Chapter 611: Chapter 611: Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger?
Li Qing was at a loss for words, "I’m serious, you two need to stop looking at me through tinted glasses."
"Just entering the Qi Cultivation Stage means even the most talented prodigies can’t possibly master Tool Control. I think you’re trying to fool us," Zi Ling said with a cold snort, her indifferent gaze sweeping over Li Qing.
"This isn’t Tool Control, it can be used as long as it recognizes its owner. You two wouldn’t understand even if I explained, so forget it, I won’t bother," Li Qing said, feeling somewhat drained. He was truly just a novice, yet there were those who believed he was feigning weakness to trick the tiger.
"What’s the situation inside?" he asked, changing the subject.
Shisan looked at Li Qing with an odd expression and said, "That guy called Tomb Exploiter Zhenren took his female disciple to open the coffins and get rich. From their earlier conversation, it seems the main burial chamber isn’t easy to open, which has him quite troubled."
"What about Lü Zong?" Li Qing looked at the charred corpse on the ground, "This... this couldn’t be him, could it?"
"No, it was this kid who discovered me," Shisan said. "I was using the Invisibility Talisman perfectly fine, but this kid seemed to have an innate sense that made him aware of my presence. He threw out a handful of incense ash. In desperation, I threw a Fire Spirit Talisman. Although I didn’t manage to escape, I took care of the lad."
"Three are dead here; now there are only two people left inside. The three of us could easily take care of them and then rescue the hostages."
Relieved to hear that the body on the ground was not Lü Zong, Li Qing let out a long sigh of relief,
Fortunately, Lü Zong is quite tough.
"That one inside, the master of these ugly creatures, is at the Qi Cultivation Peak. Are you sure we can easily take care of him?" Li Qing asked gravely.
"What?!" Shisan’s face instantly turned sour.
"This is a disaster, Qi Cultivation Peak, how are we supposed to kill him? Even if he grinds us to dust, I doubt we’d be able to touch a finger of his."
Zi Ling’s face also didn’t look good.
Even she, who was reluctant to talk to Li Qing, couldn’t resist asking, "Are you really just at the beginning stage of Qi Cultivation?"
"Genuine as it gets. I haven’t lied at all. You knew how recently I’ve started!" Li Qing said, annoyed. "It’s just that this arrow is so special, that’s why I can use it so smoothly."
"Do you have any confidence your arrow can injure someone at the Qi Cultivation Peak?" Zi Ling asked again, her face growing dark.
Li Qing shook his head, "I don’t know. I’ve never killed a cultivator of such a high realm."
This was the actual situation; even he had no idea.
If Heavenly Punishment and Purple Sky Cloud Thunder would strike down that guy, there would be no doubt about it, he’d be able to kill him very easily.
But without the help of Heavenly Thunder, all he could rely on was the Black Arrow.
With only one method at his disposal, although he felt he could give it a shot, whether he could kill the opponent was another matter altogether.
Li Qing, not well-versed in the realms of cultivation, didn’t really know how powerful someone at the Qi Cultivation Peak was.
"We have two choices now: we take a risk and try. If it’s not feasible, we retreat immediately and call for reinforcements," Zi Ling said.
"Or, we don’t choose the suicidal method and retreat directly to call for reinforcements."
After thinking it over, Li Qing said, "Let’s try it. You two stay back. If there’s an opportunity to step in and deal a finishing blow, go for it. If not, don’t act rashly. Wait for a chance to severely injure that old thief,"
"Okay," Shisan nodded in response.
Zi Ling gave Li Qing a complicated look.
This guy pretending to be weak but actually strong makes me sick!
Killing cultivators as if they’re mere dogs, yet pretending to be helpless. There’s nothing more despicable than that.
Although Li Qing spoke seriously, Zi Ling actually didn’t take it to heart.
Seeing the sorry state of the two people at her feet, she felt that Li Qing was just pretending to be a rookie.
Li Qing took the lead, and the three of them sneaked towards the inside of the tomb.
The fire basins on the walls of the tomb passage had all been lit, and although it was somewhat dim, seeing the path underfoot was not a problem.
After winding through a very long corridor, they heard a sound like winches turning ahead.
The click-clacking of gears meshing together was particularly clear in the silent underground.
"It looks like it’s just ahead, be careful," Li Qing whispered.
Huang Mao Shisan and Zi Ling both nodded solemnly.
Li Qing hid around the corner, cautiously poking out his head.
What blocked their way was a huge bronze gate, with rust-covered plaque hanging on it, inscribed with the words "Fengdu."
Fengdu, Li Qing knew, was like hell in the underworld.
A tomb with a plaque of Fengdu, who was buried here, wasn’t this a bit too grand?
Did he plan to kick the Emperor of Fengdu off his throne in the afterlife?
In front of the bronze gate, a middle-aged man with an ugly face and a short stature of barely one and a half meters fiddled with something by the side. The sound of the winch seemed to be made by him.
Not far behind him stood a woman with exceptionally long legs, roughly one meter eighty in height, wearing a tight-fitting camouflage outfit.
And Lü Zong, the objective of Li Qing’s mission, was right beside this woman.
He was tied up in a big knot, with someone’s stinky sock stuffed in his mouth.
This scene made Li Qing want to directly summon Heavenly Punishment, but now there was a troubling issue...
The things Lü Zong did when he started his career didn’t seem too glorious; though he hadn’t killed anyone or set fires, he had done his share of swindling and cheating.
It was uncertain whether his actions met the standards for punishment by Heavenly Punishment.
If he failed to kill the enemy but instead caused Lü Zong’s soul to be blasted to oblivion, that would be quite embarrassing.
Li Qing hesitated for a moment, then decided to use Black Arrow first.
If Black Arrow couldn’t take down that old thing, he would try summoning Heavenly Thunder as a backup plan.
Having ordered his strategies in his mind and made up his mind, Li Qing, without hesitation, instantly activated Black Arrow.
He bypassed the woman and headed straight for the ugly-looking, underbite-sporting short middle-aged man.
Seeing the appearance of their master, Li Qing finally understood why all of his disciples were so ugly.
It was really because the master was too ugly; recruiting a few clean and good-looking disciples might have hurt his self-esteem.
However, this female disciple did look quite attractive, especially her figure.
About one meter eighty in height, her tall stature was indeed somewhat domineering.
Although seeing a beautiful woman made Li Qing take a few extra glances, he didn’t forget what he was here for.
Even the most beautiful woman was the enemy at the moment, and her lovely head might have to explode shortly.
Just as Li Qing was about to make his move, there was suddenly a movement from the other side.
