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Chapter 417: The spirit of the southwest returns to Jiuding, under the long wind, it is still Qilin (asking for monthly tickets)
Duan Qingyu was planning to let Li Guanyi go, but he could not stand Li Guanyi's cooperation with Namu Taihong. In addition, the loss of the twenty-four pearls had a huge impact, so he had to take everyone back.

The reason given by Mu Taihong was that the matter was of great importance and any outsider who knew the news should be taken away, so even the shopkeeper who moved the wine and several other individual customers who were drinking were taken to the Southwestern Palace.

The other few individual tourists looked pale.

The old shopkeeper was still thinking about his pot of small cubes of tofu.

Li Guanyi glanced at Mu Taihong, who had an anxious look on his face, with an amused expression.

something wrong.

After spending a long time with Mr. Wen He, Li Guanyi could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with this man.

Compared to Mr. Wen He, his methods are really too immature.

This should be what Mr. Wen He was worried about. In the past ten years, those who were won over by Chen Dingye and the State of Chen were probably unwilling to promote the alliance, so they tried to find ways to lower the reputation of Duan Qingyu, the King of the Southwest.

The lords of the cities in the southwest agreed to meet Li Guanyi on the condition that the eldest lady handed over the twenty-four pearls. If the pearls were not given, there would be trouble.

It seemed that Li Guanyi's sight was discovered. Mu Taihong turned sideways and looked at the Central Plains merchant with a cold expression. There was no anxiety in his eyes, only a slight murderous intent.

Li Guanyi smiled slightly and didn't care.

As he approached the Southwest Palace, Li Guanyi could feel the surging luck and energy gathering into the Nine Cauldrons. Although these were just the luck and energy emitted by his spirit, there was nothing he could do about the fact that the Nine Provinces Cauldron already had their seal.

It absorbs very smoothly.

The third one-ninth of the Jiuzhou Ding has begun to light up gradually.

Li Guanyi couldn't have imagined that it would go so smoothly.

This southwestern area is thousands of miles in radius, with many mountains, waters, and hollow lakes. Cities and tribes are located in it. If it is not a big matter, the leaders of these tribes and the lords of each city will not gather together.

Mu Taihong must have spent a lot of time and effort preparing for today's "event". I don't know how he got all the city lords, big and small, to gather in this area to ensure that they can all be gathered together when something goes wrong.

This saved Li Guanyi a lot of trouble.

good!
It’s really good!

He is a great kind-hearted person like Hou Zhongyu.

When Li Guanyi looked at Namu Taihong, his eyes were filled with gentle approval.

Arriving at the Southwestern Palace, before anything else happened, Li Guanyi could already hear a lot of noise inside. Everyone was talking about the [Twenty-Four Pearls] and who had stolen them. It almost sounded like a fight was about to break out.

Some sneered, some were anxious, some shirked responsibility, and some were suspicious of everyone.

Li Guanyi heard it very clearly.

Most of them were intended to explain that the loss of the pearl had nothing to do with themselves and to suspect other people.

Everyone holds his own views, but they all have their own allies. The quarrels and arguments reveal the loose nature of the southwest. Li Guanyi even heard someone whisper: "At that time, it was because Mingzhu returned that they agreed to form an alliance with Qin Wuhou. Now Mingzhu is gone."

"Does this alliance still count?"

"Here, the pearls are gone..."

Li Guanyi raised his eyes slightly.

Duan Qingyu had also heard the voice, and he strode in and let out a long whistle.

The voice was majestic and the aura rose up. It was an overwhelming force that suppressed the voices of many people. It contained the meaning of metal, iron and weapons, and the top cultivation of the eighth heaven. It suppressed the others to the point that they were dizzy and speechless.

Mu Taihong's expression was tense.

Duan Qingyu flew through the air and landed in the palace. His Dharma image took shape, and it turned into a black tiger. The black tiger roared with cold eyes. Duan Qingyu stood with his hands behind his back and said, "What a disgrace to make so much noise! ​​Be quiet!"

"Humph, Master Xue gave us this pearl so that we could agree to meet with Qin Wuhou to make an alliance. We had agreed at that time, and then the pearl was lost. That is a matter for the future. How can we violate the alliance because of this incident?!"

"There is no such thing as this."

"Besides, you all agreed to it that day. If you go back on your word now, wouldn't it ruin the reputation of our Southwest Country and make heroes all over the world laugh at us?"

Everyone was shocked by the aura of the King of Southwest.

Li Guanyi also exclaimed in praise of his heroic spirit.

