Legend of the Great Sage

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Ghost Shadow had just risked his life for him after all.

“Then I’ll be awaiting for the King of Savages’ arrival in the Shadow palace.” Ye Weiyang bowed and turned into a shadow, drifting off into the mist.

“Thank you, my king!” Ghost Shadow said in a hurry.

“If you want to remain on Savage mountain, that’s up to you.
I’ll pass on the position of King of Savages to whoever undergoes the third heavenly tribulation!” Li Qingshan waved his hand, expressing that they did not have to pose around anymore.
“Though, let me make this clear first.
You can forget about rampaging around under my name.
You’ll be taking responsibility over whatever mess you create yourself.”

The title of the King of Savages was not particularly important to him.
The so-called authority that came with dominating the south did not hold any significance either.
He was fine with acting around like a king a bit and accepting a few lackeys, but the lackeys were for dealing with problems.
Those lackeys who specially used their boss’s name to do things and created problems for their boss could just go die!

“Yes.” The Gentleman of Heavenly Blubber shivered inside.
The more Li Qingshan cared about his title, the greater the benefit it would be to them.
If anyone in the south defied them, then they would be insulting the King of Savages, except Li Qingshan did not care at all, so they could not swagger around on their high horse so easily anymore.

The three of them bade farewell and took their leave.
Li Qingshan gazed towards the north, in the direction of Savage mountain.
Xiao An asked, “Aren’t you going to go back and take a look?”

“They’ll know,” Li Qingshan said.
Although he had once played a purpose in their lives, this path was far too long, and this could not even be regarded as a farewell.

“Not bound by reputation, not perturbed by lust.
Impressive, impressive! Originally, I saw how violence and stubbornness was ingrained within you, which even made me worry whether you were qualified or not.
Now that I look at it, you really do have the bloodline of the phoenix.
As long as you look back on your past mistakes and start over, you can still shoulder the duty!”

Feng Xiwu’s praises rang out, which made Li Qingshan shake his head.
This guy really was an ancient daemon after all.
He still had a pair of sharp eyes.
By “violence and stubbornness”, was that not the demonic nature of the tiger demon and ox demon? However, getting him to “look back on his past mistakes and start over” would probably be impossible.

“Oi, you’ve rambled on and on, but you still haven’t even told me what the duty is.”

“You’ll know very soon.”

“Give me a moment,” Li Qingshan said before taking out a formation he had prepared in advance and setting it up.
The formation was called the Fire Gathering Formation of Southern Bing, only slightly above average in quality.
It could not be compared to the fire devourers’ original protective formation, and it could only cover the main peak.
There was nothing he could do about the four hundred kilometers of Fire Melt mountain, but it still made use of the geographic advantage of the mountains and was reasonably powerful.

After setting up the formations, Li Qingshan stood on the mountain peak and overlooked the mountain range.
The rivers of lava had turned into lakes and puddles, shimmering under the sunlight.
However, the volcanic clusters that the rain had extinguished were currently reviving, spewing out with black smoke again.
This place would probably return to the same state as before quickly.
A single storm could not permanently alter an environment like this.

Looking up, the white clouds drifted through the expansive sky.
After all these years in the Mist province, after battles after battles, he had finally arrived here.
Before him was an even more far-reaching path, leading all the way to beyond the Nine Heavens.

Then come!

Li Qingshan smiled at Xiao An and turned around, leaping down and arriving before the divine wutong tree.

“Tell me, what’s the duty?”

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Savage mountain, under the great banyan tree.

“They’ve won!” Ye Liubo said in surprise and joy.

“Yeah, they’ve won.” Ye Liusu smiled, but she sighed a little inside.

Under Li Qingshan’s orders, neither of them could leave Savage mountain.
All they could do was wait here for the news.
Just then, the Great Banyan Tree King had provided them with joyous news, as well as something else.
The Shadow Queen was coming.
Actually, regardless of the outcome of the battle, the Shadow Queen would have come to take them back to the Shadow palace.
There was no need for them to worry about the retribution of the fire devourers.
However, that did not diminish their concern.

“Alright, we can pack up our luggage in peace now.
When the Shadow Queen gets here, we can set off,” Ye Liubo said in delight.

“Aren’t you going to wait for him to get back?” Ye Liusu was rather surprised.
Originally, she thought Ye Liubo would wait here to bid farewell to him, or go straight to Fire Melt mountain to find him.

“He’s taken Fire Melt mountain after so much difficulty, so he must be preparing to enter secluded cultivation right now.
Why would he come back?” Although they had not spent a lot of time together, Ye Liubo personally believed she understood him after so many years of admiration and reverence.
She also supported his decision.

“That’s fine.
We’ll meet again in the future.
We can’t fall too far behind either.” Ye Liusu patted her shoulder in consolation.

“Sigh, I’m so envious of Xiao An!” Ye Liubo let out a faint sigh.
Only then did she demonstrate her deep reluctance to part with him.

Ye Liusu asked herself, Do I feel envious? Of course I do, but no matter how much admiration I feel, no matter how deep my feelings for him are, I just can’t cast aside everything and completely follow his path!

“Well, there’s nothing we can do, as we’re still normal people!”

Ye Weiyang arrived from Fire Melt mountain very soon, and the night roamers were already ready to go.
She could not help but nod in satisfaction.
“Let’s go.
Clansmen, a feast has already been prepared.
It’s time to go home!”

The valley fell silent once more.
Ru Xin sat on a branch, in an exuberant corner, holding a cup of tea.
The sunlight scattered through the leaves and landed on her as the steam curled upwards from her cup.
The corner of her lips curled into a smile, and she raised her cup in the direction of Fire Melt mountain, giving a toast to the distance.
“Thanks!”