What bad intentions could my Daoist partner possibly have?

Chapter 10 Is your sword dirty?
The night ends and the day dawns.

The house had been burned to ashes. In the center of the black ash, Li Qing'an, completely naked, was covered in charred black skin, with not an inch of her skin intact.

If it weren't for the fact that his eyes would occasionally dart around, an unsuspecting person would have thought his body had been burned to a crisp.

Still sitting on the Qingwu Sword, Huang Qingwu looked down at Li Qing'an and clicked her tongue in amazement: "You really do live up to the saying 'when a person dies, the bird flies to the sky'."

"Not bad, the body's reaction is quite in line with the Phoenix Nirvana Method."

Li Qingan said weakly, "Go to the cabinet in the alchemy room and get me a few healing pills..."

Using Phoenix Fire to temper one's body right after body refinement is like a small horse pulling a large cart—it's simply impossible to handle.

It feels like my body has been hollowed out.

"What kind of pills?" Huang Qingwu scoffed. "Do you think the body-refining method I passed on to you is just for show?"

The moment the words left her lips, Huang Qingwu waved her right hand, and the charred ash covering Li Qing'an's body dissipated like the wind, revealing the skin beneath.

Although there are still many burns, they are slowly recovering.

"When you think of a phoenix, you think of being reborn from the ashes. If my recovery ability is poor, wouldn't I be losing face by using this body-refining technique that I specifically developed to suit the human race?"

Huang Qingwu's tone was quite smug: "If it weren't for the fact that you are human, you would have recovered even faster."

"Huh? Aren't you getting up yet?"

"If you don't get up soon, your teacher might step on you!"

As she spoke, Huang Qingwu actually lifted her foot slightly, as if she was about to step on it at any moment.

Li Qingan quickly propped himself up on the floor and sat up. The movement aggravated his burns, and he couldn't help but grimace, but his first instinct was to look at his hands.

If you spend all night learning 'Tom's Wailing' and don't see any results, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

Fortunately, he could indeed feel a strength far greater than before when he clenched his fist, especially the seed of rebirth in his Qihai acupoint, which was finally taking shape.

The first stage of body refinement is the Qi sensing stage.

"Once the first Nirvana Seed is fully solidified, you will be able to advance to the second realm, the Body Tempering Realm."

"Huh?" Li Qing'an looked up at Huang Qingwu: "Wasn't what I did before called body tempering?"

"That's 'igniting fire,' it requires burning your vital energy into a fierce flame, endlessly." Huang Qingwu snorted lightly, "You still need to go through it eight more times, and you'll have to practice every night from now on, understand?"

Li Qingan's lips twitched. He still had to call out for eight nights?

"Master, Master, let's just focus on body cultivation..." Li Qing'an quickly adjusted his mindset, but he felt a pang of heartache looking at the mess around him: "What are we going to do about this house? It cost millions of spirit crystals to buy! Although we have enough houses, if we burn one down today and another tomorrow, we can't just end up sleeping on the streets, can we?"

It's said that being possessed by a ghost brings bad luck, and that's certainly true.

Li Qing'an boldly complained, because he had now confirmed one more thing: Huang Qingwu could no longer read minds as long as she appeared in his sight.

"Don't worry," Huang Qingwu said calmly, "Even if I mistreat you, I would never mistreat myself."

As she spoke, Huang Qingwu lightly snapped her fingers, and to Li Qing'an's astonishment, the burned-down house was completely restored to its original state.

The mansion, courtyard, tables, chairs, vases... everything has been restored to its original state.

Li Qingan glanced at the table; all the ledgers were still arranged in their previous positions.

Therefore, this method is not about reconstruction at all, but about regression!

"Master, I want to learn this."

Li Qingan looked at Huang Qingwu with sincere eyes and spoke earnestly.

"You have to eat one bite at a time." Huang Qingwu chuckled lightly: "Don't bite off more than you can chew..."

Or do you want me to chew it up and feed it to you?

"Cough, that's not necessary." Li Qingan shook his head. Kissing was fine, feeding him water was fine, but chewing the food and feeding it to him was out of the question.

"Even your teacher didn't dislike you..."

"Speaking of which, why didn't you bring my clothes back too?"

“I think you should be quite happy to show off your 7.2 inches…” Huang Qingwu said playfully, “Qing’an, tell me the truth, aren’t you very proud of yourself right now?”

Hearing no trace of shyness in Huang Qingwu's tone, Li Qingan stopped pretending and slowly stood up, sizing up the over five-meter-tall Huang Qingwu before shaking his head: "Not really."

"Don't underestimate yourself."

Huang Qingwu suddenly squatted down in front of Li Qingan, placed her hands on his shoulders, and whispered in his ear, "Let me tell you a secret, my true form is actually quite simple and easy to understand~"

Simple and easy to understand?

Li Qingan's eyes lit up: "How shallow?"