Li Guanyi and others were also brought in, but when Li Guanyi entered, his footsteps suddenly moved slightly, the Jiuzhou Ding whistled, and the speed of absorbing the luck of humanity slowed down in an instant. Li Guanyi suddenly felt a slight pain in the center of his eyebrows.

Hmm? Plot?

No!

Li Guanyi slowly raised his eyes and found something wrong.

In his eyes, this palace with its own southwestern style suddenly changed its appearance. It was shrouded in a chilling murderous aura, and in the core of the entire southwestern palace, there seemed to be an indescribable chilling aura of gold and iron.

The eerie aura seemed to be dormant, but Li Guanyi, with the mighty spirit of conquering all directions, entered the area of ​​this eerie aura, just like two tigers appeared in an area, instantly awakening this dormant military aura.

The dormant evil spirit gathered together.

It was as if an unparalleled divine weapon was pressing against Li Guanyi's forehead, stimulating his blood to boil, as if he had fallen back into an endless battlefield, with the roars of dragons and tigers ringing in his ears.

But Li Guanyi is no longer a novice at this moment.

Immediately break free from this strong military aura.

This existence seemed to sense the murderous aura of Li Guanyi's conquests, and then was affected by this murderous aura, as if it had transformed into an indescribable magical weapon, confronting Li Guanyi head-on.

Li Guanyi paused.

This is? ! !

He looked at the Southwest Palace and frowned slightly.

Tai Boyong, one of the leaders of the southwestern tribes, noticed Li Guanyi and others and said, "Your Majesty, these people are..."

Duan Qingyu frowned and said, "When Mu Taihong reported, the noise was too loud and the news got out. In order to prevent the matter from spreading too widely, they were brought here for the time being."

Mu Taihong said: "It's also for safety reasons. These shopkeepers and waiters are all from our southwest. We have seen them before, but this Central Plains man who is drinking is a stranger!"

"How can it be possible that a merchant from the Central Plains has just arrived in our southwest and our country's treasure has been lost?"

Duan Qingyu heard this and said angrily: "You mean, while this little brother and I were drinking, he could still take time out to take these 24 national treasures away under heavy protection?!"

Such a ridiculous thing naturally attracted the attention of others.

Mu Taihong remained calm and said, "It's impossible for him to come here alone, but he may have other accomplices. Maybe this person came here to drink with the king to delay time, so that his accomplices could take the opportunity to steal the pearl!"

Mu Taihong's arguments were specious, but there was some truth to his arguments.

Li Guanyi was of course a man of integrity and had nothing to fear, but at this moment his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Oh no, these pearls are national treasures.

That must be worth a lot.

Would Nangong touch it back?

Damn it?

Nangong, please don't let your good fortune take effect at this time.

After some debate, because the matter was about the national treasure Pearl, most of the city lords in the southwest agreed to keep Li Guanyi and others under custody first, at least to prevent the news from leaking out. However, they did not put them in jail, but only found some rooms in the Southwest Palace to keep them under separate custody.

Duan Qingyu is a heroic person by nature. The customs in the southwest are different from those in the Central Plains.

He did not have the arrogance of the Prince of Zhongyuan. He just bowed slightly and said, "This matter is of great importance, and we have made some mistakes. We can only let you rest here for the time being. When the truth is found out, I will naturally give you some silver."

Naturally, no one said anything and they all agreed.

Li Guanyi went to the place where he was being guarded. There were several warriors in armor and sharp weapons guarding outside. Although the room was not very luxurious, it had everything one could need. He sat cross-legged casually, and the energy flowed in the bronze tripod.

When you enter the Southwestern Palace, you will see the leaders of all the tribes in the southwestern territory are present.

The good fortune surged into the Jiuzhou Cauldron like a wave.

Along with this process, the third one-ninth part of the tripod body slowly lit up with golden light, and the murderous aura of war that Li Guanyi sensed became clearer and clearer.

Li Guanyi slowly opened his eyes and saw the murderous energy flowing in the void.

Along with the gradual increase of the southwestern luck accumulated in the bronze tripod.

This special military evil spirit was increasingly targeting him.

Li Guanyi raised his eyes slightly: "This is..."

………………

The chiefs of the southwestern tribes were arguing endlessly about the matter of the twenty-four pearls. This certainly represented the importance that the entire southwestern country attached to this national treasure, but it also represented that the number of people who secretly sided with the Chen country was actually not small.

They did not dare to move when the reputation of Southwest King Duan Qingyu was at its highest.

But when the national treasure was lost again, they didn't mind adding fuel to the fire. Seeing these people talking about stopping the alliance with Qin Wuhou as agreed before, Duan Qingyu's mood became more depressed.

