The road is vague

Chapter 126 Master Lu Qi
In the lobby of the Ministry of Destiny, Lu Qi looked at Jiang Feiyan.

"Is the photo bead ready?"

"Reporting to the master, we are ready."

Lu Qi looked down from above and immediately shouted.

"Who are you to assassinate an imperial official here? Why don't you confess the truth?"

General Jiang Feiyan, deputy general Li Mo, Song Qian of the Song family, Chen Wang of the Chen family, and the guest official of the Li Mansion sat on both sides, and more than 20 inspectors looked on angrily.

Even the lighting seemed to be affected, appearing depressing and dim.

Everyone looked at the four assassins.

Except for the old butler who was seriously injured by Lu Qi's casual attack and fell to the ground, the other three were tied up and kneeling on the ground.

This was also thanks to the fact that Lu Qi didn't know that it was Li Mo's mansion at first, otherwise the old housekeeper would have no reason to survive.

Neither the woman nor the two black-clad warriors spoke.

Seeing Lu Qi's cold eyes, the old butler who was seriously injured and lying on the ground actually struggled.

"Reporting to you, Senior, we are from the Dongfang family of the Tianding Sect. This is Miss Dongfang Miling from our family. Please be kind and let our young lady go. This matter has nothing to do with her. The Dongfang family will definitely pay compensation that will satisfy General Li. The three of us are willing to pay with our lives."

When everyone heard this, they were shocked and started talking about it.

"Are they from Tianding Sect?"

"I've heard of the Dongfang family. It's said to be one of the six major families of the Tianding Sect. Their strength..."

Lu Qi narrowed his eyes slightly under his sword-like brows.

"Then why did you want to assassinate me?"

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Mystic Spirit screamed hysterically.

"Why don't you ask your beloved disciple why he killed my brother Magatama!"

Everyone looked at Li Mo, and Lu Qi also gave him a questioning look.

Seeing this, Li Mo slowly stood up and calmly explained in front of Dongfang Miling.

"Your brother Dongfang Gouyu wanted to kill me, so should I just surrender? If I have to blame anyone, it's because he was too determined to kill me and his skills were inferior to mine, so he died in my hands."

Lu Qi heard this and said, "Tell me in detail what happened."

"Yes."

Li Mo bowed to everyone.

"This story began more than half a year ago, after the final examination. At that time, I was one of the three representatives of the Lingmu Sect, traveling to Zhongshan Kingdom to attend an exchange meeting. When passing through Saiwai Camp, I was engrossed in comprehending magic and was unable to show up in time to attend the gathering of the six eastern nations. As a result, the three people from the Shengding Sect..."

He explained the whole story and then looked at Dongfang Miling.

"Is what I said true?"

"Humph!"

Dongfang Miling looked up at Li Mo, his expression still cold and full of hatred.

"So what if it's true? My brother is of the Dongfang family bloodline. How can I allow an outsider like you to kill him? He raised me since I was a child. If I don't avenge him, I'd be unworthy of being the Dongfang Secret Spirit!"

Li Mo was helpless and everyone looked at each other in confusion.

The lobby was quiet for a while, and finally everyone looked at Lu Qi.

"I see."

Lu Qi looked at Dongfang Miling thoughtfully.

"If I am willing to offer three thousand spirit stones to resolve the grudge between you, would you agree?"

"master!"

Li Mo was shocked and wanted to speak out to stop him, but Lu Qi waved his hand with an unquestionable look on his face, motioning him to sit down again.

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Miling sneered.

"Senior Lu, although I am only at the Qi Training Stage, I carry the blood of the Dongfang family. With a mere three thousand spirit stones, you are underestimating the Dongfang family and my integrity. I've already said that if I don't avenge this, I wouldn't be worthy of being a member of the Dongfang family!"

Lu Qi stood up.

"What if I add another 2,000 spirit stones? Will 5,000 spirit stones be enough?"

"It's no use adding more! Unless you pay with his life!"

"Miss!"

The old butler tried to stop it, but was glared at coldly by Dongfang Mi Ling. In the end, the old butler sighed helplessly, lowered his head and completely accepted his fate.

The lobby became quiet again and everyone looked at Lu Qi.

Seeing this, Lu Qi, who had already stood up, slowly sat down with an increasingly gloomy expression, revealing a look of deep thought. He stared at Dongfang Mi Ling without saying a word. Dongfang Mi Ling showed no fear at all and looked at Lu Qi coldly.

