Liu Changqing frowned. How could this legalist disciple know about bewitching techniques? However, seeing that she was Chu Tian's friend and had indeed calmed his mind, he didn't stop her. I&|]
Qian Rongzhi used the opportunity when Chu Tian's mind was in a mess to imprint her image deeply into his heart.
Of course, this wasn't something like a thought seed. She didn't know how to do it, and even if she did, she wouldn't dare to do it in front of so many patriarchs.
Her bewitching technique was completely harmless. At most, it would make it easier for Chu Tian to develop a good impression of her and love her. However, this was enough. Compared to the rude and inferior methods of a thought seed, this was more in line with her aesthetic standards.
She knew that Chu Tian had something that he didn't reveal to others, not even to the two girls beside him. However, through her inquisition, she found out about the existence of that thing. Just what was it that made the arrogant and conceited Chu Tian act like this?
No matter what it was, she would definitely obtain that thing. At the very least, she would have a powerful and easily manipulated fighter. At the very least, she would have a human-shaped medicinal pill. She was afraid that the five elemental true qi wouldn't be easy to digest.
Chu Tian regained his fighting spirit and glared at Li Qingshan with eyes filled with hatred. "Li Qingshan, you were lucky this time. I won't let you go. I said that if I want to kill you, no one can stop me."
Li Qingshan casually said, "I await your arrival."
Chu Tian's mind relaxed and he fell into a deep slumber. Of the two girls beside him, the older one said to Qian Rongzhi, "I'm sorry, Sister Qian. We wronged you."
Qian Rongzhi sighed softly. "I can understand your feelings. Take good care of him."
Although Li Qingshan didn't understand the reason behind it, he still felt a wave of sorrow for Chu Tian. Hopefully, you haven't been swallowed by this poisonous snake before you recover. I still want to earn some more spirit stones!
Chu Tian was brought to Benevolence Island by the Medicine family's patriarch for treatment. In the blink of an eye, all the patriarchs and chief disciples disappeared.
"Qingshan. You don't have to hold a grudge against the Confucian Faction. This battle is not necessarily a bad thing for Chu Tianlai. It is a blessing for the Hundred Schools of Thought to have a genius like you. In the future, there will be many sword competitions on the Virtuous Island. You can come and participate. That sword move of yours was very interesting. "Liu Changqing left behind these words. Just Now, he left, displaying his outstanding demeanor.
At this time, Hwa Seung-zan came to Li Qingshan and asked, "Where's your wolf token?"
Li Qingshan was shocked. Could it be that Wang Pushi disliked him to this extent? If he really was going to be stripped of his position as a Hawkwolf guard, he would not say much. He took out the Black Wolf tablet and passed it to Hwa Seung-zan.
Hwa Seung-zan took it with one hand and returned a Red Copper Wolf Token to him. The glistening red Wolf Token had fine veins, and its fur was distinguishable. It felt heavy in his hand.
Li Qingshan asked, "What's this?"
Hwa Seung-zan said, "Congratulations. You've been promoted. Old Wang told me to give this to you. In the future, if you want to gather information or earn spiritual stones, you can pay a visit to the Hawkwolf Guard of the Clear River prefecture. "
"Alright!" Li Qingshan smiled. If a person wanted to gain the recognition of others, they would have to prove themselves.
Wang Pushi and Li Qingshan did not have any grievances. It was just because of their poor first impression, coupled with the fact that they did not get along with each other afterwards. Until today. Li Qingshan had proven himself, but that did not mean Wang Pushi had become fond of Li Qingshan. Instead, regardless of whether he disliked him or liked him, this man had the right to obtain such a status and identity. This was the standard of conduct for disciples of the school of Legalism.
"Now, let's go celebrate!" Hwa Seung-zan climbed onto Li Qingshan's shoulder and called out to Han Tieyi from afar. "Tieyi, you're not allowed to leave. You come too."
"Do you have a cup for me?" The primary disciple of the school of Daoism, Juechenzi, went up with a smile.
Li Qingshan was mildly surprised. He smiled. "As long as you're a friend, how can you not have a cup of alcohol?"
During the banquet that day, Li Qingshan drank quite a lot of alcohol. Initially, Li Qingshan and Hwa Seung-zan were facing off against each other.
Hwa Seung-zan began to run out very soon. His face became bright red, and he tried to drive a wedge between them, praising Han Tieyi's alcohol tolerance viciously. Before he knew it, it had become a drinking competition between Li Qingshan and Han Tieyi.
Jar after jar of fine spiritual alcohol was downed, but Han Tieyi remained cold the entire time. Let alone being drunk, his expression did not even change at all, which made Li Qingshan's heart pound.
After drinking over thirty jars, Han Tieyi suddenly closed his eyes and collapsed like a log. He was completely drunk.
"In the end, I still won." Li Qingshan laughed aloud. When he heard that Hua Chenglu had run around for him, he even went out of his way to toast her, which made her blush.
Taking advantage of the alcohol, Li Qingshan patted his chest and said, "Miss Hua, you're just like your elder brother. You're a good person. If you run into any trouble in the future, feel free to come find me!"
Even if he had not drunk any alcohol, he would still have made that promise. Back in Lakeside City, it was all thanks to her assistance that he managed to escape. She even gave him a puppet for free as a birthday present for An. He was a person who could clearly distinguish between kindness and grudges. Perhaps he could avoid revenge, but he had to repay the debt of a single meal.
