A Disciple of Mohism
Everyone turned around and were all taken aback. When they saw his appearance, they bowed in a hurry. "Commander Lao, you've emerged from seclusion!" "Y- you've broken through to the sixth layer!"
The person who had come was the Black Wolf commander of the Hawkwolf Guard of Jiaping city, Lao Xishan. He seemed to be in his forties and possessed a square face. When he saw everyone's stunned expressions, he smiled sternly. He had worked so hard on cultivation and spent so many days in seclusion just for today. He asked softly, "Who do you think is doomed?"
No one was bold enough to answer him. Actually, Lao Xishan did not need these people to answer him. As a vice commander, he also had trusted aides in the Hawkwolf Guard, so he knew the entire story a long time ago.
"I'll go assist commander Zhuo." He flew off in the direction that Zhuo Zhibo had left in, gliding down the mountain like a huge, black bird. He vanished into the mist of the morning very soon.
The remaining Hawkwolf guards all looked at one another. Li Qingshan, who had only joined the Hawkwolf Guard for less than three months, had actually caused such a great disturbance. Commander Zhuo and commander Lao had never been on good terms. Now that he had actually broken through to the sixth layer as well, Jiaping city would be in for a lot of trouble.
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Li Qingshan abandoned his shield and swung his blade. A shining blade of wind directly landed on the nearest ambusher.
As if the person had never expected Li Qingshan to still be able to swing his blade in a situation like this, and it was such a sharp strike at that. He summoned a puppet soldier in a hurry to block in front of him.
With a thump, the puppet soldier was cut open, and its parts scattered across the ground.
The person was surprised. He called out, "This guy can still move! Be careful!"
Li Qingshan had already made out the appearance of the ambushers. They were all young men in their twenties. They all wore tight, navy-blue robes, and they each wielded a strange-looking hand crossbow that flickered with light. The rainstorm-like arrows were shot from these five crossbows. They were many times more powerful than the legendary Zhuge repeating crossbow.
Li Qingshan took a step forward. Under the immense gravity, the ground was like a quagmire. His feet sank deep into the ground, up to his knees. As for those shining runes, they were originally drawn on the ground, but once activated, they floated in the air, unaffected by the changes in the ground.
"Let me!" With a loud shout, a burly man with a full beard suddenly broke through a wall and appeared in the hall. In his arms was an incomparably thick brass barrel. The body of the cannon was cast with complicated patterns, and spiritual light flowed on it. It was actually a mid-rank spirit tool. The mouth of the cannon, which was cast in the shape of a ferocious dragon head, began to gather specks of spiritual light.
Li Qingshan felt an intense sense of danger for the first time. Even when he was bombarded by the cannons of the warships on the Island of Cherishing Flowers, he had not felt such a sense of danger. Most importantly, the burly man holding the cannon was emitting the aura of a sixth-layer Qi Refinement cultivator.
"Who are you people? Why have you ambushed me? " Originally, Li Qingshan thought this was a trap that the Zombie Daoist had set down after receiving news from Zhuo Zhibo. However, this bastard did not seem like the Zombie Daoist no matter how he looked at it, and the methods he used did not seem to have anything to do with zombies either. As a result, he held back his plan to transform and asked a few more questions. If these people still did not stop, then he could only daemonify and start a massacre.
"Hmm? Why's this Zombie Daoist so young?" The young men in navy-blue robes also saw Li Qingshan's appearance. One of them asked in confusion.
"Senior brother, stop! That's the uniform of the Hawkwolf Guard!" Another person recognised Li Qingshan's Black Wolf uniform and stopped him in a hurry.
The light had already condensed to the limit. An extremely dazzling, scorching white pillar of light shot out from the cannon, piercing through the roof and into the sky. It left behind a streak of light in the night sky.
Little Ann let go of the Skull Prayer Beads in his hand, and the red light in Li Qingshan's eyes faded as well. He gazed at the hole above him and sighed in amazement. Even if he daemonified, he would still suffer if he took that shot!
He lowered his head and asked, "Who are you people?" He casually sheathed his Wind-entwining blade.
His actions greatly reduced the hostility of the young men. They also lowered their crossbows. The first young man who recognised the uniform of the Hawkwolf Guard on Li Qingshan said, "We're disciples of the school of mohism. We're carrying out a mission here. Sir, you must be a Hawkwolf Guard!"
"That's right! I'm also carrying out a mission. "
"Please show us your tablet!"
A disciple of the school of mohism! Li Qingshan understood slightly. He tossed the Black Wolf tablet to the young man. The young man glanced at it and let out a sigh of relief. He said loudly, "Alright, alright. It's fine now. Disperse the formation. It's all a misunderstanding!"
"Sigh, what the hell!" "Didn't they say the Zombie Daoist would come? Why is it a Black Wolf guard instead? " The disciples of the school of mohism grumbled. One of them stowed away a painting scroll. The scroll was covered in inscriptions, which were exactly the same as the inscriptions on the ground.
Li Qingshan immediately felt his body lighten. He picked up the shield on the ground, only to see that it had been charred black. It had just forcefully blocked Zhuo Zhibo's fire dragon a few days ago, and it had been blasted wildly today. Quite a lot of its spiritual qi had been depleted.
Suddenly, a fierce gust of wind blew in his face. The bearded man stowed away the brass cannon and charged over. Little Ann raised his hidden blade, but Li Qingshan stopped him with a glance. Although he was hostile, he did not have any killing intent.