After about ten breaths.

Lu Qi suddenly stretched out his hand, and a flash of sword light swept across, and a black-clad assassin fell in a pool of blood on the spot.

"What about this!"

Lu Qi squeezed out a creepy sound from his throat.

Dongfang Mi Ling was stunned and had not yet reacted when Lu Qi casually swept his sword and another black-clothed warrior fell to the ground.

"Is that enough now?"

His voice made people feel like they were falling into an icy cave.

Dongfang Mi Ling finally reacted. With tears in her eyes, she still gritted her teeth and stared at Lu Qi with hatred.

Seeing this, Lu Qi did not stop. The third sword light shot out and pointed at the seriously injured old butler who was lowering his head.

The old man died with a groan.

"Do you agree or not?"

Lu Qi's voice was like a roar of thunder, deafening.

Dongfang Miling can be described as a truly stubborn person who won't cry until he sees the coffin and has no idea of ​​the immensity of the world.

"Even if you kill them all, what can you do to me? If you have the guts, then kill me too..."

She had barely said half of her words when she was swept by a flash of sword light. After a brief look of disbelief, her body fell backward, twitching slightly before stopping.

The hall was completely silent.

Even Li Mo and Jiang Feiyan, his disciples, were shocked by Lu Qi's ruthless methods, let alone others.

"Seek death."

Lu Qi sat down again with a gloomy look on his face.

"A mere Qi training junior dares to shout in front of me. You really don't know how to live or die."

After making a cold sarcastic remark, Lu Qi looked at Jiang Feiyan and his expression returned to indifference, as if he had just done something insignificant.

"Preserve these five bodies with the Ice Seal Technique and send them, along with the Image Pearl, to the Prefecture's Destiny Department. Report that someone openly attempted to assassinate an imperial official and was executed on the spot. Next, I will personally report this to the court, who will then ask the Dongfang family whether these assassins were instructed by them."

"Yes."

Jiang Feiyan took out the ice talisman on the spot, but unfortunately the quantity was not enough, so she looked at Li Mo inquiringly.

Things like photo beads and ice talismans are daily consumables for inspectors. Everyone will take some with them before going out on a mission to preserve key evidence.

Seeing this, Li Mo rummaged through his storage bag and took out two more ice talismans and gave them to Jiang Feiyan. Finally, he had collected five talismans in total and froze the five bodies separately.

When Lu Qi looked at Li Mo, he showed concern.

"Li Mo, you don't have to worry about this matter. I will personally seek justice for you. You shouldn't stay here any longer before this matter is dealt with. Go back and pack up, and then follow me back to the sect for a while. Also, take the storage bags from these thieves as compensation."

Upon hearing this, Li Mo took the five storage bags that floated over.

After experiencing this, he felt very warm in his heart, and an indescribable feeling of gratitude surged in his heart. He immediately bowed respectfully with tears in his eyes.

"Yes."

So Li Mo bowed to everyone and left the Tianmingsi compound, returning to his own dilapidated courtyard to pack up his personal belongings.

It is December now and the weather is extremely cold.

After Li Mo put the materials in the weapon refining room, alchemy room, and puppet house into the storage bag, he looked at the courtyard walls and houses that were destroyed by the short battle. There was also a huge handprint two meters long on the ground, and the blue bricks were cracked inch by inch. He couldn't help but sigh.

Finally, he collected the two humanoid puppets and six matrix puppets.

It's getting light.

Li Mo returned to the Tianming Division. With a whistle from Lu Qi, a giant eagle, a bird of prey, descended from the sky. The people who were watching the excitement near the Tianming Division in Bai'an City all looked horrified.

This giant eagle was the magical bird that Lu Qi rode when he killed the great evil spirit in Tan River.

"Feiyan."

"The disciple is here!"

Lu Qi jumped up with Li Mo and stood on the back of the giant bird. The giant bird took off from the ground and flew into the distance.

"You will stay here for a few months at the shortest, or half a year at the longest. Once your junior brother's affairs are dealt with, I will let him go down the mountain."

"Yes!" As Jiang Feiyan responded, the rolling thunder and lightning spiritual power gathered to form black clouds. The giant eagle spread its wings and soared into the clouds, and soon disappeared from the sight of everyone in Bai'an City.

……

Li Mo stood behind Lu Qi and gradually adapted to the speed of the Thunder Eagle King.

