Chapter 687: Mysterious Girl

"He wants my consultation?" Li Qiye chuckled and said: "A bit interesting, a grand disciple of the treefather wants to ask me questions. Interesting…"

It was needless to talk about the treefather's status, but as the grand disciple and the current sect master of the Allpine Mountain, the Maple King's status in this world was not less than the sect master of an imperial lineage. But now, such a grand character wanted to consult a no-name junior — this was indeed worth pondering.

"Maybe, news of the Divine Guardian's actions had reached the Allpine Treefather." Madam Zi Yan said: "Our Divine Guardian and the treefather are referred to as the two Demon Forefathers of the Stone Medicine World, and our guardian had not taken any action for millions of years. But now, it suddenly acted. Perhaps the Allpine Mountain is curious about this."

Li Qiye smiled since he knew more things that the madam couldn't have speculated.

"Will Young Master meet the Maple King?" The madam asked while rubbing Li Qiye's temples.

The Maple King had a great reputation in the Stone Medicine World. Others wouldn't be able to meet someone with such a high status, but now, it was the complete opposite.

However, the madam felt that this was how it should be. She understood that not just anyone could earn her Young Master's approval.

"We'll meet him then." Li Qiye smiled and lightly said: "Tomorrow, send a message to the Allpine people and tell the Maple King to come to my place."

The madam acknowledged the command without saying anything else.

On the second day, she sent out the message and told the Maple King to come meet Li Qiye. Meanwhile, Li Qiye was still staying in the valley as if he had nothing else to do besides happily sunbathing.

"Hey, do you have a secret place for me to hide?" While Li Qiye was still leisurely bathing in the sun, a pleasant voice suddenly appeared next to him.

At this time, he slowly opened his eyes to look at the direction of the sound. A girl could be found standing next to him.

She wore a light-coloured dress. Although it was simple to the point of being plain and was without a single accessory, it still couldn't hide her dazzling appearance.

She was like a jewel whose brilliance even the night’s darkness couldn’t conceal.

It could be said that the girl ahead was kingdom-topplingly beautiful. Whether it was her features or her figure, all were without complaints.

Her figure was outstanding despite her loose clothing. One could still see her towering peaks rising and falling, full and firm. Her breasts could only be described as perfect. Such a pair of rich breasts could still show off its perfect outlines despite the loose clothing. Her narrow waist could easily be embraced with one's arm — round and slender. Her pretty thighs in combination with her tall and thin figure could only be considered unparalleled.

Li Qiye had many women around him, but regarding such an alluring figure, only Chen Baojiao would be a match.

However, the girl ahead was different from Chen Baojiao's sexy demeanor. Her features and temperament were completely different.

She had beautiful, golden hair to match her proud and unrivaled figure. It gave off a very exotic appearance, creating an irresistible temptation.

However, these were not her most attractive points. The most seductive aspect about the girl before him was her eyes. They were as bright as stars and as clear as a spring.

Her face was peerless and had an oval contour that exuded a unique nobility. With just a glance, people would know that she came from a high standing family. Moreover, there was an indescribable aura, gentle yet strong, mixed together. This aura was completely unique and full of flavor.

"Do you have a place to hide?" The girl hastily asked Li Qiye once more while revealing a very anxious look.

Li Qiye sat up and smiled. He casually prepared a chess board on the table in front of him and said: "Come, play a match with me." 1

The anxious woman was taken aback, but she was very clever and immediately sat down on the opposite side of Li Qiye. At this time, Li Qiye gently waved his sleeve and the girl's appearance immediately changed. Although she was still a girl, her clothes and appearance were completely transformed.

This girl was also quite unfathomable. After sitting down, she was initially very nervous. However, in an instant, she immediately composed herself and began to make moves with her pieces.

Li Qiye couldn't help but chuckle at the calm girl in front of him and leisurely played against her.

As their match went on, a commotion rang outside and a group of people quickly rushed in. All of them had soaring blood energies and were very powerful.

They were led by a middle-aged man that appeared to be very ordinary, but he had a frightening aura as if there was a dragon hidden inside his body. Even if this man wanted to hide his aura, it would still be akin to high tides slamming into a beach; one could easily imagine how powerful he must be.

They rushed over and looked around as if they wanted to see through the entire valley. Eventually, their eyes fell upon Li Qiye and the girl. However, it was just a passing glance, they didn't pay too much attention to them.

At this time, the madam returned and saw quite a few people in the valley, thus she inquired: "What's happening?"

At this time, Li Qiye finally lifted his head and commanded: "Zi Yan, we have some guests so go greet them. Wait until I am finished with this match."

