The deepest affection in Gu Long's world

Chapter 183 Xiao Li's Flying Dagger
Why aren't you smiling? Don't you like to smile?

Fang Yunhua tucked the empty wine glass into his sleeve, which made Li Xunhuan completely lose his smile.

Fang Yunhua admired the other person's ability to switch between laughing and not laughing in the blink of an eye.

Li Xunhuan sighed.

"I now believe you really don't have many friends."

Fang Yunhua continued to chuckle.

Do you regret becoming friends with me?

“No.” Li Xunhuan shook his head. He was a very stubborn person, which was evident in every aspect of his life.

"I thought these two precious days would give you time to think things through."

Fang Yunhua didn't care about the messiness of the woodshed. After sweeping away some sand and dirt on the ground, he sat down next to Li Xunhuan.

Since the day Li Xunhuan returned to Xingyun Manor, he had never had such a rare moment of free time to calm down and think seriously. Therefore, Fang Yunhua believed that the other party must have thought a lot these past two days, including about himself, who was very suspicious.

"I have indeed figured out a lot of things, but there are still many more things I don't understand, but it doesn't matter."

Li Xunhuan smiled. He genuinely felt indifferent. Even though he was now as pathetic as a dog locked in this woodshed, he quickly composed himself.

Fang Yunhua was about to expose his seemingly carefree demeanor.

"What about your sister-in-law, and Long Xiaoyun?"

"Them. What happened to them?"

"Do you really think that Lin Shiyin just happened to leave Xingyun Manor on that exact day, or do you believe that Zhao Zhengyi really has the ability to do all this without the master of this place knowing?"

Fang Yunhua once again uncovered the deep-seated suspicions that Li Xunhuan was unwilling to reveal.

This caused Li, who had been smiling, to put on a mask of pain.

"Shiyin has been placed under house arrest. If we really have to blame someone for this, it's because of you. And the slap Xiaoyun got was also because of you."

The smile doesn’t disappear, it just shifts.

At this moment, Fang Yunhua was sporting the same carefree smile that Li Xunhuan had just displayed, staring straight at the other man.

He was curious whether the other party would still be affected by Long Xiaoyun's "brain-degrading aura." After all, there weren't so many flaws in the original storyline, and because of the different starting point, Li Xunhuan crippled Long Xiaoyun's martial arts right away, which made him feel indebted.

His subsequent interactions with Lin Shiyin were also affected by this incident, which made him feel even more guilty.

But now he only has to face Long Xiaoyun. Lin Shiyin's timely return has already explained some things, and the slap Long Xiaoyun received was to clear his godfather's name.

The event itself has changed from the original storyline where the three members of the Long family exerted their intelligence and suppressed Li Xunhuan, to Long Xiaoyun's influence on Li Xunhuan's loyalty.

In reality, Li Xunhuan was not a fool whose IQ was truly below average.

"Stop talking." Li Xunhuan was already wearing two masks of pain, because the pain showed that he had actually figured out some of the reasons, but the problem was that he didn't dare to face them.

"Okay, I won't say, but I've confirmed one thing now: the reason your mental strength is so strong is because this constant torture has made your mental strength stronger and more resilient."

During the questioning, Fang Yunhua secretly released a bit of his aura to interfere with and influence him, but as soon as he touched him, he was directly shattered by the opponent's powerful mental force. Moreover, this was an unconscious and passive counterattack by Li Xunhuan.

This also allowed him to accurately discover a heretical method for cultivating spiritual power.

"Unfortunately, I'm not the type to torture myself like that, and it's even harder for me to deliberately endure this kind of pain in pursuit of the path of martial arts like you do."

Li Xunhuan added another layer to his mask of pain; he no longer wanted to speak to Fang Yunhua.

This is the path of martial arts he's been pursuing! It's just that his life has been too unfortunate!
"I'm relieved to see that you're alright."

As Fang Yunhua stood up, Li Xunhuan looked up at him in surprise. "You call this 'okay'? Are you even speaking human language?"
"Isn't this your way of cultivating? Since you've guessed some of the truth but are unwilling to face it and continue to be trapped in mental exhaustion, your mental strength will continue to improve, and your throwing knives will truly reach an unstoppable level!"
"To have gone this far for your martial arts beliefs, I, Fang Yunhua, am willing to acknowledge you as the strongest!"

At this moment, Li Xunhuan's gaze towards the other party was strange. He wasn't sure if the other party was joking with him or if they genuinely believed that he was engaged in this damn bullshit cultivation!
He opened his mouth, but in the end, apart from letting out heavy breaths, he swallowed the words stuck in his throat.

