Chapter 537: I'll Leave You a Clone |
"Indeed, there's more, and it can actually complement my Golden Body."
"It seems that within the space of Di Xi's Doppelganger, all the techniques are related to him!"
"This complement to the Golden Body can allow me to cultivate an indestructible Diamond Vajra Body."
After reading it, Ning Qi laughed heartily, "This is more than enough. I'll start practicing right now."
"I'll guard you!"
The Pill Spirit continued to wear a grave expression and began to cast spells for Ning Qi.
Meanwhile, Ning Qi had already entered a meditative state.
He diligently cultivated the technique.
The night began to fly by.
Ning Qi then headed straight for the city gates.
"Master, we still need to reach the next city to find a teleportation formation!"
They had already inquired; this city didn't have one.
Fortunately, however, the next city did have a teleportation formation.
As long as they found one, they could then keep teleporting onward until they located the Myriad Swords Sect.
"Let's go, we'll take it slow."
"We'll cover the distance in one go tonight!"
Ning Qi was very relaxed.
He simply walked with the Pill Spirit on the road to the next city.
Similarly, there was still an official road to follow here.
Along the way, the two of them occasionally encountered some travelers.
Compared to the previous stretch of road, there were quite a few more people.
However, gradually, the people became fewer and fewer.
"Hey, fellow traveler, why are there fewer people the further in we go?"
Ning Qi was a bit curious. Seeing a farmer, he asked with a smile.
"Young master, further in, there are many rogue cultivators who rob travelers. So, if you want to pass safely, there's only one way."
"That is to find a powerful merchant caravan or a security escort company!"
Seeing Ning Qi's confusion, the farmer patiently explained.
"Oh? It's that chaotic?"
Hearing this, Ning Qi couldn't help but remark.
"Yes, this is a necessary route, so there are many bandits here!"
The farmer nodded and then continued on his way.
"Master, it's probably just some small fry again."
The Pill Spirit looked at Ning Qi and said disdainfully, "Nothing to be afraid of either! It'll just be a bit troublesome!"
"Doesn't matter. I'll see if the rogue cultivators around here are any fun."
Ning Qi simply didn't care. After saying that, he continued onward.
He and the Pill Spirit walked like this all the way into the forest.
"Master, we've walked for so long, we should be deep in the heart of the area now."
"And we haven't seen anyone robbing travelers!"
The Pill Spirit followed Ning Qi, circling in the air, wearing a look of disappointment.
Clearly, he also wanted to have some fun with these bandit rogue cultivators.
"Isn't it good that there aren't any? Are you actually hoping these people come after us?"
Ning Qi shot him a glance and then kept walking.
"Master, look, there are carriage tracks. It seems someone passed by not long ago!"
"It looks like a merchant caravan."
The Pill Spirit pointed at the carriage tracks on the ground and said to Ning Qi.
"Hmm, but it has nothing to do with us."
"We'll walk our own path, no need to get mixed up with any caravan!"
Ning Qi nodded and then continued on his way with the Pill Spirit.
They soon arrived at the official road before a gorge.
"Whoosh!"
A gust of wind blew from ahead.
"There's the smell of blood!"
The Pill Spirit was the first to catch the strong scent of blood. "There's a situation ahead."
"Has nothing to do with us. Just keep going!"
Ning Qi rolled his eyes at the Pill Spirit and said impatiently.
This guy had been thinking about watching the excitement the whole journey.
All along the way, he had been jumping at shadows.
"Oh."
The Pill Spirit nodded dejectedly and then followed again.
Ning Qi and the Pill Spirit soon reached the heart of the gorge, and by now, the smell of blood was very thick.
"Master, I feel like the fighting is right up ahead!"
The Pill Spirit pointed to a spot ahead of them.
He said to Ning Qi.
"Do you want to go look?"
Ning Qi looked at the Pill Spirit. "We can just bypass it."
"I sense a familiar scent. Might as well check the situation."
The Pill Spirit nodded, wearing an expectant look.
"Alright then, since that's the case, I'll grant your wish."
Seeing his curious expression, Ning Qi decided not to delay any longer.
With a flash, he sped forward.
Ahead of them.
This official road had become a battlefield.
Corpses were everywhere, among them, shockingly, was that middle-aged Shopkeeper from yesterday.
Similarly, there were also people from Princess Xiangxiang's group.