Meanwhile, the middle-aged man took a look around and found nothing suspicious, so he cupped his hands towards the madam and said: "Royal Lord Zi Yan, please excuse us. Goodbye."

With that, he didn't wait for a response and quickly led his group away. It was clear that this man was in a hurry; he didn't linger at all.

The madam stared at the departing group with some surprise. She went closer to Li Qiye while looking at the chess match between him and the girl and had to ask: "Young Master, what actually happened?"

At this time, Li Qiye smiled while looking at the girl ahead: "It is nothing, someone only wanted to hide at our place for a bit."

At this time, the girl laughed and excitedly exclaimed: "Haha, you lost!" After a series of moves, she immediately pushed Li Qiye's pieces to checkmate and obtained victory.

Li Qiye glanced at the match and smiled to say: "Amazing, truly amazing. To be able to see everything with just one move, interesting… interesting."

The girl did not gloat too much, she only smiled while standing up. The moment she got up, her face and clothing returned to normal. She was already supremely peerless, so the moment she smiled, her country-toppling smile was able to seduce all living beings.

Although Madam Zi Yan was also considered a great beauty, she couldn't help but sigh before the supreme beauty ahead of her. She was indeed far from being comparable.

At this time, the supreme beauty looked at Li Qiye and asked: "How did you know that this little trick would fool them?"

Li Qiye smiled lightly and leisurely explained: "You are smart, so you should know the techniques to deal with smart people."

Her pretty eyes narrowed as she responded: "I see, how could he think that I would be so bold as to leisurely play chess without a care for him? Under such circumstances, I should have either ran away or went to find a special place to hide."

Li Qiye let out a faint smile as he praised: "Very smart, a smart girl is indeed very likable."

"Thanks." The supreme beauty revealed a truly charming smile as she said: "You helped me this time, so I'll get you back later."

Li Qiye looked at the beauty and calmly said: "Later? That's too far away, it is fine if you pay me back now. I'm not the type who asks for a lot, so I won't mind if you pay me back with your body. I'll just get the short end of the stick this time."

The madam was speechless the moment she heard Li Qiye's words. However, she had to admit that this type of teasing from Li Qiye didn't sound dirty at all. His leisurely and calm bearing made it sound very natural.

Meanwhile, the peerless beauty couldn't help but glare at Li Qiye, snappily saying: "I actually thought you were a good person just now. Who would have thought?!"

"You are right about that." Li Qiye leisurely smiled and replied: "I have always been a bad person, a notorious brute who likes smart beauties the most. Of course, if you are willing to stay by my side, I would be very happy to take you in."

"Shameless scoundrel!" The angry beauty uttered while glaring at Li Qiye. The moment her words came out, she pointed a finger at him in an extremely overwhelming manner, a finger that looked like a falling star.

"Meteor Finger, a bit interesting." Li Qiye chuckled after seeing this approaching finger technique. Having said that, he also used a finger as a sword and swung it in the air. In this split second, his sword swept towards the meteor to cut through the girl's supreme finger technique.

"Clank!" The two fingers met just like the collision of two divine swords. Earlier, the girl only wanted to scare Li Qiye a bit with her attack, so she immediately found herself at a disadvantage and had to take several thumping steps back.

"Hmph, you think you are so great?" After being pushed back by Li Qiye's technique, the peerless and unconvinced girl scowled and exclaimed: "I also know this technique!"

Having said that, she pointed her finger straight up to form a sword. The moment she unleashed this technique, there seemed to be a heavenly sword swinging in the sky, causing the stars to fall.

The madam startlingly gasped after seeing this sword because this move from the girl was exactly the same as Li Qiye's sword technique from earlier.

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"He wants my consultation?" Li Qiye chuckled and said: "A bit interesting, a grand disciple of the treefather wants to ask me questions. Interesting…"

It was needless to say about the treefather's status, but as the grand disciple and the current sect master of the Allpine Mountain, the Maple King's status in this world was not less than the sect master of an imperial lineage. But now, such a grand character wanted to consult a no-named junior — this was indeed worth pondering.

"Maybe, news of the Divine Guardian's actions had reached the Allpine Treefather." Madam Zi Yan said: "Our Divine Guardian and the treefather are referred to as the two Demon Forefathers of the Stone Medicine World, and our guardian had not taken any action for millions of years. But now, it suddenly acted. Perhaps the Allpine Mountain is curious about this."

Li Qiye smiled since he knew more things that the madam couldn't have speculated.

"Will Young Master meet the Maple King?"

