Legend of the Great Sage

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But since he was here, there was no need for him to focus on being discreet!

Tonight, he would make his name resound through the world and complete that wild wish of the mountain village youth of the past!

In that moment, Li Qingshan completely unleashed his aura.
Demon qi surged and malice rushed into the air.
The stars and moon paled!

Everyone felt a tremendous pressure drop down from above, filled with oppression and invasiveness.
Even their breathing became a little difficult.
If it were not for the fact that this power had spread out into the surroundings aimlessly, without a single person as a target, no one present could withstand it apart from the Golden Core cultivators.

However, these Golden Core cultivators felt even more shocked. Didn’t he just undergo the second heavenly tribulation? How is he so powerful!? If he really ends up fighting, there probably aren’t a lot of people present that are his opponent!

Yin Xiaochou stood with his sword on a tall building in the distance.
He shut his eyes silently and sensed the aura.
He sighed.
“Is this the Demon Suppression Statuary? It really is powerful.
No, it’s not just the cultivation method.
It’s because of this person too.
The Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga has produced such a genius.
Among the younger generation of the Sword Collection palace, no one can compare to him apart from first senior brother! Fortunately, he’s not from the Umbral Yin sect, or he would definitely become a major problem.”

“Stop showing off! Hurry up and get down!” Han Qiongzhi silently pinched Li Qingshan.
In front of so many gazes, she felt quite proud in the beginning, but as time went on, it felt uncomfortable.

“Aren’t I making you proud and building up your reputation?” Li Qingshan conveyed with a smile.

“Hmph, I think you’re just doing it for your own sake!” Han Qiongzhi said.

If he had just suddenly entered secluded cultivation for a few years, then so be it, but the first person he visited after emerging was actually Hua Chenglu.
She only learnt he had emerged when someone else had contacted her.

Li Qingshan knew the reason for her anger.
He had always followed his principle of “even a lion would use its full strength to catch a rabbit”.
He passed the half of the Cursive Sword Calligraphy he had obtained from Mo Yu to Chu Danqing after refining it.
Then he comprehended the sword intent inside.
He spent the entirety of the past two days on this.
His time was tight, so he had absolutely no time to go and find her.

Furious, Han Qiongzhi did not even spectate his battle with Yin Xiaochou.
Of course, it was also because she knew he had already undergone the second heavenly tribulation, so there was absolutely no chance he could lose, let alone face any life-threatening danger.

Li Qingshan also understood he had been in the wrong.
He coaxingly said, “Zhi’er, it’s my fault, so please stop being angry.
I’ll definitely properly make it up to you tonight and relieve you of the pain from several years of longing!”

“Never! You can go amuse yourself with other women!”

Han Qiongzhi turned him down without batting an eyelid, but her heart softened.
She was very curious just what she had to do to never forgive this brazen, unrestrainable man.
As long as he said a few more sweet words, her anger would completely evaporate away.

“Are there any women that can compare to my Zhi’er?”

Li Qingshan smiled and landed on the Parlour of Clouds and Rain.
He did not purposefully hold back, nor did he intentionally make a display.
He clasped his hands around and said some formalities before taking his seat and toasting the Golden Core cultivators one by one.

The first one was obviously Han Anjun.
His father-in-law had nothing to say, just downing the cup in one gulp.

Next was his superior, Gu Yanying.
Gu Yanying said, “Congratulations!” Then she said, “You’re welcome to pay a visit to my Waterside Pavilion of Listening Wind tomorrow!”

Li Qingshan said, “I was planning to do that!”

Afterwards, Li Qingshan drank to his heart’s content.
Everyone was jolly in the entire parlour.

Qian Rongzhi looked away and began patrolling through the Parlour of Clouds and Rain.
This was her responsibility as a White Wolf guard.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from behind her.
“May I ask if you are senior Qian Rongzhi?”

Qian Rongzhi turned around, only to see a handsome young man standing there.
He said, “I’m Lin Xuan.
I’m also from the Academy of the Hundred Schools of the Clear River prefecture.
I’m still cultivating in the school of Daoism right now.
I’ve heard about senior’s great name a long time ago!”

Qian Rongzhi had heard of this name before.
He was a rising star of the Academy of the Hundred Schools of the Clear River prefecture, and he had basically risen to fame over the years.
However, she had seen far too many geniuses before.
Let alone Li Qingshan and Xiao An, even she had earned the title of genius now.
She had also received a letter of challenge from Yin Xiaochou, but she simply ignored it.

As a result, she did not believe a mere Qi Practitioner like him had anything worth noting.
She just found his gaze sincere and his bearing gentle, which made her remember a distant memory for some reason.

“What’s the matter?”

 ……

The next morning in the Waterside Pavilion of Listening Wind, the lotus flowers stretched into the distance and oozed with fragrance.

Li Qingshan and Gu Yanying sat before one another, tasting the tea together in a very leisurely manner.

Gu Yanying placed down her cup.
“In other words, you’ve made up your mind about going to the Mist province!”

Li Qingshan smiled.
“Circumstances.
With my cultivation, I can’t remain as a Scarlet Hawk commander, can I? And, in my knowledge, the Green province doesn’t have any open positions for me!”

Gu Yanying said, “And with your reputation, neither the imperial court nor the Hawkwolf Guard could possibly let you go.
Even the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga can’t change that fact!”

A resounding reputation was both good and bad.
Even the imperial court was forced to pay particular attention to a supreme genius who had undergone the second heavenly tribulation before the age of thirty.
They had to keep him in their system.
Although the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga dominated in the Green province, they could not contend against the Hawkwolf Guard and the Great Xia empire.

“Speaking of which, you should go back and pay a visit to the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga!”

“There’s no hurry for that.” Li Qingshan planned on pushing the first seven layers of the Demon Suppression Statuary to the peak before attempting the eighth floor of the Demon Suppression hall.

“That little girl of yours has already emerged from seclusion!”

Li Qingshan was taken aback.
He was overjoyed.
“Xiao An has emerged from seclusion!?”