Qiu Luoye stood in the bathing room, shivering uncontrollably.
He felt cold. That made sense—Sweet lon’s body was icy and crisp, so it would naturally feel the chill.
Qiu Luoye moved his shoulders and neck. "What kind of poison is this? This body doesn’t even seem like my own."
Li Banfeng also started to shiver. "I’m cold, too. This poison can generate coldness. Take an Antidote first, then soak in hot water."
Li Banfeng handed the Elixir refined by Red Lotus to Qiu Luoye, who shook his head. "I don’t need to take this; you two should have it."
"We have our own," said Li Banfeng as he took out two throat-soothing pills, giving one to Ma Wu and swallowing the other himself.
Seeing this, Qiu Luoye also consud the Elixir, gazing at the flesh and blood on the ground for a long ti.
It was his own flesh and blood that had fallen off, and certain parts inevitably looked familiar.
Li Banfeng had previously thought to cover it with Li, but the origin of the Li was hard to explain.
They were now covering it with body gri—a perfectly logical and flawless solution. Qiu Luoye kicked at the flesh again. "Is that bath attendant really dead?"
Li Banfeng replied, "The corpse is here; how could it be fake?"
Ma Wu chid in, "I saw it with my own eyes; Old Qi blew him up!"
Qiu Luoye looked at Li Banfeng. He suddenly felt there was no need to doubt it. If they had seen the corpse, the person was definitely dead.
"Could the bath attendant have had an accomplice?"
Li Qi was waiting for this mont. "I’ll go and have a look."
Qiu Luoye said, "I’ll go with you."
Ma Wu held back Qiu Luoye. "Big Brother, you’re injured. First, co soak in the hot water with ."
Qiu Luoye imrsed himself in the hot water, the chill in his body dissipating sowhat, though his body still felt strange.
His flesh remained stiff, and it had beco much more slippery than before.
What was that bath attendant’s poison, and how could it be so powerful?
Li Banfeng ran to Qiu Luoye’s territory, returned to the Portable Residence, and said to the Phonograph, "Beloved wife, the first hurdle is passed, the dicine is taken, and the second hurdle will be quickly overco."
The wife picked up the Contract Book; she had three things to do.
First, she used Steam to wash off the bloodstains on the Contract Book, which were Qiu Luoye’s. However, the Contract Book still had a mist maintaining an illusion, making it appear as though the bloodstains were still there.
Now, they had to rely on this illusion to deceive the Inner State.
Since the bloodstains were washed off, did that an the Contract Book was completely unrelated to Qiu Luoye now? No.
Second, the wife turned to the back of the Contract Book, which was densely recorded with Qiu Luoye’s life achievents.
The Contract Book still had ties to Qiu Luoye. Even a single na could make it unsafe.
Stroke by stroke, the wife changed all instances of Qiu Luoye’s na to Qiu Daxiang.
Third, there was still a Sweet lon Qiu Luoye within the Portable Residence. The wife used the Phonograph’s needle to prick Sweet lon Qiu Luoye’s hand and sprinkled the lon’s juice on the iron deed.
From then on, the Contract Book had nothing more to do with Qiu Luoye.
Chuanzi, stationed beside the Border Line, noticed sothing amiss. The pebbles and fallen leaves near the Border Line instantly turned to ash.
Wuqin Village and Qiu Luoye’s territory were separated by the Border Line.
One of his n asked, "Brother Chuanzi, what’s happened?"
Chuanzi himself didn’t understand. "Don’t ask too much, just keep watch on the road, and don’t let anyone pass!"
Apart from Li Banfeng and his family, nobody knew the inside story.
Qi Qiu City was now split in two: Wuqin Village’s territory belonged to Qiu Luoye, and Qiu Luoye’s forr territory belonged to Qiu Daxiang.
But who was Qiu Daxiang?
As far as the Contract Book was concerned, whoever spilled their blood on it beca Qiu Daxiang.
Sweet lon had spilled its juice, so Sweet lon was Qiu Daxiang.
The Phonograph said to Sweet lon Qiu Luoye, "You are Qiu Daxiang."
Sweet lon Qiu Luoye looked at the Phonograph, expressionless.
Could Sweet lon Qiu Luoye feel a connection with the Contract Book?
With the juice already spilled, whether there would be a connection depended on whether Sweet lon Qiu Luoye knew it had a nickna: Qiu Daxiang.
Seeing Sweet lon’s expressionless face, Li Banfeng felt uncertain.
The Phonograph said, "Husband, go ahead with it. This Sweet lon was grown from Qiu Luoye’s blood. As long as the nickna works, it will definitely respond. You must act quickly. The Contract Book can maintain the illusion for a while once it leaves the house, but for no more than two minutes. If things aren’t settled within two minutes, be sure to bring the Contract Book back. Otherwise, the Inner State will see through the deception."
Li Banfeng nodded, took the iron deed and the prepared Paper Contract, along with the remaining Sweet lon Qiu Luoye, and left the Portable Residence.
Standing in Qiu Luoye’s territory, Li Banfeng unfolded the Paper Contract, on which was written: "Qiu Luoye triumphs over Qiu Daxiang; Qiu Daxiang cedes its entire territory, a land of one hundred miles in all directions, to Qiu Luoye."
Li Banfeng glanced at Sweet lon Qiu Luoye and asked, "Qiu Daxiang, do you agree?"
Sweet lon Qiu Luoye nodded, indicating agreent.
Li Banfeng handed the Paper Contract to Sweet lon Qiu Daxiang. Sweet lon Qiu Daxiang, holding the Paper Contract, dripped Sweet lon juice onto the Paper Contract.
Li Banfeng took out a small bottle and sprinkled the remaining blood of Qiu Luoye onto the Paper Contract.
Whether the blending of Qiu Luoye’s blood and Qiu Daxiang’s blood on the sa Paper Contract would take effect depended on whether the iron deed reacted.
He turned over the iron deed, but there was no response.
It didn’t work?
Was there no connection between Sweet lon and the Contract Book?
What to do now?
Although the Contract Book was no longer connected to Qiu Luoye, and the current Qiu Luoye was only the Local Deity of Wuqin Village, he was unfamiliar with Wuqin Village. Moreover, its territory was not large enough. Under these circumstances, he had no land of his own to stabilize his status and cultivation level, aning he couldn’t overco the third hurdle.
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