The establishment of the Celestial Dynasty began with the bestowal of the title upon the River God.

Li Yi heard everything clearly what was happening outside the guest room.

The fox demon clearly had the upper hand. The centurion was strong and could still hold on, but unfortunately, the tide had turned. If he insisted on staying, he would probably be in grave danger.

"Xiaoqing is far away in the heart of the Great Cold Mountain, she can't manage this far. The area around the post station is also sparsely populated, right now the only one who can help is me..."

Li Yi thought this, but did not move his feet.

The two sides outside the guest room seemed to be clearly divided into good and evil, but what did that have to do with me?

In the end, I, Li Yi, am not a person of the Great Zhou Wu Dynasty. My life is more precious than anyone else's!

Li Yi's expression shifted between light and dark, when suddenly he heard Gongsun Ling shout urgently:

"Please, brave warrior, lend me your strength! The fox demon is weak and relies on charm to subdue people. As long as we use the Five Elements Qi to prepare in advance, we will surely defeat it!"

"If the fox demon wants to hold me back, both of you who have lost their souls are indispensable. Brave warrior, you only need to deal with it!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yi could no longer contain himself. He channeled his wood energy into his eyes and rushed into the battlefield in an instant. Sure enough, he saw Gongsun Ling fighting two opponents alone, while the fox demon stood under the corridor, distracted by using fire energy magic to control the two.

Li Yi doesn't know any magic, and his physique has never been tempered by wood qi. He only improves his physique with the occasional incense offerings each day, and it's unknown how effective he is at it.

Having decided to join forces against the enemy, Li Yi felt a surge of excitement and charged towards the fox demon, throwing a punch on the spot.

The beauty suddenly turned her head, her eyes filled with astonishment. She clearly hadn't expected Li Yi to charge at her in such a short time.

The moment the flames in its eyes ignited, it was sent flying with a punch. Li Yi dared not look into its eyes, but stared at a pair of cloth shoes. He chased after it and threw another punch, which dented the fox demon's abdomen and caused many cracks to appear in the floor tiles beneath it.

Puff puff--

Li Yi kept throwing punches, afraid of giving his opponent a chance to catch his breath, until the fox demon's clothes were soaked with blood, when suddenly Gongsun Ling's shout came from behind:

"Stop smashing, brave man! Come help me!"

Li Yi then came to his senses and realized that the fox demon had long since lost its life. Its eyes were staring blankly at the roof of the corridor, and its lower abdomen was almost severed from its waist. He couldn't help but hiss, clearly startled by its miserable state.

He turned to look at Gongsun Ling and saw that her clothes were stained with blood on her right abdomen. She was still using her fists to fight off two crazed servants. He rushed forward and held one of them down.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gongsun Ling knocked out the boy with small eyes in a few moves. Then she rushed towards the tall boy who was being held under the armpits by Li Yi, punched him in the stomach, and then raised her arm to strike the back of his head, knocking out another one.

"call--"

Gongsun Ling slumped into her seat, looking at Li Yi with gratitude and lingering fear, and said:

"Thank you for your help, otherwise... I might have had to abandon my two brothers and flee for my life alone."

Li Yi shook his head and said, "If you hadn't explained the situation, I wouldn't have dared to take action."

He couldn't help but glance at the other person's blood-stained hem. "Doesn't the gentleman need treatment?"

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Ling's expression turned somewhat strange. "It's just a minor injury. I've already used my muscles to stop the bleeding. That cut didn't damage any internal organs."

Muscles to stop bleeding?

Li Yi was slightly puzzled, but did not ask. He simply clasped his hands and said, "Since Your Excellency has stabilized the situation, I will take my leave now."

Gongsun Ling found it slightly amusing; what kind of cultivator would refer to himself as a commoner?

Seeing Li Yi turn away decisively, she quickly tried to persuade him to stay, saying, "I noticed that the strong man had some wood energy left on him. I wonder if he could dispel the fire energy for my two servants? I will make up for the lost food and effort, and I will also give him a separate gift."

