Legend of the Great Sage

>You really have been thinking too much about going after true love or whatever it is.”

Li Qingshan laughed aloud, making his voice echo through the abyss.
He originally thought Gong Yuan would fly into a rage, but he never expected her to sink into silent thought.
She actually showed a rare smile and even lamented slightly.
“You’re not wrong.
I can never become infatuated with someone like my little sister, nor do I have the right to make demands about how others should feel about me.” She became serious.
“So we can cut the bullsh*t and talk about how we can use each other.
What do you want me to do?”

“Help me clean up the demons and kill a good handful of Demon Kings!” Li Qingshan smiled, revealing his sharp canines.

“And what do I get in return?” Gong Yuan shivered inside.
The demon plague of the Mist province was extremely severe, and fighting Demon Kings was extremely dangerous too.
The King of Southern Yue’s estate had requested her assistance multiple times, but she had turned them all down.

“Absolutely nothing.” Li Qingshan shrugged.

“Li Qingshan, are you playing with me?” Gong Yuan squeezed out those words from between her teeth.

“It’s not using you if there are no benefits!” Li Qingshan directly met her eyes.
“Call it a friend asking for your help, alright?”

Gong Yuan was mildly surprised, avoiding his gaze and sinking into a moment of thought.
“Considering the fact that you still have some use in the future, I’ll help you out this one time.
You better remember this and pay me back on fold in the future!” After a pause, she added, “And, we’re not friends!”

“Sigh, I know you want to become my wife!” Li Qingshan murmured in a rather narcissistic manner.

“What did you say!?”

“Nothing.
Alright, your majesty.
Whatever you want.
Time waits for no one, so let’s set off!”

Gong Yuan returned to the Crystal palace and passed on some instructions before venturing to the Mist province with Li Qingshan.

Along the way, Li Qingshan asked, “Do you know Ye Weiyang?”

“Who doesn’t know the name of the Shadow Queen?”

“Why don’t we call her along too? We’ll have a better chance that way.”

Li Qingshan had originally considered visiting the Shadow palace and finding Ye Weiyang if Gong Yuan refused.
This king of assassins in the Mist province was an extremely powerful help, but she would come at a price.
However, it would be nothing as long as he could help Xiao An get through this.

“Then go ask her.
I’ll return to the South sea!” Gong Yuan stopped and said coldly.

Despite both being “godfolk”, the conflict between the seven ancient divine kings was extremely deeply rooted.
The fire devourers and merpeople were not the only ones with great grievances.
For example, the grievances between the giant lumbermen and the fire devourers were no less either.

Although the merpeople and night roamers were both matriarchies, where women held the authority, that did not mean they could be happy friends.
Night roamers were renowned for their liking towards schemes, intentionally stirring up chaos between the races to swoop in for the maximum benefit, so they achieved their objective of weakening the sixth other divine kingdoms in the end.
Of course, the night roamers were not the only ones with this aspiration.

As a result, the kings of the divine kingdoms never saw one another, but once they did, there would be war.

Gong Yuan loathed Li Qingshan’s disrespectful and casual attitude, but she could not help but admit that she did trust Li Qingshan.
This guy repaid his debts and was straightforward and open in whatever he did.
He was quite reliable in dangerous battles, having blocked lethal attacks for her more than once.
On the other hand, there had been an old saying passed down from the ancient times, that even dead night roamers were not trustworthy.

“Hmm, I’ve considered it, but I think it’s enough as long as we work together.” Li Qingshan immediately changed his mind.
Who would spend money when he had free and fine labour?

Gong Yuan eased up slightly and caught up with Li Qingshan again, only to hear him sigh and shake his head.
“Sure enough, there are no women who don’t get jealous!”

“What did you say?!”

“Nothing!”

……

The dark clouds were thick, sweeping over from the south and gushing into the demonics clouds condensed from demon qi before falling with heavy snow.
This was a once-in-a-millenium sight in the Mist province.

The demonfolk all raised their heads.
A beautiful flake of snow drifted down and landed on the tip of a demonfolk’s nose.

The demonfolk only felt his nose grow cold; then he lost all of his senses and became a transparent ice statue.

“Enemy!” The demonfolk on the side only managed to scream out that word before following his footsteps.
The snowflakes seemed to possess consciousnesses of their own.
None of them landed on the ground, all drifting towards the demonfolk.

Coldness permeated the surroundings.
The thick mist turned into a layer of frost.
The raucous demon cavern fell silent.

The Demon Commanders all demonified, but they did not launch attacks.
Instead, they turned around and flew towards the demon cavern.

However, the snowflakes rapidly gathered and stuck together above the demon cavern, turning into a huge snowman.

The snowman was not terrifying in appearance.
It even seemed rather simple and adorable.
A smile hung on its round head, but a casual swing of its round fist sent two Demon Commanders flying.

A black spirit turtle hovered in the thick, snowy clouds.
Li Qingshan and Gong Yuan stood within it, powering the Heart of the Abyss with their combined efforts.

“The snowman is quite adorable!” Li Qingshan glanced at Gong Yuan in surprise.
The snowman’s strength had nothing to do with its outer appearance.
It was completely up to the caster’s control.
He never imagined there to be such an “ordinary” side to her.

“These demonfolk are only for testing out the various reactions across the nine provinces.
How can you even call this a demon plague?” Gong Yuan said.
The godfolk had far more experience than humans or daemons with dealing with demonfolk.

“The snowman is quite adorable.”

“Enough with you!”

At this moment, there was a rumble, and the snowman collapsed, drifting apart from a sky full of snowflakes.

A Demon King had appeared!