svetikya Chapter 98 "The Demon Seed in the Dao Heart: The Incompetent Beitang Xin'er"
Chapter 98 "The Demon Seed in the Dao Heart: The Incompetent Beitang Xin'er"
Chapter 98 "The Demon Seed in the Dao Heart: The Incompetent Beitang Xin'er"
The effect of brandishing the knife to establish authority was very obvious.
The heads of Golden-Armed Boy, Silver-Spear Boy, Iron-Clad Scholar, and Copper-Headed Guest were hanging at the entrance of Seven Kill Valley stronghold.
The heads of Invincible Young Master, Mr. Wuwei, Shi Guoqing, and Giant Eagle hung at the entrance of Broken Soul Valley stronghold.
The corpses of Du Tiandao, Du Chang, Steward Du, and many other evil servants were handed over to the local people for disposal. The people trampled them into mud and burned them to ashes.
The blood-soaked head, the gruesome sight of a man torn to pieces and his bones scattered to the winds, made those with malicious intentions cower back. They understood two things.
—Liu Qingci is not a brainless fool with big breasts and long hair; she is a top expert who can break through the palace's defenses with powerful bows and crossbows, a true killing star!
—If you want to scheme against Liu Qingci, you must first scheme against Xu Qingya, otherwise you will either be torn to pieces by the Spring and Autumn Blade Technique or be sniped by the Qilin Bow!
The most basic principle of a schemer is: the easiest people to fool are those who are straightforward and simple-minded, and the hardest people to fool are also those who are straightforward and simple-minded.
Liu Qingci falls into the latter category.
Straightforward, stubborn, and inflexible.
Before trying to fool Liu Qingci, be prepared to be secretly assassinated by her. Liu Qingci is very angry, and the consequences will be severe. Even Xu Qingya can't appease her.
Because Xu Qingya really wasn't lying!
The white-haired witch is after my body!
Beitang Xin'er is plotting against the White-Haired Witch!
I'm telling the truth!
Left with no other choice, Xu Qingya could only pick up the ledger to count the harvest and see how much money he had made. While tallying the spoils from the bandit suppression, he listened to a crosstalk performance.
Performers: Li Qingming, Leng Feng!
The plan to take down the three strongholds was a great success. Not only were the bandits eliminated and a large amount of supplies seized, but the Five Poisons Sect's treasure map was also obtained, enough to be used as disaster relief funds.
At the same time, they also recruited several talents.
First are Yin Jiu and Fang Shi. The two are now "secret agents" of the Dragon Guard Manor. Although they are called secret agents, they are just nominally in charge and each leads a guard squad.
Then there are the Eighteen Swordsmen in Green Robes. Apart from Yang Huyun, most of the men in the Tiger Might Escort Agency are tough guys. After Beitang Xin'er eliminated Yang Huyun, she did not expand her influence. Instead, she incorporated them into the disaster relief team to take charge of the soup kitchen.
Finally, there was Li Qingming. After his identity as the venomous snake was exposed, Li Qingming had a strong desire to atone for his sins with his death and perish together with Yin Qiangzi, and fought him to the death.
After hundreds of moves, Silver Spear Man panicked when he saw that the Imperial Guards were all around him. Li Qingming seized an opening and used his snake technique to snap Silver Spear Man's neck.
Before his death, Silver Spear unleashed his full ferocity, unleashing the Hundred-Legged Thousand-Hand Fist to deliver a Black Demon Palm strike in return.
The Black Fiend Palm has a very ordinary name, but it is one of the three most poisonous palm techniques in the martial arts world. Silver Spear is the leader of the Centipede Clan and secretly collects centipede venom to enhance the power of his palm technique. If someone takes a hit from the Black Fiend Palm, they will only live for a short time at most.
Li Qingming said arrogantly, "Leng Feng, there's no need to put on a crying act. Don't worry! I learned internal energy before I could walk. Do you think my more than twenty years of internal martial arts training was for nothing? This mere Black Fiend Palm force—"
Leng Feng exclaimed in surprise, "Are you alright?"
Li Qingming's expression grew even more arrogant: "With my skills, I can live for at least two full cycles!"
Leng Feng: Can't you live without showing off?
Li Qingming: You're so wrong! Even if I die, I'll still act cool. I'll still act cool even if I go to hell!
Cheng Lingsu rolled her eyes: "What do you mean, 'one time' or 'two time'? Can't you guys show me some respect before you start your stand-up comedy? I'll cure your 'poisoning'!"
Leng Feng asked, "Who are you, young lady?"
