The Terrifying Rabbit

Outside the pagoda.

Two days have passed.

Shen Shuibi was engrossed in drawing the array diagram.

Wang Baiyan, standing beside him, looked distressed. "Shen Horse King, the resources you've mobilized are things that the entire Guangyang City can't afford. I had to ask my master for permission to gather so many materials..."

"Isn't the 'Profound Gate Treasure Sea Scripture' enough? No way, is that eighth-rank official behind you so ignorant?" Shen Shuibi replied casually without even looking up.

"Enough... enough is enough." Wang Baiyan felt a pang of pain in her teeth and her face turned even more bitter at the mention of this.

He was now a little confused about who this new Horse King was.

Wang Baiyan had investigated the New Horse King's methods.

Her plan was complex and ambitious, with each step tightly linked, much like strategizing on a chessboard.

In just eight Chen, she easily seized power over the entire Lower Nine Gates, firmly controlling everything in her own hands.

Rumor has it that she has spies planted in every branch and every business opposite the Lower Nine Gates.

She was fully aware of all the conspiracies against her, and always kept herself mysterious. She was unpredictable and knew everyone's weaknesses, even those she met for the first time.

She always manages to grasp the end point in the intricate power struggles, and her Heavenly Horse thinking leaves her subordinates wondering what her next move will be.

Therefore, both her subordinates and enemies were in a state of constant fear and anxiety.

If the difficulty of wiping out every single person in the Lower Nine Gates is one, then the difficulty of completely controlling the Lower Nine Gates is at least ten.

Because not everyone is willing to be controlled, some people would rather die in order to uphold tradition and gang rules.

But none of these things could hide from her.

No one can forget that after she became the new Horse King in just two Chen, the Lower Nine Gates immediately launched a series of counterattacks, including power struggles, assassinations, poisoning, using tradition to force her to step down, inciting the lower classes, and so on. However, she was not harmed at all. In fact, she turned the tables and turned all her enemies against her or even destroyed them. This undoubtedly proved to others how cunning this new Horse King was.

Especially during conversations, she always liked to use a casual, seemingly accidental manner, which would send chills down the spines of most of the people involved.

For example, when facing Wang Baiyan, he casually mentioned the Jiannan Wang Family.

When this happens, those who have been warned will soon find themselves completely clueless about how the new Horse King the Horse knew all this, and will immediately realize that they have no choice but to treat her with utmost respect.

She seems to know everyone's secrets.

She would sometimes release outrageous false information, but these rumors would eventually become the truth, just as if they had been true in the first place.

For example, the first thing she said when she met him was that Old Ma looked like he was going to die.

This startled Old Ma Wang, who flew into a rage and wanted to kill her, but due to his anger, he lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground before he could finish giving the order.

No one believed that Old Ma Wang was really just consumed by rage. Old Ma Wang was an eighth-rank expert; how could he be so fragile?

This is definitely a tactic employed by the new Horse King of Horses!

But no one knows how she did it. She even went up to save him with a helpless expression, saying that Old Ma Wang's Cultivation Method was wrong and that the more he practiced it, the more his heart meridians were damaged. She suggested that he submit to her and she would help him improve it.

This is clearly a threat!

Countless people have discovered that she has already seen through their weaknesses and vulnerabilities, and the only way to escape has already been blocked.

And the key—was right in her hand.

She manipulates everyone.

This is a terrible woman.

Wang Baiyan had already deeply understood how terrifying this person was, so he felt a pang of unease at the other person's words.

When did she find out that a high-ranking official of the eighth rank had arrived?

She has spies around the Grain Alliance too?!

What else does she know?

Wang Baiyan knew nothing of these things. The only thing he knew was that this new Horse King of Malaysia was unfathomable and capricious.

She is truly unpredictable; you can never tell whether she trusts you, likes you, or hates you.

She is extremely indifferent to everyone most of the time, but occasionally she will suddenly give a generous gift to someone, such as the other person's advanced Cultivation Method, or to guide them through a long-standing dilemma. These are great favors that can even change a person's life... or even the fate of a Lineage.

A better Cultivation Method would normally require generations of a Lineage to strive for.

But now, she casually tossed it away.

But sometimes, she could be extremely irritable, especially when her eyes turned red. Many people suffered because of this; although they weren't beheaded, they lost their jobs.

Don't mistake her giving you the Cultivation Method for a sign of valuing you. If you try to flatter her, she'll most likely give you a cold shoulder and might not even remember who you are.

She is capricious, yet she controls the whole situation and knows the secrets of countless people, as if her spies and informants are all around her.

