Seeing Qin Shi's expression, Long Yin couldn't help but smile bitterly. "Haha, Brother Qin sure is straightforward. The Three Lifetimes Zen Sea is one of the Thirty-six Overarching Martial Arts. Only a sword fanatic like my brother would take it out for a trade. But it doesn't matter. Since we've already said it, we won't go back on our words."
After saying that, Long Yin spread out his hand, and an ancient book that exuded golden Sanskrit characters appeared.
"Is this the Three Lifetimes Zen Sea?" Qin Shi's heart was pounding.
Qin Shi took the Three Lifetimes Zen Sea and suppressed the curiosity in his heart. He did not flip through it on the spot. Seeing this, Long Qi also smiled faintly. At this time, Long Qi appeared beside him. It had to be said that Qin Shi had rarely seen Long Qi's temperament in all these years. In Qin Shi's memory, only Qin Xuexin could compare to Long Qi. Long Qi's temperament was that of a noble, independent person. She looked at Qin Shi coldly, and there was a hint of disdain in the depths of her eyes as if she was looking at a ruffian. She said, "I really don't know what my Empress Dowager sees in you, with your poor appearance."
"Long Qi, don't be rude!" Long Yin's expression changed and he glared at Long Qi.
Long Qi pursed his lips and said: "I'm not lying."
Long Yin ignored her and laughed dryly at Qin Shi. "Brother Qin, my little sister has been pampered since she was young. I hope you won't hold it against her."
Towards Long Qi, Qin Shi did not have much of a favourable impression, but on account of Long Yin's face, he naturally would not haggle over it. He smiled and said, "That is only natural, a little girl who has never seen the world, and only grew up in a jar of candied plums."
"Who are you calling ignorant?" Long Qi said angrily.
Qin Shi smiled naturally. "I'm talking about you."
"You?" Long Qi said disdainfully. "I've seen things that you'll never be able to reach in your lifetime."
"Enough!
Long Qi, don't blame me for sending you to the empress dowager if you keep being rude! "
Only then did Long Qi puff up her cheeks and pouted, not wanting to argue with Qin Shi any further.
Qin Shi frowned. "Her Majesty?"
"Hehe, it's our great grandfather …" Long Yin nodded and said, "If there's a chance, he would like to meet Brother Qin."
Qin Shi frowned. He had no friends in the 7,000 Sea Palace and was therefore certain that he did not know the empress dowager. However, from what the Long siblings had said, it seemed that the empress dowager knew him and was curious about him.
If it had been anyone else, they would have been overjoyed. After all, to be able to get on the Long Family's good side in the 7,000 Sea Palace was like a meteoric rise. However, from Qin Shi's point of view, this might not be a good thing. The Long Family was indeed very powerful in the 7,000 Sea Palace. However, this made him even more wary. After all, he had many treasures that countless old demons in this world would fight over.
Who knew if the empress dowager had good intentions or not?
"If there's a chance, we'll meet." Of course, Qin Shi had to be polite with his words.
At this time, Long Qi suddenly said, "Qin Shi, although I don't have much of a good impression of you, since the empress dowager has spoken, you are my man from now on. However, let me say this first. My man must be either a dragon or a phoenix. If you can do it in the future, then I'm willing to be your vase. But if you can't, I'll kill you with my own hands. Even if I have to kill you, I don't want a piece of trash to be my man."
Long Qi's sudden words made Qin Shi frown. This woman was interesting. Since when had he become her man?
At this time, Chen Yanyu's expression turned cold. Long Qi was clearly trying to snatch her man. She took a step forward and laughed coldly. "Hehe, you really have no sense of shame. Why don't you ask yourself what makes you think you deserve to be Qin Shi's woman? How dare you say such things about Qin Shi?
It's a woman's pride to be able to be Qin Shi's woman in this lifetime, not Qin Shi's fortune. "
"Who do you think you are?" Long Qi's beautiful brows knit together slightly. "What does the matter between me and my man have to do with you?"
"Your man?
Qin Shi is my, Chen Yan's, man!
After Chen Yan finished speaking, her lily-white hand gently wrapped around Qin Shi's arm. Truth be told, she was still a little apprehensive at the beginning. If Qin Shi rejected her, she would definitely feel an intense pain in her heart, a pain akin to death. But surprisingly, Qin Shi did not reject her this time. Instead, he allowed himself to be held by Chen Yan.
This wasn't because Qin Shi accepted Chen Yan. He just didn't want her to feel disappointed before Long Qi.
Long Qi's eyes were like ice when she witnessed this scene. She raised her hand, and her hand was covered in light as she slapped Chen Yan's face.
"Bitch, let go of him!"
This sudden scene caused everyone to be shocked. At this moment, Long Yin also frowned. He didn't expect that the usually aloof Long Qi would actually lose his composure like this. Therefore, it was already too late for him to stop Long Qi. Luo Yan's jade-like eyes widened in shock. Although Long Qi's palm seemed to be powerless, it contained the power of a torrential river. With this slap, half of Chen Yan's face was destroyed.
Chen Yan's beautiful face turned pale, and a large hand suddenly raised and grabbed Long Qi's wrist.
Qin Shi's black eyes suddenly changed, and the sea around his black robe started to freeze.
