Chapter 46: The Liang Family's Calamity

  Facing this situation, Xuan Qi naturally couldn't just stand by and do nothing. At this time, he hastily ran towards the large building of the Liang family to see what had happened.

  As Xuán Qí was about to enter, Lǎo Kuài reminded him from the side: "Youngster, you should be more careful. I sense a strong murderous aura and evil energy; this place doesn't seem very auspicious."

  A place that can make Lao Gui feel tense is naturally not an ordinary place. Upon hearing Lao Gui's words, Xuan Qi naturally became tense as well.

  Xuan Qi nodded and slowly approached the Liang family's mansion. As he got closer to the building, Xuan Qi looked around cautiously and a look of understanding appeared on his face.

  "It seems that this time there are four bandits. I guess they are some miners from the gold mine. Old Turtle, what do you think?" At this time, Xuan Qi said to Lao Bie his own inference in his heart.

  Lao Ding heard Xuan Qi's inquiry and smiled, "I think there must be some ulterior motive here, it's not as simple as it seems on the surface. Youngster, you're still a bit naive."

  Lao Ding knew that Xuan Qi had seen the shoe prints here and the gold dust on the ground, which led to his own speculation. However, these were all superficial things.

  In the footprints, Lao Ding also saw some other things. However, he habitually kept a poker face.

  "Hmph, old turtle, you can just keep on being mysterious here!" Xuan Qi was already used to the old tortoise's behavior. At this time, he lightened his footsteps and slowly approached the entrance of the Liang family.

  Xuan Qi walked closer and saw that the main gate of the Xuan family was not locked, but rather slightly ajar. From upstairs, faint sounds of quarreling and crying could be heard.

  Xuan Qi saw this situation and gently pushed open the door, walking towards the inside.

  At this time, a crying voice came from the second floor of the Liang's house. A woman's voice was heard saying: "What do you want to do? We can give you money, but don't harm our lives!"

  Xuan Qi secretly looked up and saw only Liang Zimo's mother kneeling on the ground, begging for mercy from several miners holding iron hammers and pickaxes.

  Xuan Qi took a closer look and found that there were actually five miners standing inside, not the four he had guessed. This made his face feel somewhat burning hot.

  Unexpectedly, his guess turned out to be wrong.

  It seems ginger is still spicy when it's old. The old turtle just took a casual look and found the difference.

  At this time, a voice came from upstairs, Liang Zimo said: "Mom, don't give them the money. If you give it to them, Dad's life will definitely be gone."

  It's clear that this is a case of kidnapping and extortion.

  "Shut up, kid. Otherwise, I'll kill you right away." Upon hearing Liang Zimo's words, a hoarse-voiced guy kicked him viciously and beat him until he was rolling on the ground.

  "We don't want your money, stop pretending to be fools. Tell me, where is the safe in your house? Open it for me quickly! Otherwise, you'll all die!"

  When he heard Liang Zimo's words, that hoarse guy looked extremely angry and uncomfortable, almost about to explode.

  "Safe? I don't know, I really don't know there's a safe. If you want money, I can give it to you. All the cash in my house is yours."

  Liang Zimo's mother seemed to be good at talking and kept begging the person in front of her, hoping that they could spare her and Liang Zimo.

  The middle-aged miner who was in charge changed his expression to one of impatience and said, "Still trying to deceive people here. Brothers, give her son a show of color. If you don't speak up, I'll have the white-haired person send off the black-haired person right away!"

  As he spoke, under the indication of the first miner, two miners pressed Liang Zimo tightly and swung their pickaxes towards his arm.

  It's clear that they are going to disable Liang Zimo. If he gets hit by this foreign hammer, Liang Zimo's arm will definitely be disabled directly.

  Just at this critical moment, Xuan Qi descended from the sky and kicked the two men's pickaxes flying with a swift double kick.

  The foreign hammer flew into the sky and smashed onto the Liang family's chandelier, making a crashing sound, and a shower of glass rained down.

  "Who!"

  The middle-aged miner who was in charge looked solemn and gazed towards the scene of the accident. He had not expected such a situation to occur.

  "How the devil did you get in here?"

  As he spoke, the middle-aged miner stared at Xuan Qi with a bloodthirsty expression. It was clear that he was extremely displeased with Xuan Qi's sudden intrusion.

  Upon hearing his words, Xuan Qi nonchalantly said: "I wanted to come in, so I naturally came in."

  "Second-in-command, didn't you set up an ambush at the entrance?" The middle-aged man with a gloomy face stared at another middle-aged miner who kept waving his hand.

  Xuan Qi's two kicks just now made his arm extremely painful.

  "Boss, I clearly set up the formation. According to reason, no one should be able to rush in." The middle-aged man who was rubbing his arm quickly replied after hearing the boss's inquiry.

