Chapter 71

"Is that kid from the Li family shop? He's the one who sold us the Spirit Gathering Talisman last time, Miss, what do you think?"

The old servant stopped at the other end of the bridge, watching Qin Lie and Feng Kai's intense battle, and bowed slightly to the woman in white.

The woman in white had eyes as clear as transparent crystal, without a trace of impurity, and exuded a cold and ethereal aura.

She stood there gracefully, forming a breathtakingly beautiful scene, overshadowing the colors of the evening sunset. Her demeanor made people feel inferior and dare not look directly at her.

"Let's take a look first," she said indifferently.

The old servant nodded slightly and stopped at the bridgehead, not even glancing at Yan Qingsong, but only looking at the battle between Qin Lie and Feng Kai.

"What a beautiful woman!"

Yan Qingsong turned back, and just one glance made his mind buzz. His gaze was fixed on the woman in white, looking like a lost soul.

In the Ice Fragment Manor, Yan Qingsong was of no small status, being the cousin of Yan Ziqian, and had seen countless beautiful women. However, a woman as outstanding and dazzling as the one in white was the first he had ever seen, making his heart race and his soul seem to be lost.

He was so captivated by the woman in white that he temporarily ignored the battle between Qin Lie and Feng Kai.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Sharp sword beams shot out from Feng Kai's silver longsword, like cold lightning, cutting through the stone bridge, causing stone chips to fly and many stones to be severed.

Qin Lie, holding the wooden carving, was forced into a desperate situation by the silver sword beams, with numerous fine wounds already on his body.

The electric grid formed by the wooden carving could only protect his vital points, but Feng Kai's sword beams, like silver threads, were everywhere, shooting from all directions, making it impossible for him to defend.

The extremely sharp silver beams, once they pierced his body, immediately left bloody gashes.

Feng Kai was at the early stage of the Kaiyuan Realm, while Qin Lie had just entered the ninth level of the Body Tempering stage. There was a significant gap between them, and in terms of both spiritual energy and combat experience, Qin Lie was at a disadvantage.

Moreover, Feng Kai's spiritual techniques were graceful, and his movements were like the wind. His longsword was cunning and vicious, often striking Qin Lie's vital points from blind spots.

If it weren't for the strong shield formed by the electric grid of the wooden carving and his incredibly tough body, Qin Lie would have been torn apart by Feng Kai long ago.

"Drip, drip, drip!"

Drops of bright red blood slid down from the wounds on his chest, back, and arms, splashing on the stone bridge like flowers blooming.

"Under the sword beams of my Frost Chant Sword, it's surprising that your body hasn't been torn apart," Feng Kai said coldly as he moved, "Your bones haven't even broken, which means your physical training is even tougher than I thought, but you still can't escape death!"

Qin Lie remained silent, with no time to speak. He was fully focused, his spiritual energy mixed with thunder power, surging wildly.

"Rumble, rumble!"

The sound of thunder suddenly came from his chest bones, and the violent thunder power in his body's acupoints surged out like a breached dam.

"Boom, boom, boom! Boom, boom, boom, boom!"

Thunder seemed to be rumbling from his acupoints, and even under the clear sky, the sound of thunder was continuous.

"Rumble, rumble!"

At dusk, with the sky full of evening glow, a sudden thunderclap echoed from deep within the nine heavens.

"Zap, zap, zap!"

A bolt of lightning as thick as a dragon suddenly appeared from the rosy clouds, descending and striking the stone bridge with a loud boom.

"Crack!"

The stone bridge connecting the Spirit Material Street and the South City instantly shattered, the hard stones breaking into hundreds of pieces, with stone chips flying everywhere.

Qin Lie, Feng Kai, and Yan Qingsong, who were on the stone bridge, seemed to be hit by the dragon-like lightning at the same time. In the cloud of lime dust, they all screamed and fell into the wide river below.

"Huh?"

The woman in white's clear eyes showed a look of extreme surprise. She suddenly looked up at the sky filled with red clouds, then down at the broken bridge and the river below.

In the flowing river, the figures of Qin Lie, Feng Kai, and Yan Qingsong disappeared, as if they had sunk to the bottom and been carried away by the current.

"Such weather, how could there be a thunderstorm and lightning?" The old servant was astonished, "Strange, truly strange, and the lightning was so accurate, hitting the stone bridge right in front of us?"

"The thunder and lightning from the nine heavens were not natural but were triggered by someone," the woman in white said after a moment of thought.

"Ah? Triggered by someone? Miss, you mean?" The old servant was startled.

"The apprentice from the Li family shop," the woman in white nodded affirmatively, "Before the lightning from the nine heavens struck, there was a sound of thunder from his body. I don't know what unique technique he practiced, but I can confirm that... the change in his body connected with the thunder in the deep heavens, bringing down a bolt of lightning."

