What bad intentions could my Daoist partner possibly have?

Chapter 6: Do you want to train your body with me?
"You are not from Yunlan Valley."

The snake demon, with a human head and snake body, standing ten meters tall, looked down at Li Qing'an from its high position. After a hint of fear flashed in its eyes, it spoke in human language.

"Since you are just passing through, leave now and Banzhushan will forgive and forget about it... Every profession has its rules, and the affairs of southern Yanzhou are not for outsiders to meddle in."

As it spoke, it slammed its massive tail down, cracking the earth and leaving the ground lifeless.

It really doesn't want to be enemies with this mysterious person unless absolutely necessary.

Because this person is really too strange.

It was clearly a person, but it had a sinister aura that sent chills down the spine of the creature.

It's as if, before I was fully enlightened, I suddenly felt a chill run down my spine when I looked in a certain direction.

Later it realized that it was because it had encountered a ghost.

The tiny human in front of it gave it the same feeling, yet it could also tell that the other person was indeed a human.

This feeling made it very irritable, because it dared not make any rash moves.

"What if I had killed those stinky snakes?"

"It's you!?"

The snake demon's eyes flashed with malice, while Li Qing'an gripped the hilt of his sword, responding with his actions.

He suddenly lunged forward, the cold light flashing across the bluish-green blade of his sword. With a burst of strength, he slashed horizontally, and the head of the foremost snake demon flew off.

puff-

Blood splattered.

Li Qing'an's process from drawing his sword to severing a snake's head was as fast as lightning, but the other snake demons reacted quite quickly. Amidst muffled hissing, venomous liquid rained down on him.

The leading snake demon watched this scene coldly. It didn't even have any sword intent, which meant that it was in the same fourth realm as him and was not a threat.

Since the other party doesn't give Banzhushan any face, there's no need for me to keep trying.

As soon as it finished speaking, it opened its mouth and spat out its forked tongue, which was covered in viscous venom, and it slammed down like a giant hammer.

Meanwhile, the other snake demons circled around Li Qing'an, trying to compress his activity range into the leader's attack range.

Faced with the venomous attack and the swarm of snakes, Li Qing'an's body flickered with spiritual energy as he dodged and flipped, avoiding all attacks while seizing every opportunity to shave off the heads of several snake demons.

The sight of this made the leading giant python's eyes widen in horror; the ones it had killed... were all its own children!
With so many deaths, can I still keep my position as the deputy mountain master of Banzhu Mountain?
"You little brat, you deserve to die—"

It roared and opened its blood-red maw to bite directly at Li Qing'an, but Li Qing'an casually picked up a snake demon and threw it away.

The giant python quickly closed its mouth and hurled the snake demon away with a flick of its head.

"Are you scared?" Li Qingan swung his longsword and looked at the giant python with a mocking expression.

"You're only at the fourth realm, you're courting death!"

With a roar, the giant python caused the other snake demons to spew out even more concentrated venom.

This time, Li Qingan used his movement technique.

The moment he used the technique, the giant python's eyes suddenly changed, and its tone became filled with terror: "Heavenly Gang Sword Steps, you are the Dao..."

Upon hearing this, Li Qing'an held nothing back. His sword intent, at the fifth level of the Soaring Sky Realm, surged forth, and in an instant, he appeared above the giant python, gripping his sword with both hands and thrusting it straight down.

puff-

The sword blade, imbued with sword intent, pierced through the giant python's skull, body, and tail from top to bottom.

Amidst the crunching sound of shattered bones, crimson blood, like rain of blood, enveloped the air, forming a surging blood mist.

At the entrance of Huaishan Town, most people stared blankly at this scene.

Such a bloody scene has only been seen by a very small number of elders. At this moment, seeing this chilling scene, most people couldn't help but lower their heads and vomit.

Although Liu Ji felt uncomfortable, he still stared intently at the scene.

Having moved Huaishan Town several times, this was the first time he had witnessed such a thrilling scene.

The venerable one, with a sword, slaughtered the swarm of snakes, leaving the ground covered with horrifying, blood-stained snake heads. Only he stood upright in the blood mist.

Limbs lay scattered before him, but Huai Shan Town remained unscathed behind him.