At this speed, we can reach Qingming Mountain in two days at most.

"Li Mo."

"The disciple is here."

Lu Qi looked at the clouds ahead and began to teach earnestly.

"Throughout history, countless great men and heroes have been murdered by villains while in seclusion. Therefore, while improving one's own cultivation realm is certainly important, protecting one's cultivation cave is equally crucial. It's a matter of life and death, and one must not be careless, lest one's enemies take advantage of one's situation."

This was Lu Qi's second reminder.

Hearing this, Li Mo lowered his head in shame.

"Master, how should I arrange to protect my cave?"

"Ah."

Lu Qi looked thoughtful.

"The simplest method is to raise spiritual birds, beasts, and insects, and set up various flag formations. The next best method is to deploy mechanisms, puppets, and set forbidden traps. Finally... if you can master the Seven Apertures Returning to Origin Technique and cultivate an external incarnation, that would naturally be the best."

He stroked his beard gently.

"In short, all of our protective measures are designed to buy you as much time as possible, ensuring a complete cycle of energy, allowing you to face all dangers at your peak strength."

The illusion arrays and puppets released by the master can only be regarded as a reminder.

Li Mo's mind moved when he heard this.

"Master, I'm quite interested in puppetry and rune formations. I wonder who I can ask for advice?"

Lu Qi did not respond to Li Mo immediately, he seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, Lu Qi responded.

"Among our sect, the Lu family is undoubtedly the best at puppetry, but I have many disagreements with them, so I'm afraid you're not destined for this path. There are also some independent cultivators who are proficient in this art. You can inquire about them. As for the art of rune formations, I do know a Jindan priest who is a true master of formations. I'll introduce him to you after I return this time."

"Thank you, master!"

Thunder Eagle King, surrounded by thunderclouds and rushing at lightning speed.

Two days later.

As the giant eagle landed at the Qingming Mountain Flying Boat Station, the disciples of the Dharma Protector Hall stationed there hurried forward to pay their respects.

"Meet Hall Master Lu."

"master!"

Third senior brother Wei Cang happened to be on duty nearby.

After seeing Lu Qi, he immediately ran over with nearly thirty disciples from the Dharma Guardian Hall.

Lu Qi signaled the Thunder Eagle King to leave on his own.

This spiritual bird is also one of the many spiritual birds in the Qingling Divine Tree. It was rented out for a long time by Lu Qi as a contribution to his sect. Many disciples of Lingmu Sect will also make similar long-term leases. These spiritual birds will become the right-hand men of Lingmu Sect's disciples. This is also a major feature of Lingmu Sect.

"Your junior brother was assassinated in Bai'an City. This matter involves the Dongfang family of Tianding Sect. I have to go and deal with it. You and your junior brother should find a temporary cave in the sect. I will return in a few days."

Wei Cang was shocked.

"Yes."

As Lu Qi strode towards the depths of the sect, Wei Cang turned around to look at Li Mo and waved his hand to let the disciples of the Guardian Hall behind him leave.

"Brother, let's talk as we walk. What's going on?"

"Brother, this is a long story..."

night.

Li Mo set up his own temporary cave in the back mountain, next to Wei Cang's cave.

He sat on the mat, looking thoughtful.

The protective ability of the illusion array bestowed by the master is indeed too weak. It is okay when encountering Qi-cultivating cultivators, but if it encounters Foundation Establishment cultivators, especially Foundation Establishment cultivators carrying magic tools to break the array, or a large number of criminals, it is really not worth mentioning.

It seems so.

If he wants to rest easy during his training and raise spiritual birds, beasts and insects, it will be impossible to do so in a short period of time. He can only develop in the fields of formations, prohibitions and puppetry.

As for practicing the "Seven Apertures Return to the Origin Technique" and refining an external incarnation, one needs to have some so-called insights.

He wasn't sure.

"By the way, the sect's annual Foundation Establishment Trade Fair is about to begin. I can then look for any high-level formation plates. Spiritual stones are not a big problem for me."

Thinking of this, Li Mo took out five storage bags.

These storage bags were left behind by the five assassins of the Dongfang family.

After he sorted it out a bit, he actually found more than two thousand spirit stones, most of which were obtained from Dongfang Mysterious Spirit. Together with the more than six thousand spirit stones on Li Mo, he now had nearly nine thousand spirit stones!
Even for a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, this is a huge sum of money, and should be enough for him to buy a set of advanced flag formations.