"Really?" Hua Chenglu blinked her eyes.
"Really." Li Qingshan had never been a man of his word, but he would never go back on a promise he had made to a friend.
"Alright, it's a promise then." Hua Chenglu raised her cup and clinked it against Li Qingshan's gently as if she was considering something.
Li Qingshan turned around and went to drink with Juechenzi again. Juechenzi had not come under the slovenly daoist priest's orders. Instead, he had come out of his own accord to resolve the grudge between Li Qingshan and the school of Daoism. He was not afraid of Li Qingshan. With a cultivation close to Golden Core, the slovenly daoist priest did not fear anyone.
If this were a different time and place, the two of them might not have become master and disciple. However, due to a coincidence, they instead resented each other. Juechenzi wanted to share his master's burden, and he also felt that Li Qingshan was worth befriending.
It had been less than a year since Li Qingshan and An entered the Hundred Schools of Thought, but Juechenzi firmly believed that they would definitely become influential figures in the Clear River prefecture in the future, or perhaps even more than that.
Using the alcohol, Juechenzi said, "What happened back then was not what my master wanted either. He originally admired you very much. He often mentioned to me that it was a pity."
Li Qingshan said, "Since it happened back then, there's no need to mention it now. There's nothing wrong with the family. At the very least, we stand on equal footing. We're both primary disciples."
Although the slovenly daoist priest had screwed him over in the past, he was not trying to harm him. At most, he just wanted to vent his anger. Li Qingshan did not let him vent his anger either, cursing him a little instead. With the slovenly daoist priest's cultivation and status, if he was slightly narrow-minded, it might lead to endless trouble for Li Qingshan. It was evident that he was quite broad-minded.
Why would Li Qingshan be obsessed with this?
Zhang Lanqing stood to one side with a smile. His face was also slightly flushed. He discovered that if he counted carefully, there were actually five primary disciples present. Apart from Li Qingshan's school of Buddhism, Daoism, and the art of war, all of them were renowned major schools.
Such a person, no matter where he went, would emit a dazzling light.
Li Qingshan returned to Cloudwisp island alone, while An went to Anāsravāṇa island. As the primary disciple of the school of Buddhism, she had not even spent as much time on Anāsravāṇa island as an acolyte. No matter how ignorant she was about the ways of the world, she knew this was not particularly appropriate. Moreover, she shouldered another important mission, which was to help Li Qingshan gather pills to complete the final step.
The One Thought master's feelings were mixed, but he still felt happy when he saw his primary disciple return. Before An had even said anything, he offered up many pills for her to cultivate with.
No matter how he felt, it would be a complete waste if he allowed a supreme genius like her to suffer on his Anāsravāṇa island or waste her time because of a lack of pills.
If he knew the reason behind this, he might have felt like slamming his head against the ground. Fortunately, he probably would never know. He could still roughly calculate how many pills other disciples had consumed and how much cultivation they had completed, but who could calculate her cultivation?
An did not need these pills either. The true qi she had condensed in her body right now was nothing more than an illusion. Practising the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty still required refining flesh and blood as a foundation.
Li Qingshan had already agreed to take her out to "uphold justice" in the near future. Yep, that was how he described it. In her second secondary school, it was "gourmet".
An said, "Master, I want to listen to you expound on the scriptures."
"Alright, alright, alright. Which one do you want to listen to? I'll tell you right now." The One Thought master was overjoyed. Expounding on the scriptures was an extremely important part of cultivation for buddhist disciples, but it was also extremely easy for it to be overlooked, especially to genius disciples.
If she were a regular disciple, the One Thought master would tell them earnestly, "Only by comprehending the essence of buddhism can you achieve twice the results with half the effort when practising buddhism." However, with An's cultivation speed, what other method did she need to achieve twice the results with half the effort? Now that An had taken the initiative to request to listen to the scriptures without boasting about her talent, he obviously felt happy from the bottom of his heart.
Little did he know that An understood this better than anyone else as she practised the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty. Although she had read through the jade slip called the Scripture Depository, buddhist scriptures were different from the path of the sword. No matter how clever she was, she could not simply comprehend the essence within.
From a certain perspective, scriptures that were purely ideological were much more profound and complicated than most cultivation methods.
An said, "All of them."
The One Thought master could only smile bitterly. There were as many buddhist scriptures as the ocean. Although he had read through them all, he had only specialised in a portion of them, but that was already extremely impressive.
An would have been fine if she had not asked, but she had thrown a problem the moment she did. The One Thought master scratched his bald head and finally made up his mind. He wanted to hold a dharma assembly and invite all the eminent buddhist monks he knew in the Clear River prefecture, no, the nine prefectures of the Ruyi commandery, to come to the Clear River prefecture to recite for her.
He could not just let him bear this "punishment" alone. When he imagined how his seniors and juniors would be shocked speechless by her, he actually felt rather eager inside.
"Amitābha. I have sinned, I have sinned!"
Seeing Li Qingshan return through the snow, Liu Chuanfeng suddenly raised his head and straightened his neck. He asked, "You won?" Due to his experience last time, he did not dare to watch the battle this time.
"I won."
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