Stopping the Child's Cries at Night
Li Qingshan smiled to one side. He was satisfied and at peace inside. Although he had no idea how to describe their relationship, the conclusion he reached was extremely clear. She was his family, a family that brought him warmth.
As a lonely transmigrator, his parents had passed away when he was young, and he was oppressed by his only blood relative. After settling his grievances, he seemed to have no more ties. However, her arrival changed everything. To him, she was originally just a pitiful life that needed to be taken care of, yet he would often receive her care and help.
She was the one who found the spiritual ginseng, allowing him to pave his path of cultivation. Back then, he even thought about returning the favor several times over in the future, but now, he had forgotten about that thought a long time ago. Right now, even if she took out a hundred spiritual ginseng, he would eat them all without holding back, as there was no need to calculate things like that between family.
Sometimes, he wondered whether Oxen had already predicted this. If it were not for her, he would probably be ten times more vicious right now. With the abilities of the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression, it was not impossible for him to go around killing Qi Practitioners and steal pills. He could even satisfy his various desires without restraint, becoming a daemon through and through.
He had no confidence in his own morals at all. No one was born to be a hero or an absolute good person. He believed that the environment would change people. Absolute strength and loneliness would definitely lead to absolute freedom and indulgence. However, right now, he needed to take care of her safety, so he could not take too many risks. He needed to set an example for her, so he could not do whatever he wanted.
It was because of her existence that he could still live as a human. He did not just fight for her. As the leader of the family, he needed to shoulder his responsibilities and seriously consider the present and the future.
He did not have many regular Qi Gathering pills left, and in order to break through to the fifth layer of the Innate Method of Practising Qi, he had used up a bottle of Hundred Grasses pills. He needed to find new pills as soon as possible so that he could maintain his cultivation speed and deal with the great threat that was the door.
The simplest and most direct method was obviously to obtain them from the Hawkwolf Guard. There were twenty-seven missions this time. Although a few people were absent, only twenty-one of them had been completed, and the contribution from each mission was very small, it still amounted to over three hundred points of contribution in total. Five merit points could be exchanged for a single Qi Gathering Pill. Added to his original 250 merit points, he could exchange for over a hundred Qi Gathering Pills.
However, Zhuo Zhibo was stuck here, which made Li Qingshan very uncomfortable. No matter how many missions he completed, he couldn't get what he deserved.
Originally, he had been wholeheartedly focused on helping Little Ann recover his physical body and had not been in the mood to deal with Zhuo Zhibo's provocation. Now that he had accomplished this goal, it was time to crush this obstacle in his way.
Thinking of this, his heart was filled with murderous intent. Zhuo Zhibo, you should just obediently die for me! I can't take care of a ninth layer Aura Refining cultivator, but do you think I can't take care of you?
Little Ann immediately noticed the change in Li Qingshan and turned around.
Li Qingshan laughed and said, "Let's take a stroll outside first to avoid being blocked by that old hag. After a while, we'll go back and kill Zhuo Zhibo."
Little Ann nodded happily.
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The next day, the rain showed no signs of stopping.
Li Qingshan set off with Little Ann. Because there was nowhere in particular they wanted to go, they would stop and rest whenever they came across a place with good food or fun. They would stop and go, just like they were on a holiday.
One day, when he was resting in a teahouse on the side of the road, he suddenly heard someone at a neighbouring table mention his name. He could not help but perk up his ears.
"That 'Tiger Butcher' Li Qingshan is the reincarnation of a star of slaughter. He began killing as soon as he was born, and he began killing people at the age of nine. Ever since he joined the Hawkwolf Guard, he's gone out of control. First, he destroyed the entire Qian family, slaughtering over a thousand members of the Qian family, regardless of gender or age. He even laughed as he killed them. There were so many corpses that he couldn't even fill up the pit …"
As it turned out, a few people of the jianghu were taking shelter from the rain here. A sallow, skinny man was currently drinking some bad alcohol as he spoke in great delight.
Li Qingshan's expression was strange. His nickname seemed to have changed again. The Tiger Butcher was much more pleasing to the ears than the Descending Tiger and the Black Tiger, but since when did he kill the entire Qian family? He had clearly only killed three of them. The rest were all the handiwork of Qian Rongzhi. And he even laughed as he killed them. Why did he make himself sound like a Man Killer Fiend? However, becoming the main character of the rumours of the jianghu was quite an interesting experience, so he perked up his ears and listened on.
"If you cowards saw so many corpses, you'd piss your pants in fright. However, that Li Qingshan is no ordinary person. He killed over a thousand people, but he still felt like it was not enough, so he set up a great scheme on the Island of Cherishing Flowers. The Island Lord of Cherishing Flowers, Shen Xihua, the Soaring Rat, Zhao Ruyong, the Iron Palms of the Mountain Splitters, Tian Zhonghao … You've all heard of these people before, right? "
After receiving confirmation from everyone, the sallow, skinny man continued, "He tricked them all onto the Island of Cherishing Flowers and cooked them all in one pot. And he laughed as he killed them."
However, someone objected at this moment, "I heard that the Island of Cherishing Flowers was flattened by cannons."
"What do you know? They were all killed first, then flattened. The master of my uncle's friend was on that ship at the time." The sallow, skinny man was proud. He continued, "Did you know? The pit outside Ancient Wind city was dug open later on, but there was not a single corpse in there. It's the same on the Island of Cherishing Flowers. Do you know why? "
"Why?"
The sallow, skinny man suddenly lowered his voice, whetting everyone's appetite before spitting out two words, "Cannibalism!" It led to a series of gasps.
Cannibalism! The corner of Li Qingshan's eye twitched, while Little Ann's lips curled up. Her eyes were filled with mirth.
