Li Qingyan immediately turned around.

And he immediately saw the person who spoke.

Looks like a ...... An old man in his fifties and sixties. But the dress was unusual—at least for a dozen years, he hadn't seen anyone like that in real life.

Wearing a three-piece Western-style formal suit with purple stripes on a red background, the cut is very fitting, just like a layer of skin that is born to this person. Shirts, ties, vests, brooches, and hand towels are all available, and every fold is meticulously detailed. A pair of leather shoes are also shiny and not stained with a trace of dust, like a display item that has been placed in the window. And this old man is also very well built, which makes him look like an old-school gentleman from England.

His hair was combed in half, as if it had been waxed, black and shiny. The beard on the upper lip and chin is neatly trimmed and should have been carefully maintained. He had a pair of discs of sunglasses on his nose, and his hands were resting on the round handle of a beautiful cane—looking at him through the top of the sunglasses.

The man sat in a chair beside his desk, basking in the not-so-clear sunlight that came in through the window.

So Li Qingyan was really stunned for a while before coming back to his senses.

Now, he realized that something was wrong. I remember that he looked around the room as he entered the door...... Actually, I saw this person.

At that time, the man just sat and looked at himself. But his gaze swept over him, and consciousness said, "This man is not there."

This means that Li Qingyan thinks that there are only two people in the room. Strangely, when he thinks, "There are two people in this room," the thought should mean "there are two people in the room besides himself."

However, when this thought is induced by any force, one's subjective consciousness only accepts the superficial meaning of the thought, without thinking more deeply.

Thereupon...... He ignored the existence of this man.

This kind of means of playing with consciousness is far more clever than oneself. It also means that this person's realm is higher than himself. Now the two of them were two steps apart, but Li Qingyan didn't feel any spiritual aura from him. This means that either this person is a mortal who cannot cultivate, or he has collected all his essence and spirit, without the slightest leakage.

It should be a level. Li Qingyan thought that it should be a first-level existence that he had never seen before—the existence at the top of the world's cultivation level.

And most of these existences are hidden on weekdays. Both the style of life and habits are a little out of touch with the current era. But this disconnect is easy to understand – those who themselves have lived in the "old era" for a long time, and the current "new era" is "just beginning" for them, and they have not yet fully embraced it.

But there is one person who is the exception......

The current acting sect leader of the Lianhua Sect and the grandfather of Pei Yuanxiu. He was "young" - just over two hundred years old.

When this person is "young" and has the strongest receptivity, it is also the time when the west wind is growing. If it's him who dresses up like this...... It's not unusual.

So Li Qingyan reached out and moved the chair behind him, took a step back, stood beside the bed, and whispered, "Mr. Pei?"

The old man did not speak again, but pushed his glasses up and looked at him through the lenses.

Li Qingyan thought about it for a while, and then said, "You have a point. ”

Then he turned his back to the old man. Raised his hand to take Pei Yuanxiu's vein, and then pointed at his Da Yu and Chongyang acupoints. After doing this, he turned: "This will indeed make him recover faster." ”

But the old man did not speak. Li Qingyan didn't speak anymore - his face was calm as usual, but he had already destroyed his consciousness to the extreme. With his astonishing sensitivity to spiritual power, he began to probe whether there were any powerful prohibitions and magic circles around him.

Then it was concluded: no. This person did not make any arrangements in this room, nor was he outside.

Then I started to see "Yun". The old man's luck in front of him...... It's the most complicated and peculiar luck he's ever seen. There were so many tentacles that it seemed like a cloud of smoke. Li Qingyan can understand this - this person has lived for more than two hundred years, and he is the sect leader of a faction. There are countless protégés and disciples, and there must be extremely complex social relationships. Many people wanted to have something to do with him, and he himself could not detach himself from the world because of sectarian affairs, which is why he was like this.

As for the connection with himself, a smoky tentacle reached out.

In the past, Li Qingyan couldn't see his luck. His fortune is like a black hole or pure nothingness. If there was anything to do with him, the tentacles that reached through him had faded and disappeared when they were not close to his body. It was as if he was really a void, and those things were all pulled into the void once they were next to him.

But now he found that the tentacle that the old man was connected to himself had not disappeared, but had circled around his body—not directly touching him, but not disappearing.

In the past ten years, Li Qingyan has been thinking about what this kind of "tentacle" is. Eventually, he was inclined to think that it was due to some kind of talent of his own, some kind of figurative form of the connection between the things he saw.

