A leisurely life in the world of cultivation

Chapter 111 Severing the Arm!

After touring the new house, Li Weizhou was about to leave, planning to return for dinner.

Li Changping, ever the busybody, asked, "Where is Sanlang going?"

Li Weizhou didn't hold back, and as a true hero, he said, "Let's go to Zuixianglou for a stroll."

"puff!"

Li Chang'an spat out a mouthful of tea and then coughed violently.

Amazing!

Li Changping was so jealous he couldn't understand: "Your sister-in-law just went into seclusion this morning, and you can't even spare a moment of free time?" His tone was full of resentment, and his eyes were filled with intense jealousy!

Li Changning was more objective, saying, "Yesterday, Biwu-jun helped us out, so Third Brother went to thank her, right?"

Li Weizhou didn't appreciate the offer and shook his head, saying, "I just want to listen to some music. Si Lang, want to come along?"

"Don't go!"

The Cao, Luo, and Guo families all shouted to stop them!
Are you kidding me? Both noble ladies are here, and the older brother is taking the younger brother to a brothel to listen to music?!

Li Weizhou was still laughing when he said to Zhao Yuanzhi and Zhang Wanyi, "Are you coming or not? Third Brother is treating. Zuixianglou is almost empty these days. Biwujun is too fierce and doesn't allow guests to touch her. Now it's mostly well-behaved people who go to listen to music and dance, or to compose poems, like eldest brother."

Li Changping: "..." He looked annoyed, but he didn't have the confidence to refute her.

Zhao Yuanzhi suddenly became interested and asked, "Can I go too?"

Li Weizhou said, "Of course! Big brother, let's go together!"

Li Changping mumbled, "I'm not going..." Seeing Li Weizhou's mischievous grin, he quickly explained, "I still have to make an appearance at the yamen, write a farewell letter to your sister-in-law's family, and give some old friends a proper explanation. There are quite a few things to do."

Li Chang'an nodded and said, "Me too." Going secretly was fine, but going openly like this, he was afraid that Guo would expose him...

Li Weizhou laughed and said, "Then let's go, Silang, Yuanzhi, Wanyi, your third brother will take you to have some fun!"

Not to mention Zhao Yuanzhi, even Zhang Wanyi couldn't suppress the smile on her lips; a hint of amusement appeared in her usually aloof eyes.

What young person doesn't like to fool around...?

Xi Mei and her brother Li Huan also wanted to go, but Cao Shi sternly stopped them.

Madam Cao still couldn't accept it and looked at Li Delong, saying, "Master, this..."

Li Delong laughed heartily and said, "Go ahead, go ahead! Come back soon! If you dare not come back for dinner, I'll personally go and arrest you!"

……

Streets of Dongshi.

Zhao Yuanzhi and Zhang Wanyi stood on either side of Li Changning, while Li Weizhou, the elder brother-in-law, didn't want to be seen being shown affection, so he stood a little ahead of the three of them.

Zhao Yuanzhi was quite excited, probably because it was her first time visiting a brothel. She asked a lot of questions about the rules of visiting brothels, and Li Weizhou, being an experienced person, answered them all.

However, I still told her, "Don't get your hopes up too high. The nighttime is when it gets lively; most people are asleep right now."

Zhao Yuanzhi didn't mind; she wasn't really planning anything. Thinking about returning to the capital tomorrow, she felt a little reluctant and said, "Third Brother, it would be so nice if you came to the capital with us. The capital is a hundred times bigger than Qingzhou City; it has everything!"

She felt that she had wasted her life living in the capital. There were fun things to do, but she didn't know how to do them. If Li Weizhou went to the capital, he could definitely go anywhere and have fun. How wonderful that would be!

Li Weizhou said happily, "I'll go when I have time. As for moving to the capital, there's no need. There are too many powerful and influential people there. I can't even walk so arrogantly on the street. It's too uncomfortable."

Zhao Yuanzhi burst into laughter as she watched Li Weizhou strut around arrogantly.

