Chapter 179: A Good Beginning and a Good End

Qi Xuansu glared at Liu Hu, and Liu Hu stared at Qi Xuansu without giving in.

The two of them were deadlocked for a moment, and in the end Qi Xuansu chose to take the initiative to give in.

Qi Xuansu was not a kind-hearted person. Many people died in his hands along the way, so it was almost the same to say that he was a bad person.

The reason why he didn't want to kill Song Luodi was not because he was soft-hearted, but because he had promised before that as long as Song Luodi answered the questions honestly, he would let Song Luodi go. Now Song Luodi answered Qi Xuansu's questions, but died. Even if Qi Xuansu didn't kill him personally, it was an indirect breach of trust.

Qi Xuansu was not angry about Liu Hu killing people, nor about Song Luodi's death, but about Liu Hu making him break his promise. This was his principle, a promise was worth a thousand gold, otherwise he wouldn't have to take such a big risk for a thousand Taiping money.

As for the consequences of letting Song Luodi go, Qi Xuansu didn't care. Pei Xiaolou promised that he would return to the Taoist sect soon. It can be foreseen that in the next period of time, his identity will be the future preparatory priest Qi Xuansu, no longer the "Golden Wrong Knife" Wei Wugui. You can go and seek revenge as long as you can find Wei Wugui.

Of course, Qi Xuansu is not a pedantic person. If he thinks that letting a tiger go will cause trouble, or that Song Luodi's life is more important than the inside story, then he doesn't need to ask whether he wants to live or die, and just kill him directly.

It's just that the person is dead, and what Liu Hu said makes some sense. She didn't promise not to kill Song Luodi. Song Luodi just held her hostage and wanted to take her life. It's reasonable for her to kill him back. Qi Xuansu can't kill Liu Hu, so he can only take the initiative to give in.

"Don't do it again next time." Qi Xuansu stopped being angry with Liu Hu and left a sentence to save his face.

Liu Hu didn't speak.

Qi Xuansu was about to turn around and strip Hong Lang of his fake spiritual official armor, and then he wanted to stand up and say, "There shouldn't be a next time. After you arrive in Bohai Prefecture, someone else will take care of you."

Liu Hu's face finally showed some expression, like sadness and anger: "Daddy doesn't want me anymore, foster father doesn't want me anymore, and you don't want me either, right?"

Qi Xuansu was silent for a moment, and slowly said, "My so-called Uncle Wei is fake. His appearance is fake, his identity is fake, and his name is fake. We met by chance in the rivers and lakes, and we may not know each other when we meet, and we may not meet again when we know each other. I really don't know if you and I will see each other again in the future."

Liu Hu looked up at Qi Xuansu, with a thin layer of mist in her eyes.

This is not a relationship between a man and a woman. She is still too young to understand this. Instead, she has a bit of admiration, which is the attachment of a child to his father and brother. After all, life and death difficulties can bring people closer together, and the similarities between Qi Xuansu and Liu Hu in temperament also make Liu Hu like to get along with Qi Xuansu, but Liu Hu has always been taciturn, so she has never expressed such emotions.

Qi Xuansu has never been a father or a brother, so he has no idea how to deal with this kind of relationship, but he can empathize to a certain extent. After all, he was born in Wanxiang Dao Palace and he doesn't know who his parents are.

Qi Xuansu sighed, took out a talisman from his bag and handed it to Liu Hu.

"What is this?" Liu Hu took a look and asked in a muffled voice.

Qi Xuansu said: "This is a mother-child talisman. You take the mother talisman and the child talisman is with me, so you can contact me."

Liu Hu's eyes lit up and he reached out to take the mother talisman.

Qi Xuansu said with emotion: "Thanks to the Dao Sect, we didn't lose contact after we parted."

After Qi Xuansu temporarily left the Dao Sect, the regular silver and subsidies from the Dao Sect had been stopped, but the Qingping Society remained the same. Although the Taiping money and Wuyou money were withheld by Qi Niang, the elixir and the mother-child talisman were still delivered to Qi Xuansu as usual. Qi Xuansu took the elixir to improve his cultivation. Who made him have poor qualifications? He could only rely on his own cultivation and made slow progress. He could only take shortcuts.

As for the mother-child talisman, most of them were used by Qi Xuansu and Qi Niang to contact each other, but Qi Niang also left Qi Xuansu a complete set of mother-child talismans to leave contact information with others.

Liu Hu carefully put away the talisman, and the mist in her eyes turned into a shining light, and said: "I'll help you."

After that, she turned around and came to Song Luodi's body, turned the body over, and pulled out two "Bliss Needles" from his eyes regardless of the dirt.

