"These people spoke ill of Qiao Li before, not because Qiao Li had killed someone, but because they had a strong hatred for Qiao Li in their hearts."
"Now they are flattering him, not because they have seen the truth, but because their fear of Qiao Xi has overwhelmed their previous hatred."
Therefore, even if Qiao Xi had really killed someone before and crushed the heads of the Luo family leader, Yang Xiaoqian and others with his bare hands, the opinions of these people would not have changed in the slightest.
Qing Li only sighed and said, "The truth of this matter is not important at all, and right or wrong is not important either."
“It’s the emotion that’s important.”
After she said this, Qiao Mu next to her looked at her with a little surprise.
"No, why are you analyzing it so seriously? Are you really listening to them?"
Speaking of this, Qiumu actually doesn’t quite understand it.
Qing Li was the person who listened carefully when Yuanbao Monster was pretending to be a ghost and preaching in the temple.
The villagers of Taotie City accused Qiao Wei harshly, but their attitude changed afterwards... She still listened carefully.
"Listen to their bullshit... If I listen to what they say seriously, it would be a disrespect to my own brain."
"You think about everything in your brain. Aren't you tired?" Qiao Mu spread his hands.
He simply ignored whether these people were accusing him or flattering him. He put the Qin King Sword back into his storage bag, stretched his muscles, and prepared to leave.
His trip to Taotie City was to find cat food for the fat cat and also to find something to do for himself.
Now that this matter is over, what is the point of staying in this gluttonous city full of chaos and material desires
At this time, the fat cat was standing on Qiaomu's shoulder, and was still constantly picking up the gold ingots remaining on the body of the golden giant monster.
The remains of the golden monster have all turned into stone, leaving only this gold ingot, which is still golden in color.
"Monster, are you still alive? Don't pretend to be dead." Qiao Mu laughed:
"Don't you like testing human nature? Why don't I hand you over to the mountain people of Taotie City? Let them decide, one person, one vote, whether you should live or die?"
The gold ingot did not react at all, as if it were a dead object.
"In fact, you are not without life." Qiao Mu continued:
"Those who have come into contact with the Philosopher's Stone and Taotie Gold, such as the Luo family, would probably be willing to let you live."
"After all, if you are alive, you can maintain the existence of gold, and the gold reserves in their hands will be meaningful." Qiao Mu had also seen the spectacular sight of gold flying out of thousands of households in the entire Taotie City.
In Taotie City, the number of people who had come into contact with gold was much greater than Qiao Mu had expected.
"If you die, the gold in their hands will really be just worthless broken stones."
"How about it? Do you want to gamble on this last chance of survival? Don't play dead, nod your head, and I'll count to ten." Qiao Mu's mouth curled up slightly:
"one two three... "
The gold ingot trembled slightly.
It's moved... .
But at the same time, the fat cat Wuchang suddenly swallowed the trembling gold ingot into his mouth at lightning speed and chewed it vigorously twice.
Click.
A faint wailing sound came from Wuchang's mouth, followed by a clear sound of shattering, which sounded crisp.
"You fat pig, you're always trying to eat everything?" Qiao Mu angrily rubbed the fat cat's face with his hands.
The Yuanbao monster had just started to have hope of escaping when it was bitten to pieces by the fat cat. It was a trick on its mind and a test of its character.
"In the end, my character wasn't that good. When I heard there was a glimmer of hope that I could survive, I couldn't hold it in."
Qiao Mu was not worried about the demon cat Wuchang who swallowed the gold ingots.
Wuchang is a demon. When he was in Taoyuan Villa, he showed a strong interest in the gold of the Golden City. It was obvious that he was acting according to his own demon instincts.
Just like a hungry wolf smelling the remaining hair of a goat and getting greedy.
It is naturally beneficial for it to devour the remaining body of the Yuanbao monster, but it is not known what specific benefits it will bring.
"Ding, Meow Meow used the pure gold ingot and evolved into a lucky cat!"
Qiumu played with the cat while imitating strange electronic sounds. He ignored the countless gazes of the mountain people behind him and left the city on his own.
But not long after he walked, a familiar figure appeared on the mountain road in front of him. It was Qing Li.
"What? Are you planning to lend me money again?" Qiao Mu raised his eyes and asked.
"Mr. Qiao, you're joking." Qing Li was quite polite and serious.
From beginning to end, she kept a distance from Qiumu, just fighting with each other and not talking much.
So until now, the two of them are not very familiar with each other.
"Mr. Qiao has always been open-minded, which I cannot compare to. But there is still one thing I don't understand, and I want to ask you." Qing Li clasped his fists with the courtesy of a warrior and asked sincerely:
"Mr. Qiao should also know that the mountain people in Taotie City still hate you, but their hatred is overwhelmed by fear."
"Although you have killed the golden demon, I'm afraid the villagers won't be grateful to you for it. They will still think that you ruined their good fortune and shattered their dream of becoming rich."