Cheng Lingsu mimicked Li Qingming's expression and said in a pretentious tone, "A disciple personally trained by the Poison Hand Medicine King, I can cure this mere Black Fiend Palm in three hours! There's a broken brick kiln up ahead; let's detoxify there!"
Leng Feng asked, "How do we detoxify the brick kiln?"
Cheng Lingsu revealed a mischievous smile.
Not long after, Li Qingming was bound hand and foot with cowhide rope and thrown into the brick kiln. Imperial guards carried bundles of firewood, burning the brick kiln until it was red-hot.
Cheng Lingsu explained, "Miss Leng, the Black Fiend Palm is a vicious and insidious palm technique. To cure it, we must use fire to expel the poison. Don't worry, Young Hero Li will at most be a little dehydrated; three hours of fumigation will suffice!"
Li Qingming, his acupoints sealed, hands and feet bound, unable to move, and scorched by the flames, still managed to shout in a hoarse voice, "My twenty years of internal martial arts training haven't been for nothing! I only need one hour!"
Leng Feng looked at Cheng Lingsu awkwardly.
Cheng Lingsu chuckled: "Sister Leng, marrying such a madman, your life must be very difficult, right?"
Leng Feng nodded: "Qingming is good in every way, except that he's too arrogant. He always wants to do something great and surpass the previous heads of Yongcui Manor. Let's not talk about him anymore. My life is hard, and Miss Cheng must be having a hard time too, right?"
"Me—what have I been working so hard for?"
"Of course it's Master Xu—I found a book in my father's study that records—"
Leng Feng's voice grew softer and softer.
Cheng Lingsu's dough turned increasingly red.
Recently, Cheng Lingsu has been eating meat with every meal, even if she doesn't want to eat meat, she forces herself to eat two pieces in order to make her body stronger.
Putting aside everything else, at the very least, it cannot collapse at the slightest touch.
Xu Qingya listened to the crosstalk with a smile. Beitang Xin'er lay behind Xu Qingya, carefully massaging his back and shoulders. She thought that changing her hair color would allow her to hide it for a while longer, but she forgot about the dog's nose.
With Doubao'er's keen sense of smell, she had already given herself away from the moment the White-Haired Witch appeared in the capital. Xu Qingya didn't mention it because he hoped she would confess on her own initiative.
The following sentence is Beitang Xin'er's guess.
Xu Qingya didn't mention this matter, firstly to respect the other party's privacy, and secondly because he was rather lazy. Having his dear junior sister serving him was always better than doing it himself.
"Senior brother, I—"
"Are you Xin'er or Lian Ni Chang now?"
"I am now Beitang Xin'er."
"Then continue to be Beitang Xin'er."
"Senior brother, you're not angry that I hid it from you?"
"I think you can blame me now for knowing everything but deliberately keeping quiet, watching you busy at home while I just enjoyed myself!"
Can you answer one question for me?
"Ask away!"
"When did you see through me?"
"The day Lian Ni Chang appeared in the capital!"
Xu Qingya did not lie.
Previously, I just thought that Beitang Xin'er's appearance was too strange. It wasn't until the white-haired witch appeared that I realized where Beitang Xin'er's strangeness came from. She had gone astray in her cultivation of the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique, which caused her personality to become extreme, with her emotions and rationality intertwined.
Sometimes extremely rational, sometimes extremely emotional.
It's not multiple personality disorder, but rather a complex interplay of rationality and sensibility. Beitang Xin'er's feelings and Lian Ni Chang's feelings are essentially the same; they can both be extremely rational and extremely emotional at the same time.
How to describe it?
Beitang Xin'er is similar to "Longkui".
The White-Haired Witch is similar to "Red Sunflower".
One is exceptionally innocent, the other is exceptionally skilled in combat.
Xu Qingya asked curiously, "Xin'er, how can I help you? The cultivation method of the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique is too bizarre; I really have no way to help you!"
Xu Qingya remembered that the Dao Heart Demon Seed Great Method had three different ways of cultivation. One was normal cultivation, which involved gradual practice, like the path Xiang Yutian took, to reach the pinnacle of the demonic path, transform into a demon immortal, and shatter the void.
Another approach is to reverse the principles of the Demonic Sect. The fundamental principle of the Demonic Sect's inner cultivation method is "harming others to benefit oneself," treating others as a furnace to absorb their essence and blood to strengthen oneself. This inner cultivation method treats oneself as a furnace for training, sacrificing oneself to benefit others.
The last method is to stimulate the demonic seed with love, which is the cuckoldry technique that Pang Ban came up with that shocked the heavens. The specific process is very complicated and tedious.