Suddenly he slapped the armrest and stood up: "Shut up!!!"

This roar stirred the vital energy, causing the Black Tiger Dharmakaya to appear. Ripples appeared in the void, and the pressure of the Eighth Heaven erupted, stirring up a violent wave in the palace. Duan Qingyu stood up and swept his eyes around coldly:
"The matter of the Pearl National Treasure being lost again, this king will take care of it."

"The alliance with Qin Wuhou is a matter of course. If you have any objections, why don't you use the Southwest Alliance Elders' Council to take my position as the Lord of the Southwest!"

"Otherwise, this matter cannot be changed!"

Mu Taihong gritted his teeth secretly, but he already had an idea in his mind.

At this moment, he agreed: "No matter what, we should bring back our national treasure first. It is auspicious for us and a treasure as precious as the gold and iron of the ancient Hunyuan soldier master in the legend!"

"We had to keep it secret to prevent the news from spreading, but now we can't find it either. Why don't we post a notice and offer a generous reward to heroes from all over the world to find the national treasure? How about giving a generous reward to those who succeed?!"

This is his goal, to make this matter bigger and let the people in the southwest know about it.

Then use this to gain supreme popularity.

The bigger the better.

As for the reason for bringing Li Guanyi and others here before, it was just to go against the King of Southwest. He kept the news secret before, but now he wants to release the news for his own benefit.

Duan Qingyu glanced at the man, and for a moment he didn't know what he was thinking, but the proposal was true, so the patriarchs of all the southwestern tribes made a joint covenant and promised one by one that if anyone could find the pearl and return, there would be many rewards.

Namu Taihong took the initiative to say, "Since we are going to spread this matter widely and inform the heroes in the southwest to search for them together, then the people I brought back today should be released for the time being."

When the city lords in the southwest decided to look for the pearl.

Li Guanyi's bronze tripod condensed the luck of humanity, and the luck of humanity surged into it. The third ninth side of the Jiuzhou Tripod soon began to glow. But at this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and a man dressed as a southwestern nobleman walked in.

He closed the door and looked at Li Guanyi who was sitting there quietly:

"You are the unlucky one."

Li Guanyi was absorbing the luck, looking up at this person, who was skilled in martial arts, and sighed lightly: "Unfortunately, unfortunately, you and Duan Qingyu drank together, that's a problem."

"Your death has completely proven that the theft of the pearls was caused by you and your accomplices."

Li Guanyi said: "It is to take your master out."

"And then try to completely affect the reputation of the King of Southwest and disrupt the alliance with Qin Wuhou?"

"Kill me and pretend that I was silenced by the person who took the pearl."

"He is a counselor of the same type as Mr. Wen He. Unfortunately, their levels are so different that it feels a bit insulting to Mr. Wen He to put them together."

The man paused, his eyes sharp: "You are..."

Before he finished speaking, he had already drawn out a sharp blade and rushed towards Li Guanyi. His aura exploded, emitting a terrifying power. His internal energy surged, crushing everything in the room. It seemed as if no one outside noticed such a loud noise.

The man used his unique skill, which was a Dharma-image-level magical skill. A huge red python Dharma-image opened its mouth and pounced towards Li Guanyi.

Li Guanyi raised his left hand and moved forward.

Li Guanyi directly pressed down on the Dharma image by seven inches, and in an instant, the Dharma image shattered!

The vitality dissipated, condensed, and turned into the claws of the white tiger that pounced forward. The assassin's eyes blurred, and he was directly pressed to the ground. His muscles and bones were instantly shattered, and blood spurted out of his mouth. He stared blankly at the young man who captured him with one hand:

"?!!"

"Who are you?!"

Li Guanyi said: "It's a pity to have fifth-level martial arts."

"So, did you accept the benefits from Chen Dingye or Jiang Wanxiang?"

The assassin's pupils suddenly contracted and he asked, "You???"

Li Guanyi said: "It seems that both were taken."

"A brave man like Jiang Wanxiang also has such a skill. However, who is actually controlling this matter, the prime minister or Jiang Su?"

The assassin from the fifth level watched the young man subdue him with one hand and talk about Jiang Wanxiang, Chen Dingye, and Jiang Su as if he were talking about ordinary people. He suddenly knew who he was and his face turned pale and his heart was broken.

Li Guanyi stared at him, but the gate of the courtyard suddenly opened, and those heavily-armored soldiers and guards, with heavy shields and spears, came in. Li Guanyi raised his eyes slightly and exclaimed: "It's really one thing after another."

The assassin was about to say something, his face turned pale and he said, "Hmm? It's you, Qin..."

