Chapter 221 – The Arts of the Boundless Ocean (1/2)

Li Qingshan wondered if he should buy a pill cauldron and pill formulas instead. However, his alchemy was limited to the bare basics he had learned from Qian Rongzhi, so there was no need for him to be so hasty. At the very least, he knew how to use these treasures now.

The Book of All covered a large range of random topics. Just a single area was enough to keep Li Qingshan busy for half a day. He felt that his horizons were broadening.

However, he slowly discovered that the information regarding people, culture, and geography in the Book of All was mostly limited to the Clear River prefecture. Beyond this range, the information would be extremely simple and broad.

However, it was already quite a feat to have gathered all this information about the Clear River province that spanned fifteen hundred kilometers. It truly was not an exaggeration to name it a book of “All”.

The nine provinces were so large that who knows how many kilometers it covered. Probably even the strongest cultivators could not visit every single place it had to offer, so how was it possible for a book to record everything?

It followed the same principle as mental maps. Even if a book like that really did exist, just how much would it be worth to a measly Qi Practitioner? Out of the thousands of cultivators, just how many could make it out of the Clear River prefecture? And, how many could make it out of the Ruyi commandery?

However, Li Qingshan believed that there would be a day when he used his eyes to take in everything the world had to offer.

Unknowingly, his mind returned to the brazen oath he had sworn in the tiny village.

“I want to travel through all corners of the world, across the entire universe! I want to taste all of the delicacies and drink all of the finest alcohol the world has to offer! I want to practise the fiercest abilities, fight the strongest foes, and sleep with the most beautiful women! Only then will this life not be a waste!

Looking at it now, it was just a person with nothing’s desire for everything. Perhaps it was very coarse, but that was the most primitive desire hidden within the hearts of all men.

As a spark lit up within a restless heart, it would impel the frail body to conquer, to destroy, to create!

The most beautiful woman?

Li Qingshan grinned. Originally, he had just said that half-heartedly, but the Book of All really did seem to list the ‘most beautiful’.

Out of the beauties on the beauties ranking, without any surprise, the one at the very top was the beautiful woman in clothes whiter than snow, the female hawk that gazed over the land.

Although the image on there failed to even capture a hundredth of her charm, it stirred Li Qingshan’s past memories. He sighed from the bottom of his heart. “Heh, what a beauty!”

“Nothing.” Li Qingshan stowed the jade slip away. Since he had seen the greatest and confirmed that there would not be any major changes to his objectives in the near future, there was no need for him to look at it ever again.

“Hmph!” Xiao An turned her head away from him.

“Hmm? You’ve even learned how to be angry.” Li Qingshan smiled as he pinched her beautiful nose.

Xiao An shook her head and put up a tough struggle in his arms, but she smiled from ear to ear.

Li Qingshan held her firmly and pinched down on her nose. “My Xiao An will definitely be a great beauty in the future.”

“Really?” Xiao An asked nasally.

“Didn’t you hear what the damned granny said? You’re some Aspect of Heavenly Fragrance and Beauty or something. It can’t be wrong. I think even the one surnamed Gu won’t be able to match you in the future.”

“The one surnamed Gu? Gu Yanying!”