Xu Qingya rubbed his chin and looked at Beitang Xin'er, who was massaging him. According to his memory, the last one seemed to be the most suitable for Beitang Xin'er.
The grand family drama of the Marquis of Jing'an, the super-large-scale ancient costume fantasy romance drama "The Incompetent Beitang Xin'er", will officially start filming soon. The obvious drawback is that if it really provokes people too much, when the filming of the story is about to wrap up, Beitang Xin'er will transform into a demon fairy and drag everyone to the end of filming.
"Senior brother, what are you thinking about? Your expression is all over the place, sometimes lewd, sometimes terrified. The way you're looking at me is weird. Are you trying to bully me?"
"Theoretically speaking, that's true, but we need to distinguish what kind of bullying it is," Xin'er, I know you've misunderstood. I promise, it's definitely not what you're imagining. You've really misjudged me!
"Bah! The world has misjudged you, Xu Qingya. They misjudged you yesterday, they misjudged you today, and they'll misjudge you tomorrow, but you're still Xu Qingya. Since everyone's misjudged you, let's compound our mistakes! Misjudgment upon mistake! No, no, no!"
"You rest for a bit, I'll be right back—"
"What will I eat if you leave?"
"I'll go look for some wild game!"
Xu Qingya hurriedly ran away.
If we don't run away now, we'll be swallowed whole.
It was lunchtime, and Cheng Lingsu was at "Smoked Li Qingming" when the Imperial Guards were cooking.
Hua Baifeng smiled and approached. She had hoped to take this opportunity to get closer to Xu Qingya, but she didn't find a chance for three days in a row. Xu Qingya was either investigating the disaster victims' situation or plotting against the bandits. He was so busy every day that he could only sleep for two hours at most.
Every time Hua Baifeng tried to find an excuse to get close to him, Xu Qingya would assign her tasks. Hua Baifeng felt that she was not like a seductive demonic woman, but more like a hardworking ox or horse that worked overtime all year round. No, oxen and horses need to be fed, and she even bought her own feed.
For a fleeting moment, Hua Baifeng felt that Xu Qingya was the true leader of the Demonic Sect. Compared to Xu Qingya, Yu Luosha was a great person who had cultivated for ten lifetimes. Not only would he pay overtime, but he would also never give orders haphazardly.
Hua Baifeng really wanted to slap herself!
How could I be so shameless!
Knowing full well that getting close to her would only lead to working overtime, she couldn't help but approach Xu Qingya again and again, willingly accepting her tasks. After completing the tasks, a casual compliment from Xu Qingya would make her happy for half a day. If Xu Qingya poured her a cup of tea, she would be willing to work overtime continuously.
When Hua Baifeng found Xu Qingya, Xu Qingya was comparing account books, holding them in both hands. Beitang Xin'er was feeding Xu Qingya a meat-filled pancake. Despite being a Grandmaster of the Heavenly Gang, he was so tired that he had dark circles under his eyes.
Seeing this, Hua Baifeng seemed to be touched by something and whispered, "Young Master Xu, I have been learning accounting since I was a child. You can give me these account books, and I can finish calculating them by evening!"
"Hmm? Bai Feng is here! Sit down, sit down! Looking at the account books is so difficult, it makes my head spin! With Bai Feng helping me with the accounts, I can even take a nap!"
Xu Qingya handed the account book to Hua Baifeng, but before he could even finish his hand, he collapsed into Beitang Xin'er's arms and fell into a deep sleep. Beitang Xin'er sighed, "What's so good about being an official? You've worked yourself to death!"
Hua Baifeng praised, "Young Master Xu does these things for the people, not for promotion or wealth! If one only thinks of oneself, it is inevitable to look down on Young Master Xu."
Beitang Xin'er glanced sideways at Hua Baifeng.
Hua Baifeng continued to praise, "Miss Beitang, the fact that Young Master Xu fell into your arms shows that he trusts you. If one day Young Master Xu could trust me like that, I would be willing to die right now."
Beitang Xin'er really wanted to lift Xu Qingya up and throw him into Hua Baifeng's arms, but she couldn't bear to. So she said sarcastically, "Let's not! If you die, and Senior Brother falls into a deep sleep, he might be carried off by wolves!"
"What wolf?"
What do you think?
"Miss Beitang is joking."
"If you think it's funny, then you're joking. What I just said wasn't funny at all; it was more like a helpless feeling!"
"I'm not saying anything more! I'm going to settle the accounts!"
Hua Baifeng took the account book.