Qi Xuansu almost forgot it himself, but she still remembered it.

Qi Xuansu continued to strip off the fake spiritual official armor on Hong Lang. Apart from the top three-grade spiritual official armor, the craftsmanship of the Eight Divisions was not a big problem. It was just that many key materials were strictly controlled by the Taoist sect, and the Eight Divisions had to use inferior materials as substitutes, which made the quality of the fake spiritual official armor somewhat insufficient, which was why Qi Xuansu beat it to cracks. If it was replaced with an authentic Taoist spiritual official armor, it would not be so fragile.

However, even if the fake spiritual official armor had broken and cracked, it would be worth a lot of Taiping money. To be honest, even if there was no 1,000 Taiping money promised by Qi Niang, Qi Xuansu had saved enough Taiping money for the "Eternal Life Wine" along the way.

The only problem was that this armor was not light and large in size, and it was a bit difficult to carry. Qi Xuansu could only remove the broken parts and leave only the parts that were still well preserved. In this case, the price is definitely not as good as a complete set of pseudo-spiritual official armor, and it can only be sold at the price of "scrap iron". However, Qi Xuansu is not greedy, and the amount is more.

On the other hand, Liu Hu not only retrieved two "Bliss Needles" from Qi Xuansu, but also found two unused talisman weapons and several official bills from Song Luodi.

Qi Xuansu had a total of six "Bliss Needles" and seven "Seven Phoenix Feathers". He signaled Liu Hu to take the two "Bliss Needles" and keep them for self-defense, and then gave each of them one of the two Fu Bing. As for the official notes, there were about 200 Taiping money, Qi Xuansu did not want them, and also left them to Liu Hu. However, the armor horse had to be returned to Qi Xuansu, which was given by Zhang Yuelu and was of great significance.

Liu Hu wanted to refuse, not because she was deliberately polite, but because she really didn't intend to take it, but Qi Xuansu said: "Poor family, rich road, you go out alone, there are many places to spend money. Li Qingnu is not just her, these Taiping money can be used to do favors."

Liu Hu is not good at speaking, nor does he know how to push back and forth, so he accepted Qi Xuansu's kindness.

Qi Xuansu put away the talisman soldiers and dug a big pit for Song Luodi and Hong Lang to rest in peace. However, in order not to waste anything, Qi Xuansu took off Song Luodi's Taoist robe and used it as a bag. He packed Hong Lang's armor and carried it on his back.

The two continued on their way. Qi Xuansu found a grave with a strong yin energy, opened the "Yin Yang Gate", connected to the Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven, and summoned "Bu Yue" out. Then Qi Xuansu didn't have to carry the bag himself, and put it directly on the horse's back. Anyway, after "Bu Yue" was "reborn", he was no longer old and energetic.

The next section of the journey was safe and sound without any twists and turns.

Bohai Prefecture City, a city built by the sea, appeared in the sight of the two.

The North Dragon among the three major dragon veins starts from Kunlun, passes through Nanshan, Zhongyue, Wuxing Mountain, and Dijing, and finally arrives at Bohai Prefecture, from which it goes out to sea. The Imperial Capital is the eye of the North Dragon, and Bohai Prefecture is the mouth of the dragon.

The prefectures and counties around the Imperial Capital do not belong to any state, but directly obey the imperial court, hence the name Zhili. A governor was set up in Zhili, and the governor's office was located in Bohai Prefecture.

When the Qin and Li families agreed to attack the Imperial Capital, the Li family fleet bombarded Bohai Prefecture and approached the city. Later, the troops were divided into two groups, one along the Baihe River to approach the Imperial Capital, and the other went south and entered the mouth of the Yangtze River to cut off the canal transportation, leaving the last emperor of the Wei Dynasty and the Confucian school trapped in the city.

In terms of historical heritage, Bohai Prefecture may not be as good as Longmen Prefecture, Jinling Prefecture, and Xijing Prefecture, but in terms of importance, it is even more important.

Qi Xuansu and Liu Hu set out from Longmen Prefecture on March 15th. In the blink of an eye, it was already the beginning of May. It took one and a half months, starting from Longmen Prefecture in Zhongzhou and ending at Bohai Prefecture. At the beginning, there were only Qi Xuansu and Liu Hu. Many people came and went on the way, and now it is still Qi Xuansu and Liu Hu.

According to the agreement between Qi Xuansu and Li Qingnu, the Li family opened a Wutong Courtyard in Bohai Prefecture. With the Li family as a backer, ordinary people dare not come here to cause trouble. The place of fireworks is a mixed place, with frequent exchanges of people, and it is easy to avoid being seen. The two met here.