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Chapter 182 Above the Heaven

Hua Wujian grabbed Tian Miao's ear and threw him over.

Tian Miao sat down on the ground, rubbing his face with a grin, looking at him with a hint of grievance in his confusion: "It hurts."

"I just want to make you feel pain." Hua Wujian looked at him coldly, then turned his head and glanced at Qiu Puryue indifferently.

Qiu Puyue met his gaze, chuckled twice, and hid behind Yin Xihui with a guilty conscience.

"What did you do just now?" Qing Yi glanced at Qin Xiao lightly and said in a calm tone, "You didn't even give me a chance to shake hands and make peace?"

"Are you shaking hands to make peace?" Qin Xiao was so angry that he laughed when he mentioned this. "Can he survive if I shake hands with him?"

"Why not?" Hua Wujian frowned, slightly dissatisfied, "Do I look like such a cruel person?"

Qin Xiao laughed: "Then what did you put in your palm just now?"

"Three blood injections." Qing Yi's face remained calm, not even red. "It will take three days for it to turn into blood. How can it take effect after just a handshake? You really don't have a brain."

As he spoke, he raised his sleeve to cover his mouth, as if he was very disgusted with Qin Xiao.

Qiu Puryue: ...

Do you think this is human language?

"Moreover, there is no pain or feeling when it turns into water. It only takes a moment." Qing Yi looked at his fingertips and said lightly.

Mo Hanyu: ...

"What is dissolved water?" Tian Miao didn't realize how scary the thing they were talking about was, and asked him with a silly smile.

Hua Wujian glanced at him and said, "Don't ask so many questions, kid."

"...Oh." Tian Miao lowered his head obediently, but seemed unwilling after all and pouted.

Hua Wujian ignored him, squinted at Qin Xiao, and sneered: "You were like this before, and you still look so useless now."

Qin Xiao pursed his lips, his eyes darkened, and he said nothing.

"...By the way." After a moment of silence, Mo Hanyu broke the cold atmosphere and said to Qiu Puyue, "We just ran into Yu Yunhao, who kept yelling at us to return the monster to him... He might cause trouble for you again later."

"...Him?" Qiu Puryue had a complicated expression when she heard the news, and finally nodded, "I understand."

"Actually...if you find it troublesome." Qin Xiao looked at Qiu Puryue's tangled expression, and after a moment of silence, he said, "You can kill him."

Qiu Puryue was stunned.

Qin Xiao looked calm and said in a calm voice: "If you are afraid that his companions will find out, just kill him as well."

Qiu Puryue: ...

"If I remember correctly, Yu Yunhao is at the Earth Realm." Yin Xihui looked at Qin Xiao, somewhat surprised by his suggestion, "It's too risky to cross the border to kill."

Qin Xiao glanced around. They were on the lawn by the river, and there was no one around. There was only a group of four or five-year-old children playing in the river in the distance.

"Blood magic will do." Qin Xiao said, "As long as no one finds out."

"That's true..." Yin Xihui seemed to be thinking about something, then shook his head, "But killing three at once is too risky, not to mention those monsters."

Qiu Puryue: ...

So you kill them all by default?

Qiu Puryue's eyes twitched as she looked at the two boys in front of her who had normal expressions and calm voices discussing but were extremely cold-blooded. She began to doubt who was the Corpse Binder.

Mo Hanyu's eyes were somewhat complicated.

Qin Xiao obviously had murderous intention towards Yun Hao, and this murderous intention even spread to his companions.

Is it because of that sentence?

"No..." Qiu Puryue said weakly, looking at Qin Xiao hesitantly, "I think killing him is a bit too extreme... And even if you want to kill him, wouldn't it be enough to kill one person? Why kill his companions?"

"Of course it's to avoid revenge." Qin Xiao said as a matter of course, "If they have a good relationship, they will definitely seek revenge if they find out."

This……

Qiu Puyue closed her eyes and suddenly thought of that snowy night.

He really hasn't changed at all.

Yin Xihui saw that she was hesitating, so he smiled and changed the subject: "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."

After Pei Zhixing's incident, Qin Xiao no longer had the heart to play and left after a while.

Qin Xiao returned to the hotel and saw Qin Xiuyun walking towards him.

Qin Xiao was stunned: "Dad——"

"Let's talk inside." Qin Xiuyun looked a little complicated and patted his shoulder.

As soon as he entered the room, Qin Xiuyun set up a barrier to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

"I heard... that you met Pei Zhixing?" Qin Xiuyun sat at the end of the bed, looking at Qin Xiao who was as calm as ever, with his fingers slightly curled up, seeming a little nervous.

"Yes." Qin Xiao mentioned this, his eyes turned and he frowned.

"What's wrong? Are you in any trouble?"

As expected, Qin Xiuyun asked with concern.

"...Nothing." Qin Xiao turned his head, looking embarrassed and hesitant.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Qin Xiuyun saw this and spoke softly, half in a soothing manner.

"It's just..." Qin Xiao looked away and lowered his eyes, "I had a conflict with him... I'm sorry."

