Chapter 482 Confrontation

Spring goes and autumn comes.

When the newly born spirit butterfly walked out of the hall and began to contribute to the development of the spirit butterfly clan, the ethereal flower ushered in the blooming season again.

Lingqi personally planned and then the most loyal guards implemented it, and built more than one hidden warehouse outside the city.

Various cultivation resources were stored on a large scale.

It became her own private property.

Correspondingly, the total amount collected and handed in was reduced again.

It even reached the point of alarming the spirit butterfly mistress.

For the first time, Lingqi was severely punished by the mistress.

Even bloody and cruel punishments were directly used.

This was used as a punishment for poor management.

The cold wind was bleak and the cold rain was falling.

Wei Tao walked slowly along the stone path.

Followed by two slender and graceful spirit butterfly girls.

They each held a wooden umbrella, not caring that they were soaked through, and their dresses were tightly attached to their bodies, just concentrating on protecting the master in the middle from wind and rain.

After passing through the garden and the corridor, Wei Tao finally stopped in front of a quiet and secluded courtyard.

At this moment, at least more than ten obscure eyes were cast over, and they disappeared quietly after confirming their identities.

Although no guards appeared from beginning to end, the defense of the entire courtyard was extremely strict. Even with Wei Tao's eyes, he could not find too many places to be picky.

With a creaking sound.

The courtyard door was gently pushed open.

A pretty maid bowed and saluted, "I greet Master Yuan, His Highness is in the room, you can go over now."

Wei Tao nodded, and under the guidance of the maid, he quickly came to the door of the main house.

Wisps of hot air came out of the room, met the cold wind under the corridor, and quickly formed a light white mist.

There was a strong smell of herbs and a faint smell of blood in the middle, which mixed in silently.

He took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and walked into the main house alone.

The room was empty, with no furniture.

In addition to a set of tables and chairs, there was only a huge bathtub placed on the floor in the middle.

The water vapor was steaming everywhere, and there was a sound of water like the sound of a spring, which made people feel like they were in a fairyland.

"Mr. Yuan Yi is here."

Lingqi's voice sounded at this time.

It sounded a little lazy, as if she had not woken up yet.

"I heard that you were injured, so I came to take a look."

Wei Tao stopped a few steps away, his eyes fell on the bathtub, "I see that you are not in a big deal, I will go back first."

"You are leaving just after you come, Mr. Yuan Yi, don't you want to sit down and have a cup of tea?"

"Recently, we have been busy with our own things, and we have not had the opportunity to meet and talk in detail. I have to say that this is a very regrettable thing."

Lingqi said as she walked out of the medicine barrel.

Her hair was scattered, covering half of her cheeks.

Her slender body was covered with water drops, and it was still emitting rising heat.

She looked even whiter like jade, and there was almost no flaw.

Lingqi walked barefoot on the ground, first came to the table and poured two cups of tea, then slowly wiped her body, picked up a bathrobe and put it on.

From beginning to end, she behaved naturally, completely ignoring the gaze of the opposite sex in the room.

Wei Tao took the teacup and brought it to his mouth and took a sip, "Just now, the bathtub and the spiritual medicine slightly affected my perception and judgment. It was not until now that I realized that there seemed to be a problem with your perception of spiritual meaning."

"The mistress was very measured. There was no skin injury on the surface, but it caused me great pain inside."

Lingqi smiled slightly, but her expression was not troubled at all, "However, realizing great ideals and completing great projects has never been smooth sailing. You must have a fearless spirit of sacrifice to truly walk this bumpy road.

Just like Mr. Yuan Yi said, if God wants to give a great task to a spirit butterfly, he must first make his heart and mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry, and his body empty, and walk with the wind. Disrupt their actions.

So if I can't even bear this little bit of hardship, I'm not worthy of talking about guiding the glory of the spirit butterfly clan and making it shine on the earth. "

Wei Tao nodded, "Only those who endure the most bitterness can become the butterfly among butterflies. Therefore, for the strong and iron-like spirit butterflies, setbacks and failures will not knock them down, but will turn into the most precious nutrients, making them more pure, powerful and noble. "

"Only those who endure the most bitterness can become the butterfly among butterflies."

