I've never felt happy to become an immortal.

Chapter 116: I, Bai Wuming
Changed the place.

Choose a quiet room where you can have a good conversation.

No one else disturbed.

Bai Xuan's attitude towards Qi Wuyi was quite calm, which also made the top of the Earth List feel a little surprised.

Qi Wuyi is indeed not good at communicating with others, and he has not been traveling around the world for a long time. As a Jiange walker, he patrols the world on behalf of his master to obey the orders of his master. When he has nothing to do, he will stay in Penglai Jiange and is not very interested in the general situation of the world.

But the Book of Bu Tian can be seen everywhere.

As he walked along, he also got a brief understanding of Bai Xuan.

He is brave and resourceful, handsome and capable. He topped the list of Wolong as soon as he entered the country. There is no one like him before him and there will probably be no one like him in the future.

This record was not achieved by Qi Wuyi either. When he entered the country, the Bu Tian Shu was too lazy to pay attention to him, let alone any ranking.

There is no arrogance in such young people. Instead, they are too calm, giving people a sense of stability that is completely inconsistent with their age.

On the contrary, Xi Qingqing, who followed quietly, was more in line with her age, lively and casual.

"Please take a seat."

Bai Xuan chose a private room in an ordinary teahouse, which overlooked the entire street below.

Qi Wuyi calmly sat down, then looked down and saw Jian Xia following him happily.

He subconsciously reached out to grab a handful, but the sword case made a graceful turn, avoiding his hand and sticking straight to Bai Xuan.

Qi Wuyi: "..."

This sword box has been with me for more than ten years, and this is the first time I have seen it defect.

He couldn't help but become more curious, secretly thinking that he had made the right decision.

After taking their seats, Qi Wuyi asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

Bai Xuan asked back: "Why are you afraid?"

“Because they’re all scared.”

"They are them and I am me."

"I'm here to find you. They're just bystanders. Everyone else is scared, but you, the real boss, aren't you afraid?"

"Because I'm sitting upright." Bai Xuan said, "And I don't believe that the disciples of Penglai Sword Pavilion are so bloodthirsty."

You can’t practice kendo if you’re bloodthirsty.

At least I can't practice Bai Xuan's swordsmanship.

The killing sword is a shortcut that countless people have tried in the past, but they all ended up being enemies of the world.

Even the military strategist who believed that "only by killing nine million people can he become the best among the best" did not aim to kill.

If you regard killing as a goal rather than a means, you will take a path from which there is no turning back.

Qi Wuyi said: "Generally speaking, no... but there is no swordsman in this world who can't kill."

"At least you haven't shown any killing intent yet, that's enough. I don't really want to resort to violence when the conflict can be resolved with words." Bai Xuan said, "Besides, I can't win at the moment."

Qi Wuyi nodded: "You have good character, which is why I am willing to talk to you. So many people are willing to protect you, Zhuge Shensuan, Hua Chi... and that little girl who was obviously afraid of me but still followed me."

Xi Qingqing was called and climbed in through the window. She glanced at Qi Wuyi and muttered softly, "Grandmaster is amazing! Give me ten years and I can become one too..."

Bai Xuan looked at her, not understanding why she followed him.

Xi Qingqing said stubbornly, "I came over to eavesdrop!"

Are you still so confident about eavesdropping?
Bai Xuan was amused, and then asked, "Miss Xi, can you do me a favor? And earn some labor fees at the same time?"

Xi Qingqing pricked up her ears: "What's the matter?"

Bai Xuan gestured towards the tea on the table.

Xi Qingqing understood and immediately started to work, picking a few peach blossoms from the peach branches and putting them into the teapot, starting the whole tea-making process.

After a while, the room was filled with the fragrance of peach blossoms.

"Please have some." Xi Qingqing handed over two cups of peach blossom tea.

Bai Xuan picked up the teacup, blew on it, and drank half of it... Although it was not cheap, the tea tasted really good.

I took a sip of the drink and it tasted like peach, and my mind was full of thoughts of peach.

Qi Wuyi had such a high level of cultivation that he was naturally not afraid of any poison. He also thought that the other party did not have the courage to plot against him in person, so he picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"tasty."

"Ms. Xi's peach blossom tea is famous in the world, and she only charges half of the money the person pays each time. The price is fair and there is no deception." Bai Xuan said.

"Hmm..." Qi Wuyi hummed, then realized something was wrong: "Hmm? Half?"

"Yes, half." Bai Xuan said as he looked at Qi Wuyi, his eyes revealing a meaning - you should pay.

"You didn't invite me?"

"I just said we should talk somewhere else, but I didn't say I'd treat you to tea." Bai Xuan shook his head: "Besides, I can't treat you. Whoever drinks has to pay."

Xi Qingqing smiled behind her veil, a hint of cunning flashing between her brows. She blinked her eyes and said, "I don't think a dignified Jiange master would refuse to pay such a small debt, right? That little bit of silver is nothing to you."

