Legend of the Great Sage

pent his time strolling through the bottom floors of the Pavilion of Heavenly Tomes.
Who knew how many people had seen him, so how could he escape his monitoring?

Li Qingshan smiled.
“I’m just giving you a way out of this situation, letting you feel a little better inside.”

Even Pi Yangqiu felt a little powerless over him.
A person who dared to confront the angered first senior sister definitely could not be frightened by him, let alone the fact that he had already undergone the fourth heavenly tribulation.
He was definitely even more fearless now.
His anger suddenly vanished.

“Junior brother Li, I currently have a piece of good news and a piece of bad news for you.
Which one would you like to hear first?”

Li Qingshan raised his hand.
“I know, senior brother.
The good news is you managed to get the Xuanming dwelling.
The bad news is I have a dragon I need to face.”

“You can see that from a mile away.
You can’t call that a ‘surprise’!” Pi Yangqiu stressed the words ‘surprise’ without any good intentions.

Li Qingshan grinned.
“I love surprises.
So what’s the good news?”

“Congratulations on becoming an inner disciple.”

Pi Yangqiu patted Li Qingshan on the shoulder, and the badge on his chest suddenly lit up, shining even brighter than when he offered up his cultivation experiences with the Heavenly Tome of Liberty.

On the Myriad rankings, Li Qingshan’s name abruptly broke through the limits of formal disciples, immediately becoming an inner disciple of the Myriad sect.
It left everyone below tongue-tied.

Li Qingshan was stunned as well.
“What’s the meaning of this?”

Pi Yangqiu smiled.
“Because of your wonderful suggestion, this is the reward that the Department of Heavenly Dwellings has given to you.”

“This… isn’t cheating, right?” Li Qingshan sensed that something was amiss.
His so-called wonderful suggestion was only a few words, and the size of his merit was highly variable.
It probably was not worth such a large sum of contribution.

“Yes and no.”

“Please take it back then, senior brother! I don’t need to cheat, and I can still become a direct disciple.
Why must you make me liable?”

“It’s exactly because you’ll definitely become a direct disciple that I have to give you this contribution.
Otherwise, do you really think the Department of Heavenly Dwellings is a charity organisation?”

“Why?” Li Qingshan felt even more surprised.

Pi Yangqiu stifled his voice and pulled him in by the shoulder.
“Tell me first, has junior sister Ruan been helping you to cheat?”

“Of course not!” Li Qingshan denied it firmly.
He had truly made great contributions to the Hundred Herbs garden, and Ruan Yaozhu really was quite inflexible when it came to this aspect.

Pi Yangqiu stared at Li Qingshan for quite a while.
“I trust junior sister Ruan’s character.
She’s not the kind to defy her own principles for the sake of a pretty face, but that’s probably not what others think.”

“Who’s the pretty face?” Li Qingshan was very discontent.
“And who are the others?”

“The other direct disciples.
The people standing on the other side of the gambling table.
With the rate at which you gather contribution, becoming a direct disciple in thirty years definitely won’t be a problem.
Even worse, you’re in a place like the Hundred Herbs garden, so you’re basically in no danger of dying.”

Li Qingshan understood now.
“So they will come for me? Aren’t these direct disciples a little too crooked?”

Pi Yangqiu shook his head.
“Who can help the fact that you cheated?”

“When did I cheat? Anyone is welcome to inspect the work I do in the Hundred Herbs garden.”

Pi Yangqiu smiled.
“I’m referring to just then.”

“Pi Yangqiu, you’ve screwed me over!” Li Qingshan said furiously as he pointed at Pi Yangqiu’s face.

Pi Yangqiu moved his finger aside gently.
“Please watch yourself.
Even if you’ve become an inner disciple, I’m still your senior brother.”

“Aren’t you gambling that I’ll win? Why are you screwing me over?”

“The issue with this is not whether you’ve actually cheated or not.
It’s enough as long as they think you’ve cheated.
No one will admit defeat willingly, especially when the gamble has just begun.
That’s basically like a slap in the face.
However, they won’t inspect your work in the Hundred Herbs garden, nor will they question whether you deserve the contribution that I just gave you.
If they do that, that’s completely offending me and junior sister Ruan.
Instead, they’ll come directly for you!”

Pi Yangqiu prodded Li Qingshan in the chest heavily.

“As a result, you need to take them by surprise and become an inner disciple quickly.”

“It’s true.
It’s far too easy for a direct disciple to deal with a formal disciple.
They don’t even need to come up with an excuse for that.
Not all direct disciples respect the gamble like Le Tian or are as direct as Chao Tianjiao.
There are also a lot of bad people like me.” Pi Yangqiu patted his chest without the slightest sense of shame.

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Li Qingshan rolled his eyes.
“And they need to be more careful with inner disciples instead?”

“Yes, they need an excuse, any excuse.”

“What’s the difference then!?”

“There’s a big difference, as well as no difference.
Just like Le Tian said, you can never walk away from the gambling table with everything easily, so the bad news is they’ve probably been infuriated by me now.
As soon as you set foot out of the Department of Heavenly Dwellings, you will encounter a lot of trouble.
I hope you are mentally prepared.” Pi Yangqiu straightened out Li Qingshan’s clothes and shoved an item into his hand.

“This is?” Li Qingshan’s eyes lit up.
He had already guessed what it was.