Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 201-Chapter 300)

Liu Chuanfeng opened his mouth. “I’m…”

“You’re screwing around! Why don’t you hurry up and stop the technique?” Sun Fubai’s snowy-white eyebrows had almost scrunched up together. His junior brother was quite a talent when it came to cultivation. It was already very impressive of him to have reached the tenth layer despite how much the school of Novels had declined, but sometimes, he was not particularly clever. He did not know how to handle situations.

Liu Chuanfeng dispersed the women in a hurry. With a clatter, the bowls and chopsticks in their hands fell to the ground. He picked them up in a hurry, conjuring a stream of water to clean them. He set up the table himself with a frown and a pout, like a young wife who had been wronged.

Hua Chengzan clasped his hands. “Elder Sun, long time no see.” There was an additional sense of closeness and sincerity in his voice now.

“What elder Sun? Just call me Fubai.” Sun Fubai grabbed Li Qingshan’s hand. “Young man, we meet again. I never thought you’d actually come here.”

“I didn’t think you’d be a person of the school of Novels either, Fubai.” Li Qingshan hinted at something else. This old man’s plans sure ran deep.

Sun Fubai said, “Sigh, you’ve seen the situation for yourself. The school of Novels isn’t going through a very optimistic situation right now. Surely you don’t blame me when I made you fill in those three words!”

Li Qingshan asked, “Why would I? If it weren’t for you, Fubai, I’d have nowhere to go right now. Although it’s a bit below standard here, it’s quiet, so it’s good for cultivation.”

“You can eat now,” Liu Chuanfeng said quietly.

Sun Fubai raised a hand. “Please!”

At the feast, they exchanged toasts and poured alcohol for one another. Xiao An said nothing, and Liu Chuanfeng could not butt in either, but with Hua Chengzan and Sun Fubai’s presence, there was plenty of talking. Combined with the beautiful scenery of the bamboo, it was possible to say that everyone was delighted.

In the afternoon, Li Qingshan arrived by the edge of the lake with Hua Chengzan.

The expansive mist stretched as far as the eye could see.

Hua Chengzan thought about how he would say it before telling Wang Pushi’s warning to Li Qingshan euphemistically. There was so much euphemism that if Li Qingshan had not been listening carefully, he would have believed that Wang Pushi was giving him words of encouragement.



Li Qingshan said, “Even if he didn’t warn me, I wouldn’t waste my time on something like that. Oh right, what’s going on with He Yishi?”

Hua Chengzan told him the entire truth, about how He Yishi had hinted at Li Qingshan being the murderer in his statement to the Hawkwolf Guard.

Li Qingshan was furious. “What a scoundrel! I saved his life time and time again, yet not only does he not know to show any gratitude, but he has actually stabbed me in the back instead. It’s no wonder why he was afraid to talk to me earlier.” He was not a generous and forgiving person. Letting his enemies go without exacting revenge was not in his blood. He would definitely find an opportunity to teach He Yishi a proper lesson and get his revenge.

Hua Chengzan reminded him. “Killing is forbidden in the academy. If you kill someone here, no one will be able to protect you.”

Li Qingshan said, “I’ll just throw a sack over his head and give him a beating.”

“If you’re going to do it, do it cleanly. Don’t leave behind any evidence.” Hua Chengzan smiled.

Li Qingshan smiled too. “I don’t think that’s something a disciple of legalism should say.”

“Li Qingshan, as the Scarlet Wolf commander of the Clear River prefecture, I hereby declare your arrest! Prepare to be punished under the laws of the empire!” Hua Chengzan suddenly grew stern before smiling again, “Is that more like it?”

The changes in his expression were like going from winter to spring. The ice on the lake cracked, and the water spring’s water gushed out, melting the ice unknowingly and turning it into a lake of warm water.

Li Qingshan could not help but think about a saying from his past life. “There are no women in the world who can resist a smile from Jiang Feng, nor are there any heroes who can resist a gentle strike from Yan Nantian.” Hua Chengzan possessed Jiang Feng’s charms from the legends, while he probably could only develop his strength like Yan Nantian.

TL: The saying comes from Gulong’s wuxia novel, Juedai Shuangjiao, which you can read more about from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juedai_Shuangjiao

“Tsktsk, there probably aren't a lot of women in the world who can resist your charm. It’s no wonder that sect master Qiu is so infatuated with you.”

Hua Chengzan smiled. “We’re just friends.”

Li Qingshan said, “It doesn’t matter if you’re friends or not. If she’s interested in me, I would never turn her down.”

Hua Chengzan said, “If it’s not mutual, yet you stay together, it’ll only make you lonelier.”

Li Qingshan said, “I think you just have nothing better to do.”

Hua Chengzan smiled. “You can say that.”

Li Qingshan was helpless over how unperturbed he was. He thought of something and made fun of him. “Though, don’t tell me you have some special interests with how you went as far as to offend your friends to help me?”

Hua Chengzan replied seriously, “You overestimate yourself.”

Li Qingshan snickered. He studied him and said, “Surely I’m passable.”

Hua Chengzan could no longer stand it anymore either. “Someone told me to take care of you.”

Li Qingshan said, “You’re finally telling the truth. It’s Gu Yanying, isn’t it?”

Hua Chengzan was slightly stunned, or even rather irritated, by how he had suddenly called her by name. However, he had great control over himself, so he showed none of it on the surface. All he did was ask, “How did you know?”

Li Qingshan said, “I might not be the cleverest, but I do have some wits about me. It’s impossible for boss Wang to get you to take care of me. He utterly loathes me. The commander loathes me, yet you still need to take care of me. That means that the person’s status is even higher than boss Wang, such that even boss Wang has to listen to them. The only person I’ve seen who is as important as that is Gu Yanying.”

Hua Chengzan said, “Smart. Your analysis is impressive.”



Li Qingshan became carried away. “And, I’m confident enough to say that you’re interested in her.”

“Oh? How come?”

Li Qingshan said, “You’re not even fazed when someone as fantastic as sect master Qiu takes a liking to you, and you don’t like men either, so that can only mean you have someone else you like. Even I have only seen a single woman who completely surpasses sect master Qiu in terms of charm. Great commander Gu probably doesn’t treat me with any importance at all, so she probably just told you to take care of me without proper thought. Just a single careless word from her is enough for you to uphold it like strict orders, even going as far as to offend your friends for me. You can’t just call that loyalty to your commanding officer anymore.”

Hua Chengzan said, “You’re far too modest. You don’t just have your wits about you. You’re the cleverest.”

Li Qingshan said, “Then you really shouldn’t take care of me.”

“Why?”

Li Qingshan grinned. “Because we’re rivals.”

Even Hua Chengzan was left surprised for quite a while before erupting in laughter, laughing so hard that he had to lean on his knees.

“Alright you, Li Qingshan. It has been quite a while since I’ve laughed so hard. Pfft, rivals. Hahahaha! This is just too interesting.”

Li Qingshan looked at him with a smile. He was as firm as a rock excavated from a ravine. Clearly, he was not joking.

Hua Chengzan stopped laughing, but he continued to smile, “Do you know what we look like?”