"You'll understand once you've properly trained your body." Huang Qingwu patted his shoulder: "Do you know why humans and demon beasts rarely intermarry and have difficulty producing offspring?"

"Bloodline..."

“Bloodline is one reason, but not the biggest reason.” Huang Qingwu said with a playful tone, “Humans whose physique is inferior to that of the demon race often cannot even break through the most important barrier.”

Li Qingan suddenly realized that he really needed to work on his body training, but...

"You're even telling me this? Aren't you afraid you'll regret what you said today when you find your Yang Spirit?"

"That's not necessarily true. With the primordial spirit not yet returned, who knows who will be in charge?"

"Won't the Yang God devour you?"

"Heh~" Huang Qingwu said noncommittally, "I already said that the primordial spirit has not returned... Besides, it's already dawn, you should go and prepare your surprise."

Li Qingan glanced outside, then turned and walked into the inner room: "I'll get dressed and leave."

"are you ready?"

"No problem." Li Qingan waved his hand. "It's definitely worth the monthly income of spirit crystals."

"You brat, waving your arms around with your bare butt exposed is really tasteless."

"Instead of having time to look at my backside, Master, you might as well go outside and find a female cultivator to see how I surprised that Saintess Su before. That way, I'll have a general idea."

"Row……"

Huang Qingwu didn't mind Li Qingan ordering her around casually, after all, it was a rather easy and profitable business.

Last night alone, hundreds of thousands of spirit crystals were spent to activate the Phoenix Flame. Without the support of this deal, Li Qing'an's progress in body refinement would only slow down.

A few seconds later, Huang Qingwu said to Li Qingan in the bedroom, "You're such a dullard. You either bring her food, flowers, or buy her what she wants, or you practice swordsmanship with her..."

Was the girl too ugly to you, or was she too stupid to even catch your eye?

Huang Qingwu's tone was somewhat strange: "The cultivators who should have taken on this business before would have to beat her if they wanted to pursue her. Without a doubt, no one could beat her."

But those who lose, if still swayed by the spirit crystals and stubbornly persist, will either die by her sword or disappear without a trace…

"Only you skipped all these procedures."

Huang Qingwu clicked her tongue in amazement: "I admit you're handsome, but you're not exactly a walking succubus, are you...?"

"You don't think she secretly looked at your 7.2 inches, do you?"

"Impossible." Li Qingan fastened his belt and said as he walked out, "Does she have X-ray vision?"

"But you, a virgin, couldn't possibly have never had any wicked thoughts while you were by her side, could you?"

"None of that matters," Li Qingan said nonchalantly. "I'm just doing my job for money; I don't care what she's really thinking."

"How about I possess your spirit and help you see what she's thinking?"

“It’s not safe.” Li Qingan glanced at Huang Qingwu: “Her background is mysterious, and she definitely has more than one guard secretly following her. If she has a protective barrier set up by some powerful figure, you’ll be in big trouble if you expose yourself directly.”

After all, you are now just a spirit, and no matter how strong you are, you are far from your peak strength.

"Too……"

Upon hearing Huang Qingwu's voice, a doubt suddenly flashed through Li Qing'an's mind. He also had the Heart-Purifying and Soul-Stabilizing Mantra protecting his own sea of ​​consciousness, but Huang Qingwu seemed to treat it as nothing.

Is it because she's too strong, or...? "Well, you can decide for yourself. Anyway, what you need most right now is spirit crystals. Go prepare a surprise for that girl first, and then go get all the debts you owe her back."

"I know."

"But speaking of which, you also recorded the bad deeds of those who owe money in those ledgers. You obviously didn't do this just to be a sucker, did you? What's your purpose?"

"Regardless of the purpose, it is only right to pay back debts. If there are difficulties, that's another matter, but if there are no difficulties and they still refuse to pay, what use are they?"

"What if they stubbornly refuse to pay?"

"Then pay with your life." Li Qing'an sneered, "I need spirit crystals to refine my body right now. Cutting off someone's future is like killing their parents. Why keep them alive for the New Year?"

"Not bad, not bad, that's more like good taste! I'm watching your performance now!"

After praising it with satisfaction, Huang Qingwu flew directly into the Qingwu Sword.

Looking at this scene, Li Qingan asked with some curiosity, "I remember this sword didn't have a scabbard before, did you transform it?"

"Just think of me as your sword sheath," Huang Qingwu teased playfully.

"Hmm, that sounds pretty appealing..."

Li Qingan smiled, then collected his thoughts and stepped out of the threshold.

After gathering some flowers and plants in the yard and storing them in his storage ring, he opened the yard gate.

The moment he opened the courtyard gate, Li Qing'an was speechless for a second as he looked at the dozens of people gathered on the street.

Everyone else has their own things to do, how idle are these idiots?
"Everyone wants to see when you'll be kicked out, right?" Huang Qingwu said lazily. "After all, those people either died by Su Lingyin's sword or outside. Anyone with a brain can make the connection..."

