We moved to Golden Courtyard

"Let me sleep a little longer... This brat, I told him to go all out, and he really went for it."

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After tidying himself up, Xu Qi finally had time to look around the Taixu Temple where he had been unconscious all night.

Although it was built in an antique style, there were no maids or servants walking around in the corridors as I had imagined, and there was no sound of apprentices practicing martial arts.

That makes sense, after all, how could just anyone enter the Taixu Temple?

"Boss! You're finally up. Let me see how your hand is?"

Xu Qi saw Pado running over from afar, then looking around and scratching at her. She couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Kitty, what did you do yesterday?"

"Huh? Uh... um... nothing! ... Ouch!"

Pado squatted on the ground, clutching her head. Xu Qi said irritably, "Fu Hua just messaged me again. Her master said that several cultivation manuals are missing from the library. Where did they go?"

282. Li Sushang always manages to bring you some joy.

"Hehe~~" Pado scratched her head awkwardly, stood up, and behind her, a cat tail, whether real or just a decoration, swayed back and forth.

"That's because I wanted to help our boss vent his anger! I was on Sister Wilvi's airship yesterday, and all I could do was watch; I couldn't help at all. I was really worried when I saw our boss injured!"

As she spoke, Pado tried very hard to squeeze out a tear or two...

But this seems to be putting her in a rather difficult position.

Xu Qi glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then leaned close to Pado's ear and whispered, "Go find Vervi later and get a few copies to put back."

Pado, whose face was flushed from Xu Qi's close proximity, immediately had her eyes light up! She turned to look at Xu Qi, wishing she could hug him and give him a big kiss!

"Okay, okay! I'm going right now!"

With that, he disappeared in a flash.

This cat...

Only after leaving the rest area of ​​the guest room can one truly enter the core area of ​​Taixu Temple.

The top of Mount Taixu, though called a mountaintop, is actually more like a slightly undulating flat area.

It is said that it was created by the founder of Taixu Temple thousands of years ago during a battle... Xu Qi couldn't help but click his tongue - should this be considered a folk tale or a legend?

Yesterday, most of the people from the Golden Courtyard stayed at the Taixu Temple to rest, as invited.

Without Eden, Kevin was naturally responsible for going to negotiate.

Fortunately, Fu Xian'er was immersed in the shock of losing to Xu Qi all day yesterday, so she basically agreed with whatever Kevin said.

Xu Qi later found out.

The military did send more reinforcements toward Mount Taixu, but they were mostly stopped by Shazabi alone.

Char... that was clearly not the normal Sazabi exertion. In other words, he and his team had also upgraded the Sazabi.

Xu Qi didn't know what he should feel, but he knew... he wanted to see him come. After all, he was his master, his guide.

I walked towards the main courtyard of Taixu Temple, but didn't see a single person.

That's true... In such a vast place, apart from Fu Xian'er, only her few disciples live here. Besides... their impression of Xu Qi probably isn't much better.

I heard Mei talk about it when we were playing around this morning.

Cheng Ling Shuang was severely injured by him; if Lin Chao Yu had been any later in rescuing her, she might have died.

The relationship between these female disciples at Taixu Temple is just like that of the people in the Golden Courtyard.

It's already good enough that they don't treat Xu Qi as an enemy.

So just when Xu Qi thought he wouldn't encounter anyone else along the way, a man blocked his way.

"You're Xu Qi?"

……

Xu Qi tilted his head. The man in front of him was handsome and dashing, a truly remarkable man. Holding a three-foot-long sword horizontally in front of him, he looked... like he had come to issue a challenge?

"I am Qin Suying's husband, Li Shen. I've heard that you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Qi continued walking forward.

"You!..." Li Shen's face turned pale. It was one thing for the people from Taixu Temple to look down on him, but how dare an outsider like him treat him like this!?

"Insolent scoundrel! Take this!"

The longsword thrust forward, but in Xu Qi's eyes... it was surprisingly slow.

He could even see that the hidden weapon prepared in secret during the man's attack was ready to be fired.

Sigh... what a scoundrel...

There was no chance for Li Shen to react at all. He only felt the figure in front of him flicker and then disappear. The next moment, a sharp pain came from his abdomen!

His body was then sent flying backward! He crashed into a stone pillar in the passageway and lost consciousness.

Xu Qi shook his hand and continued forward.

I didn't go over there to mock them or anything; it wasn't worth it... and they weren't even worth my time.

