"You just don't like to think about these things." Little Ann smiled.
"I've already prepared myself for a great battle against the Soaring Locust King. You sure know how to ruin my plans!" Li Qingshan pinched her nose, half blaming and half doting.
"I just want to help you avoid as much trouble as possible," Little Ann said, feeling wronged.
"I know, but you should discuss it with me first in the future! Sometimes, the simplest and most effective method is not necessarily the best method. No trouble means no challenge. My path is about advancing bravely, not hiding in the shadows and scheming. Sigh! I suddenly understand what it means to be troubled. Looks like I didn't eat the Fruit of Wisdom for nothing after all. "
Little Ann could not help but laugh. She bit her lip and said, "Yeah, I promise."
Li Qingshan lowered his head and kissed her forehead gently. The red mole between her eyebrows was still as clear as ever, but her appearance had already changed from that of a confused child to that of a beautiful young lady. Her petite figure had become slender as well. Most importantly, she now had her own ideas and thoughts, which both comforted him and made him feel slightly melancholic.
"You'll probably be staying here for a few days, right?"
"I want to participate in the entire plan."
"Fair enough. I'll make some time to pay a visit to the Sword Collection palace and draw out the sword they owe me."
Although the treasured sword of the Sword Collection palace was already indispensable to Li Qingshan, it would be a waste if he did not want it. He could even take some revenge on the Sword Collection palace, so why not?
"The Sword Collection palace." Little Ann said in thought.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"You're stuttering again. Oh right, since you've recovered your memories, just who did this to you back then? Was it that 'Ming Fei' or whatever? We have to avenge her!"
"It's hard to say." Little Ann shook her head. She was also slightly doubtful.
"It's not like we're in a hurry. Once this is over, we'll investigate it properly. I don't care which bastard did it. I'll drag them out one by one and let them bleed."
As Li Qingshan said that, he was about to set off north. Little Ann refused to let go and said gently, "We'll leave tomorrow."
"Alright!"
Thus, the two of them quietly embraced each other, gazing at the boundless mountains under the moonlight. Although they did not say much, they had a tacit understanding.
On the top of Great Buddha mountain, the Dauntless monk watched this from afar and frowned a few times. In the end, he let out a long sigh and returned to his meditation room. He considered the person he wanted to contact this time.
Of course, Chu Lie King was number one!
…
King Chu's Mansion.
The steward of the Prince's Mansion led the two through winding corridors and arrived in front of a quiet little building. Before the steward could speak, the door suddenly opened and a middle-aged man walked out. He was dressed in a green luxurious robe and held a book in his hand. He looked at the two people behind the steward indifferently.
One of them was a short old man with a face as black as charcoal, and the other was a slender woman with a face as white as jade. The woman's cultivation base was obviously a level higher than the old man's, but she was very respectful towards him. They were Ru Xin and Hua Ci.
"Hua Ci and Ru Xin from the school of medicine greet Your Majesty!"
Chu Lie King asked, "I heard you have a way to deal with the locust plague?"
"I do," Ru Xin said confidently.
"You're not human?" Chu Lie King squinted his eyes slightly. He could tell that Ru Xin possessed the presence of otherfolk with a single glance. He found it strange that he was unable to immediately determine which race she belonged to.
"Is that important?" Ru Xin answered with a question.
"Answer honestly. Whether it's important or not isn't up to you to decide," the steward scolded.
"Is this how the king's estate treats talents?" Ru Xin had seen much of the world, so she obviously would not be frightened by a steward. Instead, Hua Ci seemed rather uncomfortable, but it was not all that obvious with his dark face.
"Talents? There's not a single honoured guest of the king's estate below the third heavenly tribulation. "The corner of Chu Lie King's lips curled into a sneer that was not particularly obvious.
"Then Your Majesty can just let them deal with the locust plague. We'll be taking our leave," Ru Xin said.
"Alright. Tell me your plan. I hope you won't waste my time!" Chu Lie King said.
Ru Xin began to speak. At first, Chu Lie King was still rather indifferent. A problem that even a group of great cultivators had trouble dealing with, how could a Golden Core adept and a Foundation Establishment adept solve it? Not to mention, they were disciples of the school of medicine who were not adept at fighting and killing. However, as Ru Xin continued to explain, he gradually became more serious.
Every time he gathered honoured guests for a discussion, the goal had always been to find the Soaring Locust King and kill it. However, Ru Xin's proposal was a completely new method of dealing with it. Although it could not kill the Soaring Locust King, it could stop the locust plague from the very core and force the Soaring Locust King out.
When Ru Xin stopped talking, Chu Lie King closed his eyes in thought for a while before opening them again. "Don't waste any more time. Go spread the plague immediately. I'll send people to provide you with protection and cooperate with you as much as I can. Once you're done, you'll be honoured guests of the king's estate. I'll personally hold a banquet to celebrate your success!"
Ru Xin and Hua Ci took their leave. Chu Lie King paced around the courtyard alone for a while before suddenly receiving a message from the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga. He could not help but be delighted. Even the heavens are on my side. With this two-pronged approach, it's finally time to deal with this great problem!
However, there was another piece of information hidden within that piqued his great curiosity.
Not only has that One Will found the Affliction Severing blade and made an agreement with the Golden Cicada Spirit King, but she's even undergone the third heavenly tribulation and defeated the Monk King of the Seven Treasures. What an unbelievable prodigy. Even the Profound Sun pales slightly in comparison!
Although he had heard about Little Ann a long time ago, he had never seen him in person even once. He felt rather eager for some reason, which even left him slightly intrigued. He temporarily suppressed this thought and planned on paying the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga a visit first. He considered who he should send to protect the two disciples of the school of Medicine.
… …
"Please wait here for a moment and wait for the king to send someone over."
In a small garden in the king's estate, the caretaker's attitude clearly became much more polite.
"Yes," said Hua Ci.
"Congratulations, master. Congratulations. You're going to become an honoured guest of the king's estate." Ru Xin clasped her hands and smiled.
"You could've just come. Why did you have to drag me along?"
Originally, Hua Ci refused to come to the king's estate with Ru Xin. Ru Xin had dragged him along. Looking at Ru Xin before him, the little girl from back then had finally grown up to the point where she could make her own decisions, and she was finally no longer trapped by hatred. He could not help but sigh with a smile.
"If it weren't for the sake of giving you a better life, master, why would I have come all the way here?" said Ru Xin.
"You've made the right decision to return," said Hua Ci. Even he had never thought a plague could save the world.
"I still have to help you through the second heavenly tribulation after all. Look, even someone like Qian Rongzhi has become a Golden Core cultivator. Master, you've really been wasting your time in the past few years," said Ru Xin.
"She's a genius like you. She's not someone an old man like me can compare to."
"Genius? It's just that she's suffered a lot! "
When Ru Xin returned to the Hundred Schools of Thought to invite Hua Ci, she saw another genius who had boarded the isolated island where Qian Rongzhi lived. His name was Lin Xuan, or Chu Tian.
Right now, it was hard for her to tell if the madness of these two people had been cured, or if it had become even worse, unable to extricate themselves from it!
"That makes sense." "Meow ~"
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