"It's nothing." Qin Xiuyun said quickly, "I heard the whole story. It's not your fault. You are also... speaking for me."

"…But, when we had the conflict, my second brother was watching from upstairs, and I don't know what he was doing." Qin Xiao pursed his lips and glanced at Qin Xiuyun slowly.

"Qin Jinyi?" Qin Xiuyun was startled and frowned. "He's watching upstairs?"

"Yeah... but he probably couldn't hear it clearly. After all, the street was quite noisy at the time." Qin Xiao smiled when he saw this, but spoke for Qin Jinyi, "He probably didn't see it."

"How could he not see it?!" Qin Xiuyun frowned, somewhat dissatisfied, "He is also in the Profound Realm after all, how could he not notice such a big commotion? This second brother..."

"Don't blame him too much. After all, it was not easy for him to intervene at that time." Qin Xiao restrained his smile and advised.

"Why wouldn't he intervene? He's your brother. You and Pei Zhixing had a conflict at the time. What if Pei Zhixing took action? He was just watching the show upstairs?" Qin Xiuyun became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. His eyes became sharper and colder. "How can he be a brother?!"

Qin Xiao saw that his goal had been achieved, so he smiled and said a few good words for him: "If Pei Zhixing and I really fight, he may not be able to get in."

"Whether you can do it is one thing, but whether you have the heart to do it is another." Qin Xiuyun didn't think so and shook his head. "I'll go find him later."

After Qin Xiao heard this, he said no more.

"But... have you really thought it through?" Qin Xiuyun was silent for a moment, looking at him solemnly, "No matter what, the Pei family is..."

"What's their family's business to me?" Qin Xiao closed his eyes helplessly and sighed, "Since you heard about what happened on the street, you should have heard about our conversation. Can't you tell my attitude from it?"

"...No, of course." Qin Xiuyun shook his head and lowered his eyes, "I just... have some doubts."

"What do you suspect?"

"Back then, your mother was with me despite the disapproval of the Pei family. If she hadn't chosen me, would she still be alive now, or would she be living a better life than before?" Qin Xiuyun mentioned this, with a little more confusion in his eyes, "And now you have given up the path of the Pei family, what if--"

"There aren't so many what-ifs in the world." Qin Xiao shook his head and said, "There aren't so many ifs either. My mother chose you, and I also chose the Qin family. These are our own choices."

“If people always indulge in doubts about past choices, they will lose the courage to judge the future and eventually become hesitant and worried about gains and losses.”

Qin Xiao stared at Qin Xiuyun and said, "I am different from Qin Jiuyuan. I know what I am doing and I am also prepared to face the path I have chosen. You should not doubt it."

Qin Xiuyun was stunned and stared at him blankly.

"Whether it's me or my mother, when we have made a choice, you should trust our judgment, right?" Qin Xiao looked at him, "If even you are doubting, what should I do?"

Qin Xiuyun didn't say anything, just looked at him absentmindedly.

In a trance, he seemed to see the strong and beautiful woman again, standing in front of him, looking at him with her clear and penetrating eyes, telling him that she had made her choice and what he should do now was to fully support her.

"...I understand." Qin Xiuyun lowered his eyes, seeming a little melancholy. He slowly reached out his hand, and seeing that Qin Xiao did not reject him, he stroked his forehead and smiled gently, "I will fully support you."

Qin Xiao saw that he seemed to have come to terms with it, so he stopped talking. Qin Xiuyun chatted with him for a while, and left in a much more relaxed mood.

……

"Look, look, these are the balls I made." Nangong Huaxue excitedly showed the small pile of pills in her hand to the Imperial Master, "Finally I succeeded."

"...Yes." The Imperial Master who had been teaching her for a long time rubbed his forehead tiredly and nodded perfunctorily, "Are you going to give it to him like this?"

"Yes, it won't be bitter this way." Nangong Huaxue said happily.

Seeing this, the Imperial Master smiled helplessly and was about to say something when a dark shadow walked out from the corner and knelt on one knee beside Nangong Huaxue.

Nangong Huaxue waved her hand without looking at him. The shadow understood and whispered something into her ear.

Nangong Huaxue's hands trembled, and the pill she had just refined almost fell to the ground: "What? He and Pei Zhixing had a quarrel?"

Nangong Huaxue was a little surprised, but soon calmed down and waved her hand again. The shadow faded away.

"Who?" asked the national teacher upon seeing this.

"You can find out by fortune-telling." Nangong Huaxue glanced at him.

The Imperial Master laughed: "Since I have taught you for such a long time, please don't do this."

Nangong Huaxue curled her lips: "Nothing, it's just that Qin Xiuyun's third son and Pei Zhixing had a quarrel on the street."

"Pei Zhixing would quarrel with him?" The Imperial Master was also a little surprised.

"It's just a one-sided quarrel." Nangong Huaxue recalled what the secret guard had said to her, her eyes darkened, "There's nothing to say."

Seeing that she didn't want to say more, the Imperial Master didn't mention it again.

Nangong Huaxue did not stay any longer, chatted for a few more words and then left.

I contacted Qin Xiao as soon as I returned to the palace.

