The Banyan Tree King smiled. "If you don't let me down, I have a small gift for you."
Li Qingshan's eyes lit up. The Banyan Tree King's "small gift" must not be something useless. Although he knew it was unlikely, it would be great if he could get another phoenix feather.
"Then I'll thank you in advance. However, those insects are all hiding in the tree trunk. How am I supposed to find them?"
The trunk of the banyan tree was a hundred times tougher than rock, and it was filled with dense spiritual qi. Soul senses struggled to penetrate it.
"Don't worry. I'll show you the way."
On the wall to Li Qingshan's right, the wood suddenly twisted into a doorway, leading to where the burrowing mites were.
"I've never seen a banyan tree do that either!" Li Qingshan joked, replying to the Banyan Tree King's words, "Have you ever seen a banyan tree catch insects by itself?"
"I'm the Banyan Tree King!"
Li Qingshan smiled. It was impossible to survive without principles, but it was the same if one did not know how to be flexible. There was no fixed law. It was all for a better survival.
"Can you make this doorway a little bigger?" Li Qingshan saw that the doorway was only a few feet wide. If it were a regular person who could not fly, they would probably only be able to crawl in.
"Kid, don't be too picky!" said the Banyan Tree King. Opening a hole in his own body was clearly not something to be happy about.
All Li Qingshan could do was say to Hua Chenglu, "Chenglu, just stay here and wait for me for a while. I'll come back for you after I deal with the insects, or I might directly go outside. I'll get senior tree king to contact you when the time comes. "
"Big brother Li … I think we can squeeze together." Hua Chenglu pouted. She did not want to stay here alone.
"Alright then! Don't say that big brother Li is taking advantage of you. " Li Qingshan opened his arms with a smile. Blushing, Hua Chenglu could only throw herself into his arms. She wrapped her arms around his waist and mumbled to herself as if she was comforting herself, "It's not like we'll miss this time anyway."
The tip of Li Qingshan's nose was filled with a faint fragrance, as if it was a combination of the fragrance of a hundred flowers. He had smelled this scent on Hwa Seung-zan before, so it must have something to do with his cultivation method.
Just Now he was in the middle of a battle and didn't have the time to carefully appreciate it. At this moment he felt that her waist was slender and soft, yet full and firm. It was indeed like a blooming flower that could be plucked. He lowered his head and smiled. "Not bad indeed."
"Let's go!" Hua Chenglu's face was burning red. She did not dare to raise her head to look at him, only urging him.
"Alright!"
Li Qingshan saw how embarrassed she was and stopped teasing her. He conveniently shoved the burrowing mites that had been nailed to death into his hundred treasures pouch. This thing was a Daemon General after all, and it had devoured a large number of banyan trees. Its body was filled with spiritual qi, so it would be quite a pity to just throw it away.
In other words, although it looks rather disgusting, it's rich in protein. It can provide us with a lot of nutrition. At the very worst, we can even feed it to millipedes.
Jumping into the long tunnel, the blue water waves surged around. Rather than saying he was flying, it was more like he was slipping back and forth. The path was not a straight line. Sometimes, he would suddenly enter a worm's path and suddenly change directions.
Just Now they were in the middle of a battle, so Hua Chenglu did not feel anything. Now that she was focused on travelling, there was nothing else that could distract her. The smell of a man constantly wormed its way into her nose, while his hands on her waist and back seemed to gradually heat up. Through her thin clothes, she felt a burning sensation.
She could not help but want to pull some distance away from him, but every time they sped and changed directions, she could not help but stick close to him, as if he was constantly rubbing her, just not using his hands. Her face was so red that it seemed like it was dripping blood.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived in another cavern.
A white burrowing mite that was even bigger than the previous one was gnawing at it with big mouthfuls.
Li Qingshan swung the Traitorous Demon sword, and the demon heart on the hilt shone with an evil light. With a flash, a huge wound appeared on the burrowing mite. Before the burrowing mite could respond, Li Qingshan had already charged into the wound with the light. He extended his hand and scooped it before leaping out again. He held another daemon core in his hand, directly suppressing it with the power of the spirit turtle.
Having lost its daemon core, the burrowing mite directly went from a Daemon General to a regular daemonic beast. Its body rapidly shrank, reaching the size of a grown man in the end. Just when it was about to flee, a layer of blue light surged and enveloped the burrowing mite. With a series of cracking sounds, it froze into ice. White, cold air permeated the surroundings.