You don't even know if your friends, brothers, or even your wife are spying on you, or if they are obeying this new Horse King of the Horse.

Because there are many things that only the closest people know.

But she also knew about this new Horse King, and she would even whisper it out loud, which was quite startling.

It's incomprehensible and indescribable.

What kind of person would do such a thing?

But Wang Baiyan only dared to keep these things to herself.

Faced with this new Horse King, he could only reply with a wry smile, "Horse King Shen, the price is reasonable... but transporting goods from the Tang Kingdom to Baiyue requires navigating many surveillance networks. Taking it slowly might be fine, but you need it urgently, and this is beyond my capabilities. It's not something that can be done simply by offering a good price..."

"Then send as many as you have," Shen Shuibi replied without looking up.

"Of course, but it will take two more days. If it's in such a hurry, even I can't do anything about it," Wang Baiyan complained.

"Okay," Shen Shuibi said succinctly.

Seeing that the other party agreed readily and kept engrossed in their work, Wang Baiyan didn't say anything more and obediently retreated.

That day, Shen Shuibi was busy with the matter at hand, namely the array diagram she was drawing.

This formation can bypass the blockade of the pagoda and contact Li Qi inside.

The most urgent task was to restore contact with Li Qi, so Shen Shuibi basically put aside everything else she was doing. She even suspended her deductions on restoring the Yang Spirit method and devoted all her energy to developing this array diagram.

For some reason, she felt incredibly anxious without Li Qi by her side.

I used to be alone.

However, the rabbit never realized that she wasn't actually alone before.

Back when she was in Luofu Cave-Heaven, whether she was alone or not, she always had a plan in mind.

She knew that the Your Highness was always watching her, and Yang Ning would find her no matter what.

So, having lived on Mount Luofu since birth, she wasn't afraid even when she was alone, and felt very relaxed.

But things are different now.

Mount Luofu is gone.

The Your Highness is gone.

Yang Ning also went to a very far place.

Li Qi used to be by her side, able to help her solve many, many problems.

But now, Li Qi is gone too.

This was the first time Shen Shuibi had encountered such a situation since birth.

For the first time, truly alone.

Therefore, she was filled with inexplicable anxiety and desperately wanted to regain contact.

Fortunately, she was still able to maintain her basic Dao heart and understood what she needed to do at this moment.

She still had a way to contact Li Qi, through a method that Chanzhi Zhi couldn't have imagined, to bypass the blockade of Chanzhi Zhi's pagoda.

Therefore, everything proceeded in an orderly manner.

Meanwhile, Li Qi was also engaged in strenuous mental work every day.

He was also thinking about how to make contact with the outside world.

In fact, after two whole days, he had already come up with a solution.

The next step is to put it into practice. Now that he's under Chanzhi Zhi's watchful eye, he can't do anything that might arouse suspicion, otherwise things could easily go wrong.

The Chanzhi was very kind to him, but Li Qi dared not be presumptuous.

My life is more important.

Another ten Chen passed, and Li Qi finished analyzing the third demon, named the Fierce Fiend.

Like the Desire Fiend, the Fierce Fiend also reflects a psychological trend.

It is a 'trend' where the mindset is orderly but gradually tilts towards a state of disorder.

Even the best patience will gradually wear down, and anger will only grow and accumulate until it finally explodes to quell it.

Li Qi has already analyzed the three demons, and these three demons all have this in common.

They all represent a trend...

No, they don't represent it; they are the trend itself.

These demons naturally exist within all sentient beings capable of thought and intelligence.

This is... the Heavenly Demon's retinue?

According to Chanzhi, he devoured the retinue of the He-Who-Transforms-Himself-at-Will Heaven Demon.

These demons can hinder people from achieving goodness, hate and envy the teachings of sages and saints, and cause all sorts of disturbances. They especially like to sneak into the hearts of practitioners, devour their Dao heart, and become part of their demonic thoughts. Ultimately, they completely destroy the Dao heart of practitioners and cause them to fall into the demonic path.

Moreover, these are just family members.

The true Heavenly Demon is terrifying beyond measure, far beyond the level of a mere ninth-rank being.

According to what Li Qi read in the book, the minions of the Heavenly Demon are spread throughout the myriad realms, forming a vast and terrifying force.

But none of that matters to Li Qi now. Heavenly Demons are extremely rare in the world. It is said that a powerful being intervened and drove them away, leaving them only able to roam freely in the outer realms.

As for the method to break the Fierce Fiend, Li Qi devised it not long after he finished analyzing the demon. He used the method of balancing Shaman Path, accumulating the energy of the Winter King to purify his heart and suppress the violence.

