Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 266: Coming to Kill
"Soul exchange?"

Li Rui and Jiang Linxian were both shocked.

What method is this? !

Taoist Xu Xuan laughed and said, "The art of soul replacement is not as mysterious as you think. I am not a Golden Immortal, so how can I replace my soul directly? It is just an evil art that can confuse people."

"The Nine Soul Dharma King is good at this."

Jiang Linxian nodded slowly: "I heard that the Nine Souls Dharma King of the Ghost Sect can eat living souls. I think he relies on this method."

Li Rui's heart moved slightly.

This sounds similar to deep hypnosis in the previous life. Some skilled hypnotists can even enlighten fools through hypnosis. It is extremely mysterious.

Xu Xuan nodded.

"It just so happens that I traveled around the world in my early years and learned a few tricks from an old man, so I can identify it."

Li Rui asked: "Senior, what is the good fortune you just mentioned?"

When Xu Xuan heard the word "fate", a smile appeared on his face:
"Good times will come after bad times. My disciple Qu had a special physique, so he must have been noticed by the Nine Souls Dharma King, who wanted to refine him into a human puppet. As a result, he not only escaped, but also remained clear-minded. The soul-refining pill refined by the Nine Souls Dharma King actually opened his mind, making him smarter than ordinary people."

Li Rui suddenly realized.

No wonder Qu Chengfeng, a playboy, became a different person after suffering a disaster. It turned out that he had got a great opportunity.

Jiang Linxian: "Since it's a good thing, then Senior..."

Taoist Xu Xuan's face turned cold, and murderous intent surged in his eyes:
"No matter what the result is, since he dared to attack the disciples of my Wenxian Tower, he must pay the price. Now that kid Gu is the supervisor and it is inconvenient for him to take action, then it is up to me, the master, to get back at him."

"I heard that the Nine Soul Dharma King went to the Man Bone City of the Wu Kingdom, so I came here."

"How do we get our ground back?"

"Of course it's the business of the underworld. We're here to kill people."

Hear the words.

Li Rui was horrified.

Kill the earth immortal!

Just thinking about it is terrifying.

However, Li Rui was not optimistic that the old Taoist priest Xu Xuan's trip would be successful.

Xu Xuan is now in the five stages of celestial decay, and his realm has even fallen to the innate level. However, the Nine Souls Dharma King is still at the peak of his powers, and there is an 80% chance that he will die early.

Jiang Linxian couldn't help but advise: "Senior, it's better to take a long-term view on this matter, don't lose your life in vain."

Xu Xuan waved his hand nonchalantly: "I am not one of those fools. Even though I only have 20 years to live, I will not throw away my life so easily."

Seeing this, Jiang Linxian had no choice but to give up.

Xu Xuan smiled:
"Okay, I'm going to stay in Qinghe for a while. I won't provoke the Nine Soul Dharma King for the time being."

"I won't do anything like that."

Xu Xuan moved into the military officer's residence.

In this regard.

Jiang Linxian would be happy to see it happen no matter what. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Now is the time when An Ning Guard is in need. Even if Xu Xuan does not take action, it will be a deterrent to some villains.

In addition to practicing martial arts and doing his errands every day, Li Rui had one more thing to do, which was to practice with the little white dragon.

Ever since the little white dragon gave him the blood of Yinglong, the man and the demon actually established some kind of mysterious relationship similar to that of companionship.

After the little white dragon shed its skin, the dragon essence in its body increased greatly.

Giving back to Li Rui is of great benefit to him than practicing the Dragon Elephant True Energy.

The dragon power has just been trained and there has been progress.

The little white dragon's strength also recovered very quickly. In just a few days, it had the strength of a ninth-level monster. It also had the ability to protect itself and no longer needed to stay in the secret room all day.

The bright moon hangs high.

On top of the dream platform.

Li Rui stood quietly with the hidden sword in his hand, but his momentum had reached its peak.

Thoughts moved slightly.

A figure appeared in front of him.

Zhuang Renhe walked towards him slowly, holding the strange black sword in his hand.

Li Rui took a step forward, and the distance between the two men rapidly narrowed. Almost in an instant, Zang Feng collided with the black knife in the air.

Peng!
Just a fight.

Zhuang Renhe was completely suppressed by Li Rui and retreated repeatedly.

The situation was reversed from that night.

The terrifying power of the dragon force left Zhuang Renhe with no chance to fight back. Zhuang Renhe retreated again and again, and was soon forced to the edge of the cloud platform, with nowhere to retreat.

As the hidden sword in Li Rui's hand fell, Zhuang Renhe was blown into a ball of white smoke and disappeared.

"forty seven."

Li Rui's eyes lit up.

It only took him forty-seven moves to kill Zhuang Renhe.

"The dragon power has reached its peak, and the increase in combat power is indeed huge."

Although Zhuang Renhe is not a good fighter, his realm is not bad. He can kill a fifth-grade junior grandmaster so easily, which is better than most fifth-grade warriors.

