Legend of the Great Sage

r the Ten Great Beauties of the World, it turns out he was serious about that.
In other words, I’m among them too.
What a despicable man! But he sure is handsome like this.

Lei Lie stepped forward and said, “The king has overwhelmed the martial arts alliance and subdued the Snow Mountain sect and the Salvation temple.
There’s no longer a single sect or clan that dares to oppose our World’s society now.
Why don’t we just travel down south with an army and conquer the world?”

Gu Yanying asked, “What do you all think?”

Out of the people in the hall with the highest cultivations, the two protectors were besotted with swordsmanship, so they had no opinion about this matter.
Xue Hanfeng had originally been worried about the World’s society using the disciples of the Snow Mountain sect as cannon fodder for the war, but as it seemed now, Li Qingshan alone with his blade could finish off the remaining three clans and five sects, so there was absolutely nothing for him to worry about.
As a result, he remained silent as well.

“Amitābha.
I would object.
The situation in the north has yet to settle down, so rashly invading the south will only throw the world into chaos and result in countless casualties.
It would be unfitting to the king’s path of justice and righteousness.”

“Bald ass, I think you’re still only thinking about the martial arts alliance.
Like how undue delays lead to problems, who knows what kind of trouble it’ll lead to if we give the martial arts alliance an opportunity to catch their breaths,” Lei Lie said coldly.

The Salvation temple had played a direct role in the Demon Lord of Seven Slaughters’ death back then, or why would the daemon star have ended up in the Lake of Suffering?

“Be quiet!” Li Qingshan slammed the table and cursed.
“Damned brat, you sure know how to talk now.
This is a place to discuss public matters.
If you want personal revenge, you’re more than welcome to challenge the Suffering Subduing hall leader to a separate battle elsewhere.
Do you really think you can use the might of others just because you yourself are powerless against him?”

“Then I’ll challenge him to a separate battle! Do you think I’m scared of him?” Lei Lie turned red.

“Internal conflict is forbidden in the World’s society.
Hall leader Lie, you insulted the Suffering Subduing hall leader, so go and receive fifty beatings as punishment,” said Gu Yanying.

“Yes, society leader.” Lei Lie lowered his head and accepted the orders.
His fury completely vanished.
Even a blind man could notice his strange behaviour.
Even when he knew he had no chance, he was simply unable to disobey her.

Meanwhile, Xue Hanfeng had noticed the strange behaviour of his daughter a long time ago, which left him sighing inside.
The two leaders both possessed unrivalled appearances.
Just who could escape from their charms and who could resist their power?

“The Suffering Subduing hall leader has raised a valid point.
We can conquer the world through martial prowess, but we won’t be able to avoid a great massacre, which will make many people lose faith in the World’s society or even doubt the hero king’s path of justice and righteousness.
Only by achieving something great in the north can we disprove the rumour that the world descends into chaos with the arrival of the daemon star.
I hereby take an oath that as long as the people of the world refuse to submit, the World’s society will never make them submit by force!”

“Wise be the society leader.
You have my admiration! I’ll be honest, I once believed in this rumour as well.
Then I witnessed the hero king’s justice and the society leader’s breadth of mind.
Only then did I notice my own shallowness.
I’m willing to work like a horse, to give this world clarity such that everyone is equal, good is rewarded, and evil receives its punishment!”

The Suffering Subduing monk’s expression was filled with a sacred devotion, which made Li Qingshan feel rather strange inside.
His path of justice was out of both public and personal interests, but on the contrary, he was not as serious about it as the monk.
He had no idea whether it was due to the mental influence of the power of belief.
However, Gu Yanying’s decision had clearly increased his loyalty to them.

Li Qingshan thoroughly agreed with what Gu Yanying had said too.
The use of force had always been the swiftest method, but it was also the most unstable.
In this world, instability would be magnified to the extreme.

Conquering the world was easy, but what about afterwards?

He could basically imagine that under the urgings of the will of the heavens, the organisations of resistance would spring up endlessly everywhere.
If they suppressed them through force, it would only lead to even more hatred and opposition until it completely devolved into a tyrannical rule.

It was just as Laozi had said, “He who takes upon himself the humiliation of the people is fit to rule them, and he who takes upon the country’s disasters deserves to be king!”

In his past life, a certain country already seemed like heaven in the eyes of other countries, yet their citizens were still filled with complaints.

Right now, this world was like a huge piece of bait on a lure to them.
If they swallowed it forcefully, it would definitely hook onto their throats.

Compared to that, they would be better off leaving the martial arts alliance around.
It was better to keep the enemy outside than among them.
In the end, even if they grew into a problem, at least this all could be resolved by the blade even if their bad luck was through the roof.

The two of them reached an agreement, and the others obviously had no objections.
When everyone dispersed, Li Qingshan grabbed Xue Bing’s hand.
“Sure enough, you’ve begun practising the cultivation method I gave you.
Looks like you’ve still ended up agreeing to it.
How do I look right now?”

“Please show some self-respect, my king!” Xue Bing’s face turned bright red as she sought help from Xue Hanbing.

Xue Hanfeng smiled wryly. My dear daughter, if you’re determined to resist, I’ll draw my sword and challenge him to a battle right now.
No matter how powerful Li Qingshan is, we can just die together at most, but look at you right now! What am I supposed to do?

However, he could not simply stand there and watch without doing anything, so he also said, “Please show some self-respect, my king!” Afterwards, he strode off just like that!

My dear daughter, please “endure” this for the sake of the Snow Mountain sect!

“Father!” Xue Bing truly was tempted to cry, but she found no tears.
Li Qingshan laughed.
“Don’t tell me you’re trying to go back on your word?”

Gu Yanying scolded him.
“Li Qingshan, you’ve gone out and messed around for such a long time.
Get your ass back to writing!”