The blind girl is called a saint with a sword!

Lu Qinghui gradually closed his eyes.

Just as she was about to regulate her breathing, she suddenly heard footsteps.

The footsteps were steady and deliberate, as if they were saying to her, "I'm coming in."

"That gait..."

Lu Qinghui thought of someone she had just met today.

The next moment, the door opened.

"I never expected that Princess Changning was still alive and was hiding with Fairy Lu."

An Qingwan's slightly amused voice rang out in the room.

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The mastermind behind everything, a miraculous encounter after jumping off a cliff [3k]

Lu Qinghui opened his eyes and quietly looked at An Qingwan who had suddenly walked in.

Everything was unexpected, but even so, there was no sign of anything amiss on her face.

"Why are you here?"

An Qingwan stopped a zhang away from Lu Qinghui: "You shouldn't have spoken to me at the entrance of Princess Changning's residence. If you hadn't spoken to me, I wouldn't have noticed anything amiss."

“Abnormal?” Lu Qinghui said, “What’s abnormal? There’s nothing wrong with what I’ve said to you, and it’s perfectly reasonable for me to be at Princess Changning’s residence.”

An Qingwan said, "Yes, everything makes sense, except for one thing. When I mentioned Princess Changning, your tone, actions, and voice did not show any abnormality, but your aura changed, and I just happened to catch that slight change."

Lu Qinghui said, "Because of that slight change, you thought I harmed Princess Changning, so you've been spying on me?"

An Qingwan said, "More or less."

The room fell silent.

The silence was soon broken by Princess Changning, who was hiding in a secret compartment.

"Qinghui, it's all my fault. If I hadn't spoken up just now, she wouldn't have been able to find any evidence to support her suspicions for a while."

Lu Qinghui said calmly, "It's not your fault, it's just that I've never been able to reach the state of perfect harmony."

"But……"

“You don’t need to apologize. She didn’t come for the elixir of immortality.”

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"If she came for the elixir of immortality, why would she just walk in so openly?"

An Qingwan smiled and said, "Good eye. The Ascension Pill is indeed something that is dispensable to me. I don't care whether I can get the Ascension Pill or not, as long as it doesn't fall into the hands of the Demonic Sect."

Lu Qinghui said, "Since you know that I did not kill Princess Changning, that Princess Changning is still alive, and that you did not come for the elixir of immortality, then what do you want with me?"

An Qingwan said, "I need your help."

Lu Qinghui asked, "Want some help?"

An Qingwan asked, "Do you know who spread the news that someone outside stole the Ascension Pill?"

Lu Qinghui said, "You?"

An Qingwan said, "It's me."

Lu Qinghui asked, "Fish bait?"

An Qingwan nodded: "It's bait to lure those members of the demonic sect who covet the elixir of immortality."

Lu Qinghui said, "You want to kill them, and you want me to help you kill them?"

An Qingwan said, "That's right."

Lu Qinghui suddenly changed the subject: "How old are you?"

An Qingwan was taken aback for a moment: "Almost nineteen."

Lu Qinghui said, "Shall we make a deal?"

An Qingwan asked, "What kind of deal?"

Lu Qinghui said, "Tell me why your aura is so stable even though you have such a strong desire to kill, and I will help you."

An Qingwan countered, "Does having a strong murderous intent necessarily lead to disordered qi?"

Lu Qinghui did not answer the question.

An Qingwan said, "A stable aura comes from a stable mind, and a stable mind comes from being single-minded and having a firm will. My killing intent is strong; I only want to kill all those people from the demonic sect. Isn't that also a kind of being single-minded and having a firm will?"

Lu Qinghui said, "That makes sense."

An Qingwan asked, "Why do you practice martial arts?"

Lu Qinghui said, "Seek the Dao."

An Qingwan asked, "What way?"

Lu Qinghui said, "The Way of Heaven."

An Qingwan asked, "What is the Way of Heaven?"

Lu Qinghui said, "I don't know. It is precisely because I don't know that I seek the Dao."

An Qingwan said, "Since you don't know what your own Dao is, how can you truly achieve single-mindedness and maintain a stable Qi?"

Lu Qinghui said thoughtfully, "I have learned a lot from talking with you. Now, tell me, how do you want to kill someone?"

An Qingwan said, "The false information I spread can only fool people for a while. To lure as many people from the Demonic Sect as possible, I need a very realistic Ascension Pill. Currently, only you and Princess Changning have seen a real Ascension Pill, which is why I came to find you."

Lu Qinghui nodded, then suddenly flicked his finger, sending a blue bead into An Qingwan's hand.

"This is a counterfeit of the Ascension Elixir. When the Great Emperor of Liang first created the Ascension Elixir, he had already made a fake elixir that was indistinguishable from the real one."

An Qingwan felt a chill in her palms, but her heart was already burning with warmth.

With this, her plan could proceed more smoothly.

"Farewell."

An Qingwan drifted away like a drifting catkin in the wind.

After she disappeared for a while, sounds came from the room again.

"Qing Hui."

Lu Qinghui said, "Rest now, Princess."

Princess Changning said, "You've changed."

Lu Qinghui asked, "What has changed?"