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Chapter 688: Maple King

Li Qiye's technique from earlier was from the "Grass Sword Attacking the Immortal Law", but it was unleashed by the girl in the exact same manner as Li Qiye as if she had learned it before.

"Interesting." Li Qiye turned his palm into a saber in the face of this sweeping sword attack and set off the blade in a domineering manner. Li Qiye's power was already extremely mighty, so when this one saber technique from the Heaven Traversing Eight Saber was casually performed, it carried a ferocious and tyrannical momentum!

"Pop!" Although the supreme girl used the grass sword technique, she was still on the losing end against Li Qiye, just like before, and she had to take several staggered steps backward.

"Although you learned the sword technique, you didn't grasp its true essence." Li Qiye shook his head and said: "Nevertheless, this is already quite amazing. To be able to learn from just a single glance… This is almost better than Little Mei's Immortal Bone."

The "Little Mei" Li Qiye referred to was Mei Suyao from the Eternal River School!

"Hmph! You think you are so special? Who said that I can't learn its true essence?" The peerless girl snorted and was completely unconvinced. At this moment, her demeanor was very serious as her eyes narrowed. At this second, she changed her palm into a saber and sent it straight towards Li Qiye. This was the same technique from the Heaven Traversing Eight Saber that Li Qiye used earlier.

What was even more astonishing was that this saber from her hand also had the very domineering momentum.

Li Qiye swiftly shifted his figure with an unparalleled speed and easily dodged her attack.

This scene left Madam Zi Yan, who was standing to the side, astonished. This girl was able to learn anyone's technique with a single glance — too frightening! What kind of monstrous aptitude was this?!

The girl immediately stopped after Li Qiye dodged the saber within the blink of an eye. She was taken off guard and stared at Li Qiye to say: "What kind of step technique is that? Or what kind of merit law is it? I actually can't see through it and am unable to learn it!"

It was not strange for the girl to be unable to understand the movement technique Li Qiye used because it was his Soaring Immortal Physique! Moreover, his physique came from the most profound scripture in the world. Even the most unrivaled genius across the eons would not be able to understand it with a single glance.

"It is normal that you can't see through it." Li Qiye smiled and said: "If you could grasp it with a single glance, then that would truly be strange. You would cause countless people across the eons to jump into a river and off themselves if they knew you could do such a thing."

"Hmph, you think you are cool?" The supreme girl snorted and said: "Isn't it just a physique law? I know quite a few physique laws."

Li Qiye cheerfully smiled and asked: "So you want to try again?"

The girl couldn't help but glare at him with her pretty eyes. She became a bit impatient as if she still wanted to see Li Qiye's Soaring Immortal Physique one more time. However, she quickly buried this anxious urge and shook her head to say: "I'm not playing with you anymore since I hate fighting the most. Hmph, I'm gonna go now, I'm not going to waste more time with you."

"But you still haven't thanked me." Said Li Qiye as he smiled at the girl.

The girl who was about to leave gave Li Qiye a look of disdain and said: "Hmph, now that I know you are a scoundrel with no good intentions from the start, why should I thank you? Why should I repay my debt?"

Her answer made Li Qiye burst out in laughter while the girl ignored him and left.

"If you are truly clever, then your best opportunity is to follow right behind them. Then, maybe you will have a chance to escape the Allpine Mountain. Otherwise, you must pray for the Allpine Treefather to not take action or else you won't be able to escape even if you grew wings." Li Qiye shouted towards the pretty girl's departing shadow.

"I know that already since I'm much smarter than you." The girl didn't turn around and quickly disappeared as if she was anxious to leave this place.

"Young Master knows her?" The madam asked Li Qiye who was now lying back down in his armchair.

Li Qiye slightly shook his head and replied: "I don't know her, but that girl is indeed interesting and absolutely incredible."

Madam Zi Yan was worried, so she said: "I haven't seen that young miss before. However, the middle-aged man earlier is very famous as he is from the Beastmaster Citadel."

"Beastmaster Citadel?" Li Qiye only narrowed his eyes and revealed a faint smile without commenting further.

The citadel was renowned in the Stone Medicine World as a sect with two emperors. Outsiders even told legends of them having a divine beast in the form of a true dragon. However, no one could verify this statement.

"It is not strange for the Beastmaster Citadel to come celebrate the treefather's birthday. However, it along with the Alchemy Kingdom and the Jianlong Clan have not cared for the secular world in a very long time." The madam couldn't help but muse for a moment before gently speaking: "Why is the Beastmaster Citadel chasing a girl like her?"

