Legend of the Great Sage

r up to his lips, and Dai Mengfan halted before she could say the last part.

He was still waiting for the Spirit Reverend of Ocean Returnance’s decision.
The Spirit Reverend of Ocean Returnance clearly did not want to declare war against him, so there was still a chance of negotiation.
If things went out of hand, then he could only fight.

Dai Mengfan behaved like someone had grabbed her by the neck.
She stared at Li Qingshan with widened eyes as all of her hairs stood on end.
Her full chest heaved rapidly, gasping for air, like a herbivore that had been frightened.
She no longer possessed any of the demeanor of a first senior sister.

Yes, she was naturally aware that the Spirit Reverend of Ocean Returnance presided over the Myriad sect.
Even if Li Qingshan came here in person, he would not be able to stir up any mess.
However, at that moment, these logical conclusions all became useless.
All that remained were the most primitive animal instincts—gasping for air to ensure the intense activity of the body, narrowed eyes to gather focus, and a tense body to make any response before fleeing, fleeing as far as she could!

Never could she forget the might and dignity of a tiger.

The other direct disciples all responded as well, either casting techniques, gripping their weapons firmly, or circulating their cultivation methods, immediately assuming a defensive stance.
They did not lose their composure like Dai Mengfan, but even the calmest and coolest among them, Leng Yuan, developed a hint of fear.

Clang! Weapons were drawn from their sheaths.

Although they saw how all the direct disciples behaved like they were confronting a powerful enemy, the inner disciples at the back still had no idea what had happened.
All they could do was raise the weapons in their hands.

Immediately, the square shimmered with light with weapons drawn.
Countless auras rose up, churning up the mist like waves that all slammed against Li Qingshan.

However, Li Qingshan was unfazed.
He smiled.
“Junior sister Dai, I heard you undertook drastic changes as soon as you took office, where each and every one of them was targeted towards me.”

“I- I was only acting under orders.
The Spirit Reverend of Ocean Returnance announced that you had fallen into the Demon domain.
The Spirit Reverend of Ocean Returnance wanted me to become the first senior sister.
I originally declined…”

Dai Mengfan’s eyes shimmered with uncertainty, basically unable to meet Li Qingshan’s gaze, like a child who had just committed a great mistake, explaining away in broken sentences.
It led to contempt from the other direct disciples.
They never expected her to be so cowardly.

By now, all of the direct disciples had settled down, especially Leng Yuan.
As his cultivation method circulated, his mind became as cool as ice, completely eliminating the shred of fear.
He logically deduced that it was only one of Li Qingshan’s clones here.

Li Qingshan’s main body might have undergone the sixth heavenly tribulation already, but the cultivation of his clone was at least one major realm weaker, which meant it was the same as theirs.
If they had to face him alone, no one was confident about defeating him, but there was absolutely no reason to fear him in the current situation.

Leng Yuan said proudly, “Li Qingshan, humans and demons have never been able to coexist.
Since you have fallen into the Demon domain, you are no longer the first senior brother of the Myriad sect but our enemy!”

Li Qingshan’s smile faded away.
He said calmly and seriously, “Yes, you are my enemy.
Dong Dagong’s blood won’t flow for nothing.”

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Dai Mengfan looked at Leng Yuan in great surprise, like she had just witnessed an ignorant child taunting a vicious beast.
She was unable to understand why he was still provoking Li Qingshan.
Was he really not afraid of dying? Then she sensed the contempt from the other direct disciples and could not help but growl inside, Can you really not sense it? You’ll actually die!

Apart from Le Tian, she was the direct disciple most skilled in divination in the Myriad sect.

To her, the air was not filled with white mist but a pitch-black aura of death, pressing against her chest and taking away her breath.

Even when she faced Demon God Taotie’s embodiment outside Black Cloud city back then, she did not experience such fear.
It was as if Li Qingshan could crush them all with a simple twitch of his finger.

She did not trust her so-called logical judgement.
She only trusted her instincts that had developed over many years of cultivation.
If the Spirit Reverend of Ocean Returnance was not present, she would be begging for mercy from Li Qingshan already, or she would have fled immediately, getting as far away from here as possible.

No, I shouldn’t have come at all! The Spirit Reverend of Ocean Returnance definitely didn’t summon us here just so that we could watch but to send us to our deaths as pawns!

At this moment, Dai Mengfan suddenly noticed that apart from Li Liehuo who was in secluded cultivation for good and Wan Jianfeng who faced off against Ruan Yaozhu outside the Hundred Herbs garden, Le Tian was the only direct disciple who had not answered the summon.

That sly bastard!