Chapter 605 - 279: Li Changqing’s Return! (Part 2)

Li Jingsong was humiliated by all the people in the world like this?

"Hahahahahaha!"

Li Jingsong laughed heartily, took another swig of wine, and couldn't help but say, "Thinking about it, it would've been better to have died on Void Dragon Island back then! Monarch Yuehan, I once thought you were a prodigy like me, the youngest two Painting Saints, we had an agreement to see who could breach the Painting Immortal Realm first. But today, I realize—it was I, Li Jingsong, who overestimated you. Compared to me, Li Jingsong, you are not worthy!"

"Li Jingsong!"

Monarch Yuehan was somewhat infuriated as well, but with the whole world watching, he did not fly into a rage. He simply said calmly, "You've had too much to drink!"

"I have had too much, yet I'm clearer now than ever."

Li Jingsong raised the wine jar again and took another swig: "This wine truly clears the mind the more you drink!"

"Li Jingsong, haven't you caused enough trouble?" Yue Qingwu said angrily.

"Heh, perhaps it's enough." Li Jingsong put down the wine jar by his mouth and looked up at the sky: "For so many years, I've had enough of this life, maybe it's time to try living differently."

At this moment, everyone in Celestial Sea City was silent, all quietly watching this scene unfold. But today's incident was bound to cause a sensation in the entire Cangyuan Realm, as most people came just to watch the commotion.

Guang Ancestor watched with a smile; such excitement was rare.

But some were worried that Li Jingsong would find it difficult to leave Celestial Sea City today.

Would the Yue family let him go?

Would Monarch Yuehan let him go?

"Li Jingsong."

At that moment, Monarch Yuehan stood up and said, "If you came to have a drink at the wedding today, then my Celestial Sea City welcomes you. Later, I can personally offer you a toast. After all, we were brothers back in the day, and if there's anything you need help with, I can lend a hand."

"If today you came to create trouble, then sorry, I'll have to ask you to leave. Celestial Sea City does not welcome you today."

"Wedding wine?"

Li Jingsong staggered and waved his hand: "I can't afford your Yue family's wedding wine, and I don't want to drink it either. I'm afraid if I drank, I'd feel nauseous and throw up."

"Then please leave."

Monarch Yuehan said coldly: "From now on, the brotherly bond between us is severed. You walk your bright path; I'll cross my single-log bridge, no further connections."

"Hahahaha!"

"Even better."

With that, Li Jingsong turned and left.

He no longer wanted to stay in this place, having seen through everything. At this moment, he felt a weight lifted from his heart.

The heavy stone that pressed on him for over a decade was finally released.

Yet, just as Li Jingsong was about to leave, a figure appeared in his path.

Clad in red, the person looked at Li Jingsong with calm eyes: "Li Jingsong, the Realm Master lets you go, but I do not agree to let you go."

The person was Lin Qingyi.

"Today is my wedding banquet; you make a scene and then want to leave gracefully. How will the world see me, Lin Qingyi?"

Lin Qingyi said coldly.

"Oh?"

Li Jingsong, not in the least surprised, merely glanced back at Monarch Yuehan.

Monarch Yuehan had also sat down and said blandly: "I agreed to let you go, but if Qingyi doesn't want you to leave, then I can't help it. After all, it's Qingyi's wedding today, and he feels he lost face because you made a scene. It's understandable."

"Oh."

Li Jingsong shook his head and looked at Lin Qingyi, then suddenly laughed: "Lin Qingyi, do you still care about how the world sees you? You're nothing but an ungrateful dog who can't be fed enough. You don't have to worry about how others see you because that's exactly how everyone already sees you. It has nothing to do with whether you wreck your wedding or not."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingyi's face darkened.

"You're courting death." Lin Qingyi said coldly.

"What's the big deal about death?" Li Jingsong raised his head and gulped down two more drinks, not caring in the slightest.

"My heart is already dead; would I care about this body?"

"Li Jingsong, if you're a man, let's fight a life-and-death battle, regardless of life and death." Lin Qingyi directly challenged Li Jingsong to a life-and-death duel.