Especially that Commander, whose arm had been severed.
"Young lady, you retreat first."
"Don't worry about us!"
The Commander watched as the Guards before him fell one by one, urging Princess Xiangxiang to leave.
"Do you think they'll let me go?"
"Since we're going to die, then let's die together!"
"You've protected me all this way, and that's enough!"
"I can't abandon you all and run away by myself."
Princess Xiangxiang shook her head, a resolute expression appearing on her pretty face. "These people are definitely not ordinary rogue cultivators."
"They must be my eldest sister's people. She doesn't want me to return."
"Young lady, don't say any more."
"Leave quickly, or it'll be too late."
The Commander grew anxious and hurriedly said to two Guards, "You two, escort the young lady away."
"You won't be leaving."
Right at that moment, someone came rushing over.
He had already dealt with the several Guards surrounding him.
His fierce Aura could completely overwhelm everyone present.
"Sir, you take the young lady and go. We'll hold him off!"
Several Guards quickly said.
Each wore an expression of fearless determination.
"Hmph, you think you few can stop me?"
"Go die!"
The young man who rushed over looked at the several Guards before him, not taking them seriously at all.
Rushing forward, he raised his sword and brought it down.
In the blink of an eye, he finished off several people.
They all fell into pools of blood.
The Commander looked at his subordinates, now almost all gone, and grief welled up within him.
"You monsters!"
"Aren't you afraid of divine retribution!"
The Commander looked at the assassin before him, pointing at the people from the merchant caravan. "They are all innocent. Let them go."
"Let them go? You think you can just say that and we will?"
The young man looked at the Commander and said coldly, "Anyone connected to you, we will eradicate root and branch!"
"That's the order! None of you will leave here alive."
"You're only after me, aren't you!"
"Let them all go, and I'll go with you."
"Kill me or spare me, do as you please!"
Princess Xiangxiang looked at the assassins before her, adopting an attitude of fearing neither life nor death. "If you kill them, I'll kill myself right in front of you!"
"Your mission will fail, and you won't live to return either."
"I know whose death attendants you are. There's no need to hide it anymore."
"Oh? You think you have the right to die in front of us?"
At this point, a middle-aged man stepped out from among the assassins.
Judging by his Aura, he was even stronger than the young man from before.
Clearly, he was their leader.
"You don't know yet, but I've already taken poison!"
"If they all die, I won't cling to life either."
"I don't want to implicate them. As long as you let them go."
"Including Commander Gao, I will go with you!"
Princess Xiangxiang stepped forward and directly slashed her own wrist.
Black blood flowed from the wound.
Clearly, the poison had already taken hold.
"You!"
Seeing this, the assassin leader knew she wasn't joking.
"Young lady!"
"You mustn't!"
The Commander and the Guards were frantic with worry.
They all stepped forward to plead with her.
"Don't worry about me!"
Princess Xiangxiang distanced herself from them. "You go! I'll go with them, then you won't have to die."
"How touching to watch. I agree!"
"As long as you come with us, they can go!"
Seeing the situation, the assassin leader had no choice but to agree.
"Hurry up and leave! Do you really want her to poison herself to death?"
The assassin youth from earlier, seeing their reluctance to leave, grew angry.
Clearly, the order they received was to bring her back alive.
If she really died, then they would also face death upon returning.
"Perhaps, no one needs to die."
Right at that moment, Ning Qi's voice came through.
He sauntered over leisurely.
"Coachman!"
The Commander first thought of this name.
He didn't even know Ning Qi's real name.
"Why are you here!"
Seeing Ning Qi arrive, Princess Xiangxiang couldn't help but frown. "You go. I don't need a Coachman anymore."
"Oh? But I feel like you do."
Ning Qi wore a harmless, innocent expression.
"You go. We don't know you."
"Hurry up and leave!"
Seeing him approach, several Guards also anxiously urged him to leave the area.
Clearly, they didn't want Ning Qi to come to his death.
"Coachman, we don't need your services anymore. Get lost!"
The Commander also grew anxious.
"None of you will die today."
Ning Qi looked at the few people and said solemnly, "The ones who will die are them."
"Kid, are you this arrogant at home too?"
The young man, hearing Ning Qi's words, acted as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.
Pointing at Ning Qi, he said, "Dare to meddle in our business? Then go die."