The Icebound Technique!
Although Li Qingshan did not cultivate the Ice Spiritual Qi of the Ice Couple Palace, this technique was still enough to deal with a daemonic beast. He wanted to shove it into his hundred treasures pouch as well, but he failed in the end.
As it turned out, the burrowing mite had been frozen, but it was not dead. Li Qingshan took out a delicate bug pouch and placed it inside. He did not know how to refine gu, but a living insect that had once reached Daemon General should be very valuable! At the very least, he could feed it to millipedes.
Li Qingshan called out, "Next!"
"Your sword is very interesting."
The Banyan Tree King never expected him to kill a burrowing mite so easily. He could also tell that the Traitorous Demon sword was extraordinary.
This is a demon sword, but only demonfolk should be able to wield a demon sword. Is he a demonfolk in hiding? What's even more extraordinary is the power he used to suppress the daemon core instantly.
Li Qingshan smiled. "If I didn't have a diamond in the rough, how would I be bold enough to do something like that?"
If he were a regular Foundation Establishment cultivator, just killing the burrowing mite would be a problem. Even if he defeated it after much difficulty, the countless burrowing mite would disperse together, and he would struggle to kill it. With the Traitorous Demon sword in hand, Li Qingshan saw through the location of the daemon core with a single glance before suppressing it with the power of the spirit turtle. It seemed extremely easy.
However, the Banyan Tree King understood extremely well that as the foundation of daemons, the daemon core was not some "weakness". As a matter of fact, it could even be described as a "strength". When it mattered, it could even be used to attack the enemy like controlling artifacts. Only those at a higher realm of cultivation could directly suppress it, but it definitely would not be as easy as it was for him.
It's no wonder that when Si Qing dug me out from the Mist province in the past, I could vaguely sense a change in the heavenly secrets. Sure enough, I've encountered an interesting person. This kid is anything but ordinary. He's fated with me.
As the Banyan Tree King thought, he opened up another path.
"Are you alright? Do you want to stay here and rest? "
Li Qingshan could sense that Hua Chenglu's breathing was rather disorderly. Her heartbeat had sped up, and her body temperature had risen by several degrees. It was not like he was an innocent young man who had never been with a woman before, so he could obviously guess that it was because of him. He smiled faintly.
Her clothes were all woven from the precious silk of spiritual silkworms. Although they seemed tight, they were actually extremely thin. Under such a tight embrace, he could basically picture the outline of her body in his head.
Hua Chenglu bit her lip and shook her head gently. She did not want to stay here alone, but if she separated from him right now, she would really be admitting to some strange feeling.
Li Qingshan smiled at this act of deceiving himself and set off on his journey again. He had to admit that the feeling of hugging her was quite nice. He added in a very impudent manner, "Don't blame me if you flatten me!"
It almost drove Hua Chenglu crazy. Didn't you say you could not flirt with a friend's sister?! Men are all perverts! Not a single one of them is good. Even if they flatten me, it's none of your business!
She bared her teeth and glared at Li Qingshan like a cat with its fur standing on end, which made Li Qingshan laugh aloud. He slaughtered his way through, truly unstoppable. Wherever he passed by, the insects fell to the ground.
Only seven of them had reached Daemon General, and several hundred of them were regular daemons. There were even more weaker daemons, basically numbering in the tens of thousands.
Although Li Qingshan did not stop, it still took him sixteen to nineteen hours to freeze all the burrowing mites and stuff them into the bug pouch. Counting the time, it was almost twenty-four hours, which was an entire day. The battlefield would vanish very soon.
He had gained quite a lot from this trip, and he had achieved his original objective. Although he did not stop for even a moment, he mainly exhausted his mind and the energy from the demon heart in the Traitorous Demon sword. His spiritual qi was constantly recovering, and it had completely filled his dantian now.
The sword Qi from the incomplete sword had become even more powerful, absorbing a total of seventy percent of his spiritual qi. However, after reaching fifty percent, the rate of absorption slowed down, and it was becoming slower and slower. If he wanted to nurture this sword Qi to its full power, it would probably take more than a few days.