Then, he went up to the fifth floor again and preached the Dharma to the Chanzhi.

Chanzhi Zhi greeted him with a smile and presented him with a brand-new bed, bedding, and some food.

These were all things Li Qi had requested before, saying he wanted some food and a bed to sleep in.

Chanzhi Zhi probably thought these were all normal requests, so he prepared them for Li Qi.

After the ritual was completed, Li Qi exchanged a few pleasantries with the Chanzhi, then carried the bed downstairs and placed it in the center of the second floor.

Then, he obediently lay down on the bed and went to sleep.

At this moment, Chanzhi Zhi's mind should be focused on experimenting with new methods.

However, the Chanzhi, who was ignorant of Shaman Path, could never have imagined it.

A bed is also a type of altar.

There are even their own special gods, just like the household god and the kitchen god. As the saying goes, "Buy sugar to welcome the Kitchen God, pour water to worship the Bed God," all of which speak of the wonders of the bed.

The art of witchcraft is characterized by numerous and mysterious methods, making it difficult to guard against.

This is a characteristic of Shaman Path; no one can learn it.

Li Qi placed the bed in the center of the second floor, with the head of the bed facing north. This was also significant, as the center of the room corresponds to the number five in the Luoshu (a Chinese geomantic system), which is the most honored position in the Nine Palaces.

This is called "grasping the four corners, making the four directions the same as the bed".

Originally, the bed should face east or south, which is called "sleeping with the head facing east, meaning to lie in accordance with the vital energy". The Family Sayings says, "The living face south, and the dead face north".

All of these arrangements were made to bring this altar closer to the 'yin' aspect.

In this way, Li Qi can achieve what he wants.

In other words, the soul leaves the body, and may even attract ghost messengers!

He wants to use his ninth-grade cultivation to attempt soul travel beyond the heavens!

Doing this would have been certain death, because there are three main problems with going to outer space.

First, the soul leaving the body is inherently fatal. Only the Yin Spirit of Daoism and the golden body of the divine can leave the body. Shaman Path does not know this trick. If the soul is forcibly separated from the body, the physical body will definitely die.

Secondly, the soul needs to withstand various dangers from beyond the realm. The soul separated from the body is extremely fragile and can be severely damaged by a gust of wind. Only a few Dao Path can resist it. The Yin Spirit is not afraid of the wind, the Yang Spirit is not afraid of fire, and the Golden Body is not afraid of external stimuli. After reaching the Yang Spirit, one can travel freely in spirit, and the outside world cannot harm the soul.

The soul of Shaman is very fragile and can be injured by the slightest provocation.

Thirdly, it is also necessary to find one's own position.

If you get lost outside the realm, you probably won't be able to come back for the rest of your life.

If you're lucky, you might find another small world to stay in and slowly figure out how to establish yourself in the world. If you're unlucky, then you'll just drift in the outer realms until you die.

The extraterrestrial landscapes that Li Qi saw were all like mountains that seem vast but are actually incredibly distant. They looked huge, but Li Qi estimated that the distance was measured in light-years. Even if he flew at the speed of his soul, he would never reach them in his entire life.

But it was precisely because doing so would lead to death that Chanzhi Zhi was not on guard.

He imprisoned Li Qi's physical body, and Li Qi's soul could not escape either, so that he could Anxin.

These past two days, Li Qi has been diligently working to dispel the demonic thoughts in him, using Shaman Path and the True Knowledge Dao Charm to help him resist the demon.

In Li Qi's view, the monk probably never imagined that he would actually risk his life to go out.

Moreover, even if he guessed it, Li Qi would still give it a try.

Trying it won't cost anything. I've already demonstrated my value these past two days, so Chanzhi Zhi won't kill me easily.

Li Qi was also confident that he would survive.

Because he still has one Trump Card up his sleeve.

He now has shrines dedicated to him in ten thousand households.

Among those 100,000 people, some have already devoutly recited Li Qi and built a shrine to worship Li Qi, expressing their gratitude to their benefactor!

Li Qi prepares to travel his soul to the heavens and sacrifice himself to become a god!

Based on the prayers of these people, he was able to use Divine Path Method to create a temporary golden body for himself to resist external dangers.

Then, relying on the prayers of those people, he repositioned himself in the world and contacted Shen Shuibi.

At that time, everything will be easy to discuss.

This is Li Qi's plan.

It's a case of good deeds being rewarded; if Li Qi hadn't helped, he certainly wouldn't have this Trump Card right now.

But if we don't help, perhaps the Chanzhi Zenzhi won't touch him at all.

Every drink and every bite has its cause and effect; who can truly explain it?