Taiping Inn

Li Xuandu stayed in Fengyinfu City for two days. It was not because he was arrogant, but because he had made an appointment with someone to meet here. It was just like the old saying that when you wait for the rain to stop, the rain often does not stop, and when you wait for someone to come, the person often does not come. I don’t know what trouble he encountered on the road, but the person who made an appointment with Li Xuandu was late.

As a last resort, Li Xuandu made up his mind to wait for one more day at most. If he still didn’t come, he could only leave the secret code agreed earlier and leave.

As for what to do during this day, according to Li Xuandu’s original idea, let the little girl practice in the guest room of the inn with peace of mind, but the little girl was shy and said that she wanted to go around the city. Li Xuandu saw her pitiful appearance, and practicing martial arts was not a matter of one day or one night, so he took her out of the inn and went to the market in the city.

However, at this time, Li Xuandu’s heart was far less relaxed than he looked on the surface.

After all, he is no longer the Purple Mansion Sword Immortal who roamed the north and south of the Yangtze River with his sword. Even if he can cross the border and kill the masters of the Xuanyuan Realm with his vast knowledge, that's all. As long as a Xiantian Realm master takes action, he can be killed.

As a powerful government office comparable to a sect, the Qingluan Guard has many masters of the Xiantian Realm and the Xuanyuan Realm. The left and right governors are masters of the Guizhen Realm and are good at spying and assassination. During the battle of the Imperial Capital, one of the four ministers was successfully assassinated by the former left governor of the Qingluan Guard under the protection of a Guizhen Realm master. This led to the battle of Chengtian Gate. More than a dozen Xiantian Realm masters ambushed him on the way out of the palace and besieged the master of the Guizhen Realm to death.

This time, it will not be so easy to provoke the Qingluan Guard. If one is not careful, he will most likely be blocked by them in Luzhou. So Li Xuandu specially asked a friend to meet him here just in case, but the friend didn't show up in time, which put Li Xuandu in a dilemma.

Today is the last day. If he still can't wait, Li Xuandu will take the little girl away from Fengyin Mansion and go to Yiyang Mansion.

However, Li Xuandu would not mention these words to the little girl, and even on the surface he would not show any, giving the little girl an illusion that the Qingluan Guard had swallowed the tooth that was knocked out after suffering a huge loss, and had no intention of getting back at all.

The big and the small leisurely left the inn and headed towards the market.

On the way, Li Xuandu spent two cents to buy a string of bright red candied haws for the little girl. Because there were many people, he rode her on his neck. As the saying goes, riding on the neck is so and so. In all these years, the little girl is the first one who can really ride on Li Xuandu's neck.

This is the good thing about children who are not yet adults. They can go beyond the strict etiquette to some extent without being criticized. They are similar to the old people who do not go beyond the rules. If it were a young lady, she would never ride on Li Xuandu's neck, because that would be considered immoral.

But in this way, the two of them really look like a pair of siblings.

"Brother, do you think there are shadow puppet shows over there?"

"Yes, there are not only these, but also people blowing sugar figures, making clay figures, magicians, acrobatics, and monkey shows. Do you want to watch it?"

"Yes."

"Then let's walk."

Li Xuandu carried the little girl through the crowd like a swimming fish. Zhou Shuning felt overwhelmed and her eyes were not enough. She even forgot to eat the candied haws in her hand.

After the two of them strolled around like this for about half an hour, Zhou Shuning had already finished a string of candied haws, and was holding a candy man in her hand. It looked like a general in a storybook, so lifelike that people were reluctant to eat it.

Zhou Shuning held the candy man and looked around, feeling a little unsatisfied.

Suddenly Li Xuandu stopped and looked.

An old man suddenly appeared in the crowd, wearing a coarse cloth, with his trouser legs rolled up high and straw sandals on his feet. He looked like an old farmer in the fields, but when Li Xuandu saw the old man, his whole body was full of energy and his sword intent was surging.

This attitude of facing a great enemy was even worse than the attitude when he faced Qian Xing in Taiping Inn.

When Li Xuandu looked at the old man, the old man also looked at him.

The two people's sights intersected through the shadows, and Li Xuandu felt that his blood was boiling. He calmly operated the Qingxin Jue of Miaozhen Sect and barely suppressed it.

What was coming was coming, and the Qingluan Guards caught him by the tail.

This was within Li Xuandu's expectations, but it was much faster than he expected. According to his original estimate, the Qingluan Guards would catch up with him at the border of Zhongzhou. At that time, he would have reunited with the friend who came to pick him up, so he was naturally not afraid of anything. But now his situation is that his friend has not arrived, but the Qingluan Guards have arrived first, which immediately puts him in an extremely unfavorable situation.

Li Xuandu didn't know how this Qingluan Guard who was not wearing the Qingluan official uniform found him. Was it through the mysterious divination? Or did he accidentally leave clues somewhere? But none of this mattered. For Li Xuandu, the most important thing at the moment was to consider whether he could defeat the Qingluan Guards in front of him and how to get out.

Although Li Xuandu is no longer the same as before, his eyesight is still there. He can probably judge that this person is better than Qian Xingxiang who died in his hands. He has probably touched the threshold of the innate realm and is also a master of magic.

Zhou Shuning also saw this old man, and a look of horror suddenly appeared on her face.

Although she didn't know the identity of this person, after feeling Li Xuandu's momentary nervousness, she could roughly guess that the person in front of her had bad intentions. It was probably the nightmare-like Qingluan Guard.

To her, Qingluan Guard was even more hateful and frightening than the evil ghosts in hell.

Li Xuandu whispered: "Shuning, come down."

After all, Zhou Shuning had already stepped into the realm of controlling qi. After hearing this, she immediately leaned back, flipped backwards, and landed lightly from Li Xuandu's shoulder.

Although the street was bustling with people, no one noticed the abnormality of the two people. At most, they were surprised at the little girl's dexterity, which was no less than those children in the circus.

Li Xuandu asked in a line, "Who is coming?"

The old man smiled lightly and answered in the same way, "From the Imperial Capital."

When the voice fell, Li Xuandu's clothes rustled.

Zhou Shuning, who was standing behind Li Xuandu, was forced back several steps by a strong wind and almost sat on the ground.

The old man did not see any movement, but the internal Qi leaked out, so Zhou Shuning, who had just entered the realm of controlling Qi, could not bear the pressure even if she hid behind Li Xuandu. This shows the strength of the old man's cultivation. And this Qi leak was only aimed at Li Xuandu and Zhou Shuning, and did not involve others at all, which shows the depth of the old man's cultivation.