In the north of Ningyuan City, there is a huge mansion that occupies almost half of the city. The main gate of the mansion is always wide open day and night, and it's so spacious that several horse-drawn carriages can pass through at the same time. More than a dozen burly men with swords guard the entrance, this is the mansion of the House of Fang, the most powerful force in the city.
"Crack!" A sudden, urgent sound of horse hooves came from afar. The coachman's whip cracked repeatedly as he urged the fine horses on, and pedestrians scurried to get out of the way.
The carriage headed straight for the Fang family's mansion and arrived at the gate in an instant, but it didn't slow down as it charged towards the inside of the gate.
"Who is it? How dare you be so presumptuous in my house?" a burly man thundered, taking a swift step forward and grasping the bridle of the fine horse with one hand.
"Hmm..."
The fine horse of Benz was actually held back by this big man with one hand, and could no longer move forward. The carriage stopped suddenly.
The fine horse neighed and wanted to break free, but the big man hummed a cold snort, as if his feet had grown roots, and the horse couldn't move.
A dozen or so other burly men had also come over and surrounded the carriage, drawing their long knives and staring coldly at the coachman.
"Good fellow, don't move your hands! It's not a small person's business...... The small person is just entrusted to escort the young master back, and now the young master is in the carriage!" The driver who drove the carriage had never seen such a scene before. At this time, he was already frightened, his legs trembling, and his lips shaking as he hurriedly explained.
"Master?" The big man who was pulling the reins of the horse looked at the coachman with a puzzled expression, but then suddenly drew out the long knife from his waist and opened a gap in the carriage curtain. He paused for a moment before leaning over to look inside the carriage.
"It's really the young master!" The big Han's face changed greatly, and he quickly put away his long knife, got into the carriage, picked up Fang Yong who had already fainted, then his figure flashed and entered the gate, disappearing in the depths of the courtyard after a few ups and downs.
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On the street, Li Hui and Han Xue walked side by side, looking at the worldly streets with great interest.
"Xue Er, do you want to eat sugar gourd?" Li Hui suddenly smiled and turned his head to look at Han Xue.
Han Xue was taken aback and then saw a vendor selling candied hawthorns in front of her, the strings of crystal-like candied hawthorns looked very tempting.
"Alright!" Han Xue's face showed a hint of teasing: "Look at you, poor guy, what are you going to buy for me?"
"Heh heh!" Li Hui smiled mysteriously: "First, I'll take you to a place!" Then he pulled Han Xue into a pawnshop.
Han Xue looked at Li Hui with a puzzled expression, unsure of what he was up to.
Li Hui smiled mysteriously and didn't explain to Han Xue, but walked straight to the counter, and with a flip of his hand, a low-grade spirit stone appeared in his hand.
"Shopkeeper, I have a piece of jade here, can you take a look at how much it's worth?" Li Hui slapped the spiritual stone on the counter and called out to the inside.
Han Xue was taken aback and then smiled wryly. She had thought Li Hui had some magical solution, but it turned out he just wanted to exchange a piece of spiritual stone.
That spiritual stone was the size of an egg, emitting a faint yellow glow, and it felt warm and smooth to the touch, similar to the yellow jade found in the mortal world, with quite a bit of market value.
"What is this?" The owner of the pawnshop felt that the "jade stone" was extraordinary at first glance, and hurriedly took it in his hand for appraisal.
Holding it in hand, I only feel a thread of coolness, and after a moment, I feel comfortable and calm, with a warm and moist current coming from the jade.
"Top-notch! Absolutely top-notch!" This was the shopkeeper's first reaction, but as for the type of jade stone, he had never seen it before and wasn't quite sure how much to charge.
"Shopkeeper, how's this jade? I'm in a hurry to spend some money!" Li Hui urged from the side, intentionally putting on a careless expression.
