My Endless Life.

Chapter 249 Investigation
When Li Qi was dragged away by Li Xueren, he had no idea what kind of poison it was, nor did he know whether to keep him or not.

But he knew that if he just left like that, he would be watching the people in the town die.

Li Qi couldn't do this.

At least now he can't turn a blind eye.

So Li Qi tried every possible means to convince Li Xueren to stay, and agreed with him that he would not show up easily and would hide in the dark, while Li Xueren would go out into the open to take charge of the overall situation.

Also, because he was worried that Li Xueren's second-grade cultivation would scare away the evildoer hiding in the town, Li Qi specifically instructed Li Xueren to suppress his cultivation and reduce it to the middle third-grade level.

Li Xueren was in the early third grade when he left Qiqiao Villa. It was reasonable for him to be in the middle third grade more than ten years later, and it would not arouse suspicion.

"Is your grandfather back?"

After hearing Li Xueren's self-introduction, Huang Wanmian looked at Li Qi.

Li Qi nodded slightly: "I just came back, and I encountered this kind of thing before I even got home."

"So, the second-rank grandmaster who kidnapped you..."

"Didn't you guess it?"

Li Qi asked back.

Huang Wanmian was silent for a while, then said: "It seems that the future of the martial arts world will change..."

"Yes."

"Then do you still want to go to Tianyi Valley?"

Huang Wanmian asked again.

She invited Li Qi to Tianyi Valley, on the one hand because Li Qi's talent was really good, and on the other hand she wanted to protect Li Qi.

Now Qiqiao Villa has a second-grade grandmaster. As the ninth second-grade grandmaster in Da Qi, Qiqiao Villa has the qualifications to compete for the top forces, and even the six major sects have to treat it with courtesy.

Apart from anything else, if the six major sects had known before that there was a second-grade grandmaster in charge of Qiqiao Villa, they would never have sent anyone to put pressure on Qiqiao Villa.

Therefore, with a grandfather who is a second-grade grandmaster, Li Qi no longer needs to seek refuge in Tianyi Valley. That's why Huang Wanmian asked this question.

She thought Li Qi would not go to Tianyi Valley, but unexpectedly Li Qi answered decisively:

"Go, why don't you go?"

"?"

“Don’t look at me like that. I want to go to Tianyi Valley and use your herbs to make something, so it’s okay to use the title of Tianyi Valley disciple… Okay, let’s not talk about this. I have other things to do. I’ll leave the task of isolating the strange poison to you.”

Li Qi said this and was about to disappear into the crowd.

Huang Wanmian asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go find someone. There is more than one demon disciple from the Ten Thousand Poison Sect. I want to find that guy..."

Li Qi walked out while speaking, and when he finished speaking, his figure disappeared into the crowd.

Huang Wanmian looked at the direction he left, her eyes moving slightly.

More than one person? From what he said, has he already met a disciple of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect?

……

Let’s review it briefly.

The strange poison appeared in Shili Inn yesterday evening.

Li Xueren and Li Qi met two poisoned knights in the inn.

Judging from the way they looked poisoned, someone must have put poison in their food.

One person ate more and was poisoned first, then the other person, and finally both of them died.

After seeing the two people being poisoned, Li Xueren took Li Qi and quickly left the town. They found a secluded corner and left directly from the air. In the end, they were stopped by the Bone Demon. Then Li Qi met Wan Ping from the Ten Thousand Poison Sect.

Gu Lao Mo and Wan Ping had obviously been waiting outside the town for a long time. They had been lying in ambush there, waiting for Li Xueren to bring Li Qi out.

So the person who poisoned the inn was definitely not Wan Ping!

According to this inference, there are other disciples of the Wan Du Sect who remain in the city!
Of course, it is also possible that he is not a disciple of the Wan Du Sect, but Wan Ping gave the poison to another disciple of the Demon Sect, and then that person poisoned him.

But no matter what, this person must exist.

Li Qi wants to find out who poisoned him!

"But where is the person who poisoned me?"

Li Qi wandered among the crowd, observing his surroundings.

First of all, it is certain that the person who poisoned the food had stayed at the Shili Inn and might have even had an argument with the two gangsters.

Otherwise, if you randomly choose someone to poison, it is obvious that ordinary people are more suitable than martial artists.

After all, people in the martial arts world possess internal energy and detoxification pills, so they have a certain resistance to poisons.

Although those in the acquired realm will definitely be poisoned, as long as they are prepared, they can eventually delay some time.

If the Demon Sect really came with the mission of disrupting the Central Plains martial arts world, it would be much more convenient and quicker to poison ordinary people rather than just martial artists, and let ordinary people spread the plague everywhere.

So Li Qi guessed that these two unlucky guys who were poisoned must have some grudges with the people from the Demon Sect.

And it can't be an old grudge, it must be a new one.

If this speculation is true, the list of people staying at Shili Inn becomes very important.

So Li Qi needed a backup of the check-in list of people at Shili Inn.

Fortunately, Li Qi looked at the check-in list of the inn's staff before leaving, and he remembered the names of those who were staying on it.

The only problem was that he only knew their names and their approximate titles in the martial arts world. There was nothing wrong with those martial arts heroes who had titles.

As for the Jianghu knight without a title, Li Qi didn't know his origins. If he wanted to find everyone here, he would need help from others. "So you remembered me at this time, right?"

A voice with a bad tone sounded in front of Li Qi.

In the corner of the alley, Li Qiao, who was also disguised, leaned against the wall of the alley and looked at Li Qi with resentment.

Seeing Li Qiao, Li Qi smiled:
"After all, you are my sister. Besides my parents, you are the only one who can help me."