"What happened? Did you and Pei Zhixing have a fight?"

As soon as Qin Xiao answered the call, he saw gossip flashing in Meng Liyun's bright eyes.

Qin Xiao: ...

"And that Yu Hao?" Meng Liyun nodded her chin with a teasing smile in her eyes, "What's going on?"

Qin Xiao sighed helplessly and told her the matter: "...Although I think it's unnecessary now, I don't regret it."

"Well...it seems Pei Zhixing did go too far." Nangong Huaxue shook her head, "If I had heard someone say that about my father before, I would have beaten him to the ground and made him kneel down to apologize."

"This is too arrogant. He actually said to my father that he is a loser in front of him..." Nangong Huaxue curled her lips and said dissatisfiedly.

Qin Xiao sighed, leaned against the head of the bed a little tiredly, and put a soft quilt on his back: "I heard what he said, it was not his intention to let me go to the Pei family."

"It should be the elders of the Pei family or something like that." Nangong Huaxue guessed.

"Then I don't know..." Qin Xiao lowered his eyes, but still couldn't help but sigh, "What a trouble."

Nangong Huaxue saw this and said with a smile: "After all, you have no experience in this kind of thing."

Qin Xiao shook his head, and thought of something, then looked up at her: "What realm are you in now?"

Nangong Huaxue was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was referring to: "The upper level of Kunyi Earth Realm."

"So low?" Qin Xiao frowned, "Yu Yunhao is already at the Earth Realm..."

"Then he is of lower rank." Nangong Huaxue was dissatisfied, "And I am younger than him, right?"

"Where's Wang Ji?" Qin Xiao rubbed his forehead, "Do you know?"

"Hmm... should be the Half-step Heaven Realm." Nangong Huaxue thought for a moment and guessed, "It seems that there are only a few people in Yuhua who have reached the Heaven Realm, and they are basically the heads of aristocratic families. There are very few independent cultivators who have reached that level."

"Where is the old emperor?" Qin Xiao asked casually.

"He is in the Heaven Realm." Nangong Huaxue said, frowning, "You don't know much about this realm, do you?"

"Yes."

Nangong Huaxue stood up and explained to him seriously: "Then let me introduce it to you. First of all, it's the entry level, which is the first to ninth stage, which is the Qi training period. If you want to become a Qi practitioner, the basic condition is to reach the second stage or above at the same time as awakening."

"If you reach the fifth stage, you can be confirmed as a Qi cultivator. This is a standard for judging whether a person is a Qi cultivator."

"Awakening at the age of 6, normally it takes ten years to enter the realm, and the difficulty of breaking through will increase with each realm - so it's already pretty good that I can reach the upper level of the Earth Realm now, okay?"

Nangong Huaxue curled her lips and continued, "Once you reach the four realms, your body will change. Just like those immortals before you, your life span will increase and your appearance will remain young."

"The life span of Chen Realm is 200 years, that of Xuan Realm is 300, that of Di Realm is 500, and that of Tian Realm is over 1,000... but I heard that there seems to be a realm above Tian Realm, but no one has ever touched it. Although there are rumors that Mo Ze reached that realm a thousand years ago... but you and I both know that this is definitely a rumor."

Nangong Huaxue shook her head: "The second realm of Chenxuan is fine, but when you break through to the heaven realm and earth realm, it will cause changes in heaven and earth, and you will pass the heavenly tribulation... No one in Yuhua has broken through to the heaven realm for decades."

As he said this, he closed his eyes.

“Although the old emperor was in the heavenly realm, he was seriously injured when he was young, which left him with a chronic illness. In addition, he ultimately failed in his attack and suffered backlash, and ultimately only lived for more than 500 years.” Nangong Huaxue held his cheek and sighed.

Qin Xiao paused, a little surprised: "You are the only offspring in more than five hundred years?"

“Yes, yes.” Nangong Huaxue nodded, also helpless, “But he inherited the throne more than 300 years ago, and before that his father only had two sons… It seems that the royal family has always had few descendants.”

Qin Xiao was silent for a moment: "Then why do I rarely meet Qi cultivators over a hundred years old?"

"How many normal Qi cultivators have you seen?" Nangong Huaxue laughed, but still explained, "Because once they break through the Chen realm, few people will be willing to stop there and will continue to want to climb up. If they break through, it's good, but if the impact fails, there are only two outcomes."

"Either their tendons and veins are destroyed and they become useless - very few can practice cultivation again, or they are killed directly by the heavenly tribulation."

Nangong Huaxue said calmly: "Yuhua has failed many times in the Earth Realm to Heaven Realm in recent years. It's good enough if two out of ten can survive."

Nangong Huaxue said, sighing: "I feel that Wang Ji should have made a breakthrough in the past two years, but he has been holding back and has not made any moves. Maybe he is not ready yet?"

"What are you going to do if his attack fails?" Qin Xiao looked at her with his eyes slightly moving.

"...Isn't that right?" Nangong Huaxue frowned, feeling a little uneasy when she heard him say that. "He never does anything he is not sure of...It should be the same this time."

Although he said so, Qin Xiao's expression still became gloomy when he saw her.