  "What? There's still an array here at the entrance?" Upon hearing the conversation between those two, Xuan Qi couldn't help but pause for a moment. He hadn't expected that there would still be an array set up at this entrance.

  However, he didn't encounter any formations on this road, everything seemed calm and peaceful, without any signs of formations.

  "Old Turtle, are you helping me?" thought Xuan Qi, this might be one of Old Turtle's pranks.

  However, upon hearing Xuan Qi's inquiry, Old Turtle responded disdainfully: "What broken array method? I'm too lazy to break it! That array is really too crude, it's just an illusion array. For those who have entered the foundation period, ordinary small illusion arrays can't possibly affect you. If you're still trapped by such a shallow illusion technique, then you might as well give up on cultivating mystic arts."

  To Lao Tzu, this array of magic tricks is not worth mentioning. What seems mysterious to ordinary people, to Lao Tzu, are just some petty tricks to deceive people.

  To him, all magic was just a bunch of hocus pocus.

  Illusions are also divided into many types, such as hypnosis, which is actually a kind of illusion that makes people's brains produce hallucinations.

  Of course, this is what is called a consciousness illusion, which is the easiest and simplest to learn in illusions. The most common method is to use suggestion and some small props to distract people's attention, and only produce hallucinations with the guidance of the performer. This is the primary consciousness illusion.

  The second type of illusion magic is called boundary illusion magic, which produces an area where people who enter it will experience illusions without the need for guidance or hypnosis, and is a relatively high-level illusion magic.

  However, the things that are conjured up only exist in the consciousness of the person being manipulated, and do not actually exist in reality. So you will only see a person who is at a loss for what to do, clearly seeing something in front of them, when in fact there is nothing there. This kind of illusion magic can be used to unknowingly kill someone or frame them.

  However, he also has a shortcoming, that is, if one does not rely on his own senses, for example, entering the innate or cultivating to a certain extent, practitioners can eliminate this illusion that still exists in the conscious layer.

  Someone like Xuán Qí who has entered the foundation period would naturally not be trapped by such a simple illusion.

  "You're not even telling me, let me see it too!" Xuan Qi felt a bit unhappy that Lao Ding didn't remind him of the matter.

  As for the legendary magic, Xuan Qi was still very interested in it.

  Upon hearing Xuan Qi's words, Old Turtle said: "I'm not interested in these trivial matters. Alright, take a closer look for me and tell me why there are five miners here and why you guessed wrong. If you can find the difference among them, I won't mind giving you some pointers later on."

  "Right, why are there five miners? I clearly only sensed the auras of four miners at the entrance!" Just now at the entrance, Xuan Qi's surface observation was just some simple traces. However, in reality, he also sensed the auras of these few people. Through his observation, he only felt the auras of four people.

  Unexpectedly, his feeling was wrong.

  Just as Xuan Qi was frowning and thinking, Liang Zi Mo said: "Xuan Zi, hurry up and run, don't stay here, go to the village quickly and shout for people, you can't beat them."

  Just now, Liang Zimo was pressed to the ground and did not see Xuan Qi's continuous kicking of Yang Gang's heroic posture, still thinking he was a student with no power to bind a chicken.

  In Liang Zimo's view, even he couldn't beat those five guys, let alone Xuan Qi.

  As a good brother of Xuan Qi, he naturally did not want his family's affairs to involve Xuan Qi.

  Xuan Qi's expression was very calm, and he patted Liang Zimo's shoulder, saying: "Since we are good brothers, we should fight side by side. Don't worry, I won't abandon you."

  These few miners have not yet entered Xuan Qi's eyes.

  At this time, Xuan Qi once again used his Qigong technique to observe the four miners, wanting to see if they had any special characteristics.

  After a closer look, Xuan Qi finally discovered the reason. He found that among these five miners, the one on the edge was a guy who never spoke.

  This guy had been hiding in the shadows, not saying a word, just holding his weapon with a low-key appearance. However, from his body, Xuan Qi sensed an intense aura of death.

  He seemed to be standing there as if he didn't exist at all, and upon closer inspection, it appeared that he wasn't even breathing.

  "Actually, there's a guy in here who isn't human!" Having seen this scene, Xuan Qi finally understood why he had only sensed the presence and footprints of four people.

  Because there was another guy who wasn't human at all, so he didn't leave any trace.

  "What identity is this guy?!" Looking at the guy hiding in the shadows, Xuan Qi couldn't figure out what his opponent's identity was.

  Xuan Qi used his technique to observe the aura and saw that the guy was surrounded by a heavy deathly aura, with only thick deathly energy and evil energy remaining, without any other breath.

  Lao Ding asked Xuan Qi: "How is it? Do you know what his identity is now?"

  Xuan Qi originally had no thoughts in his mind, but at this moment, he suddenly thought of something and blurted out: "Could it be a zombie?"

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