Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World

After all, Li Qinglin was not a god. He had planned everything, but he still miscalculated one thing.

Or, he had not considered it at all.

Although the blazing flame array was in the outer palace, the fire would naturally spread to the inner palace. Not all the West Savage Kingdom troops were trapped in the outer palace square. They had long been scattered around the main roads by Mang You. When there was a fire, the remnants would kill and loot the palace.

The palace guards could not stop these remnants of the West Savage Kingdom.

Many palace guards and concubines were unaware of Li Qinglin’s plan. When they saw Li Fire City was breached and the palace was on fire, their first reaction was “it’s over”, so they began to plunder the palace property and flee.

If nothing unexpected happened, all of Li Qinglin’s family members would have to flee or die in this disaster, including his only child.

In the East Palace, a young woman in palace clothes with an ordinary appearance but elegant temperament was standing by the window with a little girl over one year old in her arms. Looking at the fire and listening to the cries and curses outside, her expression was filled with deep hatred.

“Some people may say that your father is a hero. But to you and me, he is just a bastard.”

The young woman smiled miserably, turned around, and hung a white silk ribbon on the beam.

Screams came outside. The eunuchs outside the palace were killed. Several remnants of the West Savage Kingdom rushed in with sabers and laughed wildly, “Found them. They are the empress and princess of Li Qinglin!”

The young woman didn’t even have a chance to hang herself, so she put a pair of scissors against her neck.

The West Savage Kingdom soldier’s eyes were red. He laughed wildly and said, “Do it. I will strip off your clothes and hang your body outside the city even if you die, then I will sell this little girl to the human trafficker in West Savage Kingdom. In a few years, she will be visiting by customers hahaha…”

The young woman was trembling all over as she watched the West Savage Kingdom soldiers rush in and snatch the child away.

The little girl, who was over one year old, sat on the side, looking at the vicious soldiers with her big eyes calmly. She didn’t cry.

“I hate this look the most. It has the same character as your damn father!” The West Savage Kingdom soldier was so furious that he was about to slap the child in the face.

Suddenly a strong wind blew past, and the slap missed. The child was taken away by an invisible force. She floated all the way out of the palace.

A young boy in green shirt walked through the fire into the palace. A green figure flickered, and someone had stood before the empress and handed the child to her.

The empress was stunned for a moment, “You…”

The West Savage Kingdom soldier raised his saber and shouted angrily, “Who are you!”

The person slowly turned his head, not looking at the West Savage Kingdom soldiers but at the fire not far away with a sad expression. After a moment of silence, he said, “South Li Kingdom state preceptor, Qin Yi.”

Before the West Savage Kingdom soldiers could react, their heads were shattered by the mace in no time.

The empress cried bitterly while holding the child in her arms.

The child was hiding in his mother’s arms, staring at Qin Yi’s thin back with big eyes without blinking and making a sound.

Many people had forgotten that there was a state preceptor in South Li Kingdom, but Qin Yi was really the state preceptor.

The return of the state preceptor easily calmed down the chaos.

With the force to crush ordinary soldiers and the status of the state preceptor respected by South Li Kingdom, it took less than half a day to reorganize the guards, contact the internal and external ministers, and stabilize the chaos in the Li Fire City.

In fact, before Qin Yi entered the city, he felt hopeless when he saw the city gate was breached and the palace was on fire. Everyone thought that this must be the fall of the kingdom. He was holding on to the last bit of luck to see if there was still a chance to save Li Qinglin and his sister.

It wasn’t until he entered the city that he felt something was different. The palace was on fire, but there were only a few remnant soldiers causing chaos in the Li Fire City. There were actually ministers leading their servants to resist and try to sort out the chaos. It didn’t look like it was being conquered at all. After rescuing the internal ministers and contacting the external ministers, he learned from the prime minister about Li Qinglin’s arrangements.

Then he met Ming He and heard everything from her.

“So I’m really a friend in his heart?”

“Actually, Li Qinglin… is not an emperor. He is essentially a warrior.”

Qin Yi was silent for a long time and said in a low voice, “Losing friend in the northeast indeed aligns to your divination, but where is the auspicious?”

Ming He shook her head and did not answer.

