The Main Reason for Murder

The eastern part of Qiuzhou city is dotted with dozens of hills. The highest of them is no more than two hundred meters.

Daoist temples and dining halls were built on the hills.

However, with the decline of the Zuoqiu Courtyard Daoist lineage of Daoism a thousand years ago, the influence of these Daoist temples and dining halls has also greatly diminished, with more than half of them nearly abandoned and their incense offerings dwindling.

The eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

The snow has stopped!

The first rays of sunlight shone on Zixia Mountain, located in the outer city of Dongcheng. At Evergreen Temple on the mountain, the copper bells hanging from the eaves swayed in the wind, making a pleasant sound, and the bells reflected dazzling light.

Morning light streamed through the lattice windows and fell on the bed in the living room.

Yang Qingxi awoke to the sound of bells and the sunlight shining on her face. Her whole body ached, her nose smelled strongly of blood, her clothes were sticky, and she was covered with a quilt.

She turned her head slightly to look at Li Weiyi, who was sitting cross-legged about ten feet away, below the Bagua diagram.

She closed her eyes again, and said weakly, "You do keep your word... You gave me the Jiu Li Tribe's healing pill, the Nine Medicine Revival Pill?"

Li Weiyi opened his eyes. "I asked Cangli for it before, and he has quite a lot. I'll give you 10,000 Spring Coin!"

Yang Qingxi said, "Do you think that, given the relationship between the Sui Sect and the Jiu Li Tribe, I wouldn't know the price of the Nine Medicine Revival Pill? Fine, ten thousand it is, I'll owe you that..."

She simply didn't have the strength to speak.

He closed his mouth, mobilized the internal energy, and circulated it through his Trace Meridians to begin healing.

Li Weiyi possessed an exceptionally strong ability to recover physically, and by noon, his injuries had been largely healed.

After eating the vegetarian meal, he returned to the guest hall, took a spoonful of Immortal Soil, and continued to reshape his muscles and internal organs while using the Quenching Qi Art to temper the magical energy in the Fourth Sea.

Anyway, the five boxes of Spring Coin have been recovered, so we have money and medicine if we need them.

He was naturally single-minded.

Consolidating one's cultivation and tempering one's physical body are the most urgent tasks.

Fortunately, the magical energy of the Fourth Sea was functioning normally, unlike the perilous situation last night. Had there been even the slightest mishap, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

As for the situation outside, he didn't think it had much to do with him; others should worry about it.

In the evening, Li Weiyi went to eat vegetarian food again.

Back in the room, by the moonlight streaming through the window, I saw that Yang Qingxi had already sat up from the bed.

Turn on the lights.

Yang Qingxi's injuries had stabilized, and she asked expressionlessly, "Where's my Dragon Seed Ticket?"

"Do you think the Dragon Seed Ticket could have been saved given what happened last night?" Li Weiyi asked.

Yang Qingxi raised her snow-white chin and asked expectantly, "Where's Hua Yuzi? Is she dead?"

"Dead!" Li Weiyi said.

Yang Qingxi leaned back against the wall, smiled contentedly, and reveled in her extraordinary achievement.

As she leaned back, her tattered, hardened, Blood Robe- stained clothes tore open her scabbed wounds, causing her mouth to twitch in pain. "I thought you would at least change my clothes and have a couple of maids clean my wounds. Do you know how uncomfortable it is when dried blood is completely stuck to your body?"

Li Weiyi found it amusing. "When I was fighting so hard last night, I didn't realize you were such a delicate woman. But I'm sorry, Evergreen Temple is all men, so I'm afraid we won't be able to find any maids."

Should I change her clothes?

It's better to avoid trouble.

Saving her was already the greatest act of kindness.

Yang Qingxi frowned, puzzled, and asked, "Evergreen Temple? Are we in the South City or North City now?"

Li Weiyi said solemnly, "If we return to the South City, we're very likely to run into people from the Ash Region of the Far West. Moreover, if we encounter martial artists from the Jiu Li Tribe, I don't care, but they'll probably tear you to pieces."

"You're right! Dongcheng...no one would have thought we'd hide in Dongcheng."

Suddenly, a captivating smile appeared in Yang Qingxi's eyes, "Li Weiyi, are you even a little bit attracted to me? Otherwise, why are you worried that I'll be killed by the Jiu Li Tribe martial cultivators?"

Li Weiyi walked to the bedside and gazed at her intently.

"What are you looking at?" Yang Qingxi asked.

"I think you've activated the Six Desires Talisman!"

Li Weiyi remained wary of Yang Qingxi throughout.

This woman is very cunning. After waking up, she deliberately mentioned things like "changing her clothes" and "being moved," all because she was too weak and needed to use her beauty to keep him calm.

"Fine, I'm currently living under your roof, needing your protection, Young Master Li, to protect this weak woman. Consider it my presumption. But until my injuries heal, I will not exchange the Six Desires Talisman with you."

At this moment, Yang Qingxi revealed a gentle and tender side, exuding femininity.

Every word she utters can stir a man's protective instincts.

The Six Desires Talisman is indeed causing a lot of trouble right now.

Although the nine high priests could refine it together, who would go through the trouble of finding a simpler method? Besides, the collaboration of the nine high priests itself involves many uncertainties.

That's a last resort, a last resort.

"You're not in a hurry, and neither am I. Let's see who gives in first when things really escalate."

Li Weiyi walked out of the guest hall and headed towards the bedroom.

A moment later, two men in Daoist robes brought over a wooden bucket, filled it with hot water, and provided clean blue Daoist robes.