"Do you dare, coward?"

Lin Qingyi also sneered.

Below, everyone had long understood.

Monarch Yuehan didn't really want Li Jingsong to leave Celestial Sea City alive, but Monarch Yuehan couldn't do it himself, so he let Lin Qingyi find an excuse to keep Li Jingsong.

Meanwhile, in Cloud Wasteland,

After days of continuous effort, that One Soul of Li Changqing successfully entered Gu Hanxi's body.

Li Hengsheng was also exhausted.

And when that One Soul entered Gu Hanxi's body, Gu Hanxi's eyes suddenly opened.

"Father?"

Li Hengsheng and Xue Qianbai looked at the person who had come back to life.

Li Changqing sat up from the coffin, looked around, and moved his body.

"Seems like no big problems."

Li Changqing climbed out of the coffin, quite satisfied with this body.

"Thank you, Qianbai." Li Changqing expressed his gratitude to Xue Qianbai.

"No need for that between us."

Xue Qianbai shook his head.

"You've worked hard, Hengsheng." Li Changqing patted Li Hengsheng's head.

"Uh." Li Hengsheng looked at this person in front of him; although he knew it was his father, it still felt a bit uncomfortable to see him.

"What are your plans next?"

Xue Qianbai sized up Li Changqing, whose body at that moment was only supported by One Soul, completely lacking any cultivation, appearing entirely like an ordinary person.

"To do what I must do."

Li Changqing said calmly and took the Treasure Lotus Lamp from Li Hengsheng's hands.

"Buzz!"

The Treasure Lotus Lamp bloomed in Li Changqing's hands, filled with green light.

"Huh?"

Li Hengsheng was a bit surprised. Li Changqing was just an ordinary person without the slightest cultivation, yet he managed to activate the Treasure Lotus Lamp?

Why?

"Because the owner of this Treasure Lotus Lamp is Li Changqing, so even though your father has no cultivation now, he can still activate the Treasure Lotus Lamp." Xue Qianbai explained to Li Hengsheng, but his eyes still lingered on the Treasure Lotus Lamp, wondering what other roles this Treasure Lotus Lamp might have?

But leaving aside other roles for the moment, just being able to nurture One Soul of Li Changqing within it and evade all sorts of detection, this Treasure Lotus Lamp could definitely be considered a supreme artifact.

Xue Qianbai was genuinely impressed by Li Changqing, who could create such an artifact.

What Xue Qianbai didn't know was that the material of this Treasure Lotus Lamp was the core of Longevity Wood. Without such a precious material, Li Changqing could never have created such an incredible Painting Treasure.

As the glow of the Treasure Lotus Lamp grew stronger, at that moment, Li Changqing closed his eyes!

The glow enveloped Li Changqing's body.

In an instant, Li Changqing became ethereal, and a vast and boundless aura emanated from him.

Xue Qianbai could see Li Changqing clearly, yet felt as if he were miles away.

What was going on?

Li Hengsheng had the same sensation. At that moment, on Li Changqing's body, he could only perceive an indescribable aura,

as if they had become worlds apart, immortal and mortal.

When the glow of the Treasure Lotus Lamp faded, Li Changqing slowly opened his eyes.

In an instant, it was as if the whole world had dimmed.

Even Xue Qianbai, with his strength, felt an immense sense of dread when he looked into Li Changqing's eyes at that moment!

Those eyes seemed to contain thousands of universes.

"Father, you..."

Li Hengsheng was too shocked to speak.

"So this is the realm of Great Freedom," Li Changqing murmured.

At this moment, using the power of the Treasure Lotus Lamp, Li Changqing activated Gu Hanxi's former supreme cultivation, and his Divine Soul crossed into Great Freedom.

At this time, Li Changqing, whose spirit was far-reaching, viewed all things in heaven and earth as mere specks in the ocean.

"Did you enter Great Freedom?"

Xue Qianbai was very surprised.

But Li Changqing shook his head, raising the Treasure Lotus Lamp in his hand, the lamp flickering with a faint light.

"Only a quarter of an hour."

"But it's enough."