Boom!

Pain Mask +1!

"Okay, I'm leaving now, I won't bother you anymore."

Fang Yunhua turned to leave. He really didn't have anything to do here; he just wanted to check on Li Xunhuan's situation and maybe have a bit of fun.

Life would be meaningless if there were no fun to be had!

"and many more!"

This time, it was Fang Yunhua's turn to look at Li Xunhuan with surprise. He even wondered if he hadn't made a good enough joke, or if he had accidentally guessed that the other party was actually practicing an inhuman form of cultivation.

Lin Shiyin and Long Xiaoyun were nothing more than resources for Li Xunhuan's cultivation!
Love! Friendship! They are nothing more than tools to raise the upper limit of one's mental power!
Everyone thought Li Xunhuan was a fool, but in reality, he was the one hiding the deepest secrets behind the scenes! Because in the end, all of this would only pave the way for his martial arts path, and the so-called pain was nothing more than the hardships he had to endure along the way!
"Tsk," Fang Yunhua's gaze towards Lao Li was strange.

Even though he didn't say anything, Li Xunhuan understood the meaning in his eyes!
Damn it! He really regretted being so smart at this moment!
"I'm not practicing spiritual cultivation!"

He finished speaking with difficulty, word by word, and then, without giving Fang Yunhua a chance to speak, continued.

"I will teach you my throwing knife technique."

A question mark appeared above Fang Yunhua's head.

"I need someone I can trust to help me teach Xiaoyun, and I don't want my secret skills to fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives."

Fang Yunhua had another question mark above her head: Wasn't she a suspicious person if she was considered to be a scheming person?
“I know you think that in the past two days, I must have thought of many things, including why someone as capable as you would be at Xingyun Manor, and why my elder brother seems to know nothing about your true situation, as well as Qin Xiaoyi, who was clearly very close to you before, he…”

Li Xunhuan gave a wry smile, and looking at the third question mark that seemed to have appeared above the other person's head, a hint of confidence finally appeared on his face.

"But I believe you."

"Believe me about what?" Fang Yunhua was genuinely baffled.

"You helped Tie Chuanjia clear his name after more than ten years of injustice. Before he left, he repeatedly told me that I must choose to believe you at the critical moment. Also, in my time with Xiaoyun, I found that he highly praised you. It was a heartfelt respect."

A person who can be liked by children is unlikely to be a bad person.

Besides, I trust my intuition.

"Your intuition? Then tell me about your older brother."

"In short!" Li Xunhuan interrupted Fang Yunhua forcefully, "I'm not sure what the outcome will be after tomorrow, so I need to make some preparations. At the very least, I can't let my flying knife tradition end here!"

"Just because of these?"

Four question marks had appeared above Fang Yunhua's head, making him a stalemate with Li Xunhuan, who had four layers of pain masks on his head.

He really wanted to say that Long Xiaoyun's admiration for him was something he had repeatedly tormented and manipulated into believing. As for Tie Chuanjia, he was clearly desperate and knew that there was really no hope for him in Xingyun Manor, so he could only place his only hope on him.

And this word, intuition.
As everyone knows, Li Xunhuan's focus is entirely on his unerring skill with the Little Li Flying Dagger; his only outstanding trait is his blindness!
"Just tell me if you're going to learn or not!" Li Xunhuan didn't want to talk to Fang Yunhua, and he didn't want to add another layer of pain to his mask.

"If you're not a religious person, then I'll listen too."

Fang Yunhua consciously squatted down beside him, listening to the other's story and nodding frequently.

The Little Li Flying Dagger is unparalleled in the hands of Li Xunhuan. After personally testing the opponent's mental strength, Fang Yunhua was even more certain that even without the support of conviction, this dagger would kill anyone it struck.

After all, the panel values ​​are too high. Those who are not convinced can first endure the pain of unrequited love for more than ten years. This can also be regarded as a kind of alternative cuckold torture. After the mental strength is improved, other matters can be considered.

For Fang Yunhua, the greatest value of this move lies in its unpredictable and magical technique, as well as its ability to concentrate the spiritual power of the entire body.

"Great!"

After listening to the other party's story, Fang Yunhua gave him extremely high praise without reservation.

Li Xunhuan smiled again. After all, it was nothing for others to praise Little Li Flying Dagger, but the praise from this top expert, whom he considered to be on the same level, was what truly made him proud.