"What Mr. Yuan Yi said is really a wise saying. I can't help but fall into thinking. The more I taste it, the more delicious it is. "

Lingqi sighed faintly, raised her hand to gather her long black hair behind her, and half of her bathrobe slipped down, revealing a large area of ​​fair and delicate skin.

She still didn't care, just slowly drank the tea, and from time to time picked up a piece of dessert and put it into her mouth.

Time passed little by little.

The atmosphere in the house was peaceful and quiet.

Only the autumn wind and the cold rain dripped on the roof, making a faint sound of hitting.

Lingqi finished a plate of snacks, drank the little tea left in the cup, and exhaled softly.

"If it weren't for the new generation of spirit butterflies, that is, my sisters were not able to take up the responsibility, I would be punished at a higher level, and there might even be a life-and-death crisis."

She stroked the porcelain cup that was still warm, and couldn't help but sighed secretly again.

"And I can notice that Her Majesty the Mistress's attitude towards me has changed. This has nothing to do with whether the cultivation resources collected this year have been reduced, but she seems to gradually regard me as a threat and has gradually increased her precautions against me.

This feeling is very subtle, but very real. If it were me before, I might not be able to truly taste it. "

At this point, she suddenly laughed, "It's really like what Mr. Yuan Yi said before, why should women make things difficult for women?"

Wei Tao picked up the teapot and filled it with tea for her.

Then he looked directly into her eyes and said slowly and calmly, "From the moment the contradiction appeared, she had one and only one identity, and that was your class enemy. Apart from that, there was no other possibility. The presence."

Lingqi fell silent and quietly avoided even looking at each other.

She lowered her head, staring at the calm water in the cup, and sighed inexplicably, "But she is my mother after all, and she is also the one I have sworn to be loyal to forever."

Wei Tao then sighed, "Since the tea time before speaking to Your Majesty the Mistress, this is the first time that Miss Lingqi has said the title of mother. I don't think I need to say more about what it means.

Thinking further, I must also remind Miss Lingqi that you and I share weal and woe and advance together and retreat together.

Therefore, I hope that if anything happens in the future, you'd better open your heart and don't hide too much from me, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings and losses due to poor communication between us. "

Lingqi's eyes flickered and she looked up, "Have I not opened up enough to Mr. Yuan Yi? Instead, you have been concealing and rejecting. Even the last time I sent Thirteenth Sister into your room, you didn't. A performance that can make you feel anything.

It's a pity that if I want to become a mistress, the last step must be passed the test of the secret realm. Otherwise, I can send myself to your room, so that the relationship between us can be further connected and bound. "

"Okay, if Miss Lingqi has nothing else to do, I will leave first."

As Wei Tao spoke, he slowly stood up and walked towards the door.

After a few steps, Lingqi's voice suddenly came from behind.

It sounds a bit ethereal, like talking in sleep.

"I want her to die."

"If she doesn't die, I will feel uneasy."

Click!

The door that had just been opened a crack was closed again.

Wei Tao turned back and his eyes fell on her face, "Miss Lingqi, are you sure you want to do this?"

"I am sure."

She closed her eyes and murmured to herself, "She is wrong, I am right, and just because my strength has increased, she thinks it threatens her position and starts to take precautions against me. This is definitely not true." What a matron should do.”

"So, the more powerful she is, the more she will hinder the development of the clan. I must try to replace her in order to truly make the clan bigger and stronger and create greater glory as you said."

Wei Tao asked her to sit back down and filled the cup with tea again, "His Majesty is known to be powerful. If Miss Lingqi takes action now, her chances of winning may not be very good."

"I know."

Lingqi sighed, "However, the mistress is recovering from the weakness caused by childbirth, and now that the war between my clan and the flying ants has subsided, she will most likely take back the resources and power I control.

