Chapter 297 – Two Ants (1/2)

“It’s all just a lesser path of cultivation, a lesser path I say.” Liu Chuanfeng failed to notice it. Instead, he spoke rather proudly. He even glanced at Li Qingshan and noticed his amazement as he carefully studied these beauties. It only made Liu Chuanfeng even happier. His objective was to lead Li Qingshan down the school of Novel’s… greater path of no return.

It was true. Li Qingshan was studying these conjured women. Their plump, milky-white buttocks could suck in the attention of all men, but he did not just look at that. While these women were smiling, their eyes were hollow, without the slightest liveliness at all. They were like the beauties on game posters generated by computers in his past life, or some kind of detailed blow-up doll.

Of course, they were much more realistic than those. They were probably characters from Liu Chuanfeng’s smut novels. Perhaps, their performance in bed would be very impressive too!

However, what was the point of that? He would be much better off by going for an easy session in a brothel. At the very least, it would be with a living person.

Li Qingshan felt deep sorrow from this. No wonder so many people looked down on the school of Novels. He spent all day using his abilities from the school of Novels to do something so degrading. It was so bad that even the primary disciple from his own school of Novels wanted to beat him up, not to mention the fact that Xiao An was still watching curiously from one side.

Li Qingshan’s voice sank. “Liu Chuanfeng, you’d better know when enough is enough!”

Liu Chuanfeng was annoyed. He was actually treating him so rudely before an outsider. Did he really think his position as a school leader meant nothing? However, when he met Li Qingshan’s furious eyes, he immediately thought of the knifehand strike he had swung down with earlier this morning. His straightened chest shrunk back again, and he said awkwardly, “We’re all intellectuals, right? So can’t we just talk over this? Look at you and what you’ve become. You’ve embarrassed yourself in front of commander Hua! Let’s eat!”

Li Qingshan had already grown accustomed to fighting over the slightest disagreement. Combined with Liu Chuanfeng’s behaviour, he found it all very difficult to adjust to, as if he had done something wrong. He fought the strong, not the weak. There really were not a lot of tenth layer Qi Practitioners as weak-willed as Liu Chuanfeng.

Hua Chengzan shook his head. It really was uncommon for a school leader for god’s sake to end up like this.

Sun Fubai just happened to walk in at this moment. As soon as he saw the conjured women, he frowned too. “Junior brother, what are you doing?”

Liu Chuanfeng opened his mouth. “I’m…”

Liu Chuanfeng dispersed the women in a hurry. With a clatter, the bowls and chopsticks in their hands fell to the ground. He picked them up in a hurry, conjuring a stream of water to clean them. He set up the table himself with a frown and a pout, like a young wife who had been wronged.

Hua Chengzan clasped his hands. “Elder Sun, long time no see.” There was an additional sense of closeness and sincerity in his voice now.

“What elder Sun? Just call me Fubai.” Sun Fubai grabbed Li Qingshan’s hand. “Young man, we meet again. I never thought you’d actually come here.”

“I didn’t think you’d be a person of the school of Novels either, Fubai.” Li Qingshan hinted at something else. This old man’s plans sure ran deep.

Sun Fubai said, “Sigh, you’ve seen the situation for yourself. The school of Novels isn’t going through a very optimistic situation right now. Surely you don’t blame me when I made you fill in those three words!”

Li Qingshan asked, “Why would I? If it weren’t for you, Fubai, I’d have nowhere to go right now. Although it’s a bit below standard here, it’s quiet, so it’s good for cultivation.”

“You can eat now,” Liu Chuanfeng said quietly.

Sun Fubai raised a hand. “Please!”

At the feast, they exchanged toasts and poured alcohol for one another. Xiao An said nothing, and Liu Chuanfeng could not butt in either, but with Hua Chengzan and Sun Fubai’s presence, there was plenty of talking. Combined with the beautiful scenery of the bamboo, it was possible to say that everyone was delighted.

In the afternoon, Li Qingshan arrived by the edge of the lake with Hua Chengzan.

The expansive mist stretched as far as the eye could see.

Hua Chengzan thought about how he would say it before telling Wang Pushi’s warning to Li Qingshan euphemistically. There was so much euphemism that if Li Qingshan had not been listening carefully, he would have believed that Wang Pushi was giving him words of encouragement.

Li Qingshan said, “Even if he didn’t warn me, I wouldn’t waste my time on something like that. Oh right, what’s going on with He Yishi?”

Hua Chengzan told him the entire truth, about how He Yishi had hinted at Li Qingshan being the murderer in his statement to the Hawkwolf Guard.

Li Qingshan was furious. “What a scoundrel! I saved his life time and time again, yet not only does he not know to show any gratitude, but he has actually stabbed me in the back instead. It’s no wonder why he was afraid to talk to me earlier.” He was not a generous and forgiving person. Letting his enemies go without exacting revenge was not in his blood. He would definitely find an opportunity to teach He Yishi a proper lesson and get his revenge.

Hua Chengzan reminded him. “Killing is forbidden in the academy. If you kill someone here, no one will be able to protect you.”

Li Qingshan said, “I’ll just throw a sack over his head and give him a beating.”

“If you’re going to do it, do it cleanly. Don’t leave behind any evidence.” Hua Chengzan smiled.

Li Qingshan smiled too. “I don’t think that’s something a disciple of legalism should say.”

“Li Qingshan, as the Scarlet Wolf commander of the Clear River prefecture, I hereby declare your arrest! Prepare to be punished under the laws of the empire!” Hua Chengzan suddenly grew stern before smiling again, “Is that more like it?”

The changes in his expression were like going from winter to spring. The ice on the lake cracked, and the water spring’s water gushed out, melting the ice unknowingly and turning it into a lake of warm water.

Li Qingshan could not help but think about a saying from his past life. “There are no women in the world who can resist a smile from Jiang Feng, nor are there any heroes who can resist a gentle strike from Yan Nantian.” Hua Chengzan possessed Jiang Feng’s charms from the legends, while he probably could only develop his strength like Yan Nantian1.

“Tsktsk, there probably aren’t a lot of women in the world who can resist your charm. It’s no wonder that sect master Qiu is so infatuated with you.”

Hua Chengzan smiled. “We’re just friends.”