Chapter 1299: What A Strange Incident
After Li Xiongtu shouted, he waited quietly for the person to respond.
However, amidst the swirling snowflakes, there was only silence in the surroundings. Nothing was out of the ordinary at all.
The white-robed girl dashed out frantically. âYoung Master, what are you saying?â
Li Xiongtu had a look of caution on his face. âAn expert is here. Stay behind me.â
Anxiety flashed across the face of the white-robed girl. However, she did not hide behind Li Xiongtu. She said, âSince thereâs a distinguished guest here for Young Master, Iâll make some tea.â
Then, she turned and walked back in gracefully.
Even though she was trembling, she remained very calm.
An expert was here. If it was a friend, she couldnât disgrace her beloved. Making tea was something that should be done. If it was an enemy, her hiding behind Li Xiongtu would only impede him. Who was to say that because of her presence, the enemy wouldnât take advantage of her beloved trying to protect her and deal him a heavy blow?
Therefore, she made a prompt decision and left immediately.
Should the enemy ambush her while she was leaving, Li Xiongtu could even take advantage of the opportunity to get a good look at the enemy and deal the enemy a fatal blow!
Watching the frail and delicate figure go back into the room, Chu Yang couldnât help but be filled with admiration toward her. He let out a husky laugh. âWhat an intelligent and virtuous beauty. Li Xiongtu, youâre pretty fortunate.â
Li Xiongtu smiled slightly. Knowing that the intruder was an expert, he stopped probing and said with poise, âThank you for your compliment. Li Xiongtu feels the same as well. I invite you to come out for a chat.â
âWeâll skip the chat.â Chu Yang spoke passively, âI only want to ask you this â Do you know that youâre hurting your foundation by forcefully training like this? And that you are already close to exhausting your life force?â
Li Xiongtu fell silent. Then, he replied calmly, âI only want to reach the level of a Supreme Martial Artist! I want nothing other than to battle my destined rival and end our feud. I can nurse my health back after that.â
Chu Yang said softly, âBut itâll be too late at that point.â
Li Xiongtuâs eyes flickered. âWho are you? You seem to know a lot about me?â
Chu Yang started chuckling. âI just want to tell you that the cultivation level of the rival whom you value the most is far higher than yours! Heâs almost at the level of a Supreme Martial Artist!â
Li Xiongtu was unaffected. He replied calmly, âSo what? I will catch up to him someday!â
Chu Yang said, âBut your current body condition does not allow you to do that.â
Li Xiongtu chuckled. âSo what even if it doesnât? And so what if it does? I only acknowledge my rival; why should I care whether others acknowledge me or not?â
Chu Yang laughed and replied, âNot bad, thatâs a good mindset. However, I can help you to recover.â
Li Xiongtu rolled his eyes. âI donât need your help. And I donât need people to pity me!â
Chuckling, Chu Yang said, âCatch this, Li Xiongtu!â
At once, a black bag whistled through the air and flew toward him.
A flash crossed Li Xiongtuâs eyes and he caught hold of it. He could hear water splashing about inside the bag. Astonished, he asked, âWhatâs this?â
Chu Yang replied passively, âInside of that bag is Spiritual Spring Water! Drink a cup in the morning and a cup at night for a month. Youâll then be able to make up for the deficit in your body. Itâs best that you store the water in a Purple Crystal container. Otherwise, if it loses its medicinal effect, there wonât be any more for you.â
When he finished, Chu Yang disappeared in a flash, leaving behind no trace of himself in the vast expanse of snow.
âSpiritual Spring!â A jolt went through Li Xiongtu. He shouted, âWho exactly are you?!â Different from the conversation earlier, Li Xiongtu had shouted loudly this time. His voice reverberated in the surroundings.
But no one answered him. There was only silence around him.
Li Xiongtu rose into the air and quickly circled the fence. He shouted, âWho exactly are you? Why are you giving me this?â
Still, no one answered him.
However, Li Xiongtuâs movement here had already caught the attention of the higher-ups of the Li Clan.
Li Xiongtu, as âone of the Nine Tribulationsâ, the Li Clan naturally paid close attention to him.
Shadowy figures flashed here and there. A few Supreme Martial Artists of the Li Clan appeared in the courtyard. Before they spoke, Li Wubo also appeared. Following which, a long whistle could be heard and Li Tongtianâs voice reached them from afar as well. âWhat happened?â
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In Li Xiongtuâs room, the bag of Spiritual Spring Water sat atop the table.
In front of and behind him were a total of nine Supreme Martial Artists. They sat around the table, their eyes staring at the bag like searchlights.
Li Tongtian sat at the head position with his eyes on the bag as well. âWhatâs in there?â
Frowning, Li Xiongtu replied, âOld Master, this is supposedly Spiritual Spring Water.â
Spiritual Spring!
The moment they heard these two words, the breathing of the nine Supreme Martial Artists simultaneously quickened.
Li Tongtianâs eyes widened dramatically. Two rays of gleaming light shot out from his eyes. âBring it over for me to take a look!â
When the bag was opened, an indescribable light fragrance wafted out. The noses of everyone present sniffed at the air greedily.
Li Xiongtu dabbed a little of the water with his finger and tasted it. Immediately, he was astounded. Closing the bag at once, he murmured, âThis is indeed Spiritual Spring Water. And itâs Spiritual Spring Water thatâs already in emulsion form! This is awesome stuff thatâs equivalent to amazing Heavenly Treasures⊠Thereâs easily 10 liters in this bagâŠâ
Everyone took in a sharp intake of air.
10 liters of Spiritual Spring Water!
This was a shocking amount of riches!
