Away from home
Li Qingshan said, "Have you come to see off Li Long?"
Caretaker Liu said, "Y- we've also come to see you off. Er- Qingshan, you've really grown up. Don't take what happened back then to heart." The current Li Qingshan had already become an unreachable figure in his eyes. He could not even speak properly.
The other villagers all squeezed over to congratulate him. They all carried local produce and shoved it into Li Qingshan's hands.
Li Qingshan looked at these familiar faces and sighed emotionally. He had no idea where to start. The Crouching Ox village that he had always wanted to leave since he was young suddenly appeared before him with great clarity. Every single house, every single blade of grass was vivid in his mind.
The deep well that had trapped him for over a decade, the mud and moss that he had always wanted to leap out of, the mud and moss that he had grown tired of, all became familiar in that moment. Village head Li hugged Li Long and wept. The scene was noisy and chaotic, but when it reached Li Qingshan's ears, it suddenly fell silent.
Li Qingshan even discovered elder brother Li and sister-in-law Li in the crowd. They were cowering, hiding from the nobles in the city. They looked at Li Qingshan, as if they wanted to go up, but they were also afraid. At that moment, they were filled with regret. If they had not fallen out with Li Erlang, who knew how much glory they would be able to bask in right now. When they saw Li Qingshan look at them, their eyes all erupted with the light of hope.
However, Li Qingshan immediately looked away. What needed to be done had already been done. What was done could not be undone. It was not that they could not let it go, but they were already in a completely different world. Moreover, they had no idea that being his family was even more likely to die a violent death than being rich and powerful.
With Yan Song's order, everyone moved to the sides. A large carriage with two horses was driven over. Every single horse was extremely spirited.
Li Qingshan, Protector Yan, Li Long, and the four children boarded the carriage together. The carriage moved slowly until it stopped in front of the county government office. Ye Dachuan and the advisor happily boarded the carriage. With the protection of these experts, there wouldn't be any danger on the road.
When Li Qingshan saw the item in Ye Dachuan's hands, his eyes lit up. "Stone Splitter Bow!" He had left the bow in the courtyard in Qingyang city. After he returned, he had gone to take a look. The courtyard had already been cleaned up, and a new resident had moved in. Obviously, he had no idea where the Stone Splitter bow had gone. He did not try to look for it either, so he never thought it would end up in Ye Dachuan's hands. He pulled the bowstring lightly with his index finger. With his current strength, it was not a problem for him to shoot a hundred arrows consecutively.
In a pavilion five kilometers away from the city, Li Qingshan once again met the owner of the Stone Splitter Bow.
Huang Binghu said, "Congratulations, Qingshan. Your strength has improved again." He found that he could no longer see through this young man's strength. However, he was well-informed. The only person who could defeat a Xiantian Master head-on was another Xiantian Master. He really did what he said in the past, and it only took him a few months.
Li Qingshan smiled. "Hunting chief, you haven't wasted your time." He could tell that Huang Binghu was already infinitely close to the level of first-rate masters right now. After drinking a few cups of farewell wine, he set off once again. Finally, he completely left Qingyang city behind, no longer in sight.
Li Qingshan thought to himself, Farewell, home!
He had already understood that whether he would die in the dust or ascend to the heavens, he would never return. From today onwards, wherever he went would be his home.
He travelled by day and rested at night. After travelling in the mountains for three days, his field of vision suddenly widened. A vast plain unfurled before Li Qingshan's eyes.
The golden fields of wheat stretched as far as the eye could see, kicking up waves of wheat in the summer wind. Villages and towns dotted the landscape, with smoke rising from their chimneys. It was very different from the Crouching Ox village.
Yan Song said, "We've left the range of Qingyang city now. In another three or five days, we'll arrive at the ferry crossing, and then we'll be able to change boats and travel directly to Jiaping city or even the Clear River prefecture."
Li Qingshan took out the map Gu Yanying had given him. With a thought, a speck of light lit up. The ferry crossing was only a few dozen kilometers away from here.
Yan Song said in surprise, "A mental map, and a mental map of the Green province at that. That's quite valuable. Qingshan, where did you get it from?"
Generally speaking, the larger the area covered by a map, the rougher it would be, and the smaller the map, the more detailed it would be. However, a mental map was able to cover ten thousand li while also being extremely detailed. Although it was only a low-grade spiritual tool, it was still very precious, let alone a mental map that encompassed the entire Qing Province.
Li Qingshan suddenly said, "Protector Yan, sir Ye, let's part ways here!" Over the past few days, he had already gained a rough understanding of the jianghu and this world from the two of them. At the very least, it was the information they knew, so he would no longer be clueless when he ventured out.
Ye Dachuan said, "What? You're not coming with us?"
