Chapter 418 Help each other
Before the man in white finished speaking, the wine glass that Qin Ku had just picked up suddenly stopped in mid-air, and then was thrown back on the table with a "clang", and the wine spilled all over the table.

Without waiting for Liu Xunyi to speak to comfort him, Qin Ku suddenly waved his hand and wiped his mouth randomly, then placed his big, oily palm-leaf fan hand on the spotless shoulders of the man in white without hesitation. His eyes rolled around, as if he was sizing him up and down, and then he uttered three words with a smile: "Tease me?"

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart, and hurriedly interrupted: "My dear, although it is said that 'ask for a high price and pay on the spot'. But for an invitation worth one thousand taels, you only gave one cent... Isn't it a bit ridiculous?"

Under Qin Ku's strong pressure, the man in white smiled calmly, glanced at the copper coins on the table, and asked curiously: "Too little?"

"What do you say?"

"boom!"

Along with a question, Qin Ku slammed his right hand on the table and pressed the coin tightly under his palm.

Under the different gazes of Liu Xunyi and the man in white, Qin Ku slowly raised his arm, but saw that the copper coin had now broken into pieces.

The copper coins were made of melted metal, and the table was made of wood. Qin Ku's palm only shattered the copper coins on the table, but did not damage the tabletop at all, not even leaving a tiny scratch.

His control over strength has reached a level of fiery purity, even reaching the pinnacle.

This one move alone is enough to impress heroes all over the world.

"My dear brother!" Liu Xunyi realized that Qin Ku was angry after being teased, so he spoke first, "You want an invitation, my friend wants money, in the end it's just a business deal between you. There is a saying that 'even if the deal fails, the friendship remains', even if the price cannot be negotiated, there is no need to part on bad terms."

Under Liu Xunyi's uneasy gaze, the man in white shrugged slightly, as if to indicate that he had no intention of provoking.

The man in white ignored Qin Ku's malicious gaze, calmly reached out his hand to gently cover the pile of copper coin fragments, and then slightly bent his five fingers and relaxed in an instant.

"Fatty, don't get me wrong!" The man in white showed a guilty smile and took the initiative to give in. "Since you think one penny is too little, I'll give you one thousand taels. But I'm short of money now, so why don't you wait for me for one night, and I'll come here tomorrow morning with one thousand taels to exchange the invitation with you, how about that?"

"You probably don't understand the rules of business." Qin Ku said with a half-smile, "One thousand taels is the price tonight, and tomorrow morning will have its own market. There is only one invitation to the martial arts conference, and countless people want it. The market is always changing, so the price will naturally rise."

"I understand!" the man in white interrupted, "What do you think the price will be tomorrow morning? Fifteen thousand? Or two thousand?"

"It's hard to say." Qin Ku pretended to be embarrassed, "I think... at least five thousand taels."

Qin Ku's words were clearly meant to tease the man in white. Even if Liu Xunyi wanted to mediate, he didn't know how to start at this moment.

"A word is settled!"

Unexpectedly, the man in white not only did not get angry, but readily agreed, which surprised Liu Xunyi.

"I can't decide!" Qin Ku refused to give in and continued to make things difficult, "If someone offers a higher price, I won't wait for you."

Hearing this, the man in white looked at Qin's eyes, which were narrowed into a slit, with interest, and asked, "What if I pay the deposit?"

Qin Ku smiled evilly and said, "Everything can be discussed easily if you have money."

"Once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back. The copper coin just now is the deposit. Please keep the invitation for me. If it gets torn, wrinkled, or lost, I will only hold you responsible!"

The man in white smiled brightly, and without waiting for Qin Ku to answer, he suddenly stood up and disappeared into the bustling crowd in a blink of an eye.

When the confused Liu Xunyi looked at the table, the scene in front of him surprised him.

The copper plate that was just shattered by Qin Ku's palm, somehow, solidified together again. Although it was not in its original state, it was still 70% similar to the previous one.

Recalling the scene where the man in white had just stretched out his hand to cover the copper coin, Liu Xunyi suddenly realized and his face suddenly changed. When he hurriedly raised his eyes and looked around, there was no trace of the man in white in the Seven Star Tower.

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Late at night, in the guest room.

"Brother Qin, there were so many people around just now that it's inconvenient to ask too many questions. Actually, there's something I've been keeping in my heart."

Liu Xunyi and Qin Ku sat opposite each other, with two cups of tea on the table.

"I saw that you had something in mind, otherwise I wouldn't have been in such a hurry to chase that man away." Qin Ku said jokingly.

Liu Xunyi smiled faintly and said, "Of course, if you don't want to answer, you don't have to say it..."

"I can even tell you my own life story, so what else can't I tell you?" Qin Ku said generously, "You are my only friend. I have no secrets in front of you. Just ask me."

Qin Ku's words were so sincere that Liu Xunyi was deeply moved.

"Do you still remember Lingqiu Mountain Stream?" Liu Xunyi said straight to the point, "You killed a group of Mongols..." "Lingqiu Mountain Stream?" Qin Ku frowned, thought for a moment, then suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed, "Were you the one who shot the arrow in the dark that day?"