This was Spiritual Spring Water that could revive the dead and lengthen oneâs lifespan!
Everyoneâs eyes turned burning hot at once.
âWhere did this come from?â Li Tongtian looked at Li Xiongtu.
An extremely perplexed Li Xiongtu answered, âI donât know either⊠I was training earlierâŠâ
And so, he narrated everything that had happened earlier without holding back any details. Li Xiongtu found this extremely strange and perplexing.
But what he found even stranger was that these old geezers in front of him⊠didnât seem to find this strange? Instead, they seemed to feel like this was something that should happen?
Li Wubo drummed his fingers against the table. With his head tilted, he asked with an almost indiscernible smile, âHmm, you⊠didnât see who the intruder was?â
Li Xiongtu stared at him blankly. âNo!â
With a face full of smiles, Li Tongtian asked, âYou donât know who he is either? And donât know what your relationship with him is?â
âYes!â Li Xiongtu answered very confidently, his eyes wide.
âHurhurhur⊠Which is to say that you donât know who he is, donât know when he came and donât even know the cause and effect of this. Yet the other party gifted you this big bag of Spiritual Spring Water, a premium-grade Heavenly Treasure, as though he had gone raving mad?â Li Tongtianâs smile was so wide that his old face was full of wrinkles.
Li Xiongtu slapped his thigh. âYouâre absolutely right. This incident is really very strange. Uhh, Old Master, is this really Spiritual Spring Water? Absolutely real? Thereâs no problem with it? Itâs not poisoned, is it?â
Li Tongtianâs facial muscles looked as if they were about to spasm. Staring at Li Xiongtu, he secretly wanted to gnash his teeth in frustration. âYes! Absolutely real! For sure! No doubt about it!â
Li Xiongtu was totally mystified. Scratching his head, he was absolutely perplexed. âWhatâs the meaning of this⊠Whoâs on such good terms with me? Actually giving me something so awesome for no reason and not even showing himselfâŠâ
âOh yes, oh so strange indeedâŠâ Everyone repeated after him sarcastically with their lips pursed and eyes all rolled up. âOh, what could possibly be happening?â
The facial expressions of all nine Supreme Martial Artists, including Li Tongtian, whose cultivation was the most powerful, and Li Wubo, who was the most cunning and scheming, were very weird.
There was shock, astonishment, as well as an âI knew itâ kind of expression.
âItâs happening againâŠâ Li Xiongtu sighed dejectedly inwardly and hung his head. He had already lost count of how many times he had seen such an expression. Every time an inexplicable or mysterious incident happened, as long as he answered with âI donât knowâ, everyone would give him this expression.
After giving him such an expression, everyone would patronize him and reply, âOh itâs nothing strange, hurhur, itâs very normal. Hurhur, very normal indeedâŠâ
Every time he saw this expression, Li Xiongtu had the urge to savagely punch them in the face!
F*ck your mother, would you die if you explained a little more in detail?
Li Tongtian and Li Wubo exchanged a look. They both saw the same thoughts in each otherâs eyes ââThis must be⊠a gift from that person!â
When they looked at Li Xiongtu again, the look in their eyes became rather significant.
This fellow looks so simple and honest. I didnât expect him to be someone who doesnât even blink when he lies. With a natural voice and looking absolutely the part, does he think he can keep the clan in the dark?
Itâs obviously your Boss who came all the way to give you this. Yet you could actually tell a bare-faced lie and pretend you donât know a single thing?
Would strangers give you something so good for no reason at all? If so, why isnât there a dimwit out there giving me something like that too? Instead, they had to give it to you? Donât tell me itâs because Iâm not as handsome as you? Look at you, all big and tall like a burly bear; itâs not like youâre any much more handsomeâŠ
Do you really think of us Li Clan people as idiots⊠If we were all idiots, would we have been able to become one of the Nine Super Clans and prospered for ten thousand years?
But itâs also a good thing that this fellow is a little cunning. When the time comes where the Nine Tribulations come together, we should see whether we can discuss a little with this fellow to kill off one of them and replace him with Li Jue⊠Or evenâŠ
After that, the eyes of those two landed on the big bag of Spiritual Spring Water at the same time.
This was a treasure.
So much Spiritual Spring WaterâŠ
What should they do with it?
âUhh, Old MasterâŠâ One of the Supreme Martial Artists rubbed his hands, rather embarrassed. âYou also know that that grandson of mine⊠He was injured a few years ago⊠Cough, just one cup would do, uhh no no, half a cup⊠Even just a tiny wine cup would do⊠Cough, never mindâŠâ
âCough cough, Old Master, you also know that I have an old recurring illness⊠This⊠Just half a tiny wine cup would suffice⊠Uhh⊠Hehe, take it that I didnât say anything.â
âOld Master⊠This⊠Never mind, take it that I didnât say anything.â
Noticing that Li Tongtian was giving them murderous looks, everyone very wisely shut their mouths and lowered their heads.
âXiongtu.â Li Tongtian said kindly, âSince someone had come all the way to especially give this to you, then all of this belongs to you. Keep it for yourself⊠Iâll get someone to bring you Purple Crystal bottles later⊠Cough! The seven of you, hurry and go back to retrieve Purple Crystal bottles! Bring five per person⊠Hurry!â
The seven Supreme Martial Artists were so aggrieved that they wanted to die.
Damn it, I didnât get anything at all and still have to lose five Purple Crystal bottlesâŠ
âDonât waste any of this Spiritual Spring Water.â Li Tongtian spoke affably, âFollow that personâs⊠hurhur, instructions and drink a cup in the morning and a cup at night. Do not cut off the process in the middle! Got it?â
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