Li Qingshan shook his head. "I plan on travelling alone. I'm really sorry for making you wait for me for three days." The reason why he chose to set off with them was probably due to some sort of fear. A person who had not left the village for over a decade suddenly had to go to the outside world, to a so-called big city. He would always feel slightly fearful, even relying on these two people who were not even as powerful as him, just so they could look out for each other along the way.
Everyone desired to roam the world. They all desired freedom. However, when a vast world of freedom truly appeared before them, everyone would feel fear and at a loss for what to do. Li Qingshan was no different.
But now, it was time to cast these emotions aside. When he left the overlapping mountains and looked at the vast plains, the dazzling golden wheat fields, the clear trickling river, and the faint handwriting on the map were reflected in front of his eyes. It was so beautiful and vivid, but his footprints had not even covered one ten-thousandth of the map.
The few of them looked at each other, not knowing how to persuade him. Suddenly, they heard Li Qingshan spread his arms and said to the vast plains, "I want to travel through the five lakes and four seas, the nine provinces of the world. I want to taste all the delicacies in the world, drink all the fine wine in the world, cultivate the fiercest magical powers, fight the strongest enemies, sleep with the most beautiful women. The world, here I come, hahahaha!"
His voice went from low to high, his laughter like thunder. What he said was a somewhat silly declaration. Was it silly? Perhaps. The bull who heard him say these silly words was no longer here, but he also did not need to ask anyone, "Can my dream come true?"
He did not need anyone else's answer. He did not need anyone else's approval. Of course, he did not care about what others thought of him either. The answer was already in his heart.
After agreeing to meet again in Jiaping City, the people on the hillside watched as the tall figure left. They watched as he melted into the golden plains. He rolled around in the wheat fields like a big child, quickly disappearing without a trace.
Originally, it was a rather childish and laughable act, but they all thought of a few phrases at the same time, "A dragon swims through the ocean", "A tiger enters the mountains".
Li Qingshan did not follow the main road. Instead, he sprinted through the wilderness and arrived at a tiny dot on the map very soon. It was a city that was much more prosperous than Qingyang city. They did not waste any effort to remember its name. Instead, they directly rushed to the largest restaurant in the city, booking a table with the best scenery and ordering the best banquet. Every single dish was a specialty of the region. Not only had he not eaten many of them before, but he had never even heard of them before. Every single jar of alcohol was aged for twenty years. Although it was not as good as spiritual alcohol, it still had its own taste.
The manager saw that he was a major customer and personally received him. After drinking a few cups with him, he suddenly smiled. "Drinking alone is tasteless. Young master, would you like the company of a few beauties?" He treated Li Qingshan as a wastrel who had managed to escape from his clan after so much difficulty.
Li Qingshan was taken aback at first before smiling. "I do! Why wouldn't I? I have plenty of money!" He was like the most vulgar nouveau riche.
He wanted to work hard on cultivation and venture beyond the Nine Heavens, but he did not plan on becoming an ascetic monk. He had sworn to marry a woman like Gu Yanying, but before he actually swore to marry a woman, he did not plan on becoming an ascetic monk.
Living in this world would never be a painful thing, or he would be better off dead. These distant dreams were planting seeds of hope in his heart, not torturing himself instead.
As a result, over a dozen gorgeously dressed women in heavy makeup sat beside him and chatted with him with giggles. They constantly referred to him as "sir" and "young master". Some of them even extended their hands boldly into his bosom.
At first, Li Qingshan felt rather uneasy as he was teased by a few women in the brothel, but he relaxed very soon. He hugged them without a care as he smiled from ear to ear. However, his gaze remained as clear as water the entire time, like a child playing an extremely novel game.
However, it was easy for children to get bored. He did not really plan on doing anything. It was not that he disliked these women in the brothel, but after seeing Gu Yanying and Xuanyue, who were peerless beauties, it was easy for him to get tired of this kind of game.
He did not understand in the past, but now he knew what it meant to "look back and smile charms a hundred women, and all the women in the six palaces are colorless."
Bang!
Suddenly, someone slammed open the door and shouted, "Lower your voice!" It was a young master dressed in luxurious clothes, carrying a treasured sword, and wearing a crown on his head. He shouted at Li Qingshan. As the saying goes, three women make a play. It was inevitable that the table where they drank wine would be extremely noisy.
Behind this young master stood a beautiful woman. She looked at Li Qingshan with disgust.
Li Qingshan placed his index finger on his lips and made a long "shh" sound. Then, he yawned and stood up. He casually took out the banknotes on his body and placed them on the table. The group of brothel women immediately ignored him and fought over the banknotes.
Li Qingshan walked to the side of the young master and sized him up. The young master placed his hand on the hilt of his sword. Although he was arrogant, he had the right to be arrogant. Li Qingshan could see that he was already a Connate expert. No, he should be a talented Qi Practitioner. The woman behind him was the same. The two Qi Practitioners naturally had the right to be arrogant. In their eyes, Li Qingshan was just an ordinary hedonistic son of rich parents. It was not a big deal for them to kill him with a single sword strike.
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