Princess Changning said, "Back when we were still in the Marquis's mansion, you were far less cold-hearted than you are now. You're like a block of ice now. It's good that you saved me, but the way you killed that substitute really felt unfamiliar to me."

Lu Qinghui said, "She committed a capital crime and deserves to die. It is already a blessing that she can be your substitute and have a grand funeral."

Princess Changning asked, "Is this the price to pay for seeking the Dao?"

Lu Qinghui said, "This is not a price to pay, but an inevitable path in the pursuit of the Dao."

Princess Changning asked, "Can we still be friends like before?"

Lu Qinghui did not reply.

The path she is destined to take is one where she will abandon everything and pursue only the fundamental principles of Tao.

She closed her eyes again, calmed her mind, and made a mudra with her hands. As soon as the mudra was completed, she seemed to turn into a stone sculpture, devoid of any life.

Princess Changning sighed deeply upon noticing this scene.

……

After deliberately throwing the imitation of the Ascension Elixir obtained from Lu Qinghui to a demonic sect, An Qingwan stopped personally participating in the battle.

She remained hidden in the background, watching the members of the demonic sect fight amongst themselves.

In just half a day, even the Great Brightness Sect and the Rebirth Pavilion were drawn into it.

An Qingwan didn't need to put in much effort.

She only needs to time it perfectly, waiting for the parties vying for the imitation of the Ascension Elixir to be exhausted before suddenly appearing, and she can easily reap the rewards.

This elimination of members of the Demonic Sect was much faster than yesterday's rampage at the General's Mansion, where I was disguised as a special envoy of the Great Bright Sect.

Seeing the martial arts treasure chests that the system was sending out one after another, An Qingwan couldn't have been happier.

After a struggle, one of the members of the Great Brightness Sect finally succeeded in obtaining the replica of the Ascension Elixir.

An Qingwan did not rush to make a move.

She followed the man at a distance, waiting for him to lead her to the Great Brightness Sect's hideout in the capital so that she could wipe out the entire group.

When he reached Zhongnan Mountain, the man suddenly stopped, because someone had appeared in front of him.

"Su Nong, how did you get so badly injured?"

Su Nong, clutching the sword wound in his abdomen, laughed and said, "Those brats from the Rebirth Pavilion are quite skilled in martial arts. They almost killed me in this foreign land, but luckily I am more skilled and managed to kill them. Now that I have the Ascension Elixir, Brother Yuanzhen, quickly help me to see the Special Envoy."

"What? You've already snatched the Ascension Pill?" Yuan Zhen was overjoyed upon hearing this. "Quickly, quickly, we can't stay here any longer."

He quickly stepped forward to help Su Nong.

Su Nong had no suspicions, but just as the two closed to within three feet, Yuan Zhen suddenly struck out with his palm, which landed squarely on the sword wound in Su Nong's abdomen.

The blow came so suddenly that Su Nong had no time to react before being knocked to the ground.

"Yuanzhen, what are you doing?"

Su Nong was terrified and tried desperately to get up, but Yuan Zhen stepped on the back of his head.

"What I'm going to do? Naturally, I'm going to kill you and take the Ascension Elixir."

Sunong exclaimed, "Are you insane? How dare you steal from King Garuda! If King Garuda finds out, not only you, but your whole family will die!"

Yuan Zhen sneered, "You're wrong. What I took wasn't what King Garuda possessed, but what was yours. After taking the Ascension Elixir, I will personally hand it over to King Garuda."

He forcibly took the counterfeit elixir of immortality from Su Nong's arms.

Su Nong struggled desperately: "I have no grudge against you, why would you do such a thing?"

Yuan Zhen said, "No enmity? You lowly bastard from the Sunong tribe, it's already extremely fortunate that you were appreciated by my Ashina clan and entered the Divine Sect. It's one thing if you're not grateful, but you still compete with me at every turn and even dare to covet the position of sect leader. Do you even deserve it?"

He punched Su Nong, breaking one of his arms.

"Don't think that just because you pretend to be honest, I can't see through your repeated attempts to target me and kill me. Today, I'll show you what it means to be different regardless of status!"

"you……"

Before Su Nong could utter a single word, Yuan Zhen had already lifted him up and thrown him off the cliff.

The cliff is over a hundred feet high and its walls are steep.

As his body sank and he heard the fierce howling of the wind, Su Nong was already in despair.

How could he possibly survive falling from such a height?

"Yuanzhen! If I am still alive, I will make you suffer for eternity!"

Su Nong let out an extremely angry roar.

Unfortunately, the sound was quickly dispersed by the mountain wind.

Surrounded by mist, Yuanzhen burst into laughter as he watched Su Nong disappear from sight.

Having killed Su Nong and obtained the elixir of immortality, how could he not be happy?

"This is what happens when you oppose me!"

Yuan Zhen stuffed the Immortal Ascension Pill into his robes and disappeared into the mountains in a few leaps.

An Qingwan raised her eyebrows slightly.

She originally intended to follow Yuanzhen up, but then she suddenly saw another opportunity.

This opportunity comes from Jiangsu Agricultural University.

Yuan Zhen thought Su Nong was dead, but Su Nong's luck was surprisingly good.

Despite falling from such a height, he didn't die immediately. Instead, he landed on a tree, slid down to a platform extending from the cliff, and lost consciousness.