Zhang Wanyi chuckled, but also felt a little regretful. If Li Changning were as witty, that would be wonderful.

However, if she truly had that lively personality, she probably wouldn't have fallen for him back then...

Back then, she was as proud and arrogant as a phoenix, unwilling to look down on the world.

The four of them chatted and laughed all the way to Zuixianglou. However, before they even got close, Li Weizhou's expression changed. He rushed forward and up the steps. When he couldn't open the door, he kicked it open.

Seeing this sudden turn of events, Li Changning and the other two gripped their swords tightly and followed.

"Damn it, Shangqing Palace, you're courting death!!"

Seeing the people lying on the ground, Feng Biwu, half-covered in blood, fighting with a woman, with Xiao Yichen and his junior brothers who had appeared yesterday providing support, all turned to look at them. Li Weizhou roared in fury.

Xiao Yichen's originally heroic face turned gloomy again. He was like a ghost that haunted him wherever he went, always speaking so recklessly. Who gave him the courage?

Seeing Li Changning with his sword already drawn and the two noble ladies beside him, Xiao Yichen understood.

But he was still very unhappy.

When Wanwan, who was lying on the ground, saw Li Weizhou come in, she started to cry. Half of her face was swollen from being hit, her eyes were bruised, and she couldn't speak.

Li Weizhou couldn't understand: "Do you lowlifes in the Shangqing Palace really enjoy beating women? They didn't provoke you! What was that bastard's name again? Oh, right, Ye Wangchen. He did the same thing. He died so badly that his bones couldn't be found. Doesn't the Shangqing Palace learn any lessons at all?"

As he spoke, he stepped forward, completely ignoring the extremely tense atmosphere. When he reached Feng Biwu, he saw her swaying and supported her, asking, "Who hurt you? With your martial arts skills, if you don't make a move in the three upper levels, who can be your opponent?"

He was speaking peacefully, but his hand didn't stop. No one expected that he would flip his hand and slap the Shangqing Palace woman several steps away, sending her flying backward.

Half a mouthful of teeth mixed with blood sprayed into the air before a scream rang out.

"what!!"

Xiao Yichen flew into a rage: "You're asking for death!!"

He took a step forward, drew his sword, and first turned around to force back Li Changning, Zhao Yuanzhi, and Zhang Wanyi with a single strike. Then he suddenly turned around and slashed at Li Weizhou.

Do you really think he wouldn't dare to kill someone?!
"you dare!"

"presumptuous!"

"stop!"

Li Changning, Zhao Yuanzhi, and Zhang Wanyi shouted in shock and anger to stop him. Feng Biwu stepped in front of Li Weizhou, but before she could even raise her sword, she was pulled back. Li Weizhou raised his hand and fired a shot: "BANG!"

Then they fired continuously: BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Fire five bullets directly into the empty cylinder!
With his current reaction speed, eyesight, and sensitivity, Xiao Yichen had no way to avoid this shot!

The Smith & Wesson revolver has a muzzle velocity of 602 meters per second. At a distance of one kilometer, the bullet arrives in less than a second. Even if Xiao Yichen is a sword prodigy, he cannot block this shot!
However, Xiao Yichen was indeed extraordinary. Before Li Weizhou even fired the shot, he subconsciously twisted his body. But perhaps due to his confidence in himself and his confusion about the unknown, he hesitated for a moment and thus failed to completely avoid the attack.

With a "thud," the first bullet struck his shoulder. Xiao Yichen's expression changed drastically. With his internal energy and sword-wielding skills, he felt he was about to be unable to withstand the hidden weapon.

That was incredibly powerful!

However, the next four shots made him lose his composure, and his expression changed drastically.

These incredibly powerful hidden weapons can actually be fired in succession!! It makes absolutely no sense!!
But before he could react, the second bullet struck, embedding itself briefly before being ejected, but his internal energy had already been broken.

The third bullet penetrated three inches into his body, and the fourth bullet went in halfway.

