Legend of the Great Sage

ump, coupled with the sounds of bones cracking, the ground cracked and sank.

Li Qingshan said in surprise, “What’re you stomping on me again for?”

“I don’t know, I couldn’t help it!”

The nine-coloured deer squeezed out those words from between her teeth.
She had never seen someone so shameless before.
Just where did his foolish confidence come from?

In the Hundred Herbs dwelling, Ruan Yaozhu laughed so hard that she trembled all over.
What was he on about?

Li Qingshan waved his hand.
“Move your hoof.
I’m leaving!”

“You could not go.” The nine-coloured deer ground her teeth.
Against someone as deranged as him, she had no chances at winning the bet.

“I need to go!” Li Qingshan said firmly and forcefully pulled his foot out.

He had always been someone who repaid his debts, whether it was the kindness of a meal or the grievance of a glare, while the kindness that Ruan Yaozhu had shown him was far more than a meal.
He was quite a loose person, but if others showed him kindness, he definitely could not obstruct their cultivation.
Those were his principles.

“Go, go, go then! Please get out of here then!” The nine-coloured deer turned her head away.
She felt like he had almost driven her insane.

“Alright.
Jiu’er, you’ve lost, so stop being so ill-tempered.” Ruan Yaozhu appeared beneath the tree and explained everything.
She apologised.
“Sorry.
We’ve used you for another gamble.
Jiu’er was worrying about me too much.
She was too careful.
All I could do was prove to her that you aren’t that kind of person.”

“No, she’s right.
This is my problem.” Li Qingshan clasped his hands.
“Senior sister Ruan, I will never forget about the kindness you’ve shown me, no matter how the world changes.
I will definitely pay you back in the future!”

Ruan Yaozhu smiled wryly.
“Please stay! I definitely won’t develop any improper thoughts towards you.”

“Really?”

“Really?” Ruan Yaozhu found it both hilarious and exasperating.

Li Qingshan let out a sigh of relief.
“Then I don’t have to worry!” However, he was still a little worried.
“If you want me to leave some day, just let me know.”

“I won’t say that.
I hope you don’t say something like you’ll never see me again in the future either.
It makes me sad,” Ruan Yaozhu said sincerely.

Although his “blind confidence” did make the entire matter extremely strange, his intentions definitely were not fake.
He would rather leave a treasured land of cultivation like the Hundred Herbs garden regardless of his gamble with Le Tian than even pose the slightest threat to her.

“Sigh, actually I feel quite sad inside too.
So be it.
Even if I stay in the Hundred Herbs garden, it’s best if you don’t visit me too often!”

“Hmph, I’ll visit you whenever I want.
Is this my territory or your territory?” Ruan Yaozhu grumbled loudly.

She understood how Jiu’er felt.
The things he said were simply infuriating, acting as if she would lose all restraint and pledge herself to him if she just visited him a few times too many times.

“This is for your sake.
I actually have a lot of women…”

“If you continue with this, I’m really going to get angry.”

Ruan Yaozhu interrupted him and squinted her eyes.
She still had some pride after all.
Perhaps she was not clustered around by people as she grew up, but she had never been treated like this.
In the past, when she was betrayed by her peers, that was mostly out of envy.
Even among the direct disciples, there were plenty of people willing to become her cultivation partner, so Li Qingshan was getting a little too ahead of himself.

“Alright, alright! I’m going to cultivate now.” Li Qingshan indirectly indicated for her to leave.
His gaze basically made him look like he was looking at an ignorant little girl.
All that was missing was a head rub and telling her, “You should go home!”

“Li Qingshan!”

Ruan Yaozhu could sense there was something wrong with the atmosphere, so she just wanted to leave, but if she just left like this, it felt a little unnatural, basically adding to the atmosphere.
She glanced at Jiu’er in a grumbling manner.

Heavens.
Sigh, I finally understand what they mean by there’s no escape.
You two madmen, you’re on your own!

The nine-coloured deer could not watch on anymore.
She let out a glum sigh.
Not only had she failed to achieve her objective, but she had even given them a push.
She galloped off into the wind and snow with both sorrow and anger.