The old servant was extremely surprised, "Miss, you are well-informed. Do you know what kind of lightning spiritual technique can be so powerful in our Chiluan Continent?"

The woman in white frowned, thought for a moment, and shook her head, "To be able to summon the divine lightning from the heavens without even reaching the Kaiyuan Realm, such a powerful and violent technique, I have never heard of."

Upon hearing this, the old servant was even more astonished. He pondered for a moment and then said, "The lightning from the heavens destroyed the stone bridge instantly. I wonder what happened to those three... "

"The apprentice who could summon the lightning will surely be fine. As for the other two... it's hard to say. Even if they survive, they will at least be severely injured," the woman in white said calmly.

While they were talking, the explosion sound from this remote place finally attracted many martial artists.

When those people arrived, they were all amazed by the shattered stone bridge and began to discuss what had happened.

At this moment, the woman in white and the old servant changed direction and went to the Spirit Material Street via another stone bridge.

They went straight to the Li family shop.

Inside the Li family shop, Li Mu sat in his rocking chair, swaying his body and lazily looking outside with half-closed eyes.

When he saw the woman in white and the old servant enter, Li Mu remained casual, smiling and said, "This is your second visit to our shop. What are you looking for this time?"

"We want to buy the Spirit Gathering Talisman you acquired last time. We are willing to pay two pieces of Seventh Rank Mortal Spirit Stones this time. After so long, I wonder if you have any stock?" the old servant said.

"The price has doubled. Hmm, it seems you recognize the value of the Spirit Gathering Talisman," Li Mu smiled and then said, "I don't have any stock at the moment. I might get some in a while. Come back next time."

"The nearest stone bridge to your shop, leading to the South City, was just destroyed by lightning. You must have heard the sound," the woman in white suddenly said.

"I heard it," Li Mu nodded, surprised, "But what does it have to do with me?"

"The apprentice in your shop was just on that bridge. We saw it when we came over," the old servant explained.

Li Mu's pupils constricted, and his expression suddenly became serious. His rocking chair stopped swaying.

The woman in white and the old servant looked at him deeply, as if they wanted to learn something from Li Mu—Qin Lie, who could summon the lightning from the heavens, had successfully piqued their curiosity, making them believe that Li Mu must know something, so they were secretly hoping.

Li Mu suddenly closed his eyes.

The woman in white and the old servant looked at him with bright eyes, but they couldn't detect any abnormality from the closed-eyed Li Mu.

"Come back in a while. I won't keep you," Li Mu said without opening his eyes, politely dismissing them.

The woman in white and the old servant looked puzzled, nodded, and frowned as they left the Li family shop.

Not long after they left, a large white wolf dog quietly walked out from the back courtyard.

It looked at the closed-eyed Li Mu strangely, as if it had sensed something from him, so it came to check the situation.

After a while, Li Mu opened his eyes, returning to his usual calm, and smiled slightly at the large wolf dog, "I was just looking for someone, and I didn't expect to disturb you too. Hmm, don't worry, the kid is fine, just a few superficial injuries, hehe."

The large wolf dog wagged its tail, seemingly uninterested, and returned to the back courtyard, sitting under a tree and closing its eyes to rest.

...

In an alley leading to the Nebula Pavilion.

Qin Lie suddenly appeared, drenched, with obvious bloodstains on his back, chest, and arms. He had a serious expression, enduring the sharp pain from his wounds, avoiding the crowd, and choosing quiet alleys to move through.

"Yan Qingsong, Feng Kai, if you survive this time, next time, I'll make you taste something even more intense!" Qin Lie gritted his teeth and muttered.

The lightning from the heavens had instantly shattered the stone bridge, sending him and Yan Qingsong, Feng Kai into the river.

He didn't know the condition of Yan Qingsong and Feng Kai. After falling into the water, he swam underwater and quietly went ashore when everyone was gathering at the explosion site, heading for the Nebula Pavilion.

"This time was really lucky. I accidentally summoned the lightning from the heavens, or I would have died at the hands of Feng Kai and Yan Qingsong. Summoning divine lightning from the heavens isn't supposed to happen until one has cultivated the Heavenly Thunder Saint Body. My current body shouldn't be at that level, so why did this happen?"

In the alley, Qin Lie frowned, thinking silently, his expression becoming increasingly puzzled.

"Huh? Why is there a strong smell of alcohol on me? I didn't drink, so where did the smell come from?" He suddenly smelled the alcohol and began to check his body with a strange expression, "The wounds! The smell of alcohol is coming from my wounds. How is this possible? This smell is from Uncle Li's strong liquor!"

Qin Lie was stunned.

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