Yu Shukuang was alarmed. He looked at Li Qingshan. Yu Lian had been wondering why Little Ann was with Li Qingshan, but he seemed to understand something now. Only Diao Fei was confused.
"What're you shouting for? Do you want to come with me? " Li Qingshan slowly turned around. His voice was steady, and his expression was natural. Having undergone the baptism of two identities, he could be regarded as an actor at the very least. He would not give himself away just because a little girl called him that.
"You …" Yu Zijian stared at Li Qingshan closely. She made her way over step by step, but she was rather hesitant inside.
"If you're not going, then we'll be leaving first." Li Qingshan let out a sigh of relief inside. As it seemed, she was not very certain either.
"I'll go." Yu Zijian leapt up. She refused to let him go just like that. She sat down beside Li Qingshan and continued to stare at him, like a swordsman searching for an opening in her opponent.
Yu Shukuang shot a glance at Yu Lian, and Yu Lian lowered his head.
The cloud shot off. Her long hair and clothes ruffled in the wind. In the blink of an eye, the Clear River prefecture had been reduced to a small piece, vanishing into the horizon.
"Great hero Yu, don't tell me your daughter has taken a fancy to me?" Li Qingshan felt uneasy under Yu Zijian's stare.
"Zijian, don't be rude!" Yu Shukuang scolded.
"Father, tell me …" Yu Zijian pointed at Li Qingshan.
"Tell you what?" Yu Shukuang frowned very seriously.
… …
On the Green Vine mountain, the main hall stood majestically. Through some unknown method, it had actually returned to its original state.
"Fellow Fu, the Sword Collection palace really does live up to its reputation with its wondrous techniques." The Green Vine Elder's hair and beard were tangled together, shining like silver. At first glance, he seemed rather like a hermit, someone of great virtue and prestige. However, his eyes were filled with respect as he looked at the young man before him. There was even a hint of flattery.
"No matter how majestic the structure is, it can't escape the fate of Ruin's End." Fu Qingjin strolled through the hall. It was as if he had not heard what the Green Vine Elder had said at all. He sighed and muttered to himself.
What a condescending attitude. The Green Vine Elder frowned, but he still asked politely, "Will the daemon really come?"
"I will. Fiendish demons are all arrogant, and he is the most arrogant among the arrogant demons. "
A gleam of light flashed through Fu Qingjin's eyes. The moment of sharpness made the Green Vine Elder shiver in fear, but it also eased him up slightly.
"You have a guest." Fu Qingjin's figure gradually disappeared as he reverted to his dispirited and tired appearance. He stepped into the void.
"Sect Leader, Senior Brother Diao and Senior Brother Yu have returned. There's also a Hawkwolf guard who says he wants to investigate the deaths of the two old men. "At this moment, a disciple reported in a hurry.
The Green Vine Elder beamed with joy at first before frowning again. The Hawkwolf Guard?
Li Qingshan climbed onto a platform and raised his head to look at the grand hall that he had personally destroyed. He was slightly taken aback as well, finding it interesting. He continued on his way.
"I am Li Qingshan of the Scarlet Wolf guard of the Clear River prefecture. I've come to investigate under the orders of commander Wang Pushi. Please cooperate with me, sect master Green Vine." He entered the hall, and Li Qingshan bowed politely before studying his old enemy again.
"Where's your commander Hua?"
The Green Vine Elder saw how Li Qingshan was only an eighth layer Qi Practitioner, so he became rather impatient. He could sense that the Hawkwolf Guard's contempt for this matter was clear enough from the people they had sent. He could only rely on the Demon Slayer for the matter of revenge. After all, even Gu Yanying was a half-daemon.
"Our commander Hua is currently in secluded cultivation."
"Then you should go. Go back and tell your commander Wang that I, the Demon Slayer, will fight daemons to the death." The Green Vine Elder waved his hand like he was swatting away a fly. Talking to a nobody like him would just lower his status for no reason.
"I've only come to investigate. I can't interfere with this. Please cooperate with us, sect master. Our Hawkwolf Guard will do our best to investigate this matter," Li Qingshan said boldly, ignoring the glances from Diao Fei and Yu Shukuang beside him.
"See him off!" The Green Vine Elder waved his hand. Qi Practitioners like him who had no sense of propriety were even more annoying than flies. Did he really think he could stand on equal footing with Foundation Establishment cultivators just because he was a Hawkwolf guard?
Yu Shukuang stood up and accompanied Li Qingshan to the foot of the mountain. He grumbled, "Qingshan, you should be a little more polite to the sect master. That way, he'd be able to talk to you a little more."
"I've come as a representative of the Hawkwolf Guard. Your sect master finds my cultivation to be too low and looks down on me, but I can't look down on myself. This is all a small matter. Tell me, what's going on with Zijian? "
Yu Zijian paced around the mountain out of boredom. She was not a disciple of the Green Vine mountain, nor was she a Hawkwolf guard, so she had no right to see the Green Vine Elder. Her head was filled with Niu Juxia's matters. She held a flower petal in her hand and plucked it off one by one.
"Yes, no, yes, no …"
Clang!
The thrum of a sword interrupted her thoughts.
Yu Zijian suddenly looked back and followed the small path into the forest.
In the ruins, Fu Qingjin fished with his sword. He looked back and smiled. "You've come."
"So it's you. Why have you come again?"
"I don't seem to be very well received." The sunlight filled the pavilion as Fu Qingjin smiled faintly. He seemed indescribably unrestrained and graceful.
"I'm going." Yu Zijian glanced at the Green Ruins sword.
"Hmm?"
"It's very inconvenient for a man and a woman to be alone." Yu Zijian turned around and waved her hand, leaving quickly. She knew this guy was going to try and persuade her to go to some Sword Collection palace again after just a few words.
