Chapter 240 Chi Yuanan, the general of poetry and painting, Bai Yang, the head of the White Tiger family!
"What the hell is added to this porridge?!"
early morning.
Leicheng, outer city area.
East of the city!
Li Guanqi leaned against a corner, looking down at the bowl of vegetable and lean meat porridge in his hand, his face full of shock.
"this……"
Holding the wooden bowl, he turned his head and looked at the porridge shop not far away where the Qinglong family gave alms.
There were several cooks in white hats serving porridge there, and there were six large buckets of porridge, and the people of Leicheng also formed six long queues.
"No, there's something wrong."
Li Guanqi withdrew his gaze and looked at the bowl of vegetable and lean meat porridge in his hand, his face looking ugly.
After all, he never took any classes at Nanjiang Headquarters. He only read a lot of books in Zhuangyuan's library. What he read in the books lacked practice. He knew very little about material science and medicinal materials. He couldn't tell what was added to the porridge.
What, but...
His soul can feel it!
Just when he had just queued up to receive a bowl of porridge and ran over to take the first sip, he felt that there was something in that mouthful of porridge that went straight into the depths of his soul!
The soul of a living thing instinctively rejects foreign objects.
Under Li Guanqi's sense of disgust, his lv.28 soul instantly destroyed the unknown foreign object... But that's not the problem.
The question is, why is there such a substance that can affect the soul in the meat porridge that the Qinglong family has donated for more than a hundred years?
"Um?"
Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes slightly.
In an instant, everything came together.
A battle of life and death has occurred in Leicheng for hundreds of years.
The audience looked like crazy in the audience, eager to see blood and killing.
The Qinglong family has given away meat porridge for hundreds of years for free.
The connections between these three are all connected.
The Qinglong family gives free meat porridge to the people of Leicheng. No one would refuse a free bowl of meat porridge in the morning. Even if they don't drink it every day, they will always drink it a dozen times in their life.
Once they drink it, the souls of the people in Leicheng will be affected by the special substance in the meat porridge.
Li Guanqi guessed that it was this special substance that caused some people in Leicheng to be so thirsty for blood and fighting.
so.
Only the life and death competition in Leicheng is so popular, with an endless stream of spectators.
Even before Bai Yang cleared up the martial arts culture in Leicheng, all kinds of life-and-death contests where people were beaten to death on stage were put on the streets of the city.
Even though he is vigorously rectifying it now, the souls of the people in Leicheng have long been completely changed. The desire for blood and fighting originating from the depths of their souls has caused faceless areas to be reborn one after another, and they cannot be killed no matter how hard they kill them.
It made the people of Leicheng go crazy, eager for a life-and-death fighting performance...
All are the work of the Qinglong family!
In fact, the four major families are connected by the same spirit. This is most likely a century-old plan of the four major families!
Qin Lubai...
Go find Qin Lubai!
That woman can use various materials to prepare potions that strengthen the soul and help break the seal of secret magic. She is definitely a pharmacist who is proficient in potions.
Li Guanqi guessed that this should be the knowledge taught to her by her adoptive father, Chi Gongming, who was a magician.
"call out!"
After thinking about this, Li Guanqi turned around and rushed out with the wooden bowl filled with meat porridge.
"Why?!"
The alms-giving staff at the Qinglong Family Porridge Shop immediately became anxious when they saw this, "Brother! You can't take away the bowl!"
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"Lu Bai!"
Li Guanqi returned to the safe house at the bottom of the well with the wooden bowl. He placed the wooden bowl filled with meat porridge on the table with a "snap" and looked at Qin Lubai in the room seriously. "Help me check what's in this bowl of porridge."
Everything!"
"Bloody Mandala."
Qin Lubai was holding a green hair rope in his mouth, wrapping his hands behind his head, facing a mirror, and tying his hair into a high ponytail.
She glanced at the meat porridge on the table, then continued to look at the mirror to tie her hair, took the hair rope out of her mouth, and said casually: "The porridge donated by the Qinglong family in the east of the city, right? After drinking it, I feel that my soul is a little strange, right?"
?
It's normal, this is the deliberate configuration of the four major families.
There are many ingredients added to the porridge to influence the human soul. The most special ingredient is bloody mandala.
Combined with the other auxiliary ingredients in the porridge, the medicinal effect of bloody mandala can act on the human soul, making people long for killing and blood from the depths of their souls. Even under the subtle influence of long-term consumption, this madness can be passed on to future generations.
Descendants.
Then, the people of Leicheng became what they are now.
