Xi Qiu listened to the conversation between Lu Hanjiang and Yan Shi just now from beginning to end, and many of the questions that originally puzzled her had answers.
Perhaps before meeting Lu Hanjiang, Xi Qiu had as many things as he wanted to ask, but now——
"Master Lu..."
"Senior sister, why are you so polite? Junior brother is not that stingy."
Lu Hanjiang examined Xi Qiu's pulse with concern, and said with a faint smile: "Senior sister has been poisoned by hundreds of poisons. Even if she suppresses it with internal force, she will not be able to survive for at least half a year."
Xi Qiu blinked, as if she was already indifferent to her own life and death. She turned to ask: "...What happened to the Yuan family?"
"Everyone in the capital is dead, and they were made into machine dolls by their hometown," Lu Hanjiang pointed at Yanshi and said, "It's a good thing you've never noticed anything wrong in all these years."
"I just thought that was how it was supposed to be."
Xi Qiu closed his eyes and suddenly felt a sense of relief: "...This is good."
Lu Hanjiang let go of her hand, found a clean place beside her to sit down and said, "What did senior sister say?"
Xi Qiu looked into Lu Hanjiang's eyes quietly and said, "That's good."
"Sister, don't you want to continue pursuing immortality?" Lu Hanjiang asked.
"It's meaningless," Xi Qiu shook his head gently and asked, "Senior Brother has really...?"
"Yes," Lu Hanjiang nodded, and said honestly: "I killed the senior brother, and he used the martial arts that my senior sister taught me."
"...junior brother."
"What's wrong?"
"You are really a wicked person."
"Really, hahaha."
Seeing Xi Qiu's serious look, Lu Hanjiang smiled happily.
After laughing, he said: "Actually, I have been preparing your story, senior sister, and the stories of all the senior brothers, but you are too impatient. You know, you are too impatient. Since the death of senior brother, you have been impatient.
Nai, so——there’s nothing we can do about it.”
"The Xiaoyao sect has become a piece of cake. Several senior brothers don't know it yet. This situation has already been a dead end. Junior brother has won the beauty with this one hand." Xi Qiu said without sadness or joy, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with her.
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Lu Hanjiang glanced at Yanshi who was still staring at death, and then looked up at the high blue sky. He said: "Sister, why do you have to say such depressing words? Now that you know the method of immortality, you can still live forever even if you don't have the Xiaoyao Sect, right?
?"
Suddenly, a rare faint smile appeared on Xi Qiu's cold face, like a green lotus coming out of water. The holy posture made it difficult to have any thoughts of profanity.
"Junior brother, I know so many secrets, will you let me go?"
"Well -" Lu Hanjiang prolonged the meaningless tone, tilted his head and said: "This is also a certainty. If senior sister is determined to live forever, as long as she can pay a sufficient price, there will be nothing to discuss with junior brother.
"
"Junior brother, there is no need to say any more. I have already made up my mind. Even if I end my life here, I have nothing to complain about."
Xi Qiu picked up a piece of gravel from the ground and put it against her wrist. Before doing anything, she asked Lu Hanjiang another question: "Junior brother, have you ever thought about what you would do if you could live forever?"
Lu Hanjiang thought carefully and shook his head: "Senior sister, don't you think immortality is a very boring thing?"
Xi Qiu was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "Junior brother is indeed a wonderful person."
"Is this a compliment?" Lu Hanjiang glanced at Xi Qiu strangely, then smiled: "Forget it, junior brother, just accept it as a compliment."
Xi Qiu made a cut on her wrist without hesitation. As the blood flowed, her face became paler.
Lu Hanjiang stared at the blood lines gathering into a pool on the ground and asked, "Senior sister, do you have any last words?"
"If you can, let the rest of the Yuan family be buried in peace for me." When Xi Qiu said this, his voice was already very reluctant.
Lu Hanjiang nodded solemnly: "Let me leave this matter to my junior brother."
At the end, Xi Qiu stared into Lu Hanjiang's eyes and smiled faintly: "Junior brother, you are still lying, right?"
"Tsk," Lu Hanjiang smacked his mouth, scratched his head and said, "Senior sister, wouldn't it be better to live a stupid life? At least you can feel at ease when you close your eyes."
Xi Qiu didn't speak anymore, just closed her eyes gently, as if she was in a dream-like calm. Lu Hanjiang gently laid her body flat on the ground, stretched out his hand and touched it from her face down to her chest.
The true energy flowed along the acupuncture points and gently cut off her heart veins.
Huangfu Xiaoyuan, who had arrived behind her at some point, looked at this scene, and then looked at Lu Hanjiang's regretful expression, and couldn't help but say what was in her heart: "If you are so reluctant to let her go, why not spare her life?"
Lu Hanjiang looked at Xi Qiu's sleeping face and said in an incomprehensible tone: "Although senior sister has been manipulated by others all her life, she finally had some independence before she died. If she had even the slightest idea of living..."
"Will you save her?" Huangfu Xiaoyuan asked.
"No......"
Lu Hanjiang stood up, took the hand warmer from Huangfu Xiaoyuan, looked at Xi Qiu for the last time, and left without any nostalgia.
"If that were the case, I would have to kill her with my own hands, which would be a real pity." This is what he said.
On top of the ruins, Lu Hanjiang was walking further and further away. Huangfu Xiaoyuan was silent for only a moment, and she quickly caught up with him.
...
"I've met Mr. Lu."
Coming up from the machine formation, the entire Ge family was surrounded by Jinyi guards, but Yan Feng was the only one guarding the entrance. When he saw Lu Hanjiang's figure, he hurriedly came up to salute.
Lu Hanjiang hummed, looked around, and asked, "Where are the people from Bianguang?"
"Uh," Yan Feng hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Deputy Qianhu went to look for the ball."
Lu Hanjiang showed a very confused expression: "Ball? What the hell - no, what ball do I mean?"
Yan Feng also pointed at the collapsed machine formation with a strange expression and said, "Don't you remember, sir? An iron ball suddenly flew out from there just now. Deputy Qianhu was worried that something was wrong, so he chased after it."
Lu Hanjiang was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized that there was such a thing. The head of the mechanism monster made by Yanshi was kicked off by him.
Since Bian Guang is not here, it makes sense to give orders to Yan Feng, so Lu Hanjiang said to him: "Send someone down to clean up later, and take a look at what else this old guy hides."
Yanshi chose to retreat when dealing with him, but this does not mean that this old man did not leave any backup plans. After all, he was poisoned to death by his own family.
Lu Hanjiang was still very interested in the secrets of the Xiaoyao Sect. After all, with Yan Shi, a master of mechanisms, he could get a few manuals out.
"I humble my position and accept my order."
Yan Feng felt suspicious about Lu Hanjiang's order. After he agreed, he said, "Sir, since the thief is dead, do you need to take a low position to arrange a residence?"
"No need," Lu Hanjiang waved his hand and said, "Since we are leaving the capital secretly this time, there is no need to show off. Those people in the provincial capital are suspicious, so I will stay at an inn in the city and let me know if I have any news.