"Have you seen enough?" Ru Xin did not show any awkwardness or uneasiness. She casually raised her hand and used her pinky to brush through her hair. She was unconcerned. The light from the ceiling outlined the clear curves of her pure-white, graceful face. She was extremely beautiful. ([]
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Her eyes were wandering. It was hard to tell whether she was flirting or rejecting him.
"I've long been tired of it."
Li Qingshan immediately retorted. Then he remembered that he should say something mushy and intimate like "I've never seen enough". This was an almost instinctive aggression cultivated from being with her.
"You!" Ru Xin couldn't help laughing. She shook her head gently, not knowing whether she was disappointed or at ease.
"Although you're pretty, you're far from being able to seduce me!"
Li Qingshan also smiled and regained his composure. He didn't want to see their relationship destroyed because of a moment of passion.
"I'll return your words to you! If you're tired of it, get out of here. Don't delay my alchemy. "Ru Xin stood up to send him off.
"I haven't finished my tea."
"I'm finished." Ru Xin picked up the tea and splashed it. She pushed Li Qingshan out of the door.
As soon as Li Qingshan came out and wanted to say something, the door of the cave brushed past the tip of his nose and slammed shut. Looking at the stone door, he felt a little unwilling.
Ru Xin also gazed at the stone door. The light in her eyes seemed cold, yet also passionate.
The two of them looked at each other through the heavy stone door. They couldn't see each other, but their eyes didn't deviate at all.
Li Qingshan suddenly smiled. He turned around and stepped on the cloud, resting his head on his arm. He would just take it as an insignificant confusion in his long years of cultivation. It didn't matter if he was unwilling. He still had a long way to go.
Ru Xin sighed softly and smiled disdainfully. "Coward." Suddenly, she scratched her head with both hands. "There are so many spirit herbs. How long do you want me to refine?!"
What she said Just Now. It wasn't all a joke. She was indeed a little annoyed with alchemy recently. But with such a great benefit, she had to endure it no matter how annoyed she was.
The night was dark. The rain became lighter, but it was still pattering non-stop, soaking the earth and mountains.
With the arrival of summer. The rainy season also arrived.
In the southwest direction, two thousand li away, it was also raining.
There was a broken mountain, and the Spirit Qi in the mountain was extremely rich, indicating that this was a Spirit Stone vein. On the cracked surface of the mountain, one could still see the faint light emitted by the scattered spirit stones.
At the foot of the mountain, there was a mine. Ye Liusu appeared like a shadow. Her simple black armor was extremely sexy. A slender figure in boots walked into the rain with footwork that was lighter than a cat's.
A delicate face. He furrowed his brows slightly. His dark blue skin seemed to be thinking about something. It didn't affect her beauty at all, but added a strange charm to it.
"Sister, the demons have retreated. What should we do? Damn it, they didn't even inform us! " Ye Liubo followed closely behind. Her appearance was only slightly inferior. She had ample breasts and buttocks, and she had a romantic charm that even Ye Liusu couldn't match.
"Yeah."
Ye Liusu led the army of night roamers to attack the various Spirit Stone veins. Although these veins were heavily guarded and possessed powerful cultivators, they were nothing compared to their army. Although they had lost many soldiers, only one of the powerful night roamers who had undergone the first heavenly tribulation had died in battle. The resistance they encountered could be described as relatively weak.
The greatest problem actually did not come from the daemons or the humans, but themselves.
Although Li Qingshan had given Ye Liusu the position of commander, various conflicts, both overt and covert, immediately began to spread in his absence. The powerful night roamer who had died in battle had died in an extremely suspicious manner.
From a certain perspective, this kind of conflict was no longer about benefits. Instead, it was a form of instinct. They would harm one another as soon as they had the opportunity, even if there was no benefit at all. It was like a feeling like, "You're just too sexy here. I can't help but kick you. It's been a while since I've kicked you so much."
This was the part that troubled Ye Liusu the most. Sometimes, she would even think furiously, "Are night roamers like that really worth so much from me?" However, this thought only lasted for a moment. It was not enough to influence an idealist like her.
After going through so many hardships, she also developed the bearing of a leader. Her supporters gradually increased, which filled Ye Liubo with great admiration.
After forming an alliance with the Hundred Schools of Thought, the Demon Slayer and the Hundred Schools of Thought focused their attacks on the daemons that ran amok everywhere. After all, while Spirit Stone veins were important, they could be snatched back if they were lost. It was impossible for them to carry them back home. At most, they would lose spiritual stones.
However, the dead could not be revived. If the Clear River prefecture really was wiped out, not only would the Hundred Schools of Thought be unable to recruit any more suitable disciples, but it would be the same for the various sects. Humans had short lifespans, and cultivators did not have particularly long lifespans either. If they failed to recruit disciples for several generations, sects would definitely die out and lose their lineage.
Although they no longer cared about the lives of mortals after becoming cultivators, everyone understood that the foundation of the cultivation community lay with the mortals who prospered generation after generation.
