611: Chapter 22 Civil Engineering Flow

After finalizing the candidates for the mission, Meng Li, Jing Tian, and Xu Changqing did not depart immediately but stayed in Shushan for a few days.

Meng Li browsed through numerous ancient texts in the Shushan Scripture Pavilion.

The Shushan Five Elders found various ways to arrange "posthumous affairs" for the kept-in-the-dark Xu Changqing: they put him through the test for succeeding as Sect Head, transferred their own internal energy to Xu Changqing, and then tried to comfort him so he wouldn't be suspicious.

In this life, Xu Changqing had been Cultivating in Shushan since he was young; in a sense, he was a naive innocent. Although he vaguely felt something was wrong, he couldn't pinpoint the problem and had to accept the arrangements.

Jing Tian's mind was more flexible than Xu Changqing's. Not long after, he realized that the purification of the Evil Sword Immortal might have adverse effects on the Shushan Five Elders, so he secretly sought out Pure Subtlety to ask.

Facing Jing Tian, Pure Subtlety did not hide anything, frankly admitting that if the Evil Sword Immortal were purified, he and his four fellow brothers would also die as a result.

However, the five of them had come to terms with life and death and were willing to meet their end.

Immediately after, Pure Subtlety gave Jing Tian some guidance, telling him to keep it a secret to avoid any complications.

Although Jing Tian felt a bit sad, he still respected the choice of the Shushan Five Elders and stated he would keep his lips sealed about the matter.

Subsequently, Pure Subtlety handed Feipeng's helmet to Jing Tian, but warned him to wear it only at the appropriate time, otherwise it would endanger his life.

By the time all these matters were concluded, several days had already passed.

On the day the three of them departed, the Shushan Five Elders did not appear, but a large group of Shushan Disciples came to see them off.

Of course, they were seeing off Xu Changqing, their Senior Brother.

One by one, they were reluctant to part and presented him with gifts.

From this, it was evident that Xu Changqing was very well-liked among the Shushan Disciples.

Meng Li was indifferent to this.

Jing Tian, however, was a bit impatient—not out of jealousy, but because he felt it was too dragging.

Therefore, he pulled a sleight of hand, swiping all the gifts the Shushan Disciples intended to give to Xu Changqing, and turned to run.

In an instant, the atmosphere of the farewell was shattered.

Xu Changqing had no choice but to leave swiftly.

The three left Shushan and flew directly toward Yu Zhou City.

Meng Li rode a cloud, while Xu Changqing and Jing Tian flew on swords.

That's right, even though Jing Tian hadn't been Cultivating for long, he could already fly on a sword!

It could only be said that he was worthy of being a protagonist with the potential of a celestial being.

Flying in the air, Jing Tian looked at the calm and composed Meng Li and the serious Xu Changqing. His eyes rolled, and he said with a grin, "Elder Brother Meng, White Tofu, let's have a race to see who can fly faster, how about it?"

Meng Li raised his eyelids to glance at him and said lazily, "Sure, the loser pays for dinner."

As soon as he finished speaking, he transformed into a stream of light and pulled away, turning into a small black dot in an instant, then vanished.

Jing Tian: "???"

Xu Changqing laughed, "Brother Jing, I'll take my leave first."

After saying that, he suddenly increased his speed.

Seeing this, Jing Tian hurriedly accelerated to keep up but found it was of no use.

By the time he reached the city gate of Yu Zhou City, he found that Meng Li was already waiting there, but Xu Changqing was nowhere to be seen, which made him feel puzzled.

"Elder Brother Meng, where is White Tofu?" Jing Tian asked.

Meng Li replied, "After landing, he sensed Demonic Qi nearby and went to subdue the demon. I have no interest in subduing demons, so I didn't follow."

Upon hearing this, Jing Tian couldn't help but complain, "This White Tofu, he just loves doing things that show off."

The next second, he asked again, "Then when will he be back?"

"Tomorrow at the latest," Meng Li replied, and then walked into the city.

Jing Tian hurried to catch up.

As soon as they entered the city, they met Tang Xuejian.

"Mr. Meng, Stinky Tofu."

"Pig Woman."

Hearing how Jing Tian addressed her, Tang Xuejian's face darkened, and she raised her hand to strike at Jing Tian.

Jing Tian hurriedly dodged, easily avoiding it, and then made a face at Tang Xuejian: "Eh, you can't hit me."

Tang Xuejian got angry, her speed suddenly increased, and she punched Jing Tian in the chest, knocking him back several steps.

Seeing this, Meng Li narrowed his eyes slightly.

Jing Tian was a bit surprised. While gently rubbing his chest, he asked, "How did you do that?"

Tang Xuejian crossed her arms and said haughtily, "This Young Miss has achieved success in my Cultivation; that was just a small demonstration."

Meng Li smiled and said, "Injecting Earth-Wood Qi into your body to briefly stimulate your own potential to achieve a speed boost. In such a short time, you have not only Cultivated the Five Qi but also mastered the technique of Earth-Wood Flow. Your talent is quite good."

Seeing Meng Li say this, Tang Xuejian triumphantly raised her eyebrows at Jing Tian, then immediately said modestly to Meng Li, "It's only a small achievement; it's all thanks to the technique you bestowed upon me, Sir."

"Have you refined any Qi poison?" Meng Li asked.

"No." Tang Xuejian scratched her head, then added with a hint of hesitation, "Mr. Meng, I am not very interested in refining poison, and I feel that this Five Treasures Bodyguard Technique should be capable of other applications besides refining poison, but I have no idea for the moment. I wonder if you could give me some pointers?"

Not interested in refining poison, and wanting to use the Five Treasures Bodyguard Technique for other purposes?

Meng Li suddenly felt a bit strange.

Because this reminded him of someone, Tao Tao from the Tang Clan in the under one person world.

Although Tao Tao was a Disciple of the Tang Clan, she was also not very interested in refining poison. After learning the Five Treasures Bodyguard Technique, she created a combat method of blowing bubbles, which used Earth-Wood Qi to form a Qi membrane, separately wrapping the refined Qi to produce different effects.

The Gold Qi formed flashbangs.

The Fire Qi could cause explosions and combustion.

The Water Qi froze and slowed down.

In addition, she could also let the Qi membrane formed by Earth-Wood Qi continuously regenerate within her body, achieving the effect of beauty and skincare.

These were perfectly applicable to Tang Xuejian, but...

"I can certainly give you some pointers, but the mysteries within cannot be explained in a short while. I am going to attend to a matter soon and will have to leave for a period of time. You continue your Cultivation, and as for developing other uses, we can talk about it when I return after finishing my business."

"Attend to a matter? What matter?" Tang Xuejian asked curiously.

"Naturally, it is to travel the Jianghu."