Xu Qingya took a short nap for an hour, which greatly restored his energy and spirits. He then continued on his journey.
There were no bandits along the way, but the number of disaster victims increased significantly. Xu Qingya had to divide the Eighteen Swordsmen of Green Robes into two groups, each building a soup kitchen.
Liu Qingci's face was full of relief.
Fortunately, instead of rushing headlong into Bianliang, they first dealt with Seven Kill Valley, Soul Breaking Valley, and Heavenly Dao Manor, seizing their food, cloth, and medicine. Although there were many disaster victims, they were able to set up soup kitchens in an orderly manner to comfort the affected people.
Upon arriving in Bianliang, the group immediately followed the original plan and had the Imperial Guards set up a firebreak. The most terrifying aspect of the flood was not the devastating surge of the rivers, but the plague that followed. Any mishandling could turn dozens of villages and towns into a ghost town.
The people were terrified, fearing that the Imperial Guards would not take people to treat the sick, but instead burn them to ashes.
This kind of thing is nothing new.
Liu Qingci looked at Xu Qingya anxiously.
Xu Qingya, dressed in green parrot armor and wielding a twelve-foot-long Azure Dragon Blade, strode over with imposing presence. He clasped his hands in a fist and bow to the surrounding people, then loudly reassured them.
"Fellow villagers! Listen to me!"
I am Xu Qingya, a descendant of the Martial Saint, and this is King Yizi Qijian. We have been ordered to provide disaster relief. Do you see those oxcarts? They are full of grain, which will be distributed to everyone. Once the disaster is over, the cattle and sheep will also be distributed to everyone to help them rebuild their homes.
The floodwaters have receded; everyone needs to survive!
First, the isolation zone is not a den of dragons and tigers, but a place to save lives. If people are soaked in water for too long and live close together, diseases will spread faster than a flood! I had people treat the sick villagers separately, not to harm them, but to save them!
Look at these elderly gentlemen. They are imperial physicians who have practiced medicine for decades. Do you know what an imperial physician is? They are physicians who treat the emperor. The emperor ordered all the imperial physicians to come here to treat you.
Second, the soup kitchen will be set up immediately, and there will be plenty of soup! Strong men can help build the kitchen, clear the mud, and chop firewood from the mountain. Women can help with the fire. I have several thousand bolts of cotton cloth here to make clothes for you to keep warm.
Third, the unscrupulous merchants have put away their evil intentions. The prince carries the imperial sword, given to him by the emperor! Any bastard who dares to hoard grain, raise prices, or make a fortune through dishonest means will have his head chopped off and hung at the city gate by my Azure Dragon Sword.
I speak well, and I do even better!
"Someone, distribute steamed buns and flatbreads to the villagers!"
Earlier, when they were setting up the cooking pots, Xu Qingya had extra steamed buns and flatbreads made. These foods were used to appease the people. The Imperial Guards skillfully set up the cooking pots, some to cook porridge, some to boil medicine. The Imperial Guards generals organized the people to line up and receive the food.
The people did not trust the imperial court, but they trusted the warm flatbread and steamed buns in the cold wind and rain. As the buns were distributed, the people quickly settled down.
Thirty-five imperial physicians, along with Cheng Lingsu, set up thirty-six tents to diagnose and treat the disaster victims, sending them to different isolation areas according to their conditions.
Some people experience chills and fever due to exposure to cold.
Some people developed dysentery after drinking cold water.
Others have come into contact with too many corpses, their bodies have been infected by the corpse poison, and they show signs of contracting the plague.
Seeing this, Liu Qingci sighed again, realizing that eliminating the three bandit families was absolutely the right choice.
To put it bluntly, if we hadn't eliminated these three bandit families, we wouldn't even have enough pots and pans.
In addition, the suppression of bandits honed the Imperial Guards' teamwork skills, preventing them from becoming flustered when facing disaster victims. Finally, the captured bandit henchmen and wicked servants of the Du family were put to do the heavy labor.
Most of these people were skilled in martial arts and stronger than ordinary people. They were assigned all the rough and heavy work, such as moving stones and clearing silt. Tang Dun'er supervised the work, and anyone who dared to run away was killed on the spot without trial.
Xu Qingya seemed to be born to do this kind of thing. Although he encountered all sorts of problems, he was able to handle them calmly. By evening, he had set up more than 30 soup kitchens and organized a group of young and strong laborers.
These people have a simple task.
Cut down the trees!
Dead wood is used for cooking.
Giant logs were used to build wooden houses.
At least—we need a rain shelter!