"I have the protection of the Great Princess. If you dare harm a single hair on me, she won't let you off! I've already sent her a message in the imperial ancestral temple. She'll be here soon … Ouch! "
The king of White Deer threatened loudly, which made Li Qingshan even more furious. With a smack, he slapped the incapable ruler across the face, knocking off his high hat and disheveled his hair. "Hmph, even a single hair on you? In your dreams! "
The king felt as if his bones had been broken by the slap. His body went limp and he begged again.
"Senior, senior! We're kindred spirits! Why are you angry at me for those lowly commoners? When Her Royal Highness the Grand Supreme Princess arrives, I'll put in a few good words for you in front of her and ask her to bestow you a green jade lot so that you can also join the Wan Xiang Sect. In the future, we'll be fellow disciples. "
"Who's kindred spirits with you? You have a green jade lot?"
Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow. Zhu Yingcai's lot was made of Profound Wood, while the king of White Deer's lot was made of brass. In terms of cultivation, he would need a green jade lot to use the Immortal's Tablet of Ascension.
"A green jade lot is so precious. I'm just a Foundation Establishment cultivator. How could I have one? With your cultivation at the third stage of the Heavenly Tribulation, you need a green jade lot to join the Myriad Sect! If you're willing to help me kill those rebels outside the city, the Great Princess will definitely reward you generously! The White Deer Country is named after her. It's her motherland! "
The king couldn't help but reveal his true intentions. The people outside the city were like a raging fire. They had been besieging the city for nearly a month, and there were beggars everywhere. Chaos could break out at any time. Once the city was breached, the consequences would be unimaginable.
He had already sent a message to the Great Princess of the Myriad Sect asking for help, but there had been no reply. This time, he had gathered all the warlocks for a banquet. He was already preparing to escape the city and join the Myriad Sect. However, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to explain himself to the Great Princess.
Just as he said, the White Deer Country was the motherland of the Great Princess. Who knew what kind of punishment would befall the country under his rule?
He pretended not to care and continued to hold the banquet. Firstly, he was confident that he could escape the city with his cultivation. Secondly, it was to deceive people and reassure them.
When he saw Li Qingshan, a great Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, an idea came to his mind. He planned to treat Li Qingshan to a feast first, and when he was drunk and couldn't refuse, he would beg Li Qingshan to take action and defeat the rebels outside the city. Then, he would be able to get away easily.
Who knew that Li Qingshan's temper was so explosive, completely different from what he looked like on the surface. Even after hearing the name of the Wanxiang Sect, they still dared to make a move against him.
"You muddle-headed ruler, you wanted me to help you get out of this predicament! Humph, you wish! "
Li Qingshan's heart was filled with killing intent. His eyes were about to emit a red light, but he suddenly thought of something and quietly restrained himself. The Emperor of White Deer sat down on the ground.
At this time, new delicacies and wine were brought in by the palace servants. When the palace attendants saw that the monarch was being held in someone's hand, they were all pale with fright and didn't dare to approach.
Li Qingshan felt extremely hungry and shouted, "Give me the meat, or I'll dig out your hearts and livers to go with the wine!"
The Emperor of White Deer shouted from under his butt, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and bring the wine and food to the senior!"
Li Qingshan drank the wine and ate the food as soon as they were served. He acted as if there was no one else around and fell into deep thought.
He wanted to walk the path of the Qilin and win people over with virtue, but why did he end up becoming murderous? The Qilin's Strategy of Longevity didn't improve at all, and it was even more difficult to deal with than the Phoenix Nirvana Sutra. Could it be that I'm not a good person from birth and can only kill and set fires because I can't cultivate good karma?
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, he made up his mind that he had to go to the Wanxiang Sect. Only by coming into contact with stronger cultivators would he be able to truly understand the Dao of the human world and find the path to the Bottomless Abyss, accumulating resources for further cultivation.
The only problem was that although he had the Green Jade Lot from the Dragon Pool Cave, it was not convenient for him to take it out. After all, it was much more valuable than the Mystic Wood Lot. If the Wanxiang Sect questioned him about his origins, it would be difficult for him to answer. He might even expose himself and fall into their trap!
Zhu Yingcai suddenly said, "Senior, I have a favor to ask!"
"What is it?"
Li Qingshan glanced at him from the corner of his eye. Seeing the conflicted look on his face, he could guess what he was thinking. He wanted Li Qingshan to bring him to the Wanxiang Sect, but he was also afraid that the Grand Princess would hold a grudge against him because of him. It was only now that he made up his mind, but he was still panicking.
