Legend of the Great Sage

w powerful Li Qingshan was, he would merely be a caged tiger, while the Gu Yanying beside him was even more limited in strength.
She seemed like she was already running out of patience.
Once they entered Clouded city, even escaping would become a fantasy.

Thinking up to there, he suddenly felt rather saddened.
He was the mighty king of featherfolk, in possession of a peng’s feather and a hostage, yet he was actually so fearful of a junior, which was an utter joke.
It only made him realise even more that it was not just his body in decline, but his mind as well.

Li Qingshan must have been less than a century old.
He truly was enviously young.
However, they were most vulnerable to setbacks when they were young and aggressive.
Even dying would not be surprising.

Gu Yanying’s body trembled gently.
Suddenly, she extended her hand and grabbed Li Qingshan’s hand.

Originally, Li Qingshan thought she had been overwhelmed by the featherfolk’s aura, but he felt pain from the depths of his soul instead.
He immediately understood what was going on.
She had already begun to activate the hot winds of hell at full force.
She was making preparations to strike!

In the eyes of the featherfolk, she was seeking his assistance, but in reality, she was sharing some “clarity” with him.

“Fellow Gu, what’s wrong with you?” The Featherfolk King seemed to notice something as he asked suddenly.

“It’s nothing.
Just an old problem,” Gu Yanying said with difficulty, but her mouth had already become parched.
Her skin became a burnt-yellow.
Even her aura began to decline.
Only her hawk eyes shone with spirit.

“Don’t tell me it’s the school of Legalism’s Illustrations of Naraka? What you practise should be the Hot Wind hell!” the Featherfolk King said.

“You truly are knowledgeable, your majesty.
You even know about this.” Gu Yanying praised.

“It’s said that those who practise this cultivation method have to endure the hardships of hell regularly.
Your willpower is astounded, fellow.”

The Featherfolk King smiled in a reserved manner, but he would never be able to imagine what kind of a threat this masochistic cultivation method could pose to him.
Just that bit of hot winds of hell could not even touch a hair on him.

Gu Yanying would never share even a hint of clarity with him either.
She sighed and said, “Living in this world, everyone has to go through a bit of pain.
I’ll have to endure it for now!”

By now, Li Qingshan had already arrived within ten paces of the Featherfolk King.
“Some people are just always looking for trouble and pain!”

Abruptly, he took out the amber that sealed the sleepy bug and flicked it gently.

The amber shot out and shattered in the air, but the sleepy bug vanished.

“What did you do?” Bai Jie called out.

Li Qingshan was taken aback. Don’t tell me this is a fucking sham!?

But shortly afterwards, endless sleepiness immediately became adhered to every single featherfolk like an invisible spider’s web.
Even the featherfolk in Clouded city were affected, all collapsing on the ground.

At the very centre of the web were the Featherfolk King, Li Qingshan, Gu Yanying, and Li Fengyuan.

Li Fengyuan immediately fell asleep.

The Featherfolk King dropped down on one knee.
His eyelids drooped, but they remained open as he asked feebly, “What did you do?”

“I fucked you over!”

Li Qingshan erupted with curses, but his eyelids weighed heavily, constantly drooping.
His body swayed as well.
He could sense that he had even lost control over his daemon qi.

Even moving a finger became difficult.
All he could do was power the Spirit Turtle’s Method of Sea Suppression and do his best to remain conscious.

The sleepy bug did have an effect, and the effect was much greater than they had ever imagined.

Just as Gu Yanying had said, it was not truly an insect, but a technique, a spell.
It had been lost in the Frost province, constantly giving off its power.
In this manner, it formed a forbidden area that could even halt the steps of the Heavenly Frost Wolf King.
Now that Li Qingshan had shattered the amber, that was equivalent to releasing all of its power.

At this moment, Li Qingshan was no longer in the state to think about just what kind of a person could cast such a spell.
Instead, he was worried over whether Gu Yanying could hold on or not.
Bai Jie and the other powerful featherfolk had already fallen into deep sleep, falling out of the sky.
They vanished into the stretch of clouds in the blink of an eye.

