Chapter 646 – Imbuement of Wisdom, Three Days of Foundation Establishment One (1/2)
The scarred man’s group had made their preparations. They first unleashed a large formation and enveloped everyone inside. Their arcane artifacts all shone with light from powerful techniques that were charged up and ready to go. They were only waiting for Li Qingshan to appear so that they could deal a lethal blow.
The landscape around them twisted and changed, going from a rainforest to a desert. The sun blazed, and the air became arid, both restraining Li Qingshan’s water element techniques and preventing him from escaping.
However, when they had prepared everything, Li Qingshan did not appear. They all looked at one another, clueless as to what went wrong.
“Sir tree king, why must you interfere with the operation of my Dragon Arena and keep Li Qingshan there?”
Si Qing’s voice echoed through the entire rainforest with a questioning tone.
The rainforest was originally his proudest battlefield. The great banyan tree could provide many extremely-valuable resources, but it was still one of the Ten Daemon Kings after all. Although he followed the way of nature and stood aloof from the world, Si Qing could not be too rude to him.
“I’ve said already. I’m not some Great Banyan Tree King, and you don’t need to call me sir. I want to keep this little friend of mine around for a few days so that he can help me clear out the insects and vines on me. I’ll send him out afterwards.”
“Senior, you’re my guest here, so I will definitely carry out my role as the host and leave you as satisfied as possible with anything you require. Please let out Li Qingshan, senior, and I’ll be able to help you out.”
After transplanting a branch of the Great Banyan Tree King into the Dragon Arena, Si Qing had once apologised to him politely before even accepting him as his master. However, the Great Banyan Tree King completely ignored him. Then Si Qing asked for a certain item, and he was obviously turned down as well. He was utterly furious, but he could not turn against him either, so he let these burrowing mites that multiplied rapidly and had lost their natural predators be, wanting to make the Great Banyan Tree King suffer a little. He never expected to give Li Qingshan an opportunity instead.
“It’s nothing big, so I dare not trouble your highness.”
The Great Banyan Tree King spoke with the same gentle tone the entire time, but it gave off a feeling like he would not be changing his mind, turning down Si Qing without being too rude or too polite. Si Qing cursed inside, This old coot!
Against a king, even the most good-mannered king, Si Qing was powerless. All he could do was take a step back. “May I ask how many days you require?”
“Three days at the least, five days at the most.”
Si Qing realised that if the Great Banyan Tree King truly insisted on protecting Li Qingshan, there was not a lot he could do. After all, he could not rip out this great banyan tree, dig out Li Qingshan and butcher him, even though he was completely capable of something that.
The Great Banyan Tree King would not even have to look for revenge if that happened. As long as the news made it out, the Great Xia empire would immediately punish him, the eleventh prince, and give an explanation to the Great Banyan Tree King. Kings the founding emperor conferred could not be offended by anyone. Defying and offending superiors was a great crime.
Si Qing was gloomy inside. His joy from making the Golden Core cultivators succumb to him vanished completely. He secretly made up his mind to overcome the third heavenly tribulation as soon as possible and reach the realm of kings.
姒庆与大榕树王的对话，传入漆黑的树洞中，李青山与花承露相视一眼，露出微笑。The conversation between Si Qing and the Great Banyan Tree King reached the pitch-black tree hole. Li Qingshan and Hua Chenglu exchanged glances and smiled.
Li Qingshan said, “Thank you for protecting me, fellow!”
“Looks like your grievance with Si Qing runs very deep. I can protect you for five days, but I won’t be able to protect you on the sixth day. By then, you’ll still have to find a way to deal with it yourself.”
The Great Banyan Tree King felt this child was extraordinary, so he tried testing him with that, guessing he would probably ask for his help. Never did he expect Li Qingshan to smile deeply. “My path of survival is a little different from yours. All I seek is following my heart and killing to my satisfaction. The more enemies the better!”
“Aggression leads to easy failure.”