Chapter 137: A light gift with heavy feelings

Gong Liang Bai got up, eyes widened, and pointed his finger at Li Qing Shan. At that moment, he was speechless. It seemed that he did not expect Qing Shan to be so honest and upfront regarding his confession.

Li Qing Shan calmly drank and said lightly, "You are all scholars and have read books written by the saints of the past, but you actually trained robbers who killed others simply to wrest away their goods. To actually need me to clean up after the mess your sect has made, you should take this time and go back to reflect!"

He also did not expect to encounter his enemies here. Come to think about it, this place was clearly not too far away from Qing Yang City. To be more specific, he had just come out of the mountain and had already bumped into Qian Rong Zheng. The news of the spiritual ginseng would surely bring in the experts in the nearby regions. This region clearly had a few hundred Qi Refining Warriors. To say it was a lot was inappropriate. For a few to be pulled out of the region to conduct their respective search was not surprising, let alone for them to end up in the Ancient Wind City area.

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But for such a thieving scholar, why did he have to react as such to his death? What was killed was killed. Nothing would change from that.

(Done Done note: This guy is from our world yet acts even more barbaric than them LOL)

The guests immediately began talking about him. “Turns out there was such an enmity between them!” “This wolf guard is simply too arrogant. To kill people and in the end make it sound like he was doing a favour for their sect by clearing their trash.” “Yeah, how gutsy must he be to dare to speak to a 3^rd Level Qi Refiner when he is only of the 2^nd level!" "Be quieter, don't get us embroiled in their mess."

Although they did not understand the origin of the matter, most of the crowd instinctively stood on the side of Han Feng College. Both scholar and legalist families are arguably one of the hundred strongest families, and they are part of the forces of the Great Xia Dynasty. But for most of the Qi Refiners, a scholar would indubitably look better to them as compared to one from the local authority.

Meanwhile, Qian Rong Zheng and Diao Fei, were in contrast more accustomed to this attitude of Li Qing Shan. As long as he believed himself on the side of reason, he would never back down. Even towards Zhao Liang Qing and Zhuo Zhi Bo he had already taken up such an attitude, let alone a mere scholar.

A gust of invisible True Qi broke out from his body and straightened out Gong Liang Bai’s robes while flipping over the thick table in front of him, creating quite a fair bit of a ruckus.

"My younger martial brother, was only one step away from breakthrough, and was supposed to soon be able to advance to the second stage of Qi Refining…, yet because of you…!"

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Li Qing Shan remained seated: "Then it’s great that I took action early. He was just a first-rate martial artist and yet dared to be such a bully. If he broke through, he would be an even bigger problem."

A white light flashed by. Gong Liang Bai pulled out his long sword from his waist and pointed it towards Li Qing Shan: “Other people are afraid of the harsh punishments of the Eagle Wolf Guard, however, our scholar sect disciples are not!”

“It’s not a matter of whether one has or does not have fear, but rather a matter of who is right and wrong. If I were wrong, I don’t mind kneeling down in apology. But you’re a scholar, you don’t follow the rules, only caring about your private feelings. Did all those books you read end up in a dog’s belly?"

"You simply wish to anger me to death!" Gong Liang Bai's was simply unable to refute him under these circumstances. When he stepped forward, his sword headed for Li Qing Shan’s head swiftly.

Diao Fei’s face had a change of colour as he held onto to his wind severing knife, and shifted his seating posture from a kneeling position to a half kneel position.

Li Qing Shan remained composed and unmoving. He lowered his head to taste his wine and indifferently said: "Do you dare to harm a single hair of mine? You would surely be able to witness as the entire world under the heavens gives up on sheltering you. Even your Han Feng Academy?"

The sword stopped at the top of Li Qing Shan's head, trembling slightly, but it was unable to cut down any further. The look on Gong Liang Bai's face changed. Looking at Li Qing Shan, he realised the youngster did not show any intimidating aura right from the start. There was a kind of spirit to him, through his actions, that warranted others to not lightly take him on.

Qian Thing Nian, the owner of the place, left things to develop as they were, and did not attempt to stop them. It was Qian Rong’s remark which caused him to want to let Li Qing Shan take a big loss in the hands of others. However, he did not expect that things would eventually turn out this way. It was necessary to re-examine Li Qing Shan. For this youth who can kill Qian Rong Ji seemed to really not be as easy to handle as the others in his generation.