This combat power is already impressive even in Yunzhou.

Kill Zhuang Renhe.

Li Rui closed his eyes and began to review the battle just now. He felt that there was still room for improvement.

For example, killing Zhuang Renhe in ten moves?
The night passed.

"Well"

Li Rui opened his eyes and saw the familiar beams.

He got up, washed his face, and walked out of the room.

When he was practicing in the courtyard, he saw Liang He rushing in.

"Master, something happened. Our goods were seized."

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly: "What happened?"

Liang He's breathing was a little disordered, and he was obviously running in a hurry: "Today, the second leader led a caravan out of the city, but was disarmed by Zhong County Magistrate and his men, and all the goods were seized."

Zhong Zheng?

Li Rui touched his chin.

Since Zhuang Renhe died, Zhong Zheng, the county magistrate, has become the most powerful person in Qinghe County. Before, because they had a common enemy, Zhuang Renhe, the two sides had some exchanges.

Logically speaking, it wouldn't be necessary to do such a cruel thing.

There must be a reason.

Liang He continued, "Mr. Zhong, the county magistrate, specifically requested that Master go to the county government office to meet him."

Li Rui groaned:
"okay, I get it."

Then he was about to go out to the county government office, but he heard Liang He whispering behind him: "Master, be careful, there's a scam!"

He was afraid that it was a Hongmen Banquet, which would be detrimental to his master.

Li Rui said calmly: "It's okay."

There is definitely a trick, but it won't cause any harm to anyone's life.

After all, Zhong Zheng was the one who chose the county government office, and he was also an official appointed by the imperial court. If Zhong Zheng really wanted to harm him, he would have chosen another place. Killing him in the county government office would mean that he really thought he had no political enemies.

Since you won't die, there's nothing to be afraid of.

The business of Tiandi League grew bigger and bigger, with more and more disciples, and it became a powerful force in Qinghe.

When Zhuang Renhe was the county magistrate, Zhong Zheng would naturally not take action against the Tiandi Alliance.

It will even open the door to convenience.

But now that Zhuang Renhe is dead and he has become the chief officer, his attitude will naturally change.

Not long after.

Li Rui came to the county government office and brought Tan Hu and two soldiers from the Benhu Cavalry with him.

"Just stand outside."

After giving a simple instruction, he stepped into the lobby.

It’s really lively.

In addition to County Magistrate Zhong Zheng, there are three others.

Li Rui was familiar with these three people, Shi Zhou from Shenbing Villa, Zhou Ting, the elder of Baizhan Sect, and Bai Jing, the elder of Daoxuan Sect.

Li Rui raised his eyebrows slightly. "What a grand ceremony."

Three elders from the eight major sects in the city came at once.

There are not many people in Qinghe who can enjoy this treatment.

"Master Zhong and the three elders are here too."

Li Rui laughed out loud and clasped his fists.

Zhong Zheng looked at Li Rui with a smile, but he sneered in his heart.

They were all old hands in the officialdom, so how could he not see through Li Rui's little trick just now.

First, he brought the soldiers of An Ning Guard, which was to tell the county magistrate that he was an officer of An Ning Guard, and to touch him would be to touch An Ning Guard.

Then he was called Lord Zhong.

It was to remind Zhong Zheng not to forget his identity as a court official and to keep his seat upright. The world is still the world after all, so don't get too deeply involved.

If it weren’t for Shi Zhou and the other two.

Li Rui would then change his words and call him Brother Zhong.

Now he is a sixth-rank official, and Zhong Zheng is also a sixth-rank official, so there is nothing wrong with calling him Brother Zhong.

Zhong Zheng pretended to be unaware and asked in surprise, "Master Li, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"

Li Rui looked at Zhong Zheng with a half-smile.

According to Liang He, it was Zhong Zheng who personally led people to seize the goods from the Tiandi Alliance today, so how could he not know about it.

But since Zhong Zheng has decided to act, Li Rui will accompany him.

He really acted as if he had nothing to worry about. He found a seat and sat down, feeling relaxed and at ease.

Seeing Li Rui like this.

The four people in the hall all had the same thought.

See how long you can hold it.

Li Rui sat down, and then slowly said: "Master Zhong, I heard that your son entered the eighth rank not long ago. It is a critical time to lay a solid foundation. I happen to have some friends in Wu Country. He has a batch of goods, and there is a red-scaled fish in it, which will be of great benefit to the eighth rank."

Hear this.

Zhong Zheng's expression changed.

His son had excellent aptitude in martial arts, and he had probably achieved the highest position in his official career, so he could have high hopes for the boy.

I have been secretly searching for treasures for foundation building.

Of course the red-scaled fish knows.

However, this item is only found in the Wu Kingdom and is extremely rare, so even he has no idea where it comes from.

"It is said that this old man Li has many connections in Wu Country. It is true."

