Although he didn't say he knew everything about things like King Qin and the Dao Sect, he could guess some of them.
Li Gongde touched his chin, smacked his lips, and his eyes flickered, as if thinking about something:
"This is indeed... a great deed."
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PS: Book recommendations.
Title: Uma Musume, Please Stop Rolling
Introduction: "Ma girls are the best treasures God has given to the world. They are like flowers in a greenhouse, pure and beautiful."
"Running is their innate talent, and running faster than any other horse girl is something they will never give up on no matter what."
"But talent is also innate. Some horse girls are destined to shine, while others are destined to remain unknown."
“On the road of competition, there is always only one winner.”
"Many trainers expect their ponygirls to live up to or even exceed their natural talents."
“But only a few people can do it.”
“To fight against talent is to fight against fate. Every victory is a result of luck.”
"However, I don't believe in luck, I only believe in my own strength!"
"—Deep Blue, add some more!"
Chapter 238: Eight Steps of the Heavenly Dragon (5k
Cold and wet.
There were also cold fish slapping randomly on the face.
This was the first feeling Qiumu had when he regained consciousness.
He opened his eyes, only to find that it was dark all around him and he was in a large water tank. The top of the tank seemed to be blocked by something and there was no light.
"Not dead?"
Qiao Mu felt his body and felt a faint tearing pain inside. His ears were still buzzing. However, the surface of his skin seemed to be smeared with some kind of medicine, which gave him a faint cool feeling. His nose was also filled with a strong smell of medicine.
He did not move rashly, but first briefly recalled the memories before his death... no, the memories before he fell into a coma.
In his memory, after killing Daoxu and Daobing Tielang, he fell unconscious due to the damage to his meridians from the Heavenly Demon Disintegration and the blood loss from the Red Moon Burning Blood Technique and the Blood Sword Technique.
And Qiao Xiaoming... Qiao Xiaoming's body was destroyed by Daoxu, and Qiao Mu also lost his sense of Qiao Xiaoming. Now it seems that he is gone.
Since he is still alive, he must have fallen into the hands of Li Gongde, the wealthy man in Zhongzhou.
But why is there a healing device? Qiao Mu frowned and immediately thought of Wang Songhe, the vicious man who saved his life many times.
"No, this is too weird. If he wanted to save people, why would I be in a big water tank with so many live fish in it?" Qiao Mu closed his eyes and grabbed a live fish that was flapping its wings on his face, his expression a little weird.
He concentrated his mind, tried to ignore the pain in his body, and carefully felt the movements outside... .
This big water tank was not stationary. He should be in a big carriage at this moment. He could feel the slight bumps of the carriage and the faint sound of horse hooves outside.
He did not say anything. As an immortal, he was naturally calm in the face of emergencies.
At this time, he had no intention of alerting the enemy, but sat quietly in the large water tank to regulate his breathing, using his mind to guide his flesh and blood to move slowly, trying to heal the wound.
The last time he killed the Bronze Body Arhat, although Qiao Mu also used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, he only used the Triple Overlapping Waves of Power and the battle ended quickly, so the damage to his internal meridians was not particularly serious.
If you go to a normal hospital for treatment, it will probably take a few years to heal the internal meridian damage.
It took him about six or seven days to go through the thousands of changes in his flesh and blood.
The injury this time was obviously more serious, and it would be impossible to heal it in six or seven days... But the skin and flesh wounds on his body had healed a little. It was obvious that he had received timely treatment after he fell into a coma, and the medicine used by the other party was very effective, and it was estimated that it must have been very expensive.
Qiao Mu sat cross-legged quietly and regulated his breathing, continuing to heal his wounds through the thousands of changes in his flesh and blood, responding to ever-changing situations with the unchanging one.
After about a quarter of an hour, the carriage finally stopped.
Qiao Mu could faintly hear the sound of flowing water.
The place where the carriage stopped seemed to be beside a big river.
“We’re finally here.”
"Mr. Li has done a great deed this time." A group of people were chatting and unloading goods from the carriage. It was obvious that the carriage was not the only water tank where Qiumu was.