Li Guanyi exerted force with his arm, and the assassin's throat clicked, and he was no longer able to breathe.

He knew that he was caught up in the conspiracy waves of the southwest.

If it were in the past, Li Guanyi would choose to join in, but he was used to seeing waves and knew that this poisonous man would probably have a back-up plan for his methods. If he followed his arrangements, he would definitely fall into the trap.

Dispose of tricks at a glance.

Use strategy to counter strategy, and then present evidence in court, using tricks and ingenuity to prove your innocence?

That is the style of counselors and wise men.

Li Guanyi has other ways.

With a flick of his wrist, he casually grabbed the weapon and stepped outside. There were more than a hundred heavily armored soldiers outside. This was Mu Taihong's backup plan. When they saw Li Guanyi stepping out, they were going to form a formation and kill him here.

Li Guanyi picked up a green bamboo at random.

He walked slowly, even though he was alone, his aura was as strong as that of the soldiers in formation.

Just stab forward.

A low dragon roar exploded.

Hundreds of heavily armored soldiers fell down at the same time.

The heavy shield shattered and turned into waves, and as Li Guan took a step forward slowly, his sleeves fluttering, the Jiuzhou Ding, the southwest land, and the human destiny were completely filled, and one side of the Jiuzhou Ding turned golden in an instant.

The fortune of the southwest belongs to Jiuding!
When the surge of humanity's luck was completed, Li Guanyi finally locked onto something at the core of the Southwestern Palace. The murderous aura of war was completely awakened because of Li Guanyi's move, the military aura that almost swept across the land, and the existence of the Southwestern luck.

The King of the Southwest Duan Qingyu and others made an agreement that "the one who returns with the twenty-four pearls will have a special identity and will be a distinguished guest of the Southwest. He should be treated with supreme honor. The city lords of all tribes agree and make him a promise."

Such a huge reward was naturally due to the efforts of the city lords who were headed by Mu Taihong and sided with the State of Chen.

The matter had just been decided and before it could be spread out, we suddenly sensed the aura of war and the sounds of screams.

Duan Qingyu stood up suddenly: "What's going on!!!"

"Someone is taking action here!"

Mu Taihong's expression changed slightly, and he thought to himself that something was not good. He could only hate that his subordinates were so careless. However, the matter was so serious that it could not be covered up. When all the southwestern commanders rushed over there, something strange happened suddenly.

The soldiers could hardly hold their weapons.

All weapons flew out of their hands and hovered in the air, and in the very center of the Southwestern Palace, an indescribable evil spirit rose into the sky. In the broad daylight, the stars in the Niu and Dou constellations suddenly lit up.

Duan Qingyu, Tai Boyong, and even Mu Taihong all looked terribly pale.

"An angry bullfight!"

"This is!"

Seems to have been awaited for a long time.

It seems that we have been looking forward to the arrival of a person with both the arrogance of a military god and the destiny of the people of the southwest for too long.

The clear, dragon-like whistling sound of steel suddenly seemed to awaken, exploding from the Southwest Palace and rising into the sky. The sounds of weapons were endless. Thousands of soldiers roared in unison, flying into the sky, circling and whistling, and transformed into a golden wind of evil spirit, covering the entire Southwest Palace.

Such a strange phenomenon is simply shocking and terrifying.

Duan Qingyu abruptly stopped his steps on the way to the whistling swords and said:

"Is this the divine weapon of gold and iron left behind by the Jiuli Army Master?!"

"The real national treasure has awakened?!"

No one cared about anything else and rushed to the core of the Southwestern Palace, only to see waves of evil spirit rising into the sky, faintly awakening, with a majestic spirituality. Duan Qingyu and the others all changed color, not knowing who was muttering the ancient legend.

"In ancient times, the sword-making gold and iron left by the Jiuli Army Master."

"When the Lord of Arms was defeated, he threw away the weapon in his hand, which turned into gold and iron and connected to the earth's veins. Legend has it that when the Lord of Arms returns, he will use this gold and iron to forge a magic weapon again. This time he will sweep away all powerful enemies, and finally kill the red dragon and gain control of the world."

"The legend... has returned?"

On this day, the twenty-four pearls of the southwest national treasure were lost again. However, when this national treasure was lost, the legendary golden and iron soul of the Lord of Arms also awakened. Duan Qingyu blocked the second news and stopped the turmoil in his heart.

When they went to the place where the clanging of metal had just been heard, they saw hundreds of heavily armored soldiers lying on the ground, screaming in pain. Inside the house, a man wearing the gorgeous clothes of a southwestern noble had a twisted neck and was obviously dead. The pharmacist Li from the Central Plains Academy was nowhere to be seen.