Qi Wuyi's eyelids twitched.

Is this a money-sucking scam?
These two youngsters are actually ripping him off?

Don't you know who I am?
You actually try the cake-cutting trick in front of me?
Qi Wuyi was irritated and asked angrily, "Why don't you give it to me?" Bai Xuan replied calmly, "I have already given it to you today."

Xi Qingqing nodded: "That's right, he gave fifty taels."

Qi Wuyi said calmly, "A pot of tea can't possibly sell for so much, I..."

"It's okay if you don't want to give it." Bai Xuan said calmly: "You are the senior, you have the final say, no one dares to force it."

Xi Qingqing bowed and said, "It is my honor to treat you to a cup of tea. How dare I accept money~"

Qi Wuyi: "..."

Okay, you want to use the method of flattery to kill, right? If you know that the hard method doesn’t work, try the soft method.

If the news that the number one on the local list drank tea without paying got out, it would also affect his reputation.

Although Qi Wuyi didn't care about his reputation at all, at this level, no one would dare to say anything even if he went to a watermelon stall and split the watermelons, not to mention drinking tea without paying.

but……

Qi Wuyi finally took out his purse, put it on the table with difficulty, and sighed heavily: "Take it."

Xi Qingqing opened her eyes wide, her eyes shining: "Thank you, senior!"

She didn't expect that she had just been thinking for so long about how to secretly open the sword case and take the purse, but now she succeeded so easily.

Bai Xuan also laughed secretly.

He knew this trick would definitely work.

He had no idea how his disciple would teach future generations, nor did he know Qi Wuyi's personality, but he knew the swordsmanship that the other person practiced.

There is one very important point in the Way of Sincerity Kendo, and that is that you cannot lie, or in other words, you cannot lie to your own heart and do nothing that would go against your conscience.

The more sincere one's heart is, the faster one's progress in swordsmanship. The swordsmanship of sincerity has been passed down to this day, and it actually has another name, called the swordsmanship of the gentleman.

A gentleman can be deceived by tricks.

It is obviously not a gentleman's behavior to eat and drink for free against one's conscience just for a few taels of silver, and Qi Wuyi would not really care about the money.

Capable people never care about money. What they care about is what money can bring, such as status, position, talent, technology, economy, etc.

Of course, Bai Xuan did not only want to provoke Qi Wuyi, but also wanted to understand what kind of person Qi Wuyi was through this incident, so he started the follow-up conversation.

Xi Qingqing happily opened her purse, but as soon as she opened it, her expression froze, and then she showed an incredible expression, and finally she looked at me with a kitten-like face.

"Just, ten taels?"

"I've been traveling around the world, used to living on wind and water, and these silver coins have been sitting there for a long time without being used." Qi Wuyi said calmly, "You can take five taels of them."

Xi Qingqing took out five taels of silver and held it in her hand, looking pitiful.

"Oh my... My peach blossoms have plummeted in price twice in one day. They've become cheap."

"Okay, get the money and leave quickly." Qi Wuyi waved his hand: "You don't have to listen to the rest of the story."

With this wave of his hand, Xi Qingqing was pushed out of the window, and in the blink of an eye she was on the street.

He stamped his feet angrily.

"I won't rob these swordsmen anymore! They're all so poor!" Xi Qingqing gritted her teeth in anger. She came to the bottom of the teahouse, squatted in a corner, but didn't leave.

……

"I kind of understand why you didn't talk to Zhuge Shensuan, but took action directly." Bai Xuan took the initiative.

Qi Wuyi took a sip of tea and said nothing.

"Because you're not good at communicating with people, especially those smart people who are cunning and have many plans."

Qi Wuyi's fingers stiffened slightly. "Are you saying that I would be fooled by such a simple scam and look stupid?"

Bai Xuan shook his head. "Your personality is too easily manipulated. Simply keeping your emotions hidden isn't enough; you need to be decisive and resolute, and have the courage to turn against someone... People who are feared often have unstable emotions, which is why people say that being with an emperor who is deeply suspicious is like being with a tiger."

Qi Wuyi said, "I just don't want to argue with you youngsters over a mere five taels of silver."

Bai Xuan continued: "Let me guess."

"Did anyone tell you that..."

“When you’re out there, talk less and do more. Be ruthless and don’t talk too much. Be like the big brother of society. People won’t fool you, but will be afraid of you.”

These words made Qi Wuyi dream back to more than ten years ago, when he had just come down the mountain...

This is what his master told him, and in the end he only remembered one sentence: "A ruthless person doesn't talk much."

Can……

Why would he know?

Qi Wuyi frowned secretly. This feeling was very bad, as if his underwear was seen through.

But he suppressed the strange emotions that were surging in his heart and said, "I'm not here to listen to your big talk."

Bai Xuan asked calmly: "So, what do you want to hear?"

Qi Wuyi asked, "Who are you?"

Bai Xuan said calmly: "My humble self is Bai Wuming."

(End of this chapter)