The man grabbed Li Qingshan by the collar and roared out furiously, "Kid, you've ruined my business!" He wore the same navy-blue robes as the other disciples of mohism, but he was half-naked. His right sleeve was tied around his waist, revealing his muscular arms and chest. He seemed extremely fierce.
Li Qingshan released his true qi and blocked the incoming attack of spittle. He stared at the man calmly. Before he could say anything, the disciples of mohism had already rushed over. They pulled the man aside and tried to persuade him, "Please calm down, senior brother!"
The man stomped his feet in frustration and bellowed, "This Prison of Space formation can only be used three times, but it'll be one less time every time. My Yellow Dragon's Cannon of Devouring Light costs a spiritual stone every time it fires. It's all my stuff, so don't you feel the pinch?"
"Our Fire Crow bolts don't just fall from the sky."
Li Qingshan tidied up his clothes. "You better reflect on your actions. You attacked me without any reason. If it weren't for the fact that I'm strong enough, wouldn't I have been killed by you?"
The man suddenly glared at Li Qingshan. He almost pulled out the Yellow Dragon's Cannon of Devouring Light again, but he was stopped by his junior brothers. "It's all a misunderstanding!" He thought to himself, How dare you speak to a sixth layer Qi Practitioner like that. They say the Hawkwolf Guard is arrogant, and it really is true.
"It's all a misunderstanding. If we've offended you, please forgive us. I'm Zhang Lanqing. This is our senior brother, Hao Pingyang, and our three junior brothers, He Yishi, Jin Yuan, and Jin Bao." Zhang Lanqing introduced them one by one. Although he was only in his twenties, his face was dark, and his voice was steady and steady. He seemed extremely mature and steady, and his strength was only second to the burly man, Hao Pingyang. He was a fifth layer Qi Practitioner.
As for the other three, He Yishi was a fourth layer Qi Practitioner. He was not short, and he had a long head and bulging eyes. He answered casually with a 'yep' before glancing at Li Qingshan and answering reluctantly with a 'yep'. He lowered his head and repaired the puppet that Li Qingshan had destroyed.
Jin Yuan and Jin Bao were brothers. The elder brother was at the fourth layer, while Jin Bao was at the third layer. Seeing how Li Qingshan was only a second layer Qi Practitioner, and how he had destroyed their trap, they completely ignored him.
Jin Bao said to Hao Pingyang, "Senior brother, is this formation of yours real? It can't even trap a second layer Qi Practitioner? If the real Zombie Daoist had come, wouldn't he have been able to break through it in a single stroke? "
"You motherfucker. I paid a great price to buy this. It's this kid who's strange." Hao Pingyang calmed down and studied Li Qingshan in confusion. He was trapped in the formation of the Prison of the Earth and was surrounded by five Qi Practitioners stronger than him with the Thousand Mechanism crossbows, yet he was still unscathed. It was truly extraordinary.
The formation of the Prison of the Earth had been prepared for a sixth layer Qi Practitioner like the Zombie Daoist. If ordinary people entered it, their organs would immediately rupture and they would die. Qi Practitioners would struggle to move even an inch.
What was even stranger was that the beautiful child beside him clearly showed no signs of practising qi, yet he was still able to stand in the formation safely. If it were not for the fact that he had already used it once before, he really would have doubted that the formation he had bought was fake.
Li Qingshan's pride from wiping out the Island of Cherishing Flowers vanished completely as well. There were many powerful methods in this world that he did not understand. The trap the mohist disciples had cast down was simple, but it was extremely dangerous.
They would first use paper money to hide the inscriptions on the ground, restricting the enemy's movements before unleashing a hundred arrows to kill them. If it failed, they would blast them to death. It was all linked together, filled with killing intent. If it were a regular sixth layer Qi Practitioner, they would probably die a violent death if they were caught in this trap. They would not even have the opportunity to fight back.
"Have you come here to ambush the Zombie Daoist?"
Zhang Lanqing said, "Yeah. Are you doing the same?" Hao Pingyang shot a glance at him. "He wants to deal with the Zombie Daoist alone?" He pointed at Li Qingshan's nose and said, "Kid, this has nothing to do with you. I'd advise you to piss off!"
Li Qingshan stuck out his thumb and pointed behind him. "I'm just here to investigate. The Zombie Daoist has nothing to do with me, but he's right outside." Although he hid his presence extremely well, the faint stench of corpses was unable to fool Li Qingshan's nose.
"What!" The six people of mohism all looked outside. Hao Pingyang focused his senses on the energy of the world. Just now, he sensed an extremely well-hidden presence peeking in from outside. He bellowed out, "Get out here!"
Crack! Crack! Zhang Lanqing and the others immediately removed the empty boxes and replaced them with new ones. A rectangular box was attached to the Thousand Mechanism crossbow. Each box contained thirty extremely short Fire Crow bolts, which could all be fired in a single moment. If they did not possess a spiritual artifact shield that was specially used for defence like Li Qingshan, it would be very easy for them to be caught off-guard and die to the arrows even if they were powerful Qi Practitioners.
"Jiejiejie!" A shrill laughter came from outside the door. A Daoist priest wearing a yellow Daoist robe and a pale mask appeared at the door. He said, "How dare you set up a trap to harm me, you little bastards! How dare you!" He studied Li Qingshan. "You must be Li Qingshan. You really are good material for refining corpses. That old bastard Zhuo Zhibo didn't lie to me this time."
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