109: Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west

“Not bad, excellent character.”

Li Qingshan nodded with satisfaction, watching Li Ping'an stand proudly.

Even when facing the Star God Temple, he showed no fear, his Dao Heart was firm, and with his Innate Sword Bone, he would surely achieve great things in time.

Unlike the others, who didn't dare to utter a sound even when people came to their doorstep to kill them, they were simply a disgrace.

Unworthy of being a descendant of his Li family.

Thinking this, Li Qingshan's aura locked onto Ji Ning, and he said coldly, “Is the Star God Temple bullying my Li family because we have no one?”

“It's just a dispute between juniors, Fellow Daoist is too concerned.”

At this moment, a blurry figure appeared in the sky, shrouded in divine light, seemingly far away yet close at hand.

It exuded a profound Dao charm that transcended the mundane.

“Jiang Yu…”

Li Qingshan gazed at the figure, his heart filled with complex emotions.

Jiang Yu's true body had not descended; it was merely a Saint's thought, yet it was enough to make him feel pressure.

He recalled that back then, Jiang Yu was just a small cultivator, while 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, but Jiang Yu had already caught up to him.

In fact, she was even stronger than him.

A single Saint's thought made him feel a sense of crisis.

If it weren't for his Dao achieving sainthood, allowing him to commune with heaven and man in a single thought, he would never have believed that Jiang Yu was so terrifying.

Though both were Saints, their strength was vastly different.

The most brilliant pearl of the starry sky truly lived up to her reputation.

With this thought, Li Qingshan steadied his mind: “These few ants killed my Li family members without cause. Let them pay with their lives, and then our grievances will be settled, how about that?”

The Star God Temple was very strong, true, but his Myriad Ancient Sword Sect was not to be trifled with either.

Indeed, the Myriad Ancient Sword Sect was also an ancient sect with a long heritage, with a Divine Fire Realm expert overseeing it.

And after he left the Li family, he joined the Myriad Ancient Sword Sect, and was now a Grand Elder of the Myriad Ancient Sword Sect.

Having killed so many of his Li family members, blood debts must be paid with blood.

“Fellow Daoist, are you trying to bully my Star God Temple because we have no one?” Jiang Yu's voice grew cold, using the same words.

“You mean, the hundreds of thousands of my Li family members died for nothing? Your Star God Temple should not go too far.”

Luo Li had almost annihilated the Li family. If she wasn't killed, how could the Li family maintain its standing?

Jiang Yu, millions of miles away, took out a Starry Astrolabe and calculated, then shook her head: “A sign of great misfortune, self-destruction.”

She was a little troubled.

This matter was incited by Luo Li, who burned, killed, and plundered, just like her master Zhi Meng, viewing all living beings as ants and resorting to any means to achieve her goals.

She didn't want to get involved.

However, since Gu Qing was involved, she had no choice but to intervene.

Because Li Ping'an and Gu Qing were naturally opposing, only one of them was destined to live.

Jiang Yu crossed millions of miles in a single step, arriving above the Li family's ancestral land.

Shrouded in divine light, with ten thousand Dao laws accompanying her, she was like a celestial maiden, transcendent in the world.

“Fellow Daoist, as long as your Li family swears to let go of this hatred, this matter will pass.”

In the cultivation world, it's the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest. All beings strive for transcendence, all desire eternal life.

There is no right or wrong.

As long as the Li family bowed their heads and swore, then she would let the Li family off this once.

“Hahaha!”

Before Li Qingshan could reply, Li Ping'an burst out laughing, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes, his laughter filled with sorrow.

“The world says that the Star God Temple is a supreme great sect, transcendent in the world, with experts like clouds, and the leader of the righteous path.”

“However, hearing about it is not as good as seeing it.”

“Luo Li has committed countless blood debts in my Li family, yet Senior asks my Li family to swear to abandon hatred. Is Senior trying to bully the weak and small by relying on her strength?”

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Qingshan's heart filled with joy, and he praised him.

“Good, unafraid of the strong. A swordsman should be like this, unyielding.”

He secretly resolved to take Li Ping'an back to the Myriad Ancient Sword Sect after this incident.

Although Li Ping'an's physique was crippled, his Innate Sword Bone was still there. With his full cultivation, his future would surely be boundless.

Gu Qing was speechless.

Is being unafraid of the strong a good thing?

Bullying honest people is fine, after all, gentlemen can be bullied in a proper way.

But when encountering ruthless individuals, one wouldn't even know how they died.

Gu Qing looked at Jiang Yu, wanting to know her decision.

At this moment, Jiang Yu looked at Li Ping'an.

Dressed in coarse linen and straw sandals, he stood proudly, his brows firm, his spirit unyielding, his eyes filled with bone-chilling hatred.