It looks normal on the surface, but once night comes, people will start to crave blood and fighting, which is why life and death fights filled the streets of Leicheng in the past. Even after Bai Yang's renovation, the life and death fights in the Faceless Zone are still revived by the spring breeze.
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"..."
Li Guanqi was stunned, "You already knew this?"
"certainly."
Qin Lubai tied up her hair and shook her head slightly in front of the mirror. The long ponytail was fluttering, and the fragrance from the tips of her hair was astounding, smelling a bit like lavender.
"I personally believe that human beings are inherently evil at first. I think of course people will crave blood and killing, but..."
The green-robed beauty turned to look at Li Guanqi and said softly: "The proportion of the people in Leicheng is too large. Of course there will be people who long for such a place of life and death, but Leicheng only has a base of 300,000 people. These
The spectator market for a life-and-death contest is too big. Calculating the ratio, it is simply abnormally large.
So I specifically investigated this matter.
He quickly set his sights on the meat porridge that the Qinglong family had donated for more than a century.
The first few times I drank it, I didn't feel any problems.
But I searched for a long time and found nothing.
So I finally found meat porridge again.
After checking many books, I prepared a potion that can greatly enhance the acuity of the soul. Now I finally discovered something was wrong with the meat porridge. After some research, I finally found the ingredients of bloody mandala in it.
but……
According to my judgment, unless you are a martial artist at the third level of the God Refining Realm, you will never be able to directly discover the weirdness in the porridge."
Speaking of this, Qin Lubai gave Li Guanqi a meaningful look.
She knew that Li Guanqi had a strong soul, but she didn't know that he was so powerful.
"..."
Li Guanqi frowned.
This matter is kept secret from the public in Leicheng.
The reason is also very simple. Only warriors at the third level of the God Refining Realm can have problems with porridge. However, at that level of cultivation, they are basically high-end people in Leicheng. They are part of an interest group and are unlikely to talk about the matter.
Go out and destroy your own interests.
Of course, the main ones are the four major families.
There must have been people in history who dared to speak out, but they were all killed.
"But why?"
Li Guanqi looked at Qin Lubai in confusion, "Others don't dare to let it go, why doesn't Bai Yang make this matter public?"
"Because... this is the core interest of the four major families?" Qin Lu and Bai Liu frowned slightly, "Even Bai Yang can't disobey the four major families and touch this taboo?"
She said so herself.
But it's obvious that she doesn't believe it herself.
"This is simply impossible!"
Li Guanqi frowned, "The market for life and death competition is indeed not small, but it is far from being the main source of income for the four major families. The size of this cake is not enough to make Bai Yang, the number one martial artist in Leicheng, even
Dare to touch!"
Make the people of Leicheng eager to kill?
There is definitely something fishy behind this incident.
"Why are you bothering with this?"
Qin Lubai straightened his collar at this time, turned around and walked towards the door, "What does it have to do with us? Let's go, the fifth round of the Four Families' Martial Arts Competition is about to begin, and we still have our own things to do.
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"..."
Li Guanqi looked at her back with a solemn expression.
Don't care about him?
How is that possible.
This time in the [Leicheng City No. 1] dungeon, the dungeon area is just a city, a place as big as a palm, and anything that happens may be related to the final dungeon ending.
To check.
Must check.
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It must be checked.
But for now, we still have to do the things in front of us.
The fifth round of the Four Martial Arts Competition was about to begin. Li Guanqi and Qin Lubai went to the inner city to participate in the fifth round.
You have to lose this round.
Otherwise, it will be too high-profile, and it will be difficult to escape when the time comes to enter the secret realm.
Li Guanqi faced off against a man from the Suzaku family. He was at the peak of Liangyi's cultivation. In Liangyi's form, he grew a pair of fire feather wings and his ability was to control fire. He was indeed extraordinary.
He originally wanted to have a good fight, learn the opponent's "Suzaku Fist" and then lose.
In the end, I learned it, but the result was a bit disappointing.
This boxing technique is a bit weak.
Why are the four major families called the Four Elephants Family?
Is their blood really related to the four mythical beasts?
Of course...no.
It doesn't even matter.
How can it be possible for four families that have never produced even a five-element level martial artist in their history to really have a blood relationship with the four great beasts?
They are all fake relationships built through words.
The Xuanwu family has water powers, and it just so happens that Liangyi's form also looks like a turtle shell.
It just so happens that Xuanwu represents water, north, and Rengui.
So it was a coincidence, so we called ourselves the Xuanwu family!
By the way, I'll change my surname to the Xuan family.
So what is the name of their family’s martial arts?
It’s called Xuanwu Boxing!
