Hidden Killing Intent
Many two-storeyed buildings stood on the mountain, hidden among the vegetation. They seemed tranquil and elegant. These were the residences allocated to the various Hawkwolf guards. A few had already been cleaned out, allowing the three of them to choose freely. As a result, Li Qingshan gained an even better understanding of the welfare of the Hawkwolf Guard.
Ge Jian said, "Once you've chosen, please wash up and change your clothes. I'll come pick you up at noon."
Li Qingshan chose the most tranquil building on the edge. He bid farewell to Ge Jian and walked over.
There were flowers planted in front of the building, currently blooming brilliantly. Li Qingshan was not familiar with this, so he had no idea what they were. They were colourful and quite beautiful. Bees and butterflies circled around them, collecting pollen while the rain stopped.
Li Qingshan stood there and admired it for a while before opening the door with a key. It was an ancient-looking room divided into two by hanging bamboo curtains. At the front was a hall for receiving guests, while at the back was a tranquil tea room.
The jar on his waist moved, and Li Qingshan said, "Come on out, Little Ann. You must be bored out!" He opened the jar, and a skull flew out. The bones pieced together to form a body, standing before Li Qingshan. It shook its head at Li Qingshan, expressing that it was fine.
Those who practised the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty were neither alive nor dead, neither dead nor alive. They existed in a wondrous state, coinciding with the most profound principles of buddhism. In terms of hiding their auras, even Li Qingshan, who practised the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression, could not compare to them, as dead people did not have auras.
Little Ann ran over to the wall and admired the ancient paintings before nodding at Li Qingshan, expressing that they were all real.
Li Qingshan held onto the stairs and climbed up. Little Ann followed behind him in a hurry, making his way up the stairs with a series of thumps.
Smoke curled up from the red-crowned crane incense burner on the table for eight people. The furnishings in the building were all extremely luxurious and not exposed. With a glance, one could tell that they had been designed by the best craftsmen. Any one of these items could not be bought by an ordinary person in a lifetime.
Li Qingshan pushed open the window and gazed into the distance. His gaze passed through the layers of treetops, taking in the entirety of Jiaping City. Tens of thousands of households were neatly arranged like matchboxes. In the center of the city, a sparkling blue belt of water passed through the city. That was the Qing River.
Compared to living in a cowshed in Crouching Ox village, it really was like living in hell, while it was like living in heaven. This was the free and unfettered life that Qi Practitioners deserved. Li Qingshan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he wanted to inhale all the freedom and happiness into his stomach.
The bloody fight under the dark rain was instantly far away. Little Ann tilted his head and looked at Li Qingshan. His eyes flickered with fire, and he was also happy for him.
Li Qingshan called out to Little Ann and sat down at the table for eight people. Like a miser, he poured out all the items in the two hundred treasures pouches and counted them carefully. He smiled from ear to ear and rubbed Little Ann's head. "Once I officially take up my post, I'll definitely work hard and help you refine that ability as soon as possible, alright? At that time, you might even be able to refine qi? Then I'll have to work harder and earn more Qi Gathering pills. "
Little Ann nodded vigorously to express his agreement, guessing what "taking up your post" meant.
A big monster and a little skeleton were seriously planning their lives just like that. In this aspect, they were like the most ordinary of commoners. Work hard to earn money! Earn money to marry a wife! Wait, wait, wait.
In the end, he put everything into the new hundred treasures pouch and gave the old one to Little Ann. "We'll each take one! You don't have anything, so I'll use this big one. But don't worry, I'll definitely make an even better one for you in the future. " The one on Zhuo Zhibo's waist seemed pretty good. Li Qingshan could not help but think, Do I hope you come and make trouble for me? Or do I hope you don't come and make trouble for me?
Little Ann obviously had no interest in that. He accepted the hundred treasures pouch obediently and placed the scholar wood tablet inside.
Li Qingshan took a comfortable, hot bath and changed into the Black Wolf uniform. He equipped the Wind-entwining blade and told Little Ann to look after the house before making his way out.
A banquet was set up in the large, large hall.
Zhuo Zhibo sat at the centre, with over a dozen tables lined up on either side. Two people sat at each table, and they were all arranged according to their cultivation.
Ge Jian patted Li Qingshan's shoulder. "Just bear with it for now!" Because he was a first layer Qi Practitioner, he had the lowest cultivation among all the Hawkwolf guards, so he could only sit at the very back. However, everyone knew that if they actually fought, he would probably be no weaker than a third layer Qi Practitioner.
Li Qingshan did not care about this. As soon as he sat down, there was a fragrance from beside him. Qian Rongzhi actually sat down beside him. She said charmingly, "Logically speaking, I'm the weakest. You've really been wronged."
Li Qingshan wondered, Is it really like the legends, where the colder you are to a beauty, the more coquettish a beauty will become to cling to you? However, this thought only lasted for a moment. He could not forget how this woman behaved when she achieved what she wanted. If he really could forget about her actions in the past, then that would not be forgiving. Instead, there would be something wrong with his head. It was already too late for him to put on an act now.
However, since she had welcomed him with a smile, he refused to lose his bearing. He said indifferently, "Looks like the strong and the weak are separated everywhere in the world. It doesn't matter where you go."
