Chapter 109 Thirty Years East of the River, Thirty Years West
"Not bad, an excellent mindset."
Looking at Li Ping'an, who stood tall and proud, Li Qingshan nodded in satisfaction.
Even when facing the Star Temple, he showed no fear. His Dao heart was firm, and with his innate sword bone, given time, he would surely achieve greatness.
Unlike the others, who didn't even dare to let out a fart when someone came to kill them. It was simply disgraceful.
They were unworthy of being his Li Family's descendants.
With this thought, Li Qingshan locked his energy onto Ji Ning and said coldly, "Is the Star Temple bullying my Li Family for having no one?"
"It's merely a struggle between juniors. You are too attached, Daoist friend."
At this moment, a hazy figure appeared in the sky, surrounded by a faint divine light, seemingly both far away and right before them.
It exuded a profound Dao rhythm of transcendence.
"Jiang Yu..."
Li Qingshan gazed at the figure, his feelings complex.
Jiang Yu's true body had not descended; only a Saint's will had come, but it was enough to make him feel pressure.
Recalling the past, Jiang Yu was still a minor cultivator when he was already at the peak of the Saint Realm.
Thousands of years had passed, and he was still at the peak of the Saint Realm, while Jiang Yu had caught up to him.
Even stronger than him.
A single Saint's will made him feel a sense of crisis.
If not for his Dao method having entered sainthood, allowing him to sense the communion between heaven and man in a single thought, he would have never believed that Jiang Yu could be so terrifying.
Though both were Saints, their strength was worlds apart.
The most brilliant pearl in the starry sky truly lived up to its name.
With this in mind, Li Qingshan steadied his heart and said, "These ants killed my Li Family's clansmen without reason. Let them pay with their lives. If so, the grievances will be wiped clean. How about that?"
The Star Temple was indeed powerful, but his Myriad Ancient Sword Sect was no pushover.
That's right, the Myriad Ancient Sword Sect was also an ancient sect with a long heritage, with a Divine Fire Realm presiding over it.
After he left the Li Family, he joined the Myriad Ancient Sword Sect and was now its Grand Elder.
So many of his Li Family's clansmen had been killed; they must be paid for with blood.
"Are you bullying my Star Temple for having no one, Daoist friend?" Jiang Yu's voice turned cold, using the same words.
"Do you mean that the hundreds of thousands of my Li Family's clansmen died for nothing? Don't go too far, Star Temple."
Luo Li had almost exterminated the Li Family. If he didn't kill her, how could he maintain his standing?
Far, far away, Jiang Yu took out a Starry Sky Compass, performed a calculation, and shook her head. "A great omen of misfortune, courting their own destruction."
She was somewhat conflicted.
This matter was instigated by Luo Li. Burning, killing, and plundering, just like her master, Zhi Meng, she saw all living beings as ants and would do anything to achieve her goals.
She didn't want to get involved.
But since it involved Gu Qing, she had no choice but to intervene.
Because Li Ping'an and Gu Qing were natural opposites, destined for only one to live.
Jiang Yu crossed billions of miles in a single step, arriving in the sky above the Li Family's land.
She was enveloped in a hazy divine light, followed by ten thousand Daos of laws, like a celestial maiden, transcendent of the world.
"Daoist friend, as long as your Li Family swears to let go of their hatred, this matter will be over."
In the world of cultivation, the weak are prey to the strong, and natural selection occurs. All living beings are struggling for transcendence, all wishing for long life.
There is no right or wrong.
As long as the Li Family bowed their heads and swore, she would let them go this time.
"Hahaha!"
Before Li Qingshan could answer, Li Ping'an laughed out loud, though there was no trace of a smile in his eyes, only sorrow.
"It is said by all that the Star Temple is a supreme great teaching, transcendent of the world, with experts as numerous as clouds, and the leader of the righteous path."
"However, seeing it in person is not as good as hearing its name."
"Luo Li has committed heinous blood debts in my Li Family, yet you, senior, ask my entire Li Family to swear to abandon our hatred. Senior, are you trying to use your strength to bully the weak and the big to bully the small?"
At these words, Li Qingshan felt joy and praised him.
"Not bad, not fearing the strong. A swordsman should be like this, preferring to break rather than bend."
He secretly decided that he would take Li Ping'an back to the Myriad Ancient Sword Sect after this.
Although Li Ping'an's physical body was already ruined, his innate sword bone was still there. With his full support in cultivating him, his future would surely be limitless.
Gu Qing was speechless.
Was not fearing the strong a good thing?
Bullying an honest person was one thing, after all, a gentleman could be outwitted.
But when encountering a ruthless and merciless person, you wouldn't even know how you died.
Gu Qing's gaze turned to Jiang Yu, wanting to know what her decision would be.
At this moment, Jiang Yu looked at Li Ping'an.
