Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

“This second step… is to eliminate Huyan Lie!”

Upon hearing this, Xiahou Cang and Yu Su showed no joy whatsoever.

Instead, they stared blankly at Li Guanqi, a chill running down their spines straight to the top of their heads!

The woman sitting across from Li Guanqi swallowed hard, her mouth slightly open, pupils contracting and trembling.

The muscles in Xiahou Cang's neck were痉挛抽搐 convulsing.

For the first time, he felt fear towards the young man before him…

This was the first time in his long life that he had been afraid of someone's mind…

Yes, afraid.

Xiahou Cang felt his mouth dry, his throat itchy, and he coughed a few times, exchanging a glance with the woman before slowly speaking.

“Little friend Li… what do you mean by that?”

Li Guanqi glanced sideways at the man, chuckling to himself.

“City Lord Xiahou doesn't think… that the current situation is enough for Xialin City to rest easy, does he?”

Yu Su remained silent, but Xiahou Cang frowned and sat up straight, even leaning slightly forward towards Li Guanqi as he said in a deep voice.

“Isn't it?”

“Perhaps the current tripartite balance is the best choice!”

Li Guanqi casually picked up a spiritual fruit and placed it outside the fruit plate.

“From the beginning, Huyan Lie was a pawn to be sacrificed.”

“No matter what choice he makes, it's all the same…”

“Otherwise, Chu Yuan wouldn't have left with Chen Ce today.”

At this point, Li Guanqi paused for a moment before continuing.

Li Guanqi's handsome face revealed a slight, inexplicable smile at the corner of his lips.

“Because he's afraid.”

“He's afraid that I've already factored them both into my calculations, so they had no choice but to leave together.”

His gaze swept past Yu Su, landing on the man.

“As for Huyan Lie… I estimate he's already contacting Chu Yuan and the other.”

“The reason he's so determined to give up the spoils of two cities just to kill me is because he's already sensed that I'm setting up a scheme to kill him.”

Xiahou Cang rubbed his brow, feeling his mind was a complete mess, unable to understand what Li Guanqi was saying.

Only Yu Su frowned in thought, her mind constantly weaving threads together following Li Guanqi's words.

After a long while, Yu Su pursed her lips, looking at Li Guanqi with hurried breaths, her beautiful eyes filled with panic.

She suddenly regretted pulling Li Guanqi into this…

Because she felt she could no longer predict what Li Guanqi was going to do next.

“Young Master Li… why not just tell us all of your plans!”

Li Guanqi tilted his head, put the spiritual fruit on the table into his mouth, and looked at the nervous woman with a playful expression.

“If I tell you,”

“Can you handle it?”

Yu Su didn't speak, only stared intently at Li Guanqi, biting her lip.

Li Guanqi swallowed the spiritual fruit and said softly.

“It's very simple…”

“I want the entire Dixiu Bay to be under the Xiahou family's control.”

His voice was soft, but this short sentence caused a huge uproar in their hearts!!!

And Li Guanqi's next sentence made Xiahou Cang break out in cold sweat.

“Of course, City Lord Xiahou probably can't stop even if he wants to now.”

“If we can't show enough strength to compete against the East City and Donglin City, we will be in danger next.”

“With Huyan Lie's personality, when he realizes he's going to be the next prey, he will definitely fight to the death!”

At this time, Yu Su realized that the development of the situation was out of control.

She looked at Li Guanqi with a cold face, her beautiful eyes narrowed.

“Even if we destroy North Gate City, what about Xialin City?”

“The East City and Donglin City are now very close. If we successively scheme to destroy the West, South, and North Gate Cities, what if they turn around and destroy us directly?”

Li Guanqi said with an indifferent expression.

“Heh, isn't that human nature?”

“However… before destroying North Gate, the East City and Donglin City won't touch us.”

“Because they've realized that the Cold Soul Jade Glaze barrier we provided is fake.”

Xiahou Cang and the woman exclaimed in shock upon hearing this.

“What?”

Xiahou Cang stood up and frowned, “No… impossible!”

“Although the Cyan Jade Gourd is somewhat damaged, it shouldn't reveal any flaws.”

Li Guanqi didn't speak, directly throwing out a Shadow Stone.

It turned out that during their melee, the two of them had an informant planted in the city who had already investigated!

Xiahou Cang swallowed, raised his hand to support his forehead, and scratched his eyebrows, saying in a deep voice.

“So… our bargaining chip is the real secret realm barrier?”

Li Guanqi nodded with a smile, and said softly.

“Of course, that's why we have to speed up the pace and force them to be too busy to take care of other things.”

Li Guanqi leaned back in his chair, looked up at the ceiling, and said softly to himself.

“Two cities aren't enough to eat, are they?”

“Adding North Gate… that's enough…”

While saying these two sentences, Li Guanqi didn't know when a jade slip had appeared in his hand.

Xiahou Cang's pupils shrank!!

He never expected that Li Guanqi would directly let the two of them hear these two sentences.

Fortunately, the previous words were not heard.

A low voice came from the jade slip.

“Are you… sure you want to do this?”

“At this moment, Huyan Lie is contacting me, wanting to meet secretly!!”

Li Guanqi's mouth curled up slightly, he looked up at Xiahou Cang and raised his hand to make a neck-cutting gesture.

His lips moved.

“This is the best opportunity.”

“Whether or not to seize it depends on City Lord Xiahou.”

Xiahou Cang was tempted.

Three cities in one day!

Even if it was divided equally, Xiahou Cang would be completely annexing a large city!!

Just as Xiahou Cang was hesitating, the jade slip suddenly went silent.

Most likely, Huyan Lie had already gone to find Chu Yuan.

Li Guanqi looked at the hesitant Xiahou Cang and smiled as he stood up.

“I'm going out for some air.”

Tap tap tap!

Squeak!

The door closed, and Xiahou Cang raised his hand to release the power of space, enveloping the treasure hall.

After ensuring that Li Guanqi wouldn't hear, he slumped back into his chair, his eyes blank.

Yu Su's face was pale at this time, resembling her white dress.

She got up and came to Xiahou Cang's side, her eyes scanning outside with fear.

“Husband… I'm already starting to feel a little afraid of him.”

Xiahou Cang's throat twitched slightly.

“And how am I not…”

The woman paced back and forth in the room, a pensive look on her face, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in her eyes.

“I remember he brought a senior with him at the beginning, right?”

Xiahou Cang raised an eyebrow.

“Yes! That old man's cultivation realm wasn't very high.”

“You mean…”

The woman bit her lip and said in a deep voice.

“We must have a means to restrain him!”

“Otherwise… I'm afraid we'll all be played to death by him in the end.”

If the woman had previously admired Li Guanqi's scheming mind, now it was fear.