Chapter 59: Holding a Sharp Blade, Murderous Intent Arises

Hearing this voice, Li Si frowned even more deeply.

He knew from Luo Ye that this Liu Qin had intercepted the constables’ questioning for him. At the same time, he was very clear that Liu Qin was not a good person. Since he had helped him, he must have something to ask for.

After thinking for a moment, Li Si said to Cao Meng, “Tell him I’m not seeing visitors recently.”

Hearing Li Si’s words, Cao Meng immediately left the courtyard and walked towards the main hall.

“No… don’t come in…” Soon, noisy sounds came from the main hall.

Then a middle-aged man rushed into the courtyard, with Cao Meng following behind him, looking anxious.

“Oh, Young Master Li, you’ve been living quite comfortably lately,” the middle-aged man said with a beaming smile as soon as he saw Li Si.

“Teacher, he…” Cao Meng anxiously tried to say something.

Li Si waved his hand slightly, indicating that he didn’t need to say anything, while looking at Liu Qin and asking, “One doesn’t visit a temple without a cause. What business do you have? Say it quickly, I still need to rest.”

As he spoke, he stretched and yawned, looking very sleepy.

Seeing Li Si’s demeanor, a flash of anger appeared in the depths of Liu Qin’s eyes, but he still said with a full smile, “Can’t I visit you without having business?”

“No. If Master Liu has no business, please leave,” Li Si glanced at Liu Qin and said indifferently.

“No, I really do have business with you this time,” Liu Qin became a bit anxious hearing Li Si’s nonchalant attitude.

“Speak.”

“Do you still have that book?” Liu Qin asked nervously.

Li Si frowned slightly, puzzled, “Which book?”

“The book I sold to you before!” Liu Qin said urgently.

“When did you sell me a book?” Li Si’s eyes flashed with a hint of amusement as he continued to ask.

This Liu Qin had refused to acknowledge selling him the book last time, and now he came to ask for it back. This made Li Si want to tease him.

Liu Qin opened his mouth, somewhat at a loss for words. After selling the book to Li Si before, he had immediately denied it, saying he didn’t sell the book. Now bringing up this matter again was quite awkward.

But even though it was awkward, Liu Qin forced a smile and said, “The book I sold you for fifty taels of silver. I can buy it back now for a hundred taels. You’d be making double the profit.”

Li Si looked at Liu Qin, his eyes narrowing slightly. This man never acted without profit, how could he possibly buy back that book for a hundred taels? There must be some trick to it.

“That book has already been burned by me. It was just a useless book anyway,” Li Si said indifferently.

He wasn’t lying. The original owner had been angry at being tricked by Liu Qin and had directly thrown the book into the stove to burn as firewood.

“This…” Liu Qin opened his mouth, his expression turning unpleasant. He didn’t doubt Li Si’s words; although this person didn’t get along with him, he wouldn’t stoop to lying to him.

“Big trouble,” he finally sighed, and without saying goodbye to Li Si, he directly left.

Li Si watched his retreating figure, his eyes revealing a thoughtful expression.

Was this man encountering ghost creatures or monster creatures? Impossible. With the City God in the city, how could bizarre entities target him?

Moreover, even if he encountered bizarre entities, he should have told Li Si, after all, Li Si had a record of eliminating bizarre entities. But this Liu Qin kept his mouth shut.

So it should be unrelated to bizarre entities, and was likely related to some people.

Thinking of this, Li Si put this matter out of his mind. This matter had nothing to do with him, there was no need to wade into troubled waters.

Then he sent Cao Meng to practice calligraphy, while he took out the Black Sword from the study.

Li Si sat on the stone steps, stroking the Black Sword. To be honest, he was really surprised. This Black Sword, worth only 13 soul points, was so useful that it could be considered a divine weapon. It had greatly contributed to his return from the mountains this time.

He couldn’t help but think that perhaps the pricing method of the system store wasn’t based on the inherent value of the items, but on their effectiveness against monster creatures and ghost creatures.

A divine weapon like the Black Sword could only be considered a mundane item, not very effective against monster creatures and ghost creatures, so its value was even less than an Eight Trigrams mirror.

At the same time, Li Si also recalled the lightning from two days ago. It had taken seven or eight bolts of lightning to kill the tiger spirit. Didn’t that lightning have the legendary evil-exorcising power? Or was the evil-exorcising power not as strong as imagined?

Could it be that in this world, apart from the sun in the sky, there was nothing that could harm ghost creatures and monster creatures?

Thinking of this, Li Si couldn’t help but laugh at his own thoughts. If that were the case, the people of this world would have been extinct long ago. How could so many people still be living in this world?

However, this question took root deep in his heart.

Unable to figure it out, Li Si didn’t waste time on it. After all, he had been in this world for a short time and knew too little information. Without corresponding intelligence, it was difficult to deduce conclusions.

Putting aside his doubts, Li Si looked at the long sword in his hand and pondered slightly. This sword looked very unreasonable.

Because this sword had no guard, which made it easy to injure the user.

Suddenly, Li Si’s eyes lit up. He looked at the hilt of the Black Sword and pulled on the black cloth wrapped around the hilt. Immediately, the long strip of black cloth was unwrapped by Li Si, revealing the true hilt inside.

The hilt was wrapped with fine cord. Li Si touched it, and the sensation of the fine cord rubbing against his palm felt extremely comfortable, creating a desire to swing it.

However, Li Si immediately suppressed this desire. He looked at the black cloth strip extending from the fine cord on the hilt, and had a slight thought. He slowly wrapped the long black cloth strip tightly around his right hand, and Li Si realized that this cloth strip was extremely firm, unlike ordinary materials.

After tying the long cloth strip, his hand was tightly wrapped together with the sword hilt by the black cloth.

He extended his right hand and drew the Black Sword. The sword light flashed, instantly giving people a chilling feeling.

“What a sword with extreme killing intent!” Li Si looked at the sword in his hand, his right hand tightly bound to the sword, feeling a surge of killing intent sprouting from within his heart.

It turned out that this sword didn’t need a guard because the black cloth strip was the guard.

Li Si exhaled lightly, slowly sheathed the Black Sword, untied the cloth strip, and tied it back onto the hilt.

“Carrying a powerful weapon, murderous intent naturally arises. One must be cautious and take it seriously,” he calmed the killing intent that had just sprouted, while also warning himself that even if his martial prowess became stronger, he absolutely must not kill innocents recklessly.

Li Si hadn’t first cultivated martial virtue before practicing martial arts, so he always maintained a sense of vigilance in this aspect.

Then he began practicing sword techniques in the courtyard using a long staff. This sword technique was one of the killing moves from the “Mystic Tortoise Record”. He also understood that no matter how many ghost creatures he had to help him, he still needed to have something to rely on, otherwise he would end up in life-threatening situations like when he encountered the tiger.

And coincidentally, learning killing moves with weapons was much better than using hands and feet, especially with a divine weapon like the Black Sword.

Even if he encountered a very powerful expert, without being on guard, they might possibly be killed unexpectedly by Li Si using the Black Sword.