Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

The top floor of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion was Tang Ru's private domain. Without his permission, no one was allowed to ascend!

At this moment, Tang Ru had directly brought Li Guanqi to his study and dismissed all the maids.

As soon as he entered, Li Guanqi smelled the calming incense.

He was slightly taken aback; this stuff wasn't cheap. He turned to look at Tang Ru.

It seemed this guy had a lot on his mind lately; otherwise, he wouldn't even need calming incense in his study.

The antique study had two huge windows at the top, and one could look up and see the extremely beautiful night sky.

The room was large, but it was filled with dense bookshelves on all sides, many of which contained ledgers and such.

On the huge desk were three long abacuses, and various account books were piled up, making it look rather messy.

After Tang Ru closed the door, he said excitedly, "How did you get here?"

Li Guanqi shrugged and sat down across from him at the desk, chuckling softly, "Out for training, and I just happened to wander here."

Tang Ru nodded upon hearing this, paused, and looked at Li Guanqi, asking, "Tea or wine?"

Li Guanqi looked at the tea set on his desk and couldn't help but laugh, "Let's have tea."

"If you drink like that, I'm afraid I'll delay you."

Tang Ru smiled and waved his hand, casually putting away the account books on the desk, and said loudly.

"At other times, I would definitely have tea, but being able to see you again, I must have some wine!"

As he spoke, he took out two pots of fine wine from his storage ring.

Before it was even opened, the aroma of the wine seemed to fill the entire room.

Li Guanqi's nose twitched, and the glutton in his stomach was about to be aroused.

Tang Ru laughed loudly, "See, you say you want tea, but you still want to drink wine, don't you?"

With that, Tang Ru simply sat down opposite Li Guanqi and took out two crystal-clear crystal cups.

The cups were misty, covered with a layer of water vapor.

Tang Ru smiled, "This is a type of ice cup. Good wine should be paired with good cups."

With a flick of his wrist, a slightly viscous yellow wine drew a graceful arc and poured out.

Li Guanqi couldn't wait to pick up the wine glass, sniffed it, and praised, "Good wine!"

Li Guanqi sipped it slowly, then drank it all in one gulp.

The fragrant and mellow wine flowed down his throat, warm and comfortable.

However, the moment the wine entered his stomach, it felt as if a burst of flames erupted from his dantian, and a strong alcoholic aroma exploded in his mouth.

Li Guanqi's face was slightly red, and he opened his eyes in admiration as his blood surged, "Whoa! Potent!"

Tang Ru also laughed heartily upon hearing Li Guanqi's praise.

Clink.

The glasses clinked together, and Tang Ru said softly, "To be honest, I never thought you would be so brave! Really damn brave!"

"To be able to make that kind of choice, were you prepared to fight to the death at that time?"

Li Guanqi smacked his lips upon hearing this and said softly, "At that time, I was prepared to fight to the death."

The two of them sat in the study, listening to the cicadas chirping outside the window, chatting idly about the past.

After three rounds of wine, Li Guanqi saw him looking hesitant and chuckled softly.

"Just say what you want to say, there's no need to be like this."

Tang Ru looked up and took a deep look at him. At this moment, Tang Ru's eyes were slightly red and bloodshot.

It seemed he hadn't slept well for a long time.

Tang Ru hesitated for a moment, but still said softly.

"What is your current realm?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Guanqi was stunned for a moment. He thought the other party would say something else.

He didn't expect the first sentence to be asking what his current realm was.

However, Li Guanqi still said softly, "Mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm."

After speaking, Li Guanqi looked at the corner of the room and said softly, "Hasn't that one already sensed it?"

Tang Ru's pupils shrank to the size of a needle in an instant when he heard this!!

He didn't expect Li Guanqi to be able to sense the other party so clearly!

You must know that Elder Qian is a great master in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm!!

At this moment, the shadows in the corner of the room twisted slightly, and the figure of an old man slowly emerged.

The old man was wearing a black robe, and occasional streams of light flickered on the robe, indicating that it was not an ordinary item.

The old man's figure was slightly hunched, with two short knives hanging from his waist, and his silver hair was neatly groomed.

His sunken eye sockets made his eyes look extremely intimidating!

However, Li Guanqi remained calm from beginning to end, and even sipped his wine.

The silver-haired old man looked at Li Guanqi for a while, then bowed slightly to Li Guanqi and said softly.

"This old man is Qian Feng, Tang Ru's protector."

Li Guanqi got up slightly and returned the greeting, considering it a greeting.

Tang Ru's eyes flickered slightly, and he stared at Li Guanqi, saying in a deep voice.

"Brother Li, if I let you and Elder Qian fight, who would win?"

Perhaps this question is nonsense in the eyes of others. How could Li Guanqi, who had just entered the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, defeat a late-stage Nascent Soul realm master who had lived for hundreds of years?

But Tang Ru knew very well that the young man in front of him should never be understood by common sense.

As soon as these words came out, Qian Feng frowned immediately.

Although he admitted that the young man in front of him was very strong, Tang Ru's question still made him a little unhappy.

He said in a deep voice, "Young Master, don't you want me to settle this matter?"

"Although your friend can be called the strongest among all the younger generation I have ever seen, I don't think I will lose!"

Li Guanqi looked into Tang Ru's eyes and could see that this question was very important to him.

After pondering for a moment, he said softly, "Seven to three in terms of victory, but in terms of life and death, I live."

Tang Ru's eyes flashed brightly when he heard this, but the old man on the side snorted coldly with a displeased expression.

"Humph! Young child, you are not young, but your tone is not small!"

"I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice!"

Li Guanqi curled his lips when he heard this and said, "Then you old man should take it easy, so much salt is salty enough."

"You!!"

Tang Ru quickly stood between the two of them and said, "Elder Qian, don't be angry, my friend doesn't mean anything else."

The old man didn't listen to Tang Ru's explanation at all, staring at Li Guanqi and said in a deep voice.

"Young Master, you should know how important this matter is! Once it fails... it will be a place of eternal doom!"

"I don't want you to hand this matter over to an outsider!"

"Since you said that if you and I fight to the death, I will die, then let's try it!"

Li Guanqi shrugged his shoulders. From beginning to end, he didn't know what the specific matter was, and he didn't decide whether to help or not.

Why does it feel like he has already agreed?

But...

Li Guanqi slowly got up with a playful smile on his lips. He turned to look at the old man and slowly walked towards him.