Myriad Paths

Songguo, in the wild, is a geomantic treasure place. Here, there is a cemetery.

Songguo didn't have a cemetery before, but after the arrival of humanity, they found a geomantic treasure land and built a cemetery to make sure that the people buried here would not give birth to resentful ghosts and can be reincarnated properly.

After all, if they are buried indiscriminately, all kinds of ghosts will easily breed, and various forces will be needed to clear them up. This is also inconsistent with the stubborn rules and concepts of human nature.

When we found the cemetery, we found that the people from the Paibo Gang were still conscientious. Uncle Liu's tombstone was quite luxurious. Although the cemetery's area was limited by humanity, at least the tombstone was carefully customized and carved by craftsmen.

Li Qi stood in front of the tombstone and held a ceremony quietly.

In the Nine Changes of Music, people and ghosts can come and pay homage to them. They set up wine and food in the suburbs and offer sacrifices to ghosts and things to the helpless ones. This is called distant enjoyment.

Originally, sacrifices were done by Zhu people of the human and ghost lineage. As a member of the earth lineage, Li Qi should deal with various landscape gods and natural spirits.

But it doesn’t have to be someone from the same lineage as humans and ghosts, they just have different majors.

Mortals are easily bewitched by all kinds of gods and cannot understand the truth. If they see the temples and respond with inspiration, they think of them as sacred temples of heroic spirits, and believe that the ghosts and gods worshiped there must be smart and upright people.

As everyone knows, there are twists and turns in this process: the same is true for rich, powerful and other people, such as Bo Youwei, Zichan said: "The more you use things, the stronger your soul will be."

But in fact, these types of people and ghosts are very different.

Some were so heroic that they died in the prime of life, leaving their heroic souls still alive. Such people specialize in ghost ways and are very easy to practice. Yin Chai also likes to recruit new people like this.

Some people are born with strong energy and strong spirit, which will not dissipate after death. This is also the type that Yin Chai likes.

In some cases, when people were making human statues, they caught wild birds, such as monkeys and crows, and hid them in their stomachs. The animals were killed and their souls remained. People burned incense and prayed day and night, and then they had spirits. Its spirit is the spirit of the thing, not something ghostly or divine.

There are also people who think that the spirit is the spirit, and the spirits of all the people are gathered on the statue of the god, and the spirit will be formed automatically, such as King Bai Dao.

There are also dead souls in heaven and earth whose souls are stagnant and unable to live a correct life. They cannot be dissipated. Sometimes they may cause mischief, but they will disappear on their own after a long time.

However, there are also some people who hold grievances but never bring them to justice, and often cause mischief, such as the female ghost in some legendary post houses, and various ghosts who died unjustly and came to claim their lives.

Others were erected as temples, and the souls and sluggish souls would cling to the grass and wood and secretly cling to them. This is a common method used by mountain spirits and wild monsters who want to practice the divine way.

Others are the spirits of mountains and rivers. The temple is located in the majestic place of mountains and rivers, and the spirit of Qi is the spirit of mountains and rivers.

In the lineage of humans and ghosts, it is emphasized that if a person's heart is extremely sincere, his spirit will be concentrated, and the things he occupies will have their own context and connections, so he will naturally sense good and bad luck, just because they are all the same. This is the meaning of the saying "Qi Jie uses gods to enlighten his husband".

And Uncle Six...

Does not fall into any of the above categories.

He was just an ordinary old man. After death, his soul resided in his body. After dark, he was picked up by the Yinshi who arrived.

Because his soul cannot even leave the body, it will be blown away by the external Yang Qi and wind, and cannot see the light. It can only be picked up by the underworld at night.

Even if Li Qi gave him the complete "Blessing" book, he wouldn't be able to practice. He doesn't have enough talent and character.

Finding any natural treasures for him to improve his body is actually a drop in the bucket. His bone marrow has already failed and his body has dried up. In this case, it is better to simply build a new body in Wushen Mountain. After all, the cost of repair is higher than that of the whole body. New ones are more expensive.

And for Li Qi, what's the use of forcibly renewing Uncle Liu's life?

Li Qi's abilities simply cannot help him break through the limit of his lifespan. Even if he uses heavenly materials and earthly treasures to extend his lifespan by a few decades, it will only keep him alive. Moreover, this kind of thing can be regarded as "going against the will of heaven". Li Qi doesn't like this kind of thing. matter.

Let everything take its course. Uncle Liu's life has passed by so naturally, which is quite good.