After everything was prepared, the two men in Daoist robes came out of the guest hall, closed the door, and praised her in the courtyard outside, "Senior Brother Li, your wife is really beautiful, like a fairy descended from heaven, Pure Immortal Body, right?"

Li Weiyi grabbed a handful of Spring Coin from each of them and whispered, "She's not my wife, she's an enemy. Remember to keep it a secret!"

"So she's the wife of my enemy... Uh... I admire you, I admire you!"

After accepting the Spring Coin, the two took their leave.

Li Weiyi stood under the eaves with his hands behind his back, listening to the sound of the bells above his head and gazing at the bright moon in the sky.

Inside the room, the sound of water from a bath could be heard.

After a while, Yang Qingxi, dressed in a loose blue Daoist robe with a belt around her slender waist, pushed open the door and walked out.

Her long hair was tied with a wooden hairpin, giving her an ethereal and otherworldly appearance, somewhat like a Daoist fairy. The scars on her face and neck, set against her jade-like skin, added a touch of poignant fragility.

"What a peaceful night! I don't know why, but I've never felt this peaceful before. I feel so relaxed, like I don't need to think about anything."

She leaped up and landed on the roof, sitting on the edge of the eaves with her two excessively long, jade-like legs dangling above Li Weiyi.

Gazing at the bright moon in the sky and the lights below the mountain, she smiled gracefully in the wind, "Li Weiyi, although we were able to escape here by avoiding the eyes and ears of the younger generation of martial artists, we could never escape the observation of the older generation. The old man from the Jiu Li Tribe didn't even come to Evergreen Temple to look for you? I bet he was extremely upset to see me with you."

Li Weiyi said, "Hiding and finding people are also part of the test. It's against the rules for the older generation to get involved! Besides, we're not that close, so don't assume that just because we're sharing a room, we're on the same side."

Yang Qingxi said, "What about inside the coffin? I didn't think much of it at the time, but the more I think about it, the more I feel like I've been cheated. If my future husband's family finds out, I'll definitely never be able to get married."

"I didn't recall it; all I know is that Yang Qingchan was also in the coffin at the time..."

As soon as he said that, Li Weiyi realized it was inappropriate.

The two fell into a long silence.

Li Weiyi leaped onto the roof.

Yang Qingxi raised her head, looking at him in the moonlight. "What, did you think I must be in deep grief right now, and wanted to comfort me? You're disappointed!"

Li Weiyi asked, "Why did Yao Qian kill Yang Qingchan?"

Yang Qingxi wasn't as indifferent as she appeared. Her eyes gradually welled up with tears, and she smiled bitterly, "Because you planted the Six Desires Talisman in her... Do you believe it?"

Li Weiyi didn't know how to answer.

She said, "Because she loved the wrong person! Yao Qian is too perfect. The more perfect a person is, the more they want to pursue ultimate perfection. I wonder, could someone like him accept that his woman has been infected with the Six Desires Talisman by an enemy? If the news were to leak out, his reputation as a gentleman would be completely ruined."

Li Weiyi said, "I heard that Yao Qian has caught the eye of the Second Palace Master. With the Second Palace Master's cultivation level, it shouldn't be difficult for him to help someone dispel a Six Desires Talisman!"

"That's precisely the main reason!"

Yang Qingxi said, "I learned from the sect leader that the Second Palace Master intends to arrange a marriage for Yao Qian with the Jiang family's legitimate daughter. Yao Qian must sever all ties with his past for this to happen. Therefore, Qingchan must die."

"Your intervention, and the Six Desires Talisman within her, were merely the triggers. They gave Yao Qian a perfect opportunity to frame her, and a reason to convince himself and Qing Chan."

Li Weiyi said, "He wanted to persuade Yang Qingchan before he could kill her?"

Yang Qingxi said, "Cultivators all want to shift the blame onto others so that they can have clear thoughts and a pure and untainted mind."

Li Weiyi asked, "Does Yang Shen Realm, the Sui Sect leader of the Sui Sect, also know the truth?"

Yang Qingxi hesitated this time!

I didn't want to tell this ugly side of the Sui Sect to a stranger who was an enemy, but for some reason, I felt an urge to confide in him tonight. It was as if I would suffocate if I didn't speak out.

She said, "The Second Palace Master bestowed the marriage upon Yao Qian not only because he valued his potential and abilities, but also because he valued the strength of the Sui Sect."

"In terms of the strength of top-level experts, the Sui Sect is indeed still quite weak, not as strong as the Myriad Gate Families."

"However, the Sui Sect controls half of the waterway transportation lifeline of the Lingxiao Shengjing. Its influence extends to more than a dozen states along the seven states through which the Sui River flows. Its business is all over the world and it is involved in all walks of life. In terms of grassroots personnel and intelligence, it can definitely be compared with the Myriad Gate Families."

"Who wouldn't want to bring such a force under their command?"

"By bestowing a marriage upon Yao Qian, the Second Palace Master can provide the Sui Sect with a powerful backer in the Imperial Court, thus enabling him to quickly integrate into their system, instead of facing attacks and exclusion from various factions within the Imperial Court."

"This is something that both the Sui Sect and the Second Palace Master want to see."

"So what does Qingchan's death matter compared to the future of the sect? The sect leader can only turn a blind eye."

Li Weiyi asked, "Who is this Jiang family's legitimate daughter you just mentioned?"

"Who else could it be but Jiang Ning?" Yang Qingxi asked.