The fifth bullet had already completely penetrated the shell!

There are hidden weapons in the world that can threaten the Martial Sect!

He's not just any ordinary martial arts master; he had a miraculous encounter and mastered extraordinary skills!
But he could clearly feel that his shoulder bone had been severely injured.

However, what was more terrifying than such hidden weapons was the long sword that Li Changning slashed down from behind in a fit of rage!

These five hidden weapons were completely beyond Xiao Yichen's expectations and comprehension, catching him off guard. Not only was his internal energy broken, but he also had to retreat three steps.

These three steps, however, are extremely fatal.

Even though Xiao Yichen endured his severe injuries and hurriedly took two steps forward to dodge, Li Changning's angry sword strike, disregarding his own life, was not so easy to avoid.
Amidst the screams of the Shangqing Palace disciples, the sword landed on Xiao Yichen's shoulder and continued its unbelievable slicing, severing his right arm cleanly at the shoulder!
Everyone was stunned.

Xiao Yichen was stunned, staring blankly at the arm that had fallen to the ground.

how so?

Is that an arm?
No, that was his hope to become the supreme martial arts master, a powerful being in the spirit world, and on the path to immortality...

It shouldn't be like this. It shouldn't be like this.

He rose from a lowly stable boy to where he is today, not only through relentless hard work and countless sacrifices, but also through numerous extraordinary adventures.

Their strength was so great that Qi Zhenkun, the head disciple of Yuanjian Mountain, was envious and even wary of them.

How could his bright future be ruined here...?

Then came regret, endless regret.

If he could have mastered the Indestructible Sword Body, if those beasts of the Demonic Sect hadn't attacked for a year, preventing him from properly cultivating his swordsmanship and sword body, if the Li brothers hadn't been so despicable and shameless...

How could he have ended up like this?!
Everyone was shocked and stunned. Apart from Feng Biwu, who kept staring at Li Weizhou without taking her eyes off him, there was one other person who remained unmoved: Li Weizhou himself.

He took two steps forward, picked up the arm from the ground, casually tossed it behind him, and then took a few steps back, saying in a relaxed tone, "Come back for your arm when you can surpass my fourth brother. I won't kill you today, so get lost!"

It wasn't that he didn't want to kill, but...

"What's going on again?!"

Qi Zhenkun, with his bald head bulging with veins, arrived in a few quick steps and, by sheer coincidence, blocked Xiao Yichen's path, who was about to erupt in a rage with bloodshot eyes. He exclaimed in shock, "Brother Xiao, what's going on?!"

A large, thick right hand rested on Xiao Yichen's left shoulder.

"..."

Xiao Yichen slowly turned his face to look at him, and said, word by word, "Qi Zhenkun, are you going to stop me?"

The savage look in his eyes terrified even Qi Zhenkun.

Qi Zhenkun advised, "Brother Xiao, let's talk this out. The truth will be revealed. Don't worry, I won't let you suffer this injustice for nothing."

The words "injustice" overwhelmed Xiao Yichen, causing him to lose control. He roared, "Ah!!! I'll kill him! I'll kill him! I'll kill you lowly scoundrels!"

If it were a real fight, even if it were two of the Li brothers defeating him fair and square, even if they cut off his arm, he would accept it.

But no, he was injured by a sneak attack with a hidden weapon by that despicable Li Weizhou, and then his arm was cut off by that vile villain Li Changning from behind.

The injustice, the resentment, the utterly self-contradictory hatred—it was about to burst him apart.

And this beast in front of him, who was clearly biased, almost drove Xiao Yichen to madness.

But Qi Zhenkun, as the only person from the foot of Yuanjian Mountain, was famous far before Xiao Yichen, so how could his reputation be undeserved?

A palm strike aimed at Xiao Yichen's neck, swift as lightning. Before Xiao Yichen was seriously injured, he might have been able to put up a fight, but now he was somewhat delirious, and with the palm so close, how could he possibly block it? His head tilted to the side and he passed out.

