“Um…”
Zhi Gui was instantly stunned.
“So it was him!”
“But, I’ve been under his watch for nearly three thousand years. What does he want?”
“Does he have some scheme against me?”
“Or, was my escape from the Dragon-Locking Well a scheme itself?”
“I said, how did I suddenly break the seal?”
“It wasn’t the impending unsealing of Li Zhu Cave Heaven, but that I’ve been targeted, right?”
“…”
As she finished speaking, Zhi Gui’s expression was quite grim.
She thought she had escaped by her own ability.
But it turned out she was trapped in a game again.
“To think of this, you’re not so dumb, little maid. Of course you were schemed! Why else did you happen to fall to Xiao Ping An’s doorstep? Why was there a prince of the Great Li Dynasty, possessed of dragon energy, living next door to you?”
“This was to make you form a contract with Xiao Ping An, then betray him. In doing so, Song Ji Xin wouldn’t have to bear the burden of consuming his fate after establishing a contract, and would also get a dragon girl for free, tsk tsk…”
“There are many who want to scheme against you.”
Li Mu Bai said calmly.
As soon as his words fell, Chen Ping An and his mother, who had been continuously eating popcorn and being shocked, widened their eyes.
“That, what contract did you mean?” Chen Ping An asked, seeming to understand but not understand.
“Master-servant contract.” Li Mu Bai said calmly.
“!!!” Chen Ping An was greatly shocked, and looked bewildered: “No way!”
Li Mu Bai said softly, “Why not? Don’t you remember when I told you that if someone stole your opportunity, how would you want them to compensate you?”
“Although Zhi Gui is not an opportunity for you, nor does she belong to you.”
“Hmm hmm hmm! Miss Zhi Gui shouldn’t belong to me, following Li Mu Bai is the best choice.” Chen Ping An nodded seriously.
He wasn’t flattering.
He felt that Zhi Gui, a true dragon who had climbed out of the Dragon-Locking Well, a true dragon whose clan was extinct, should find a strong person to serve and be protected by.
Not choose a normal young man like him as her master.
Let alone, his family was very poor, he couldn’t afford this kind of little dragon girl.
“Of course I should follow my master.” Zhi Gui snorted, then angrily said, “Those damn guys, what are they trying to do? I haven’t even taken revenge yet, they’re already thinking about me. They’re so annoying.”
“To make you unable to get up, what else could they do?” Li Mu Bai answered faintly.
“I must kill them.” Zhi Gui said loudly.
Li Mu Bai: “Then go for it.”
Zhi Gui: “…”
“Do powerful experts all like to scheme against others?” Chen Ping An suddenly changed the subject, asking with some puzzlement.
“Not all powerful experts like to scheme against others. But in today’s world, experts who scheme are indeed more common. The more powerful they are, the more likely they are to do this. They call it playing chess, using living beings as chess pieces…”
“How about it, doesn’t it sound quite imposing?” Li Mu Bai laughed.
“It’s indeed a bit domineering, but unethical.” Chen Ping An answered seriously: “Also, can a poor boy like me be qualified to be a chess piece?”
“Tsk, don’t underestimate yourself. Didn’t I say, you’re destined to be a person of the Wen Sheng lineage, even a powerful Heaven Saint like Mister Qi will be your ally.” Li Mu Bai chuckled.
The schoolhouse.
Qi Jing Chun’s body, who was recuperating, suddenly stiffened.
He couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
Although according to the corner of the scene he saw in the long river of time, Chen Ping An did have a deep connection with him.
He was very likely to join the Wen Sheng lineage.
But such secrets revealed so early.
The course of fate would also change.
Does this Li Mu Bai even understand this?
This really is not following the rules of chess at all.
Just casually playing according to his own understanding of chess.
But he has the capital to support his random moves behind him.
He has a powerful person backing him.
Once Li Mu Bai is born, and he completely leaves Li Zhu Cave Heaven.
Qi Jing Chun is sure that many people will be troubled by him.
He just didn’t know if he would still have the chance to see him then.
Thinking of this, Qi Jing Chun couldn’t help but look up at the sky.
Nine years later, is when Li Zhu Cave Heaven will be unsealed.
The Heavenly Tribulation will descend then.
If nothing unexpected happens, he will perish in nine years.
Of course, although he knew he might perish.
But Qi Jing Chun’s expression was more composed.
Because if it was just the Heavenly Tribulation, Qi Jing Chun was still confident he could overcome it.
Unfortunately, he wanted to integrate the three teachings into one, and create a new teaching.
This is a struggle of teachings.
The three teachings wouldn’t allow him to succeed.
Even if he had his teacher, Wen Sheng, backing him.
But…
His teacher was only one person, and he didn’t want to see his teacher get hurt.
So, he could only bear it alone.
However, although he wasn’t very confident about overcoming this ordeal originally.
But now…
His literary ink has cracked, and his heart lake almost collapsed.
He suddenly saw a higher mountain.
And it was a mountain that was tens of thousands of zhang high, with no end in sight.
If he could break through and rebuild this time.
Then in nine years, he might be able to overcome it.
So, overall, seeing Qing Ping Sword this time wasn’t entirely a bad thing for Qi Jing Chun.