Legend of the Great Sage

ething was amiss.
Why was she facing the tribulation as soon as he had arrived? She clearly only needed Si Long to come out and explain himself, and that would be enough.
Something very unexpected must have happened.
He roared furiously, “Ants, how dare you trick me! Originally, getting through this Dragon’s Pool dwelling would take some work, but today, I can use the heavenly tribulation to flatten this place!”

Immediately, the colossal dragon danced through the air.
The winds and thunder surged, shaking up the world.

……

Li Qingshan emerged from the Spiritual Beast garden, but he felt a little uneasy.
In this world, when it came to who was closest to Lin Xuan, it would definitely be that golden-eyed black dragon.
It was impossible for him to rush back to the Dragon’s Pool dwelling and check what was going on either.
He could work hard and serve as the pioneer, but that was all he could do.
Fortunately, they were all capable of taking charge.

Hopefully, they’re fine!

Li Qingshan picked up the metal gourd and took a few sips.
Suddenly, he felt like he was being watched.
He turned around, except there was no one around.
However, the feeling of being watched did not vanish.
Instead, it grew more intense.

Shen Yushu held his breath, hiding behind a tree. Has he discovered me? Impossible, how did he discover- Why am I hiding? He had followed Li Qingshan into Myriad city the entire way, spying on Li Qingshan while thinking of a way to deal with him.
He stopped outside the Spiritual Beast garden.

If I directly provoke him and if he dares to touch me, then I don’t need to hide.
He’ll be attacking someone above him, and he’s bound to be punished.
No, it’ll be too embarrassing if news of this makes it out.

At this very moment, he heard Li Qingshan’s footsteps grow closer, which made him tense up.
He felt strangely alarmed.

Li Qingshan raised his head and opened his eyes, only to see a rabbit crouching quietly on the tree.
It had black fur and two long, pointy ears.
It stared straight at him, or perhaps more accurately, the metal gourd in his hand, with its fiery-red eyes.

Rabbits can climb up trees?

This was supposed to be something worthy of surprise, but after a stroll in the Spiritual Beast garden, he would not be surprised even if a sow ended up on a tree.
He stroked his chin and said in thought, “It’s probably escaped from the Spiritual Beast garden! No matter how nice it is as a mount, they still desire freedom at the end of the day!”

The black rabbit actually nodded.

“Hmm? You can even understand humans? You really have escaped from the Spiritual Beast garden.”

Li Qingshan noticed its gaze and raised the metal gourd in his hand.
He asked with a smile, “You want some?”

Rabbits can drink? Of course, after a stroll in the Hundred Beasts garden, this was not particularly surprising to him anymore either.

With a swish, the black rabbit leapt down the tree with alarming speed, clutching the metal gourd and drinking away.

Li Qingshan noticed its paws possessed sharp claws.
Of course, that was not worthy of surprise either.
However, it was quite interesting to watch a rabbit drink alcohol.

“Tsktsk, you still haven’t had enough? Your little belly is bigger than it looks.”

However, he was unable to smile anymore very soon.
When he picked up the metal gourd, he could sense that it was empty.

Err, a single rabbit can drink so much alcohol.
That doesn’t seem particularly surprising either… my ass!

Li Qingshan grabbed the rabbit by the ears and lifted it up.
“You bastard, give me back my alcohol!”

The black rabbit stared at him with its fiery-red eyes.
It scratched its belly with its front paws and let out a lazy belch.

Li Qingshan was furious, raising his fist violently.

At this moment, the female attendant who had shown him the way exited the Spiritual Beast garden.
She wanted to see Li Qingshan off as she found this boasting senior brother to be quite interesting.
He had a high cultivation, a good temper, and in particular, he was handsome too… Suddenly, she spotted this and became stunned.

“Err… I’m just scaring it…” Li Qingshan said awkwardly.

An adult man harassing a little rabbit was a little too unbefitting of his status, or in the words of their Spiritual Beast garden, he was without love.

The female attendant said nothing at all, immediately backing into the Spiritual Beast garden again.

Li Qingshan let out a sigh at the sky.
Had it been easy to earn the bookmarks? He had managed to accumulate some books to offer up to the old turtle after quite some difficulty, only for it all to vanish.
That was equivalent to everything that he had earned from waiting all this time ending up in the belly of this damned rabbit.

He said viciously, “You’ve drunk my alcohol, so I’ll never spare you.
Tell me, do you prefer being deep-fried or steamed?”

The black rabbit did not seem to understand humans again, grooming its fur like no one else was around.

The female attendant retreated back to the Spiritual Beast garden and covered her mouth.
“I- isn't that first senior sister’s black-furred hou?”

TL: A hou in this context corresponds to a denglong in Chinese mythology.
They are technically a son of the dragon and don’t actually look like rabbits, but this isn’t too important to the story.

In a certain place within Myriad city, a woman smiled.
“Li Qingshan.
Sure enough, you’re an interesting guy.
No wonder Bamboo cares about you so much, actually making a request with me over a stinky man.
Hehe, oh I’ll take good care of him.
If there are any problems, I’ll personally eliminate a threat like this.”

TL: The woman refers to Ruan Yaozhu as bamboo.
Ruan Yaozhu has several nicknames, if you haven’t noticed.
The nine-coloured deer calls her a piece of wood or softwood because the feeling she usually gives off is simple and innocent, like a piece of wood.
Her surname, “Ruan”, shares the same pronunciation as “soft” in Chinese, hence Softwood.
At the same time, the last character in her name, “Zhu”, means bamboo, which is where her nickname of bamboo comes from.