"Sect master Qiu, this …"
Liu Changqing was tongue-tied. Li Qingshan was a great hero who had saved the Clear River prefecture after all, so how could she treat him like this? However, ever since Begonia returned to the Clear River prefecture, she seemed to have changed into a different person. Not only did she investigate deeply, but she had completely vanished from her old ways of using money and power. She would always treat people with some coldness.
However, with her cultivation, she obviously had the right to do that. No one dared to say anything. Even now, it was difficult for Liu Changqing, the prefect of the Clear River prefecture, to persuade her otherwise. The difference in cultivation was obvious!
Li Qingshan was surprised as well. Why did Begonia not seem happy at all when she saw him? Instead, she seemed extremely cold. It was no wonder that she had not contacted him after emerging from seclusion. Did she have a change of heart? However, it was not like he had the right to blame her for her change of heart.
"If you don't want to welcome me, then don't. Why do you look like a dead man when you're dressed like this?"
"I'm a dead man!"
"Ugh, my condolences." Li Qingshan caught a whiff of heavy resentment, so it was even more difficult for him to say anything. The only person who could make her fall in love with someone else must have been a cultivator. He would not have died of illness or illness for no reason. He must have been killed. Over the past few years, the Soaring Locust King had probably caused the greatest casualties among cultivators in the Green province. As a result, he said, "This Soaring Locust King really is despicable!"
As he said that, he was about to leave, but he heard Begonia say, "It's not the Soaring Locust King. It's the Dragon King Of The Sea!"
"The Dragon King Of The Sea?" Li Qingshan stopped.
"Sister Qiu, do you still miss that North Moon?" Hua Chenglu walked over.
Li Qingshan looked back and looked at Begonia in surprise. Begonia avoided his gaze. "He's just a wretched daemon. What's there to miss?"
Li Qingshan smiled. "Alright, since you're not going to welcome me, let's go somewhere else. We'll come again another day!"
At this moment, Han Tieyi and the others arrived on the rooftop.
"You guys stay, I'll leave." Begonia flew into the sky.
Li Qingshan looked at her flying figure and couldn't help but shake his head. He didn't know whether he should be happy or worried about the infatuation of a beauty!
"Big brother Li, because of the North Moon, sister Qiu's temper has been rather strange in the past few years," Hua Chenglu explained for Begonia. She did not want the two of them to be on bad terms.
"It's nothing, I've seen many weird people." Li Qingshan smiled and asked Han Tieyi, "Tieyi, where is your sister?"
"He's currently in secluded cultivation in the Ruyi commandery."
Han Tieyi was originally rather displeased with Li Qingshan. As soon as this son-in-law of the Han family went to the Mist province, there was no news of him at all. He was truly irresponsible. However, when he arrived before Li Qingshan, he was unable to voice his displeasure. He was not afraid of Li Qingshan's strength, nor was he grateful for Li Qingshan's benevolence. Instead, he sensed a sense of upliftment and ambition from him.
As a cultivator, if he could not forge ahead valiantly and increase his cultivation as much as possible, could he still be considered a cultivator? The teachings of the Han family had always been to look down on those who were infatuated with love. They admired his personality. It was exactly because of this that his elder sister, who had no interest in men at all and could even ignore a handsome man like Hwa Seung-zan, fell in love with him!
"Sigh, that sure is unfortunate, but it doesn't matter. I'll be spending a lot of time in the Green province in the future!"
"Big brother Li, aren't you the White Hawk commander of the South Sea commandery? Don't you have to return to the Mist province?" Hua Chenglu asked. As a member of the Hawkwolf Guard, she still valued the authority of the Hawkwolf Guard very much.
"I've been promoted. Sir Hawk God, our protector, has personally appointed me to go to the Dragon province to be appointed," said Li Qingshan.
"The protector Hawk God! Doesn't that mean you have to go to the Dragon province? "Hua Chenglu was reluctant to part with him.
"Sir Hawk God can't be so unreasonable. I've been away from the Green province for so many years, and it's rare for me to return, so I need to get some proper rest. I'll go to the sect and greet my master, and I have some important matters I need to deal with in my life."
"Yeah, yeah, and as a disciple of the school of Novels, you can't not write for so long!" Liu Chuanfeng interrupted from the side.
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten that I'm still a disciple of the school of Novels." Li Qingshan smiled.
"Qingshan, you can't forget your roots! You're a member of the school of Novels when you're alive, and you'll be a ghost of the school of Novels when you're dead, "Liu Chuanfeng also smiled.
"You're the one who's dead! Alright, I'll start writing again when I have the time, "Li Qingshan agreed without any hesitation.
Very soon, the banquet was set up on the rooftop. Li Qingshan sat in the main seat like it was obvious. "I came back in a hurry this time, so I didn't specially prepare any gifts. However, I did gather some local products from the Mist province over the years, so please have a taste."
The spiritual fruits, medicinal herbs, and alcohol were all spoils of war he had slaughtered his way here. They were no longer of any use to him, so he could only taste them. It was perfect for treating the guests.
However, the significance to the Foundation Establishment cultivators was completely different. Just from the glow they glowed with, they could tell their value. They only accepted it after a series of excuses, thanking Li Qingshan.
"Big brother Li, I heard that the south is a land of wilderness. May I ask how it's different from the Green province?"
Hua Chenglu looked at Li Qingshan seriously. Just now, she was unable to see him clearly in the chaotic battle, but right now, she could sense how he was changing within the unchanging. He seemed more and more confident and high-spirited, as if the world was within his grasp. Suddenly, she thought of the kiss from many years ago.
"In terms of what's special, there's a lot …"
Li Qingshan drank a cup of alcohol and mentioned the various local customs and practices of the Mist province, the man-eating Bone Eating tribes, the Savage mountain where demonic cultivators gathered, the mysterious Merfolk sea fair, the banyan forest that stretched for thousands of kilometers …
Hua Chenglu became rather entranced as she listened. Yearning filled her eyes. The distant land of the south was far more wondrous than the descriptions in books.
The rooftop fell silent. Everyone else listened attentively too. They were cultivators countless times more powerful than mortals, but just like how mortals could not leave a village or a city, they also had their own restraints. It was possible that they could never reach the distant South sea in their entire lives.
As he spoke, Li Qingshan's gaze drifted about. The scenes of the past flashed through his eyes again, as well as the dangers he could not mention. Only when he returned to his senses and saw the familiar faces and the familiar night scenery around him did he come to a realisation.
"I've really returned."
Li Qingshan gazed at the starry sky. He worked hard in search of strength, but strength was not just about defeating something or possessing something. Instead, it was about breaking free from restraints and seeing sights he had never seen before, going to places he had never been to before!
Beyond the Nine Heavens was still a little far away, but he had not let down his promise to himself.
After the banquet, everyone dispersed. Li Qingshan became slightly tipsy. Liu Chuanfeng invited him to return to Cloudwisp island to take a look, but he turned it down. "I'll return to my dwelling first and deal with the clone of the Soaring Locust King. I'll go to the Hundred Schools of Thought in a few days."
Afterwards, he left Clear River city. He did not return to the Chain mountains. Instead, he flew south-west based on his senses and arrived before a lake surrounded by mountains. He sensed the aura from the bottom of the lake and leapt into the water with a smile.
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