Dressed in hemp clothes and straw shoes, he stood tall and proud, his expression firm, his unyielding spirit clear, and his eyes filled with a bone-chilling hatred.
Jiang Yu frowned slightly.
The game between them, the Saints, could determine the life and death of the Li Family with a single word or action. What was a half-crippled ant like him doing getting involved in this?
Both Gu Qing and Luo Li were in the King Realm, and they had to stand obediently to the side.
"This is another arrogant young man who knows nothing of the heavens and the earth."
Jiang Yu thought of Jiang Yu. Both were people of great fortune, but they were simply too arrogant, not knowing what reverence was.
Seeing that Li Qingshan did not stop him, Jiang Yu asked coldly, "So, what do you want?"
"Blood debts must be paid with blood!"
Li Ping'an looked directly at Jiang Yu, not fearing the Saint's majesty in the slightest, his voice strong and clear.
"My Li Family can swear, but I cannot."
"Luo Li caused my mother's death and killed hundreds of thousands of my Li Family's clansmen. Such a sea of blood feud is irreconcilable, a fight to the death without end."
"Senior, do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"Do you want to bet on a three-year agreement, to challenge Luo Li at her door in three years?" Gu Qing asked with interest.
Li Ping'an's expression froze. He turned his head to look at Gu Qing, his face ugly as he said, "Of course not."
How could three years be enough?
The gap between him and Luo Li was too great. Even with the Sword God's guidance and countless opportunities, he would need at least thirty years.
"Then tell me, what is this bet?" Gu Qing asked.
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west; do not bully a young man for being poor."
Li Ping'an said, word by word, "I only need thirty years. At that time, I will personally come to your door and fight Luo Li to the death."
"I don't think that's necessary." Gu Qing shook his head.
Li Ping'an's heart sank, and he said with a cold sneer, "What, is the prodigy of the Star Temple afraid of an ant like me?"
"Not at all."
"Thirty years is too long. I never let my revenge wait until the next day." Gu Qing's expression was calm as he looked at him with a playful smile.
"An ant dares to provoke a true dragon of the Nine Heavens. It's unreasonable not to kill him. Palace Master, what do you think?"
If Jiang Yu didn't make a move, then he could only seek out the old ancestors of the Star Temple.
He would have them arrange for a strong cultivator to come and exterminate the Li Family.
Jiang Yu took out her Starry Sky Compass, performed a calculation, and thought to herself, "He brings his own destruction upon himself; he cannot live."
Putting away the compass, Jiang Yu replied, "I think you are right."
Hearing this, Gu Qing was overjoyed. With Jiang Yu making a move, Li Qingshan was as good as dead.
Even if all the powerful beings in this plane were to join forces, they would be no match for Jiang Yu, this ultimate powerhouse.
"Hmph!"
Li Qingshan let out a cold snort and summoned his life-bound Saint Artifact.
Judging from Jiang Yu's aura, she was indeed stronger than him, but he, Li Qingshan, was not famous for nothing.
Whoosh!
With a wave of her hand, Jiang Yu took the broken sword from behind Li Ping'an and, with a single finger, exploded Li Qingshan's physical body and his Saint Artifact.
"How is this possible..."
Li Qingshan's physical body reformed.
At the Saint Realm, the divine soul becomes transcendent and holy. Even without a physical body, one does not die, and can even continue to cultivate.
But the physical body is the vessel that carries the laws, and no one would willingly abandon it.
Moreover, a Saint can reform their physical body with a single thought, but the reformed body is not the same as the original.
One could see that Li Qingshan's vessel for his Dao laws was destroyed, his aura rapidly dwindling, becoming several times weaker than before, with his realm showing signs of declining.
Li Qingshan looked at Jiang Yu with an expression of utter disbelief.
If it weren't for the fact that Jiang Yu used a Saintly Dao Law divine ability, he would have almost thought that Jiang Yu was at the perfection of the Divine Fire Realm.
After all, an ordinary Divine Fire Realm cultivator could not so easily destroy a Saint Artifact as Jiang Yu had.
"Nothing is impossible."
Jiang Yu did not wish to say more and pointed another finger. This time, she constricted the space and time of the universe, making it impossible for Li Qingshan to dodge or escape.
She was using the power of the Saint Realm, but the gap between her and Li Qingshan was like the difference between a vast ocean and a single drop of water.
The laws were like a sea, her divine might like a prison.
Li Qingshan was like a lone boat, powerless and minuscule.
With a boom, his Saint body was destroyed again, only to reform and be destroyed once more.
The divine soul of a Saint is transcendent and holy, making it very difficult to be extinguished.
There are even rumors that a Saint cannot kill another Saint.
But this was of no use to Jiang Yu. With a casual wave of her hand, a scorching sun appeared in the sky, shining down exclusively on Li Qingshan's divine soul.
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