He can't see his own luck, and it is difficult for other people's tentacles to touch his "luck", which may mean that he exists independently of this world in a sense. Probably because of this, many supernatural prohibitions did not work for him, as if he was outside of cause and effect.

And these must all have an indelible connection with the memories he lost.

But today...... He was "circled" by the old man's "tentacles".

Li Qingyan didn't fully know what this appearance meant for the time being, but he could probably guess one thing - if this person wanted to use some prohibitions and spells on himself...... Maybe it will work.

The fact that he ignored the presence of this man when he walked into the room was probably one proof of this.

Is this the power of the first level? The third level is the realm of returning to the basics, the second level is the realm of cultivating to the mysteries, and the first level was called the realm of the Taishang Circle in the past. It is said that the first-level monks have touched the "Tao" of the world—if this "Tao" refers to a certain law, perhaps the person in front of him has manipulated a certain law to make a spell that cannot work on him work.

As he thought about this, his face remained calm, and not even his breathing became rapid or soothing.

But the old man sitting on the chair suddenly smiled: "Xiao Li, are you afraid of me?"

Li Qingyan was stunned for a moment, never thinking that this person would say such a thing. But he also smiled: "It's the first time I've seen a first-class master." This master is also the grandfather of the person I just hurt - how can you not be afraid? If I guessed correctly, you are Pei Shouchong. ”

"Well, it's me. Pei Shouchong raised his cane and pointed at Pei Yuanxiu on the hospital bed, "This kid, I've mentioned you a few times before." It seems that he really thinks of you as a friend. Looking at it today, I didn't make a mistake with your friend - your method of abolishing his cultivation is very clever. If I am asked to do this...... I don't know if he can save his life. But it's a blessing for him that you're ahead of me. ”

Pei Shouchong surprised Li Qingyan when he appeared. Now that he has said these words, he did not expect it.

For the first time, he couldn't figure out whether a person was telling the truth or the opposite.

But he quickly figured out one thing. Whether this first-level powerhouse was planning to play around like a cat before killing a mouse, or if he really thought he was doing the right thing, he didn't need to put on a low profile. People who really have murderous intentions will not let go of their lives because of one or two words of forgiveness and humble gestures. That will only increase the arrogance of the enemy and extinguish one's own prestige.

So he said in a deep voice: "We used to be friends, and even after he told me and deceived me about something, we can still be called friends. But when I learned that he had committed treason, he was never again. ”

Pei Shouchong smiled again, and seemed to be very interested in what he said: "I heard Yuan Xiu mention you in the past, you shouldn't be that kind of patriot. ”

Li Qingyan understood what he meant, so he said: "Treason and defection to the enemy...... It means that his character may be very different from what I knew before. It also means that the person I saw before is not the real him. Then our relationship is debatable. ”

"Mr. Pei. What I have done to him today is worthy of my heart. If you're going to—"

Pei Shouchong shook his head: "No, no, Xiao Li, I said, you did the right thing." It is in line with the trend and the general trend. What Yuan Xiu did was wrong—I came here today, and I was supposed to do what you just did. Oh...... You don't believe me. ”

This Lotus Flower Sect's Acting Sect Master, a first-level cultivator, stood up. And at this time, Li Qingyan found out that he was a cripple.

His cane wasn't a decoration, but it did serve its purpose—a partial replacement for his right-leg, which didn't seem to be able to bear much force.

It's ...... Uncanny.

A first-class monk, the strength of his body is difficult to describe in words. No matter what kind of pain or hidden illness there is, it should have been healed in the process of cultivation. But he was a cripple—the kind that had to use a cane.

Pei Shouchong walked to the side of the bed under Li Qingyan's extremely puzzled gaze and glanced at Pei Yuanxiu: "I already know what they are doing." This grandson of mine is going to kill my son. Then he will be the successor of the suzerain...... I was initiated, I got the insight and the mind of the Retrospective Turning Method, and then dedicated it to the Americans. ”

"But it wasn't destined to work out - someone must have stopped him. I didn't know who that man was, but I'm here today just to take a look. Look, now, I know it's you. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and nodded on Pei Yuanxiu's forehead. So the latter's face quickly became ruddy, and his breathing became steady.

"But Yuan Xiu's life should not be extinguished today, and there are still a lot of things to do in the future. He turned his face to look at Li Qingyan, "As for you...... Now it looks a lot like after one of my old friends. So don't be afraid of me, I won't hurt you. ”