"Hey! How come you're acting like nothing happened after you knocked someone out?"

A slightly cheerful voice came from beside him. Xu Qi looked up in confusion and saw a girl with pigtails sitting on the stone wall of the corridor beside him.

Sunlight streamed down her back, making anyone who looked at her feel a sense of warmth.

"So what should I do?"

Xu Qi couldn't help but stop and ask with a smile.

"Hmm~~" The girl tapped her lips with her index finger, her head bobbing back and forth, seemingly deep in thought about the problem. "You should at least say something like, 'How can you be so weak?'"

"Mocking the weak will not make me stronger."

The girl fell into deep thought.

"But he should be considered a petty person. How do you satirize petty people?"

"That's just stating the facts, and it doesn't bring me any pleasure."

The girl frowned in displeasure, jumped down from the two-meter-high wall, and stood in front of Xu Qi.

Only then did he notice that the girl was not very tall, even a bit short, looking petite and delicate, but perhaps because of her perfect body proportions, she did not look like a child who had not yet grown up.

On the contrary, she has a pair of long, slender legs and a perfectly round and perky chest.

She could be considered a pretty girl.

Why are you so rigid?

“It’s not that it’s rigid, but rather…” Xu Qi raised his head, pondered for a moment, and then gave his answer.

"Perhaps it's because I'm standing too high."

……

"You're so narcissistic."

"No."

"Tch!" The girl crossed her arms and waved her hand, saying, "Never mind, never mind, I won't tease you anymore. I know you are Xu Qi, the Xu Qi who defeated the Grandmaster. It's forgivable for you to be a little proud."

Xu Qi took a deep breath—well, it's just that his personality... is a bit naive.

“My name is Li Sushang, and he is my father, Li Shen.”

Xu Qi glanced back at Li Shen, who was still unconscious, and then at Li Sushang in front of him, his face showing confusion.

"You think I'm unfilial?"

"I don't know what happened between you and your daughter, so I won't make any conclusions."

"Wow!? I didn't expect you to be such a nice person!"

Is this considered good?

"I don't want to talk about that person anymore. You're going to see the Grandmaster, right? Then I'll take you there."

Grandmaster?

Xu Qi remembered who this Li Sushang was; he had heard Fu Hua mention her.

"You are Cheng Ling Shuang's disciple, aren't you?"

“That’s right!” The girl proudly puffed out her chest—well… it even jiggled.

"Your master was severely injured by my lover and almost died. Don't you have anything to say about that?"

As a result, Li Sushang had doubts.

"That's my master's business, what does it have to do with me?"

What you said makes so much sense...

"She's not as skilled, there's nothing I can do... Besides, even if I harbor resentment, I definitely couldn't beat my master, who could beat her like this."

How can this child be so optimistic and open-minded?

"Besides, you're quite interesting, not like a bad person, so I'll forgive you!"

That was too hasty!

Xu Qi was at a loss for words when it came to criticizing him.

"It's just ahead."

Xu Qi looked up and saw a slightly dilapidated Taoist temple at the top of the steps. Behind the temple, a waterfall cascaded down, which puzzled him.

"There's a waterfall at the top of the mountain?"

"There are many amazing things about Mount Taixu, just like we are wondering why birds made of iron can fly into the sky."

Xu Qi's eyes lit up! This girl... is interesting.

283. Kiana: You didn't even wake me up this early in the morning!

What are you looking at me for?

"I think you have excellent potential."

"Hey! What a coincidence! Both my master and my grandmaster say the same thing about me!"

Xu Qi smiled and shook his head. He continued to walk forward, but saw that the girl named Li Sushang had stopped in place. She looked at Xu Qi and asked.

"Is the outside world... really that fun?"

"It's not a question of whether it's fun or not, girl."

"Ok?"

"Instead, you'll encounter many stories."

"A story? What story?"

Xu Qi pondered for a long time before smiling and giving the girl an answer.

"Your own story."

Xu Qi turned and left, leaving Li Sushang alone, standing silently at the bottom of the steps, recalling the other person's last words.

My own story...

Isn't what I'm seeing now the truth?

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Xu Qi climbed the steps, but when he stepped onto the stage, he noticed something amiss—a burning pain deep within his soul.

He frowned, and just as he was about to speak, a voice rang in his mind.

"Xu Qi, these steps seem to have the power to temper the mind."

It's Kiana.

Xu Qi smiled.