【0067】 Performance
Amid Yasuo's intermittent shakuhachi sound, Li Qing came to Canta.
This tall and serious man usually doesn't like to talk. Walking in the crowded Kanta, although Udir who was following him asked curiously, Li Qing rarely answered - although this was a bit rude, Udir who knew his past could understand this silence.
Udir knew that Li Qing was still in self-exile.
While waiting for the wind and snow to end, Li Qing and Udir talked about their past.
Just as the angry beast spirit sometimes makes Udir fall into violence, Li Qing, who was born to be chosen by the dragon, was greatly influenced by the dragon spirit. This influence once made Li Qing, a disciple of Shuoji, extremely proud.
However, conscious of Li Qing's pride, the choice of the Shuoji monks was to calm down and remove this pride in fist training and errand work.
But...who would be willing to wipe the floor while his peers were working hard?
The monks of Shuoji who were not properly educated did not expect that Li Qing, who was tired of the serious servant, sneaked into Shuoji's secret secret library and found a method about summoning the spiritual realm in ancient texts.
Li Qing, who mastered the new skills, showed off his power in a martial arts class and showed the wrath of the dragon without any scruples.
Unlike Elder Suma who is "literary and martial" people, although Li Qing's mentor is full of knowledge, his skills are limited - when he realized something was wrong and came to stop Li Qing, he did not realize the huge gap between the two sides.
Caught off guard, the instructor was seriously injured by Li Qing and completely paralyzed. He could only spend the second half of his life in a wheelchair.
In this way, Li Qing, who was full of regret, was expelled from Shuoji and embarked on his own path of atonement - he began to do his best to help others, hoping to use this to redeem his sins, and the first person he helped was Yasuo.
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It was three years ago, and Yasuo, who received the warning mission, came to Lalin at the first time. At that time, the Toothless boy had not learned to look at the map, so Yasuo, who wanted to go to Shuoji or live forever or Shilana, was embarrassed and lost in the mountains of Lalin.
Li Qing, who had no choice but to walk down the mountain, met Yasuo, who didn't know where he was. Li Qing, who was determined to help others atone for his sins, agreed to Yasuo immediately and took him to Shuoji.
Because Li Qing had just happened, even if Yasuo had a letter of introduction from the Sword Sect, he could only barely ask the Spirit of the Dragon. He didn't even have a stick of incense, so he was politely invited out of the hall by a guest.
As for warning...
At this critical moment, no monks would care about a sensational news.
The embarrassing Li Qing realized that this was also related to him - just when he apologized to Yasuo, Yasuo waved his hand.
"This is not your fault - maybe relying solely on the authority of the Wind Sword Sect is not enough to convince others of the Noxus threat... If you really mind, let's make an appointment."
"Agreement?" Li Qing obviously didn't understand Yasuo's meaning very much, "What is the agreement?"
"Do you believe what I just said?" Yasuo looked at Li Qing, "about the threat of the Noxus."
Li Qing originally wanted to deny it, but considering his experience, he finally chose to remain silent.
"So, that's it." Yasuo organized the language a little, "If the Noxus invade Ionia, come and help me and kill them."
This illusory premise made Li Qing confused, but looking at Yasuo who was full of expectations, he could only nod and agree. So the two of them slapped into a sworn and made an agreement.
After going down the mountain, Yasuo tried to visit the Palace of Eternal Revenge and hit a nail again - the last Apocalypse had just passed away, and the monks were busy looking for a new Apocalypse, and they had no time to deal with a boy from the Rapid Sword Sect.
It was also after two consecutive hits that Yasuo gave up his persuasion and chose to find evidence of the Noxus invasion.
On the other side, Li Qing headed westward and finally crossed the ocean, embarked on the frozen Frelljod, and met Udir, who had a similar fate as him.
In this way, the fate of Yasuo and Li Qing was like two intersecting straight lines. After leaving a hurried intersection, they quickly parted ways - until the arrival of the Noxus.
Li Qing, who practiced in Frelljod, chose to return immediately after hearing about the invasion of Noxus. Udir also accepted his invitation and set off together to go to Ionia.
However, because they were in a hurry, they did not find a ship that could cross the Sea of Watch. Although Li Qing was very anxious, he could only wait until the winter came and the thick ice caps appeared in the Sea of Watching, before taking a detour to the large glacier and returning to Ionia from Freljode.
After Li Qing, who was planning to fulfill his agreement, arrived in Ionia, wrote a letter to Yasuo in Pubo, asking where he was going. When the letter was delivered to Yasuo, he had just caught Tamara and Draven.
Just in case, Yasuo asked Toothless to go to Pubo to reply to Li Qing, asking him to go to the current Shangzan Volunteer Army's garrison first, and he followed the large army back to Preshidian.
Because of the speed difference, Li Qing and Udir arrived in a hurry three days after Yasuo arrived in Canta.
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Ever since Arrelia heard about his practice, Yasuo has learned to look out the gate when he was blowing shakuhachi - at least for now, he is not going to make people appreciate his shakuhachi.
So, after seeing Li Qing and Udir's figures, he wisely ended the practice, quickly got up, walked in two steps at three steps, and came to Li Qing.
Just like rehearsing thousands of times, Yasuo stretched out his hands, one holding Li Qing's right hand and the other on it, and began to shake it sharply, nodding frequently while shaking hands.
Behind Li Qing, Udir was stunned when he saw this scene.
Is this Ionia's etiquette?
Is this the sage of Ionia?
Why is it different from what you imagined?
The extremely exaggerated performance made Li Qing feel a little relieved while being embarrassed - in his impression, Yasuo was just a fool, but after returning to Ionia, Yasuo he heard of seemed to be a sage of a generation, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
However...it seems now that Hanhan is still Hanhan - getting along with Hanhan is much easier than getting along with sages.
He pulled his hand back without leaving any trace, and Li Qing finally spoke seriously.
"I'm back to fulfill my contract."
Yasuo also retracted his hands and rubbed against the toothless white feather behind him, ending his joke.
Chapter completed!