Chapter 1617: Reuniting with Li Qingshan

Reuniting with Li Qingshan

"Everyone stop."

The instant this voice rang out, the restless City Guard immediately stopped their movements.

A pure white Jade Pendant swayed gently at his waist. A Thespian in green clothes slowly stepped across the road surface, the wide sleeves of his Theatrical Robe billowing in the wind. A few loose strands of black hair naturally fell down, concealing thirty percent of the heroic spirit between his brows... When he walked over, everyone's gaze seemed to be attracted by some sort of magic, completely locked onto his body.

Even Chen Ling was completely stunned.

He naturally recognized this Thespian in green clothes... But he never thought that since parting ways in the Red Dust Domain, they would actually reunite in the Hidden Clouds Domain.

Thespian of the Jinghong Theater, Li Qingshan.

Chen Ling recognized Li Qingshan, but Li Qingshan didn't seem to recognize him. The current Chen Ling was casually using a face, and the Theatrical Robe on his body was also long different from the Great Crimson Theatrical Robe from the Red Dust period... What's more, he was also sitting in a wheelchair.

"Mister Li." Seeing Li Qingshan walk over, the few members of the City Guard immediately spoke respectfully.

"Mister Li, this man was beating children in the street."

"You saw it?"

"Uh... n-no." The City Guard paused for a moment. "But the children all said so. Moreover, they were indeed lying on the ground when we arrived..."

Li Qingshan didn't answer. He simply calmly walked up to that leading child and just looked into his eyes like this.

Li Qingshan's gaze didn't carry any aggressiveness, yet it seemed capable of seeing through people's hearts. At first, that child dared to look him in the eye with self-assurance, but after a while, his heart grew increasingly guilty, and his eyes began to wander and dodge.

"Children can also lie." Li Qingshan slowly spoke.

"These children wanted to steal my Bread! It was that Mister who took action to save us!" A-Qiang wiped the sweat from the corner of his forehead and actively ran up with his Mother on his back to explain.

Following A-Qiang's finger, Li Qingshan's gaze looked toward the figure sitting in the wheelchair not far away.

...Theatrical Robe?

Seeing that Theatrical Robe with a red base and black patterns, Li Qingshan froze slightly, seemingly somewhat in a trance. He carefully observed that unfamiliar face, hesitated for a moment, and still stepped forward to walk over.

Chen Ling just quietly sat in place like this, watching Li Qingshan walk over, the corners of his mouth unconsciously rising... That was the joy of reunion, as well as the tacit understanding between Thespians.

Chen Ling didn't conceal his change in demeanor.

And the instant Li Qingshan caught this trace of emotion, his footsteps paused slightly.

His hands beneath his wide sleeves trembled slightly. He stopped in front of the wheelchair, the cold wind blowing the black hair at his temples to flutter... He looked at Chen Ling, and who knows how long passed before he smiled bitterly:

"Brother Lin..."

"Why did you arrive so late?"

Li Qingshan had recognized him. Even if Chen Ling was using another face, even if there were almost no traces of his time in the Red Dust Domain left on his body... but eyes don't lie.

"Due to some accidents, I was already several days late when I received the Invitation Card." Chen Ling spoke apologetically.

"What happened to your legs?"

"Encountered some minor twists and turns on the way here. It's no big deal, they'll recover after a while."

Li Qingshan nodded slightly. He knew this wasn't the place to talk, directly turning around and waving his hand to the City Guard crowd:

"Alright, there's nothing going on here, everyone disperse."

"Then Mister Li, what about these children?" The City Guard members had already grabbed those few children. Those stubborn and unruly figures struggled in their hands while cursing something, not showing the slightest bit of their harmless appearance from just now.

"Take the one leading the pack back for re-education, and let the others go."

"Yes."

As the City Guard forcibly carried away the cursing child, the other children were also scared into scattering in an uproar. Seeing this, Chen Ling couldn't resist reminding:

"It's not just the problem of that leading child. The other children also need education."

"I know." Li Qingshan nodded, his tone somewhat helpless. "But even the City Guard doesn't have extra food... We can't lock up that many people."

"Has the situation in the Hidden Clouds Domain already become this serious?"

"Sigh... let's talk as we walk."

Li Qingshan took the initiative to go around to the back, pushing Chen Ling's wheelchair and continuing forward along the street.

At the same time, A-Qiang carried his Mother on his back and continuously thanked them from behind. While calling them benefactors, he took out a piece of Bread wanting to give it to Chen Ling, but was rejected by Chen Ling.

Seeing that Chen Ling didn't want the thank you gift, A-Qiang just stood in place bowing continuously. Only when the figures of Chen Ling and Li Qingshan completely disappeared at the end of the street did he finally leave.

...

A Thespian in green clothes slowly pushed Chen Ling in the wheelchair along the empty street.

"Are we going to Grain Rain Street now?"

"Mhm."

"Did you leave that Invitation Card too?"

"Mhm... I suppose so." Li Qingshan paused for a moment. "Actually, during the decisive battle with the Calamity some time ago, your contact point had already been exposed... And since I now have some contact with the higher-ups of the Hidden Clouds Domain, I learned about this matter, so I placed the Invitation Card at the door of your contact point."

Chen Ling cast a somewhat surprised glance at him:

"Have some contact with the higher-ups of the Hidden Clouds Domain? Having not seen you for so long, what have you experienced?"

"After that war between the Red Dust Domain and the Wuji Domain ended, I returned to my hometown to take care of my Grandmother. Occasionally I listened to operas, and sang some myself too... Imperceptibly, my Rank also went up a bit." Li Qingshan sighed lightly. "Probably after a few months, my Grandmother passed away peacefully... After I finished handling her funeral, I went out to travel, and I also encountered quite a few bizarre things along the way..."

"Later, I experienced a series of tempering and battles. It could be considered a lucky coincidence, I obtained a Celestial Star Position."

"What??"

Chen Ling was incomparably shocked. "The last vacant Celestial Star Position... was actually you?"

Chen Ling remembered that there was indeed one vacancy for the Celestial Star Positions originally prepared by the human higher-ups... But he absolutely never expected that the 'sixth person' to fill this vacant Celestial Star Position in the end would actually be Li Qingshan.

One must know, how long had it been since Li Qingshan stepped onto the Path of the Actor?

He had actually already grown to the point where he could sit on equal footing with human geniuses like Li Shengmen, the Young Sect Leader, and Pu Xiachan??

No wonder Li Qingshan said he had some contact with the higher-ups of the Hidden Clouds Domain... As owners of Celestial Star Positions, they represented the future of humanity and could possess privileges in any Domain.

"This Divine Pathway was a bit simpler than I expected." Li Qingshan smiled. "But even after obtaining a Celestial Star Position, I didn't feel like I was anything special... After all, Brother Lin, I've already heard my five colleagues recount your feat of knocking them all out single-handedly many times."