Mu Zhicong was displeased. Cheng Jiali immediately said, "Fellow Niu, it's not easy for an independent cultivator to earn some spiritual stones. You better save it for pills!" The other two disciples chimed in as well. "…"
"I know what I'm doing!" Li Qingshan said indifferently. I've killed a bunch of Qi Practitioners like you, and that's all I have. It really is not easy. However, there's no reason for me to let a group of insignificant people like you look down on me. He did not mind being mocked by others, but he could not bear to see them mock Yu Zijian.
He said to the tea brewer, "Uncle, give me the most expensive one. T- that Worriless tea or something!" Li Qingshan sat down boldly beside a tea table. He was in an extremely bad mood. He could not help it. He had several hundred spiritual stones on him, and he even had a spiritual stone mine underground. If he insisted that he was not a nouveau riche, then he would be lying.
The tea brewer finally raised his head and studied Li Qingshan. There were not a lot of people who could afford Worriless tea in a town that mainly consisted of Qi Practitioners. He said indifferently, "Please wait a moment!" He began brewing the tea by himself.
The disciples of the Green Vine Mountain were all stunned. The Worriless tea was a famous tea from the Tranquil tea house. A single pot cost an astronomical twenty-seven spiritual stones. If it were converted into Qi Gathering pills, it would be enough for a Qi Practitioner to cultivate for a year or two. Even Mu Zhicong was reluctant to use that to buy a pot of tea. He smiled dryly. "Fellow Niu, how generous of you!"
Yu Zijian tugged at Li Qingshan's sleeve and tried to persuade him softly, "Niu Juxia, that's so expensive."
Li Qingshan patted the exquisite wooden tea stool beside him. "I'm drinking it myself. What's there to be afraid of?"
These were his heartfelt words. One of his great ambitions in life was to taste all kinds of delicacies. Although tea probably couldn't be counted as one of them, he wanted to try anything that could satisfy his appetite. Since he couldn't drink all the teas in the world, then he would drink the best. And, his principle towards strangers, especially people he did not like, was to not owe anything. Why would he drink the tea that someone else had invited him to?
Yu Zijian sat down beside him. She could vaguely sense that Li Qingshan wanted to stand up for her, which made her feel rather mixed.
The disciples of the Green Vine mountain all looked at Mu Zhicong, unsure whether they should sit down or not. They also wanted to try the Worriless tea. Mu Zhicong thought to himself, "Since you want to put on airs at your own cost, so be it."
Li Qingshan asked Yu Zijian about what happened after they parted.
As it turned out, when Yu Zijian arrived on the Green Vine mountain, she was supposed to start off as a servant disciple obediently. However, during the entrance ceremony, the Green Vine Elder appeared and tested everyone's talent. Her talent was the most outstanding.
The Green Vine Elder was delighted, so he asked a few more questions about her origins. If she were a regular girl, she would have been frightened into silence by the majestic hall and the dignified Foundation Establishment cultivators a long time ago.
However, Yu Zijian said, "Originally, I didn't want to come. He forced me to come." She pointed at Liu Fengrui and told him how he had threatened and coerced her to stop her from speaking carelessly. Tears streamed down her face.
The children that Liu Fengrui had brought to the Green Vine mountain from the Proud Sword manor were close to this senior sister in the first place, so they began to feel homesick. A while later, all the children began to cry in the main hall of the Green Vine mountain. The entrance ceremony turned into an awkward one.
The Green Vine Elder felt rather embarrassed. He pointed at Liu Fengrui and cursed, "If someone else sees this, they'll think that all the disciples of our Green Vine mountain have been abducted!"
Liu Fengrui knelt down in a hurry to apologise. Even among his fellow disciples, he was not well-liked. No one spoke up for him. They all secretly mocked him.
The Green Vine Elder left in a huff, and Yu Zijian turned the tables. As a matter of fact, she could even be described as turning the tables.
However, the Green Vine Elder did not tell Yu Zijian to leave, nor did he tell her to join the Green Vine mountain. As a result, she remained behind for some reason, becoming the only non-disciple of the Green Vine mountain.
Li Qingshan guessed that the Green Vine Elder probably wanted Yu Zijian to join the Green Vine mountain, but he did not want to force her. The Green Vine mountain accepted disciples, not enemies. Only someone as obstinate and self-opinionated as Liu Fengrui would be so unreasonable.
The disciples could tell what the Green Vine Elder was thinking, so they purposefully tried to get closer to Yu Zijian, persuading her to just join the Green Vine mountain. Coupled with how likable she was in the first place, she had become familiar with everyone in less than a month. Coupled with the protection of an admirer like Mu Zhicong, there was actually nothing an inner disciple like Liu Fengrui could do to her. The sacred hall
"Senior brothers and sisters all said that guy was a bad person. They told me not to take it to heart."
Mu Zhicong said awkwardly, "Zijian, don't speak carelessly. Senior brother Liu is just a little rash. He's not a bad person." Although he disliked Liu Fengrui, he still had to protect his fellow disciples in front of outsiders.
Li Qingshan had no idea how to respond to Yu Zijian's adventures. He could not help but sigh. Some people were born luckier than others. This luck did not come from powerful clans, but a certain ability, the ability to smile at the world. The world was like a mirror. If you smiled at it, it would smile back at you. They were not born with this ability. Instead, they had received the most gentle care and the most correct education from young.