It was also because the great banyan tree was denser with spiritual qi than any place of cultivation. It was no wonder that seven of the insect daemons that cultivated slowly had become Daemon Generals. Seventy percent was enough to kill people anyway, so there was no need for perfection.
Li Qingshan stopped and clasped his hands. "Fellow, it's about time. I'm going to leave!" Then he said to Hua Chenglu in his arms,
"Chenglu, just wait here for a while. I'll lead those guys to another battlefield first! They've guarded this place for so long, so there probably won't be any other cultivators in this battlefield. You'll probably be the only one teleporting, so it won't be too dangerous. However, you still have to be prepared. Don't be stingy with your talismans. "
"Ah … alright!"
Hua Chenglu only returned to her senses after a moment of surprise. She agreed, but her arms remained wrapped tightly around his waist. She basically maintained this posture for the entire day, clinging to him like a koala and accompanying him to the top and bottom of the banyan tree to fight.
This process did not seem boring at all. As a matter of fact, she did not even sense the passage of time. Outside of battle, Li Qingshan would tease her from time to time, and she gradually grew accustomed to this state. She no longer felt so nervous and shy, recovering some of her usual sharp-tongued self. She retaliated without backing down, which left Li Qingshan speechless quite a few times.
However, there was one time when she went overboard, and Li Qingshan casually slapped her on her perky bottom. This was a habit left over from his interactions with Han Qiongzhi, Helicoverpa Rosa, and Ye Liubo. Afterwards, he also felt that he had gone a little too far. Hugging and hugging were forced by the situation, and teasing could be considered a joke, but the slap was definitely indecent.
He apologised in a hurry, and Hua Chenglu clutched her bottom as if she had been struck by lightning. Afterwards, she became completely enraged, insisting on getting off. Li Qingshan was in the wrong in the first place, so how could he let go at a time like this? Apologising a few times was useless, so he stopped talking. He had already hit her anyway.
At this moment, his clone just happened to arrive in the prefectural city and saw the intense battle in the sky. Li Qingshan was also surprised inside. Si Qing was already able to fend off so many Golden Core cultivators all by himself without losing the upper hand. He truly was the eleventh prince after all. As a result, he focused all of his attention on his clone, paying close attention to what his great enemy, Si Qing, was capable of.
Hua Chenglu said nothing in a fit of pique, nor did she hug him anymore. She allowed him to hug her like a large doll. Only after over an hour did she take the initiative to wrap her arms around his waist again and press her head against his chest.
At this moment, the battle finally came to an end. Li Qingshan returned to his senses and felt like she had calmed down. Just when he was about to say something to ease the atmosphere, Hua Chenglu sighed gently and spoke first.
"Big brother Li, I know you didn't do it on purpose. You've saved me time and time again, so I shouldn't have been so headstrong. However, you already have sister Han, yet you still provoke me like this. I can't take this lying down. My cultivation might be very poor, but I'm not a woman who can be easily taken advantage of. "
If it weren't for the fact that I'm already engaged to Qiongzhi, would she not be so angry? Heh, don't flatter yourself too much! Li Qingshan thought and smiled. "As long as you're not angry. As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father. Just treat it like I'm teaching you a lesson in your father's place."
"My father has never hit me. Moreover, you're clearly in the wrong, so what right do you have to teach me a lesson?" Hua Chenglu was furious. You're clearly in the wrong, yet I've compromised to make peace with you, yet you're still in the right?
"If worst comes to worst, I'll just let you hit me. Women sure are petty."
"Ptooey, who wants to hit you back? It's not like I'm your mother!" Hua Chenglu smiled. Sigh, why is my cultivation so slow? Back then, he was clearly around the same age as me, and I was even younger than him!
This intelligent and beautiful woman from an aristocratic clan had always been the object of envy, but when she interacted with Li Qingshan, she felt rather inferior. In the cultivation world, the strong were revered. Cultivation was the most important standard of evaluation. Many times, it could even be the only standard.
In order to urge their disciples to work hard on cultivation, clans and sects imprinted this idea firmly in their hearts. Starting from Qi Practitioners, those with a higher cultivation would be senior brothers and sisters. Junior brothers and sisters would have to bow when they saw them, let alone a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator like Li Qingshan. He was a stunning genius, shrouded in an invisible halo. Hua Chenglu was deeply affected by this, and she was even more reluctant to be looked down on by Li Qingshan.
