Chapter 86: The Dagger Revealed (Part 2)
In the Qingbai Temple.
Qi Xuansu sat at the square table, his expression slightly stiff.
Bai Yongguan sat opposite him, with a copper pot between them, and curling white mist rising, blocking their sight and covering their faces.
This is a hot pot, the red soup is rolling, and thin slices of meat are floating in it.
Bai Yongguan is like a glutton, and his voice came from behind the white mist: "Eating hot pot in winter should be mutton, but unfortunately the temple does not have mutton reserves, so we can only use pork to entertain Deacon Qi. I hope Deacon Qi doesn't mind."
"It doesn't matter." Qi Xuansu calmed down, "I don't have any particulars about food. When I went to the Western Regions a few days ago, there was no human habitation in the vast Gobi Desert. In addition to the 'military pills', there were only cold and hard dry food. I have long been accustomed to it, as long as I can fill my stomach."
Bai Yongguan laughed, stretched out his chopsticks, picked up a very thin piece of meat from the copper pot, and put it into his mouth to chew carefully.
On Bai Yongguan's left was the wife of the temple master, Li Zhen'er, and on his right was his disciple Bai Yue.
Li Zhen'er's face was pale and she was trembling slightly.
Bai Yue had no expression on his face. He also picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it in the bowl in front of him.
Qi Xuansu did not move.
Bai Yongguan swallowed the meat in his mouth and asked, "Why doesn't Deacon Qi eat?"
Qi Xuansu lowered his eyes and said, "To be honest, I had eaten in the restaurant in the city before I came to Qingbai Temple. I'm not hungry."
"Is that so." Bai Yongguan narrowed his eyes, "It's always okay to eat less. No matter what, it's my intention."
Qi Xuansu could no longer refuse, so he could only pick up the chopsticks in front of him and put them into the pot.
But Qi Xuansu looked at the white meat slices and suddenly felt nauseous.
From just now until now, he has been thinking about how to leave Qingbai Temple.
Since Bai Yongguan is a fourth-grade Taoist priest, he must be at least at the stage of returning to the truth, but it is not clear what his inheritance is for the time being.
If Bai Yongguan is a warrior, then at such a close distance, Qi Xuansu has almost no power to fight back. He had already suffered a loss when facing Zhuge Yongming.
However, in Qi Xuansu's opinion, this possibility is not great, because the external manifestations of different inheritances are slightly different. The most notable feature of a warrior is that he is full of blood and energy. Sitting next to a warrior, you will feel a faint sense of heat. The higher the realm of a warrior, the stronger this feeling of heat will be. It will not be until the stage of heaven and man that it will gradually be restrained and finally return to its original nature.
Qi Xuansu did not feel a similar feeling of heat from Bai Yongguan, so he tended to believe that Bai Yongguan was not a warrior.
Among the remaining inheritances, the scattered people and the exiled immortals can also be ruled out. Considering that Bai Yongguan can turn his disciple Lu Yu into a pig, it can also be roughly ruled out as a Qi Refiner. He should be a Taoist priest or a witch who is proficient in magic.
Taoist priests and witches have one thing in common, that is, without any defense, their bodies are very fragile and can be seriously injured easily.
This is exactly why Qi Xuansu did not escape at the first time. If he fled Qingbai Temple rashly and aroused Bai Yongguan's vigilance, he would completely lose the opportunity to sneak attack Bai Yongguan, and the long mountain road was enough for Bai Yongguan to catch up with him. In a head-on fight, no matter what Bai Yongguan's inheritance was, Qi Xuansu was not his opponent under the huge gap in realm, and there was only one way to go.
As for now, Bai Yongguan should still be in the stage of testing. After all, Qi Xuansu was a Taoist priest of Tiangang Hall. If he killed him rashly, it would definitely cause Tiangang Hall to investigate. As a fourth-grade Taoist priest who had lost power, Bai Yongguan could not hide it at all, let alone suppress it. His end could only be to betray the Taoist sect, and then be hunted down by Tiangang Hall and Beichen Hall, and he would be in a state of panic all day long.
To put it another way, even if Qi Xuansu knew the inside story, the two could negotiate conditions.
So Bai Yongguan would not kill people directly unless it was absolutely necessary.
However, for Qi Xuansu, life is the most important thing. If his life is threatened, he will naturally save his life first. At worst, he will leave the Taoist sect and become a member of the Qingping Society. In other words, Qi Xuansu doesn't mind taking the initiative.
Qi Xuansu put the meat slices in the bowl and gently turned them with chopsticks.
Bai Yongguan's eyes fell on Qi Xuansu through the white hot air rising between the two of them.
At this moment, Li Zhener finally couldn't bear this depressing atmosphere and began to sob softly.
Bai Yongguan's eyes immediately turned to Li Zhener and said coldly: "Why are you crying? I told you that if you are not feeling well, go to rest early and don't let the guests laugh at you."
Li Zhener couldn't speak, but just kept shaking her head.
Qi Xuansu breathed a sigh of relief and took over the conversation: "Daoyou Li is a sixth-rank Taoist priest. He should be a congenital person and not afraid of human diseases. How could he feel uncomfortable? Did he get injured? Things are not peaceful recently, so you should be careful."
Li Zhener said in a very low voice: "Thank you...Deacon Qi for your concern. It's an old problem for many years. It's not serious and will be fine after a while."
Qi Xuansu nodded slightly, and one hand had already touched the gun holster on his waist quietly.
Before coming to Qingbai Temple, Qi Xuansu had already loaded a "Dragon Eye B II" in case of emergency, and now he really used it.