Li Qingshan pinched her cheeks. "Even if they're cannibalism, you're the one who ate them!" Although there were many ridiculous parts to this rumour, there were certain parts that were shockingly close to the truth.
Little Ann stuck out her tongue.
Someone at the next table questioned, "There were over a thousand people there. How could they have eaten all of them?"
The sallow, skinny man stuttered as well. He was unable to answer.
Li Qingshan shrugged. Sure enough, rumors stopped with the wise!
Afterwards, very soon, Li Qingshan understood what wishful thinking meant in a restaurant.
"I heard that the Tiger Butcher is six meters tall, and his waist is also six meters wide. He has a green face and sharp fangs. He has a head of bronze and a forehead of steel. He walks like the wind and roars like thunder, and he loves to eat raw human flesh the most. He'll only be full after eating four or five people in a single meal."
"You're talking about a daemon, right?"
In a corner of the restaurant, Li Qingshan rubbed his forehead. He felt like if he allowed them to continue spreading the rumor, his true identity would be exposed.
Little Ann could already smile very naturally.
In the dead of night, a child cried endlessly in a certain residence. He made a fuss about eating candy, or he would not sleep.
The mother said, "If you eat candy at night, your teeth will go bad!"
The child refused to comply.
The mother finally lost her temper. "If you keep crying, if you keep crying, I'll get the Tiger Butcher to eat you!"
The child immediately stopped crying and fell silent. Only after quite a while did he say softly, "Mother, I don't want to eat candy anymore. I don't want the Tiger Butcher to eat me."
The mother smiled in satisfaction.
On the street outside the residence, Li Qingshan finally understood what it meant to be demonized! His name now seemed to have the effect of stopping children from crying at night. He had taken a deep root in the hearts of the common people, helping countless families to discipline their children better.
There were many powerful people in the Hawkwolf Guard, but they mainly targeted Qi Practitioners. They were relatively distant from the lives of ordinary people, and they would only kill a few people in a single mission at most.
However, Li Qingshan had only taken action twice, yet he had led to the deaths of over a thousand people. Moreover, there were countless eyewitnesses, which could be described as extremely effective propaganda. As a result, his reputation soared and became unstoppable.
In Qingyang city, Iron Fist. The first disciple, Wang Lei, asked, "Is this all true?"
Liu Hong said, "Aside from the cannibalism, the other rumors probably aren't baseless. I could tell a long time ago that the kid was up to no good. He wanted to throw the jianghu into chaos, but I never thought he would be so vicious, directly wiping out half of the jianghu. Don't be jealous of your junior brother. The jianghu isn't that easy to survive in. "
"Wise be master. I almost attacked him." Wang Lei said with lingering fear. He had never thought the wild kid from the village would become such a terrifying figure. From now on, he no longer envied Li Long for venturing out. The jianghu was just too dangerous. He was better off remaining in Qingyang city obediently and waiting to take over his master's position!
"That's nothing! I even punched him a hundred times!" Liu Hong was complacent. The matter that originally made him feel rather ashamed had become a great honour. From now onwards, he would mention it to anyone he saw.
Many masters passed by Qingyang city and heard that he had punched the Tiger Butcher Li Qingshan a hundred times, yet he was still standing there in one piece without dying. They all admired him very much. Even those whose martial arts were higher than his would have to show some respect to him.
Afterwards, before he died, he specially ordered his disciple to carve a line of words on his epitaph, "Once punched the Tiger Butcher a hundred times." For future generations to revere.
Before long, a huge statue was erected at the entrance of Crouching Ox village. It depicted a young man, burly and sturdy. His head rested on a blade, and his eyes were vicious. He possessed a divine form, just like Li Qingshan.
Half-village caretaker Liu had spent a great sum of money to invite the most renowned sculptor in the surrounding villages to carve it. On the day the statue was erected, gongs and drums filled the air and firecrackers crackled. Village head Li organised the entire village to pay their respects.
Many years later, Qingyang was plagued with bandits and bandits again. All the villages were plundered, except for Crouching Ox village, which the bandits dared not approach because of the statue. The villagers were filled with gratitude, erecting a monument and a temple. Every year before winter, they would pay their respects, which became a great festival known as "Paying respects to the Tiger Butcher". That was all in the future.
In Jiaping city, Zhuo Zhibo frowned heavily in the office of the Hawkwolf Guard. Recently, Li Qingshan had caused him far too much trouble. Originally, he wanted to kill Li Qingshan with a borrowed knife and kill him. When Grandma Ximen came to investigate the matter of Jiaping, he was certain that it had something to do with Li Qingshan. He even provided her with a portrait and information about the mission, but he never thought he would still fail.
He never thought the kid would be so lucky, getting to know the daughter of the Hua family. Even Grandma Ximen was helpless against the kid. Instead, the kid made such a great name for himself.
However, he was not particularly worried. Right now, the person sitting before him was Grandma Ximen. Sure enough, as Li Qingshan had expected, Grandma Ximen had searched everywhere for Li Qingshan to no avail, so she was waiting here for him. She was determined to obtain the Heavenly Fragrance and Aspect of Beauty.
PS: You've all worked hard. Last month, I've been hovering around the forties. My original target for this month was to make it into the thirties, but you've given me twenty-three. Thanks, Dream Talker. I'll work even harder at writing. The foreshadowing is about to come to an end. The things I truly want to write will gradually unfold. I want to bring you not only hot-bloodedness and exhilaration, but also warmth, smiles, and emotions. Speaking of which, I paced around the living room several hundred times today, thinking about a plot that I'd write very soon. Afterwards, I couldn't contain my joy. I want to tell you guys, just wait for a good show!
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