Qin Yi looked at her for a long time, but he actually didn’t know what answer he wanted to get.

Ming He had the absolute ability to turn everything around. She could save anyone’s life with just a few gestures. She could even end the West Savage Kingdom. But Qin Yi knew that he couldn’t blame Ming He for not doing anything, because it really had nothing to do with her.

In her eyes, there was no right or wrong between the South Li Kingdom and the West Savage Kingdom. She was just a witness to a piece of history.

What’s more, Li Qinglin might not want to be rescued by anyone. For a warrior, being able to die in glory was probably far better than dying lying in bed due to old age.

But Qin Yi still didn’t feel good about it. He couldn’t help but said, “Tao friend has observed so much, but I don’t think you have gained much. You are still at the consummation of the Piano Heart Stage. You still haven’t overcome the bottleneck.”

“There is gain.” Ming He said, “After this matter, I will return to the sect for retreat, and there should be a breakthrough. In addition, tao friend’s sword array gave me a lot of inspiration. From now on, my way of array will surely be improved. I owe you a favor.”

Liu Su snorted.

Qin Yi said, “My cultivation is not as good as yours, but I still think that your ‘experience in the mortal world’ is fake. If you don’t invest in it, it will only be as shallow as what you get on paper.”

Ming He said curiously, “Tao friend has never had such an idea before… Did you gain some enlightenment during the trip to the Rift Valley?”

“I didn’t go there for enlightenment. It’s a pity that everything I did was in vain, so there is no need to mention it.”

This was outside the ruins of the outer palace. After Qin Yi said this, he ignored Ming He and slowly walked into the ruins.

The fire had been extinguished. There were scorched corpses everywhere in the square. It was impossible to tell who was who. Soldiers were silently cleaning the place.

Snow was still falling in the sky. Soon the square was covered with snow.

Qin Yi wandered back and forth for a long time, and he finally stood still. Where he stood, a scorched spear was vaguely exposed in the snow.

He bent down and stroked it gently to wipe away the scorch, revealing the silver light inside.

The longevity elixir had been obtained, but it was no longer needed – even if he came back early, it would be meaningless to Li Qinglin. In the last days of his life, Li Qinglin knew exactly what he wanted.

Qin Yi admired him very much. Compared to Ming He, Li Qinglin lived the way he should.

His views on the relationship between immortality and human achievements were slightly biased towards the latter. Although he was involved in both, it did not prevent him from admiring the latter.

Therefore, finding friends in the southwest and sharing similar character.

The empress came over with the child in her arms, looked at the spear in front of Qin Yi, and asked in a trembling voice, “State Preceptor…is this, is this the…”

Qin Yi couldn’t bear to shove away the snow on the corpse holding the spear. After a long time, he knelt down and held the child’s shoulders, “This is your father’s spear. Remember, he is the greatest emperor in the history of South Li Kingdom.”

The sound of horse hooves came from the distance. When they were approaching the ruins, they all stopped.

Qin Yi stood up and looked. It was Li Qingjun in blood-stained robe.

The two stared at each other in silence for a long time. Li Qingjun jumped off her horse and ran over to hug Qin Yi hard.Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on ɴo(v)elFɪre.ɴet

She almost exhausted all her strength. Even Qin Yi’s body at the peak of the Body Training felt a little painful, but he didn’t say anything. He just stroked her hair gently and felt her trembling body.

Qin Yi knew she wanted to cry, but she didn’t cry out.

More than 2 months had passed, and this innocent girl had changed. She was now the pillar of the South Li Kingdom, so she could no longer easily show any weakness to the others.

Li Qingjun hugged him hard for a long time, then she softened as if exhausted. She leaned into his arms and whispered, “I will spend at most a day or two to stabilize the situation in the capital, bury Royal Brother, and support my niece to ascend the throne. At the same time, prepare for war against the West Savage Kingdom. Are you… are you coming?”

“Of course.” Qin Yi replied.

He was not a spectator like Ming He.

He was Li Qingjun’s lover, Li Qinglin’s friend, and the State Preceptor of South Li Kingdom.

No matter which reason, he was also happy to wipe out the West Savage Kingdom from the border of the South Li Kingdom.

This was the best opportunity.

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