Qian Rongzhi did not seem to hear the sarcasm in his words. She continued to smile. She seemed to be in an extremely good mood now that she had joined the Hawkwolf Guard.
Zhuo Zhibo arrived late. He said a few polite words and welcomed Li Qingshan and the others. Afterwards, he introduced the Hawkwolf Guards present to the three of them with a chuckle. Including Li Qingshan and the others, there were a total of thirty-one Hawkwolf Guards around Jiaping city. Apart from a few who were in secluded cultivation or out on missions, all of them were present.
Under Zhuo Zhibo's lead, everyone raised their cups and congratulated the three of them on joining the Hawkwolf Guard. No matter how cold and arrogant they were in the past, they had all become colleagues now. Obviously, they could not argue with each other. At the very least, they could not bring their conflicts to the surface. They had to be harmonious. Of course, Li Qingshan's vague support played a relatively large role.
Otherwise, someone would have come over to provoke them a long time ago. It was very impressive that Li Qingshan could instantly kill a second layer Qi Practitioner. It shocked everyone, but upon further thought, the bastard who had died was just a frightened bird. Li Qingshan was only a first layer Qi Practitioner at the end of the day. He was at the very bottom of Qi Practitioners. Most of the Qi Practitioners here were at the third and fourth layer, so they were not afraid of him.
If a regular newcomer had behaved so "arrogantly", someone would definitely have stepped forward to teach him a lesson. However, under Zhuo Zhibo's orders, none of them acted recklessly. However, their attitudes were rather playful and cold.
As a result, not only did Li Qingshan no longer sense any hostility from Zhuo Zhibo, but it was the exact opposite. When he was drunk, the great commander of Jiaping city even personally walked over.
Diao Fei and Qian Rongzhi stood up in a hurry, while Li Qingshan remained seated, which formed an extremely clear contrast. When it came to opponents like Yan Song and Liu Hong who had been defeated by him, he could take the initiative to ease their relationship. He understood the ways of the world very well.
However, when facing a strong opponent like Zhuo Zhibo, he instead had to straighten his back. He didn't think that if he gave in now, he could change the other's impression of him. And he was also very clear about the twisted dignity of these Qi Practitioners. When they were slapped in the face by the strong, they felt that they deserved it. When they were provoked by the weak, they had to be killed.
On the ship, he had merely refused Qian Rongming's rude request, and Qian Rongming had ambushed and killed him in the middle of the night. Would Zhuo Zhibo's tolerance be any better? He had no confidence in this. A person with authority like Zhuo Zhibo would probably only be even more abnormal.
Right now, this kind of superficial peace was only a layer of illusion maintained by Gu Yanying's reputation, and this illusion would always dissipate very quickly. He wasn't Gu Yanying's person, although he very much wanted to make Gu Yanying his one day in the future.
With the experience of his two lives, Li Qingshan understood his own position extremely well. As a result, he chose the method he believed to be the most suitable. He did not rely on luck at all.
In the story of the donkey running out of tricks, the donkey had relied on his extremely composed attitude to deter the tiger from attacking him recklessly. He did not mind learning from the donkey of Qian County and bluffing his superior. At the very least, he would be able to exchange for a period of peace. When the time came, he would see who was the donkey, who was the tiger, and who was running out of tricks.
Zhuo Zhibo's smile did not fade, but his killing intent grew. He personally clinked cups with Li Qingshan and said many intimate things to him.
"Qingshan, this must be the first time you've left home, right?"
"Yes."
"Don't worry. Just treat the Hawkwolf Guard like a writer. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Everyone here is your brother and sister. I'm your big brother, so it's only right for me to take care of you."
That was what Zhuo Zhibo said. Li Qingshan sneered inside. He could tell that Zhuo Zhibo was trying to find out about his relationship with Gu Yanying through his words.
Li Qingshan had only met him once, which instead made Zhuo Zhibo even more suspicious. This was exactly Li Qingshan's intentions. Intelligent people would definitely be suspicious, so he was more than happy to let Zhuo Zhibo continue to doubt him. He understood the rate at which his strength was growing the best. Once Zhuo Zhibo understood the truth, just how powerful would he be?
Diao Fei was extremely envious of Li Qingshan's treatment. Zhuo Zhibo basically did not even look at him properly, so he had no idea about the twists and turns.
Zhuo Zhibo shot a glance at Qian Rongzhi before returning to his seat. Qian Rongzhi treated Li Qingshan even more eagerly, as if she wanted to mend her relationship with Li Qingshan. As a matter of fact, she did not even wait for the female attendants, personally pouring wine for Li Qingshan. She drank quite a lot, and the charm in her eyes seemed like it was about to drip. It attracted the gazes of many Black Wolf guards, who were envious, but they all looked away as soon as they glanced at Zhuo Zhibo.
Li Qingshan really did not hold back. He downed the wine as soon as it was poured, enjoying her service calmly. With how sharp his senses were, he had sensed a long time ago that Qian Rongzhi had some dirty ties with Zhuo Zhibo.
As it seemed, while he had been cultivating in seclusion for the past three days, she had not been idling around either. Sure enough, things like unwritten rules were everywhere. He felt even more disdain towards her. However, he could not be bothered with her matters. If she could be sold, then so be it. The only thing he considered was whether these two potential enemies would work together against him.
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