Heaven's Formula

However, Li stopped Xia Fan with his other hand.

"She didn't want to kill me. The chain didn't penetrate deeply."

Not deep?

Only then did he notice that the chain had only penetrated half an inch into his palm, and although blood gushed out, it avoided weak parts such as muscles and bones.The front of the chain gradually turned red, as if it was sucking Li's blood.

And Yan Qing, the owner of the chains, did not show any further attack. Her eyes were slightly closed, and her brows trembled from time to time, as if she was sensing something.The moment the chain was loosened, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then opened her eyes, the astonishment in her eyes was no less than Li's.

"How come... her child survived?"

"Answer me!" Li grabbed the other party's collar, gritted his teeth and repeated, "Where is the owner of the wooden hairpin?"

The green sword didn't fly Li away, but let her shake back and forth a few times, and then refocused her somewhat diffuse gaze on Li's face, "But you don't look like that person at all... What is going on? What's going on?"

"Both of you, sit down for me!" Xia Fan couldn't help stepping forward to separate the two, "Li, this hairpin—could it be your master's?"

Li nodded slightly, "I didn't recognize it at first because it was too common, but those marks on Chai's body—"

Xia Fan followed her words and looked at Fachai, only to see a few thin dents on the old wooden stick.

"The tooth marks that were obviously bitten out by me!"

"you sure?"

"I still remember that my nature was still young at that time, and when I had teeth in my mouth, I always wanted to bite something... Master took off the hairpin and put it in my mouth."

But now the hairpin is in Yan Qing's hands.The latter is also a green sword, if she is Li's master, Li should have recognized it long ago.It can only be said that this person had a very close relationship with Li's master, otherwise he would not be able to get such personal things. "Now it's your turn." Xia Fan asked Yan Qing in a deep voice, "What is your relationship with her master? Where is her master now?"

"Master?" Yan Qing grinned, "So that's what she told you? That's right, since you separated a long time ago, you naturally have no way of knowing what kind of blood is flowing in your body."

blood?

"No way..." Xia Fan suddenly thought of a possibility, "Do you mean—"

"That's right, the original owner of this hairpin was Li Mengyun, and you are her child." Yan Qing looked directly at Li Dao.

This sentence stunned the two of them.

Is it really a mother-daughter relationship?

"How do you know that this person's blood is flowing on her body?"

"Weaving locks is a proof." Yan Qing spread her hands, and iron chains gushed out of her cuffs, as if endlessly, and these chains intertwined under her body to form an even and dense net, "My ability can pass through blood and breath. , Record the response methods of each type of opponent. The more enemies you have fought against, the stronger the weaving chain will be. At the same time, it will automatically be on guard against enemies who enter the vigilance range. In the underground center of the Privy Council, the chain tells I, a person who could not have appeared, walked into the net I laid."

"And you have never fought against Li before." Xia Fan suddenly said.

"That's right, at first I just subconsciously wanted to question her about her details, but after learning the news from Chain's 'memory', I realized that Li's blood is not normal."

The screening scope of this iron chain can be traced back to the blood relationship, and the green swords of the Privy Council really have extraordinary abilities.

"Wait," Xia Fan suddenly thought of a key question, "The chain needs blood to record information. Doesn't it mean that you and Li Mengyun were not friends before, but enemies?"

Yan Qing sighed lightly, "The correct way to say it should be friends first and enemies second."

2 Chapter Ninety

Following the other party's narration, Li heard the past of his master...or his mother for the first time.

She used to be Qingjian with the most potential in the Privy Council. If there is no accident, she will be promoted to Yuyi in two or three years.It was not until the Wanjinglou Incident happened that everything came to an abrupt end.

The emperor set up a bureau in the building and decided to kill the alchemists who did not belong to his own faction and had a faint momentum of independence.In order to improve his chances of winning, he also bound a group of neutral alchemists to his ship by means of threats and inducements, including Qingjian Li Mengyun.

It is very difficult to control the alchemists of the third rank and above by ordinary methods, because they are already strong enough, but Li Mengyun gave birth to a child at that time.

This weakness forced her to stand on the opposite side of the Privy Council.

