Why Insist on Giving Them to Me?

"This subordinate obeys!" Swish! Swish! The two figures vanished from the spot. Neither of them even knew how long it had been since they last left the Tianji Domain. After they departed, Gu Yong appeared behind Li Guanqi. Clasping his hands behind his back, he chuckled. "You brat, you took charge for just a month, and all four towers of my Tianji Pavilion are ruined. "Three tower masters dead, and another abducted..." Li Guanqi replied somewhat awkwardly, "Wasn't that just cutting through the mess cleanly? Severe times call for severe measures!" Gu Yong sighed with emotion. "Indeed, severe times call for severe measures." Seeing Li Guanqi hesitate as if holding something back, the old man waved his hand. "Don't worry. I'll have our people continue tailing the Sha organization leads on Tu Yongsi's end. "That organization... probably won't last much longer anyway." Li Guanqi frowned slightly, wondering why the elder spoke with such certainty. In his understanding, that organization's power was not inferior to any major faction in the world! Even the Tianji Pavilion fell short! "Could it be... Uncle Long made a move?" Gu Yong smiled without answering. Turning his back to Li Guanqi, he said, "All right, off you go to attend to your business. I'll get in touch with Ji Yuchuan on my end." With his back still turned, the old man asked curiously, "That hundred-year pact—no regrets?" Li Guanqi laughed freely and heartily. "A century from now, my sword will shatter the nine firmaments and I will ascend in broad daylight! "Do you really think I'll still need to bind the two of them then?" As Li Guanqi spoke those words, he seemed bathed in light, radiating immense, unshakable confidence. The wrinkles deepened on Gu Yong's weathered face, and he raised his palm. In an instant, three illusory beams of spirit light shaped like longswords materialized before Li Guanqi. "Masterless weapon spirits. Take them to nourish your sword." Li Guanqi gazed at the weapon spirits before him, his heart pounding with excitement! Such treasures... even ordinary ancient-treasure-grade longswords might not possess them! The value of these three weapon spirits alone likely surpassed even the ancient movement technique Gu Yong had left him! Li Guanqi grinned. The space behind him warped as the sword coffin emerged. With a grasping motion of his right hand, he drew the three weapon spirits into the sword coffin. Immediately, the Red Lotus Sword inside the coffin let out a crisp chime! Trembling faintly, the Red Lotus Sword radiated an overpowering sword prestige, poised to devour the three spirits. Witnessing this, a look of gratification flickered in the sword spirit's eyes. Li Guanqi truly loved swords. If he handed these three weapon spirits to Meng Jiangchu, it would certainly elevate the quality of the sword Meng Jiangchu was forging for him by leaps and bounds. Yet he chose to bestow all three priceless weapon spirits upon Red Lotus! Right at that moment, however, Li Guanqi's soul phantom suddenly materialized within the sword casket space. He snatched the three glowing weapon spirits into his hand and gave Red Lotus an annoyed slap. "Can't you tell who's the elder and who's the younger around here?" he snapped in exasperation. "It's just a few tiny hairline cracks! Couldn't I just find you some spirit swords to devour and repair yourself later? "You want to eat everything in sight!" Though Red Lotus flitted around Li Guanqi several times in displeasure, it did not display much temper. Carrying the three weapon spirits, Li Guanqi stepped before the sword spirit. He looked up at the woman leaning against the stone wall and grinned. "Can you make use of these?" The sword spirit's eyes curved like crescent moons in the night sky. She sat up, lightly lifted her red skirt, and glided down. The tall sword spirit leaned forward slightly, looking into Li Guanqi's eyes, and parted her pearl-white teeth. "Why give them to me?" Li Guanqi replied naturally, "You said before that you were injured. "If that's the case, these ought to be useful to you." The sword spirit's gorgeous eyes rested upon Li Guanqi. After staring at him for several breaths, an alluring smile touched her lips. Glancing back at him, she murmured, "These are of no use to me. "If you want to heal me..." She lifted a jade-slender finger and pointed toward the sky above. "You must at least ascend up there first. Weapons of the Spirit Realm possess no divinity; it would be a total waste for me to absorb them." Li Guanqi frowned. He had not expected these to be useless to her. Tossing the weapon spirits back to Red Lotus, he chuckled sheepishly. "Ahem... well, back to Red Lotus it is. After all, you've braved life and death with me. You've earned it." Red Lotus quivered, emitting rapid, indignant hums. With a flick of its blade, it swatted the three weapon spirits away. Li Guanqi looked at the sword spirit rather awkwardly and said, "I get the feeling Red Lotus is swearing up a storm right now..." At his words, the sword spirit burst into laughter, completely abandoning her aloof persona. Casting a sideways glance at Red Lotus, she teased softly, "If you don't want them, we'll just give them to Yanluo." Whoosh! Li Guanqi's vision blurred. Red Lotus streaked past him like a flash of lightning. Its razor-sharp blade skewered all three weapon spirits like candied haws on a stick, radiating majestic pressure from its edge. Li Guanqi smiled faintly and slowly opened his eyes. Looking at the devastated Tianji Domain, he cupped his hands in salute, then vanished like a swimming dragon. Atop the White Tower. Gu Yong shook his head with a rueful chuckle. "Good heavens. Such comprehension... he truly is a monster!" After leaving the Tianji Domain, Li Guanqi was in no rush to leave the region, drifting aimlessly through the sky instead. Over the recent period, he had hardly had time to cultivate properly. The growth of primal energy within him had been sluggish, and he had not even thoroughly consolidated his realm. Eyes closed, Li Guanqi soared through the heavens like an eagle, feeling the wind against his ears, his mind as calm as still water. Opening his stance, covering a hundred zhang with every stride, he practiced the Firmament Shatterer Fist Technique over and over again. With every round he threw, new insights surfaced in his heart. Meanwhile, his mind continually pondered how to perfect the two sword techniques taking shape in his thoughts. Just then, a beast-like roar echoed from a mountain peak beneath the cloud cover! Li Guanqi peered downward and saw, atop that jagged, rocky summit, a crippled young man sprawled on the ground, bellowing in fury! The youth was bare-chested, and beside him lay a broad, pitch-black heavy sword! With merely a glance, Li Guanqi could sense its immense, oppressive weight. Yet he only spared it a passing look, sighing inwardly, wondering how such an extraordinary talent had fallen to this wretched state. He retrieved a map of the Daochan Domain. The reason Li Guanqi had lingered was to visit renowned places of enlightenment. Since he was already here, he could not simply return empty-handed. Those two flashes of inspiration in his mind remained elusive no matter how hard he tried to grasp them. He planned to try his luck in regions where the world's divine resonance was especially dense. On the map, one particular location of divine resonance stood out prominently. Li Guanqi examined it and murmured under his breath, "The Six Ancient Sacred Sect... the mightiest sect in all of Wudingchuan. "A sect with a Body Integration Realm ancestor... A hundred-zhang Dao Comprehension Platform. I wonder what it feels like to stand upon it." The corner of Li Guanqi's mouth curved upward. Primal energy roared within him as sounds resembling dragon cries rose all around. His movement speed pushed to the absolute extreme. By the time his figure had already shot forward more than a thousand zhang, the afterimage left in his wake was only just beginning to fade. Such speed was fully comparable to that of early-stage Body Integration Realm mighty figures!