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Chapter 291 Old Department
Li Dachui looked at the other person and suddenly laughed.

With his hands behind his back, he walked to the table, sat down leisurely, and even reached out to pick up the teapot on the table, poured himself a bowl of cool boiled water, and slowly drank it.

If he doesn't make a move, Ke Wuji will naturally not humiliate himself.

Not understanding what the other party wanted to do, I could only watch them warily.

However, there was an anxious look in his eyes, and he kept glancing outside.

"That Lu Xiong and Liu Wan, they're not dead. I just let them sleep for a while!" Li Dachui said slowly.

Hearing that his two men were alright, Ke Wuji breathed a sigh of relief.

But looking at the person in front of him, he tensed up again.

That feeling of helplessness is truly maddening.

“You’ve chosen the wrong person. He Zudao is not someone worth assisting. He only hates these things because he can’t have them and loves them but can’t have them. If one day he gets these things, he will be even more greedy and vicious than those people are now!” Li Dachui put down his bowl and looked at Ke Wuji.

"Perhaps, but not necessarily!" Ke Wuji nodded and said, "People can change. Why can't we think of people in a better light? At birth, human nature is good. Not everyone wants to become an evil person!"

Li Dachui laughed: "I guess He Qingqiu must have thought the same way you did back then, so in the end, she failed, not only dying herself but also implicating countless brothers and sisters in the sect."

Ke Wuji stared at Li Dachui, his white eyebrows slowly rising: "Your martial arts cultivation is far beyond my reach, but please show respect to those who die for their ideals. Otherwise, even if I am no match for you, I am willing to splatter your blood!"

Li Dachui nodded: "You want a revolution, but you've chosen people who don't really want to do these things deep down. He Zudao is only allying with you now to use you to achieve his goal of returning to the South. Once he's back in the South and has a firm foothold, he will definitely find ways to abandon you, suppress you, and massacre you."

"Anything is possible, but we also have ways to protect ourselves."

"Revolution is never a dinner party, and struggle is always cruel. I don't know how many lessons you have learned from He Qingqiu's failure. You say you have ways to protect yourselves, and I'll believe you do for now. I just want to tell you that when cooperating with a vicious tiger like He Zudao, you can't just keep one trick up your sleeve. You have to keep two or three tricks up your sleeve!" Li Dachui said.

"Who exactly are you? Why are you telling me all this?" Ke Wuji looked at the other person with some confusion.

Just moments ago, this guy was ready to kill me, but in the blink of an eye, he was discussing with me the gains and losses of the cult's repeated rebellions over the years, and where this change began.

He carefully recalled his conversation with this person.

He Qingqiu!
It must have been he who mentioned He Qingqiu's name.

The person in front of me must have some connection with He Qingqiu.

But why do people who have connections with the saint seem to have no good feelings towards the religion?

Li Dachui looked at him, smiled, and held up one finger.

The next moment, a blue spark appeared at his fingertips.
Then came the second flower, and the third flower.

Ke Wuji was immediately dumbfounded.

This is the Phoenix Departing from Fire.

Watching clusters of fireflies leap from Li Dachui's fingertips, dancing around the room like fireflies, with some even circling him rapidly, he dared not move an inch.

If fire enters the body, it's worse than death.

"You, how could you possibly cultivate the Phoenix Flame?"

To cultivate the Phoenix Flame, one must have a pure Yin body; otherwise, the flames will burn you to death before you can even achieve anything.

But how could this one possibly be a pure Yin body?

Before Ke Wuji could react, the flames that filled the room flew towards Li Dachui like birds returning to their nests, and then entered Li Dachui's body.

Just as Ke Wuji breathed a sigh of relief, the temperature inside the room suddenly dropped. A wisp of white vapor appeared at Li Dachui's fingertips, and then, as if attracted by something, the moonlight outside the window suddenly brightened. Ke Wuji could even see that strands of moonlight, like silkworm threads, peeked in from outside the window and entered the body of the person in front of him.

"Moonlight and Weak Water!" he groaned out, then his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

Li Dachui seemed to have anticipated this, and with a kick, a bench slid over and landed right under Ke Wuji's buttocks.

It's not surprising that someone could cultivate the Phoenix Flame, nor is it surprising that someone could cultivate the Moon Essence Weak Water.
But it's strange that someone could possess both of these completely incompatible martial arts at the same time.

Then there is only one possibility.

A legend that exists in the records of the main altar of the religion.

The Qi of Heaven and Earth. The Divine Sect has been established for hundreds of years, and it is said that only its founding patriarch mastered the Qi of Heaven and Earth.

Only when the universe is in harmony can the phoenix's flames and the moon's gentle waters be perfectly recreated.

"Now you know what I'm cultivating?" Li Dachui asked with a smile.

Ke Wuji nodded weakly: "Qiankun Yiqi, why do you know Qiankun Yiqi, where did you come from?"