The power of "Dragon Eye B2" is beyond words. When facing many criminals who were equivalent to innate people in Cimut Castle, there was no need to sneak attack, and they could even kill them with one shot by firing a gun head-on. You should know that the physique of these criminals is as strong as that of warriors of the same level, but they still cannot resist. This shows the power of "Dragon Eye B2".
If Bai Yongguan did not use his protective magic or treasures, Qi Xuansu would most likely use "Dragon Eye B2" to severely injure Bai Yongguan, or even kill him with one shot.
However, there is another variable, that is Bai Yongguan's disciple Bai Yue. Qi Xuansu does not know whether Bai Yue is Bai Yongguan's accomplice or an innocent person who does not know about it.
Assuming that Bai Yue is Bai Yongguan's accomplice, although Bai Yue is only an eighth-grade Taoist priest, he should not be underestimated. Qi Xuansu can defeat the strong with the weak by various means, so others can do the same.
Bai Yongguan seemed to be attracted by Li Zhener, and ordered his disciple Bai Yue: "Yuer, send your master's wife back to her room."
"Yes, Master." Bai Yue stood up and came to Li Zhener's side, "Master's wife, let's go."
Li Zhener glanced at Bai Yongguan, slowly stood up, and left with Bai Yue.
In this way, only Qi Xuansu and Bai Yongguan were left.
Qi Xuansu didn't have much expression on his face, but he was already tense, ready to draw the "Dragon Hand Gun" at his waist at any time. This was a gun-drawing technique derived from the sword-drawing technique. It was not a high-level skill, but it was very practical.
Bai Yongguan didn't rush to speak, but slowly put the side dishes into the pot.
Qi Xuansu didn't act rashly.
After Bai Yongguan put the side dishes in, he laughed and was about to speak. At this moment, a loud noise came from the gate of the Taoist temple, which startled Bai Yongguan.
Qi Xuansu immediately seized this perfect opportunity and kicked over the square table between the two of them without hesitation. The copper pot, soup, bowls, side dishes, and the white meat in the pot flew up together, blocking the sight of the two.
When Qi Xuansu pulled out the "Shenlong Hand Gun" from his waist, his thumb had already pressed down the hammer. He did not use his eyes to find the target, but directly pulled the trigger at the position he remembered.
A ball of smoke and fire exploded from the magazine position of the "Shenlong Hand Gun", and the "Dragon Eye II" shot out along the rifling in the gun barrel with a rapid rotation.
Qi Xuansu did not look at the results of this gun, but left his current position as soon as possible, looking for cover while loading the second "Dragon Eye II".
The copper pot fell to the ground, and Bai Yongguan showed his figure. A pool of blood appeared on his chest, which was expanding, but Bai Yongguan was far from dying because of this, and he was not even seriously injured.
With a cold smile on his face, he stretched out his hand to press the place where his chest was shot, and said slowly: "As expected of an elite Taoist priest trained by Tiangang Hall, he is indeed different from ordinary Taoist priests."
Qi Xuansu hid behind a pillar outside the door, slightly tilted his head, and looked at Bai Yongguan.
I saw a faint golden light flowing around Bai Yongguan, a scene he had just seen not long ago. In the battle of the ancient temple, the witch who was severely injured by Zhang Yuelu had such magical powers, which was the golden body realm of witches.
Bai Yongguan was actually a witch.
The strength of a witch is closely related to the amount of incense and vows. Taoist temples in various places of Taoism have reserves of incense and vows. The more prosperous the Taoist temple, the more incense and vows it has.
For the Taoist sect, the incense and vows are similar to the tax silver of the imperial court. Local Taoist temples will hand it over to the local Taoist government at the end of the year. In addition to reserving some incense and vows for the use of spiritual officials, the local Taoist government will hand over the rest to the ancestral temple, which will then distribute it uniformly, such as for the cultivation of some witches and priests inherited from the gods, or for the training of spiritual officials.
Although the incense of Qingbai Temple is very bleak, there should be some reserves of incense and vows. If Bai Yongguan directly uses this part of the incense and vows for his own use, then his combat power may be close to that of the exiled immortals.
Bai Yongguan snorted coldly, and a six-foot-tall Thunder Department Tianzun Dharma image appeared around him, wearing armor, holding two whips, surrounded by lightning, and thunder sounds faintly.
Then the Thunder Department Tianzun Dharma image swept the double whips in his hands, and the pillar where Qi Xuansu was hiding was directly cut in half.
At the critical moment, Qi Xuansu rolled on the ground without caring about his image and dodged the attack in a very embarrassing way.
Bai Yongguan laughed: "Since Deacon Qi doesn't want to eat my pork, I think he likes mutton more. How about I just turn you into a sheep?"
Before he finished speaking, Bai Yongguan pointed his finger at Qi Xuansu from a distance.
This is the magical power of the witch "Small Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Transformation Technique", which makes the false seem true and changes the reality with magical powers. It is extremely mysterious. If it is a Taoist priest, he must become a celestial being before he can practice, but as long as the witch has enough incense and wish power, the innate person can also use it.
A very mysterious force fell on Qi Xuansu, trying to change Qi Xuansu's form.
At the same time, another force surged out of Qi Xuansu's body to resist this change. In the end, the two forces neutralized each other, causing Bai Yongguan to return empty-handed.
Bai Yongguan was shocked at first, and then showed a happy expression on his face: "Are you a person with a special physique? It's really hard to find it, but it's easy to get it!"