The villagers in the village looked at Li Qi with awe. They never imagined that Li Qi, who had settled in their village, was actually a powerful cultivator.
The village chief stepped out from among the villagers, looking at Li Qi with a complicated expression. "Li Qi... thank you. If it weren't for you, our village would have likely been massacred today."
"It's nothing, just a small effort," Li Qi waved his hand and continued to ask, "By the way, Village Chief, do you know where that guy just mentioned, Qingshan Village, is located?"
Upon hearing Qingshan Village, the village chief's face immediately turned grim. "Li Qi, let's run! Qingshan Village is the largest bandit stronghold nearby. I didn't expect these horse bandits to be from Qingshan Village."
These horse bandits had died in their village. When Qingshan Village reacted later, not a single villager would escape.
However, Li Qi shook his head slightly and asked, "No need. Just tell me where Qingshan Village is."
After getting the specific location of Qingshan Village, Li Qi left the village.
A few days later, the villagers in the nearby villages were all shocked to hear a piece of news. The entire mountain peak where Qingshan Village was located had vanished. And not a single bandit in Qingshan Village survived.
Hearing this news, the villagers of Li Qi's small village were also stunned. They eagerly awaited Li Qi's return.
Unfortunately, Li Qi had not returned since he left that day.
At this moment, after resolving Qingshan Village, he indeed had no intention of going back. Originally, he had planned to stay in that small village. It was just that the appearance of these horse bandits had changed his plans. He couldn't just stand by and watch the horse bandits attack the villagers, so he had to reveal his strength.
But Li Qi knew that after he made his move, the formerly peaceful and equal life in the village would no longer exist. He disliked seeing the villagers always looking at him with awe. Therefore, after inquiring about Qingshan Village's location, Li Qi, before leaving, casually dealt with the bandit stronghold to eliminate any future trouble.
At present, Li Qi didn't know where he was going. He started walking aimlessly again. Along the way, he saw many villages, but the world was too chaotic. Li Qi ultimately chose not to join them and become a new villager.
"Forget it, how about I go into the deep mountains and old forests to cultivate for a few decades?" Suddenly, such a thought appeared in his mind.
With this thought, Li Qi immediately looked around. Soon, Li Qi found a deep mountain that no one usually visited. He forcefully punched a cave dwelling into the mountain and then grabbed several large rocks from the side to block the entrance of his abode.
From then on, Li Qi lived a life of darkness, entering deep seclusion.
Time flew by, and three years passed. Li Qi even thought he could stay there forever, perhaps only emerging from seclusion when he became invincible in the world.
And today, everything changed.
"Rumble."
"Rumble rumble."
At this moment, Li Qi's cave dwelling began to shake violently. Li Qi was also awakened from his seclusion.
"Bang bang bang."
Under the violent shaking, several large rocks from the ceiling of the cave dwelling cracked and fell directly towards Li Qi's head. Fortunately, Li Qi's head was hard, and the stones shattered.
"Damn it, what's going on? An earthquake?" Li Qi was also quite bewildered by the current situation.
"Bang bang bang bang."
Several more large rocks fell from above, but Li Qi was already awake and easily dodged them. However, the cave dwelling he had painstakingly created with several punches was now completely destroyed.
Li Qi wanted to go out and see what was happening.
But at this moment, before he could make any move, Li Qi felt that outside his cave dwelling, there seemed to be sounds of fierce fighting.
Then, a male voice, seemingly middle-aged, rang out, "Haha, Zhang Laogou, I heard your combat power is unmatched. Then take this move, Po Tian Kai Shan."
"Swish."
Terrifying spiritual power fluctuations surged outside the cave dwelling. The ceiling of Li Qi's cave dwelling was instantly split open by a sharp blow, and blinding light shone into the dilapidated cave dwelling.
Li Qi then discovered that outside his cave dwelling, five Golden Core stage experts were fighting fiercely. They seemed to be in a three-on-two situation. On the ground not far away, there were also shouts of killing. Upon closer inspection, this was a battle between two armies, each exceeding ten thousand men.
The reason for the sudden destruction of Li Qi's cave dwelling was precisely due to the battle between those Golden Core experts hovering in the air.
At this time, one of the Golden Core experts in the chaotic battle let out a hearty laugh. "Fang Jian, your Po Tian Kai Shan is still a bit lacking. What if your three experts from Shu and Wu join forces against us two? This battle, you will be defeated, and in the future, it will be our Great Wei that unifies the world!"
"Die!"
With that, the Golden Core expert who claimed to be from Great Wei's body erupted with a terrifying aura. Together with his companion, their auras surged, showing no fear of the battle formation of the three opponents. The two sides were evenly matched, or rather, the two Golden Core experts from Great Wei held a slight advantage.
Seeing this, Li Qi became furious. You guys are fighting, but what's with demolishing my cave dwelling? Disturbing my seclusion, I must teach them a lesson.
Li Qi's figure instantly leaped out of his cave dwelling and charged towards those Golden Core experts with great momentum! "You guys, you destroyed my home while fighting, didn't you even say sorry?"
Li Qi's appearance instantly attracted the attention of these five people.
"Good! So you still have hidden helpers!" They each thought Li Qi was a helper sent by the other side.
And when they saw Li Qi's strength, they all became somewhat disdainful. He was only at the second level of the Golden Core stage, too weak. Each of them was at least at the fifth level of the Golden Core stage.
"Then let's deal with you first." With this thought, the five of them simultaneously attacked Li Qi.
Even as they launched their attacks, a hint of astonishment appeared on their faces. They looked at their opponents, as if asking, "Aren't these your helpers? Why are you attacking them too?"
But it was too late to realize something was wrong. They had already made their move.
Terrifying attacks boomed towards Li Qi. Although the five of them held back some strength to guard against attacks from their original opponents, the combined attacks of the five, against Li Qi's mere second level Golden Core cultivation, would likely result in severe injuries.
Seeing that these people first destroyed his home and now wanted to attack him, the victim, Li Qi became even more enraged. "You bastards, you truly deserve to die."
A terrifying aura surged from Li Qi's body. Although his cultivation level was still at the second level of the Golden Core stage, for some reason, a hint of dread surged into the hearts of these five Golden Core experts.
At this moment, Li Qi slapped out with his palm. And then, the combined attacks of these five were shattered by Li Qi's palm strike. Before the five could react, Li Qi's figure had already appeared before them. With a slap to each of them, these five lacked even the power to resist. Their vision immediately plunged into darkness.
On the ground, the two armies that were originally engaged in a fierce battle completely halted their actions, staring dumbfounded as their leading generals were captured and taken away by Li Qi.