"It's a pity that what you said about righteousness and great love is too abstract."

Fang Yunhua was very self-aware; he knew he could never use the most authentic Little Li Flying Dagger in this life, the next life, or the life after that. However, he was very likely to create and replicate the Moon Goddess Flying Dagger, which was comparable to it.

That is a flying knife technique created by Yue Shen (daughter of Xue Qingbi), the world's top assassin in "Flying Daggers, Again and Again". It can only be mastered by reaching a state of detachment.

Its sword techniques are characterized by "moonlight like a sword, sword like moonlight." The sword light appears as if the moonlight is descending, leaving no room for escape. It possesses a murderous aura that ensures certain death and irreversible destruction. It is a top-tier flying knife technique that never misses, just like Little Li's Flying Dagger.

At the same time, if he cultivates to the seventh level of Mingyu Gong, he will need to comprehend the state of forgetting emotions in order to break through to the eighth level.

"The realm of forgetting emotions. Have you truly forgotten emotions now?"

Li Xunhuan fell silent. He didn't like talking about love and romance because it involved his sister-in-law, which made him feel even more guilty.

"Then, one last question. Long Xiaoyun is your elder brother's son. If you wanted to properly train him, you could have taught your elder brother this 'Little Li Flying Dagger' technique, but why didn't you choose him?"

Seeing that Li had put on his fifth mask of pain again, Fang Yunhua left the woodshed with satisfaction.

Two hours after the meeting, and with only two layers of pain mask removed from Li Xunhuan's face, he smelled the aroma of wine again. Then, he saw a hand holding a cup of wine reach in through the crack in the door.

He had initially thought it was Fang Yunhua's return, which made him feel like he was wearing five layers of pain again.

But then he noticed that the hand was very small, and a section of red sleeve was showing through the wrist.

This surprised him: "Xiaoyun, is that you?"

The wine cup retracted, and Red Boy walked in with a grin, holding the wine cup in both hands, sniffing it, and said with a smile, "Godfather, I know you must really want to drink now."

Li Xunhuan couldn't laugh anymore. Two days had passed, but Long Xiaoyun's left cheek was still swollen, which made him very distressed.

"On your face."

"Godfather, let's have a drink first." Long Xiaoyun put away her smile and stepped forward to put the wine glass to Li Xunhuan's lips.

Li Xunhuan finally got to taste the wine he had been longing for. It was aged Zhuyeqing, his favorite wine, but he found the taste somewhat bitter.

"You shouldn't have come at this time."

After finishing his drink, Li Xunhuan sighed.

Long Xiaoyun looked at Li Xunhuan seriously.

"Godfather, my mother has been imprisoned, and my father... he..."

"Big brother. Big brother!"

When Li Xunhuan mentioned those two words, he felt a surge of complex emotions that were hard to describe. He seemed to recall the look in the other person's eyes that was determined to kill him, even though he kept telling himself that it was just his imagination.

But Fang Yunhua's question still seemed to echo in his ears.

[Long Xiaoyun is your elder brother's son. If you wanted to properly train him, you could have taught him the Little Li Flying Dagger technique from your elder brother. Why didn't you choose him?]

Yeah, why?

He dared not delve into it, nor was he willing to confront the answer that might shatter his heart.

He wanted to run away again.

But now, facing Long Xiaoyun, he found it difficult to show that deserter-like side again.

"Godfather, I hope you can help me, help my mother, and help the entire Xingyun Manor. You are the only one I can rely on now!"

At this moment, could Li Xunhuan utter a single word of "no"?

All he knew was that he was completely dominated by the man surnamed Long in this life.

You rascal! I'd give you my life!
Just as Long Xiaoyun began to vigorously deceive Li Xunhuan...

After finding Lin Xian'er, Fang Yunhua also confirmed the progress in all aspects.

"Is the Ding family choosing to remain unchanged in the face of all changes?"

"Yes, there are also suspicious individuals who were previously identified and screened out. They suddenly withdrew from Tianji Tower and received a lot of compensation. However, they did not officially declare that they were from Dingjiazhuang. But considering the recent situation, this is the most likely scenario."

Similarly, we cannot confirm whether these individuals come from one family or whether they include members of the Nangong family's secret network.

"Time is too tight. Even if the Nangong family wants to make a move, they can't possibly demonstrate this kind of execution capability. It should be the Ding family."

"Then we..."

"Let's prepare for tomorrow's demon-slaying ceremony."

(End of this chapter)