Legend of the Great Sage

could never be too sturdy.
After hearing Li Qingshan’s voice, Qiu Haitang became slightly flustered as well.
Her control over the formation stopped being so fluid.

Under Liu Changqing’s lead, the cultivators stationed in the city constantly unleashed techniques.
Flames, water, and lightning rushed into the air, massacring large numbers of locusts.
However, there were far too many insects, ranging into the billions, so it was impossible for them to kill them all.
The black cloud continued to linger in the air as if it was pressing closer bit by bit.

Even the cultivators could not help but become fearful, so the mortals were utterly frightened out of their wits.
Some of them hid in their homes and trembled away, while others ran about on the streets like headless flies, howling at the top of their lungs.
It really did resemble the end of the world.

“Big brother Li, what do we do?” Hua Chenglu asked.
If the locust army entered the city, they could easily cause a loss of several hundred thousand even without a great threat like the locust Daemon Commander.

“That’s easy!” With a flip of his right hand, Li Qingshan lifted an item into the air.

“That’s… the Asura Field!” Hua Chenglu still remembered this place that had once changed her life.
Afterwards, it was said that Northmoon had taken away the Asura Field, so why was it in big brother Li’s hands now?

Li Qingshan tossed the Asura Field into the air, and it rapidly expanded, hovering above the city.
It suddenly emitted a blood-red swirl that sucked the locust swarm into the Asura Field.

Great numbers were terrifying, but that did not make them impervious.
Even though the locust swarm had daemonified, their individual strength only rivalled regular wild beasts after all.
Why would they stand a chance against this arcane treasure?

“Li Qingshan! I will definitely make you die a graveless death! All of your friends and family will die miserably!” The locust swarm roared furiously, assuming the vague shape of a twisted face.

Li Qingshan’s reply was only a great fit of laughter.

Qiu Haitang immediately felt the pressure lifted from her shoulders.
She could not help but look in the direction of the laughter.
When she saw Li Qingshan, she shuddered inside helplessly.

Li Qingshan seemed to sense it.
He turned his head and looked over. It really is her! Sure enough, she’s already undergone the second heavenly tribulation.

At least that was another matter resolved for him.
Although she was dressed in a solemn, black dress, it could not hide her impressive figure.
The black veil that hid her face instead added a hint of mysteriousness and temptation to her.
He could not help but nod and greet her when he recalled everything that had happened between them in the past.

Qiu Haitaing immediately looked away.
She did not look at him again.

Li Qingshan felt rather puzzled, but now was not the time for him to think of this.
He focused on the Asura Field, continuing to suck away the insect swarm.

A group of cultivators had rushed over from the Academy of the Hundred Schools to provide assistance, but now, they had all stopped, gazing at this from afar.

“The Asura Field! Li Qingshan!” A sliver of shock appeared on Han Tieyi’s expressionless face.
After so many years, he had already become so powerful?

“The disciple of our school of Novels has returned!” Liu Chuanfeng was overjoyed.
The disciples of the school of Novels had already heard him ramble on about Li Qingshan for many years now, but most of them had not even seen him before, so they all treated it as fictional stories.
Now that they saw him for themselves, it was actually even more wondrous than the stories.

The cultivators in the city all stopped casting techniques, looking up at this unimaginable method of combat.

After capturing the locust Daemon Commander alive, the remaining clones of the Soaring Locust King were completely incapable of dealing with this.
They could only stabilise themselves and avoid being sucked into the Asura Field.
However, they gradually separated from the regular locusts, forcing them to disperse and flee.

Li Qingshan arrived directly above the city with a flash.
Chains of Demon Suppression surged out, piercing the locust daemons in their backs.
He subdued and captured them together.

A while later, the terrifying locust plague had been completely resolved, which everyone found to be incredibly surreal.

Li Qingshan held the tiny Demon Suppression Tower in his right hand as many thin chains draped down from his left.
A string of locusts were tied to each chain, kicking their legs and struggling for their lives.

He dispersed his demonic armour and stood in the air, gazing down at the familiar city and sensing the familiar auras.
It brought a smile to his face.

Everyone looked up at him too.
The cultivators seemed to have witnessed an unbelievable miracle, while the mortals felt like they were looking at the saviour of the world!

“Li Qingshan is the one who saved us!” one person said.
That was all thanks to how many times the Soaring Locust King had repeated his name.

Following that, cheers erupted, and the city began to surge.
Countless people flooded the streets, chanting his name at the top of their voices.

“Hello everybody! It’s just a small deed.
You’re welcome!” Li Qingshan waved his hands at the people with a smile, and the chains of locusts in his hand swung around as well.
He was in quite a good mood.
He did not mind doing bad things, but doing good things made him quite happy!

However, the cultivators felt like his current actions wore away at his glorious demeanour when he swept up the insects.
Even if he did not avoid publicity and leave immediately, insisting on enjoying everyone’s cheers, he should have maintained a bearing that belonged to a cultivator.

Hua Chenglu smiled.
Big brother Li was still the same big brother Li.
He would also do some strange things.

“Sect master Qiu, I’d like to play the host today and hold a banquet in the Parlour of Clouds and Rain to entertain my old friends of Clear River city…”

Li Qingshan landed on the Parlour of Rains and Cloud, but before he could even finish speaking, Qiu Haitang interrupted him abruptly.
“Apologies.
The Parlour of Clouds and Rain is not receiving guests today!”