Jiang Yu frowned slightly.

This was a game between Saints, where a single word or action could determine the life and death of the Li family. What was a half-crippled ant doing joining in?

Both Gu Qing and Luo Li were at the King Realm, yet they had to stand aside obediently.

“This is another arrogant youth who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth.”

Jiang Yu recalled Jiang Yu; both were individuals of great destiny, yet they were too arrogant, not knowing what reverence was.

Seeing that Li Qingshan did not stop his actions, Jiang Yu asked indifferently, “So, what do you want?”

“Blood debts must be paid with blood!”

Li Ping'an looked directly at Jiang Yu, fearless of a Saint's might, his voice resonant and powerful.

He had figured it out; the Old Ancestor was also wary of Jiang Yu, so it seemed revenge would not be possible today.

But a blood feud, he had to avenge it.

“My Li family can swear, but I cannot.”

“Luo Li killed my mother and hundreds of thousands of my Li family members. Such a deep blood feud is irreconcilable, unending.”

“Senior, do you dare to make a wager with me?”

“You want to wager on a three-year agreement, and challenge Luo Li after three years?” Gu Qing asked with interest.

Li Ping'an's expression stiffened, and he turned to look at Gu Qing, saying with a grim face, “Of course not.”

How could three years be enough?

The gap between him and Luo Li was too great. Even if he had a Sword God's guidance and countless opportunities, it would still take at least thirty years.

“Then tell me, what kind of wager is it?” Gu Qing asked.

“Thirty years to the east, thirty years to the west; do not bully a young man for being poor.”

Li Ping'an said word by word, “I only need thirty years. By then, I will personally come to challenge Luo Li to a life-and-death battle.”

“I don't think that's necessary.” Gu Qing shook his head.

Li Ping'an's heart sank, and he sneered, “What, are the Heaven's Chosen of the Star God Temple afraid of an ant like me?”

“Not at all.”

“Thirty years is too long. I always get my revenge without delay,” Gu Qing said calmly, looking at him with a playful smile.

“An ant dares to provoke a Nine Heavens True Dragon. It wouldn't make sense not to kill him, Palace Master, what do you think?”

If Jiang Yu didn't act, then he could only find the old ancestor of the Star God Temple.

He would arrange for a powerful expert to come and destroy the Li family.

Jiang Yu took out her Starry Astrolabe and calculated, thinking, “You reap what you sow, there's no living through this.”

Putting away the astrolabe, Jiang Yu replied, “I think you're right.”

Hearing this, Gu Qing's heart rejoiced. With Jiang Yu's intervention, Li Qingshan was doomed.

Even if all the strong cultivators in the entire plane combined, they couldn't be a match for Jiang Yu, this ultimate hidden expert.

“Hmph!”

Li Qingshan snorted coldly and summoned his Natal Saint Weapon.

Judging from Jiang Yu's aura, she was stronger than him, true, but he, Li Qingshan, was by no means an undeserving reputation.

Whoosh!

Jiang Yu waved her hand, taking away the broken sword behind Li Ping'an, and then with a single finger, she exploded Li Qingshan's physical body and Saint Weapon.

“How is that possible…”

Li Qingshan's physical body reassembled.

Once one reached the Saint Realm, the divine soul transcended to sainthood. Even without a physical body, one would not die and could even cultivate.

But the physical body was the source that carried the laws, and no one would abandon their physical body.

Moreover, a Saint Realm expert could reassemble their physical body with a single thought, but the reassembled body was fundamentally not the original physical body.

Li Qingshan's Dao Law carrier was shattered, and his aura rapidly withered, becoming several shades weaker than before, with his realm subtly showing signs of falling.

Li Qingshan looked at Jiang Yu with a face full of disbelief.

If Jiang Yu hadn't used Saint Dao Law divine abilities, he would have almost thought that Jiang Yu was at the perfection of the Divine Fire Realm.

After all, ordinary Divine Fire Realm experts couldn't easily destroy a Saint Weapon like Jiang Yu did.

“Nothing is impossible.”

Jiang Yu didn't want to say more, and with another flick of her finger, she constrained the cosmic space-time, making it impossible for Li Qingshan to hide or escape.

She used Saint Realm power, yet the gap between her and Li Qingshan was like the difference between a vast ocean and a drop of water.

Laws like the sea, divine might like a prison.

Li Qingshan was like a lone boat, powerless and insignificant.

With a bang, his Saint Body was shattered again, reassembled, and shattered once more.

A Saint Realm divine soul, having transcended to sainthood, was difficult to obliterate.

There were even rumors that a Saint Realm expert could not kill another Saint Realm expert.

However, for Jiang Yu, none of this mattered. With a casual swipe, a blazing sun appeared in the sky, shining solely upon Li Qingshan's divine soul.