Chapter 1170 - Leaving the Mountain

The boulder that Li Qingshan had hurled down struck the pine tree, but it did not directly hit him. The thick snow acc.u.mulated over the entire winter had softened his fall and saved his life. He just happened to land in a nook. At the same time, the supreme secret manual of the Abstruse temple, the Method of the Violet Clouds, preserved his life. He could be regarded as extremely fortunate.

However, he could sense the obscure will of the heavens from this. He thought,

The heavens be on my side! If I can kill this thug, Ill definitely be blessed by the heavens. Perhaps even shattering through s.p.a.ce wont be anything difficult! No, this is exactly what it is. I just have to announce this

f.u.c.king h.e.l.l, youre still alive?

A familiar curse suddenly echoed through the sky. Li Qingshans face appeared above the cavern, blocking out the clear blue sky. He was so furious that it seemed like he was the one who had been thrown off the mountain instead.

Y- you

He widened his eyes, but before he could even respond, he had been tugged out of the nook by the legs. The world spun around him before a cliff face filled his eyes.

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Splat! His head burst open, and blood splattered everywhere.

Splat! Splitch! Splotch! Splat!

A while later, Li Qingshan tossed the pair of legs aside in satisfaction. You really gotta make sure you see the corpse even when you think theyre dead. Cant afford to be careless at all. Lets see how you live now?

The cliff face and the snowy ground were rich with colours. The b.l.o.o.d.y mess obviously did not have the ability to answer him.

With how clear the will of the heavens is, its not exactly a bad thing. We just need to consider the worst-case scenario for everything, and thatll be sufficient. Its convenient for planning, Gu Yanyings voice rang out, but it originated from a large basket on Li Qingshans back.

Greatest in the world, how does it feel in there? Li Qingshan turned his head slightly and asked.

Its very nice. If you could walk a little more steadily, itll be even better.

Gu Yanying poked her head out with a smile, like a little monkey curled up on a big monkeys back. She had personally designed this basket. It was layered with thick furs, with four tough ropes criss-crossed across Li Qingshans chest, keeping the two of them firmly bound together.

The mountain path was precipitous, and there were many goods they had to transport with them. However, Li Qingshan was impatient, so she suggested they could make their way down the mountain first to take a look. Sure enough, they had found something.

I want to be more steady, but do you know how many traps there are beneath the snow?

Li Qingshan shot off, kicking up the snow beneath his feet. He had planted his bare feet deeply into the ground, where a wisp of power surged into the b.a.l.l.s of his feet with each step. He used this power to advance. He was swift like the wind, yet extremely firm and steady.

When they made it to the other side of the mountain, it was already dusk. Torches were lit, and everyone saw their return. They bowed.

My king! Society leader!

Li Qingshan said a few more words to raise everyones morale, which roused them with enthusiasm. He placed down the basket on his back and asked, Where are we heading?

Gu Yanying crawled out of the basket and stretched out her body. If the others heard you say this, they would probably be in an uproar right now. The mighty hero king actually doesnt even know where were going.

Hmph, its not like Im the society leader. Whatre you thinking about that for?

Li Qingshan sat down and picked up the fine alcohol prepared on the table. He took a sip before spitting it out, slurring his words. Theres poison in the alcohol.

A sharp-smelling wisp of smoke rose up from the ground, which only demonstrated the potency of the poison. He remained unfazed. Instead, he seemed more displeased about the fact that Gu Yanying did not let him become the society leader.

Fair enough. Gu Yanying smiled, which left Li Qingshan absolutely fuming.

Gu Yanying took out a sheepskin map and laid it out on the table.

Five hundred kilometers south of here is a place under the rule of the Ma clan, one of the four great aristocratic clans of the world. Theyve already ruled over the region for two centuries now. Their descendants control every single field and mine in the region. Its said that even every single leaf here bears their surname. Their leader, Ma Xingkong, is a ninth layer Qi Pract.i.tioner, with countless masters under his command. I was originally thinking of going to Pegasus city to negotiate with them. They have the largest number of literate people gathered there, so itll help with spreading your novels too.

Li Qingshan slammed the table. To h.e.l.l with your bureaucracy. This isnt Great Xia, and youre not the daughter of the Hawk G.o.d. Youre leaning towards capitulationism and surrender. Negotiation will not result in a final victory for the revolutionaries, nor will it help us in uniting our comrades.

You sure ramble on about a lot of strange things! But youre right. Im too accustomed to this. Once we try to play according to the rules of this world, well be riddled with openings and overwhelmed everywhere. We might as well strike first and catch them off-guard, so our first target should be here! Gu Yanying pointed at a spot on the map.

The mines.

And therell be a lot of miners. Im sure theyll take a liking to your ideas. Gu Yanyings eyes were bright, reflecting the firelight.

You finally understand what Im trying to say. Li Qingshan nodded. There are intrinsic differences between this world and ours.

The next morning, it began to snow gently again. Li Qingshan carried Gu Yanying on his back and led the group towards the south.

Their journey was filled with twists and turns. In those few days, they actually encountered two avalanches. If Li Qingshans senses for danger had not remained as sharp as before and Gu Yanying did not constantly examine the terrain and a.s.sume the worst, either one of the avalanches would have been enough to completely bury their recently-formed Worlds society.

Everyone had realised that they were currently strewn with disasters, so their morale completely bottomed out. Fortunately, Li Qingshan had described this as a journey against heaven right from the beginning, or the group would have fallen apart a long time ago. There was no one that did not fear the unknown. But even with that being the case, a few people fled in the night after the first avalanche. The two protectors hunted down and executed all of them, which managed to put a stop to this behaviour.

By the dusk of the fifth day, they had reached their destination. The mountains surrounded a huge pit five kilometers across, and the pit was filled with rows upon rows of buildings. It was clearly a small city.

Countless miners scurried in and out of the mines like ants, hollowing out the mountain through the use of various simple machinery. They collected coal in the same place and forged various kinds of weapons. Then they imprinted the weapons with the symbol of a flying horse and transported them away by the river, delivering them across the world.

Li Qingshan gazed at the fluttering flying horse banner in the mines and said to Gu Yanying, We need to make some banners too. He turned and ordered the protector of the right. Take down this place, but dont kill anyone. Well hold a public trial at night.

No one had any idea what a public trial was, but taking down a mine like this was as simple as it could get to a group of swordsmen. They basically did not encounter any proper resistance at all. In particular, the protectors of the left and the right basically took out all of their opponents in a single strike. After all, no matter how powerful and influential the Ma family was, they could not station a ninth layer master to watch the mines. Either one of the protectors was enough to destroy the Ma familys control here.

Have you noticed that the spiritual qi is clearly so thin, yet theyre no weaker than the Qi Pract.i.tioners of the nine province, not even in the slightest. Theyre even slightly stronger, said Li Qinghan.

Looks like this is also a difference between small and large worlds, just like the difference between being in earth and water. Its easier to produce ripples in water. But its still manageable. If they were just a little bit stronger, it would be troublesome, Gu Yanying said.

The intrinsic difference of this world compared to the nine provinces was the strength of individuals had not completely surpa.s.sed the strength of groups yet.

In the nine provinces, even if they combined all the mortals, it still would not be enough to even touch a hair on Li Qingshan, but a different possibility existed in this world.

Cmon, lets change the way we play!