Legend of the Great Sage

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“Your strength sure is recovering slowly.
You better not let me overtake you.”

Gu Yanying smiled.
Li Qingshan had killed Yuan Feifei in a single strike, basically no different from crushing a bug, but his actual strength was around the same as her or even slightly weaker.
It was just that their differences in other areas were far too great.

“I’ll obtain new power very soon.”

Li Qingshan was confident.
When he entered the estate, he sensed a treasure buried beneath this place.

On the same night, Feihong took over as the caretaker of internal affairs.

Crack, crack.
The river of ice leading out of the mountain gradually melted away.
The chilling spring breeze gained some warmth as well.
The grass emerged from beneath the snow tenaciously, heralding the arrival of spring.

Murderousness filled the mines.
The miners trained night and day, gradually becoming soldiers.
They became much more austere.

Gu Yanying set up stops at the various exits and locked down the entire place to prevent any information from leaking out.
However, once the river completely thawed, all the weapons and ore they had accumulated should have been transported over the entire river downstream.
Then they would bring in food and new workers.
It would definitely be impossible to keep all of this a secret by then, and the Ma family would launch a counterattack very soon.
Everyone was aware of this, so they endured the training that was even more brutal than working in the mines.

However, they did not go without entertainment.
They did not gather together to watch shows.
Instead, they listened to Li Qingshan’s speeches on the Legend of the White Ape King.
He would stand on the platform in person every single day, explaining the complicated, profound swordsmanship in the sword manual in a single and direct manner.
At the same time, he would spread his ideology.
“Why do we fight?” “Who is our enemy?” “Victory to the revolutionaries!” “This is a path that opposes the heavens!”

Every single time, he would leave them in an enthusiastic uproar, not only uniting everyone, but also silently destroying any feelings of objection to the strict military law, preventing them from becoming too tense in this aspect.

The Divine Talisman of Great Creation would gather a large quantity of power of belief everyday as well, more than ten times faster than when they were in the mountain manor.
Consequently, he was no longer in danger.
Li Qingshan was basically raring to go.
Once the river thawed, that would be the time they struck.

Rumble! Like claps of spring thunder, it filled every corner of the mines.
The river had begun to thaw.

On the empty land outside the town, thousands of soldiers stood in formation, every single person dressed in armour and wielding weapons.
They were completely silent, having established the basic form of an army already.
They had constructed a platform for the general in the centre of the land.

With the sounds of the river shattering, Gu Yanying climbed up the platform step by step in armour.
The clanging of the armour seemed to merge with the shattering sounds.

A pair of hawk eyes swept across the entire place, and the brutality of hell arose spontaneously.
Everyone held their breaths involuntarily.
None of them would ever imagine that the “greatest in the world” was originally a description of her appearance.

At this moment, a burly figure suddenly leapt out before everyone, climbing up the platform in just a few steps like he was riding the wind.
Everyone immediately erupted into cheers, completely forgetting about her might.
They cried out, “Hero king!”

It was Li Qingshan.
He held a banner in his hand and swung it forcefully, planting it on the platform.
The banner waved in the wind, depicting the head of a hawk that bore some resemblance to her mask.

Everyone’s eyes were drawn to the banner.
The banner was the soul of the army.

Li Qingshan clasped his hands towards her.
“General!”

The eight commandants chosen from the entire army for their skill stood forward and dropped down on one knee.
They clasped their fists.
“General!”

The entire army answered as well.
“General!”

At that instant, a colossal aura gathered on her body, turning into tangible energy that filled her surroundings.
This was the school of the Military’s methods of gathering the might of an army, bearing the same principle as the Divine Talisman of Great Creation.
They both borrowed the powers of others to fend off the might of the heavens.

Gu Yanying could not help but become slightly excited as well.
With a clang, she drew her sword.

“The river of ice has already shattered.
Today, we set off!”