Netherworld Painted Skin Scroll

Chapter 50 Commitment
The little girl was timid and hesitated for a while before she walked over cautiously and stood one step away from Zhao Qi.

"There is no connection between you and me, but you saved my disciple, which is a blessing for you." Zhao Qi took out a talisman from his sleeve and handed it over with two fingers. "The town may not be peaceful these two days, so you should keep this talisman. When you are in danger, hold the talisman tightly and just think of one thought - I am in a safe and secret place. I will naturally go to a safe and secret place to keep you safe."

Xue Baoping was stunned for a moment, and stretched out his hand to take it, but Zhao Qi retracted his fingers again: "Listen carefully, this talisman cannot be used casually - do you have any particularly short cellars, secret rooms, pits, etc. in your house?"

Xue Baoping looked at Li Wuxiang in confusion, then at Zhao Qi: "...It seems not."

Zhao Qi then handed her the talisman and said, "Keep it carefully. Don't let it touch blood or water. You have to return it to me after a few days. Go check under those tiles on the east roof of your house later and take out the things inside and burn them."

Xue Baoping accepted it respectfully and retreated behind Li Wuxiang.

Zhao Qi nodded to Li Wuxiang and said, "You two go out first and wait for me outside the courtyard."

Li Wuxiang still held the knife in his hand, so he glanced at Zeng Jianqiu. Zeng Jianqiu glared at him and spat, "Bah! Little bastard!"

This was the code they had agreed on, "hold off for now." It was just "bah," without the "little beast" that followed.

He groaned and pulled Xue Baoping out of the door. When the gate was closed, Xue Baoping quickly grabbed his hand and pulled him under the willow tree by the river, whispering: "What did you do to that man——"

"Bitter meat scheme."

"Then you didn't do anything just now?"

Li Wuxiang shook his head. "I was hesitant at first, but did you see Zeng Jianqiu's look when Zhao Qi gave you this talisman? I think he was really surprised. To be honest, I was surprised too. When Zhao Qi was catching ghosts last night, I saw his appearance and felt that he was not very good. When Zeng Jianqiu said that he was difficult to deal with today, I also felt that he was making a fuss. But what the hell is this talisman... Can you keep safe just by holding it and thinking about it? This time he should not be lying, so he is really more powerful than I thought."

He sighed, "I don't know how many similar tricks he has. If he misses, I'll be in big trouble... My trouble will be bigger than Zeng Jianqiu's. So I have to do as he says. When Zhao Qi summons the gods, I'll let him be backfired by his wish first."

In fact, there was another point, but he didn't say it in order not to make Xue Baoping worry.

He didn’t know whether the Zhao Qi in the room now was a human or not.

His five senses were extremely sensitive, and he had always wanted to suck flesh and blood, so he was very sensitive to the smell of living people. Xue Baoping's flesh and blood smelled fresh and soft, as if he took a bite...

Li Wuxiang let out a breath.

——And Zhao Qi's flesh and blood, because he was a cultivator, was more mellow and solid, giving him the feeling more like solidified animal fat.

But this Zhao Qi who came now, he could not smell anything on him. At first, he thought that he had the same method as Zhao Kui, making a paper puppet, but there was no bamboo paper fragrance. It seemed that he was extremely vigilant and prepared when he came.

Fortunately, although Zeng Jianqiu was coerced by himself, he was clear-headed and did not take the risk to attack.

only……

Li Wuxiang pulled her to sit on the stone under the willow tree, looked around, thought for a while and said, "I want to tell you something." "Yes."

"The cultivators are more powerful than I thought. When I first came to your house, I asked you how they fought when the Xuan Sect was making trouble more than 30 years ago. Did they fly around or use fireballs or wind blades? You said no. At that time, I thought it didn't seem very powerful."

"But now I feel like they are really powerful... Zhao Qi's methods are hard to guess. Zeng Jianqiu asked me to cut his tendons, but in the short time since you came to find Zhao Qi, his injuries have become the same as they were a day or two ago. This is not the most frightening thing. The frightening thing is that he thought Zhao Qi couldn't see it, but Zhao Qi really couldn't see it. Do you know what this means?"

Xue Baoping thought for a moment and said, "They are both practitioners, and they travel a lot...but they don't really understand each other's abilities?"

"Yes. Think about it, if it was a world without practicing magical powers, and everyone was just an ordinary person, no matter how powerful the enemy was, we would know that the enemy would either use a gun or a knife, or some strange things, but we would understand and it would be reasonable. But in this world, there are so many sects, big and small, and it seems that each one has some unique skills... Now I understand what Zhao Qi said when he accepted me as his disciple."

"At that time, he told me to try not to get into conflict with practitioners and to walk away if possible. It seems that this is the reason - you don't know what unexpected abilities the other party has, and it is too risky to start a fight."

He held Xue Baoping's hand tightly and looked at her: "You went to find Zhao Qi today. Now that you know about Zeng Jianqiu, you can't hide in the mountains anymore. If he knows, he might have wild thoughts, which could be more dangerous. So, if we fight with Zhao Qi, no matter what happens, you stay at home and don't go out, because I don't know what the situation will be at that time. Maybe, well, you know, maybe something really happens, and you can support me again."

Xue Baoping realized at this moment that the two people's hands had always been clasped together. Today the wind blew, the sun came out, the thin branches of the weeping willows above her head swayed gently, the Jinshui River gradually became clearer, and there were sounds of wind and water, the warmth of the sun, and the smell of river water and soil. But she felt that none of these were clear, only the feeling of her right hand being tightly held and the person in front of her were clear.

So she said, "Well, don't worry, I promise you. I won't remind you of when I came... when -"

She took a deep breath, "As sad as you are when you think of her."

Li Wuxiang smiled: "Who?"

"The girl you mentioned, the one you brought into the industry. Li Wuxiang, can I ask you something?"

"Ah."

"Who are you? What does the place you came from look like?"

Ah. Li Wuxiang cried softly in his heart. He shook his head: "I haven't remembered it yet."

"If you remember it later, can you tell me?"

"Ah."

Xue Baoping burst into tears: "No matter where you are at that time, will you come and tell me?"

Li Wuxiang touched her hair: "Well, I promise."

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