What followed was the bloodiest battle of the Privy Council.The high-level alchemists on both sides suffered heavy losses. It can be said that Yan Qing, Yu Linglong and others stood out from this battle and took over the seats vacated by their predecessors.

The final result ended with the failure of the emperor.

Just because he overlooked two points.

One is that the Seven Star Project has been launched, and there are far more alchemists who do not want to stand on the side of the royal family than he imagined. Moreover, this group of insiders are not low-level, have strong beliefs, and their fighting will is much stronger than those who are being coerced.

The second is that what he has to face is not only Qiguo Privy Council, but also alchemists from other countries who are hiding in Shangyuan and quietly waiting for an opportunity.

So far after the First World War, not only did the emperor fail to achieve his goal, but he also lost the power of those who were loyal to him. He suffered a serious illness under the stress of anger, and no longer lost his original arrogance.

The Gyeonggi Privy Council was also seriously injured by this battle, which led to a sharp drop in its control over the local Privy Council.

"Do you want to say... my master also died in this incident?" Li said with a sullen face.

"She was one of the few royalists who survived - although seriously injured, she did not die instantly."

"You just said that she was coerced!"

"But she did kill several alchemists, what can I do, please others let her go!" Yan Qing's voice became a little excited.

"Then what happened to Li Mengyun after that?" Only Xia Fan remained calm.

"Actually...the Privy Council is also very hesitant. Because these alchemists are very capable, but at the same time they are not really loyal to the emperor. It's just that their accomplices are a fact. If they are lightly let go, it may chill the hearts of the alchemists who support Seven Stars." Yan Qing pursed her lips, "The final result is to send them to Xu State and be judged by Yuheng, the leader of the Seven Stars. It's a pity..."

"What a pity?"

"They failed to reach Xuzhou. The escort convoy was attacked by evil spirits shortly after entering Gaoguo territory. It is rumored that no one survived."

"Evil?" Xia Fan frowned sensitively, "Didn't this thing only run rampant in the first ten years of the founding of the country? When you mentioned the Wanjinglou incident, all countries had already settled down."

"You're not wrong, but you can't be right either." Yan Qing said a little annoyed, "Even now, some remote areas and battlefield areas in Qi Kingdom will still be occupied by evil spirits. Of course, we also doubted that things will go wrong." It was such a coincidence that people were sent to Gaoguo to search, and they did find the remains of the convoy. But at this time, more than two months had passed, and apart from the traces of evil spirits found at the scene, there were not many other effective clues."

She let out a little breath, "It has been so many years now, and the power of the Seven Stars is no longer what it used to be. Even if she comes back, she will not be punished too much... But the problem is that Li Mengyun has never appeared again, which only shows that , she really no longer exists in this world."

"I-I don't believe it." Li said with difficulty.

"You don't believe me, is it easy for me to believe it? A child who should have died a long time ago can still appear in front of me!" Yan Qing was silent for a moment, and when she spoke again, her tone softened a little, as if she wanted to try To appease Li General, "But blood relationship doesn't lie. You have Li Mengyun's blood in your body, so you should also accept the reality."

"I don't understand," Xia Fan interrupted, "Why do you think her child is dead?"

"This is a matter of course. The emperor has always acted cruelly, and he will never give the soldiers under him a chance to turn back. In addition, the failure of the action, whether it is to vent his anger or weaken the Privy Council, it is impossible for him to let the child back into our hands. Then the only option is to get rid of them." Qing Jian's tone was obviously not so patient when dealing with Xia Fan's question, "In fact, we also secretly searched the places where people could hide inside and outside the palace, but found nothing. After all, this It's all because of Li Mengyun's stubbornness and stupidity."

"The green sword with the most potential...stupid?"

"Isn't it? She obviously has several ways to avoid such a thing from happening. She can obviously turn to the Privy Council for help, and she can obviously—believe me a little more!" Speaking of the latter, Yan Qing couldn't help clenching her fists, "Even if The child is under the control of the emperor, so the majestic Qingjian will be slaughtered? As long as she speaks out, the Privy Council can secretly plan a rescue, and they can also stage a scene for each other during the incident, but she didn't say anything until the end! Isn't this stupid what is it?"

"No...you don't understand her at all." Li shook his head.