What's more, my younger sisters are also growing up rapidly. If that time comes, the situation I will face will become increasingly difficult, and it will even be difficult to see the hope of victory. "

Wei Tao looked at her quietly, with a gentle smile on his face, "The war can subside, and it can naturally reignite.

And if the fire is big enough, besides Miss Lingqi, I can't think of anyone else who can take on the important task of leading the army. "

"You mean to start another war with the flying ants?"

Lingqi immediately shook her head, "I'm afraid not, the mistress definitely doesn't want to provoke another dispute, and she is already suspicious of the incident I caused last time. If it happens again, it is very likely that she will be directly traced to me. "

"His Majesty is unwilling to provoke disputes because he is not motivated by enough interests."

Wei Tao sighed, "If we can give her an excellent opportunity to enter, and let her see extremely huge benefits, then it is not impossible for the imperial commander to conquer in person."

"The imperial driver personally conquers..."

Lingqi's eyes suddenly lit up, "If I can get her to leave the main city, I will risk everything to confront her head-on!"

Wei Tao's heart moved slightly and he remembered these words in his heart.

Then he unfolded a crude map on the table with various simple markings on it.

"Lingdie, Flying Ant, and Seven Stars used to have constant disputes, so what we have to do now is to completely muddy the waters so that His Majesty can see the hope of making great achievements and leaving a name for the ages.

Before that, what Miss Lingqi needs to do is to hide her strength, bide her time, show weakness and hide her clumsiness, so as not to let His Majesty catch you. "

Snow was falling heavily, and the whole world was shrouded in pure white.

A certain valley outside the sphere of influence of the Spirit Butterfly clan.

It’s snow-capped and covered in silver, it’s really beautiful.

Lingqi, wearing heavy armor and a thick cloak, stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the basin in the distance.

Wei Tao stood beside her. The cold weather had little effect on him, which was in sharp contrast to the Spirit Butterfly clan who were naturally afraid of the cold.

This is the first time he has gone out on patrol with the team since entering the main city of Psylocke.

It can be regarded as taking this opportunity to learn more about the surrounding environment and conduct detailed surveys and comparisons with the content mastered in the book.

Behind them, dozens of Spirit Butterfly warriors stood motionless like sculptures. Only when they occasionally cast their gaze behind Ling Qi, would they burst out with almost fanatical adoration.

"Although it is a routine inspection, I decided to take you to do something big."

Lingqi exhaled a breath of white mist and looked into the distance, "That basin is the target of our secret operation."

After a pause, her voice became cold and full of murderous intent, "You should all remember that the deep hatred between our clan and those damn flying ants can only be truly cleansed with blood and life.

There is the Bailing Orchard that the Flying Ant Tribe thinks is secret. There are at least tens of thousands of Bailing Fruit trees in it. Our goal is to eliminate the guarding forces and rob all the resources. "

"Please rest assured, Your Highness Ninth, we have made all preparations."

Wei Tao turned around and asked, "Have you changed into the standard equipment of the Seven Star Clan?"

The leading soldier nodded, "Reporting to the great fortune teller, all the soldiers participating in the operation have been replaced."

"I repeat."

Lingqi looked around, her eyes full of cold oppression, which immediately made all the Spirit Butterfly warriors shiver.

"All equipment must be from the Seven Star Clan. You cannot carry anything that may reveal your identity. You'd better check it again."

Uh-huh...

She suddenly appeared in front of one of the warriors, reached out and pulled out an exquisite pendant from her breastplate.

"Is this what you call complete preparation?"

She crushed the pendant into powder and let it scatter in the depths of the wind and snow.

Captain Lingdie's face turned red, and he strode up to the warrior. He suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, "We are all His Highness's most loyal subordinates, but you have betrayed His Highness's trust."

"I don't……"

The Psylocke warrior almost bit his lower lip and almost cried when he spoke.

"This is the relic of my sister who was born from the same egg. She died in the previous battle with the flying ants, so I thought of bringing it with me so that my sister can see with her own eyes that I am avenging her... "

Click!

Before she could finish her words, her head suddenly bent back 180 degrees.