As he spoke, he directly swung his sword down.
That sword energy even sliced through the void.
A fierce Aura spread out majestically.
"Be careful!"
Princess Xiangxiang didn't dare to look.
With this sword strike, he would surely be decapitated.
"Whoosh!"
However, Ning Qi suddenly vanished.
When he reappeared, he was already in front of the young man.
"You... how."
The young man widened his eyes, staring at Ning Qi before him.
A look of disbelief appeared on his face.
He never expected Ning Qi's speed to be this fast.
In just the blink of an eye, he was right in front of him.
"Pfft!"
However, Ning Qi didn't waste a single word on him.
With one direct strike, he pierced through the young man's chest.
Then withdrew his hand.
The young man's corpse collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"Kill!"
"Kill him!"
Seeing this, the other assassins roared and charged at Ning Qi.
"Be careful!"
Princess Xiangxiang was still worried and quickly warned.
"Pfft!"
"Thud!"
However, something happened that shocked everyone.
Ning Qi merely used hand chops.
And effortlessly slaughtered everyone before him.
Especially those few with stronger strength; they had no ability to resist before him.
With just one encounter, he killed two.
In just a few breaths' time.
Only two or three assassins remained here.
The assassins who had been so arrogant just moments ago were all slaughtered.
All of this was done by Ning Qi alone.
"This... is too strong, isn't it?"
The Commander looked at the battle situation before him and couldn't help but murmur.
"Hey, take your own antidote."
"If you really poison yourself to death, I can't save you."
After looking at the few remaining assassins before him, Ning Qi shifted his gaze to Princess Xiangxiang's side and reminded her.
"Right, young lady, take the antidote quickly!"
The Commander also snapped out of it and hurriedly urged her to take the antidote.
"Alright!"
Only then did Princess Xiangxiang remember and quickly took the antidote.
"You few, how do you want to die?"
Ning Qi stretched his limbs and shifted his gaze onto the few people.
"Hmph, you are indeed strong, but it doesn't matter if we die."
"Later, there will still be experts coming!"
The leader from earlier snorted coldly and added, "She must die, it's just not now!"
"Then, you can go die too."
With just one sentence from Ning Qi, a fierce aura erupted forth.
And directly killed the few assassins before him.
"You... you..."
That assassin leader looked at Ning Qi in terror.
With just a mere aura, he could kill him.
How strong must his actual power be?
Even in death, he couldn't imagine how powerful Ning Qi was.
"Thank you!"
Princess Xiangxiang had already taken the antidote by now. She walked over and thanked Ning Qi.
"No need for thanks. We are friends, after all."
Ning Qi smiled, not minding. "I originally thought you were just a... but I didn't expect at this critical moment, you'd be willing to sacrifice yourself to save your own people."
"Not bad. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have saved you at all."
"Young hero, please help us escort our young lady back to the imperial city!"
"Young hero, we beg for your help!"
"...."
The Commander walked over and directly knelt on the ground.
The other Guards also followed, kneeling one after another.
They pleaded with Ning Qi for help.
"I have things to do. I don't have time to mess around with you."
Ning Qi shook his head, but then thought for a moment. "However, since fate has brought us together, I'll give you a Doppelganger."
"It will see you back and help you clean house along the way. After that, our connection ends!"
"A Doppelganger?"
Hearing Ning Qi's words, the Guard Commander's eyes widened.
What level of power was required to easily condense a Doppelganger?
He didn't dare imagine; that was legendary strength, something only achievable with ease by beings of that caliber.
"Alright, this should be enough."
True to his word, Ning Qi directly condensed a Doppelganger and left it behind, saying to the few people, "We'll meet again someday."
After saying that, his whole body flashed and directly vanished.
When he reappeared, he was already on the official road, hundreds of miles away from them.
"Master, why leave in such a hurry?"
The Pill Spirit clearly hadn't had enough fun yet.
He looked at Ning Qi somewhat puzzled.
"I don't want to get involved in such matters."
"But since we have a connection, I'll leave them a Doppelganger to handle the trouble."
"The rest is up to them."
"I have important business to attend to."
Ning Qi looked at the puzzled Pill Spirit and then said with a smile, "Find Xu Qingqiu and bid her farewell too."
"Alright."
The Pill Spirit glanced back and then continued looking ahead.
The two of them could already see the city ahead.