It was already early in the morning when he came out of the abandoned steel factory. Ling Yi, who had only reached the third level of Qi refining, had not yet reached the state of Bigu. After working all day, his stomach began to protest.
He knew there was a noodle shop nearby that was open all night.
I just don't know if I can open the door in such a cold weather.
If it doesn't open, you'll have to take a detour to the city.
The noodle shop was not far away. Ling Yi quickly walked to the door of the noodle shop, which was brightly lit.
The noodle shop is opened by an old man named Zhang, who claims to be in his seventies and has a strong body.
After seeing Ling Yi, he took the initiative to say hello: "Still the same?"
"Yeah." Ling Yi responded politely.
"Why is it so early today? Did you win money?" Old Man Zhang asked while cooking noodles.
"I won a little bit." Ling Yi said, "Calculate the face money I owed you before, and I'll pay it back to you."
"No need, Qi Yatou settled the payment yesterday." Old man Zhang cooked the noodles carefully, his back to Ling Yi.
Qi Shiyun did come yesterday, but he didn't ask for her money.
In his own words, she should not be responsible for the sins caused by that bastard Ling Yi.
After Ling Yi heard this, his body trembled, and the image of Qi Shiyun leading Xiaoxiao walking in the snow to pay back the money suddenly appeared in his mind, and his heart suddenly twisted.
"Young man, listen to the old man's advice. This gambling business will harm others and yourself, so you have to quit. You must know how to cherish a woman like Qi Yatou." Old Zhang looked at the table with a sad expression.
Ling Yi nodded and smiled bitterly without saying much.
"Alas..." Old Man Zhang thought Ling Yi didn't listen, so he sighed and stopped trying to persuade him.
Ling Yi ate up the noodles in a few moments, and before leaving he asked with a smile: "Old man Zhang, aren't you afraid that I will quit gambling? You have lost a regular customer here?"
"Bah, as long as you stop gambling, it doesn't matter if I fail here?" Old Man Zhang laughed and scolded.
Ling Yi smiled and waved his hand: "I'm leaving, I won't come back again."
Old man Zhang was stunned when he heard this. It was not until he couldn't see Ling Yi's back on the snowy night that he slowly cleared the table.
It was snowy and dark outside, but he sighed softly: "Girl Qi, it's dawn."
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There are two ways back from the noodle shop.
One is a small alley with residents on both sides.
One is a highway, sparsely populated and relatively far away.
Ling Yi walked towards the road without thinking.
When they arrived at a place with no village or store, just as Ling Yi expected, four cars blocked Ling Yi's way out and retreat.
The person who got out of the car was none other than Chen Bao from the casino.
"Ling Yi, I just checked and found out that your daughter has a broken leg and needs money for surgery. I won't embarrass you. You can keep 200,000 yuan and return the rest."
In the wind and snow, Chen Bao lit a cigarette for himself, leaned against the car door, and said calmly.
Ling Yi shook his head: "Two hundred thousand, do you think it's enough to replace a knee joint?"
"Ling Yi, don't be ungrateful! Five hundred thousand, this is my maximum authority. If it's more, my leg will be broken."
"You have some conscience, otherwise you would be a corpse now." Ling Yi continued to move forward, "As for the money, you can't take away any of it."
"Ling, did I give you a fucking face?" Chen Bao threw away the cigarette in his hand, pointed at Ling Yi and shouted, "Open your eyes and take a good look. Do you think you can carry this money?" go?"
"Ling, I'll give you one last chance. Either take five hundred thousand and get out of here; or leave both the people and the money to me."
Ling Yi took it one step at a time: "If you have the ability, come and get it."
"Fuck, give it all to me, destroy this bastard!"
Chen Bao gave an order, and four cars and more than 20 people rushed towards Ling Yi holding steel rods.
The spiritual energy in Ling Yi's body has recovered somewhat, but he doesn't need to mobilize his spiritual energy to deal with these minions.
I saw him putting one hand in his pocket and reaching out with the other, shuttling between the various steel rods, like a dragon, retracting and releasing them freely.
Wherever the palm passed, those minions were knocked upside down, their muscles and bones broken.
However, the steps under Ling Yi's feet were still undisturbed. They were still moving at the same pace as before, as if the minions blocking the road had never appeared before.
"Boy, you hide it well. I haven't noticed that you are a practicing master in the past two years. No wonder you dare to be so arrogant." Chen Bao shook off his mink cloak, picked up a steel rod from the ground, and tried it After feeling it, he dragged it on the ground and walked towards Ling Yi.
"But Brother Bao, I'm not a vegetarian, otherwise I wouldn't be qualified to look after the Han family." Chen Bao said proudly, "In this case, I think you have a good talent, why don't you become your disciple and hang out with me in the future? I'll just give the money to you, okay?"
"The proposal is good." Ling Yi nodded and responded, "But you are not worthy."
"Damn it, don't blame me for being rude!" Chen Bao raised the steel rod and swung it at Ling Yi's neck at a very tricky angle.
No matter which direction Ling Yi dodges, Chen Bao will follow up with his follow-up moves, ensuring that he will be beaten repeatedly until this bastard can no longer take care of himself.
However, Ling Yi didn't dodge at all. He directly raised his hand to catch the powerful and heavy steel rod, then raised his foot and kicked Chen Bao, sending Chen Bao flying backwards and hitting the windshield of the car behind him. The pain on the glass was so painful that he didn't dare to breathe.
"You... you are an inner strength warrior?!" Chen Bao's face was ashen, as if he was seeing the god of death, terrified.
Ling Yi was too lazy to pay attention, threw away the steel rod, put his hands in his pockets, and continued to move forward.
"I understand, I understand, the reason why you took this road is actually to lure us here on purpose!" Chen Bao suddenly realized, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
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Ling Yi did not go back to the rental house, but after making sure that no one was around, he ran towards the woods in the distance as fast as possible.
In the Age of Dharma Ending, no spiritual energy will remain anywhere where human traces have been. Only those places that are sparsely populated have relatively abundant spiritual energy.
If he wants to cure his small terminal illness, he must upgrade his cultivation to the golden elixir realm as soon as possible, and not a single second can be wasted.
When he arrived in the woods, Ling Yi was not afraid of the bitter cold, sitting cross-legged in the snow, running the "Swallowing Heaven Record", and devoted himself to practice.
It wasn't until the east turned pale that Ling Yi stopped and ran towards the rental house.
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In the rental house, Qi Shiyun woke up faintly while touching her forehead.
When she found herself lying on the bed, especially when she saw her daughter lying next to her, she thought everything that happened last night was a dream.
It wasn't until she touched the wound on her head and her daughter's broken knee that she woke up and realized that all of this was real.
She did not delve into how she came back, but rushed into the next room immediately, asking Ling Yi to take her daughter to the hospital, but found that Ling Yi was not there.
"Hmph, I should have thought of it earlier. Gambling is his life, so why would he care about his daughter's life or death?"
Qi Shiyun choked and returned to the room, moved the bedside table, and wanted to take her daughter to the hospital with the two thousand yuan, but she only found an empty envelope.
At that moment, all her fantasies and hopes vanished.
"My daughter's leg is broken, but you still steal money to gamble!"
"Ling Yi, are you still a human being? You are worse than a beast!"
Qi Shiyun couldn't hold back any longer, and tears fell down.
She no longer hesitated, but took out the signed divorce agreement from under the pillow and placed it on the table. Then she carefully picked up her daughter, cried and knelt down to the neighbor to borrow two thousand yuan, and rushed to the house anxiously. Hospital...