Immediately afterwards, a ball of pure white flames quietly rose, quickly turning her into ashes.

"No one here wants to hear any explanation from you."

Captain Lingdie wiped away all the ashes, "Your Highness is the future of our clan and cannot tolerate any disobedience. Failure to strictly implement His Highness's orders would be betrayal and disloyalty to His Highness. This should have been deeply engraved in our hearts long ago." The iron law in consciousness cannot allow any mistakes or mistakes. "

"Everyone check again, don't let me find even a little problem!"

A quarter of an hour later.

Lingqi drew out her sword and slowly closed her eyes.

"Attack!"

The fighting broke out quickly and ended quickly.

Lingdie had the innate advantage of sneak attack, and all the elite forces were dispatched. In addition, Lingqi, whose strength level was getting stronger day by day, took action personally. It was like chopping up melons and vegetables to eliminate all the flying ant guards.

Wei Tao was not the least bit interested in a battle of this level, so he slipped into the white spirit fruit trees early in the morning and began to study it in depth and detail.

When he ate the second basket of white spirit fruits, his research also came to a conclusion.

This fruit, which looks like a lychee, is also a very good thing.

The effect on cultivation is excellent, even surpassing that of the ethereal flower in some places.

More importantly, Bai Ling pulp seems to contain special ingredients. After eating it, it brings an inexplicable "hallucinogenic" feeling, allowing him to more clearly perceive the low roar lingering in the void, as well as the feeling of chilling all things and withering life. The breath of silence.

Wei Tao closed his eyes, and a dream from the perspective of the Lord of the Star Ring appeared in his mind.

A huge wound opened in the sky, and the incomplete Moon Beast fell from it, like a mountain hitting the ground.

There was also the figure wrapped in silver, as if he was about to enter the end of his life, and his whole body also exuded a coldness of total silence.

"Quick, quick, move faster."

"We don't have much time. Excluding the time reserved for finishing and erasing traces, we only have one hour at most. We must speed up our actions!"

Wei Tao roughly estimated the number of White Spirit Fruits, and then looked at the speed of dozens of Spirit Butterfly warriors, and he already knew that it was absolutely impossible to take everything away within the specified time.

It’s not easy to take away even half of it.

So he left the team without hesitation, sneaked into a warehouse quietly, and started eating.

"Yuan Yi, I didn't expect you to be so interested in Bai Ling Fruit."

Lingqi appeared quietly, watching with some curiosity as he waved two sickles, poured baskets of fruits into his mouth, and then swallowed them directly without even chewing.

Wei Tao stopped eating and explained in a gentle tone, "I am studying the characteristics of these fruits in depth to see if I can introduce them into our own practice system more perfectly."

"I understand, this is the study of things and knowledge you mentioned before."

Lingqi smiled, but didn't stop him too much, letting him devour it.

"time up!"

"Everyone stop collecting Bai Ling Fruits and start setting up the battlefield."

The Spirit Butterfly warriors moved quickly, arranging the corpses of flying ants, and then picked up the weapons commonly used by the Seven Star Tribe to create more obvious wounds on the corpses.

Although in Wei Tao's view, there were many loopholes in the series of arrangements, for a group that had always fought openly and openly and had almost never done such a thing, it was considered a frame-up plan that could not be seen through.

The Psylocke team quickly evacuated, leaving only a mess behind.

A few days later.

Wei Tao was reading ancient books in the divination courtyard when he suddenly heard a burst of noise outside.

"The fighting started, the war broke out!"

"Who was fighting with whom?"

"A war broke out suddenly between the Flying Ants and the Seven-Star Clan, and the two sides have already started fighting!"

"Really?"

"Didn't these two tribes make a peace treaty long ago and never start a war again?"

"Could it be fake news?"

"How can such a huge thing be false? If you don't believe it, just go to the battlefield and take a look!"

Wei Tao smiled slightly, took the initiative to filter out the noise, opened the ancient book on the table that was about to fall apart again, and began to study it carefully.

After the war between the Flying Ants and Seven Stars started, it quickly reached a tragic peak.