The shopkeeper's mind turned, and he decided that Li Hui was an ignorant young whippersnapper. He smiled and said: "This gentleman, the jade is not bad in quality, it's just that the head isn't very big... hmm... I'll give you 100 taels of silver for it, what do you think?"
Li Hui looked at the shopkeeper's expression, how could he not know what he was thinking? However, he wouldn't care about these things, and besides, this was twice as much as the silver he had exchanged for in Ling Xiang City's "Hui Tong Building". It was already a very fair deal.
"Never mind, I'm also in urgent need of money, so I'll just roughly stay here with you!" Li Hui continued to put on a spoiled rich kid's airs and shouted.
"Pfft!" Han Xue finally couldn't help but burst out laughing, Li Hui turned his head and made a silly face, Han Xue laughed even harder.
He took the silver and pawn ticket handed over by the shopkeeper and stuffed them into his bosom, and the two turned around and walked out of the pawnshop. The pawnshop owner held that piece of jade and laughed so hard that his eyes were gone...
One person holding a sugar gourd walking on the street, Han Xue chatting with Li Hui while walking.
"Li Hui, how did you think of using Ling Shi to exchange for silver?" Han Xue asked curiously.
"Hmm... when I was in Ling Xiao City, I often used the spiritual stones obtained from collecting herbs to exchange for silver coins at the Huitong Building among ordinary people... Ah! It seems that's one of your family's properties, isn't it?" Li Hui suddenly remembered that Huitong Building was indeed a property of the Han family.
Han Xue's face changed slightly after hearing this, with a hint of sadness, and she stopped speaking.
Li Hui also found himself misspeaking, Ling Xiao City was broken, and almost all the cultivators in the city were killed. Those immortal families were completely destroyed, and the Han family was naturally among them. Han Xue was in Bi Xiao Gate at that time, and only then did she narrowly escape disaster.
"Snow" Li Hui grasped Han Xue's hand and said in a gentle voice, "One day, I will destroy the Lie Tian Sect!" His tone was unusually firm.
Li Hui was not seeking revenge for the Han family, except for Han Xue, what did the Han family have to do with him? It's just that he himself was severely injured by the Sect Master of Lietian Sect, Xiao Yuanchi, and almost lost his life. Li Hui would definitely settle this account with him.
But saying so at this time also has a few points of comfort for Han Xue.
"Hmm" Han Xue's heart warmed up a bit, nodded slightly, and her complexion improved.
The two continued strolling, but with a few less sparks of enthusiasm.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
At this moment, dozens of sturdy men rushed over, pushing all the passersby to one side, surrounding Han Xue and Li Hui in the middle.
"Are you the one who hurt my son?" a stern and icy voice came over.
Li Hui was puzzled, turned his head and saw a middle-aged man in his forties with a square face, white complexion, long beard, wearing a purple robe, staring at him with anger.
Li Hui immediately understood that this must be the old man of the guy who had just harassed Han Xue. That little brat didn't know his place, and Li Hui had only crippled one of his arms, which was already being lenient. He hadn't expected that after dealing with the younger one, the older one would come to bother him again, and he couldn't help but feel a bit impatient.
"What's the point?" Li Hui said calmly, looking at this ordinary person with indifference.
His complexion changed slightly, and this black-clad youth in front of him was surprisingly unaffected, even... with a gaze that seemed to look down on all living things like a god.
For a moment, Fang's heart was also somewhat apprehensive. He wasn't like Fang Yong, that naive and ignorant young master who naturally knew about the existence of cultivators. The youth in front of him had an air of indifference, looking down on all living things, which was even more pronounced than Guo Xian Shi, whom his family revered.
"Master of the house, Mr. Guo has arrived." A trusted aide rushed over and whispered in Fang Zhan's ear.
Fang Zhan's face lit up with joy, and he thought to himself: "Even if this young man is a celestial master, after all, his cultivation is shallow, how can he compare to Guo Celestial Master?" His spirit shook, and he coldly snorted at Li Hui: "Hmph, in Ningyuan City, no one dares to bully Fang Zhan."
