Legend of the Great Sage

of my race.
You shouldn’t know it!”

“Then how would you like to make it fair?”

“Teach me your cultivation method.”

“I knew it! Big sis, I’m helping you cultivate right now.
You’re not helping me cultivate.
If you find it unfair, then let’s forget about it!”

“Then forget about it!” Gong Yuan immediately pulled her hands away.
“Even without you, I can still cultivate like before.
If you think you can coerce me with this, then you’ll be utterly mistaken!”

Li Qingshan lost his temper too.
“Why would I coerce you? You’re a half-man, half-fish monster.
I can’t even use you.
What’s there to coerce for?”

“Y- you filthy animal! How dare you talk to me like that!” Gong Yuan almost struggled to believe her ears had just heard such foul language.

“That’s exactly how I’m going to talk to you.
What are you going to do about it? Stop acting like the entire world owes you.
Hmph, do you really think I don’t know?”

“Know what?” Gong Yuan was utterly furious.
If it were not for the fact that Li Qingshan had just saved her earlier, she basically would have lashed out.

“You’re a siscon, or maybe even a lesbian!”

Gong Yuan blanked out, clearly clueless about what the two words meant, so Li Qingshan gave a slight explanation.
Before he had even finished explaining, the surrounding seawater froze into ice, sealing him in there.
Then the pitch-black ice cube shattered under the tremendous pressure.
He felt like he was almost going to be ripped apart.

“What, was I right on the dot? You damned siscon.
Hehe, actually there’s nothing embarrassing about being a siscon.
The embarrassing part is you actually still failed in the end.
Your sister was stolen by someone else, and they were even an enemy.
You really are a failure!” Li Qingshan was still as unscrupulous as ever.

“Shut! Up!” Gong Yuan’s voice seemed to ring out from the very bottom of an abyss, and that was the reality.
It was so cold that it seemed to be able to freeze water, and that was the reality too.

Their great plan of dual cultivation had entered a deadlock right in the beginning.

Li Qingshan fell silent before suddenly smiling.
“Siscon!”

“All Water to Ruin’s End!”

A battle was on the brink of erupting.
Waves of black water flowed out between Gong Yuan’s hands, filled with a deep, deathly stillness as they surged towards Li Qingshan.
The gentle healing from earlier had now become lethal killing intent.

“The Spirit Turtle Suppresses the Seas!” Li Qingshan called out, and the figure of the spirit turtle appeared, suppressing the black water.

The bottom of the abyss that had remained silent for all these years suddenly surged violently.
Under Gong Yuan’s full-powered attack, all the seawater within fifty kilometers was drawn over.

Li Qingshan truly witnessed the Merfolk Queen’s strength now.
Fortunately, his Spirit Turtle’s Method of Sea Suppression could suppress the power of Ruin’s End tremendously, or he would have been in danger of defeat with that.

The dual cultivation had completely devolved into a battle!

Gong Yuan’s attacks seemed vicious, but they were not methodical at all.
She did not use the Heart of the Abyss either.
Instead, it seemed more like venting.
Li Qingshan never drew Tiger’s Fang either, fending her off with his bare hands.

An hour later, Gong Yuan showed a hint of exhaustion, shooting a vicious glare at Li Qingshan nearby.

Numerous parts of Li Qingshan’s body that he had just rebuilt were frozen and frostbitten.
There was a layer of frost over his pale-whiteness, which made him seem like he was in a rather horrible state.
However, he continued to smile like before and asked, “How’s it? Do you feel a little better? You do look like you possess a little more humanity now.”

Gong Yuan was mildly surprised. Did he intentionally trigger me and make my emotions fluctuate in order to nullify the influence from the power of Ruin’s End?

Ever since she became the Merfolk Queen, she stood above all in the Crystal palace.
Only “granny” could converse a little with her.
The two other Merfolk Kings treated her with great politeness, not because they feared her power, but because they respected her sacrifice.
They all knew she suffered severe inner demons from practising the All Water to Ruin’s End, so they understood why she had such a horrible temper and did their best to not provoke her.
As for the other merpeople, they went without saying.
All they did was admire and worship her.
Never did anyone talk to her like Li Qingshan, reopening her scars fearlessly.

However, her expression immediately turned cold.
“Do you think I’ll forgive you for what you said just with that?”

“Hah, who needs your forgiveness? My beloved, you‘re a little too self-centred! You thought you had to take responsibility for the Merfolk, so you banished her, and then you feel like you caused her death!”

“Isn’t that the case? What was I supposed to do? What could I do? What would you have done?” Gong Yuan turned into a smear of blue light and immediately appeared before Li Qingshan, gripping him by the throat with her icy hand.

“I would have protected her.
You can’t even protect your own family, yet you say you want to protect the Merfolk.
Isn’t that hilarious? Even now, you still refuse to admit you were wrong!” Li Qingshan gazed at Gong Yuan fearlessly.

He felt the hand around his neck gradually loosen.
Gong Yuan said in a daze, “I was wrong?”

“Completely wrong!”

“Is this what she told you?” Gong Yuan was referring to Ru Xin.
Otherwise, there was absolutely no need for Li Qingshan to tell her this at the risk of his own life.

“No, that’s my own opinion.
She’s too difficult to deal with.
If it were me, I’d definitely curse you out, maybe even give you a proper beating, and properly vent!”

“The world sure would be much simpler if everyone was like you.
Though, you still don’t have the strength to give me a proper beating!” Gong Yuan said with slight disdain, “Stop wasting time and start cultivating.
The storm waits for no one!”

Li Qingshan suddenly said to her with great seriousness, “Actually, there’s no reason for you to be too disheartened.
Even if your lower half is a fish, the top half still works.”

“Li Qingshan!”