Both sides suffered heavy casualties, but there was no intention of stopping the war.

There is even a trend that is getting worse.

Another period of time passed.

Secret orders were issued from the spire hall.

The Psylocke warriors began to mobilize secretly.

Lingqi was finally summoned by her mistress again, and her whereabouts became more and more mysterious.

When she occasionally appeared, she still had that warm and friendly smile, soft and a little shy.

But Wei Tao could clearly sense that the bloody aura lingering on her body was so strong that it seemed to be real.

And her level of strength seems to have been greatly improved.

In that slim body, there is an increasingly powerful force hidden, and it will burst out violently without knowing when.

Late one night, light snow fell from the sky.

Wei Tao slowly picked up the various books and albums on the table, marked the corresponding places, then closed the door and left.

Along the way, he listened attentively, feeling the low beast roar that lingered in the void.

It's as if the moon beast is right next to him, lamenting that life is slowly passing away and everything will eventually turn into nothing.

With a large amount of Bai Ling Fruit as a catalyst, he broke through the barrier again and continued to improve the Sancai Killing Scythe, reaching the limit-breaking twenty-ninth stage that even the founder of the technique had not dared to imagine.

In the process, his perception of spirituality became more and more acute, and he was even able to detect that the secret realm hidden under the central hall of the main city seemed to be alive, and it was constantly beating every moment.

Return to your residence and open the door.

Wei Tao was surprised to find that Lingqi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, was in the house.

She was pale and looked extremely tired.

He just lay on the table and fell asleep.

Wei Tao did not disturb her, picked up a book and started reading slowly.

It wasn't until midnight that Lingqi sighed quietly and woke up from her deep sleep.

Wei Tao put down the scroll, brought a pot of hot soup from the stove next to him, and placed it in front of Lingqi.

"Miss Lingqi must be hungry. This is vegetable soup made from Bai Ling fruit and ethereal flower petals. A bowl of it can replenish your physical strength and restore your spirit."

Lingqi pushed the dishes aside, picked up the pot and drank, not caring about the image she deliberately maintained.

It wasn't until she finished the pot full of hot soup that a trace of color appeared on her face.

"Didn't Miss Lingqi go out for reconnaissance under orders? Why did she suddenly come back?"

Wei Tao put away the tableware, made two more cups of hot tea, and placed one of them next to Lingqi.

The rising mist hovered above the stone table, obscuring their faces.

Only two pairs of eyes shine brightly through the mist.

"I was supposed to return to the main city in a few days and report to the mistress face to face the detailed information on the war between the Flying Ant Seven Stars and the two tribes, as well as suggestions on whether my tribe should fully mobilize."

"However, I sneaked in a few nights in advance."

"Just to see you tonight."

Wei Tao picked up the tea cup and drank slowly, "Miss Lingqi came in advance at the risk of being discovered. She must have something important to discuss with me."

She nodded, "She seems to have doubts about me."

"What kind of suspicion?"

"A few younger sisters who had high self-esteem but didn't have much war experience were always nagging in my ears. I couldn't hold it back for a while and let them die outside."

"Isn't it clean this time?"

Lingqi took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "Yes, when cleaning up the bodies, I found that one was missing.

Then when I searched all the way back, I found that the hidden warehouse built outside the city showed signs of being tampered with. "

Wei Tao's expression remained calm, "What we need to do now is how to make up for the current loopholes and try to put ourselves in an invincible position first."

"I know, it's already being done."

Lingqi stared at the green tea and sighed secretly.

"But Yuan Yi, you once said, don't use a lie to cover up certain facts easily. This will lead to more and more lies until everything collapses, revealing the terrible truth hidden deep inside. ”

She picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp.

When she spoke again, she did not conceal the murderous intent boiling in her heart, "She must have been exhausted physically and mentally as a mistress after sitting here for so long, and it's time to go down to sleep and enjoy her happiness.

So what I plan to do now is to let her leave in a dignified manner and minimize the loss to the tribe.