"I've fought side by side with her for so many years, so there's nothing I don't understand. Before she was escorted, she would rather give me this hairpin than ask me to intercede for her. She's just—— stupid!" Yan Qing paused Dun, "Of course, I'm also stupid, and I didn't see her abnormality."

Then she looked at the fox demon, "Although I don't know how you escaped the catastrophe, you not only survived, but also became a person who sensed the qi. This may be another kind of fate. Be my apprentice, I I never accept apprentices, but you are an exception—I will teach you everything I know, including the spells mastered by your mother."

"I refuse." Li said without hesitation.

"Why?" Yan Qing was very surprised, Qing Jian took the initiative to ask for apprentices, other alchemists couldn't ask for it, and some people would not agree.

"The Privy Council is not my destination, I have found a place I want to stay."

"Don't be joking, as an alchemist, is there a more suitable place than the Privy Council?" Yan Qing asked eagerly, "Could it be that you are worried that Li Mengyun once made an enemy of the Privy Council? Don't worry, we have no habit of offending future generations. I guarantee that you will not be treated unfairly, if someone dares to bully you, I will make him regret it for the rest of his life." At this point, she glanced at Xia Fan deliberately.

"What if it was the Privy Council itself who bullied me?" Li said unmoved.

"What's the meaning?"

She raised her hand and pinched the outer edge of her cloth hat.

Xia Fan was startled, and just as he was about to dissuade him, he saw a look of no need to worry from the other party.

Then she tugged lightly.

The cloth cap fell, and Li's soft and beautiful black hair immediately fell down. At the same time, the pair of long, fluffy ears slowly stood up, exposing them in front of the two.

Yan Qing couldn't help but widen her eyes.

The orphan of a deceased friend turned out to be a demon?

Chapter 291 Mother's Choice

"In addition, I have never been controlled by the emperor. The only thing left in my memory is a bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain..." Li Huan said, "There are few people there, and there are no palace walls. There is nothing outside a grotto and a hut."

"No, not controlled by the emperor?" Yan Qing showed an unbelievable expression, "And then..."

"She lived with me for a period of time, teaching me speech and spells, but she never mentioned herself. In her mouth, I just happened to be picked up by her at the foot of the mountain."

Although the two were still talking, Xia Fan on the side had raised his vigilance to the highest point.

The Privy Council's arrest of the listener can also be interpreted as a cover, but the hostility towards the demon is definitely not a disguise. In case Qingjian moves abnormally, he can only choose to force the other party to stay.

But Yan Qing seemed to have fallen into a state of trance.

She looked at Li blankly, but the focus of her eyes did not fall on Li, but seemed to be looking at a farther place.For Qingjian, this was probably the moment when he was most slack in defense.

After a long while, she was shocked suddenly, and she murmured, "So that's what happened, so it turned out to be like this! That's right... Only this can explain why she did that..."

Yan Qing's tone contained suddenness, understanding, and loss, but more of it was sadness.

"Fool...you are such a fool..."

"So it is impossible for her to entrust me to you." Li lowered his eyelids, "I am afraid that in her view, giving birth to a demon is a shame and a shame. Those days were neither long nor short, but she never said After going through my own background, I never even let me call Master, let alone mother."

"Occasionally, I can feel that there is a kind of contradiction in her heart. It's just that she didn't understand the human heart at that time, so I didn't think about it. Later I realized that she didn't like me that much. What was suppressed in her heart was disgust. Perhaps she also thought about whether she should simply throw me into the wild and ignore her."

"I have never understood why she has such a conflict and still takes time to accompany me and impart knowledge to me every day. I want to rescue her from the Privy Council. Apart from repaying her kindness, I also want to solve this problem. But if it is really like You can understand what you said, I was born of her."

"You're right, I don't know her well enough, but why don't you!" Yan Qing slapped the table hard, "Since you have never been controlled by the emperor, she still wants to participate in this incident. Don't you understand?"

"……What's the meaning?"

"In order to completely hide you, Li Mengyun chose to sacrifice herself!"

Li was stunned.

"Yes, even if it is Qingjian, even if she is as outstanding as her, she will definitely feel panicked and terrified because her child is a monster, but she still regards you as her flesh and blood, there is no doubt about it!" Yan Qing held her slightly trembling hand, "Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why she kept silent from the beginning to the end and accepted all the guilt by default."

