Legend of the Great Sage

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Hua Chenglu smiled.
“Zijian told me that you came back.
You must have come to peep on me.”

“…” Li Qingshan suddenly felt like he was the naked one, squeezing out a single word from between his teeth.
“Traitor!”

Hua Chenglu extended her graceful body.
The water droplets slid down her body, glistening in the sun like dew drops on flower petals.
It was still so natural.

Hmm? Don’t tell me that apart from washing and bathing, she also knows to burn incense and pray?

Rustle! The flower bush trembled.
Li Qingshan moved aside a cluster of bright red camellias and emerged from the depths of the bush.
He was at ease, without any signs of awkwardness.

Hua Chenglu gazed at his figure, and she trembled just like the flower bush.
Under his scorching gaze, she wanted to hide back into the water.
She raised her hand to cover the blossoms on her chest, but she suddenly sucked in a deep breath and held her chest out proudly again.
She spread her arms and circled through the pool gracefully.
“How is it?”

She was no longer a naive little girl anymore, but the proud, reserved Hundred Flowers Fairy.
However, only before this man could she let go of all of her reservedness and put all of her beauty on full display.

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Li Qingshan nodded with a smile.
“A beauty like a flower.
You live up to your name.” He entered the water step by step, wading over to her.

Hua Chenglu could not help but hold her breath as she gazed at him.

Li Qingshan sniffed the special fragrance from her body and used his large hand to touch her moist cheek.
“Have you been well over the years?”

“I’ve been very well and very happy.
You know.
I’ve always wanted to travel around and take a look.
Your world really is so big, with so many interesting things going on.
I’ll never feel bored here.”

She had not been someone particularly talented originally, nowhere close to her elder brother Hua Chengzan, much less a “deviant” like Yu Zijian.
In the original World of the Nine Provinces, if they had never met, the limit she would achieve in her life would probably just be Golden Core.
She might even struggle to break through the second heavenly layer.
It would have been very difficult for her to possess such freedom.
She might have even been married off according to arrangements of the clan.

However, in the World of the Five Continents, she was spoilt by the heavens.
She possessed unprecedented freedom, allowing her to wander about without anything tying her down.

All of this came from him.

Li Qingshan placed his hands on her shoulder.
“Now that is the joys of life.
As long as you enjoy it.”

Hua Chenglu sighed.
“It’s a pity that I don’t have talent like Zijian’s.
I can’t help you.”

“She’s a sword.
You’re a flower.
A sword only has meaning in existing in war and slaughter, while a flower only needs to be admired and protected.
I’m only afraid that I can’t protect you.” Li Qingshan looked at her gently.
If they could both find happiness, there would be a little more meaning to his efforts, even if he never truly possessed her.

“No.
I only need to be admired, not protected.” Hua Chenglu shook her head with a smile.
“What flower in the world doesn’t wilt one day? All that matters is they have bloomed.
Speaking of which, flowers have thorns too.”

Li Qingshan was slightly surprised.
Time sure had flown by.
Even she could say something like that.
This understanding definitely was not an act.

“A sword’s meaning for existence is war and slaughter.
Do you know what a flower’s meaning of existence is?”

“What is it?” Li Qingshan brought his arms around her waist.

Hua Chenglu trembled slightly, and the blossoms on her chest shook as well.
Her face reddened, but she continued to smile away sweetly.
“Perhaps, it’s to draw over the bees and the butterflies!”

Li Qingshan teased her.
“Then which bee or butterfly is so fortunate?”

“The sword fights for you, while the flower blooms for you.
If you reach the end of your path, it can also snap for you and wilt for you.”

Li Qingshan was momentarily unable to reply.
He had never wished for reciprocation like that.
“I might not be able to reciprocate such deep feelings.”

“You don’t need to.
This isn’t to pay back your kindness either.” Hua Chenglu murmured, “There is something that I haven’t experienced before.”

“Alright.” Li Qingshan lowered his head and kissed her on her petal-like lips before suddenly remembering what Yu Zijian had said. You didn’t come specially so that you could try and sleep with me, did you? He could not help but laugh at himself.
Sure enough, people never changed!

Even as a god, he had emotions and desires.
His personality had never changed.
Life was perhaps filled with pain, but there had always been plenty of happiness too.
There was no need for him to become too wrapped up in all of it.
All he had to do was do his best, gathering flowers while he could.

Hua Chenglu extended her hand, and the flowers extended and wove to form a ceiling, enveloping the hot spring.

The flowers clustered together, and the fragrance became heavier.

The flower had already bloomed.