Li Yi stopped and listened to her add:

"That fox demon is at the mid-stage of Qi Refining. Her charm and fire qi complement each other, so it's impossible to eradicate her with just a little wood qi. Brave warrior, you only need to liberate their minds. As for the rest, I'll find someone to deal with it when I return to the county town."

Li Yi is perfectly willing to help someone to the end.

Wood energy can ignite fire; trying to extinguish this alluring fire of the heart will likely be ineffective.

As he pondered this, he followed Gongsun Ling's advice and prioritized guiding the taller man's energy. So he extended his wood energy and probed several spiritual acupoints near the man's heart gate, attempting to expel the fire energy.

Fifteen minutes, then another fifteen minutes, and Li Yi still didn't stop.

Gongsun Ling felt a little guilty, and thought that the strong man in front of her was really lax in his cultivation, how could he have left so much wood qi?

After half an hour, Li Yi finally stopped.

"I have very little wood energy left in my body, enough to awaken only one person. I'm so sorry."

Gongsun Ling waved her hand and said, "Don't mention it."

She took out a light blue jade bottle from her belt and then took off a palm-sized jade pendant, handing it to Li Yi.

"This is a bottle of Blood Qi Pills, seven in total. Each one is as effective as a ferocious tiger. And this jade pendant is a top-grade Qi-cultivation treasure, with the effect of clearing the mind and refreshing the brain. Now that the fox demon has been eliminated, I will give it to you, brave warrior."

Li Yi accepted them without hesitation, which made Gongsun Ling feel a little more favorably toward him.

As they spoke, the tall man slowly awoke, as if remembering something, and cried out in alarm, "Miss, be careful! The fox demon is here!"

Gongsun Ling, annoyed that her gender had been exposed, kicked him and said, "You're all dead, you useless thing."

The tall man turned around and breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly got up to check on the injuries of the man with uneven eyes.

Gongsun Ling wanted to chat with Li Yi, but she was exhausted both physically and mentally, so they went back to their rooms to rest and agreed to have a simple meal together the next morning.

Li Yi was walking towards the woodshed when he suddenly turned around and decided to stay in the postmaster's main room, where he slept comfortably for the night.

The next morning, at the first crow of the rooster, all the grooms, cooks, gatekeepers, and postmen got up and started moving around. Some of them saw the dead man and woman in the corridor of the second courtyard and screamed in alarm, alerting the entire post station.

After finally calming down, the tall man returned to his room and found that the young lady had already invited the strongman over.

"Where are you headed, brave warrior? If you're going into the city, you can come with us and be exempt from the city tax."

Li Yi had prepared to reveal his identity early on, and clasped his hands in greeting:

"Thank you, sir. To tell you the truth, my fellow villager and I were conscripted this year and are about to return to the army—winter is approaching, so we can save our families some food."

Garrison soldiers? To save on rations?

Gongsun Ling and the tall man looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Brave warrior, don't be silly. Although that fox demon is a Qi cultivator, he is not someone that an ordinary soldier can kill on the spot."

Li Yi pulled out his household registration book from his pocket. "I'm not joking. I enlisted in the army in early autumn last year, and it wasn't until mid-autumn this year that I received the Qi Absorption Method. Isn't it because I successfully absorbed Qi that I was able to return to the army?"

The tall man quickly turned the household registration booklet to his face, looked at it, and exclaimed in surprise:

"Hey, really?"

Then he asked, "How many acupoints have you opened so far?"

"Just opened nine acupoints."

They looked at each other in bewilderment once again.

Gongsun Ling realized why there was so much residual wood energy last night, and why it took so much time to finally unravel the tall man's psychic abilities.

It turned out that he didn't have any body-refining methods at all, and his initial-stage wood qi had no idea what to do with it except for opening acupoints.

A gem in the rough! We must not let it slip away!

Gongsun Ling gripped Li Yi's wrist with eager eyes and said excitedly:

"In that case, why not transfer to my city garrison? I promise you won't be wronged, brother!"