Zhong Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

Seeing the change in Zhong Zheng's expression, Li Rui laughed and said, "Master Zhong, the people in the county government are becoming more and more rude. They haven't served tea for such a long time."

There was a brief silence in the hall.

Then Zhong Zheng laughed loudly: "Someone, serve tea!"

Hearing the words "serve tea", Li Rui leaned back comfortably.

The key to breaking the impasse is to know the enemy's weaknesses.

As the leader of the Tiandi Alliance, he is certainly not as powerful as the eight major sects, but when it comes to gossip, Qinghe is the best.

You can never go wrong talking about children to a middle-aged married man.

It was obvious that Zhong Zheng was wavering.

Shi Zhou frowned slightly, coughed lightly, and reminded: "Master Zhong."

Hearing Shi Zhou's voice, Zhong Zheng chuckled, but his words were not as harsh as before.

"Master Li, I invited you here this time because I have a great cause."

Of course he knew that Li Rui was the leader of the Tiandi Alliance.

The reason why he launched the attack today was because Shi Zhou and the other two had given him benefits.

Otherwise, why would he have the audacity to offend a sixth-rank captain of the An Ning Guard?

Li Rui took a sip of tea and raised his eyebrows:
"Good thing?"

Zhong Zheng: "I heard that Lord Li's Tiandi League is doing big business. Since there is money to be made, why not make it together? The three elders are very powerful and can protect Shang Zhouquan, right?"

Li Rui's mouth corners slightly raised.

When he walked in and saw Shi Zhou, he already had some vague guesses in his mind.

as predicted.

It’s all about the business of Tiandi Alliance.

It had been expected that the Divine Weapon Villa would not give up easily. It turned out that they had been plotting in secret. The Baizhan Sect and Daoxuan Sect must have been brought here by Shizhou.

Right.

The business of Tiandi Alliance is growing bigger and bigger, to the point where even the major clans are jealous. Previously, people from the eight major clans had been observing in secret, waiting for the right time, and now it is finally time to start taking advantage of it.

Jiang Linxian is famous, but he cannot suppress the three sect elders.

At this time.

Zhou Ting, the elder of Baizhan Sect, spoke in a rough voice: "Master Li, our sects have contributed a lot to the trade between the two countries. Since it is a trade with Wu Country, we should have a share."

Shi Zhou saw Zhou Ting taking the lead in attacking.

I chuckled in my heart.

He specifically called Zhou Ting, the reckless man, to open up the situation first.

Tie Kuang has already stepped in to handle the weapons business of the Tiandi Alliance, so of course he dared not interfere due to personal feelings. However, in addition to the weapons business, the Tiandi Alliance is also doing a booming business in monsters, which makes several elders from the major sects jealous.

How can I bear this?
That's why today's scene happened.

What level is the Tiandi Alliance? Are they worthy of having the food all to themselves?
Bai Jing of Daoxuan Sect also spoke up at this time: "Master Li, you have a wide range of connections. As for business, harmony brings wealth, and we can all make money together."

Although the words were said in a euphemistic way, this is what I meant.

They are determined to get a piece of the Tiandi Alliance's business. No, they must get the lion's share of the profits.

Otherwise, the detention of goods would happen frequently today.

County Magistrate Zhong Zhengze quietly moved his seat.

Except at the beginning, he didn't say much, just smiled and watched coldly.

In his opinion.

Li Rui had no choice but to bow his head today.

It is not uncommon to make quick money if you have connections, but if you want to make money for a long time, you need sufficient foundation. In Zhong Zheng's opinion, a force with only two sixth-grade people cannot eat such a big piece of fat, not even with Li Rui in charge.

There's nothing you can do if your fist isn't strong enough.

At least you need a fifth-grade junior master to keep this business.

Shi Zhou sneered: "Master Li, if you hand over the way, we can let you continue to participate."

He calculated very well.

As long as Li Rui handed over the way, with the foundation of their three sects, the worst that could happen was that they would use a higher price regardless of the cost to squeeze out the Tiandi Alliance.

With the financial resources of the Tiandi Alliance, it could not hold out for long and would have to withdraw on its own.

After all, both Li Rui and the Tiandi Alliance are several levels lower than them.

Today they want to use their power to overwhelm others.

Zhong Zheng was looking at the tense scene in the lobby and couldn't help but wonder how Li Rui was going to break the deadlock.

But he heard about it.

Li Rui is known for his strategy. When he was not strong enough before, he was highly valued by Jiang Linxian because he had many ideas.

No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't figure out how to resolve the current situation of the three major sects forcing the emperor to abdicate.

Li Rui listened to what Shi Zhou and the other two said, and his face remained calm.

Slowly put down the teacup.

Smiled:
"I thought it was a small matter. Why should we go to such lengths to deal with such a small matter? I will personally introduce you to the matter some other day."

As soon as these words came out.

Shi Zhou and the other two, along with Zhong Zheng, were all stunned.

That's it?

You don't even try to resist?

(End of this chapter)