Of course, if she doesn't want to be decent, then it's up to me to help her be decent. "

When Lingqi said this, she stared into Wei Tao's eyes, "I need your help in this matter."

Wei Tao didn't speak, just drank tea slowly.

She was silent for a long time, then suddenly laughed, "After each battle, my realm has been greatly improved, and I can even resonate with my clan's secret realm.

So after coming back this time, I can see that Mr. Yuan Yi is not as weak as he said, but has always hidden strong strength. Even if he is compared to me, he is not far behind, and he may even be better than me. above. "

"If I become the mistress and receive the highest inheritance from the Spirit Butterfly clan, I can share it with Mr. Yuan Yi."

"In addition, I can also let you enter the secret realm and fulfill the big wish you mentioned before."

Wei Tao put down the tea cup, finally raised his eyes at this moment, and faced her face to face.

"What does Miss Lingqi want me to do?"

"As long as we can lure her out of the main city, I will have a head-on confrontation with her. What Mr. Yuan Yi needs to do is to hold off the guards around her as much as possible until the battle between us is decided."

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Click!

There was a sudden crisp sound.

Breaking the silence of the hall.

The curtain was pulled open, revealing Mistress Spirit Butterfly sitting motionless inside.

With a cold face, she lowered her head and looked down, her eyes falling on Lingdie who was kneeling on the ground.

"Are you sure Xiaojiu is dead!?"

"When she returned, several high priests of the Flying Ant Tribe joined forces and killed her outside the main city of the Tribe!?"

"Your Majesty, the news is absolutely true, and the high priest of the Flying Ant Tribe has not left, and is still wandering in the territory outside the main city of his tribe."

"Where is the place where Xiaojiu died in the battle? I need to identify the breath they left behind."

"Since they dare to come, they must be prepared to be left behind by me."

"Although Xiaojiu made a big mistake, she is my daughter after all. I should punish her instead of being killed by those dirty flying ants and leaving her body exposed in the wilderness."

Mistress Spirit Butterfly slowly stood up from her seat, picked up the golden armor hanging by the side, and strode out of the hall.

Behind him, several shadows followed quietly, blending silently into the depths of the dark night.

Deep in the dense forest, a golden light slowly rose, dispersing all the darkness.

Mistress Spirit Butterfly stopped, her eyes fell on the open space not far ahead, and a look of confusion and anger appeared between her eyebrows.

Under a big tree, Lingqi stood there quietly in silver armor.

The two sides' eyes met in vain, and the atmosphere in the forest suddenly became cold and condensed.

"I thought you were dead, but it turned out you were not."

Mistress Spirit Butterfly narrowed her eyes, "So, you are the one who passed on the false news to lead me here."

"My daughter can't bear that her mother has to work hard all the time, so she specially invites you to come and send you to die."

Lingqi took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "This is the cemetery I personally selected for you. It has lush greenery, gurgling spring water, and great scenery. It is just right for my mother to be buried here."

"I don't understand why you feel rebellious and do the following wrong things."

"If mother doesn't understand, you can think about it slowly after you go down."

"If you still can't figure it out, you can also give your daughter a dream and let me describe my great ideal to you."

"Great ideal?"

Mistress Lingdie couldn't help but sneered, "I think you are just dreaming. With your level of strength, let alone wanting to be my enemy, I am afraid that even a few of my guards are no match for you."

"My mother's guards are really powerful, and I have no confidence that I can defeat them without taking any damage."

Lingqi's tone remained unchanged and she said slowly, "However, I have invited Yuan Yi as a helper. As long as we can hold them back for a while, it will be enough for us to decide between life and death."

"Yuan Yi, that fortune teller from the Dao Mantis tribe?"

Mistress Spirit Butterfly sighed, "It's not that I underestimate him. He is just a lower-level race. How can he be the opponent of the Secret Realm Guards? If you invite him over, you are asking for death..."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly fell silent.

Almost at the same time.

Suddenly, a murderous intent appeared.

There was also a snow-like light that shot straight into the sky, like a bolt of lightning, and instantly disappeared into the hearts of the two spiritual butterflies.