Qi Zhenkun hugged the man, then used his strength to seal several acupoints on Xiao Yichen's right shoulder to stop the bleeding. He handed the man over to the disciples of Shangqing Palace and said in a deep voice, "Your mission is canceled. Return to Shangqing Palace immediately. Do not delay, or I will not be able to save your lives."

Upon hearing this, several Shangqing Palace disciples who were initially indignant calmed down instantly, quickly picked up Xiao Yichen, and prepared to leave.

The junior brother surnamed Guo turned to Li Weizhou and said, "Give me back my senior brother's arm! I'll come to your door again another day to learn from you."

Li Weizhou laughed and cursed, "Get the hell out of here! Did you think what I just said was nonsense? He dared to hit my woman; taking his arm is letting him off easy. Like I said, when he surpasses my fourth brother, come back for this arm, and I'll keep it for your Shangqing Palace. But next time someone from your Shangqing Palace comes to Qingzhou City to cause trouble, it won't just be about one arm. I'm giving my fat brother some face, so get lost before I regret it!"

The disciple surnamed Guo glared at Li Weizhou resentfully before leaving with his men.

Qi Zhenkun looked at Li Weizhou speechlessly and said, "Do you really think the Shangqing Palace is a pushover? They have a Prince Wei standing behind them, and a Supreme Elder who hasn't appeared in public for many years. Aren't you afraid they'll come after you?"

Li Weizhou said to Li Changning, "Did you hear that? Go back and tell your master that I asked her to go to Shangqing Palace to pay respects to the mountain gate and let them calm down."

Li Changning: "..."

Seeing his blank expression, Li Weizhou urged him to leave, saying, "Alright, alright, you take Yuanzhi and Wanyi back first. We can't listen to the song today. The singer was beaten up badly by those bastards and can't sing."

After Li Changning left with Zhao Yuanzhi and Zhang Wanyi, the two noble ladies who had just come to their senses and were somewhat excited, Li Weizhou said to Qi Zhenkun, "Please pass on a message to Wen Zaixing of the Shanlin Guard: don't take sides so early, and don't go too far. Bullying the Crown Prince so harshly is not the way of a subject. If the Shanlin Guard sends anyone to bully Zuixianglou again, my sister Feng will write a letter in blood to the Crown Prince to accuse them."

Qi Zhenkun: "..."

He was truly impressed by this young man.

Without saying a word, he bowed and left, but before leaving, he said to Li Weizhou, "Don't feed Xiao Yichen's arm to the dogs. The Shangqing Palace will definitely come to ask for it back. Just give it back to them, otherwise you'll really become mortal enemies. Brother Li, killing is just a matter of life and death, and you should be lenient when you can. That's all I have to say. Whether you listen or not is up to you."

Li Weizhou chuckled and said, "Listen, listen, come pick it up in a couple of days, it'll be a favor to you. I'll hang it on the eaves for a couple of days to dry, to serve as a warning to others, is that alright?"

"No problem, no problem. It's his fault for hitting your woman. He's a real man!"

Qi Zhenkun was delighted and winked as he spoke.

He was determined to get this favor. He laughed at Li Weizhou, then glanced at Feng Biwu, who was standing to the side of Li Weizhou. The cold and beautiful woman rarely showed such a delicate expression. He didn't want to be a nuisance, so he waved and strode away.

He seemed to be in a great mood.

Even he was afraid of Xiao Yichen's swordsmanship. If he really grew up in the future, he would definitely be a threat to Yuanjian Mountain.

Among the eight sects, Yuanjian Mountain's swordsmanship has always been ranked first, without any controversy.

Qi Zhenkun didn't want this prestigious reputation to fall into his hands.

Now that Xiao Yichen has been crippled, how could he not be happy?
However, he also had doubts: How did the Li brothers manage to do that?
Li Weizhou was even happier than him, because picking up the arm wasn't his intention, but rather something the two old men in his mind were urging him on...

It seems this Xiao Yichen really has some good stuff!

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(End of this chapter)