Chapter 349 – Seeing What I Love (2/2)

“Qingshan, I never thought you’d actually win using this book.” Liu Chuanfeng flipped through the thin picture book. He was still in some disbelief.

Li Qingshan explained his reason, and both Liu Chuanfeng and Sun Fubai came to a realisation. Cultivators never took regular people seriously, let alone the children among regular people. Only at this moment did they realise just how important of an aspect they had neglected. Sun Fubai immediately made up his mind. Whatever those private institutions of hope were, he would establish them right now.

Liu Chuanfeng suggested celebrating properly. Li Qingshan glanced at Han Qiongzhi, who stood nearby and patted Liu Chuanfeng’s shoulder. “We gotta be discreet. They’ve accepted their defeat in such an elegant manner, so we can’t make too much of a display either just because we’ve won.” He had no interest in celebrating with two men. He would much rather show off to his woman.

Sun Fubai also expressed his agreement. Chu Danqing would definitely become an impressive figure in the future. It would be for the best if they could resolve this grievance.

Li Qingshan clasped his hands to bid them farewell and arrived before Han Qiongzhi. “Qiongzhi, how was my performance?”

“You said you’ll definitely treasure the painting. How do you plan on treasuring it?” Han Qiongzhi mentioned that immediately. She seemed to be smiling and furious at the same time.

A cloud lifted up Li Qingshan and Han Qiongzhi, taking them off into the air. They arrived beside Xiao An.

Li Qingshan bowed towards the One Thought master and said to Xiao An, “Let’s go. We’ll go have some fun in Clear River city.”

Xiao An glanced at Han Qiongzhi. “I’m going to go cultivate.”

“That works too. Wait for me to bring back your present.” Li Qingshan rubbed her head with a smile. They spent every single night together anyway, so it was not like they were lacking time. If the three of them were together, the atmosphere would be rather strange.

Han Qiongzhi’s heart eased up slightly. She nodded towards Xiao An to express her gratitude.

The cloud flew out of the academy, heading directly towards the city. Han Qiongzhi suddenly said, “Hold on.”

Li Qingshan stopped the cloud. “What’s wrong?”

Han Qiongzhi said, “You still haven’t answered my question. Don’t you even think about avoiding it!”

Li Qingshan smiled. “I’ll obviously treasure her like I treasure you. Surely you can’t grow jealous over a painting!”

“Don’t you dare! I’ll be jealous because I can! Hand over the painting!” When she heard that, Han Qiongzhi immediately refused to accept this and extended her hand.

Li Qingshan casually tossed the Heavenly Maiden Scatters the Blossoms to her. “Here, take it!”

Originally, Han Qiongzhi only wanted to test him, but she had never expected him to be so straightforward. It was not just a simple painting. Its value had exceeded the imaginations of regular Qi Practitioners. Her heart felt warm.

Out of curiosity, she unfurled the painting and saw that the face of the heavenly maiden was a blur, as if it were covered by mist. The power hidden within had completely exceeded Chu Danqing’s Hellscape Rhapsody. It had completely exceeded the value of any spiritual artifact.

“Hmph, it doesn’t seem like anything special at all to me. I don’t want it.” Han Qiongzhi tossed the painting back to Li Qingshan. “Though, you have to tell me who you see in the painting.”

Li Qingshan accepted the painting and asked in surprise, “How did you know?”

So the rumors really were true. Han Qiongzhi smiled complacently. “Just what don’t I know? Stop trying to change the topic. Tell me.” She acted like she did not care, but she was rather nervous inside. Would it be her?

Li Qingshan said, “Can I not say it?”

Han Qiongzhi said with absolutely no confidence, “Of course not!” Did he see Gu Yanying? I- if that were the case, she could not blame him, but she plummeted into dejection.

Li Qingshan said, “Fine then! Since you want to know, there’s no reason for me to hide it from you. That’s right, the person I saw was… widow Li from my village.”

Han Qiongzhi’s heart had already sunk. When she heard Li Qingshan’s answer, it instead petrified her. She blinked her eyes. “What… did you just say?”

Li Qingshan said with embarrassment, “You know, I was young! Widow Li is who all the men in our village fantasized over.”

Han Qiongzhi’s mind was thrown into disarray. Widow Li obviously posed no threat to her, but when she thought about how she had been defeated by a “widow Li” who did not even have a name, she found it even more difficult to accept.

Li Qingshan laughed aloud and pulled the fiery Han Qiongzhi into his arms. He raised her chin. “You idiot, it’s you!”

Han Qiongzhi growled angrily, “Li Qingshan, you’re teasing me again!”

Li Qingshan gently shook her chin and smiled. “That’s not called teasing. That’s called being toyed with!”

“I- is it true?” Han Qiongzhi’s voice suddenly sunk as she bit her lip. If it were not her, she would much rather him lie to her.