"That's right!" Liu Xunyi admitted, "I saw you kill the Mongols that day, but you deliberately let Bater escape. What's even more puzzling to me is that you actually used the name of the Xianwang Mansion. But as far as I know, the Northern Xianwang has never met you before, and we have no grudges against each other."

Being questioned by Liu Xunyi, Qin Ku's face suddenly turned red, and he replied with embarrassment: "Yes, I did pretend to be the Xianwang Mansion that day."

"why?"

"Entrusted by others."

"Is it Xunzhen?"

Hearing this, Qin Ku's expression changed quietly, and he asked in surprise: "How do you know?"

"Xunzhen came to me afterwards and used this as a threat." Liu Xunyi smiled bitterly, "I know it was she who asked you to kill the Mongols, but what I can't understand is why you listened to her? Could it be that... you are friends?"

"No." Qin Ku shook his head like a rattle and recalled, "In fact, the first time I met Xunzhen was at the foot of Shaolin Mountain. Do you remember? That night I set fire to Guanyin Temple, trying to find the Pan family's "Xuanshui Xiajuan" in the chaos."

"That's right." Liu Xunyi nodded and said, "That night, I chased you to the middle of the mountain, and we got to know each other through fighting. Then you told me everything about your life story and the irreconcilable feud with Qin Ming."

Qin smiled bitterly and said, "It was that day, after I said goodbye to you, that I met Xunzhen at the foot of the mountain."

"Why did she look for you?" Liu Xunyi asked thoughtfully.

"She wanted to make a deal with me."

At this point, Qin Ku's eyes suddenly turned, and he said seriously: "Brother Liu, I will only tell you about this matter. If you consider me a friend, I hope you will not spread this matter before I take revenge."

"I swear!"

"In fact, the content of the deal is very simple. She asked me to kill a group of Mongols in Lingqiu Mountain in the name of the Xianwang Mansion. In exchange, she gave me the "Xuanshui Volume 2."

"what?"

Liu Xunyi was shocked, stunned and speechless.

"In order to obtain the 'Xuan Shui Volume 2', I had to help her kill that group of Mongols." Qin Ku said frankly.

"Then...can you finally get..."

"Got it!" Qin Ku spoke frankly and answered every question. "Xunzhen didn't lie to me. She really stole the 'Xuan Shui Xia Juan' from Shaolin Temple."

"So... so..."

Liu Xunyi kept repeating the same sentence, trying to recall the past events that happened in Shaolin that day. At the same time, the depression that had troubled him for a long time was gradually resolved.

"The art of disguise." Qin Ku seemed to see through Liu Xunyi's confusion and explained, "Xunzhen used the art of disguise to disguise himself as Pan Yuyin and easily stole the 'Xuan Shui Xia Juan' from a few young monks."

"That's right." Liu Xunyi suddenly realized and sighed, "It turns out that Xunzhen was behind all this. After all this trouble, she is the person and the ghost. What a calculating woman, she actually played everyone in the palm of her hand. Even the Northern Sage King... was deceived by her."

At this point, Liu Xunyi's eyes suddenly flashed with an indescribable sense of horror, and he muttered to himself in a trance: "From the beginning to the end, she has never told the truth to anyone... Her disguise is flawless, with truth in the false and false in the true, and the true and false have become her means of passing off fakes as real... I am completely confused. Which of her words and deeds are true? Which are false? If she deceived everyone in "Mysterious Water Volume 2", then "The Picture of Shocking Wind and Rain"... could it be that she is also a thief crying thief, a carefully arranged trap to deceive the world?"

"Looking for clothes!"

Qin Ku could clearly feel Liu Xunyi's inner distress and sadness, and he couldn't help but soften his tone. He changed his address to "Xunyi" from "Brother Liu", showing that their relationship had taken a step further.

"This woman Xunzhen is not simple at all." Qin Ku changed his usual playful and joking appearance, and his face was filled with an unprecedented seriousness. He warned, "Be careful when you come into contact with her. Otherwise, one day she will sell you out, and you will not only be completely unaware, but you will even help her count the money."

"Brother Qin is right. I almost got fooled by her." Liu Xunyi was still in shock and said absentmindedly, "You should be more cautious. She knows that you have the 'Xuan Shui Xia Juan' in your hands. She might use it as a threat in the future."

"She knows my secret, and I also have something on her." Qin Ku smiled nonchalantly, "At worst, we can just break up. I'm alone anyway, and I'm not afraid of people wearing shoes when I'm barefoot. Hehe..."

Liu Xunyi collected his thoughts and looked at Qin Ku up and down with a strange look in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he asked curiously, "You just said that you are no longer the same as you were before, is that right..."

"Since I got the 'Xuan Shui Volume 2', I have been studying it day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep. Although I have taken many detours, I have also realized some wonderful points." Qin Ku said with a smile, "Thank God, when the red fire and Xuan Shui merged, not only did I not go astray and suffer a backlash, but I accidentally practiced the long-lost 'Gui Hai Dao Fa' to a small degree. Xun Yi, now even God is helping me, how can I not take revenge?"

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(End of this chapter)