"This water tank is quite heavy."
"Don't say anything extra, just do what the master tells you to do."
Not long after, Qiumu felt that the water tank he was in was lifted up and walked about five or six steps away.
Then, the lid of the water tank was opened, and light finally appeared above their heads.
Qiao Mu opened his eyes and looked up.
Just then he saw a muscular man standing by the water tank, staring at him without saying a word.
"What a big fish! If I release it this time, it will be a great merit." The man blinked his eyes and picked up the water jar to pour out the water.
arbor:
He forgot to struggle for a moment. As the large water tank tipped over, some clean water and fish in the tank were poured out and fell into the rushing river.
As soon as he entered the river, the dying fish around him began to swim, but he was the only one sinking in the river with his eyes open.
He felt a little confused... Was he just let go like that
I thought that no matter what Li Gongde wanted to do, he would have to meet him eventually, and then he could do whatever he wanted.
But I didn’t expect that I didn’t even get to see Li Gongde. Was I really released like all the fish in the tank
Just when I was confused, I heard the conversation of the Li family servants on the river bank:
"Hey, that fisherman is here again."
"Are you really determined to catch our Master Li? He comes here to fish every time he releases fish?"
"You don't even try to hide this? You dare to do this in front of us? Isn't this bullying an honest person?"
"Stop talking, stop talking, and go back home."
"..."
The human voices gradually faded away, and then came the sound of horses neighing and wheels creaking.
The carriage gradually went away, and a man in a straw raincoat and hat came to the river bank, holding a fishing rod in his hand and throwing it into the river.
The fish hook was thrown quite accurately, passing through the scattered school of fish around and landing beside a tall tree in the water.
Qiao Mu looked carefully and found that the fish hook was still straight and there was no bait tied to it.
"Willing to take the bait?"
He was silent in the water for a while, reached out and grasped the straight hook, weighing it carefully.
Sure enough, the next moment, a huge force came from the fishing hook, which threw him out of the river.
Qiao Mu moved slightly, landed lightly with his feet, and looked around.
At this moment, he was in the mountains and forests. There was no one around except the fisherman in the straw raincoat and hat. There were only the marks of the carriage wheels on the river path, and there was no trace of the carriage.
"Old Qiao is old but his heart is young, and his spirit is still there. After killing the iron-boned Taoist soldiers and the strange people from the immortal sect in one night, he was able to go out for a swim the next day."
The fisherman took off his hat, revealing a familiar face.
Qiao Mu was slightly surprised. He had seen this man several times in the imperial capital. He was none other than Wayne, the number one detective in the world.
The great detective Wayne, known as the "Black-Winged Bat King", is number one in the light-weight kung fu list in the martial arts world after the death of the Martial Saint, and in the martial arts list of Tingchao Tower. It is no exaggeration to say that his light-weight kung fu is unparalleled in the world.
But later he disappeared and there was no news of him anymore. I didn't expect to meet him today in the Daqin Palace.
"It seems that Mr. Qiao recognizes Mr. Wei's face, so I don't need to waste my words." Wayne keenly noticed the change in Qiao Mu's expression and said lightly:
"I once dealt with Qiao Zhong and Qiao Shuanglin... Of course, that was several months ago."
A few months ago, when Qiao Mu was still Qiao Shuanglin, the Martial Arts Alliance began to show its prowess in the imperial capital and attracted a wave of spiritual warriors to join.
Wayne, the world's number one detective, had noticed the existence of the Martial Arts Alliance from the very beginning.
So he relied on his excellent Qinggong to secretly track down and investigate the Martial Arts Alliance...
Wayne recalled: "At first I thought the Martial Arts Alliance was just a petty thief seeking fame and reputation, but I didn't expect that when I went there, I actually poked their lair and almost didn't come back."
Speaking of this, Qiumu had some impression.
When the Martial Arts Alliance first rose to prominence, it relied on the reputation of the Spiritual Martial Artist to rise to prominence.
