Legend of the Great Sage

ntle that it felt more like intimate contact than punishment.
Gradually, her expression sweetened.
Ever since that day in the “Unaging Spring of Youth”, he had cast a shadow in her heart.
He was the first man to treat her as a woman and kiss and caress her, even though he was only a child.

She never thought she would meet him again a few days later, and during the several days of contact, the shadow rapidly grew heavier.
She simply found him different from all the people she had seen so far.
He seemed to glow as he stood in the crowd, overshadowing everyone around him.

At this moment, singing rose up from the campfire.
It was a ballad from a young man, seeking for love from a young woman.
Ten days ago, Li Qingshan found this to be pretty interesting, but by now, he had grown sick of it already, especially when the song targeted Xianghua Lu who was right beside him.

“Look at how nice their singing is.
Do you know how to sing?” Xianghua Lu saw how annoyed he was and giggled.

“Of course!” Li Qingshan said.
Back then, he had even sung until prince Si Qing’s face sank.

“Let’s hear it!”

“If you want to hear it, sure, but give me a kiss!”

“I don’t believe you.
You definitely can’t sing.
I’ll never fall for this!”

Li Qingshan raised his head and kissed her gently on the lips.
Before she had even returned to her senses, he began singing softly, “Under the moonlight, the fernleaf hedge bamboo, soft, beautiful like the green mist.
The fine lady in the bamboo loft, dazzling like luminous pearls…”

TL: The lyrics come from the song “Fernleaf Hedge Bamboo in the Moonlight”.
You can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoOCghRRNPE

The moment he began singing, even Li Qingshan himself found it unusual.
The singing by the fire immediately stopped.
Everyone looked over and listened closely.
Never had they heard such touching singing before.
It was as magnificent and light as the sounds of nature.

By the time the singing stopped, everyone was still taken away by the song, and Xianghua Lu who was only inches away was completely enamoured.
Li Qingshan shook his head. The songs of a young phoenix surpasses the old.
Let’s just say this is an advantage from the Phoenix Transformation too!

“That’s so nice! What is this song? How come I’ve never heard of it before?” Xianghua Lu returned to her senses, overwhelmed with excitement.
She completely forgot about being angry from having a kiss forced on her.

“There are plenty of songs you haven’t heard!” Li Qingshan yawned, and his ears suddenly twitched.
He seemed to be listening for something!

At this moment, a group of people pressed closer.
The barbarians of various ages stared at Li Qingshan viciously.
Over the past few days, Li Qingshan had never talked to anyone.
Even when people tried to talk to him, he ignored them.
He had absolutely nothing to say to these people, but he came off as wildly arrogant in the eyes of others, which led to everyone’s discontent.

The reason why they had done nothing yet was because they feared the envoy of the White Lotus cult.
Now that he was impelling them on, they all leapt forward.
The flames of envy blazed in them, burning even hotter than the campfire.

Xianghua Lu said, “What are you trying to do?”

“Goldie A’yue, we want to challenge you!” “A’lu, this has nothing to do with you, so step aside!”

Li Qingshan laid leisurely in Xianghua Lu’s lap and said in an unconvinced fashion, “I can see death looming over all of you, so just forget about it tonight!” His gaze landed on the sagely, white-haired, white-bearded envoy of the White Lotus cult by the fire.
His face seemed sunken too.
He dared not use force directly against Xianghua Lu who had a background, but that did not mean he dared not lay his hands on a kid who tried to slip into the White Lotus cult with malicious intentions!

“You’re still so stubborn when death is right in front of you! Hack him to pieces!” The barbarians drew their blades loudly and swung around madly, dealing with the problem in the way they were most adept at.

Xianghua Lu cried out.
She had no idea why these people who had been so kind the entire time would suddenly become so vicious and try to kill A’yue! Right when she was about to take action, the young shaman that Li Qingshan had told to piss off slipped over silently, prepared to seize the opportunity and stop her.

Blades shimmered and blood spattered.
A violent howl rang out.
The barbarians who had raised their blades at Li Qingshan had all cut themselves for some reason.
They rolled on the ground in pain.
Two of them even directly hacked themselves to death.

With that, everyone became stunned.
Xianghua Lu had no idea what had just happened, and the young shaman was puzzled too.
The people by the fire were even more clueless.
Only the envoy of the White Lotus cult changed drastically in expression.
At that moment, he seemed to see a mirror.

The Watermirror Image could reflect the enemy’s attack.
Li Qingshan shook his head.
Using it on these barbarians was basically overkill.

“What did you do?” the young shaman roared at Li Qingshan, putting on a tough front.

The envoy stood up as well.
He said righteously, “Kid, how dare you injure the foundations of our White Lotus cult? There’s no need to keep you around today! Everyone, listen up! Take him down!”

The young shaman was about to take action when a gust of foul wind swept over, sucking him forcefully into the darkness behind a tree.

A huge python with golden mottling, radiating with daemon qi, extended its head out from behind the tree.
Its neck wriggled, and it swallowed the shaman.

“A daemonic beast!” the barbarians cried out.

“No, a daemon!” Li Qingshan corrected.

Suddenly, the snake daemon turned its head.
Its cold eyes stared at Li Qingshan and Xianghua Lu as it flickered its forked tongue, only inches away.

Xianghua Lu felt her blood freeze.
She had only ever heard about the terrors of daemons.
Never had she witnessed it before.
Now that she saw one today, she found them to be even more frightening than rumored.

Li Qingshan waved his hand restlessly.
“Piss off! Go eat them!”

The snake daemon shrank back with its head and nodded in an extremely human-like manner, turning away and slithering towards the barbarians and shamans around the fire.