The Banyan Tree King's beard fell off, revealing his true appearance. He was not as old as he had been imagined. He only seemed to be in his forties. His long, dark, green hair that originally tangled with his beard had been combed back neatly, with natural curls. A pair of long eyebrows reached his temples, making him seem extraordinarily handsome. Even with some wrinkles, he still gave off a mature charm.
"Why aren't you saying anything?"
The Banyan Tree King asked with a smile. He subconsciously reached out to touch his beard, only realising it was gone when he touched thin air.
His voice was still ancient and profound, but it gave off a completely different feeling. Li Qingshan broke into laughter. He was nowhere near the erudite old man in his impression. He was clearly a handsome middle-aged man. If it were not for his gentle, deep eyes, he basically would have suspected he was a different person.
Only then did the kings return to their senses. They all bowed and congratulated him. Turbulent, chaotic auras immediately gathered around the Banyan Tree King.
Only now did Li Qingshan deeply sense that this was a colossal group of daemons and otherfolk. As the Banyan Tree King became the god of the Mist province, they became even more united.
"Tree king, who are they?"
The Silver Snake glanced at Li Qingshan and the others. When he recalled Just now, he still felt lingering fear. After becoming a Daemon King, it had already been many years since he experienced the terror of being on the verge of death.
"I'm indebted to this young friend Qingshan."
The Banyan Tree King's answer was simple and clear, but it left the kings very surprised. Every single person here had been indebted to the Banyan Tree King. It had always been the Banyan Tree King who showed favours to others, so why had they been indebted to Li Qingshan?
"Being indebted to me is being indebted to me. You can throw that punch back at me at any time. I definitely won't fight back!" said the Golden Essence Human King.
"There's no need for that. It's just a joke." Li Qingshan smiled.
"So it was I who was rude to you. Please forgive me!" Young Master Silver Snake immediately cupped his hands and apologized.
Without waiting for Little Ann to respond, Madam Teng suddenly appeared in front of her and stuffed a golden fruit into her mouth. "Thank you for saving my life." In a flash, he returned to the Banyan Tree King's side. However, he maintained a certain distance from the Banyan Tree King. He was no longer as close to him as before.
Another life-saving grace?!
Under everyone's astonished gaze, Little Ann nodded and said, "I'm ashamed to accept it. It would be impolite to refuse."
At this moment, a streak of silver light shot through the sky. The "Silver Dragon King" flew over, hovering above the sea of trees. The King of Southern Yue led a group of great cultivators and drifted down, congratulating the Banyan Tree King. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he turned to Li Qingshan and said, "I heard you were going north to the Dragon province. I've come this time to congratulate you, as well as to see you off!"
The surroundings fell silent. Just what had Li Qingshan done to earn such high regard from both the Banyan Tree King and the King of Southern Yue? Only Ye Weiyang and Ye Duanhai, who had witnessed the battle in person, Just Now understood that this respect was not excessive at all.
"You're far too polite, your majesty." Li Qingshan smiled. "You don't want me to return to the Green province, right?"
The Green province and the Mist province were still in a state of war. With the King of Southern Yue acting so close to him, it was difficult to say how the King Chu Lie's estate would react. However, just like how one did not slap a smiling face, he could not blame him for being too polite. Not to mention, he had never planned on becoming involved in the war between the two provinces in the first place. Chu Lie King's thoughts were no longer important to him.
"If you can stay in the Mist province, that would be for the best. I'm always waiting for the position of honoured guest." The King of Southern Yue was amiable.
"Then I sure am flattered!" Li Qingshan's voice carried a hint of mockery.
"There's no need for that." The King of Southern Yue smiled, completely ignoring him. The others were confused. They had never thought of that.
"It's quite late. Everyone, please get into character!" The Banyan Tree King raised his hand.
As a result, Li Qingshan stood beside the two kings who stood at the apex of the Mist province and entered Towering city. A cultivation at the second heavenly tribulation just seemed rather strange.
At the banquet, the King of Southern Yue suddenly pointed at a black mark on the Banyan Tree King's hand and asked, "What's this?"
Li Qingshan immediately realised that this was originally a "flaw" in the Mist province cauldron formed from the demon cauldron. As it seemed, becoming a god of the Mist province came with a corresponding price.
The Banyan Tree King gave a slight explanation, and the King of Southern Yue immediately said, "I'll wipe out the demon cauldron for you."
How could the Daemon Kings and Otherhuman Kings just sit around? They all agreed, swearing to chase the demonfolk out of the Mist province.
Only madam Teng snorted and turned her head away, showing no respect to the Banyan Tree King at all. The situation became rather awkward.
Li Qingshan understood. This banquet was not just a celebration. Instead, it was for the sake of unifying their thoughts and strength so that they could completely suppress the demon plague. He raised the cup in his hand. "May the two of you sweep away the demons and return peace to the Mist province."
The greatest banquet in the history of the Mist province only lasted for half a day before the King of Southern Yue bid farewell and left. The Daemon Kings and Otherhuman Kings all rushed off to various places, and Towering city fell silent once more.
Under the setting sun, a smear of red light flickered between the canopy and the sea of trees. Li Qingshan stood up and was about to bid farewell.
"Looks like we still have a very long way to go!" The Banyan Tree King said as he handed a Fruit of Wisdom that flickered with rainbow light to Li Qingshan.
"It seems different from the one last time."
"This fruit has fused with the fragments I eliminated from the Mist province cauldron. It has some other effects," said the Banyan Tree King.
"I wonder if it'll taste good." The little phoenix gazed at the Fruit of Wisdom greedily.
"You have an innate legacy, so you don't need my little cleverness." The Banyan Tree King patted his head.
Li Qingshan accepted it carefully. A Fruit of Wisdom like that was enough to change the fate of a cultivator. He looked at Little Ann beside him. "Do you want to eat it?"
"I heard you can only eat a single Fruit of Wisdom in your lifetime. I'd like to wait until you become a god of the nine provinces before condensing one for me, senior."
"Alright. If that day really does come, I'll definitely offer it up." The Banyan Tree King laughed aloud.
"If I have the opportunity, I'll definitely retrieve the other nine cauldrons for you!" Li Qingshan clasped his hands.
"Just let nature take its course. There's no need to force it." The Banyan Tree King nodded. Originally, this was something that even the Ten Daemon Kings and lords of a province could not achieve, but the Banyan Tree King believed that as long as Li Qingshan continued to grow naturally, there would be a day when he could obtain the other nine cauldrons with ease, even if it was the Dragon province cauldron.
When he first met Li Qingshan, he never thought it would be such a great fortuitous encounter.
"There's something else. You know Ru Xin as well, so please help me look after her," said Li Qingshan.
"You're a step too late. She's already left the territory of the Mist province yesterday, returning to the Green province," said the Banyan Tree King.
"What!?" Li Qingshan was surprised. He had not specially gone to bid farewell to Ru Xin because he wanted her to cultivate in peace in the south. He never thought she would beat him to it.
"I just happen to have something on my mind. My wife wants to visit the Green province with you, so please take care of her!" The Banyan Tree King raised his hand with a smile and pointed at madam Teng beside him.
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