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At this time, if he still did not come forward, it would simply make the atmosphere awkward: "You two are my guests. What are you doing? If you have any disputes, you should give this old man face."

Li Qing Shan put down his glass and raised his head: "Do you understand? If you understood then get lost. Don’t be such an eyesore in this place."

A swiping noise was made as a sword swung down and cut off a corner of the table. Gong Liang Bai looked around, only to feel that everyone was looking at himself, as if they were ridiculing him for not daring to even hurt Li Qing Shan's hair, and he proceeded to rush out of the hall.

Qian Ting Nian hurriedly sent out his people to follow him. With a roll of his eyes, he formulated a plan in his heart. He glanced at Li Qing Shan, “Boy, you shan’t remain cocky for much longer.”

The banquet resumed. The protagonist of the banquet was actually Qian Rong Zheng, the Missy who brought back honour for the Qian Family. As she laughed, the atmosphere was gradually warming up again, as if nothing had happened.

Many young Qi Refiners had their eyes glued to her and their hearts were greatly moved.

Qian Rong Zheng signalled to Li Qing Shan and Diao Fei when they were toasting each other, indicating that the plan was going smoothly. Then with a turn of her glance towards Qian Ting Nian, the meaning within those eyes seemed to change again.

Li Qing Shan only smiled and looked up to drink from the glass.

 With the moon on top, Li Qing Shan and Diao Fei, with their drunken spirits, returned to their residences.

Diao Fei said: "I thought I was cocky, but you are at least ten times that."

Li Qing Shan said: "That was not cockiness. It was merely telling the truth, what is wrong with telling the truth?"

Diao Fei said: "Yes, yes, the Eagle Wolf Guard is not something that they should step on." Thinking about the upcoming large sums of money, his heart seemed to become even a little more intoxicated.

Li Qing Shan said: "I have something to discuss with you."

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Diao Fei suddenly found that Li Qing Shan's eyes were brighter than the moonlight, and carried a touch of murderous aura, to the point where it seemed to even shine red.

It was supposedly a discussion, but after Li Qing Shan left his own words, he turned and returned to rest in his room. Diao Fei remained standing still.

This is not the same as the plan!

Someone was deconstructing the plan and someone was making new plans.

"I have already encouraged Gong Liang Bai to let him stay for a few days and will introduce you to him. Now that there are a lot of people, we will wait until after the banquet, and then we will simulate that they had a fight to the death.  As long as this goes well, you would have made great contributions to the Qian family." Qian Ting Nian said to Qian Rong.

Qian Rong said: "Rong Zheng is willing to go through flames and blades for the Qian Family."

    ......

In the dead of night, Little An fiddled with the several Qi condensation pills in Li Qing Shan's palm. Looking up, he seemed to say, “Is there only so much left?”

Li Qing Shan touched Little An’s head: "Yes, these are our savings! But rest assured, there will soon be a lot of it, a thousand or so at least!" Then he put another Qi condensation pill into the mouth and began to cultivate. He needed some time to stabilize his current cultivation.

The bright moon disappeared. Once again, it rose up and fell on the hill. The Qian manor was full of lanterns which made it seem like a blazing mountain fire.

Guests gathered and made their well wishes. From the inside of the hall, to the outside of the hall, many seats were placed. Also, from the top of the hill to the foot of the hill, the voices of people reverberated under the heavens.

The entire Ancient Wind City was in action!

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In the main hall of the Qian House, only a dozen tables were set up to receive the guests. The eldest grandson Qian Xing Wei took the gift list and went outside to welcome guests. He reported: “The Tian He faction. A pair of blood crystal stones."

"Han Feng College. Gong Liang Bai, sent ten pieces of Yu Xiang fruit."

Most of them were unfamiliar to Li Qing Shan. When he and Diao Fei stood in front of Qian Xing Wei, he thought over it for a while and took his last Qi condensation pill and placed it in his palm.

Qian Xing Wei was stunned. He only sent a condensate pill?

Li Qing Shan said: "Report it!"

"Eagle Wolf Guard, Li Qing Shan, Diao Fei, two lords, sent ... sent a Qi Condensation Pill."

The guests were amazed to see who was so stingy, and they saw Li Qing Shan eagerly awaiting while Diao Fei lowered his head. Others only thought that he was ashamed, but they could not detect the complicated look on his face and sweat on his forehead. They continued their discussion of the two softly afterwards.