As a result, they basically allowed the night roamers to attack as they pleased. Instead, they were more than happy to use the mines to keep the army of night roamers busy and reduce the pressure on the main battlefield. As long as they could defeat the daemons, would they still need to worry about not being able to take back the mines?
Ye Liusu gazed at the night rain and sank into her thoughts for quite a while. "Let's retreat too. We can't stay behind and hold up the rear for them."
"But we took down those mines after so much difficulty."
"Let's give them all up." Ye Liusu made up her mind.
This battle was safe, but it was not exactly a bountiful harvest either. Although they had obtained a large quantity of spiritual stone ore, the spiritual stone veins underground had always been much more abundant than the ones on the surface. Wouldn't it be safer to mine underground?
However, the use of spiritual stones by night roamers was nowhere near as abundant as human cultivators.
That was because spiritual stones could not be directly used as soon as they were mined. They needed to be refined and purified before they could be converted into regular spiritual stones that could assist in battle and cultivation. Otherwise, the spiritual qi would be extremely impure, which would be very troublesome to use.
Night roamers obviously did not possess the technology to refine spiritual stones, so they were not particularly interested in mining. Obtaining so much ore was rather pointless.
Of course, there were spiritual stone veins with very high purity, but they were all occupied by the various Daemon Generals. Let alone directly mining in their territory, even if they dug through these veins from below, it would only be a matter of time before war broke out!
Ye Liubo smiled. "Fair enough. I don't think these shitty rocks are of much use. I'll go gather the people right now. I just happen to miss master too. The rain is so beautiful!"
There will be a day when we can all bask in the rain as we please. Ye Liusu thought to herself.
Some cultivators watched on from extremely far away with techniques. They watched as the army of night roamers abandoned the veins and meandered away. They immediately returned to the spiritual stone veins and cast down the formations again, beginning to mine again.
"Sir prefect, the night roamers have retreated as well. All of the spiritual stone veins have already resumed mining, but rebuilding them will be rather troublesome."
In Clear River city, Liu Changqing listened to his subordinate's report as he stroked his long beard in thought. After the war had ended, the first thing he learnt about was the situation with the spiritual stone veins. Spiritual stone veins were to cultivators like gold mines to mortals. They were extremely important. Normally, just a single spiritual stone vein was enough for two sects to wage war against each other.
Although the night roamers were very dissatisfied with the spoils of the battle this time, it was quite the loss to the human cultivators. Apart from the spiritual stones themselves, the defensive formations, mechanisms, and mining puppets had all been destroyed. It would take quite the effort to rebuild them.
"How long will it take for everything to return to normal?"
"Over a month at the very least."
"We've already lost most of a month."
Liu Changqing sighed. The three years of war had already depleted many years of accumulation. Once the supply of spiritual stones was cut off, many powerful mechanisms and puppets would lose their mobility, and many formations would be impossible to cast down. Cultivators would not be able to extract spiritual qi from spiritual stones to recover during battle either. The consequences would be unthinkable.
"Go invite the leader of the school of Miscellany, Gou Dai!"
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As soon as Li Qingshan returned to his dwelling and said a few words to Little Ann, he sensed activity from his clone. With a thought, the exquisite patterns carved by the night roamer craftsmen entered his sight.
A few Blue Butterfly flowers danced about, illuminating a small region. Beside him, Milliped had already woken up from his sleep. Who knew where he had wandered off to.
The original cave had also been sealed up by an exquisitely carved stone door. Behind the stone door, many hidden auras approached silently.
"Sir North Moon!" "Master."
The stone door opened, and a group of night roamers returned from the surface. They reported to him immediately, passing through the sea of Blue Butterfly flowers like shadows and arriving before the stone pedestal, bowing together.
Ye Liubo could not help herself. She wanted to throw herself into his arms immediately, but when she looked around, she held back her urge and stood behind Ye Liusu obediently.
In the underground world, there was a clear hierarchy. If she became arrogant because of his favour and damaged his dignity, it would be bad. She did not want him to dislike her. Right as she thought that, she suddenly saw Li Qingshan beckon at her with a smile. "Liubo, come here!"
Ye Liubo immediately threw all caution to the wind and threw herself into his arms. The matriarchs saw this and could not help but blame their daughters a little. They had also served this North Moon for so long, so why did they not receive the same favour?
"Oh, you've returned. How was the battle?"
Li Qingshan asked despite already knowing the answer. The night roamers did not take too much of a part in the battle, so he was not too worried about Ye Liubo's safety. However, he still felt extremely happy to see her appear before him safe and sound.
As for dignity or whatever, he did not care about it at all. The strong naturally had dignity, while the weak could put on an act. It was useless.
Before Ye Liusu could reply, he lowered his head and gently rubbed Ye Liubo's back. He asked in concern, "You're not injured, are you?"
"Please check for yourself later, master."
Ye Liubo wrapped her arms around his waist firmly. As she listened to his metallic voice and his gentle words, even her heart seemed to melt. She nodded firmly. When his rather sharp fingertips brushed past her skin, she could not help but moan in pleasure.
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