"Never mind how I cultivated the Qi of Heaven and Earth. I just want to ask you one question: according to the rules of your cult, whoever cultivates the Qi of Heaven and Earth automatically becomes the leader of your cult. Does that rule still hold true?" Li Dachui asked.

Ke Wuji remained silent.

"As expected, it doesn't count!" Li Dachui sighed in disappointment.

"This rule wasn't established by the founding patriarch, but by the third-generation acting leader. For hundreds of years, no one has ever been able to cultivate the Qi of Heaven and Earth, so it's naturally become a useless statement!" Ke Wuji said, "Moreover, in our opinion, if an idiot were to cultivate the Qi of Heaven and Earth, would we still have to acknowledge him as the leader?"

"Can an idiot really master the Qi of Heaven and Earth?" Li Dachui retorted.

"In our opinion, normal people can't cultivate the Qi of Heaven and Earth!"

"Then how did your founder, Qingfeng, achieve this?"

“We don’t know how our patriarch achieved it, or even if he did! It’s just a legend!” Ke Wuji said. “Moreover, times are changing, and each generation has its own ideas. What good is high martial arts skill to the greater good of the world? Our patriarch was invincible in the world back then, but what did it do? He Qingqiu was the only person known in the world to have reached the Divine Ascension Realm, but what was the result? Therefore, what we need to find is someone capable of realizing the ultimate ideal of our Divine Sect. Whether that person’s martial arts skill is strong or weak is irrelevant. The Divine Sect has never lacked henchmen!”

“That makes some sense!” Li Dachui nodded. “It seems that my chances of directly going to your Demonic Sect’s headquarters to plead for the position of sect leader are slim!”

"That's hard to say, you can give it a try!" Ke Wuji swallowed hard. "There are such people in the main headquarters. If you don't know the location of the main headquarters, I can draw you a map!"

"I can tell you're up to no good just by looking at your shifty eyes!" Li Dachui sneered. "Don't you have some innate masters in your headquarters? If I go there, it'll be like throwing a meat bun to a dog—I'll never come back! Hmm, who knows, I might even get caught by your experts and they'll study how I mastered the Qi of Heaven and Earth, right?"

"Absolutely not!" Ke Wuji shook his head and said, "No matter what, your ability to cultivate the Qi of Heaven and Earth must be closely related to our Divine Sect. I may not know, but there are some elders in the main altar who might know. I just want them to know of your existence."

“There’s no need for that!” Li Dachui shook his head and said, “They just want to know my background. I received a great favor from He Qingqiu, your former leader, and I also obtained the Qiankun Qi from her.”

He was not exaggerating when he said that he had received a great favor from He Qingqiu.

Not to mention that she escaped from Duanmu Miaomiao's clutches because of He Qingqiu, even this body was given to her by He Qingqiu.

It is absolutely true that it was a great favor.

"If that's the case, why do you harbor hostility towards my religion?"

“It’s not about hostility!” Li Dachui said. “It’s just that we don’t want the Eight Southern Towns to fall into Jiang Qian’s hands. Since you want to help He Zudao take over the Eight Southern Towns and compete with heroes from all over the world, then so be it. But I’d like to give you a piece of advice: be careful of He Zudao, lest you be sold out and still be helping him count the money.”

"And which side do you consider yourself to be on?"

"I?"

Li Dachui thought for a moment and said, "I come from outside the pass and am a good friend of Li Dachui, the Protector-General of the Beiting Protectorate. In my opinion, the ideals you want to realize will ultimately fall on this person. When you have time, send someone to communicate with them. You may be able to see the scene you want outside the pass."

"Outside the pass?"

“That’s right, and Jiang Qian’s lackey Lin Yunqi has already been there once. With the Chu Kingdom’s name on their side, it’s much easier for them to get things done than for you!” Li Dachui laughed.

"Moreover, I've heard a rumor!" Li Dachui whispered to Ke Wuji, "Some people say that this Li Dachui is the posthumous son of Li Anze, the former crown prince of Qin, and his wife He Qingqiu. This is because Zhou Zhi, the current lord of Tai'an City and Li Dachui's adoptive father, is Zhou Xingxing, a good friend of He Qingqiu back then!"

Ke Wuji jumped up immediately.

He recognizes Stephen Chow.

Isn't he dead?
Aren't they all dead?

How did it suddenly appear?
He wanted to ask the mysterious visitor more questions, but after saying those words, the man vanished without a trace and could not be found again.

Ke Wuji rushed outside, but apart from the bright moonlight and Lu Xiong and Chen Wan walking out of the woods together, he didn't see a trace of the other person.

"Elder!" Two disheveled men approached Ke Wuji with shame and remorse.

However, Ke Wuji did not notice the two people at this moment; his mind was filled with the name of one person.

"Li Dachui!"

(End of this chapter)