 “Going a Thousand Miles to deliver a goose feather, the gift may be little but the intention behind it is heavy!” A gray-haired man in a gray-haired coat smiled as he came on over to check things out. His body gave off the aura of a 3^rd stage Qi Refiner.

Li Qing Shan said: "You must be one of the two elders of the Qian family, and whatever it is? Salutations!" The Qian family has only two 3^rd stage Qi Refiners, known as the Qian family dual elders. They were both godsons of Qian Ting Nian and were there to receive important guests.

The gray-shirted old man's eyes were drawn and he suppressed his anger: "I am addressed as such. May my lord please follow me!" Last night, the core personnel of Qian Ting Nian were called over in an emergency to discuss how to deal with Li Qing Shan. He had learned about Qian Ting Nian’s plan and knew that after this night, Li Qing Shan would be dead. Of course, it was not necessary for him to argue with the dead.

Li Qing Shan said: "I do not know where is the other elder?" Then he followed the old man’s line of sight to find the other elder before he lightly told Diao Fei: "My brother, are you still not willing to come on closer?"

The gray-clad elders felt a bit strange. Li Qing Shan could actually instruct a 3^rd stage Qi Refiner Eagle Wolf Guard, and why should he be close? But he didn't have time to think about it. Li Qing Shan took his hand and walked toward the seat as he enquired, "Is it there?"

Leaving Diao Fei standing in the flow of people, with a pair of slumping eyes with a slight sense of desperation to look around, just like a lost child. He looked at Li Qing Shan, and finally moved to the other old man.

The murmurs in his mouth were slightly loud, and a maid passed by him heard this Eagle Wolf Guard lord say: “Too damn cocky!”

Qian Rong Zheng stood beside Qian Ting Nian and felt something wrong. Suddenly as if seeming to realize something, his face suddenly changed color.

The old man in the grey-shirt took Li Qing Shan to his place and Li Qing Shan suddenly stopped and  looked at him with his pair of dark pupils. He said, “You guys wish to harm me, right?”

"You sure can crack a joke!" The gray-shirted old man smiled, but soon he couldn't smile. He felt Li Qing Shan's hand holding his wrist slowly becoming like a pair of iron pliers. He gradually tightened them and suddenly changed his face.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three bursts of sound, resounded through the hall, ringing through the Qian manor.

The air was raging and the crowds were dispersed in horror. When they saw only an open space, a dark man pointed at Diao Fei and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything and he let off a charred smell.

Qian Ting Nian scowled: "What did you do?!"

Diao Fei just took advantage of the opportunity while chatting to put three red fire talismans on the other Qian Family elder and he didn’t even look at it. He didn’t even see the furious Qian Ting Nian as he jumped over the crowd and stared at Li Qing Shan who was not very far away.

At first, Diao Fei had thought that even within ten steps of Li Qing Shan, even he would be in danger.

How far was the distance between the old man in the grey shirt and Li Qing Shan? Half a step?

At first, Li Qing Shan was only a 1^st stage Qi Refiner. Now, he was at his 2^nd stage.

In a midst of screams, Li Qing Shan grabbed the old man's neck with one hand and lifted it high. His face was filled with a murderous mad smile.

After a “Ka-Beng” noise, Li Qing Shan broke the old man's neck and threw it to Qian Ting Nian.

"Here are another 2 corpses as gifts. The gift may be insignificant but it’s the thought that counts. 

Please excuse me.”

Done Done note: Hi all, apologies for the late release this time. Celebrated my birthday last week and then had work after so I didn’t have the time to translate. Will be in Italy from tomorrow onwards for internship work but I will try my best to at least provide a chapter on Mondays then. If not, enjoy!

Done Done note 2.0: Becoming a scholar in China was a big thing back then. Last time, villagers would hold feasts and celebrations for multiple days if anyone succeeded in becoming a scholar as it meant that that person would take hold of an official job in the future and would have a solid iron rice bowl! Studying for the tests could be extremely rigorous as they tested a lot on history and political literature. Famous exams were known for being held over a few days with the examinees staying over at designated isolated areas throughout the duration. Doesn’t seem like much now perhaps what with all the exams in our own education system, but it was truly a matter of life or death for some villagers back then as they could possibly be investing their entire future on sending their child for these exams. Life is always tough no matter the period I guess?