The Primordial Law

Chapter 224 The Main Cause of Murder

The eastern part of Qiuzhou city is dotted with dozens of hills. The highest of them is no more than two hundred meters.

Taoist temples and vegetarian halls were built on the hills.

However, with the decline of the Zuoqiu School of Taoism a thousand years ago, the influence of these Taoist temples and dining halls has also diminished considerably, with more than half of them nearly abandoned and their incense offerings dwindling.

The eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

The snow has stopped!

The first rays of sunlight shone on Zixia Mountain, located in the outer city of Dongcheng. At Changqing Temple on the mountain, the copper bells hanging from the eaves swayed in the wind, their melodious sounds reflecting dazzling points of light.

Morning light streamed through the lattice windows and fell on the bed in the living room.

Yang Qingxi awoke to the sound of bells and the sunlight shining on her face. Her whole body ached, her nose smelled strongly of blood, her clothes were sticky, and she was covered with a quilt.

She turned her head slightly to look at Li Weiyi, who was sitting cross-legged about ten feet away, below the Bagua diagram.

She closed her eyes again and said weakly, "You do keep your word... You gave me the Nine Li Clan's healing pill, the Nine Medicines Rejuvenation Pill?"

Li Weiyi opened his eyes: "I asked Cang Li for it before, and he has quite a lot. I'll give you 10,000 Yongquan coins!"

Yang Qingxi said, "Do you think that, given the relationship between the Sui Sect and the Jiuli Clan, I wouldn't know the price of the Nine-Medicine Rejuvenation Pill? Fine, ten thousand it is, I'll owe you that..."

She simply didn't have the strength to speak.

He closed his mouth, mobilized the internal energy, and began to heal his injuries by circulating it through his meridians.

Li Weiyi has an extremely strong ability to recover physically, and by noon, his injuries had been almost completely healed.

After eating the vegetarian meal, he returned to the guest hall, took a spoonful of immortal soil, and continued to reshape his muscles and internal organs while using the Qi Tempering Technique to temper the magical energy in the Fourth Sea.

Anyway, the five boxes of Yongquan coins have been recovered, so we have money and medicine if we need them.

He was naturally single-minded.

Consolidating one's cultivation and tempering one's physical body are the most urgent tasks.

Fortunately, the energy of the Fourth Sea was functioning normally, unlike the perilous situation last night. Had there been even the slightest mishap, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

As for the situation outside, he didn't think it had much to do with him; others should worry about it.

In the evening, Li Weiyi went to eat vegetarian food again.

Back in the room, by the moonlight streaming through the window, I saw that Yang Qingxi had already sat up from the bed.

Turn on the lights.

Yang Qingxi's injuries had stabilized, and she asked expressionlessly, "Where's my Dragon Seed Ticket?"

"Do you think the Dragon Seed Ticket could have been saved under the circumstances last night?" Li Weiyi asked.

Yang Qingxi raised her snow-white chin and asked expectantly, "Where's Hua Yuzi? Is she dead?"

“He’s dead!” Li Weiyi said.

Yang Qingxi leaned back against the wall, smiled contentedly, and reveled in her extraordinary achievement.

As she leaned back, her tattered, hardened, blood-stained clothes tore open her scabbed wounds, causing her mouth to twitch in pain: "I thought you would at least change my clothes and have a couple of maids clean my wounds. Do you know how uncomfortable it is when dried blood sticks completely to your body?"

Li Weiyi found it amusing: "When I was fighting so hard last night, I didn't realize you were such a delicate woman. But I'm sorry, Changqing Temple is all men, so I'm afraid we won't be able to find any maids."

Should I change her clothes?
The less trouble, the better.

We have done more than enough to save her.

Yang Qingxi frowned, puzzled, and asked, "Changqing Temple? Are we in the south or north of the city now?"

Li Wei said solemnly, "If we return to the South City, we are very likely to run into people from the Ash Region of the Far West. Moreover, if we encounter martial artists from the Jiuli Clan, I don't care, but they will probably tear you to pieces."

“You’re right! Dongcheng… no one would have thought we’d hide in Dongcheng.”

Suddenly, a captivating smile appeared in Yang Qingxi's eyes: "Li Weiyi, are you even a little bit attracted to me? Otherwise, why are you worried that I'll be killed by the Jiuli Clan martial cultivators?"

Li Weiyi walked to the bedside and gazed at her intently.

"What are you looking at?" Yang Qingxi asked.

"I think you've triggered the Six Desires Talisman!"

Li Weiyi remained wary of Yang Qingxi throughout.

This woman is very cunning. After waking up, she deliberately mentioned things like "changing her clothes" and "being moved," all because she was too weak and needed to use her beauty to keep him calm.

"Fine, I'm currently living under your roof and need you, Young Master Li, to protect this weak woman. Consider it my presumption. But I won't exchange Six Desires Talismans with you until my injuries are fully healed."

At this moment, Yang Qingxi showed a gentle and tender side, exuding femininity.

Every word she utters can stir a man's protective instincts.

The Six Desires Talisman is indeed quite troublesome at the moment.

Although the nine high priests could refine it together, who would choose the easier way? Besides, the collaboration of the nine high priests inherently carries many uncertainties. It should only be used as a last resort.

"You're not in a hurry, and neither am I. Let's see who can't take it anymore when it really flares up."

Li Weiyi walked out of the guest hall and headed towards the bedroom.

