As Qisha channeled his power into Li Guanqi's body, his brow furrowed into deep ridges.
"What in the world did this guy go through?"
"His meridians are wrecked to this degree, yet he could still move?"
"Not even a tenth of his blood essence remains. Anyone else would have passed out long ago."
"Fortunately, a few Blood Supplementing Pills were keeping him hanging on."
A thick stench of blood hit his nose; the white robe Li Guanqi wore had been dyed a deep, dark red by blood.
Even his collar and hair were matted with thick, sticky blood.
Qisha had no idea what Li Guanqi had endured during this period.
He had heard a few rumors, though, and quite a few pursuers had come after him as well initially.
It had taken quite a bit of effort on his part to break free of his own pursuers.
Fortunately, he possessed this Xumi Treasure Hall, which allowed him to evade those hunting him.
Ever since, he had kept a low profile and rarely showed himself.
Unable to contact Li Guanqi, he had continually inquired after news of him in secret.
Not until... the Tianhua Sword Sect posted an exorbitant bounty on the black market did he realize the gravity of the situation, prompting him to rush back.
As for why he had access to the black market's bounty board...
That was naturally tied to his background, and was also the reason behind his former temperament.
Fortunately... it was a good thing he had made it in time.
Rumble!
The entire hall was trembling violently, and Qisha's eyes were filled with solemn tension.
He did not know whether his treasure hall could escape Chen Tianhua's detection either.
All he could do now was gamble—gamble that this hall truly was of superior quality among rank-three immortal artifacts!
Qisha halted his movements and looked up at the ceiling, cold sweat beading at his temples.
This was the first time he had ever used the treasure hall to hide from a powerhouse of the True Immortal realm.
Wave after wave of divine sense swept past outside.
Yet the speck of dust beneath the boulder drew no one's attention in the least.
The sweeping divine sense continued for a full half-hour before a livid Chen Tianhua unleashed dozens of sword slashes at the ground below!
Only after leveling every peak within three thousand zhang did he depart in fury.
Seeing this, Qisha finally let out a sigh of relief. The crisscrossing scars on his face softened considerably.
He once again pressed his hand against Li Guanqi's back, circulating his immortal primal energy to carefully unravel and soothe the chaotic forces within him.
Barely an hour had passed when Qisha was shocked to discover that Li Guanqi had begun healing his internal injuries on his own.
Witnessing this, Qisha frowned slightly, took a long look at Li Guanqi, and eventually smiled.
It seemed Li Guanqi was also someone blessed with a special physique.
Standing up to sit off to the side, Qisha pulled out a jug of wine, a hint of admiration creeping into his gaze as he looked at Li Guanqi.
He naturally knew what massive waves Li Guanqi had caused recently.
The entire black market across Qinzhou's Northern Region had been set abuzz.
A bounty of three million immortal crystals! Yet he also knew...
that the contract had ultimately been accepted by the brothers Tianlong and Diya.
"Good thing he didn't run into those two. Otherwise, he really would have been in mortal danger."
Tipping his head back, Qisha took small sips of his wine. He certainly knew how terrifying the two brothers' strength was.
On the bounty boards across Qinzhou's black markets, the two brothers had never failed a single contract since their debut.
Rumor had it that their coordination was seamless, and combined with their unique methods, their prowess rivaled two ninth-stage Mystic Immortals!
In other words...
as long as they accepted a bounty, hardly anyone beneath the True Immortal realm was beyond their ability to kill.
After two more hours, immortal grace drifted from Li Guanqi's shoulders, and tiny arcs of lightning danced around his body.
Foul-smelling pus oozed from the wounds on his skin, followed by a dark, viscous fluid seeping from his pores.
Moments later, the wounds across Li Guanqi's body had completely healed. Such terrifying speed left Qisha dumbfounded.
"Phew..."
Li Guanqi exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing across his gaze.
Li Guanqi turned to look at Qisha, mixed emotions swirling in his heart.
"Thank you!"
Qisha smiled. "Good thing I made it in time."