"Master treats me very well. He said he'll formally accept me as his disciple once I undergo the heavenly tribulation. I'm not going to the Sword Collection palace." Everything she cared about was here. Her father, her master, her senior brother, her siblings from the school of Daoism, and Niu Juxia. Before she understood everything, how could she leave?
Fu Qingjin was taken aback for quite a while. He was almost tempted to trap her here and say a few words to her. He let out a long sigh. "Is it not fate yet?"
After leaving the Green Ruins Illusion, Yu Zijian took out the flower in her hand and was about to count. "Oh no, was it a yes or a no earlier?"
… …
"I don't have to worry now that you've said that."
Yu Shukuang patted his chest and guaranteed that he would handle the matter properly. Li Qingshan stopped worrying.
"Oh right, why do you seem like you don't want Zijian to know? Are you looking down on me?" Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow.
"What are you talking about …" Yu Shukuang immediately acted like he had been wronged, but he was sweating inside. Li Qingshan seemed very reasonable, but he was not a kind person. He was a truly vicious and merciless person.
"Alright, I was just joking with you. What're you so nervous for? I'm going. Oh right, if you can't make it on the Green Vine mountain in the future, feel free to come to the Clear River prefecture and seek refuge with me. "Li Qingshan patted Yu Shukuang's shoulder with a smile before calling out to Little Ann who was waiting at the foot of the mountain. He rode off on a cloud.
"Is it a trap?" Little Ann asked.
"Most likely. That old bastard has been far too composed."
"Then are we still going?"
"Of course. At the very least, we need to see what kind of trap it is. "Li Qingshan smiled. If the trap was too shallow, wild beasts would rip it to shreds.
The cloud turned towards a lake. It was deep in the mountains and ancient forests. There was no one around. The ripples flattened out, and the clear lake was like a mirror. The water and sky merged together.
Li Qingshan stood in the centre of the lake as his red hair drifted about.
"Watermirror's Image!"
Ripples appeared layer by layer, and the water and sky surged together. It lasted for a very long time.
A hand extended out from the centre of the ripples, pressing against the surface of the water and leaping up. His scarlet eyes were like fire, and his red hair drifted about. He was even more powerful than before. He was even more agile.
After reaching the third layer of the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression and turning his daemon core into a turtle shell, Li Qingshan's daemon qi had become even more powerful, and the power of the Watermirror's Image had become even more powerful. It was basically twice as powerful as his previous mirror clone.
Otherwise. Even the Green Vine Elder probably could not deal with his previous mirror clone, so there was no point in trying it out.
… …
A crescent moon and a sky filled with stars.
Security was lax on the Green Vine mountain. Only a single protective formation continued to stand guard tirelessly. Even Hwa Seung-zan had managed to sneak in here in the past. To a Daemon General, it posed even less of a problem. All of this was strange.
Two patrolling disciples discussed softly.
"Senior brother, have third senior brother and the others returned?"
"No, but they're probably going to be punished. That daemon is far too terrifying."
"Afraid that you'll return? Are you afraid of being hunted down? We're master and disciple, so there's no need for them to be serious! "
"What do you know? I'm not afraid of being hunted down. Being an independent cultivator is far too difficult. Even master is bold enough to return, so why wouldn't I be? "
At this moment, a figure made his way around a large tree and appeared on the mountain path.
"Who's there!?" "Senior brother, i- it seems like daemon qi!" "Oh no, it's a daemon!"
Using the moonlight, they finally made out the newcomer's appearance. They did not look at the horn on his head, nor did they look at the ice blade in his hand. They forgot about all of these characteristics. Only his scarlet eyes flickered in the darkness, even more profound than the moon and stars.
Li Qingshan did not hide his daemon qi or figure at all, making his way up the mountain step by step.
The two patrolling disciples stood on the mountain path, staring blankly at the figure walking towards them. Even their courage to flee or call for help had collapsed. It was like a mountain was crushing down on them.
"Excuse me," Li Qingshan arrived before them and said softly.
Only then did the two of them return to their senses. They scrambled out of the way and watched as Li Qingshan continued up the mountain. They glanced at one another before rushing down the mountain at the same time.
The Green Vine mountain was far too dangerous. They would never return this time!
In the hall at the top of the mountain, the Green Vine Elder suddenly snapped open his eyes. They shone with green light and flickered with uneasiness. He looked around before settling down.
As soon as Li Qingshan reached the waist of the mountain, all the Green Vine disciples were alarmed.
Diao Fei wiped away his cold sweat and forced himself to remain composed. He managed to gather the remaining Green Vine disciples together. Since the sect master had not fled, he could not flee either. However, all he could do was watch as Li Qingshan made his way to the top of the mountain from afar.
"Old bastard of the Green Vine, your death is here!"
Li Qingshan smiled and bared his fangs as he called out. His voice pierced through the clouds as daemon qi surged into the air and the entire mountain trembled.
"How dare you, wretched daemon! You've killed my fellow cultivator and insulted my sect! I'll show you what I'm capable of today!" The Green Vine Elder replied, "Pass down my orders. All disciples of the Green Vine mountain are to disperse far away. There's no need for you to fight. Watch me purge daemons!"
Two voices conversed in the hall.
"Is that his real body?"
"This daemon qi should be real?"
With a swing of the ice blade, Li Qingshan crossed several hundred steps in a single step, leaving behind a long trail of light. He arrived at the top of the mountain in a flash, crushing the ground. He raised his blade and pointed it at the sky.
The blade whistled through the air, illuminating the gloomy hall and the Green Vine Elder's sunken face.
PS: His mental illness has improved … (To be continued). If you like this work, you're welcome to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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