A moment later, two men in Taoist robes brought over a wooden bucket, filled it with hot water, and prepared clean blue Taoist robes.

After everything was ready, the two men in Taoist robes came out of the guest hall, closed the door, and praised her in the courtyard: "Senior Brother Li, your wife is really beautiful, like a fairy descended from heaven, is she a pure immortal?"

Li Weiyi handed each of them a handful of Yongquan coins and whispered, "She's not my wife, she's an enemy. Remember to keep it a secret!"

"So she's the wife of my enemy... Uh... I admire you, I admire you!"

After accepting the Yongquan coins, the two took their leave.

Li Weiyi stood under the eaves with his hands behind his back, listening to the sound of the bells above his head and gazing at the bright moon in the sky.

Inside the room, the sound of water from a bath could be heard.

After a while, Yang Qingxi, dressed in a loose blue Taoist robe with a belt around her slender waist, pushed open the door and walked out.

Her long hair was tied with a wooden hairpin, giving her an ethereal and otherworldly beauty, somewhat like a Taoist fairy. The scars on her face and neck, set against her jade-like skin, added a touch of poignant fragility.

"What a peaceful night! I don't know why, but I've never felt so peaceful before. It's like I'm completely relaxed and don't need to think about anything."

She leaped up and landed on the roof, sitting on the eaves with her two excessively long jade-like legs dangling above Li Weiyi.

Gazing at the bright moon in the sky and the lights below the mountain, she smiled charmingly in the wind: "Li Weiyi, although we were able to escape here by avoiding the eyes and ears of the younger generation of martial artists, we could never escape the observation of the older generation. The old man from the Jiuli clan didn't even come to Changqing Temple to look for you? I guess he must be extremely upset to see me with you."

Li Weiyi said, "Hiding and finding people are also part of the test. It would be against the rules for the older generation to get involved! Besides, we're not that close, so don't act like we're on the same wavelength just because we're living in the same room."

Yang Qingxi said, "What about inside the coffin? I didn't think anything of it at the time, but the more I think about it, the more I feel like I've been cheated. If my future husband's family finds out, I'll definitely never be able to get married."

“I didn’t recall it; all I know is that Yang Qingchan was also in the coffin at the time…”

As soon as he said that, Li Weiyi realized that it was inappropriate.

The two fell into a long silence.

Li Weiyi leaped onto the roof.

Yang Qingxi raised her head and looked at him in the moonlight: "What, did you think I must be in deep grief right now and wanted to comfort me? You're disappointed!"

Li Weiyi asked, "Why did Yao Qian kill Yang Qingchan?"

Yang Qingxi was not as indifferent as she appeared. Her eyes gradually moistened, and she smiled bitterly: "Because you planted the Six Desires Talisman in her... Do you believe it?"

Li Weiyi didn't know how to answer.

She said, "Because she loved the wrong person! Yao Qian is too perfect. The more perfect a person is, the more they want to pursue the ultimate perfection. I wonder, could someone like him accept that his woman has been infected with the Six Desires Talisman by the enemy? If the news were to leak out, his reputation as a gentleman would be completely ruined."

Li Weiyi said, "I heard that Yao Qian has caught the eye of the Second Palace Master. With the Second Palace Master's cultivation level, it shouldn't be difficult for him to help someone dispel a Six Desires Talisman!"

"That's precisely the main reason!"

Yang Qingxi said, "I learned from the sect leader that the second palace master intends to arrange a marriage for Yao Qian with the eldest daughter of the extremely noble Jiang family. Yao Qian must sever all ties with the past for this to happen. Therefore, Qing Chan must die."

"Your intervention, and the Six Desires Talisman within her, were merely the triggers. They gave Yao Qian a perfect opportunity to frame her, and a reason to convince himself and Qing Chan."

Li Weiyi said, "He wanted to persuade Yang Qingchan before he could kill her?"

Yang Qingxi said, "Cultivators all want to shift the blame onto others so that they can have clear thoughts and a pure and untainted mind."

Li Weiyi asked, "Does Yang Shenjing, the sect leader of the Sui Sect, also know the truth?"

Yang Qingxi hesitated this time!

I didn't want to tell this ugly side of Suizong to a stranger who was an enemy, but for some reason, I felt an urge to confide in him tonight. It's as if I'll suffocate if I don't say it.

She said, "The Second Palace Master's reason for bestowing marriage upon Yao Qian was not only because he valued his potential and abilities, but also because he valued the strength of the Sui Sect."

"In terms of the strength of top-level experts, the Sui Sect is indeed still very weak, not as strong as the Ten Thousand Sects."

"However, the Sui Sect controls half of the waterway transportation lifeline of the Lingxiao Realm. Its influence extends to more than a dozen states along the seven states through which the Sui River flows. Its business is all over the world and it is involved in all walks of life. In terms of grassroots personnel and intelligence, it can definitely be compared with the Wanwan Family."

"Who wouldn't want to bring such a force under their command?"

"By bestowing a marriage upon Yao Qian, the Second Palace Master can find a powerful backer for the Suizong in the court, thus enabling him to quickly integrate into their system, instead of being attacked and ostracized by various forces within the court."

"This is something that both the Sui Sect and the Second Palace Master want to see."

"So what does Qingchan's death matter in the face of the sect's future? The sect leader can only turn a blind eye."

Li Weiyi asked, "Who is the eldest daughter of the Jiang family you just mentioned?"

"Who else could it be but Jiang Ning?" Yang Qingxi asked.

(End of this chapter)