The famous detective Wayne is good at martial arts and interrogation, but his skills in frontal combat are not so good, so he became a stepping stone for the Martial Arts Alliance to become famous.
"Are you in the same group with Li Gongde?" Qiao Mu twisted the water stains on his clothes, and used the method of changing his flesh and blood to control the skin all over his body to shake slightly, and the water droplets on the surface of the skin immediately splashed out.
Li Gongde had just sent people to release the fish, and Wayne came pretending to be a fisherman. Qiao Mu didn't believe that there was no connection between the two of them.
"That's not the case. I don't know much about Li Gongde either." Wayne shook his head and denied:
"As for why I am here, it's just because..."
As soon as this topic was mentioned, Wayne's expression became a little subtle.
"I was also once... set free by Li Gongde."
arbor:
Wayne didn't explain much, he just stood up and took off his straw raincoat and undershirt, revealing his smooth but broad back.
There was a shocking long and narrow scar on his back, right near his spine.
"A few months ago, when I went to investigate the Martial Arts Alliance, I was defeated by a martial arts practitioner and nearly died. I only managed to escape using my martial arts skills."
"I was able to survive thanks to Li Gongde's help."
"And I came to the Great Qin Palace, half of the reason is to investigate the Martial Arts Alliance, and the other half is to investigate Li Gongde."
Wayne almost died at the hands of the Martial Arts Alliance, and the former even rose to fame by stepping on his reputation as the world's number one master of light skills. Naturally, he felt resentful.
"Mr. Qiao, please come with me. I have a residence in the mountains and I have some medicine for you to recuperate and heal your wounds."
Wayne put on his clothes and walked along the mountain path with Qiumu, one in front and one behind.
"So, what are the results of your investigation? Do you know what the Martial Arts Alliance is? And what about this person Li Gongde?" Qiao Mu asked.
"Those who enter the Dao through martial arts, use martial arts to train themselves into Dao soldiers. Ha."
Wayne shook his head and smiled bitterly.
People only thought that his foundation was damaged after he was beaten by the Martial Arts Alliance, but they didn't know that he had already hidden his identity and was lurking in secret, continuing to investigate the affairs of the Martial Arts Alliance.
"Behind the Martial Arts Alliance is the Da Dao Sect. The name of this organization is a joke. It's ridiculous that martial artists still think that the King Qin of the Martial Arts Alliance is a figure who can carry the tripod for martial arts."
"As for Li Gongde... He is very rich."
"He has money, so what? Who doesn't know he has money?" Qiao Mu was puzzled.
"Mr. Qiao, do you know Wan Ronghua, the former head of the Wan family in the imperial capital? If a businessman in this world wants to become the richest man in the world, he must deal with the government and the immortal sects."
"It's like this for Wan Ronghua and Li Gongde."
"As a wealthy man in the imperial capital with a huge amount of wealth, no one can stay out of trouble. Just being an honest rich man, you must take sides."
"What do you want to say?" Qiao Mu asked.
"Li Gongde is known outside for his kindness, love of spending money, and making many good friends." Wayne said:
"Think about it, Mr. Qiao. If there really is a wealthy man in this world who is kind-hearted and willing to help the poor, how many years can he live in today's world?"
Qiao Mu was speechless.
"If you only have good intentions but no edge, then no matter how big your business is or how much wealth and resources you have, you are just a fat pig in the eyes of others."
“Let’s not talk about the Immortal Sect, let’s not talk about the Great Yan Dynasty… At the beginning, Wan Ronghua was at least one of the four richest people in the imperial capital, but the Qiao family was not afraid of being torn to pieces, didn’t they also bring Wan Ronghua down?”
In front of a truly powerful person, in front of a truly powerful force, a wealthy person with a fortune is actually not of much value.
The wealth in their hands may be worthy of special attention from these major forces, but it is impossible for them to be on an equal footing with these major forces.
"I've already told you why I'm here," Wayne said frankly.
"So, why did Elder Qiao come to the Great Qin Mansion?"