A surge of warmth washed over Li Guanqi. He had never expected Qisha to show up and save him at such a critical juncture.
The two spoke for a while, and only then did Li Guanqi learn that Qisha had been tracking his movements and affairs all along!
He had even found out about the black market bounty.
Qisha looked at him with a laugh. "How could I not?"
"It's the second highest bounty in all of Qinzhou—a full three million immortal crystals!"
Li Guanqi paused in surprise, then clutched his chest as he tossed him a jar of hundred-year Red Dust Brew.
"Second?"
"Then how much is the first?"
Li Guanqi was genuinely curious. He had thought that his sky-high bounty was bound to rank first.
Who would have thought someone had a bounty higher than his?
Hearing this, Qisha slowly held up five fingers.
"Five million?"
Li Guanqi inhaled sharply. That price was indeed considerably higher than his.
Yet Qisha shook his head and said slowly, "Fifty million."
"Number one on the board, offered by the Xutian Palace—the third-ranked sect in the Fuyu Lands."
"The man is surnamed Han. No one knows his real name, but he calls himself Han Sijin. A sword cultivator."
Li Guanqi frowned slightly and murmured softly, "Han Sijin, Xutian Palace..."
Shaking his head, he had no idea what was involved and simply treated it as casual chatter, letting it pass.
Qisha twitched his nose, his eyes lighting up as he looked down at the wine jar in his arms.
"Good wine! Quite strong, too!"
He looked up at the young man before him with a grin. "This wine... you're really willing to part with it?"
Li Guanqi laughed heartily, waving his hand to produce three more jars of fine wine!
Crafted from purple gold crystal, every jar was aged for a thousand years!
Qisha swallowed hard, sweeping his hand to stow all the wine away.
"Hahaha, no taking it back now!"
"Tsk, this Spirit Realm wine tastes far better than the horse piss they have in the Immortal Realm."
Slapping open the mud seal, Qisha savored the fine wine with an intoxicated expression, clicking his tongue in marvel.
Opening his eyes, he looked at Li Guanqi, his expression turning stern.
"Still, you really got lucky!"
"Do you know someone in the black market claimed your bounty?"
"Tianlong and Diya! The two strongest bounty hunters in Qinzhou's Northern Region!"
"Tsk, running into me was a stroke of fortune for you."
Hearing this, Li Guanqi furrowed his brows. With a flash of light from his right hand, two bloody heads appeared in his grasp.
"You mean these two?"
*Pfft!*
Qisha shot to his feet, the finger pointing at Li Guanqi trembling slightly.
"You, you, you... you... YOU?!"
Li Guanqi stowed the heads away, a cold look crossing his face.
"These heads... I still have to deliver them to Chen Tianhua!!"
A good few breaths passed before Qisha recovered from his utter shock.
He took several gulps of wine to suppress the shock in his chest, his eyes flickering as he let out a long sigh.
"Do you want to spread the news later?"
Li Guanqi pondered for a moment and gave a slight nod.
He had no desire to have countless eyes watching him every single day. Using the deaths of Tianlong and Diya to deter a crowd would not be a bad idea.
Qisha nodded slightly. "Alright, leave that to me."
Yet his expression shifted rapidly, his eyelids twitching as he leaned closer to Li Guanqi and muttered under his breath, "Did you... really kill them in a straight fight?"
Li Guanqi nodded faintly and pointed down at his body.
"Where else do you think these wounds came from?"
Qisha looked him up and down, clicking his tongue.
"What an absolute freak... a monster!!"
"A fourth-tier Mystic Immortal slaying eighth-tier Mystic Immortals???"
"If word gets out, your reputation will probably eclipse even that kid Lin Wujiu's!"
Li Guanqi did not explain much further. He had also relied on external aid.
He had forcibly elevated himself from the fourth stage to the seventh stage of the Mystic Immortal realm; if his own cultivation had genuinely been at the seventh stage, slaying them wouldn't have required nearly as much effort.
Li Guanqi turned to Qisha with a solemn look, pointing upward.
"Lend me this thing!"
Chapter 1631