They definitely want to see when you, who's been holding out for so long, will finally let that little girl do it.

"It is indeed quite boring."

Li Qingan replied and was about to take a step when a gentle voice rang out from the side: "Brother Li, I heard you're back. I rushed back to Luoxia City overnight... Hmm?"

Congratulations, Brother Li, on advancing to the Sky-Soaring Realm!

Li Qingan turned his head and glanced at the man, then paused, because he recognized the man in the blue robe.

Dong Bin.

He owed me 820,000 spirit crystals and hadn't paid back a single penny.

Why did they rush back overnight?

He was clearly there last night, and was one of the very few who were making sarcastic remarks.

Li Qingan laughed, and Dong Bin laughed too: "Brother Li, I'm a little short on cash lately..."

"Pay back the money."

Li Qingan's smile vanished, and he stared at Dong Bin with a blank expression.

Dong Bin's expression froze. He glanced around subconsciously, then looked at Li Qing'an with some annoyance.

He knew that quite a few people had borrowed spirit crystals from Li Qing'an. Some returned them on time, while others dragged their feet. But no matter what, Li Qing'an had never talked about this in public before!
Now that I've said this, where do I put my face?

"Brother Li," Dong Bin lowered his voice, "I'm currently facing some..."

"Pay back the money!"

Li Qingan raised his voice, and this time everyone around him heard him.

Dong Bin instantly felt gazes coming from all directions. Veins throbbed in his neck, his face flushed red, and his eyes blazed with resentment: "Li Qing'an, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was met with a straight kick from Li Qing'an.

boom--

Dong Bin was sent flying backward, sliding several meters on his knees before stopping, clutching his stomach, looking like a shrimp bow.

Li Qingan naturally didn't use his full strength, after all, he hadn't retrieved the spirit crystal yet.

He walked over leisurely: "You lent me 820,000 low-grade spirit crystals in installments. With interest, it now totals 1,070,000 spirit crystals. Am I right?"

"Li Qingan, aren't we friends? Why do we have to say these things here?"

"Friends? Who gave you the nerve?" Li Qingan punched him, yelling, "Give me my money back!"

boom--

"Li Qingan, you son of a bitch..."

boom--

"Not paying it back?"

"Li Qing'an, I'll borrow it based on my own abilities..."

boom--

"Aren't you going to pay me back?"

Li Qingan hates people who borrow money and act like they're the boss, yet claim they borrowed it based on their own abilities. What abilities do they have to borrow it based on?
He punched with even greater force, and blood splattered from his right hand, which was enveloped in spiritual energy, from time to time.

The onlookers stared at Li Qing'an in disbelief. Li Qing'an was usually gentle and kind, but he had never shown such a violent side before.
Several of them looked away with obvious averted gazes.

"Give it back... I'll give it back!"

Dong Bin suddenly shouted, and Li Qing'an instinctively withdrew his fist: "When are you going to pay me back?"

"After I advance to the Heavenly Ascension Realm, my family..."

"When?"

"Seven days..."

"today!"

Li Qingan stood up and kicked Dong Bin away again. This time, he deliberately kicked Dong Bin to the left because the people standing there were all on his list.

As he swiftly moved forward, he gripped the hilt of his sword: "I'll cut off one of your arms first, and see how much your family thinks it's worth."

With a bluish hue, Li Qing'an drew his longsword and swung it down at Dong Bin's right arm in mid-air.

puff-

As blood mixed with a severed arm flew out, Li Qing'an frowned slightly.

After the other people standing still hurriedly moved away, a bright and beautiful girl wearing a bright yellow dress came into Li Qing'an's view. She was holding a bag of steamed buns in her left hand and a half-eaten meat bun in her right hand.

At that moment, her cheeks were puffed out as she stared wide-eyed at this side. After seeing clearly, the confusion and curiosity in her eyes disappeared, and she quickly retreated like a startled rabbit.

With a shudder, the fleshy lump in his right hand fell to the ground.

"Oh, the bun..."

Hearing her indistinct voice, Li Qing'an quickly sheathed his sword and kicked Dong Bin, who was in mid-air, against the wall. As his spiritual energy swept over Dong Bin, all the blood in mid-air was swept towards him.

Then... he caught the steamed bun that was about to fall with his sword sheath.

call……

Li Qingan breathed a sigh of relief: "Shen..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Jianwei, who was in sight, had already bent down, opened his mouth, and put the bun on the sword sheath into his mouth.

I don't know how she did it, she could keep the bun in her mouth even after taking several bites.

Li Qingan's lips twitched twice. Shouldn't a normal person use their hands to hold it?

How come this girl's mouth reacts faster and is more agile than her hands?
After swallowing the bun, Shen Jianwei seemed to realize what was happening and let out an "Ah!"

Is your sword dirty?

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Author's note: Thank you to Wuhen, Qingfan Zhumeng, and Tingyu Rumeng for the generous donations, thank you so much!

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