Fallen leaves turn into mud, birth, old age, sickness and death are all part of nature, and besides, he enjoys happiness as well.

Just die like this, and use this sacrifice as your final farewell.

This sacrifice put all the cause and effect of Uncle Liu on Li Qi. In this way, he would no longer bear the torment after falling into hell, but could directly enter reincarnation, and he could be reborn with a good child in his next life.

After doing this, Li Qi turned around and left.

The matter with the Paibo Gang is settled here, that's all.

Flying in the sky, the old horse grunted and hurried on. Li Qi and Shen Shuibi sat on his back. The two of them talked to relieve their boredom, and they were in the normal time of rushing.

Li Qi has finished his work in Song Kingdom, and then he is going to visit Lingxiao Flower God... Oh, he is not the Flower God now, he should be called the Lord of Lingxiao Kingdom.

After the visit, you can go home.

However, while the two were chatting, Rabbit suddenly realized something and looked down.

Li Qi followed her gaze and looked over.

I saw... a trade route.

On the trade road, there is a caravan.

Both of them and Yilong have very good eyesight and can clearly see the license plate on the caravan.

That sign says: ‘King’.

"Familiar scent, respect to the family." Li Qi said immediately, he could already feel that someone familiar was down there.

It's really fate.

Shen Shuibi also nodded: "Want to go down and take a look?"

"It doesn't hurt to take a look, let's go." Li Qi nodded, then jumped off the old horse.

Shen Shuibi also floated down, and Lao Ma also remembered what happened at the beginning, so his figure changed to the size of a thumb and hurriedly followed.

The two landed on the side of the road and waited for the arrival of the caravan on the roadside.

But after a while, the caravan came over here.

Dozens of vehicles, including horse carriages and ox carts, were fully loaded with goods, heading towards the interior of Songguo. It was obvious that a lot of good goods were imported from the outside and were ready to be sold inside Songguo.

The caravan was not very vigilant, and even the guards were talking and laughing, very relaxed.

Yes, Songguo has now been taken over by human beings. Although it is only a small part, there are no general highway robberies or various demons and ghosts, so the guards are very relaxed.

If it was in Daluguo, it would definitely be on full alert, fearing that something would rush out.

Li Qi stood by the road, without hiding his figure. In fact, he was not prepared to go up and talk.

He just wanted to get closer to see what was going on. After all, it was just a chance encounter at the beginning. Now that he saw it, he was just curious to take a look.

If we can have a chance to talk, that would be good. If not, then just leave after watching.

Li Qi stood by the road, with Shen Shuibi beside him.

Li Qi's original intention was to watch quietly without attracting attention, but Shen Shuibi also wanted to watch. She stood here, and when the caravan passed by, everyone in the caravan looked over here, as if they had seen something strange.

Li Qi held his forehead.

It should have been expected that the rabbit would remove the invisibility spell, which would indeed be very eye-catching in the mortal world.

Moreover, there were old friends in this caravan, so he recognized them at once.

But a fat middle-aged man came out of the caravan, smiling, and approached Li Qi and others.

Li Qi also leaned over and said, "Manager Jing, I didn't expect to see you again today. It's fate."

The chubby Manager Jing laughed and said, "Oh, isn't it? When I saw you on the road, I rubbed my eyes. I never thought it was you, but your sister is so dazzling that I can't help but look at her."

When he said "your sister", he squinted his eyes.

Li Qi then remembered that he called Shen Shuibi "sister" at the beginning, but they hadn't confirmed their relationship at that time.

Really, I miss her a little, although it was only about ten years ago.

Li Qi looked emotional and didn't say anything, so Manager Jing immediately took over and said, "By the way, do you still call me sister now?"

"Hahaha, I don't call her that now. I call her my wife now." Li Qi hugged Shen Shuibi and expressed his feelings.

"Since we meet again, why not come sit in my caravan? You are a master, you were a ninth-rank before, and I believe your cultivation is even deeper now?" Shopkeeper Jing said with a smile: "When we parted, you already had the demeanor of a master, and now I see you again, I just feel that you are unfathomable."

He looked at Li Qi and could indeed feel an unfathomable demeanor, which was the vision he had developed from years of business.

It was not his cultivation, because he could not see through Li Qi's cultivation at all, he was just a low-rank cultivation, but Li Qi obviously did not care too much about the caravan behind him.

You know, his caravan has several ninth-rank escorts, and it has traveled across several countries without any problems, and there are masters like Jing Yan among them.

The head of the family said that Jing Yan will definitely enter the eighth rank in another ten years, and his future is limitless.

