He Can!
Seeing the chess piece fall from the robed man's hand, the person playing against him chuckled. "Brother Li, have you grown so feeble that you no longer even have the strength to pick up a chess piece?"
The robed man was none other than Li Shanqing.
Li Shanqing gazed at the disrupted chessboard. After pondering for a while, he suddenly rose and said, "I have some matters to attend to today, so I shall take my leave first!"
With that, Li Shanqing left the palace without looking back!
"Brother Li, Brother Li..." No matter how loudly his opponent called from behind him, Li Shanqing did not turn back.
After leaving the palace, Li Shanqing hurried to the entrance of a mountain cave, cupped his fists, and called, "Master... Junior Brother..."
A gloomy voice came from within the cave. "I know."
Li Shanqing froze. His eyes darted about, and he immediately dropped to one knee, cupped his fists, and called, "Master, please permit me to make a trip to the Barren Ancient Continent and help Junior Brother!"
"No need!" the gloomy voice from the cave replied.
Unwilling to accept this, Li Shanqing said in a low voice, "Master, that Demon Seed is a deadly poison. Even if Junior Brother is a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race, the Demon Seed won't turn him into a complete monster."
"Are there few such monsters in the Spirit World?"
"Master, let me go to the Barren Ancient Continent. Let me help Junior Brother!"
"Just let me go once!"
"Just once!"
The veins on Li Shanqing's face bulged as he shouted anxiously.
The voice from the cave said, "This is all his choice. None of us has the right to interfere!"
Li Shanqing roared himself hoarse. "But, Master... Lin Bai is your disciple