Chapter 260 – Reunion of the Three (1/2)
From the instincts he had developed through many years of killing and robbing, he could feel that this young man was a difficult person to deal with. Seeing how his senior and junior brothers still howled on around him, even rubbing their fists wanting to get a piece of the action, he growled, “All of you shut up!” He asked cautiously, “May I be honoured to know your name, sir?”
“Let’s go!” Li Qingshan said to Qian Rongzhi before directly striding away, acting like they did not exist. The ugly man’s expression changed a few times. When Li Qingshan almost walked into him, he dodged to the side and just watched as Qian Rongzhi left with him. He quietly gulped.
“Big brother!”
“Don’t provoke him. This person is very dangerous.” The ugly man looked at Li Qingshan’s back. If this young man was the Black Wolf commander, he would never even consider challenging him. Now that this woman had obtained a helper like him, she would be difficult to deal with.
In the main office, Fang Enshang pushed aside the curtains, tidied his desk, and prepared some water for his ink. He was about to get to work. He was still full of enthusiasm towards this job. Hearing the footsteps, he raised his head. “Oh Rongzhi, you’re here. Who’s this?”
This was the second time Li Qingshan had met Fang Enshang. Back then in the Quiet Spring valley, a slaughter would have definitely unfolded if it had not been for Fang Enshang’s mediation. He had quite a good impression of him.
Qian Rongzhi introduced them to each other. Li Qingshan clasped his hands. “Greetings to the commander from your subordinate, Li Qingshan!”
“So you’re Li Qingshan.” Fan Enshang looked at this young man who stood tall. He studied him up and down, as if he did not believe that this was the Tiger Butcher who had killed countless. He could not help but ask what he was wondering, “Where have you been during this period of time?”
Li Qingshan stated the excuse that he had already prepared patiently. Most of it was true, but there were some lies as well. He admitted to the fact that Zhuo Zhibo had been scheming against him, which forced him to flee underground. As he fled for his life, he alarmed a powerful daemon underground, and Zhuo Zhibo’s entire group was wiped out. Only he managed to escape.
Apart from the fact that Li Qingshan was the daemon, there were basically no lies in that story.
Qian Rongzhi would chime in and add to his story whenever it was suitable. With how crafty and resourceful she was, she had been on extremely harmonious terms with Fang Enshang over the past few months. She also gained a deep understanding of his character, which she would cleverly use to control his thoughts.
Li Qingshan said, “I parted ways there with the vice commander. The vice commander might not have believed me and ventured underground as well.”
“Then why have you only just returned?”
Qian Rongzhi said, “That’s actually something everyone knows about. Because of the child by his side, Li Qingshan offended the Sect of Clouds and Rain. For this matter, the vice sect master and four grannies of the Sect of Clouds and Rain had all come to Jiaping city. If I hadn’t contacted him in time to tell him to flee, he would be dead already.”
Fang Enshang slammed the table. “How dare they!”
Li Qingshan said, “I know the Sect of Clouds and Rain is powerful. I’ve returned this time because I want to enter secluded cultivation on the mountain for a period of time. Thanks to district magistrate Zhou’s good graces, he agreed to give me a recommendation to the Academy of the Hundred Schools. As long as I go to the academy, even the Sect of Clouds and Rain should have second thoughts about touching me!”
Fang Enshang patted Li Qingshan’s shoulder. “Don’t worry. As long as you remain in the Hawkwolf Guard here, no one will be able to touch you. Once you make it to the Academy of the Hundred Schools, it’s even more impossible for these sects to act as they please. Our Hawkwolf Guard is not one for others to walk all over!”
He was so sincere that he made Li Qingshan feel rather embarrassed about lying to him. In the end, Li Qingshan handed over the Zombie Daoist’s head and completed the mission, earning him over ten thousand points of contribution.
The Qi Gathering pills or spiritual stones that could be exchanged for using the contribution no longer interested Li Qingshan. However, using the dwellings on the mountain for seclusion also cost contribution, and it was not cheap either. A single day was fifty points of contribution.
Qian Rongzhi brought Li Qingshan to the place for secluded cultivation, which was a large, stone cave dug out from the mountain.