OBS Chapter 64 If I lied to you, I could live for another 3 years.
Chapter 64 If I lied to you, I could live for another 3 years.
A faint fragrance wafted into Ding Yi's nostrils, stirring the sensitive nerves in his mind, but he dared not make the slightest movement.
"Your Excellency, this is what I use for martial arts practice."
Ding Yi quickly replied.
"Oh?"
Bihe seemed intrigued, walked around Ding Yi once, and then said:
"Tell me."
"Sir, I practice martial arts to simulate real-world environments."
“I tied these bottles to the roof beam and let them hang down. Then I pushed them one by one, and people walked through them. It was best not to touch them, touching one was good, touching three was medium, and touching five was bad.”
Ding Yi remained expressionless and spoke slowly.
"Is this a movement technique he's mastered?"
Bihe was taken aback.
"Exactly."
Upon hearing this, Bihe nodded thoughtfully and said:
"No wonder Miss said she wanted to go out more. Your martial arts training methods are quite interesting."
Upon hearing this, Ding Yi secretly thought to himself, "That was close!"
He placed the bottles in the woodpile instead of destroying them, hoping to attract the witch's attention and let her find something strange to satisfy her curiosity.
After all, if a house is too clean and there is nothing suspicious, it will make people more suspicious.
However, this demoness was indeed a novice who had just come out of the mountains. She believed Ding Yi's words without letting him demonstrate them on the spot.
"Alright, you can continue working in the kitchen tonight."
Bihe glanced at Ding Yi, then left after saying a few words before returning to her bedroom.
Ding Yi squinted at the slightly closed wooden door of the bedroom in front of him, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief before straightening up.
"I wonder how long this vixen will stay here. Doesn't her mistress need anyone to serve her?"
Ding Yi muttered to himself, then shook his head and went into the kitchen.
The pots in the kitchen were all cold. Ding Yi could tell at a glance that this demoness hadn't cooked dinner at all. He thought to himself, "That makes sense. She's a special envoy maid of the Yin Yang Palace, someone even Magistrate Wang would treat with deference. How could she possibly cook for herself?"
"Never mind, I'll just have some dried meat to tide me over."
Although Ding Yi didn't know how that demoness dealt with eating, drinking, and relieving herself every day, he couldn't go hungry. So he took some dried meat from the earthenware pot in the kitchen, mixed it with water, and ate it.
Having not eaten dried meat for a long time, Ding Yi suddenly found the dried meat tonight particularly unpalatable. After all, he had been eating his meals at roadside stalls for the past few days, and those stalls tasted much better than this salty and overpowering dried meat.
If he had enough lifespan right now, he wouldn't mind using some enhanced jerky to improve the taste, but after his near-all-in operation last time, he only has a little over two years left to live.
In addition, he still had to prepare the materials needed for tomorrow's exploration tonight, and he didn't know how much it would cost. At this moment, Ding Yi could only pray that he would make some progress tomorrow.
Soon, the sky gradually darkened.
Seeing this, Ding Yi got up, took out an empty bottle from the woodpile, and hung it back on the door with a rope.
Although Bihe had already discovered the bottle, Ding Yi could easily explain that he forgot to take it off after practicing his skills. In any case, the bottle mainly served as a warning, and whether the person who came noticed it or not, it would still have an effect.
"The open strategies of our time are truly impressive."
Looking at the densely packed bottles in front of the door, Ding Yi clapped his hands with a smile.
Finally, Ding Yi leaned back against the wall and began planning his actions for the next day.
According to Ding Yi's deduction, since the Black Dragon Gang has increased its manpower, the probability of finding fragments of a deity statue in the courtyard has increased to 70% or 80%.
But I have to get it as soon as possible, otherwise if too much time passes, they will definitely move the fragments, and it will be unlikely that I can find their location using the same method.
Whether taking this thing is illegal or not is not even within Ding Yi's consideration.
You can tell from those three young punks that if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too; the Black Dragon Gang is definitely not a good thing.
"I've already spared those three brats' lives, so taking some of your things is perfectly reasonable, isn't it?"
Ding Yi chuckled.
At this moment, Ding Yi was faced with only three options.
The first option, a direct assault, was something Ding Yi naturally wouldn't choose, as he didn't even know the strength of the guards in the courtyard.
The second option, long-range attack, is also unsuitable. Ding Yi knows that his lifespan is far from enough to upgrade a cannon; otherwise, he could let the people in the courtyard know what it means to be overwhelmed by firepower.
The third option is to outsmart them.
Ding Yi frowned slightly as he thought of this.
Although today's action was a trial balloon, it has stirred up trouble and alerted the enemy. The people in this courtyard will undoubtedly be extremely focused these next few days, making it much more difficult to outsmart them.
After sitting by the wall for a while, Ding Yi suddenly had an idea. His heart skipped a beat, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. His tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed.
Having determined his approach, Ding Yi relaxed somewhat. He took out the book "Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Crossing the Evil Techniques" from his inner thigh and continued to study it under the dim light.
That night, Ding Yi continued to refine his Pi Guan Ji Jing (Skin Gate Extreme Realm) with the help of Yin Yang Sha (Yin Yang Fiend). It seemed that the Evergreen True Qi in the acupoints of his body had accumulated a little more tonight, and Ding Yi felt that the speed of his Pi Guan Ji Jing had improved compared to yesterday. He was overjoyed and thought to himself that the cultivation technique he had gained in exchange for seventy years of lifespan was indeed miraculous.
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The next morning, Ding Yi woke up early.
She first tidied up the bottles hanging by the door as usual, then went into the hall and whispered towards the bedroom, "Is the master awake?"
After a long while, a groggy voice finally rang out:
"what's up?"
"Ah, is that so, sir? Yesterday, I was conducting investigations in this outer city and it seems I discovered a place that may have traces of external evil spirits."
As soon as Ding Yi finished speaking, the wooden door to the bedroom was suddenly pulled open, and Bihe walked out of the room with a frown on her face, while tying a light gauze sash. She clearly had just gotten up.
"What do you mean?"
Seeing this, Ding Yi dared not look at Bihe any longer, but bowed and said:
"I've noticed you're getting increasingly tired, so I wanted to ease your burden. That's why, yesterday when I was on duty, I used some tricks and found a place that might be haunted by external evil spirits. I just don't know if it's what you need..."
Ding Yi spoke while bowing, but his eyes kept subtly observing Bi He's movements.
After a while, Ding Yi heard Bihe suddenly let out a sweet laugh:
"You, Ding Hai, always so glib-tongued, are you up to something again?"
Upon hearing this, Ding Yi immediately feigned panic and took several steps back, saying:
"My lord! I am only trying to share your burdens. If I had any selfish motives, I would have shortened my lifespan. My remaining lifespan is no more than five years!! No, three years!!"
Hearing this, Bihe narrowed her big eyes, looked at Ding Yi seriously, and then frowned and said:
"I'll trust you this once. If you lie to me, you know what will happen to you!"
"My lord, please allow me to change my clothes. We shall depart immediately!"
Ding Yi's gaze was resolute, and his words were righteous. Just then, a ray of sunlight refracted from outside and fell on his clean face, making him appear even more imposing.