All the soldiers said that the man from the Central Plains rushed out with only a green bamboo.

The situation was turbulent, and the whole situation he witnessed showed that Pharmacist Li was definitely not simple. The King of Southwest had no choice but to post notices. There were two notices, one of which was -

[The one who returns with the twenty-four pearls has a special identity and is a distinguished guest of the Southwest. He should be treated with supreme honor. The King of the Southwest allows him to promise that he can ask for anything]!
[Give him a reward and the title of Imperial Master]

The second one is [Li Pharmacist Wanted Order]

It was posted everywhere in the First City, and people were amazed. Warriors hurriedly stood up to look for the national treasure and Pharmacist Li. A young man with a plain face looked at the wanted poster.

"Only the first day I entered this place, I was wanted nationwide."

"As expected—"

"My lord."

"No wonder Yan Daiqing wanted me to follow him."

"My Lord, people like you can really get caught in a whirlpool wherever you go."

"awesome."

The young man with a simple and gentle face looked at the lifelike wanted poster.

The first person to plan for himself suddenly understood Yan Daiqing's experience and felt a little stomachache.

Maybe I ate too much chili.

Silently, he took a step back and protected everyone in front of him.

At the same time, Li Guanyi rushed out of the Southwest Palace, frowned slightly, turned around and looked at the Southwest Palace. In his eyes, the entire Southwest Palace was shrouded in an extremely strong aura of war and evil, which turned into a pillar of luck and light, rising into the sky.

Li Guanyi clenched his fist, and a special aura was tinged on the tip of his fist.

It is almost exactly the same as the military aura of the Southwestern Palace.

Ancient, eerie, and majestic.

"What exactly is in the Southwest Palace?"

"It seems that we need the luck of the southwest and the evil spirit of the military to attract him..."

Li Guan shook his hands, but the aura of war refused to leave.

The spirit of the Scarlet Sky Sword was furious.

Then, the two magical weapons, the Scarlet Sky Sword and the Tiger Roaring Sky Halberd, suddenly froze as if they had met their nemesis.

The Tiger Roaring Sky Halberd refused to come out no matter what.

The Chixiao Sword directly turned into a soft sword, pretending to be Li Guanyi's belt wrapped around his waist.

Furious.

I was just angry.

"What exactly is this thing?"

Li Guanyi was puzzled and suppressed the murderous aura on the tip of his fist. He planned to withdraw from this place first and discuss with Mr. Wen He and the others. He never expected that the situation in the southwest was so chaotic. Although it seemed calm on the surface, there were turbulent whirlpools inside.

In this world, there is either great chaos or internal strife.

Li Guanyi was just about to look for Wen He, but after walking a few streets, he was suddenly stunned.

Wherever I looked, I saw a familiar place.

In this southwestern royal city, there is a teahouse with architecture reminiscent of that of the southern Central Plains. On the plaque are three large characters that are elegant yet graceful.

【Changfeng Tower】

Li Guanyi paused, and walked in as if possessed by a ghost. Then he used a password and walked to the guest's place. A middle-aged woman with a majestic look hurried over. As soon as she came, she immediately saluted: "It's the Lord in person. I greet the Lord."

Li Guanyi asked: "Why is there a Changfeng Tower here?"

The owner of Changfeng Tower smiled and said, "Ah, that's what Master Xue said."

"She said that what the Lord wanted to do when he came here was to bring this place into the alliance. The local forces in the southwest are entrenched, so there will be some trouble. The Lord is not the kind of person who will bow his head. Sooner or later, there will be a conflict."

"It doesn't matter what means are used. Just because you are still the prince, and you are still the young and handsome prince, you will definitely conflict with the local forces in the southwest."

"At that time, Changfeng Tower was where you rested."

The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Oh, that's right."

"The host has found out where the local auspicious sign is."

"There is one more thing... Please extend your hand."

Li Guanyi raised his eyes slightly and stretched out his hand.

The middle-aged woman reached into her sleeve, took out something, and placed it in the palm of the young prince.

They are bright orange and round, like two golden beans.

Li Guan was stunned.

"She said that since it's rare for you to come to Changfeng Tower, she needs to give you two pills."

"The Southwestern Cities have signed a commercial alliance with Changfeng Tower and the Xue Family Chamber of Commerce. The eldest lady said that if the Lord is willing, the eldest lady can hinder the Southwestern Cities in the commercial alliance and make them suffer."

The middle-aged woman chuckled and said, "She said, if it's for you."

"Occasionally I become a so-called bad woman."

"Not bad at all."

(End of this chapter)