#994 - not necessarily
In this world, only one person can become an immortal.
Under the deep moonlight, Wei Changtian's voice was not loud, but it was clearly audible.
Qin Zhengqiu also suddenly stopped and turned his head back.
He just looked at the motionless Wei Changtian, and finally spoke his first words of the night after a long while.
“You are not yet at First Rank.”
His voice was hoarse, strange, and with a hint of the underlying tone of his grandfather from memory.
Wei Changtian looked directly at Qin Zhengqiu and replied calmly:
“Grandson has not yet reached it, but it will be soon.”
“Is that so?”
Qin Zhengqiu's voice was still indifferent: “Then wait until you reach First Rank before we talk.”
Wait until you reach First Rank before we talk.
Undoubtedly, this sentence contained a hidden meaning.
That is, Qin Zhengqiu has now truly broken through to the First Rank realm.
The shackles that have bound all mankind for thousands of years.
Although Kui Long once gave birth to a First Rank, even a True Immortal.
But those were always too far away, so far away that they were about to become a legend that was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
What's more, for most people, they may not have even heard of the name of Kui Long, so how would they know such an ancient story.
Therefore, one can imagine the shock that Qin Zhengqiu's words would give to everyone present at this moment.
Only Wei Changtian's expression didn't change much, he just said softly:
“Grandfather, if you don't kill me now, there will be no chance when that time comes.”
“Not necessarily.”
Qin Zhengqiu suddenly smiled strangely.
This laughter was somewhat sarcastic, somewhat triumphant, and somewhat hideous. In short, it didn't look like the demeanor that a First Rank master, the number one person in the world, should have.
Instead, he looked like a madman.
“Good grandson, you still don’t know what kind of thing the Moon Picking Sword is.”
“He he he he, you don’t know.”
“If one day you know, you won’t think like this.”
“Hahaha!”
“Hahahaha!”
“...”
From sinister laughter to wild laughter, Qin Zhengqiu's laughter seemed particularly eerie in this dead silence, and even made many people subconsciously retreat.
However, Wei Changtian still remained motionless, only his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
Because he didn't expect Qin Zhengqiu to say the words “Moon Picking Sword” in public so casually.
Although since Lu Hongji stole the Moon Picking Sword manual, this matter could no longer be considered a “secret”, at least many people within Kui Long already knew about it.
But looking at the whole world, the vast majority of people still don't know that such a heaven-defying sword technique exists.
Then, as the beneficiary of the Moon Picking Sword, Qin Zhengqiu should naturally hope that this matter can be kept secret for as long as possible.
But why did he say it now?
Has he really gone mad?
“Huff.”
Taking a light breath, Wei Changtian certainly had no way to verify Qin Zhengqiu's purpose in doing this.
He just looked directly at the latter and suddenly asked a question that seemed like nonsense.
“Grandfather, if one day I really break through to First Rank, will you kill me?”
“Of course I will kill you.”
Qin Zhengqiu's answer was without the slightest hesitation, and his eyes became阴冷 in an instant, just like a fierce beast looking at its prey: “Good grandson, you must remember.”
“Only this old man can become an immortal.”
“Only me.”
“...”
“Grandfather.”
“Not necessarily.”
Just like that, Qin Zhengqiu left.
After Wei Changtian said the last sentence “Not necessarily”, perhaps both sides knew that there was nothing to talk about, so they completely “broke up”.
Not long after Qin Zhengqiu left, Guan Kong's body was found in a small alley about three miles away from Dongli Tower.
The corpse was divided into two sections, upper and lower, and was cut in half at the waist.
Undoubtedly, this fatal sword did not come from Wei Changtian.
After all, he had personally witnessed Guan Kong successfully triggering the Pure Jade Pendant and being teleported out of the illusion array.
So...
The Pure Jade Pendant can't block a First Rank?
A quarter of an hour later, standing next to Guan Kong's body, Wei Changtian frowned tightly.
He was able to determine that it was the sword that Qin Zhengqiu swung at that time that killed Guan Kong.
But in this way, there was undoubtedly some contradiction.
After all, in the system description of the Pure Jade Pendant, it was written “Resist a fatal attack and teleport the wearer to a random location within a five-kilometer radius.”
It should be known that there were no restrictions in this, so the Pure Jade Pendant should be able to withstand any fatal attack, regardless of whether this attack came from Ninth Rank or First Rank.
Wei Changtian believed that there would be no flaws in the system's description.
Then, could it be...
Suddenly, Wei Changtian's pupils shrank slightly, as if he had guessed something.
Qin Zhengqiu's sword was not to kill Guan Kong at Dongli Tower, but had been following him all the way here, and only after the “invincible” effect of the Pure Jade Pendant ended did he cut the latter into two pieces.
It sounds incredible, but in fact, all of this can be achieved as long as one condition is met.
That is, this sword has the ability to travel through space.
“...”
His breathing became somewhat heavy, and Wei Changtian didn't know whether this ability came from the Moon Picking Sword itself or from the First Rank realm.
After all, in “Martial Arts Great Pinnacle”, Xiao Feng only broke through to First Rank at the end, and then killed all the big BOSS like cutting melons and vegetables, and there was no description of this aspect at all.
More importantly, if this is true, then it means that Qin Zhengqiu already possesses the means to “kill people regardless of life-saving props”.
Then why didn't he kill himself just now?
What is he waiting for?
Or is he still thinking of some family affection?
His thoughts were in chaos, and Wei Changtian only felt that more and more questions filled his mind, and he couldn't get an answer no matter how he thought about it.
From the result, Qin Zhengqiu can be regarded as helping him “mend the fold after the sheep is lost” by killing Guan Kong.
As for Lin Zhi's part of the Heavenly Dao luck, anyway, he didn't have the idea of competing for it, so it doesn't seem to make any difference whether Qin Zhengqiu gets it or someone else gets it.
But...
“Husband, this sword...”
Beside him, Yang Liushi's voice brought Wei Changtian's thoughts out of stagnation for the time being.
It can be seen that the former also guessed something, and his face was not very good at the moment.
“It's okay.”
Shaking his head gently, Wei Changtian squeezed out a smile, turned his head and instructed Zhang San: “Collect the body.”
“Tonight's matter... Forget it, I can't hide it anyway, just let it be.”
“By the way, let Li Zimu and Xu Suisui come to see me.”
“Yes!”
Responding in a deep voice, Zhang San immediately began to direct the Tengu Army to do things.
Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi slowly walked out of the alley together, and then got into the carriage parked at the entrance of the alley.
Whether it was Qin Zhengqiu breaking through to First Rank, or the finally exposed Moon Picking Sword, as well as the deaths of Lin Zhi and Guan Kong... All of the above will undoubtedly be immediately transmitted to the ears of the major forces, and then spread throughout the world.
Wei Changtian didn't know what kind of shock tonight's events would bring to the world, and whether it could be more violent than the leak of the Son of Heaven's information.
But he knew that after tonight, all the surging undercurrents would inevitably rush out of the sea at an extremely fast speed.
And then sweep everything.
