Chapter 267 – The Sect Master of the Sect of Clouds and Rain (2/2)

“She’s not looking at anyone.” Li Qingshan’s voice coldened slightly as he scooped up Xiao An. He lowered his head and asked her, “Do you want to eat anything?”

“Oh? Pretty cocky are we?” Han Qiongzhi raised her voice and attracted quite a few gazes.

Hua Chengzan thought, Oh no. Han Qiongzhi had always been headstrong, but she never liked being brushed off.

“You’re just a bumpkin-” Before Han Qiongzhi could finish talking, Hua Chengzan had shoved a cup of alcohol into her mouth. “Go drink your wine!”

Han Qiongzhi said unhappily, “Exactly why s-” However, she could see how Hua Chengzan’s gaze was warning her despite still smiling. Her anger immediately subsided, and she snatched the cup. “Fine then.”

“Senior sister has been taught a lesson by big bro Hua again!” A female disciple of legalism teased from nearby.

“I’ll rip your mouth out!” Han Qiongzhi glared at Li Qingshan before going off to mess around with that girl.

Hua Chengzan said, “That’s just how her personality is like. She has no ill will towards you.”

Li Qingshan smiled. “That’s fine. Among ninth layer Qi Practitioners, her personality is one of the better ones I’ve seen.” Her personality was so horrible that he almost wanted to kill her.

“If you can yield to her a little, it’ll be very beneficial to you in the Academy of the Hundred Schools, no, the Clear River prefecture. Seeing how she doesn’t dislike you, you might even get the chance to become the son-in-law of the Han family!”

Li Qingshan smiled. “You’d better make use of an opportunity like that yourself, brother Hua!”

Hua Chengzan chuckled. There was a laugh from outside. “He has had far too many opportunities like that. Even if he wants to, he can’t make use of them all.”

The voice was slightly husky, but extremely feminine, while the laughter was infectious, enough to make people feel joy for some reason.

Li Qingshan looked out the door. A woman stepped in. She held a circular fan with peach blossoms, covering half of her dimpled face. Li Qingshan’s eyes widened. She seemed like a sweet maiden around fifteen or sixteen years of age, but the charm and bearing she gave off made her seem like a mature madam. Her body was startlingly curvaceous. Her erect chest pushed her clothes to the limits, her waist pulled together thinly, and her round bottom filled her dress. As she looked around with her beautiful eyes, she had already attracted everyone’s attention.

Li Qingshan had seen quite a few supreme beauties before, but he still gasped in amazement slightly inside. With such grace, who else could she be apart from the sect master of the Sect of Clouds and Rain?

However, he became even more cautious. There was not a single Foundation Establishment cultivator that he could afford to treat lightly.

“Big sis Qiu, what brings you here?” The fair-skinned disciple of legalism with thin whiskers rushed over. He desired her inside, but he refused to show any of that on the surface.

Qiu Haitang smiled and spoke gracefully, greeting everyone. When she saw Qian Rongzhi, she paused. Qian Rongzhi lowered her head in a hurry, but she only sneered inside.

In the end, Qiu Haitang’s gaze landed on Li Qingshan, but it moved onto Xiao An without stopping. She touched her fan and exclaimed, “The Aspect of Heavenly Fragrance and Beauty! As expected, that’s my impressive disciple. Thanks, Chengzan.”

With a fragrant breeze, Qiu Haitang had already arrived before her in the blink of an eye. She said to Xiao An, “Kid, come with me!”

Li Qingshan growled, “Don’t even think about it!”

Qiu Haitang waved her fan like she was shooing away a fly. “You must be Li Qingshan. For brother Hua’s sake, I’ll clean your slate with my Sect of Clouds and Rain.”

All Li Qingshan saw was the images on the fan begin to move and change as the world spun around him. He used the Spirit Turtle’s Method of Sea Suppression in a hurry to compose himself. He was about to strike.

A slender, pale hand extended over from the side, emerging like a butterfly from a bush and grabbing Qiu Haitang’s hand. The fan immediately stopped.

“Haitang, you can’t just abduct people the moment that you see them. You need to ask whether they’re willing to leave with you or not.” Hua Chengzan frowned. He did not know what the Aspect of Heavenly Fragrance and Beauty meant to the Sect of Clouds and Rain. He had not even managed to say everything he had prepared. She had come to take Xiao An away the moment she appeared, even using her arts of charm in the process.

Qiu Haitang was surprised, but not because of Hua Chengzan. She had been expecting Hua Chengzan to stop her. It was not particularly surprising for Li Qingshan to be able to keep his composure either. Instead, she had basically used all of her arts of charm on the child, yet she actually managed to remain unfazed. It was rather unbelievable to her.

However, she was not discouraged. For a moment, her eyes rippled like water, producing many illusions as she asked softly, “Are you willing to leave with big sister?”

Xiao An said crisply, “I don’t want to.”

Qiu Haitang’s expression changed slightly.

Li Qingshan said, “You heard her!” He had to make the Sect of Clouds and Rain give up first.

Hua Chengzan said, “Haitang, it looks like you’re not destined to take her as your disciple, so please just give up on it. I brought Qingshan here to resolve his misunderstandings with the Sect of Clouds and Rain.”

Only then did everyone learn the reason why Hua Chengzan had brought Li Qingshan here.

“If that’s the case, let’s calculate the total debts. Li Qingshan, I suspect you to be connected to the deaths of a few disciples from my sect.” Qiu Haitang’s expression changed once more.

In Li Qingshan’s eyes, she had immediately gone from being a charming beauty to a vicious fiend, enough to stun people. However, he only sneered. Tempting him with the arts of charm might have been somewhat effective, but she was nowhere close to being enough to frighten him.

If he was even afraid of that, then wouldn’t he frighten himself to death once he transformed and checked the mirror? Actually, he was very satisfied with his appearance as a daemon.

Li Qingshan said, “That’s right. I did kill the procuress in Jiaping city’s Parlour of Clouds and Rain. However, she was working with Zhuo Zhibo, and she infringed upon me first. She also abducted innocent girls and forced them into prostitution. I executed her as a criminal according to the laws of Great Xia. The district magistrate ruled over this case too. What do you have to say about it?”