Li Qingshan and Qian Rongzhi were not as lucky. They had both developed vicious personalities from their lives. They used the claws and teeth known as "cunning and resourceful" and "valiant and resolute" to fight and kill in this world. This was the strength they relied on to survive.
Yu Zijian was not resolute, nor was she particularly resourceful. Her cultivation was pitifully low. However, she could make the mature Hua Chenglu obtain an Innate pill for her, and she could make the resolute Li Qingshan run several hundred kilometers for her. This was also her strength.
At this moment, the tea brewer served up a pot of fragrant tea. When the tea was poured into the teacups, it was clear and colourless, just like clear water. However, it gave off a wondrous fragrance, which was relaxing.
Li Qingshan said, "I'll replace alcohol with tea. Thank you for taking care of Zijian." He drank all the tea, and a stream of heat flowed into his stomach, spreading out. Even his body warmed up. Not only did the fragrance linger in his mouth and teeth, but it basically lingered in his lungs too.
Drinking a cup like that on a cold winter night was basically the best form of enjoyment. With a cup, all of his selfish thoughts seemed to have been cleansed away. He became completely lazy. Both the tea leaves and the tea water contained pure spiritual qi, which surpassed regular pills. It was extremely beneficial to both his body and mind.
"It really is good tea!"
Mu Zhicong and the others sipped it slowly. They were indescribably relaxed. When they looked at Li Qingshan again, their arrogance had vanished, and they spoke with a little more politeness. As the saying went, it was hard to bear the consequences of being taken advantage of. Even if they mocked Li Qingshan after drinking such a famous tea, they were not that thick-skinned.
Cheng Jiali's gaze towards Li Qingshan became slightly gentler. She could tell that Li Qingshan was not a poor independent cultivator trying to look impressive. Instead, he was a generous man who truly did not care about twenty or thirty spiritual stones at all. Women would always have a favourable impression of him.
Li Qingshan smiled. "The tea really does live up to its name of Worriless."
Only Mu Zhicong was unable to cheer up. He had originally been the centre of attention in this small circle, yet a pot of tea from this boorish fellow had stolen all the limelight. How could he just accept this? "Fellow Niu, the way you drink it seems to be a waste of the tea."
Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?"
Mu Zhicong had been waiting for that. He smiled. He went on a long ramble, talking about the way of tea and the classics of tea, demonstrating his great knowledge. Cheng Jiali and the others gave him a few words of support.
The two country bumpkins, Li Qingshan and Yu Zijian, just held their teacups, drinking as they listened.
When Mu Zhicong's speech came to an end and he wanted to drink some tea to moisten his throat, he discovered that Li Qingshan and Yu Zijian had already "wasted" all the remaining tea. He was immediately stunned.
Yu Zijian said in admiration, "Senior brother Mu knows a lot."
Li Qingshan said, "I feel like I've learnt a lot too."
Yu Zijian continued to drink slowly, but he really drank it like a bull, pouring cup after cup into his stomach. You're drinking my tea, yet you still have so much to say. There's no need for you to drink it.
Cheng Jiali and the others felt fortunate that they had acted quickly. They did not forget to drink tea, snatching a few cups from Li Qingshan's mouth. It was enough for half a month of cultivation. The spiritual tea was not like the tea of the secular world, which could be brewed multiple times. The tea brewer had used a technique to infuse all the flavours of the tea into the spiritual water, so none of it went to waste. There was only a single pot.
Yu Zijian rubbed her belly. "It's so warm!"
Li Qingshan said, "Exactly."
The two of them looked at one another and smiled. All Yu Zijian saw was that Li Qingshan's eyes had become clear. They no longer had the sharpness from when they first met, but they seemed extremely calm and clear. He had gone from a vicious tiger to a gentle ox, which made him look at her a little more gently.
Suddenly, she felt like she could not look at his gaze anymore than the sharpness from before. She dodged his gaze and lowered her head.
Mu Zhicong felt like everything he had said Just Now had been for nothing. He gritted his teeth and said, "Fellow Niu, do you understand the profoundness of the way of tea now?"
Li Qingshan smiled. "I'm a crude person. I can't remember that much." He turned around and said to Yu Zijian, "What do you think, Zijian? Do you want to go back with me?"
Before Yu Zijian could even answer, Mu Zhicong said firmly, "No. Without master's permission, Zijian cannot leave the Green Vine mountain."
Cheng Jiali tried to persuade him gently, "Senior brother." She was eager for Yu Zijian to go as far away as possible. However, if two men were to fight over something, it would not just be about the loss of the item, but also their pride. It was not something that could be persuaded by a few words from a bystander.
Li Qingshan did not look at Mu Zhicong. He only said to Yu Zijian, "What do you think?"
Yu Zijian immediately became hesitant. In the past few days, the disciples of the Green Vine mountain had all taken great care of her. If she just left, she would feel like she was letting down their good intentions, and it would probably make things difficult for Niu Juxia.
"You should think about it. Don't worry about anything else. Just follow your heart. I believe the Green Vine Elder is a reasonable senior. Don't forget about the way I told you when to make a choice." Li Qingshan understood what she was thinking. He patted her shoulder and ignored Mu Zhicong's ugly expression. He stood up and arrived before the tea brewer to pay the bill. He had just fished out twenty-seven spiritual stones from his hundred treasures pouch.
The tea brewer said proudly, "How's my Worriless tea? You might be able to taste it, but it's not like you're chewing on a peony! " He specialised in the way of tea. As he watched Li Qingshan drink cup after cup, he was displeased. He finally could not help but say something.
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