Legend of the Great Sage

much did you mess around in the Parlour of Clouds and Rain?” Qiu Haitang asked.

Qiu Haitang had wanted to contact Li Qingshan the moment she emerged and returned to the Parlour of Clouds and Rain.
However, while she was gone, Li Qingshan had served as the owner of the Parlour of Clouds and Rain for a period, which was basically no different from letting a monkey into a peach orchard.
He had indulged himself quite a bit.
That was commonplace among cultivators, but she was the master of the Parlour of Clouds and Rain, so she basically found this unforgivable.
Out of rage, she decided to never have any more contact with him again.

“Cough cough, that was just fun in the moment.
There were no strings attached.” Li Qingshan rubbed his nose, feeling rather embarrassed.

“Did you know?” Qiu Haitang’s voice became fleeting.

“Hmm?”

“I’ve always been waiting for you, waiting for you to lie to me, to coax me!” Qiu Haitang turned around and gazed at Li Qingshan with misty eyes.

Li Qingshan was very touched, pulling her into his arms and consoling her softly.

Qiu Haitang pressed her face against his chest.
She seemed to make some kind of decision inside before hugging his waist forcefully.

The moonlight penetrated the lake water, landing on the crystal ceiling and undulating with dim, blue light.
It was dim and serene.

A while later, Li Qingshan removed the black veil on her.
It was an unadorned face with faint streaks of tears, but she was as delicate and charming as flowering crabapples.
She stole his breath, feeling a little amazed.
He smiled.
“You’ve become even prettier again! No wonder you have to wear the veil!”

“This is all for your sake!” Qiu Haitang said with absolute seriousness. 

Qiu Haitang had not wasted these years.
Instead, she practised the Heart Dyeing Art of Rouge arduously.
Perhaps because of her compatibility with the cultivation method, she advanced rather quickly.
She was beaming with beauty.

She had become even more confident with the usage of that “technique” as well.

Li Qingshan was even more touched, lowering his head to kiss her soft, red lips.
Following that, he lifted her up and walked towards the stone bed layered with thick furs.
Originally, he thought she would put up a struggle out of embarrassment, but she actually curled up in his arms without budging at all, as docile as a cat.

There was another series of intimate contact and care on the stone bed.
Qiu Haitang’s face reddened, her cloud-like black hair draped down, and her full chest heaved gently as her black dress became a little messy.

“It’s not like your man has died.
Dressing like this is just a little too ominous, so why don’t you…” Li Qingshan said that as he gently grabbed her waistband.

Qiu Haitang became even redder.
She shut her eyes firmly and did not resist.

Li Qingshan grinned, waiting for the beauty to disrobe herself, only to see Qiu Haitang’s face change.
He could not help but ask, “What’s wrong?”

“Someone is attacking the prefectural city, probably the Soaring Locust King.
I need to rush back.
The protective formation around the city can’t go without someone controlling it!”

Li Qingshan sucked in a deep breath and pressed down on Qiu Haitang’s shoulders.
“Wait right here for me.
I’ll be right back.”

“But…”

“No buts.
This is a matter for men!”

With a boom, a great splash erupted in the lake.
Li Qingshan unfolded his wings and charged right into the atmospheric wind layer.
His face was extremely twisted and vicious.
He had truly become enraged this time.
Any man would become tempted to commit murder when they were interrupted at a time like this.

Reaching high into the air, Li Qingshan summoned the Demon Suppression Tower in his right hand and asked the locust Daemon Commander inside, “Soaring Locust King, is this you again?”

“How’s that, Li Qingshan? You didn’t expect this, did you? In the language of you humans, that would be called a second surprise attack! Do you think I’ve been frightened just from losing some clones?” the Soaring Locust King said complacently. 

From the moment Li Qingshan demonstrated his startling strength and captured the locust Daemon Commander, the Soaring Locust King had already begun planning the second attack.

Sure enough, he had grasped the opportunity.
After dealing with such a large swarm of locusts, everyone had relaxed, believing they had survived the danger.

Qiu Haitang and Li Qingshan had left the prefectural city successively, leaving behind a protective formation under nobody’s control.

“Come as many times as you’d like.
I’d like to see how many of your clones I can kill!” Li Qingshan sneered.

“I don’t need a few times.
Just once is enough.
I’d advise you to stop right here, or I’m going to carry out a massacre!” The Soaring Locust King warned.

“Do you think you can threaten me?”

“You don’t care about the lives of others, but what about the bitch from the Hawkwolf Guard? She must be your mistress.
Do you know what I’m going to do once I capture her?”

“Don’t you dare!” Li Qingshan widened his eyes in fury.
He remembered how Hua Chenglu had said she wanted to return to the Hawkwolf Guard to continue working after the banquet.
She was still in the prefectural city right now.

“I said I would kill all of your friends and family, but if you have some sense about you and release all of my clones, I can consider sparing that bitch!”

“Soaring Locust King, my surname is not Li if I don’t butcher you!”

Li Qingshan’s deep voice was filled with cold killing intent, which even made the Soaring Locust King shiver.
He wanted to say something more, but Li Qingshan had already stowed away the Demon Suppression Tower, unfurling his wings of wind and drawing in the atmospheric winds to fly off towards the prefectural city.

“Commander Qian! Commander Qian! I’m Liu Changqing! The locust plague has come again! Please provide assistance immediately!” Liu Changqing sought reinforcements from the commandery city of Ruyi again.

On a hill outside the prefectural city, a woman gently knocked the transmission talisman on her waist, and Liu Changqing’s voice came to a halt.
She watched as the locusts swallowed the city with absolutely no intention of providing any assistance.

 ps： 我猜很多人会误会“夜袭”的意思^_^

PS: I think a lot of people misunderstood the meaning of the “night attack”.
^_^