Chapter 109 – Demons Come Knocking (1/2)
Li Qingshan said, “Please let me through!” Afterwards, he squeezed past the young master and looked deeply at the woman dressed like a scholar. He shook his head. She was a beauty. In his former life, he would struggle to make her smile even if he used everything he had. But now, his target was much higher. With the small joys of his own, private dream, he walked past her and conveniently caught a whiff of her fragrance. Dreams were the source of happiness.
The woman’s frown deepened, perhaps due to the smell of women on Li Qingshan, or perhaps due to Li Qingshan’s fearless gaze. Maybe Li Qingshan shaking his head at the end was the reason why she was so furious.
The young master wanted to draw his sword, but the woman shook her head. She allowed Li Qingshan down the stairs as she showed contempt in her eyes.
Li Qingshan did not leap up and fight back immediately like a cat that had its tail stepped on. He definitely possessed the strength, but he realised that as long as he held back momentarily, he could avoid a lot of trouble. Of course, he had not lost his temper either.
However, the person who had just evaded trouble was about to go make trouble for others now. He made his way down the stairs and shook off the smell of women on him. He wanted to try it, so he had tried it now and no longer cared about it. He knocked the jar on his waist. “Xiao An, let’s go kill some bad people!” He did not choose to part with protector Yan and the others just for the sake of hanging out with some women.
The jar thumped back in response, and Li Qingshan sniggered. He strode away, walking towards a dark alleyway. Only when he entered the darkness did he feel the gaze on him completely vanish.
“Rongzhi, what’s the matter?”
The scholar called Rongzhi said, “I saw that his steps were level and steady. He seems to have practised martial arts before.”
“He’s just a practitioner of some external martial arts at most. If you hadn’t stopped me, I definitely would have taught him a lesson.”
“He’s just someone insignificant. Even if you kill him, you’ll just dirty your hands, so what’s the point? We better eat quickly instead and travel quickly tomorrow so that we can get to Jiaping city early.”
“Yeah, it’s rare for the Hawkwolf Guard to be recruiting new members. We can’t miss this opportunity.” The man’s eyes blazed. As long as he joined the Hawkwolf Guard, he would be on a completely different level compared to the jianghu, becoming a man among men. No one could resist such a temptation, so he was determined to obtain this position.
“It probably won’t be that easy. This time, all of the masters within a range of five hundred kilometers of Jiaping city have been drawn over. There might even be third or fourth layer Qi Practitioners, and the number of places are limited as well. There’ll definitely be a tough struggle.”
However, unbeknownst to them, Li Qingshan heard everything they said loudly and clearly. His auditory senses had already reached the level of daemonic beasts, so as long as he wished, he could clearly hear anything within a range of five kilometers.
The Hawkwolf Guard had actually begun recruiting people; this was probably the position that had cleared out due to Feng Zhang’s expulsion. Probably even Wang Pushi would have never imagined he would be able to survive and actually fill in the spot! Obviously, he did not care if his appearance would crush the hopes of these people. He did not have too much time to think about it right now either.
That was because a few dark, shady figures had already begun to block up the alleyway he was in. The small city was more prosperous, but there were not too many outsiders. And, there were even fewer people who attracted as much attention to themselves as Li Qingshan. The news that a teenager with a tremendous sum of money spread very quickly, and he had actually walked into this world of darkness himself. It would make no sense if he was not robbed.
Li Qingshan whispered, “We’re pretty lucky!” He knocked the jar. “It’s time to eat!”
“Hand over your money!” A person pulled out a shiny dagger, but what answered him were the Blood Flames of Corpse Incineration that shone even brighter. Basically unable to let out any sounds, the people had been swallowed by the flames. Their flesh and blood turned into pure energy, becoming part of the fire.
A lantern lit up the darkness, bringing light to an old man’s dumpling stand. Although there were no customers, only moths fluttering about, he did his best to remain open.
A young man strode over and said loudly, “Senior, give me a bowl of dumplings!”
“Alrighty!” The old man began moving dexterously, and very soon, some dumplings were floating in some clear water.
“It’s so late, so why aren’t you resting? You’re elderly now, so shouldn’t you be enjoying your time in retirement?” Li Qingshan chattered casually. The old man sighed away his complaints. It was all because of his unfilial children. His wife and he had no proper source of income; this was all part of the most ordinary bleaknesses of the world.
Li Qingshan sat beside the stand, eating dumplings as he comforted the man with a smile. He actually found this much better compared to dining with escorts in a fancy restaurant. He preferred sitting in the corner of the darkness, eating simple food and talking to a weathered old man. How strange.