Chapter 561 – The Promised Land (1/2)
Gu Yanying shielded her eyes and gazed into the distance. “He sure is fast!”
“Big sis, are you going to just spare the moon demon like this and allow him to continue refining bodies of water?”
A young woman flew over. She had large eyes and thick brows, with a bright and clear expression. If it were not for her swelling chest, she could have easily been mistaken for a boy. She wore the uniform of a Hawk Wolf commander, making her the figure only second to Gu Yanying in the Hawkwolf Guard of the Ruyi commandery.
“What else am I supposed to do?” Gu Yanying shot a glance at her. “Call me commander.”
“Big sis, you can’t go easy on him just because he’s interested in you! Otherwise, wouldn’t that mean you can’t kill a single man in the world? Don’t tell me you’re actually interested in him, and you’ve even come specially to rescue him?”
Gu Yanying held the girl’s chin and pressed her face up close. “Are you jealous? Even without me, he wouldn’t die here.”
“I don’t believe it.” The girl’s face reddened as she shook her head.
“His powerful reinforcements will arrive very soon. If he can last until that child comes, Mo Yu really might be in some danger.” Gu Yanying released the girl.
“She’s that powerful?”
“If you’ve had enough fun, you better return to the Dragon province! The Green province is becoming less and less peaceful. Once you become involved in a battle like earlier, even you will be in danger.”
“Big sis, stop trying to coax me. I’m not returning. The confrontation between imperial brothers and sisters has already led to bloodshed for the position of Marquis of Ruyi. It only shows that the Ruyi commandery is a great place that everyone wants to be in,” the girl said seriously. Who knew whether she was joking around or truly ignorant.
“They’re coming here as marquises, not as a follower like you.”
“What’s wrong with being a follower? I’m constantly under big sis’s care. You’ll have to deal with a monster like the moon demon if you become the marquis. And, my imperial brothers and sisters can’t even obtain this position of a follower even if they want to!”
“Then you better follow me around!” Gu Yanying spun around and took off into the air like a white hawk, turning into a white speck in the blink of an eye.
“Wait for me, big sis!” The girl followed behind in a hurry, calling out from afar.
Gu Yanying had not been the only one spectating Li Qingshan’s battle with the Daemon Commanders. There were many other cultivators who used various methods to observe from afar. When they saw how the daemons were suffering from internal strife, they all cheered inside.
As a result, Li Qingshan continued on his way with refining bodies of water, no longer encountering any obstructions.
Apart from those peak second heavenly tribulation people and daemons, only the kings who had undergone the third heavenly tribulation could subdue Li Qingshan. There were already very few figures that could pose life-threatening danger to him.
He arrived at the end of another great river. The surging daemon qi refined the river and the Water God Seal shimmered, now with another thick trajectory.
Li Qingshan could sense the daemon qi in the spirit turtle’s daemon core had already reached the absolute peak. Once he devoured all the water spiritual qi of this river, he would basically be able to break through to the fifth layer of the spirit turtle. Afterwards, the heavenly tribulation would basically descend upon him.
Was he going to use this opportunity to break through to the fifth layer of the spirit turtle, undergo the heavenly tribulation and become a Daemon Commander, or was he going to remain at his current level and wait until the Phoenix Transformation caught up so that water and fire were balanced out and he managed to merge them?
Li Qingshan considered that question for a while before deciding on the former.
Normally, he would probably choose the latter. Although the long term benefits were not necessarily better than the benefits right before him, it was not like he was facing any life-threatening danger right now. Proceeding step by step in an orderly manner was obviously the best choice. Focusing on quick successes and instant benefits would only drastically increase the difficulty of cultivation later on, which would do more bad than good.
But right now, she was waiting for him!
Li Qingshan began absorbing the water spiritual qi, pouring it into the spirit turtle’s daemon core.
He comforted himself inside, This should also be a form of choice! If I can become a Daemon Commander, I might not be able to oppose the kings, but I’ll be able to protect myself to a certain degree. At the very least, I’ll have the confidence to triumph over opponents like Mo Yu. I’ll basically have a stable footing in the World of the Nine Provinces and can take my time with everything else.
Li Qingshan gradually shone with a resplendent, blue light, conjuring the figure of the spirit turtle again.
The eighty-ninth day.
Han Qiongzhi meditated with her legs crossed. Seeing the window light up, she murmured that inside before opening the window and gazing out, only to discover the sun had not risen yet. It was merely the reflection of the snow. She had actually made a mistake.
“Sister, stop waiting for that heartless guy. He’s not going to come.” A young girl walked over from behind. The days when she had fun with Han Qiongzhi in the garden were gone forever. The pain from losing her father had made her become much more mature all of a sudden.
“I’m going out for a stroll.”
Han Qiongzhi did not respond to that and left through the door. The world was completely white as huge snowflakes continued to drift through the sky. The graves had been covered in thick snow, turning into mounds in the snow.
A tall figure walked over from afar, trudging through the snow. He walked in such a familiar way.
Han Qiongzhi rubbed her eyes and murmured, “Qingshan.”
The tall figure sped up his pace, and Han Qiongzhi could not help but speed up too. They went from walking to running.