And Jing Yan was defeated by the man in front of him, and his talent is even more terrifying.

So, Shopkeeper Jing made a blind guess, and the old friend in front of him might have reached the eighth rank, right? If we can establish a relationship, it will be a good thing for the Jing family.

"Forget it, we won't go, but Miss Jing Yan, I do miss her a little bit. Her persistence in swords really makes me respect her, so I'm waiting for her here." Li Qi said.

"So that's the case. You're here to visit Jing Yan. I thought, heroes appreciate heroes. Ah Kuan, go and call your Aunt Yan and tell her that the old friend she has been thinking about has come." Shopkeeper Jing instructed the child who came with him.

Although the child was curious, he didn't ask much and went back quickly.

Li Qi didn't feel it was abrupt, because everyone present knew that even if the caravan stopped, Jing Yan probably wouldn't notice it. She might still be practicing swords. If there was no danger around, she would not come out.

He continued to chat with Shopkeeper Jing, but after all, they had only met once, so there was not much topic. However, after all, they were traveling merchants, so they still had the skill of finding something to talk about. Li Qi didn't resist him, so they chatted well and there was no dull moment.

After a while, Li Qi suddenly stopped talking and looked towards the convoy.

There, a middle-aged woman came over, about 40 years old, with a straight back, sharp eyes, a sword hanging from her waist, and neat and clean clothes.

Her hair was short, maybe she was too lazy to tie it up, so she just cut it short.

There are not a few women with short hair in the world, but the aesthetics of Songguo generally do not like this kind of dress, but Jingyan doesn't care much about other people's comments now.

Her value lies in the sword, not anything else.

"Miss Jing." Li Qi took the initiative to greet him, bowed his hands, and said hello.

Jingyan glanced at Li Qi, did not reply, and put her hand on the hilt of the sword, as if she wanted to draw the sword.

Li Qi smiled and waited quietly.

But Jingyan held the hilt of the sword and was silent for a full three minutes, and then she let go.

"You have become so strong, I can't find your Qi." Jing Yan shook her head and said with a sigh.

Li Qi put away his smile, his expression changed, and he became serious: "You have made a lot of progress by entering Qi from the sword, but you are on the wrong track."

When Li Qi first saw Jing Yan, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the sword. He seemed to want to pursue the ultimate in swordsmanship, and even called it 'the way of the sword'.

This offended Shen Shuibi, who stood up and said that it was not Tao at all.

Yes, the ultimate in swordsmanship is actually very simple and ordinary.

All swordsmanship is essentially nothing more than the movement path of a three-foot-long rectangular object in a three-dimensional space. How can it be difficult?

Li Qi could even enumerate all the sword skills in the entire universe, and it wouldn't take long.

Swordsmanship is something that cannot be trivial. Even martial arts will not specialize in swordsmanship. Even if they use swords, they will choose a higher level of energy and use the sword as a carrier.

Whether they use swords, knives, or fists, it all depends on whether they can carry their spirit.

What is Qi Yi?

Qi is naturally the things that make up Li Qi's cultivation. By observing the Qi mechanism and detecting the other party's Qi, one can feel the gap between them or the other party's attributes to a certain extent.

After all, the Qi you need to absorb is different for practicing martial arts. If you are good at fire techniques, you will definitely have more fire Qi in your body. After all, you need to reserve the fire Qi used to perform the magic.

Swords can naturally carry these qi and exist as a kind of magic weapon to strengthen certain types of magic.

And intention is the foundation of martial arts, the divine will of martial arts.

Warriors do not have many means, but martial arts and divine will can suppress many forces. Using the weapons in their hands to show their own aura is the most common way for warriors to fight.

The Jing Yan in front of her, although she practiced sword hard, had taken the wrong path. The sword in her hand was full of sword energy, and she could even detect that there was no flaw in the energy in Li Qi's body with the energy of the ninth grade.

But just like before specializing in art, now he specializes in Qi, but ignores the existence of divine will.

If one cannot understand the divine will of martial arts, no matter how much time is invested in Qi, it will be useless.

That's why Li Qicai said she took the wrong path.

Jing Yan nodded: "I will reconsider."

"That's good, I'll say goodbye then." Li Qi handed over his hands and left with Shen Shuibi.

We've already met him, so that's enough. If we really want to stay and talk about something, we actually don't know each other very well.

He is no longer a member of the same world.

Let's all be well.

So Li Qi and Shen Shuibi said goodbye to them and rode the dragon away.

Only the caravan with countless frightened horses was left.