"If senior wants to join the Wanxiang Sect, could you bring me along? There are too many bandits along the way. If I had to walk alone, I might not be able to reach the destination in my lifetime."
Li Qingshan said, "Alright!"
Zhu Yingcai was overjoyed. "Really?" He kowtowed a few more times. "Thank you for your kindness, senior!"
Under Li Qingshan's butt, the King of Bai Lu called out, "Senior, could you bring me along as well?"
It was not easy to leave the city. Although he could fly for a short distance, he could not go more than ten miles. If he fell into the hands of the bandits, he would be in danger. Those bandits hated him to the core and would do anything to kill him.
Li Qingshan was stunned by his shamelessness. He patted the King's head and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, fatuous ruler. You're on your own now!"
Grabbing Zhu Yingcai, the White Deer Heavenly King flew away. He crawled out from under the table and spat venomously, "Just you wait, when I reach the Myriad Elephant Sect, I will definitely report this matter to Her Highness, the Grand Princess!"
The night wind whistled. Li Qingshan looked down from the sky. The lights in the city were waning. There were few people on the streets. Most of them had already gone to bed. Only a few beggars were wandering around, rummaging through trash.
The darkness of the night highlighted the campfires in the surrounding refugee camps. It was as if a wildfire had surrounded the city and was slowly burning away. No one knew when the fire would break.
Zhu Yingcai had flown twice and had become much bolder. He asked loudly, "Senior, are we going to the Wanxiang Sect now?"
"Wait for me here."
Li Qingshan tossed Zhu Yingcai onto the top of a tall pagoda and landed silently in front of the Flowery Fragrance Restaurant. The noisy and lively Feng Liu City had also quietened down at this moment. The doors were already tightly shut, and the lights were already dim. Only two rows of red lanterns remained, illuminating the swaying shadows of the trees.
Li Qingshan came to the peach tree and touched its trunk again. The peach blossoms fell and the green leaves withered. The tree was dead.
He had stimulated its life force, but he had also used up all of its life force. Perhaps he had helped a group of beggars eat their fill, but could he still be considered a qilin after killing them?
Killing the incompetent emperor was indeed satisfying. Putting aside the princess and the Wanxiang Sect, the death of the incompetent emperor would definitely cause chaos in the city. What good would the refugees do when they break into the city?
It would be hard to avoid another round of looting and looting, turning Whitestag into a living hell. What crime would the people in the city have? "I did not kill Boren, but Boren died because of me!"
He suddenly realized that the path of the qilin wasn't as simple as it seemed. It wasn't enough to have a benevolent heart and a bit of compassion. Many times, he had too many worries and couldn't act freely. Even when he wanted to be a hero, he was restrained.
After such a long time, I still haven't mastered the first stage of the Qilin Strategy of Longevity. Perhaps it's because I haven't understood the essence of it and only want to win people over with virtue. But ever since I entered the human realm, have I done anything that counts as winning people over with virtue?
He sat cross-legged under the peach tree and silently practiced the Qilin Strategy of Longevity. His experiences since coming to the human realm flashed before his eyes.
The qilin was a benevolent divine beast. Did benevolence mean doing good deeds? But what was good? Killing a tree to save a person, killing a city to kill an incompetent emperor, and killing countless people because of a single thought of benevolence.
No, this wasn't the path of the qilin. If I sacrificed the Sky-Climbing Vine to save all the people in the nine states, I wouldn't have succeeded either.
Killing an ant to save a person was not a qilin. Killing one to save ten thousand was not a qilin.
Li Qingshan's mind was clear and he said, "Life and death are determined by fate. It's the same for a tree and the same for a country! "
Whitestag should have been destroyed a long time ago, but because of the power of cultivators, it survived for a thousand years. The emperor's goal was to cultivate and didn't have the mood to govern the country. He allowed the people to live in chaos and had no choice but to attack Whitestag. But under the protection of a human emperor, even an army of a million couldn't break through the city. They could only starve to death.
Most of the survivors survived by eating humans and didn't have the strength to resist. They were chased back to the land by the army in the city, never to rise again until the next time the world descended into chaos.
"That princess is such a bastard!"
"Is that so?" A gentle female voice suddenly sounded behind Li Qingshan. Floating Astronomy.
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