Fantasy: I Am the Villain.

Chapter 82 Days at Lingjiu Palace

The day of return is drawing ever closer. In less than ten days, I will return to the Mountain and Sea Realm and begin my magnificent villainous journey.

Bai Ke didn't want to run around anymore, so he stayed at Lingjiu Palace for a few days before returning to Wuliang Mountain to wait for the teleportation channel to open.

And so, our main character, Bai, completely embraced Lingjiu Palace as a tourist resort and settled down there with peace of mind.

Every day he would flirt with the female disciples of Lingjiu Palace, or occasionally visit the unconscious Master Xuanci.

A few days ago, after everyone returned to Lingjiu Palace, Xuzhu sent someone to settle Bai Ke and Qiao Feng, and then nervously went to look through the books left by Tianshan Tonglao.

After all, he had promised Qiao Feng to exchange You Tanzhi's eyes for A Zi's eyes. He had only heard Tianshan Tonglao give a general explanation of how to perform acupuncture and how to exchange eyes, and he needed to read more about the specifics.

Furthermore, even if he learned it, he wouldn't dare to experiment directly on Azi and the others. He would have to find some other animals, like deer, to try and gain experience by replacing their eyes first.

Simply put, Xu Zhu was extremely busy, while Qiao Feng and Bai Ke had nothing to do all day. In the past few days, Bai Ke and Qiao Feng had become quite familiar with each other.

The two often went to Tianchi Lake at the top of Tianshan Mountain to soak in the water and chat about their martial arts experience and the current situation of Liao and Song.

Bai Ke had a good grasp of history in his previous life, and his analysis of the Liao and Song dynasties was so insightful that it amazed Qiao Feng.

Ever since Bai Ke analyzed the current situation of Liao and Song and the possible future scenarios for Qiao Feng, Qiao Feng has been filled with worries.

He couldn't understand why the Song Dynasty, despite its great wealth, suffered repeated defeats. He couldn't comprehend Bai Ke's analysis of the Southern Song court's character and its policy of strengthening the central government while weakening local power.

Bai Ke didn't know how to explain to Qiao Feng that, in fact, what mattered to the Southern Song court was their own safety and interests, while the suffering of the people was just empty talk.

This would be far too cruel for a great hero like Qiao Feng, but reality is always bloody, isn't it?

Qiao Feng, as the Southern King of Liao, was responsible for guarding the Song Dynasty's border troops. But in all these years, when had he ever seen the Song Dynasty take the initiative to invade Liao? He was very worried about how he would handle himself when the Song and Liao Dynasties went to war.

Bai Ke expressed his helplessness regarding Qiao Feng's dilemma, saying that differing perspectives can sometimes leave one feeling utterly helpless.

Especially for someone like Qiao Feng, caught between two countries, one being his birthplace and the other the place where he grew up, studied, and received education, it is truly a perplexing question throughout history which side he should stand on.

This is the root cause of Qiao Feng's tragic end in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils; if it were an ordinary person...

Choosing one side might solve everything, but someone like Qiao Feng overthinks things and ends up getting himself involved and unable to extricate himself.

Perhaps most heroes are tragic figures, and it is only through tragedy that people remember heroes. This is a paradox: an era that needs heroes is definitely not a great era.

Bai Ke couldn't persuade Qiao Feng, so he could only try to make him think more positively and not to fantasize about resolving the conflict between the two countries, or even such a blood feud between ethnic groups, on his own.

Unfortunately, the results were minimal, and Qiao Feng remained deeply worried about the future. However, he was still grateful to Bai Ke for his painstaking efforts in persuading him.

In order to distract him, and also to secretly learn some of the essence of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, Bai Ke proposed to have a martial arts contest with him.

Qiao Feng had the same idea. He was quite tempted when he saw Bai Ke make a move, but he didn't know how to bring it up because of their relationship.

Now that Bai Ke had taken the initiative to suggest it, how could he refuse? He immediately ordered someone to take the two of them to the arena.

Xu Zhu had been buried in medical records for days, feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Fortunately, he had gained a lot of confidence through experiments, so he went out for a walk to relax before preparing to replace A Zi's eyes.

Hearing that Bai Ke wanted to compete with Qiao Feng in martial arts, he gladly went. After hearing from Xu Zhu that he was confident, Qiao Feng was overjoyed and pulled Xu Zhu to A Zi's room to change her eyes.

Xu Zhu smiled wryly and pulled back the excited Qiao Feng, pointing to his bloodshot eyes, indicating that he needed to rest. Qiao Feng then awkwardly let go and set a time for the surgery with Xu Zhu.

Seeing that Qiao Feng was eager to tell A Zi the news, Bai Ke smiled helplessly and told Qiao Feng that they would compete after A Zi's eyes were healed.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Feng bowed apologetically to Bai Ke and said, "That's perfect. It's me, Qiao, who apologizes to Brother Bai. Before A'Zhu passed away, she entrusted A'Zi to me, so..."

Bai Ke smiled and nodded to Qiao Feng, signaling him to go ahead. Then he stood side by side with Xu Zhu, watching Qiao Feng excitedly head towards A Zi's room.

"Alas! Brother Qiao is indeed a true hero who values ​​loyalty and keeps his promises. I am no match for him!" Xu Zhu sighed softly, thinking of Meng Gu, who had been by his side for a long time.

It wasn't difficult to get from Lingjiu Palace to the Western Xia Palace, or rather, Lingjiu Palace was located not far to the west of the Western Xia Palace, which is why Tianshan Tonglao was able to stay in the ice cellar of the Western Xia Palace with Xuzhu for quite some time.

It's a pity that even though he's right here, he can't meet Meng Gu again. Even if he wanted to talk to her, it's just out of reach. Thinking of this, Xu Zhu sighed again.

Bai Ke naturally had no idea why Xu Zhu was sighing, but since the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms had flown away, Xu Zhu had taken the initiative to deliver himself to the door.

He wouldn't let him leave so easily, so he asked to see the Heavenly Plum Blossom Hand of Lingjiu Palace.

The Tianshan Plum Blossom Hand, along with the Tianshan Six Yang Palms, is a closely guarded secret of the Lingjiu Palace. Normally, if someone asked Xuzhu about the Tianshan Plum Blossom Hand, he would definitely refuse outright.

Bai Ke had done a great favor for his family. Although Xuan Ci had not yet woken up, he would eventually wake up one day.

Therefore, Xu Zhu couldn't refuse Bai Ke. After thinking for a while, Xu Zhu decided to take Bai Ke to the mysterious stone wall underground of Lingjiu Palace.

He didn't fully understand the Tianshan Plum Blossom Hand technique, so it wouldn't be good to rashly teach Bai Ke the martial arts of Lingjiu Palace. He simply led him to that stone wall and let Bai Ke comprehend it on his own.

The stone wall has a mysterious origin; it is said to have existed when the Heavenly Mountain Child Elder discovered the Lingjiu Palace. Her Heavenly Mountain Plum Blossom Hand and Heavenly Mountain Six Yang Palm techniques were also derived from this stone wall.

Xu Zhu told Bai Ke that he needed to prepare to replace A Zi's eyes, and that he needed to calm down and hold his breath, and not fight with anyone.

Therefore, he could only figure it out on his own. When Bai Ke heard that he could go to the mysterious martial arts mural in Lingjiu Palace, he naturally agreed.

After informing Mei Jian and Zhu Jian, Xu Zhu led Bai Ke to the back garden of Lingjiu Palace, moved aside a rockery, and crawled into a tunnel.