The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 448 - 260 Li Xin, Farewell

Chapter 448: Chapter 260 Li Xin, Farewell

With the medicinal power of the Nine Springs Green Blood Jade Leaf Flower infused, Qing Yu used his True Qi to help Li Xin dissipate the medicine’s power, which significantly improved Li Xin’s physical condition. Although he was still far from recovery, he had already escaped from the brink of death.

His pale cheeks now had a hint of color, and his eyes were open, but in his pupils, there was a look of bewilderment, devoid of the vibrancy that one with a sound mind should have.

Li Xin must have suffered the Soul Search more than once, his consciousness had suffered irreversible damage, and with Qing Yu’s current cultivation, there was nothing he could do about it.

"Even if I were to reach the Divinity Realm," he thought, "I might not be able to restore his consciousness."

Li Xin’s spirit had not just been shattered but had largely disappeared, with only a small remnant sustaining his life.

The Li Xin of now, although his eyes were open, was essentially no different from the deceased.

The only difference between him and a comatose patient was that the latter’s eyes were closed, while his were open. People in a coma might still have a chance to awaken, whereas Li Xin had been awake from the start, yet he would never return to the state of a normal person.

Qing Yu stepped closer and looked into Li Xin’s colorless eyes, "You, in this state, are truly no different from one who is dead."

Even an infant with a blank mind still possesses thoughts, yet Li Xin had lost even the basic ability to think; he was alive only in the sense that his vital signs were functioning, but in reality, his condition was no different from death.

"Let me send you on your way," he offered.

Gently, he reached out and closed those eyes that had remained open.

With his eyelids shut, the vital signs within Li Xin’s body also completely disappeared. From a living corpse, he had truly become a dead man.

"Farewell, Li Xin."

His hair rapidly turned from black to white before his eyes, and in just a few moments, the majority of Qing Yu’s hair had turned snow white.

Li Xin was the first person Qing Yu met and trusted in this world, and his significance could be said to be extremely important. Perhaps others might leave a mark on Qing Yu’s detached Heart Lake in the future, but for now, Li Xin’s position was incomparably unique.

The name "Gong Ziyu" that Qing Yu had chosen was not just a nod to his past life’s sentiments, but also because Li Xin, as his first subordinate, had always addressed him as "Gongzi" (young master).

"My predictions have come true; my progress has indeed accelerated significantly," he said softly as he stroked his now mostly white hair.

Previously, only a part of his hair had turned white, with the majority remaining black, but now the situation had completely reversed. Only a small portion of black hair was left.

"The last bit to go through is just the final stage of meticulous refinement. Once it all turns white, the three elements of my spirit—Essence Qi, and spirit—will be ready to enter their final alignment, interchanging emptiness and form; then, I can attempt to consolidate the True Pill."

Turning his head to look at Li Xin again, a hint of sorrow was difficult to conceal in Qing Yu’s indifferent eyes.

Qing Yu did not deliberately erase this trace of sadness.

The colors of emotion still flickered in Qing Yu’s heart. In many instances, Qing Yu was no different from most normal people, but when necessary, he could completely detach himself from emotions and enter the most rational state of mind.

To have emotions and yet not be bound by them—this was the convergence of the Heavenly Heart and the Human Heart, and it was the Heavenly Human Path that Qing Yu had chosen.

"Have a good journey."

Qing Yu took out an item and placed it on Li Xin’s body.

It was the Heavenly Earth Soul-searching Needle that Li Xin had initially entrusted Luo Yan to deliver to Qing Yu. Qing Yu had intended to gift this demon sect Hidden Weapon to Li Xin as a parting gift, but Li Xin had returned it to Qing Yu.

Later, as Qing Yu’s strength rapidly improved, the Heavenly Earth Soul-searching Needle, although capable of threatening the Divine Origin Realm, was still set aside by Qing Yu.

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He had a premonition about bringing this long-stored hidden weapon.

After all, the methods of the Six Gates were well known; the number of people dying in their prisons each year was countless. Qing Yu had made all kinds of preparations before coming here to negotiate with Lu Qifeng.

He turned slightly, and flames sprang up behind him, completely enveloping Li Xin’s body.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, let Li Xin’s body return to this final resting place.

"The road to the Netherworld is long; you take your time. Gong Ziyu will have Lu Qifeng and the others catch up with you soon."

After Qing Yu said these words, his figure completely vanished.

Outside the hut, Blood Bat No.1 also whispered softly, "Let’s go."

The Demon Blade Guards, who had been standing outside the small hut for a long time, gradually disappeared into the forest.

"He’s gone."

A mile away, Lu Qifeng looked towards the distant hut ablaze with fire and sighed, "He comes without a shadow, leaves without a trace. We’ve missed our final chance to kill him."

"Our final chance to kill him? That seems a bit exaggerated. He is merely of Divine Origin Realm Cultivation. If we faced him directly, I could dispatch him with one slash."

A deep voice came from beside him, and standing alongside Lu Qifeng was a young man in a blue shirt who looked somewhat delicate.

Though he appeared young, his conversation with Lu Qifeng suggested that he actually stood on an equal footing with him.

And to dismember with a single slash, and being of equal status to Lu Qifeng, many people would guess this man’s identity.

Indeed, this person was none other than Blood Hand Divine Capture, known as Leng Kuangtu from the Four Great Divine Capturers.

It was hard to imagine that a divine constable with the name "Leng Kuangtu," which sounded like a butcher’s, would be a somewhat delicate-looking young man.

Many who had never seen Leng Kuangtu would expect someone broad and burly, with a gaping maw and a large cleaver in hand—someone whose appearance screamed executioner or butcher.

But in reality, have you ever seen a forensic examiner built like a bear with a large cleaver?

Such a figure could be a butcher, but certainly not a forensic doctor. Forensics is a meticulous profession, requiring not just a keen mind but also delicate physical conditions.

Ahem, not that kind of delicate.

That is to say, their physical condition could not possibly be that burly. Otherwise, those thick fingers and various unrefined bodily features would not allow for the subtle, precise work required.

Leng Kuangtu was like an ancient version of a forensic doctor, and one of the four top lieutenants in the Six Gates at that. Had he not become a divine constable, perhaps he might have been a Daqian Criminal Judge.

And the reason for Leng Kuangtu’s presence here was simple: to assist Lu Qifeng in killing Qing Yu.

Given Li Xin’s physical condition, Blood Bat No.1 and the others could never have taken him away alive from this place. Therefore, if Qing Yu wanted to see Li Xin, he had to show up in person at the hut.

That would be when Lu Qifeng and Leng Kuangtu had their chance.

Lu Qifeng was skilled in tracking and speed, Leng Kuangtu in assassination. Together, as soon as Qing Yu showed his face, he would be walking into a death trap.

However, they had not anticipated that Qing Yu would manage to meet with Li Xin and leave silently in such a short time.

"With Li Xin dead, Yan’er’s condition is likely to be dire," Lu Qifeng, gazing at the still blazing hut, let a hint of moisture cross the corner of his eye.

Even with all his preparations, when it came to the moment of truth, sorrow was still inescapable.

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