"The reason why Li Mengyun participated in the incident was neither because of the emperor's coercion, nor because she wanted to oppose the Privy Council—all she wanted was to save you and make everyone forget your existence... This is the last thing she can do for you thing."

Xia Fan was silent, and slowly let go of the hand holding the copper wire pendant.

Because he didn't want to hurt his friend, he didn't disclose any news to his friend from the beginning to the end, and he didn't even ask for mercy when the final judgment was made.

Because she didn't want Li to spend her whole life in danger, she didn't choose to escape, but faced everything alone.

Between the Privy Council, friends and the emperor, she made a seemingly incomprehensible decision, but it was the safest decision for Li.

That is to pretend to be controlled by the emperor and attract everyone's attention as a traitor.

Facts have proved that the Privy Council was completely deceived - even Yan Qing believed that Meng Yun's child was murdered by the emperor and had long since ceased to exist in the world.

This is the price of saving a demon.

If not, it would be almost impossible for Qingjian to conceal the whereabouts of a child. As long as the Privy Council conducts investigations, they will always find some clues.

For a period of time, Li lived really hard, wandering and starving, just like a street child...but she was also free.

This freedom has become the most powerful guarantee for her to grow up.

After a while, Xia Fan asked, "Master Yan, do you still want to accept her as a disciple?"

"I..." Yan Qing hesitated for a moment, "Forget it, Mengyun wasn't sure to hide a monster in the main mansion back then, but I insisted on doing this and I hurt her instead."

"Then will you report to the General Mansion—report that you have found a fox demon, and it is hiding in the team of Jinxia City."

"If I want to have this idea, I don't need to report it at all." Qing Jian gave Xia Fan a cold look, "It's you——when did you find out that she is a fox demon? How dare you bring the demon to the capital, to put it nicely It’s bold, if it doesn’t sound good, it’s asking for death!”

"From the moment I met Li, I knew her identity."

"As an alchemist, don't you have any evil thoughts towards her?"

"Hey, isn't it a rule set by the Privy Council to be so harsh on monsters? You are too double-standard." Xia Fan curled his lips, besides, is touching the tail considered evil? "Compared with those rules, I believe in what I see with my eyes. In addition, I don't understand one thing. Seeing your reaction, it seems that you already know that people can give birth to demons. Why is the Privy Council so wary of demons? "

Obviously in the Yong Dynasty, the demon would not be treated like this.

"Because I don't want to repeat the mistakes of the western countries." Yan Qing put the chain into his sleeve, "The talent of monsters is stronger than that of most alchemists. If they find a way to produce descendants stably, the status of alchemists and monsters may be reduced." Fundamental changes have taken place. In the Holy Wing Islands and Rangis Oceania, the demon has become the upper hand in charge of secular power."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Li with a hesitant expression on her face, but she finally said, "I have one more unfeeling request—can you let me see your real appearance?"

"Are you doubting her bloodline?"

"No, I firmly believe in the judgment of the chains, but... when she took off her hat, it suddenly occurred to me that the characteristics of a demon can be hidden, and the appearance can also be disguised. What method should you use...to change your appearance?"

This person's insight is really sharp, Xia Fan raised his eyebrows, he was noncommittal, which was equivalent to handing over the power of choice to Li himself.

After looking at her for a moment, Li took off the fake skin on his face.

"Mengyun..." Yan Qing still couldn't help murmuring, she stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to touch the fox's cheek, but she realized halfway through, and withdrew her hand reluctantly, "You really look like her, The eyebrows and eyes are as if they were printed from a mold... that's fine."

Standing up with emotion, Yan Qing's tone was still a little regretful, but she was quite satisfied compared to before, "No matter what, I've settled my mind. As for you—" she pointed at Xia Fan, "If You really care about her safety, you'd better find an opportunity to send her out of Gyeonggi as soon as possible. The aristocratic family has completely disintegrated, and more and more alchemists will return to Shangyuan in the near future. No one knows if there is anyone in there who can find Miss Li's flaws. If you put her in deep danger because of you, no matter where you escape to later, I will come to you, understand?"

"Don't worry, that's what I thought too."