Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 254 Let's Make a Bet

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Why be pessimistic, young lady? I am not one to take advantage of others in distress. Just focus on healing your injuries and I will protect you and make sure you are not disturbed."

"This matter originated with me, so naturally I should take responsibility for it."

Li Qiushui said happily, "Fellow Daoist is truly a noble and virtuous gentleman. However, my injuries are too severe, and I am now unable to circulate my qi on my own. If it is convenient for you, could you please take me home so that my elders can treat my injuries?"

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Why not? May I ask where you live, young lady?"

Li Qiushui said, "Go east from here, past Cloud Mist Valley, and it's another two hundred li away."

“What a coincidence! I’m also heading to Cloud Mist Valley. If you don’t mind, you can come with me.”

Zhou Qingdao.

Li Qiushui said apologetically, "That would be good, but I am currently weak and cannot withstand the cold. I am afraid I will not be able to wield the sword and will needlessly delay your journey."

Zhou Qing said, "It's alright, I'm not in a hurry."

Li Qiushui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, fellow Daoist. May I ask how I should address you?"

"Zhou Qing".

"My name is Li Qiushui."

Zhou Qing then took Li Qiushui with him on their journey.

As he traveled, he observed Li Qiushui's condition, trying to figure out how she was hiding her spiritual pressure.

Li Qiushui was a Golden Core expert, so Zhou Qing dared not observe her too recklessly. He simply used the magnetic field and the Heavenly Net Formation to probe her slowly.

Finally, he discovered that Li Qiushui's emotional state was very strange; she seemed to be using a secret method to maintain her emotional state at an extremely low level.

When she does this, her spiritual pressure level also decreases.

Zhou Qing couldn't explain the underlying principle, but he used it to speculate about Li Qiushui's identity.

Methods that manipulate emotional states, desires, and obsessions mostly originate from demonic paths.

This Li Qiushui must be a member of the demonic path.

However, Zhou Qing could not determine whether she was a member of the Seven Emotions Sect.

According to his previous deductions, the Seven Emotions Sect actually concealed a Buddhist propagation center behind it.

If this woman is indeed from the Seven Emotions Sect and is here to deal with him, then she likely represents the attitude of the Dharma Propagation Center.

Therefore, it was very necessary for him to find out what she was thinking.

Zhou Qing continued on his way while feigning politeness towards Li Qiushui.

Half a month later, a group of people suddenly appeared and blocked the road.

Zhou Qing initially thought it was just another group of people who had believed the rumors and wanted to rob him, but he soon realized that these people were different from the previous robbers.

Previously, most of the people were independent cultivators, and they would only come together by chance, with a maximum of a dozen or twenty people.

The group in front of them, however, were dressed in uniform and in neat formation, numbering forty or fifty in total. Among them, nearly twenty were Foundation Establishment cultivators, and several of them were already high-grade Foundation Establishment cultivators.

These people are either from Golden Core sects or from a powerful Foundation Establishment family who have come out in full force.

Several people emerged from the opposing camp, including two elderly men who possessed the strength of the seventh or eighth level of the Foundation Establishment stage, clearly their leaders.

Beside the two leaders stood a young cultivator with a gloomy expression.

"Is it him?"

One of the fat old men pointed at Zhou Qing and asked.

The young man angrily said, "That's right, it's him!" "Ancestor, he is Zhou Qing. He acts arrogantly because he is a member of the Qingyun Sect. That day, my brother and I passed through the forest and saw him fighting with someone."

“We only watched for a few moments, but he held a grudge against us and killed my brother. If I hadn’t run away quickly, I would have been killed by him too.”

Seeing the young man's superb performance, Zhou Qing almost began to suspect that he had accidentally killed his so-called elder brother when he drove away those rogue cultivators.

Unfortunately, the young man was disappointing. While vehemently accusing Zhou Qing of his crimes, he inadvertently glanced at Li Qiushui. The fiery look in his eyes made Zhou Qing instantly realize that this was another of Li Qiushui's plans.

Does she intend to rely on these people to deplete his spiritual energy, and then launch a sneak attack to win?

She was very careful the whole way; she shouldn't have been so foolish.

The idea of ​​relying on a few Foundation Establishment cultivators to consume Golden Core cultivators is utterly a pipe dream.

If she's not really that stupid, then there's only one possibility.

This time, the woman decided to stay by his side and watch him make a move to assess his strength and refine her plan.

This woman went to great lengths to deal with me.

Zhou Qing was not afraid that others would discover his methods.

He relied on absolute speed and overwhelming violence to win, which is not something that others can solve simply by knowing it.

However, seeing how painstakingly Li Qiushui was testing him, Zhou Qing was determined not to let her have her way.

He wanted to make Li Qiushui understand that his methods were unpredictable and that even if she stood next to him, she would not be able to discover what methods he had used.

The fat old man said, "My son died at your hands, what else do you have to say?"

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "Since you all say that I killed him, then I did. What else is there to say? I suppose you all want to kill me to avenge your loved ones."

Li Qiushui was surprised that Zhou Qing agreed so readily. She was initially taken aback, but then she became excited.

Zhou Qing's reputation in the Chongshui Sect has not yet reached this place. This family will definitely fight Zhou Qing to the death to avenge their son. At that time, she will have a chance to observe Zhou Qing's methods.

During this time, she had roughly figured out Zhou Qing's attack methods, including a divine light with tremendous power and an iron ball with extremely high speed.

None of the rogue cultivators she incited could withstand these two attacks.

However, she could only glean a glimpse of the truth about the Divine Light and Iron Ball Technique from the corpses and other people's descriptions, which was ultimately not as certain as seeing it for herself.

That's why she devised this plan, intending to infiltrate Zhou Qing's side and personally observe his battles.

With her knowledge and cultivation, she might be able to discover Zhou Qing's weaknesses, which would increase her chances of winning.

The fat old man snorted and said, "It's fine if you admit it yourself. Although your Qingyun Sect is powerful, you can't cover up everything. This is not a place where the Eight Sects Alliance can do whatever it wants."

"Those who kill us must pay with their lives."

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "It's easy to take my life. Let's make a bet. If you win, I'll stand here and let you take my life without fighting back."

Everyone was greatly surprised by these words.

The portly old man asked, "What kind of bet?"

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "I will stand here without moving and will not use any magic or supernatural powers. If any of you are still standing on the ground within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, I will let you take my life."

The people opposite them all looked at each other, not understanding what Zhou Qing was up to.

Li Qiushui was also startled.

She understood that Zhou Qing was not a blindly arrogant person; since he said so, he was likely to do it.

But how is that possible? Standing still and without using any magic or supernatural powers, not to mention a Golden Core cultivator, even a Nascent Soul cultivator couldn't possibly defeat so many people.

(End of this chapter)