"Now they are praising Mr. Qiao very much and dare not say anything bad about him."
"But if Mr. Qiao leaves, after some time, when the fear in the hearts of the mountain people fades, they will eventually gossip about him."
"After you leave, they will curse you and criticize you. All the accusations today will come back and even get worse."
"After working so hard to slay demons and monsters, only to be cursed by the whole city, is it worth it?" Qing Li asked sincerely.
Qiao Mu looked up at her and said slowly:
"You have lived in Southwest Province for so many years, so you must have had many dealings with demons. You must have killed demons and eliminated evil spirits, right?"
Qing Li nodded silently.
"So when you slayed demons and monsters, was it to be appreciated by the world and to win a reputation as a hero?"
Qiumu didn't stop walking while speaking.
When he uttered the last word, he had already passed Qing Li and was getting farther and farther away on the mountain road.
Qing Li stood there quietly for a long time without saying a word, just silently clenching the spear in his hand, his knuckles turning slightly white.
"Is this the Qiao family, who are extremely famous in Zhongzhou?" Qing Li lowered his eyelids.
She is also the top warrior in Kyushu.
In terms of bloodline, she is a descendant of the ancient mythical bird Jingwei, and is naturally one of the top few monsters.
In terms of master-disciple relationship, she is the last disciple of the Spear Saint.
In terms of aptitude and comprehension, she is also one of the top talents in the world. Only in this way can she surpass her teachers, carefully study the techniques of physical force and achieve some success, and earn the name of "Demon Spear".
Even with such military power, it is still difficult to move forward, every step is difficult.
The Qiao family is a mysterious martial arts family with a great reputation in Nanzhou and Zhongzhou. The burdens on the shoulders of the Qiao family warriors are probably heavier than hers, but why do they walk much more lightly than her
..
Half a day later, at the main peak of Yunxiao Sect, Haiyun Peak.
A white-haired Taoist priest wearing a white cloud Taoist robe and with a face as solemn as a mountain was sitting cross-legged on a cushion with his eyes slightly closed.
"Master, we have already sent people to investigate the matter of the gold and stone monster in Taotie City."
Yushan, a Taoist disciple of the Yunxiao Sect, lowered his head slightly and reported respectfully to the white-haired Taoist sitting on the cushion.
Yushan is a Taoist disciple of the sect, and his master is naturally the head of the Yunxiao Sect, that is, the Yunxiao Taoist Master of this generation.
In the entire Yunxiao Sect, he is the only Taoist who has reached the state of being a god.
"In the beginning, I had that golden stone monster train hard in that mountain city, and wait until it had cultivated a ten-foot golden body before coming out into the world. Now, when it was almost ready to bear fruit, someone else plucked the peaches out of it... It was also because of its insufficiency of character that it deserved this disaster." The head of the Yunxiao Sect said calmly:
"After all, he was an alien species with infinite potential. It's a pity that he died... Who killed him? In recent days, no other immortal sect cultivators have entered the country."
"They are the warriors from the Qiao family from the overseas Knight Island, and Qing Li." Yushan replied.
There are many mountain people who have witnessed the existence of the Demonic Spear Qingli, so this kind of thing is not difficult to investigate for the Immortal Sect.
"King Yu?" The head master ignored the former and was obviously more concerned about Qing Li's existence.
"She was asked to lead the army to fight, but she ended up doing nothing all day and playing tricks on demons and monsters... Really..." The Yunxiao Sect's head raised his lips slightly:
“It’s really wonderful.”
The person of Yu Wang Qingli is related to the Yunxiao Sect’s grand plan.
Even if it was to respond to other immortal sects and split off from the Nine Provinces to establish an earthly immortal kingdom in order to balance the Human King Sword, the importance of this sect's major event was slightly inferior to that of the King of Feathers.
In fact, the Yunxiao Sect had already taken control of the Demonic Spear Qingli long before the Zhongzhou Da Dao Sect supported King Qin, and King Yu was a later title.
First there was Qingli, then there was Yuwang.
"The Golden Stone Monster of Taotie City is not even a fraction as powerful as her." The headmaster said:
"If it can help her reach a higher state of mind and deepen her obsession, then the death of the Gold and Stone Monster will be worth it."
"Master has a long-term vision." Daozi Yushan also seemed to understand:
"The more people Yu Wang killed, the more noble Qing Li became, and the more moral obsession he had with purity became."
The more he slayed demons and monsters, the more he showed zero tolerance for injustice, beheading unfilial sons, incompetent and corrupt officials, and man-eating monsters... .
The rift between King Yu and Qing Li will become deeper.
"In ancient mythology, the original Jingwei was not a demon, but a goddess." The head of the Yunxiao Sect said silently in his heart:
"The Jingwei bird is a divine bird born out of obsession. Its obsession is immortal and will last forever."