Legend of the Great Sage

han studied Hua Chenglu.
It had been a few years since he last saw her, but this girl had become more and more charming.
Her picturesque face and her beautiful figure were perfect, such that even growing slightly plumper would make her seem fat and growing slightly skinnier would make her seem thin.
She gave off a delicate sense of beauty.

“If I really went with you, sister Han would curse me to death.” Hua Chenglu reddened from how he stared at her and stuck out her tongue.

“Oh? Why would she curse you? What do you want to do to me?” Li Qingshan took a step back and said in great surprise.

“Big brother Li!”

“Haha, just a joke.
You’re still very young.
You still have a long road ahead of you! The greatest benefit of cultivation is you’ll never know just how far you’ll go.
The matters of the Hawkwolf Guard need to be dealt with, but there’s no need to pay too much attention to it either.
As long as you constantly increase your cultivation, there’ll be one day when you can go anywhere across the nine provinces!”

Li Qingshan patted Hua Chenglu’s shoulder and said sincerely.

“Yeah, I will work hard on cultivation! I heard the Merfolk of the South sea are all extremely beautiful, and their songs have magical powers.
When sailors on the seas hear their singing, they’ll leap into the water without any regard, drowning to death just like that.
You better not be bewitched by them, big brother Li.”

Hua Chenglu said, but she completely refused to believe there was a woman who could bewitch him with beauty.
In particular, she had become even more confident about this after seeing Xiao An a few days ago.
The otherworldly beauty even left her sighing in amazement.

“Sigh, there’s nothing I can do about that.
You know that I’m most vulnerable to being bewitched by beauty! I even ran into someone from the same hometown as me, Li Long, on Soaring Afterglow mountain just then.
We bade farewell to each other after a few words, yet I’ve accidentally talked so much with you already.
That’s a very good warning, which I better keep in mind.
I’m going!”

Li Qingshan laid out his hands helplessly.
Technically speaking, he had already been bewitched by a merperson, except it was not through some touching songs, but foul language.

“So soon! You’re travelling to such a distant place, so surely we need to hold a farewell banquet!” Hua Chenglu said in surprise.

“Don’t worry about that.
We just had a gathering a few days ago.
Holding too many baquets is boring anyway.
Not to mention that it’s not like I’m going to any good place.
How pointless would it be if you make it sound like a suicide mission?”

Li Qingshan waved his hand and declined.
He said, “Take care.” before making his way towards the window.

Hua Chenglu gazed at his departing figure and experienced a multitude of emotions.
Once he left, who knew how long it would be before she could see him again and who knew how many dangers lay ahead in his path!

“Big brother Li!”

“What now-”

Li Qingshan turned around, but before he could even finish speaking, Hua Chenglu had rushed over and kissed him on the lips.
Right after that, she pulled away again.
She lowered her head and said softly, “Be careful on the road.”

“Girl, what’s that supposed to be?”

Li Qingshan licked his lips.
The soft, warm feeling lingered on them.
He lifted up her chin, and her delicate face was shrouded in an enchanting, red haze.
Her long eyelashes trembled, afraid to make eye contact with him.

“Huh? What?” Hua Chenglu’s gaze drifted away, beginning to feel deep regret.
She had really been too rash just then.

Li Qingshan said nothing more.
He brought his arms around her soft, thin waist and pulled her into his arms, lowering his head and kissing her on her pink lips.
Afterwards, he went straight in, prying open her teeth and making contact with her tongue, tasting away recklessly.

Hua Chenglu’s eyes suddenly widened before closing again.
This was the first time in her life a man had kissed her like this.
She felt like she was being violated, yet she also happened to be powerless to resist.
Her body stiffened because of her nervousness, but with his kissing and touch, she gradually loosened and lay limply in his arms.

“That’s what you call a kiss!”

Only after a long while did Li Qingshan say with a smile.
Seeing how enamoured and vulnerable she was, his mind began to heat up.
In the past, he probably would have swallowed her whole already, but after so many years of toughening up, he was no longer in such a rush anymore, so he let go of her gently.

“Big brother!” Hua Chenglu said tenderly.

“This is your first time, so I’ll give you a light punishment.
I hope you learn your lesson.
If this happens again, it won’t be that simple anymore.” Li Qingshan smiled, but he was very serious.
He had never been some kind of abstaining gentleman.
As a matter of fact, it could be said that he accepted everything that fell into his lap.
There was nothing such as turning down food that was delivered right to his mouth.

However, Hua Chenglu had saved him in the past, and she had called him big brother for all these years.
Their relationship was something else, so he could not be so unbridled with her.

“I’m going to tell sister Han that you harassed me!” Hua Chenglu wiped her lips harshly and shot a vicious glance at him.
The Wisdom Imbuement and all these years of growth and experience seemed to vanish.
It was like she had gone back to being a girl in her teens.

“Hmm? You’re even bold enough to talk back? Alright.
Let’s go find her right now for a discussion and see just who is in the right.” Li Qingshan grabbed Hua Chenglu by the wrist and made his way out.

“No!” Hua Chenglu put up a frantic struggle and broke free easily.
She rubbed her wrist and fumed.
“Big brother, you’re shameless!”

Li Qingshan laughed aloud.

“Big brother Li, you still owe me something!” Hua Chenglu said.

“I almost would’ve forgotten about that if you hadn’t mentioned it.
You better think about it carefully while I’m at the South sea!”

Li Qingshan left, and Hua Chenglu returned to her seat.
She continued to think, except it was about something else that bugged her.

Around dusk, Li Qingshan and Xiao An set off on their journey to the Mist province.