weapons colliding, and then the sound of swords entering flesh.

His eyes flashed, and he walked closer with light steps, only to see that both people were lying in a pool of blood, each with a knife wound on their body. The scholar was holding a short knife, and the female official was holding a dagger. The weapons were stained with blood, and both of them were injured.

The scribe cursed: "Poisonous woman!!!"

The female official also changed her original gentleness and said coldly: "You are also wrong."

"There is a fourth option. If I take the mountain marrow myself, wouldn't it make me more comfortable and wealthy than giving it to the second person?!"

The scholar said coldly: "It's the same as me."

"It's just that you have learned cruelty and viciousness in the harem, but it is not cruel enough. You should use poison on the weapons." The female official's expression froze, and then her face became panic-stricken. The blood flowing from her waist gradually turned black, and she felt that it was a life-and-death moment.

She knew she was going to die, and a trace of sadness emerged on her face. She looked at her childhood sweetheart walking towards her in the moonlight, and clenched the dagger tightly. But at this moment, she suddenly thought of the time when they were young and walked through the streets together.

There was a trace of sadness in his eyes, and he said softly: "Brother Minyi..."

"How did we become like this?"

The scholar paused, his eyes were dazed for a moment, then he reacted and quickly stepped back.

He raised his arm and shot the female official with a crossbow, cursing:

"Moving me with affection and then plotting against me?!"

"What a vicious woman!"

But she had already been killed, and the female official did not move again. The scholar looked at her body and shot two more crossbow arrows, one at her eyebrows and one at her neck, before he stopped. Her lips moved, and he stretched out his fingers to smooth the woman's eyes. He stroked them several times, but the eyes could not be closed.

The scholar's hands were shaking. He reached out and held his own hand tightly, squeezing it to stop the shaking. He said:

"Don't blame me. If you and I knew this news, we would definitely die soon."

"The Prime Minister underestimated me. He thought I was just a little clever."

"But he is wrong. A small person like me, his chess piece, is unwilling to be a pawn in his hand forever. A small person like me can also cause trouble for a big person like him."

"I'm not doing this for fame and fortune."

"I am trying to survive. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry, your death will not be in vain. This crossbow belongs to the Jinwu Guards. You will die at the hands of Li Guanyi, the guard of Qilin Palace. I will use your death to explain to the Prime Minister and complete the plan of alienation. Then, Li Guanyi will die and I will live, which will also allow me to escape unscathed..."

Li Guanyi: “…………”

Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking air. The scholar was stunned and had no time to react. He felt a pain in his lower back and fell down. The next moment, his eyes blurred and a figure in heavy armor approached at an incredible speed. The scholar was shocked and shot through by a crossbow arrow. The man slapped him down with a palm.

The next moment, he felt a pain in his abdomen and flew up.

He fell to the ground, blood spurting out of his mouth.

He was defeated in just two moves.

The scholar knelt there, looking at the man wearing the armor and mask of the Jinwu Guard, and said, "You! Li Guanyi... Hey, you, you came, you killed me, using the Xue family's Broken Jade Fist. You killed me, but you also exposed yourself."

Li Guanyi did not respond.

The scholar suddenly realized something was wrong. He felt his meridians slowly collapsing.

His expression slowly hardened: "Corrupt heart energy, Situ Deqing!"

"Prime Minister?!"

Li Guanyi's heart was slightly moved.

Is Situ Deqing from Prime Minister Tan Tai Xian Ming's residence?

The scholar murmured for a long time, with a miserable look on his face: "In the end, I still couldn't jump out of the Prime Minister's chessboard?" He laughed miserably a few times, coughed up dirty blood, and then fell down without breath. Li Guan exhaled a breath of foul air.

He didn't deal with it much here. The scholars and female officials were fighting each other, and the evidence was all there.

He replaced the real one with the mountain marrow prepared by the scribes.

After stuffing the thing into the armor and watching this scene, the young man felt a sense of depression in his heart for some reason. He thought that people's hearts were really complicated. Even a great chess player like Tan Tai Xian Ming could not completely grasp people's hearts.

Even old friends would turn against each other and fight each other. The female official's sadness was real, and the scholar's distraught look at the corpse after the attack was also real, but they did not hesitate at all when they took action.

It’s just a matter of the mountain marrow. Everyone has their own ideas and everyone has their own stance, but in the end they all end up fighting each other. It’s just a small matter. What will happen to the chaos in this world?
Li Guanyi took Shan Sui with him, removed all traces of himself, and then left.

relieved.

The thing was in his hands, but when he stepped back, he suddenly felt a chill.

Someone is watching me?!
He reacted instantly, leaping up and throwing a punch, but his vision blurred and a white finger hit his forehead. The boy felt pain and raised his head to see a tall woman standing there quietly. Her temples were as white as snow, her temperament was cold and her eyes were calm.

The eldest princess, Chen Qingyan.

Li Guanyi blinked.

The boy immediately chose the best action, took back his hand, and said obediently:

"Aunt Qingyan!"

(End of this chapter)