"Tsk, you only know how to say nice things!" Li Qiao grumbled in dissatisfaction, and after a while he spread his hands helplessly and said, "But there is nothing I can do. You are my only brother."

She walked over to Li Qi and asked, "Tell me, what should I do?"

"Help me investigate the people on the inn's list."

"The disciples of the villa have already started the work. It won't take long to complete the investigation... Is there anything else?"

"And..." Li Qi recalled the names on the list, thought for a moment and said to Li Qiao: "... Help me check two people, and by the way, help me check if anyone has had conflicts with these people in the past few days."

As Li Qi spoke, he told Li Qiao two names.

And these two names are the two unlucky guys who died of poisoning yesterday.

……

At Qiqiao Villa, Li Xueren sat in the main seat.

Below are Li Wenxin and his wife Zheng Qiuqing, as well as Zhang Yuan from Longwu Pavilion, Liao Ming from Thousand Buddha Temple, and... Zhong Yunxin from Xueyun Sword Sect.

The three masters who did not belong to Qiqiao Villa looked at each other, Zhang Yuan and Liao Ming looked at each other, and then turned to look at Zhong Yunxin.

Zhong Yunxin's expression remained unchanged as she continued to drink her tea calmly, but Li Wenxin was a little restless.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Wenxin finally couldn't help but speak:

"…father……"

"Don't call me dad, I don't have a son like you!"

"..."

After being scolded by Li Xueren, Li Wenxin fell silent immediately.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Li Xueren became even more unhappy. After glaring at him, he looked at Zheng Qiuqing who was next to Li Wenxin.

Zheng Qiuqing sat obediently beside Li Wenxin. When she saw Li Xueren's gaze on her, she bowed to him without being servile or arrogant and said softly:
"I have met my father."

"You changed your words quickly, but did I ever ask you to call me father?"

Li Xueren's attitude was not very good.

Zheng Qiuqing's expression did not change when he heard this, he just lowered his head. Li Wenxin saw this and instead mustered up the courage to say:

"Dad, it's been more than ten years. Qiao'er and Qi'er have grown up. If you keep dwelling on the past, won't you..."

"Humph! It's because she fought hard and gave birth to a miracle child for the Li family. Otherwise, I would kick her out today, believe it or not!"

Li Xueren spoke in a very foul tone and showed no mercy to Zheng Qiuqing in front of outsiders.

The atmosphere in the room was very tense. It was not until Zhong Yunxin spoke that the tense atmosphere was eased a little:

"Senior Li, there is no need to talk about the past. You invited us here, not to listen to your family affairs. We already know about the plague at the foot of the mountain. Let's talk about business first."

When Zhong Yunxin spoke, Li Xueren's expression immediately softened.

He nodded to Zhong Yunxin and then said:

"Niece Yun Xin is right, I called you all here to discuss the plague.

"According to the investigation by the disciples of the villa, a plague has begun to spread in the town, and Fairy Huang has confirmed that this poison is the famous strange poison 'No Life Left' that was famous decades ago.

"I think you all know how powerful this poison is, but my Qiqiao Villa is a small sect and cannot do anything about this kind of poison, so I hope that you can lend a hand to my villa. I will be very grateful."

Li Xueren bowed to the people present.

Zhang Yuan from Longwu Pavilion was the first to stand up and say:
"The evil villain is completely inhumane and actually poisoned ordinary people. This behavior is intolerable! Our pavilion will definitely lend a hand to help your village get rid of the evil! But..."

At this point, Zhang Yuan changed the subject: "…After all, our sect is not founded on pharmacology, so the most we can do is help your village maintain order. If you want to solve the plague, I'm afraid we still need Master Liao Ming from the Thousand Buddha Temple and Fairy Huang from the Heavenly Medicine Valley to help."

"Amitabha." As soon as Zhang Yuan finished speaking, Liao Ming chanted the Buddha's name: "This is such a strange poison, I am powerless, maybe... the senior disciples of Tianyi Valley can find a way."

Seeing the two masters shirking each other, Li Xueren sneered in his heart, but smiled on the surface and said:
"Even if you just help maintain order, everyone in Qiqiao Villa will be grateful."

Li Xueren gave face to Qianfo Temple and Longwu Pavilion, but Zhong Yunxin would not.

Seeing these two masters trying to shirk responsibility, Zhong Yunxin snorted coldly and said:

"Why are you pretending? Don't you just want to not contribute?"

"..."

Zhang Yuan and Liao Ming were both silent, and Zhong Yunxin continued:
"Senior Li, although my Xueyun Sword Sect is far away and doesn't have anything to show for us, I have a 'Xueyun Qingxin Pill' here. If we crush it and spread it out, it may help with the plague. I hope Senior Li will accept it."

As Zhong Yunxin spoke, she took out a small porcelain jade bottle from her arms and handed it to Li Xueren.

Li Xueren was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly said, "Niece Yunxin, everyone in my villa has already wronged you, how can I have the face to accept your things at this time?"

"Senior Li, there is no need to talk about the past. I am giving this pill to the people in the villa. Please accept it."

Zhong Yunxin took the lead. Zhang Yuan and Le Ming looked a little embarrassed, but they also took out their own pills.

Zhang Yuan said: "What Elder Zhong said reminded me that although my Longwu Pavilion is not good at alchemy, it also has special elixirs. This 'Dragon Blood Pill' will be given to the villa..."

"Well... I am also willing to offer a Hundred Years Great Rejuvenation Pill. I hope Master Li will accept it."

Liao Ming also followed closely.

(End of this chapter)