"Damn it, he's way more reliable than the Venerable One from Yunlan Valley..."

"Father, watch your words," Liu Yu said, vomiting as she looked up to warn him, before finally vomiting all over her father. Liu Ji's lips twitched, and he shut his mouth.

He simply watched as Li Qing'an emerged from the blood mist and sheathed his sword.

The giant python, now split in two, crashed to the ground.

"So that's why you didn't go all out from the start, it was all just a ruse."

This time, Huang Qingwu's voice seemed to resonate directly within his body, causing Li Qingan to stiffen slightly.

"When did you get into my heart?!"

Li Qing'an stared speechlessly at Huang Qingwu, who was lying lazily on her side on his Spirit Sea Sword Heart.

"Nonsense! You've been using a sword, it's covered in blood and filth, wouldn't I run into the heart of your sword?"

"Good, good, you know how to have fun."

"Keep your opinions to yourself, or next time I'll just crawl into your mind."

"you!"

Li Qingan took two deep breaths, and then a playful smile appeared on his lips: "That's right, I deliberately hid my strength so that the witnesses here would know that I am in the fourth realm."

"Instead of passively hiding and waiting for them to come to us, we might as well take the initiative and test the waters." He continued speaking to Huang Qingwu, still standing beside the silver-scaled steed, "I'm now certain that I'm from the Dao Sect, so once word gets out about this, the Dao Sect will definitely send someone over..."

"Fourth realm, masked, sword cultivator—that'll give them enough time to investigate, and it'll also allow me to judge whether they intend to harm me based on their behavior. Pretty good, right?"

"Be careful not to play with fire and get burned." Huang Qingwu's voice gradually returned from the sword's core to 'Qingwu'.

"Hehe, isn't it because I have you backing me up?" Li Qingan chuckled. "You've been following me all this time, and you still think you can shirk your responsibility? Dream on!"

"Heh...you've really got a good plan."

Li Qing'an remained silent, only offering a cold laugh.

Seeing Huang Qingwu suffer a setback, Li Qing'an felt incredibly pleased, even more so than when he had killed those snake demons.

"Speaking of which, hiding one's identity is indeed not an easy task. As soon as you make a move, others can tell which sect or faction you belong to."

Li Qingan sighed, but Huang Qingwu, too lazy to pay attention to this smug brat, asked instead, "How are you going to handle Huaishan Town?"

"Can't you read minds?" Li Qing'an asked in surprise, "What's wrong? The connection between the sword and my mind has been severed, from the sword to the sword's heart, and then from the sword's heart back to the sword?"

"It's just for now."

"Good thing."

Li Qingan was even happier, so he continued, "Watch closely."

As he spoke, he waved to Liu Ji, who came over to thank him, then leaped up, drew his sword again, and carved two large characters on the stone plaque inscribed with the three characters "Huaishan Town": Daozong.

"In this way, Yunlan Valley will not dare to easily blame Huaishan Town."

Li Qingan continued to Huang Qingwu: "Luo Qi said that the Dao Sect has changed its strategy. Now that someone from the Dao Sect has come here, won't the various sects and factions in Yanzhou be uneasy, worried that the Dao Sect will directly attack?"

"In this way, the Dao Sect's investigation will be restricted, giving us more time."

"Aren't you afraid that Yunlan Valley will see these two words and immediately attack Huaishan Town to vent their anger?" Huang Qingwu's voice carried a hint of amusement.

"But they also wonder what if the Dao Sect wins in the end, right?"

The moment he finished speaking, Li Qingan felt something touch his head, which made him shiver.

"Hey, why are you touching my head?"

"This is a picture of you, so hold it in!"

"Heh... Instead of thinking about this, you should think about how to conceal your yin energy, otherwise it will be too easy to expose yourself."

"That's true, so..."

Huang Qingwu's voice rang out softly: "Would you like to learn body refinement from me and refine this Yin energy?"

Li Qingan was taken aback, but then turned around and took two quick steps: "We'll talk about this later."

He looked at Luo Qi who had arrived, quickly stepped forward and spoke first, lest the other party call him "Young Master Li" first.

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(End of this chapter)