Besides.

Li Mo also found some elixirs, magic tools, talismans, spell books, and martial arts books in the five storage bags.

Li Mo was not interested in these low- and mid-level magical instruments and elixirs for the Qi training period. He planned to use them as materials to accumulate experience for the Five Thunders Transformed into Dust in the future, or exchange them for spirit stones.

His attention was mainly focused on the magic drill that could break the formation.

"Although it's only a top-grade magical weapon, it has a miraculous effect in breaking formations. Maybe it can be used in the future."

Li Mo put away the formation-breaking drill.

Then he put the other magic weapons together with the magic weapons he had obtained from the forbidden formation of Zhongshan Kingdom. Then he unexpectedly found a mid-level high-level talisman among many inconspicuous low-level talismans!
"hiss!"

Li Mo suddenly took a breath of cold air.

He felt the terrifying spiritual power in this talisman, and his face looked extremely ugly.

"Intermediate-level advanced spiritual talisman, Wind Dragon Talisman!"

No wonder Li Mo's expression changed drastically.

That Eastern secret spirit was obviously planning to kill him, and this intermediate-level advanced talisman was obviously prepared for him. If Lu Qi had not happened to be in Bai'an City, he would probably have been in danger of death that night even with the help of other foundation-building cultivators in the city.

On one side is fear, on the other side is anger.

After a cold snort, Li Mo carefully put away the precious talisman.

The value of a mid-level talisman is at least hundreds of spirit stones. As for this mid-level high-level talisman, its value is almost comparable to that of a top-grade magic weapon.

This kind of talisman is extremely difficult to refine.

Now he has three mid-level spiritual talismans on him, namely the Divine Travel Talisman and the Fire Meteorite Talisman given by Sima Fu, and now he has obtained a more precious Wind Dragon Talisman.

It might come in handy in the future.

Next, Li Mo took a few more glances at the books recording spells, but most of them were low-level spells.

He took out two books on thunder magic.

One is the secret technique of thunder, the Thunder Wing Technique, and the other is a low-level mid-level spell, the Thunder Shield.

"The secret art of thunder magic, a primary intermediate spell."

The Thunder Wing Technique is a secret thunder technique used in the Qi training and foundation-building stages. It allows practitioners to have the ability to fly and improve their body movement speed. If it was used during the training hall period, it would be quite precious, but now it is better than nothing for Li Mo.

As for the mid-level low-level spell lightning shield, it also has great flaws.

Thunder attribute spells are not good at defense. Compared with other attribute spells of the same level, even if you forcibly cast a thunder attribute defensive spell, the defensive power is probably less than half of the earth attribute spell of the same level.

"No matter what, it's a mid-level spell after all. It can be used to complement the Summon Thunder Beast and the Thunder Spear."

Considering the rarity of the mid-level spells in the Hidden Power Pavilion of the Lingmu Sect, if one were to ask others to teach him this "Thunder Shield", it would cost at least two or three hundred spirit stones. With Li Mo's qualifications and the characteristics of the True Spirit Eye, it would not be difficult for him to master it, but it would be a pity to ignore it.

"It's really a chicken rib, tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away."

At last.

Li Mo looked at the martial arts book.

"The Holy Cauldron Technique is actually the main cultivation technique of the Tianding Sect."

Li Mo read the book carefully with a learning attitude. At the beginning, he was still using "Five Thunders Turning into Dust" as a reference. Later, the more he read, the more frightened he became.

Li Mo discovered that although the two came from the same source, they each had their own strengths and could not be used as references to each other.

At least in terms of recycling materials, Five Thunders Turning into Dust is probably beyond the reach. After practicing the "Holy Cauldron Secret" to a high level, if the cultivator is willing to consume the waste essence, he can actually completely recycle the essence of metal.

"However, the "Five Thunders Transforming Dust" chapter on refining and recycling items also contains a description of how one can consume essence to transform an item into dust and earth, while simultaneously deciphering the item's formula. This seems to be a completely different approach from the "Sacred Cauldron Technique."

In Li Mo's opinion, this ability is undoubtedly the best choice for cracking the pill formula.

The magical power of Sheng Ding Jue focuses on developing the art of refining equipment.

Unfortunately, he is not yet proficient in this secret technique. Even if he wants to spend all his energy to crack the recipe, his proficiency is far from enough to support him in achieving his goal. He still needs to practice hard.

(End of this chapter)