In half a second, Qin Shi seemed like a completely different person. Long Qi was also shocked when she was grabbed by Qin Shi. In that short moment, she seemed to see the Qin Shi she saw when he was fighting with Qing Yu. He was like a demon from hell, and not the sunny youth he was before.
Qin Shi narrowed his eyes and coldly said, "I don't care what power you have behind you, and I don't care how capable you are.
But if you dare to touch her, I will definitely make you pay the price in blood. "
The air instantly froze. At this moment, Long Qi was shocked as well. She clearly possessed a cultivation at the World Realm, yet Qing Yu wasn't even able to escape from her hands. However, at this moment, when she faced Qin Shi, her heart actually felt cold, and there was a fear that she didn't dare to look him in the eye.
Standing behind Qin Shi, Chen Yanyu's eyes instantly turned red and moist. She held back her tears, and a smile appeared on her face.
"I … finally moved him?"
Chen Yan clenched her fists. She knew that Qin Shi didn't attack her because he was willing to accept her, but at least it gave her a trace of hope.
Long Qi felt as if she was being stared at by a wild beast after being stared at by Qin Shi for a long time. Finally, she pouted and forcefully retracted her hand.
Long Yin rushed forward and pulled Long Qi behind him. He smiled awkwardly at Qin Shi in self-reproach. "Brother Qin, this little sister of mine really doesn't know any better. Please don't bother with her."
Qin Shi didn't say anything more this time. Long Qi's actions had truly angered him.
"Brother Long, I still have some matters to attend to in the palace. Let's meet again in three days."
Qin Shi's words were very clear. He was trying to maintain a distance from the Long family. This startled Long Yin. How many sea palaces in the outer regions wanted to climb up to his Long family?
But this Qin Shi was actually taking the initiative to maintain a distance from them?
This caused Long Yin to bitterly smile. He stared at Qin Wentian's departing figure and shook his head. "Haha, what an interesting brat."
"What's there to be proud of? He's about the same age as me, but he hasn't even touched the threshold of the World Realm. Does he think he's amazing just because he has some abilities and can talk big?" Long Qi said angrily.
Long Yin glared at Long Qi and said coldly, "Haha, do you know that if he really wanted to kill you just now, even if Long Yi and I attacked together, we might not be able to protect you."
"Brother, what did you say?
Just based on him, he can kill me? "Long Qi was unconvinced.
Long Yin said, "Haha, do you think that he can't kill you just because he hasn't touched the World Realm?
Do you think that you can win just because your cultivation is higher than his?
You're underestimating him too much. He has a kind of vigor that you and I, including Long Yi, don't have. That vigor can only be obtained after experiencing the baptism of countless blood. He is someone who has really seen the battlefield. He has seen rivers of blood and mountains of corpses. But what about you?
How many people have you really killed?
Have you ever been hunted down?
In front of him, you're just a little rabbit in a cage, while he's a wolf licking the blood of a knife in the forest. Do you think that a wolf and a rabbit, no matter how fat the rabbit is, have a chance of winning? "Suddenly, Long Qi was speechless.
Actually, from the moment she had met Qin Shi's gaze, she had already changed her view of Qin Shi. That gaze was not something an ordinary person could have. But … she was unwilling. She was the young mistress of the Long Family, and the entire 3,000 inner regions had to submit to her. She was the supreme existence in the 7,000 Sea Palace, and yet she was being threatened by a brat from overseas …. Most importantly, this brat was the man she was going to marry in the future. "I advise you to curb your princess syndrome in front of him in the future.
He is not like those young masters in the 3,000 inner regions, and he will not feel sorry for you because of this. If you want to be with him, you have to lower yourself a little. There are 3,000 nails on a broken boat, and no one can say for sure what his future accomplishments will be. It is very likely that even the Heavenly Dragon Palace will not be able to reach him. Otherwise, do you think that our Old Empress Dowager would value him?
Think about it carefully. In the tens of thousands of years you have been in the 7,000 Sea Palace, has our Old Empress Dowager ever personally come out of seclusion for anyone? "
Long Yin said. Then he shook his head. "This time, I hope our relationship with him can be improved at the Deep Sea Source Pool. Otherwise, the three of us will suffer when we return."
Long Qi lowered her head, feeling wronged. She could not help but look at Qin Shi from the corner of her eyes.
What kind of person are you?
My man must be extraordinary.
If you can do it, I will be your woman.
Long Qi thought to himself. Qin Shi was unaware of all this. At this time, he had returned to the Qin Palace with Li Shu.
During the trip to the Deep Sea Source Pool, almost all the core members of the Qin Palace, or rather, Qin Shi's trusted aides, had left. The Deep Sea Source Pool would take a year. This was also unexpected. For a newly established Qin Palace that was still in the midst of a storm, a year's time was too long. Therefore, he had countless things to arrange and entrust.
In three days, Qin Shi handed over all the affairs of the Qin Palace to San Feng, Xu Tao, and Yan Luo. He also activated the long-term space formation from the Tuoba Palace to Qin Shi with Tuoba Kuang. This would also make it easier for the Tuoba Palace to support the Qin Palace.
Other than that, there was one thing that Qin Shi was determined to do before he left.
That was, some people had to pay the price for their foolish decisions in the past.