Chapter 589 – The New Marquis of Ruyi (1/2)

He sucked in a deep breath and let out a great bellow, “Until we see each other again!”

His voice echoed through the mountains. The many pilgrims below all raised their heads and looked at the horizon. They had no idea what was going on.

Li Qingshan laughed a few more times before turning around and taking off without hesitation. He travelled at full speed along the way, without stopping at all, returning to the Ruyi commandery in a day and night. He reported back to Gu Yanying first. He did not even visit the Hawkwolf Guard, instead going directly to where she cultivated before calling out.

“Commander Gu, your subordinate Li Qingshan seeks an audience with you.”

Before long, a door opened in the formation. Li Qingshan flew over the small lake, crossed over the boundless stretch of lotus flowers, and arrived in the Waterside Pavilion of Listening Wind. Gu Yanying was already waiting for him on the terrace, smiling from afar. “Your trip has taken quite the time.”

Li Qingshan arrived on the terrace. He could not help himself as his heart skipped a beat. Gu Yanying stood in the breeze with her clothes whiter than snow, charming and graceful. Her charm could not be rivaled by any regular woman.

However, when he remembered their previous conversation, he immediately dismissed his thoughts. He had always been able to pick up or let go of his emotions at a whim. He had never been a passionately-devoted person like Hua Chengzan. Coupled with how he had already agreed with her last time, it was even less likely for him to change. He said relaxedly, “I ran into some small problems that took some time.”

Gu Yanying took note of his facial expression and the tone of his voice. She could not help but smile. She stopped worrying. He truly was a courageous and resolute man.

“Looks like you’ve benefited quite a lot.”

Li Qingshan ruminated over everything for a while before smiling. “You can say that I’ve gained more than I’ve lost. So how’s it? Do you need my help now?”

“There’s no hurry. It’s still not time yet.” Gu Yanying struck the palm of her hand gently with her folding fan, clearly knowing exactly what she was doing.

Li Qingshan said, “Then I’ll have to ask you for your help first. I want you to assist me with something small.”

“Go on.”

“You can say that I’ve been through quite a lot of battles, whether big or small, so I’ve accumulated many spoils. However, how I should handle these spoils and convert them into my own strength is quite a problem. Do you have any ideas?”

Demonification and the Traitorous Demon sword were both his trump cards. He did not want to use them unless he had to. As a result, he wanted to have a few powerful arcane artifacts at his disposal. Actually, he already possessed plenty of arcane artifacts, but he could not use any of them freely. He felt like he was guarding a mountain of gold, but he was unable to mine it.

“That’s not a problem. Actually, even if you hadn’t mentioned it, I wanted to discuss it with you anyway. If you can properly make use of the many resources from underground, the benefits they can bring will be far greater than you’ve imagined.”

“That would obviously be for the best.”

Li Qingshan smiled. Matters that posed great problems to him were extremely easy to handle for Gu Yanying. With her network of connections, she obviously possessed ways to deal with these “spoils”. However, that was also the only reason a foundation existed for their cooperation.

Li Qingshan took out a portion of his spoils. Just the arcane artifacts among them numbered five. He had found them all from the hundred treasures pouches of the Golden Core cultivators from the battle at Burial Mound mountain. Plenty of them were personal weapons of those cultivators, who made a name for themselves with them. Once one or two of them entered the market, it would immediately lead to an investigation.

Apart from that, there were also many miscellaneous items like pills and cultivation methods. Together, they were worth quite the sum as well.

“Sure enough, your spoils are plentiful. However, that shouldn’t be all, right? Since you want to exchange them, you might as well take them all out! Little bro Qingshan, it’s not like your older sister I covet these items of yours,” Gu Yanying said.

Even Golden Core cultivators could become green with greed when they saw these items, but they were not worth her attention.

Li Qingshan was convinced. “You don’t even know what I want. Deals and transactions still depend on whether the price is appropriate or not.”