Legend of the Great Sage

are no birds in flight, on the paths are no footprints in sight.
Alone, an old man in thatching sits afloat, fishing in the snowy river from his boat.”

“A fine poem!” Chu Danqing praised it excitedly.
“Qingshan, I didn’t know you had such literary talent!”

“You’re too kind!” Li Qingshan smiled.

“The theme is right, but it has nothing to do with ‘Wuhen’.”

After a moment of silence, Mo Wuhen spoke up to reject it again, leaving Chu Danqing perplexed.
He wondered why his master had suddenly become so picky as if he was going out of his way to make things difficult for Li Qingshan.

“It has never been traceless.
What you say in the past, what you do in the past, will always leave behind a trace.
Even those matters that you think you’ve already erased might just leap out at you again some day,” Li Qingshan said mysteriously.

“If I can erase it once, then I can erase it twice.
It’s not that important.” Mo Wuhen changed the topic.
“You do happen to possess a gift that I’m interested in.
I just wonder whether you’re willing to part with it.”

“What would you like, fellow? Feel free to mention it!” Li Qingshan spread his arms.

“The Three Absolutes Calligraphy.”

Li Qingshan’s eyes flashed.
He could not help but look at Chu Danqing.

“I’m sorry, Qingshan.
Master asked about it when he treated my injuries…” Chu Danqing said apologetically.

In the past, when he encountered Mo Wuhen, he had yet to completely recover from the wounds left behind from repairing the Three Absolutes Calligraphy.
Not only had Mo Wuhen treated his injuries, but he even demonstrated extraordinary painting technique, which was why he made up his mind about taking him on as his master.

“It’s fine.
It’s all insignificant.”

Li Qingshan was unconcerned.
Chu Danqing and he were only friends, which was below a master-disciple relationship.
Chu Danqing had always honoured his master too, so he obviously would not lie to his own master.
Even the Asura Field in his possession had been exposed, so he did not care about this measly Three Absolutes Calligraphy.

“But unfortunately, I don’t have the Three Absolutes Calligraphy on me.
I would not give it away if I possessed it either.”

“Where did you obtain it?” Mo Wuhen did not ask where the Three Absolutes Calligraphy went.
He only asked where it came from, which made Li Qingshan even more certain about his guess.
As a result, he said, “A good friend gave it to me.”

“And the name of your good friend is?”

“Northmoon!” Li Qingshan nodded slightly.
His eyes under his thick eyebrows stared at Mo Wuhen right before him.

“Don’t tell me it’s that… Northmoon who was killed in the Mist province by the Dragon King of Ink Sea?” Chu Danqing said in surprise.
He faltered half way through his sentence, subconsciously glancing at Mo Wuhen.

Li Qingshan became even more certain before asking, “Don’t tell me you know this good friend of mine, fellow Mo?”

“I do.” Mo Wuhen did not hide it.

Li Qingshan suddenly began to laugh aloud.
His laughter broke the silence.
He no longer tried to probe him out indirectly.
He pressed down on the table and leaned forward, staring straight at Mo Wuhen.
He spoke his mind, “Fellow, are you perhaps the Dragon King of Ink Sea?”

“I am,” Mo Wuhen said indifferently.

……”

“Master…”

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Chu Danqing was rather stunned.
Actually, he had guessed Mo Wuhen’s identity a long time ago during all these years they spent together.
There were no nameless great cultivators in the world.
However, since his master never mentioned it, he could not ask too much about it either as his disciple.

“I wonder which poem the name Northmoon comes from,” Mo Wuhen asked.

“It’s just a mere name.
It’s no reference to any poems!” Li Qingshan lifted up the cup.
His pupils suddenly turned scarlet red, gazing at Mo Wuhen.
“A toast to the dragon king from Northmoon!”

A pair of pitch-black irises suddenly condensed in Mo Wuhen’s blank eyes.
They were not the eyes of a human, but the eyes of a dragon that radiated with endless might, looking down anything and everything.

The moment their eyes met, the snow came to a halt!