"That is their business. The girl is extremely smart, so let her be." Li Qiye smiled and showed that he didn't really care, he only lazed around in his chair.

The madam looked at her Young Master and said: "Young Master is a great strategist who knows everything in the world like the palm of your hand. There is one thing that I don't quite understand. Why do all of these imperial lineages maintain such a low profile? What is the reasoning behind this?"

This was indeed uncommon in the Stone Medicine World. The Beastmaster Citadel had two emperors, the Jianlong Clan had three, and of course, the Alchemy Kingdom was even more frightening with three Immortal Emperors and three Alchemy Emperors. Nevertheless, these monstrous existences were always low-key and ignored what happened in the world.

In fact, many great powers and cultivators slowly got used to this. They felt that only such supreme existences had no need for competition since they were already at the peak of the world, thus they chose to live in seclusion instead.

However, the madam disagreed with this notion and felt that there was a particular reason despite not knowing the exact details.

Today, she couldn't help but ask Li Qiye this question that had been plaguing her mind for a very long time. In her view, there was nothing Li Qiye didn't know.

"Being low-key is not necessarily a bad thing. They have seen many things and understood that there is always a higher mountain and always a stronger man. Lineages like the Alchemy Kingdom's imperial family had been around since the Desolate Era, and after millions of years of experience without falling, they have seen a lot and understood the dangers of the world." Li Qiye explained with a grin.

Although her Young Master didn't give her an answer, she didn't inquire any further. Instead, she softly spoke: "Tomorrow, the Maple King will come to meet Young Master."

Li Qiye only slightly nodded and didn't say anything else.

Sure enough, on the next day, the Maple King came to visit their valley. He was an old looking expert. However, despite his old age, his blood energy was still strong as if he was still middle-aged. People would know after seeing this energy that he would be able to live on for 2,000 to 3,000 more years without any problems.

He was a grand disciple of the Allpine Treefather and was rumored to have an unfathomable cultivation. Moreover, he was currently the person in charge of the Allpine Mountain. With such status, even the sect master of an imperial lineage wouldn't dare to show him disdain.

However, no matter who the person might be or what their origin was, it was very difficult to shock Li Qiye. Therefore, upon the Maple King's arrival, Li Qiye was still calmly seated in his chair.

However, the Maple King did not put on airs. Even as the ruler of the mountain, he still revealed an approachable and humble attitude the moment he met Li Qiye. Most likely, he had heard a few things about Li Qiye before, so he didn't dare to show any contempt.

They met and exchanged a few cordial remarks before he smiled and asked Li Qiye: "I heard that Young Noble Li's alchemy is supreme, so I wonder if I may have the honor of seeing it once?"

Li Qiye looked at the king and said: "Since you specifically wanted to meet me, we don't have to go around in circles. Go ahead and state your business."

The Maple King went quiet for a moment before speaking: "I came to meet Young Noble Li without any malicious intent. I heard that your country's deity had taken action recently, so I want to ask about its recent status."

Li Qiye's brows slightly lifted as he calmly said: "Get to the point, there is no need for drag this on."

The king pondered for a moment and had to say: "I heard that Young Noble can communicate with your deity, and my grand master wants to talk to your deity. Will Young Noble be willing to help?"

"This is not what I wanted to hear." Li Qiye shook his head and said: "It seems that we have nothing to talk about, so please return. Come back after you have thought about it carefully. However, my patience is limited. You will still have a chance before I leave."

The Maple King couldn't help but be a bit stunned. He had heard about Li Qiye's arrogance, but he didn't expect for it to reach this magnitude — truly unbelievable. One had to know that with his status, just him personally coming to visit Li Qiye was already showing more than enough consideration. But now, after a few undesirable exchanges, Li Qiye immediately wanted to send him away. Even the sect master of an imperial lineage wouldn't dare to do this to him.

Although he was very dissatisfied in his mind, he was still a grand character and was able to retain his calm demeanor. He said with a deepened tone: "Young Noble Li, I came with great sincerity this time."

Li Qiye was too lazy to even glance at him again as he responded: "If you came with sincerity, then just directly state what you need, there is no need to walk in circles. Such tricks might deceive someone else, but not me. If you don't want to say it, then I won't force you, but don't try to test me, my patience is limited."

"If Young Noble Li believes so, then I can't do anything about it. I'll take my leave now." Said the unhappy Maple King as he cupped his hands before quickly taking his leave.

Anyone else would have exploded on the spot. However, despite his dissatisfaction, he had to maintain decorum as the ruler of the Allpine Mountain.

The madam was startled by the exchange as well. She did not expect for the meeting to go sour like this.

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