After this episode, Li Qingshan no longer dared to speak or act so recklessly. He needed to think before he spoke. He had always been a casual person. As the saying went, "When a flower blooms, one must pluck it." If someone was truly interested in him like Ye Liubo and her sister, he would not turn them down.
However, he would not spend the effort to actively pursue them either. Hua Chenglu could be described as a supreme beauty, enough to tempt men, but in terms of beauty and allure, she paled in comparison to gate master Qiu. And, after making arrangements for Begonia, he no longer felt reluctant to look back. This was all because his greatest pursuit in life was not love.
There was only one woman who had ever made him feel like this, but that woman had poured a bucket of cold water over him, and he had completely given up on that thought.
Hua Chenglu sensed the change in his tone and felt rather touched inside. As it seems, he really does care about my feelings.
Li Qingshan casually talked to her about matters regarding the Hawkwolf Guard and Hwa Seung-zan. Hua Chenglu answered all of them, and she also asked him a few questions. However, their lives were far too different. Their way of thinking differed too, so they did not have much in common.
Li Qingshan was not eloquent, nor was he someone who knew how to make girls happy. He was just barely good at telling dirty jokes and acting like a hooligan. As a result, he could only skim over all the topics. The atmosphere was no longer as enthusiastic as Just Now.
He could not be bothered with finding things to talk about either. He spent a little more attention on his clone, paying attention to the changes outside. He wanted to see whether he had an opportunity to steal the Dragon Arena and infuriate Si Qing. Just the thought of Si Qing's expression when he lost the Dragon Arena made him feel extremely delighted.
Hua Chenglu saw how Li Qingshan had suddenly fallen silent, sinking into his thoughts and sniggering to himself. She asked, "Big brother Li, what are you laughing about?"
"Ah, nothing!" Li Qingshan was taken aback. Of course, he could not say that he was thinking of a way to kill his highness Si Qing.
Hua Chenglu felt like their relationship seemed to have become much more distant, which made her rather sad again.
"You're brushing me off!"
Li Qingshan smiled. "Of course not. I'm just afraid you'll get angry if I say it."
Hua Chenglu said, "Do I get angry that easily?"
"If I say it, you have to guarantee that you won't get angry again!"
"I can't guarantee that!"
"Then how would I be bold enough to offend first young miss Hua with my nonsense?"
"Stop mocking me. As long as you don't touch me, I'm not such a petty person."
Li Qingshan sniggered. "It feels nice. I wonder which man is fortunate enough to have that."
Just Now, his thoughts turned out to be reminiscing about the feeling of his buttocks. His smile was also a naked, perverted smile. Hua Chenglu ground her teeth. "It's not you anyway!" Her resentful voice echoed through the dark cavern together with Li Qingshan's laughter.
By the time Hua Chenglu returned to her senses, the journey had already reached its end. She was unable to describe whether it was long or short, but she had never spent so much time with a man in a row since young, let alone in such an intimate manner. They were so close that they seemed to have become a single entity. Separated, she actually felt a sense of loss.
When she heard what he said, all she could think about was whether he would be in danger by himself, and she could not help but think of the worst-case scenario. What if he slipped up and was killed? Afterwards, she began to panic over her imagination, so she called out loudly.
"Senior tree king, my big brother Li has helped you eliminate so many insects. He's in danger right now, so how can you turn a blind eye to him?"
The Banyan Tree King's ancient voice rang out grandly. "Don't fret. Li Qingshan, you promised me three things. You've only done one now, and you want to leave?"
Li Qingshan said, "It's not that I'm not keeping my word, but I really can't make it in time. Even if I don't leave right now, I'll be forcefully transported to another battlefield in a while. By then, it'll be troublesome."
"That kid Si Qing might be the master of this Dragon Arena, but not everything in this Dragon Arena can be decided by him. If you want to stay, you can obviously stay."
Li Qingshan's eyes lit up. Although it was only a "tiny bit", a king was still a king. As a result, he smiled. "Really? Si Qing poached you over, so why does it seem like he's inviting a wolf into his house? Though, I really do want to kill all of them! "
"You might as well tell me about the gift I want to give you. Si Qing specially begged me for it, but I never agreed!"
"Alright, I'm tempted." Li Qingshan understood that some precious items could not be exchanged for no matter how many spiritual stones they offered. "Chenglu, what do you think?"
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