With Li Hui's keen hearing, the trusted aide naturally heard every whisper in the house clearly, and his heart stirred "Could it be that there are still cultivators in this city?" He also became more cautious, and his spiritual awareness was released to investigate the surroundings.
This sudden discovery left him somewhat stunned. About a hundred feet ahead, inside an eight-man luxury sedan chair, sat an old man wearing a green brocade robe with a lean face, who was a Qi-refining period cultivator around the seventh layer. He was hurrying towards this side, and must be the "Guo Xianshi" mentioned by the other party.
A faint smile played on his lips as he watched with great interest the direction from which the sedan chair was coming.
"Li Hui, what are you smiling about?" Han Xue asked through voice transmission, her face still cold as ice, without even a twitch of her lips.
"Xue Er, wait a moment and watch the good show!" Li Hui transmitted with some playfulness.
At this moment, the sedan chair had appeared in sight. Han Xue's heart moved and her spiritual sense swept out, instantly understanding why Li Hui was laughing. She also didn't speak, watching the good show from the side.
Na Fang saw Li Hui not speaking, but instead smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth. He thought he was being looked down upon and was about to get angry when he saw the sedan chair approaching. He temporarily restrained himself, gave Li Hui a fierce glance, and went to greet the sedan chair.
"Master Guo Xian, I've troubled you to take your divine chariot this time!" Fang Zhan said respectfully with a bow.
"Hmm, Fang Zhan, what's so important? You've even asked me to come?" The old man in the sedan chair seemed somewhat absent-minded.
Fang Zhan's heart skipped a beat, originally he saw Fang Yong's severe injuries, and added to the fact that the black-clothed youth silently sent several of his skilled followers flying, he had some doubts that it was an enemy who had come to his doorstep, so as a precaution, he invited Guo Xian Shi over.
Now looking at this black-clad youth's appearance, it seems that he might also be a person of the same caliber as Guo Xian Shi. This time, I have indeed invited the right person.
"Some people in the city raised their hands and disabled my son, I'm worried that it's a revenge from an enemy family, so I've troubled Master Xian to come here." Fang Zhan said respectfully.
"Oh, I'll take a look at what kind of person dares to lay hands on the young master of your household." The old man said, and someone beside him had already lifted up the curtain of the sedan chair.
Guo Xianshi emerged from the sedan chair, stroked his whiskers, and assumed the air of a superior Taoist. He raised his head and looked towards Li Hui.
Li Hui and Han Xue both had smiles on their faces at this time, watching the big show of this "Guo Xian Shi" as if they were watching a play.
Guo Xianshi looked at Li Hui, his heart suddenly racing for no reason, and he felt a few points of fear. Looking at Li Hui and Han Xue's carefree and smiling expressions, he was even more puzzled.
At this moment, Li Hui also stopped smiling, his face suddenly turned cold, and he slightly released some of the pressure from the foundation-building cultivator.
Others didn't react, Fang Zhan looked at the black-clothed youth still with a playful smile on his face, anger suddenly rising in his heart, just about to erupt, when he saw the youth's expression suddenly turn cold, couldn't help but shiver, and swallowed back what he was going to say.
Others just felt a little uncomfortable looking at Li Hui, but Guo Xian Shi felt an overwhelming pressure coming over him, as if he had a thousand pounds of weight on his body, making it difficult for him to breathe.
"Zhu Ji Xiu Shi!" Guo Xian Sheng's heart was greatly shocked, and he secretly cried out in distress.
It was just an instant, and Li Hui withdrew his oppressive aura, looking at the people in front of him indifferently.
Guo Xianshi felt a slight relief in his body, understanding that the other party was showing mercy, but he couldn't relax at all in his heart. Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he hastily bowed forward to pay respects: "Junior Guo has seen both seniors, thank you for sparing my life!"
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