In the eyes of the three elders, he was not just foolish. He was as foolish as he could be.
Every year, there would be an endless stream of people who would visit the Sword Collection palace and request to join. There would be people who would kneel outside the palace all year round, refusing to eat or drink to show their sincerity. Some people would even kneel to death, but they would not be accepted.
The Green Vine Elder tried to persuade him, "Zijian, you've stayed on my Green Vine mountain for so long. You can say that we're fated to meet. Originally, I wanted to pass on the secret techniques of the Green Vine mountain to you so that you could become the future sect master. Today, I sincerely advise you to go to the Sword Collection palace. Both you and your family will benefit greatly. If you miss this opportunity, you'll probably regret it for the rest of your life. "
As he spoke, he had already become thirty percent more polite and seventy percent more intimate with Yu Zijian. Originally, he found Yu Zijian's talent to be quite impressive, but he had never thought about raising her to become the sect master of the Green Vine mountain. He only spoke like this to sow goodwill. However, that was not completely a lie. Right now, the disciples of the Green Vine mountain had withered away, basically all slaughtered. If it were not for the matter with Fu Qingjin, he really would have taught them wholeheartedly.
Fu Qingjin said nothing. All he did was stare at Yu Zijian silently. He had always given off a sense of dignity that allowed him to order people around, or he would not have been able to convince the three elders so easily. It was rare for him to show such sincerity, which made it even more difficult for her to turn him down.
Yu Zijian lowered her head and pinched the corner of her clothes. Her knuckles whitened. She was not good at turning down the good intentions of others. It was not that she could not distinguish between good and bad. Seeking benefits and avoiding harm was human instinct, and she was not so stupid and stubborn that she had to go to the Hundred Schools of Thought with Hua Chenglu just because of a single sentence.
However, her true feelings were something that others could not imagine. The life and death of that imposing figure who had saved her time and time again was still unknown. How could she leave just like that? He planned for his own future. If he remained in the Clear River prefecture, even if it would be useless, he might be able to see him again. This thought. It was deeply rooted in his heart.
"I support you!" Gu Yanying patted Yu Zijian's shoulder and smiled.
Fu Qingjin's eyes narrowed, finally revealing displeasure for the first time.
"The path of cultivation depends on one's own heart. You can't force it. Whether it's fated or not, how can it be decided by your mouths? I am a Hawkwolf guard. In order to uphold the laws of Great Xia, even the Sword Collection palace can't abduct someone right in front of me! "
Yu Zijian said in a hurry, "It's not abduction. It's me … it's me …"
Fu Qingjin looked at her deeply. Raising his head, he let out a long sigh and said, "Forget it. It's probably because the time hasn't come. You should stay here for now. You'll eventually come to the Sword Collection palace and do what you should do. "
He then bowed to Gu Yanying, "Please take good care of her, Commander Gu. Don't let anyone hurt her." His gaze swept across the others, "If today's matter is leaked in the slightest. Don't blame me for being merciless! "
The Green Ruins sword let out a dragon's cry in the sheath, radiating with killing intent. It filled the entire venue.
The Sword Collection palace was not without enemies. Those who could become the Sword Collection palace's enemies were all enemies. Those who could become the Sword Collection palace's enemies were definitely the most terrifying of enemies. If they learned that the next successor of the Violet Clouds sword had ended up here, they would definitely nip them in the bud.
The three elders felt slightly pained. They were three Foundation Establishment cultivators, yet in Fu Qingjin's eyes, they were not even as important as a young girl. However, in the long run, they really were not as important as this young girl.
Gu Yanying smiled lightheartedly. "I can guarantee that."
Fu Qingjin clasped his hands again and turned into a streak of azure light, taking off into the horizon. In a single moment, he had already vanished. He did not drag his feet at all. He was extremely decisive.
Gu Yanying also took her leave. Before she left, she said to the three elders, "I can see that there's a hint of death on your faces. It's best if you're a little more careful in the future."
The three elders' faces all became ugly. The Golden Pheasant Elder laughed dryly. "Don't tell me you know how to read faces, ma 'am?"
Gu Yanying smiled. "I don't. I was just saying. There's no need to take it to heart."
The four of them passed through the formation on the mountainside. Cold wind swept over from all directions, ruffling their clothes.
Yu Zijian and Hua Chenglu walked hand in hand at the front, while Gu Yanying and Hwa Seung-zan lagged behind. All they heard was Hua Chenglu constantly calling Yu Zijian an idiot and an idiot, while Yu Zijian constantly retorted.
Gu Yanying and Hwa Seung-zan looked at one another and smiled. Gu Yanying said, "I'll leave the child in your care once we reach the Clear River prefecture."
Hwa Seung-zan lowered his gaze. "Don't worry, commander. I know what's best for me."
Gu Yanying smiled. "That's disrespectful if you don't look at the person you're talking to."
Hwa Seung-zan raised his head in a hurry. There was a rare sliver of panic in his bright eyes. He knew that Gu Yanying had something to say to him since she did not directly take off.
Gu Yanying had already gazed at the sky, at the unfathomable, obscure place where the stars resided. "Fu Qingjin, heh. Just this decisiveness alone makes you worthy of being the successor of the Green Ruins sword. Out of the eighteen commanders under me, your cultivation is the lowest, but in terms of resourcefulness and meticulousness, none of them can surpass you, so I obviously don't have to worry about you. However, you lack decisiveness. Since ancient times, all those who have achieved great things have always lacked a sense of courage and decisiveness."
