472: Shooting oneself in the foot

The Huang Family treated Li Qi with great respect and was unusually enthusiastic; they had specially prepared a grand banquet for Li Qi's arrival, and anyone could see that the Huang Family intended to win him over.

But unfortunately... Li Qi was not buying it at all.

The previous conflict had erupted because the Huang Family was in the wrong, attempting to snatch the dao traces divine stone from Li Qi with an arrogant and overbearing attitude.

Even in the Divine Firmament World, Taia City only had two powerhouses at the Dao Source Realm, and the Immortal Martial God Sect ostensibly only had one at the Dao Source Realm... Yet, the Huang Family here actually had a full four Dao Source Realm experts!

If they were in the Divine Firmament World, that would be an incredibly terrifying force!

This made the members of the Huang Family unscrupulous in their actions, always arrogant. Even just three guys at the Creation Realm earlier dared to be disrespectful to Li Qi, who was at the Dao Source Realm.

That unknown servant had jumped out earlier, making a fuss, but unfortunately, before he could even bring up his backing... he had been dealt with by Li Qi.

It was too late to regret it after kicking an iron plate. Still thinking about remedial measures after the fact?

Still trying to find ways to repair the relationship? How could that be possible?

At the banquet, Li Qi's attitude was lukewarm. No matter how the members of the Huang Family tried to curry favor, Li Qi ignored it all.

After all, there was no friendship between them. Li Qi was only willing to come here for those three Great Dao Text, just exchanging the texts for lives.

This left the Huang Family members at a loss, feeling helpless. After eating and drinking his fill, Li Qi said indifferently.

"Alright, I've eaten and I've drunk..."

"Hand over those three Great Dao Text."

So blunt, so merciless. Li Qi's words even carried the intention of leaving, causing the atmosphere of the entire banquet to instantly drop to freezing point.

Huang Zongzheng, sitting next to Li Qi, was imperceptibly stunned. A trace of subtle annoyance flashed through his eyes, then immediately vanished.

"The Great Dao Text will naturally be handed to Lord Li; there is no falsehood in that. My Lord, there is no need to be anxious. Why don't we..."

Huang Zongzheng was unwilling to give up and tried to negotiate further, but Li Qi interrupted him before he could finish his sentence.

"No, I am in a rush. I will leave as soon as I get the items..."

Li Qi could not waste time dawdling in this lousy Huang Family. Once he got the items, he would leave immediately. He was not afraid of these people turning hostile or playing dirty.

If these people really dared to do so, what he would want... would not just be three Great Dao Text.

He would want all nineteen of the Huang Family's Great Dao Text!

And this Huang Family... would likely have no need to continue existing...

A trace of crimson appeared in Li Qi's eyes, and an obscure killing intent radiated out. Huang Zongzheng, sitting to the side, sensed something unusual and couldn't help but shudder inwardly.

Huang Zongzheng took a deep breath, his heart filled with helplessness. Although he had tried every way to curry favor, he knew that things were beyond his control now and he could only do this...

If he continued to be ignorant of what was good for him, kept nagging, and angered this god of pestilence, causing Li Qi to erupt on the spot... he feared he wouldn't be able to clean up the mess.

"Since that is the case... Lord Li, please follow me."

Huang Zongzheng, who had always been full of energy, now appeared somewhat exhausted as he led the way for Li Qi.

The others at the banquet also had ugly expressions; they wanted to lash out but dared not, and could only watch the two depart.

Arriving in front of the Huang Family's secret vault, Huang Zongzheng said to Li Qi, "My Lord, please wait here for a moment. I will go and retrieve the items for you right away."

Li Qi was indifferent, not saying a word.

Huang Zongzheng opened the heavy Restrictions of the Huang Family's secret vault and slowly walked inside, and the Restrictions closed behind him.

A short while later, the Restrictions opened again, and Huang Zongzheng walked out, holding three pages of golden books in his hands!

Li Qi's gaze sharpened, his eyes falling upon the three pages of golden books in Huang Zongzheng's hands, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

Huang Zongzheng walked up to Li Qi, forced a smile on his face, and handed the three pages of golden books to Li Qi.

"My Lord, please take a look. What is recorded on these... are the three Great Dao Text that our Huang Family has deciphered."

Li Qi took the golden books and looked. The three pages of golden books recorded three ancient and profound characters, along with detailed annotations about the characters, making them clear at a glance.

And in Li Qi's field of vision, several prompts quickly appeared.

[Great Dao Text discovered that can be recorded!]

[Recording Great Dao Text...]

[You have obtained the Great Dao Text... Bi!]

[You have obtained the Great Dao Text... You!]

[You have obtained the Great Dao Text... Ji!]

Li Qi frowned, and then a strange look couldn't help but appear on his face.

The characters recorded on the golden books were fine; they were indeed Great Dao Text. With the System's endorsement, they could not be fake, but Li Qi keenly sensed the anomaly within them...

Because these three Great Dao Text... were all prepositions!

Bi, You, and Ji were all types of prepositions. Li Qi concluded in his heart that this was no coincidence.

Could it be that all thirteen Great Dao Text that the Huang Family successfully deciphered... were all prepositions?

How could that be? There must be other types of vocabulary.

And the Great Dao Text that Huang Zongzheng handed to Li Qi were all prepositions; this was something he had done intentionally.

The meanings of prepositions were simple, and they were relatively easier to decipher. If it were those profound and obscure Great Dao Text, wanting to accurately and comprehensively decipher their meanings... would be several times more difficult.

Because of this, the value of those types of Great Dao Text was very high, much higher than prepositions.

Noticing Li Qi's strange gaze fixed on him, Huang Zongzheng looked at his nose and heart, appearing like an old monk in meditation, unmoved.

Anyway, at the beginning, they only said they would trade three Great Dao Text; they didn't specify what type of Great Dao Text.

Anyway, it's just these three... take it or leave it!

Watching Huang Zongzheng act this way, Li Qi couldn't help but find it amusing. Although he noticed that these three Great Dao Text were all prepositions, he was not angry.

Prepositions were one of the most frequently appearing words in articles and sentences, and naturally, they also appeared many times in his dao ancient book.

These three high-frequency words, Bi, You, and Ji, would actually make it much smoother for Li Qi when flipping through his dao ancient book.

If Li Qi had previously been at the educational level of a kindergarten small class... then he felt he could now attend the middle class!

Although the meanings of these three Great Dao Text were relatively simple, for Li Qi, the cost-performance ratio was the highest.

By doing this, Huang Zongzheng not only failed to annoy Li Qi, but was instead lifting a rock only to drop it on his own feet.

"Not bad, I accept these three Great Dao Text... I am very satisfied."

Looking at the smile on Li Qi's face, Huang Zongzheng was momentarily confused. His heart skipped a beat for no reason, and he vaguely felt that he might have made a wrong decision.

"Alright, since I have already obtained the items, I will not bother you all any further."

"Farewell."

As soon as his voice fell, Li Qi's figure disappeared from where he stood, leaving only Huang Zongzheng alone in place.

For some reason... Huang Zongzheng only felt even more uncomfortable in his heart! It was as if he had done something very, very disadvantageous!