Then, with the continuous improvement of the Xuan family from generation to generation, Xuanwu Boxing gradually moved closer to Xuanwu's "Shou" and became a boxing technique known for its Shou.
Therefore, the Xuanwu family, Xuanwu boxing, and the Xuan family are very powerful.
In fact, the Daluo Dynasty has a vast territory, and Leicheng is definitely not the only one who calls themselves the Xuanwu family without shame... They may even claim that they are all ancestors of the same family.
The other three major families in Leicheng feel the same way.
For example, the Suzaku family has the ability to control fire, and its Liangyi form grows a pair of red wings.
Isn't this right?
Suzaku also has wings, which also represents fire, south, and Bingding.
Then change the name to the Zhu family, call themselves the Zhuque family, and the family martial arts is also called Zhuque boxing.
so.
In fact, the four major families have no blood connection with the four major mythical beasts. They all rely on rubbing. Their names are hard-earned, and the names of their boxing techniques are also hard-earned.
Different from the "Xuanwu Fist" of the Xuanwu family, the "Suzaku Fist" of the Zhuque family is mediocre and really has no highlights.
It's not strong enough, nor is it skillful enough. It's definitely not useless, but what's so subtle about it... After searching for a long time, I really can't find it.
The point is that for Li Guanqi, "Suzaku Fist" can neither make up for the shortcomings of his kicking skills like "Flying Wind Kick", nor can it make up for the weaknesses of his defensive skills like "Xuanwu Fist".
This is not a matter of level.
But the characteristic of this boxing method itself is that it has no special characteristics.
Even if a fourth-level martial artist came to practice this boxing technique for Li Guanqi, it would be useless to him - this shows that the Qinglong boxing, which is also famous for its balance, may be useless.
But White Tiger Fist is probably different.
The white tiger is the master of killing.
The White Tiger Boxing is also famous for focusing on attacking rather than defending, and its offensive is extremely domineering and ruthless!
This boxing technique still has merit.
It's a pity that Li Guanqi didn't meet anyone from the Baihu family in the fifth round.
But watching it in the audience, the effect of "Plunder" was too poor, and the true meaning could not be captured at all - this is different from the old madman's "Three Thousand Ghosts" that I stole from last night.
Although the old madman didn't confront him head-on, Li Guanqi chased him for a whole night, several hours in total. In such a long time, he used the plundering technique to plunder little by little.
As for martial arts competitions in the arena and competition between peers, if the battle is not resolved within ten minutes, it is considered too slow.
all in all.
In the fifth round of competition, nothing was achieved.
While Li Guanqi was fighting in the ring, he deliberately showed a flaw and let the man from the Suzaku family on the opposite side defeat him, thus ending up in the top thirty.
And then...
Just as Qin Lubai said when he returned to the rest area, people from the four major families had been waiting in the room for a long time, ready to extend an olive branch.
But what Qin Lubai said was not entirely true for him.
Because people from the four major families are coming.
But only one person from one family came.
An old man.
Bai family.
Baiyang!
"Bai, Senior Bai..."
Li Guanqi walked into his room in the rest area and looked at the tall and burly white-haired figure inside, and couldn't help but be a little stunned.
It stands to reason.
The three major families of Qinglong, Zhuque and Xuanwu will send people here, but there will be no people from the White Tiger family.
But this time it was completely the opposite.
No one from the other three major families came at all, but someone from the White Tiger family came - and it was Bai Yang, the head of the White Tiger family, who came in person!
"Why are you here?"
Li Guanqi looked at Bai Yang's back, feeling a little confused.
When we met by chance that night, didn't the old man make it clear that the White Tiger family would not accept someone like him who had come out of a double life and death competition?
"I have changed my mind."
Bai Yang slowly turned around, and his old face, which looked like a sword or carving, bore a striking resemblance to Li Guanqi.
Of course, there are some more wrinkles and ridges on his face, and his eyes also have some vicissitudes brought about by years of hard work - the appearance is so similar, this old man looks like an old Li Guanqi.
But Li Guanqi didn't want to be as "down and out" as he was in his old age, and he didn't want to be trapped and unable to escape.
"Come to the White Tiger Family."
Bai Yang looked at Li Guanqi and said softly: "I will regard you as my direct descendant. I will pass on my martial arts mantle and the White Tiger Fist skills I have practiced all my life to you."
"Why?"
Li Guanqi's face was full of surprise. He did not accept it immediately. Instead, he asked... because Bai Yang's behavior was too abnormal.
"To repay a favor."
Bai Yang sighed softly.
"Huh?" Li Guanqi was stunned.