Gu Yanying’s strength was impressive, but it definitely was nowhere close to Li Qingshan’s or the Featherfolk King’s.
Her cultivation was more than a minor realm away from theirs.
Right now, even they were immobilised, let alone her!

Looking back, Gu Yanying had already let go of his hand, making her way towards the Featherfolk King.

Her supreme beauty that had once made Li Qingshan fall in love at first sight had withered away by an almost terrifying degree.
Buffeting hot winds around her sapped her skin of all moisture, rapidly charring it and making it turn black like she was burning.

This woman… Li Qingshan blinked his eyes with difficulty.
Suddenly, he understood why she had accepted Qian Rongzhi as her disciple.

Gu Yanying tread through the air, advancing forward step by step like a toddler learning how to walk.
Every single step was so difficult, requiring all of her willpower and resolve.

She gathered the hot winds without any regard, casting herself into hell mercilessly.

Her organs burned, and her soul was on the brink of collapse.

With a boom, her long hair caught on fire, and her charred skin cracked.
The glow of fire poured out from the cracks.
Before she had even reached her opponent, she had already become heavily injured and was on the brink of death.
If she continued like this, she would die before long.

Yet, she had only taken three steps so far towards the Featherfolk King that was ten steps away.

It’s just horrendous!

Li Qingshan sighed inside.
Right now, she was like a chicken that had been plucked and tossed into the oven, only to be forgotten by the chef.
She was being burnt slowly.
She no longer possessed any of the valiant bearing of a hawk.

However, she was also like a phoenix in flames.

The fourth step!

“Don’t come here! Stop right there!” The Featherfolk King ordered, but his voice was filled with hints of fear.

Gu Yanying took another step forward.
She had to reach the Featherfolk King’s side and pluck the feather before the effects of the sleepy bug subsided, before she was burnt to death by the hot winds.
Otherwise, once the Featherfolk King struck, perhaps Li Qingshan could still slip away, but she would definitely die.

However, when she took the seventh step, she was unable to continue any further.
Pain and exhaustion attacked her together before seemingly merging together in the end.

The voice of her subconsciousness rang out once more, So tiring, so tired.
Just what is the point of living painfully like this? You might as well just die.
That way, you can sleep properly, and you don’t have to face any more pain.

The Featherfolk King was already inches away, within arm’s reach, yet also at the opposite end of the world.

At this moment, Li Qingshan began to move.
The state he was in was absolutely horrendous as well.
There was basically no better description of him right now than crawling his way over.

“You’re right.
Old people do like to sleep more.
Go!”

As he said that, he pushed Gu Yanying on the back viciously.
She lunged towards the Featherfolk King, and the Featherfolk King tried all that he could to dodge.
However, she gripped his clothes firmly to pluck the feather, yet she was also afraid to touch his body.
It was not because she was afraid of intimate contact with a man, but because she was worried the hot winds of hell would give the Featherfolk King clarity.

Li Qingshan made his way over to assist her, except their movements had all become very sluggish and heavy.
This clash between the peak cultivators of the nine provinces had devolved into something akin to a fight between kids in the end.
Perhaps it was even worse than that, which really could render people speechless.
However, the danger involved was no less than any of the battles Li Qingshan had faced in the past.

Time trickled by, but it was actually only a short moment.
Li Qingshan felt his frozen daemon qi begin to budge slightly.
He understood that the effects of the sleepy bug were vanishing.
A sudden outburst also meant a rapid decline.

If the Featherfolk King managed to recover, then this battle would truly be hopeless, and it would cost Gu Yanying her life all for nothing.

Thinking up to there, he brought his arms around the Featherfolk King’s neck firmly.
He said sternly, “Pluck it!”

Gu Yanying seized the Featherfolk King’s wings and gripped the dark azure feather, plucking it forcefully.