Hwa Seung-zan said, "I don't seek to achieve great things."
Gu Yanying sighed emotionally.
"Apart from Milliped this time, there were two other daemons. They really are extraordinary. If it weren't for Fu Qingjin, the three old men would basically have been finished off."
As soon as Gu Yanying arrived, she only heard a simple explanation from Hwa Seung-zan before she directly went to stop the Spider Queen's revenge. Hwa Seung-zan had already written an extremely detailed report on the Herb Gathering ceremony of the three mountains. He had yet to submit it, so he used it to change the topic.
"Oh? What are they like?" Gu Yanying did not mind, but she still asked in passing.
"One of them is extremely large and humanoid, but he has ox horns on his head, ox hooves on his feet, and a tiger's tail. He has scarlet hair and scarlet eyes. He should be the offspring of a daemon hybrid. The other is a tiny skeleton. Somehow, he ended up in the Green Ruins Illusion. His swordsmanship is superb. "
Gu Yanying raised an eyebrow. The figure howling in the snowstorm on the Ice Sword cliff naturally appeared in her mind. She had quite a deep impression of Li Qingshan.
"Just what are they capable of dealing with Foundation Establishment cultivators?" According to her memories, just a year ago, Li Qingshan was still a daemon that had not even condensed a daemon core. It was impossible for him to threaten Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Hwa Seung-zan saw how Gu Yanying was interested, so he told her everything he had seen. He was eloquent, describing everything that had happened back then vividly. Even the two other people involved, Hua Chenglu and Yu Zijian, could not help but stop and listen to him. They would even interrupt him from time to time and add in a few words.
Gu Yanying thought, He sure has progressed rapidly. In just a single year, he's reached such a level. In other words, the complete annihilation of the Qi Practitioners underground was probably due to his schemes. The fact that he could take this step so quickly surprised her even more than the progress of his cultivation.
The master of the Sword Collection palace was right. The difference between humans and daemons only existed in a single thought, but just how many people could make such a decision so easily?
Gu Yanying said, "Do you still remember what happened outside Qingyang city last year?"
As if a chatterbox had been opened, Hwa Seung-zan went along with what Gu Yanying was saying, as if he wanted to stop some of his thoughts. "Of course I remember. It was old Wang's treat. Oh right, the kid you rewarded with a cup of wine is called Li Qingshan. He really did join the Hawkwolf Guard …"
Gu Yanying was immediately surprised. Originally, she thought Li Qingshan had already completely devoted himself to the path of daemons, unable to forget about his unintentional actions in the past. Now, it really had come to fruition. She remained unfazed as she listened to Hwa Seung-zan.
With that, Hua Chenglu had even more of a right to speak. She could not help but take over, telling him about the situation when she met Li Qingshan on the Island of Cherishing Flowers.
He actually practised qi. Just what was this kid trying to do? Gu Yanying's interest was piqued.
Li Qingshan wanted to go to the Hundred Schools of Thought, the main camp of cultivators in the Clear River prefecture. Only there could he continue venturing deeper into the world of human cultivators. Only then could he convert over a thousand hundred treasures pouches on him into the resources he needed. Only then could he have the opportunity to refine pills from the spiritual herbs he had gathered.
All of this required him to use Li Qingshan's identity and Zhou Wenbin's recommendation.
Of course, this was not without some risk. He would not be able to avoid the investigation of the Hawkwolf Guard, but according to the information he had obtained from Qian Rongzhi, the Hawkwolf Guard had not treated him as a criminal, so there was a great chance for him to fool them.
The worst-case scenario was actually just a Foundation Establishment cultivator coming for him. He had reached the second layer of the tiger demon, so he was confident he could escape from a Foundation Establishment cultivator even if he was no match for them. If that really happened, then all he could do was burrow underground and find a hidden place to enter secluded cultivation for a decade or so.
He was already very close to Daemon General. Coupled with the resources in over a thousand hundred treasures pouches, he would be able to touch that line in less than twenty years at most.
Twenty years was nothing to daemons. As a matter of fact, it could even be regarded as divine speed of improvement.
However, he did not want to wait twenty years. Who knew what would happen to the world in twenty years' time? Let alone everything else, the three elders might have already died of old age, and just what level of cultivation would Fu Qingjin reach under the Sword Collection palace's support?
Li Qingshan was confident he could live longer than this bastard, but he was unable to use this reason to comfort himself that he had defeated his enemy. As a result, he had to find shortcuts and advance valiantly. A little danger was even more insignificant.
With that in mind, Li Qingshan finally set foot on the top of the Hawkwolf mountain. After several months, he had returned, but he felt like it was a lifetime ago. He suppressed these thoughts and strode towards his original residence to find Qian Rongzhi.
Knocking on the door, Qian Rongzhi saw Li Qingshan. She was slightly surprised, but she was not surprised at all. She said gently and happily, "You've returned." She was like a wife waiting for her husband who had gone on a long journey. She was both warm and gentle. They had not been apart for too long, so she was not overly excited, but it was not so short either, so she seemed accustomed to it.
Li Qingshan said, "Looks like the cultivation method of the sect suits you very well."
Their eyes met, and they both sensed each other's changes. One had become even gentler, while the other had become even steadier and sharper. They silently practised their way of survival.
"It's alright!" Qian Rongzhi turned to the side and let Li Qingshan in. She saw Little Ann behind Li Qingshan, and her gaze became even gentler. "Little Ann has returned too."
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