"You are from the Red Blood Army." Bai Yang said suddenly.
?!
Li Guanqi’s pupils shrank suddenly!
He obviously never used the Red Blood Army Fist... did he accidentally reveal his real name to the old madman that night, and the old man heard it?
Oops!
"More than just a name."
Bai Yang seemed to have guessed what Li Guanqi was thinking, and shook his head slightly, "Although you have never used the moves of the Red Blood Army Fist, when you fight against others in the ring, there is something in your moves..."
The old man's eyes were erratic, and a flash of recollection flashed through him, "A god, the god of the Red Blood Army Fist, iron-blooded, fierce, and indomitable.
You have truly mastered the Red Blood Army Boxing and gained the true meaning of the boxing technique, rather than the superficial appearance of its form.
Not similar in form, but similar in spirit.
If it were anyone else, I would definitely not be able to see it, but I can see it because I am too familiar with the true meaning of the Red Blood Army Fist.
Well...I have checked your identity."
Bai Yang looked at Li Guanqi and said calmly: "Following the line of the Red Blood Army and based on the real name you leaked that night, I quickly found out your true identity. A deserter from the Red Blood Army who should have been beheaded.
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"I am not a deserter from the Red Blood Army."
Li Guanqi looked solemn.
"I know, I know."
Bai Yang nodded slightly, his voice hoarse, "How could there be deserters in that young man's army?"
Li Guanqi's eyes widened slightly.
Could it be...
"I want to accept you as my disciple and teach you martial arts to repay my kindness."
Bai Yang looked at Li Guanqi and said seriously: "Your Red Blood Army was created by the 'Poetry and Painting General' Chi Yuan'an. Fourteen years ago, I swam with that amazingly talented young man.
The arena of time.
Yuan An was still very young at that time, only sixteen years old.
His cultivation level is not high yet, he has not yet gone overseas, he has not gone to the War College and Art College of the Violet Empire as an exchange student, and he has not yet established his amazing reputation as the 'Poetry and Painting General' overseas.
At that time, he was traveling around Daluo with his wife Wang Yanqing, who had not yet married.
And what about the old man at that time?
At that time, I had just killed the five-element-level demon in Cholera Leicheng, and then left Leicheng, wandering in the rivers and lakes in confusion, unable to find a direction in life... It was the young girl and the boy who wiped away all the worries in my heart.
confused.
I can finally return to Leicheng, and the boy and girl should take the lead!
They are a great favor to me.
I have to retaliate."
Speaking of this, Bai Yang looked at Li Guanqi in front of him and sighed softly: "The water in the court, the army, and the Eight Kingdoms Pillars is too deep. I deeply regret the deaths of Yuan An and Wang Yanqing."
"I failed to repay my kindness to them."
"But, you came in front of me."
Bai Yang looked at Li Guanqi and said solemnly: "You are the only survivor of Yuan'an's Red Blood Army, and you have obtained the Divine Will of the Red Blood Army Fist. This must be destiny's arrangement. It is God urging me Bai Yang.
It’s time to repay the favor.”
Li Guanqi was a little stunned.
But it soon dawned on me.
No wonder, no wonder.
No wonder Yun Hao in the Fuyun Army threw him near Leicheng after rescuing him.
Yunhao, Chi Yuanan and Wang Yanqing are old acquaintances.
And so does Bai Yang.
Yunhao left him in Leicheng just so that after he became famous in Leicheng, he could be discovered by Bai Yang and let Bai Yang continue to protect him... However, there are conditions for this.
If he hadn't plundered Chi Shanhe's boxing skills and obtained the true meaning of the Red Blood Army Boxing, it's not certain whether Bai Yang would have discovered him.
This is actually a clever arrangement for a strange world.
The extraordinary person who took the martial arts route, after entering the [Frontier Battlefield] dungeon, moved to the [Leicheng No. 1] dungeon.
From the battlefield to the arena.
The environment has changed.
But what remains unchanged is the line of relationship.
Chi family!
Wang Yanqing’s husband, the legendary general who died young—the general of poetry and painting, Chi Yuanan!
Li Guanqi has never seen that man.
But you can see his shadow everywhere.
"Let's go."
Bai Yang patted Li Guanqi on the shoulder and walked towards the door, "Follow me back to the Baihu Clan. Speaking of which, you are a foreigner. Although you can learn Baihu Fist, you can enjoy many resources in the clan such as Baihu Blessed Land."
No, this is a rule left by our ancestors, I cannot break this rule."
"But, it has nothing to do with the family, I will teach everything I have learned in my life to others!"
