Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 401-Chapter 500)

“If you had said ‘make it quick’ instead of that, it would be a little more pleasant to my ears.” Li Qingshan’s gaze swept past her perky bottom viciously. He was very tempted to deal a vicious slap there.

Immediately, he forgot about keeping her around for the rest of his life as a confidant. He only thought about how pressing her down over his legs and viciously spanking her would be the greatest enjoyment when she ran her mouth blindly.

“Will I receive spiritual stones if you feel pleasant?” Ru Xin found that rather inappropriate as soon as she mentioned it.

Sure enough, Li Qingshan sniggered. “That’ll depend on how you make me feel pleasant.”

Ru Xin turned around and left without saying anything more.

Li Qingshan suddenly remembered something. “Do you know what Qian Rongzhi is doing by Chu Tian’s side?”

“In the Mist province, interfering with a person’s hunt is even more severe of an offence than stealing their wife!” Ru Xin waved her hand without even looking back, passing through the corridor of floor-to-ceiling windows. She flickered in and out of the sunlight, disappearing at the end of the corridor.

“Hunting? She’s thinking the same thing as I am. It’s a pity that I have too many prey, or I wouldn’t mind having a hand in it.”



Li Qingshan murmured to himself before picking up the book he had tossed on the table again. He carefully studied the cover. The title of the book had already become blurred, and the words were in an extremely simple style. He only managed to make out two words, “on Gods”.

Unless they were left untouched in hundred treasures pouches, items like books could never withstand the passage of time no matter how proper the protection they received was.

For once, Li Qingshan settled down and began reading. Only then would he live up to the pain-staking efforts she had gone to in finding these books from the vast selection here.

Under the reflected sunlight, time passed bit by bit.

Just like what Ru Xin had said, gods did exist in the very beginning. They were primarily divided into mountain gods and water gods. Bodies of earth and bodies of water could be refined like spiritual and arcane artifacts, but unlike imprinting them with soul sense, the process involved drawing out a sliver of soul sense and condensing it into a god seal.

The founding emperor conquering the world was not as simple as defeating everyone in the world and then establishing the eight kings and ten Daemon Kings. Otherwise, the Great Xia empire would have immediately collapsed the moment he left, returning to the age of chaos.

Instead, he undertook a series of procedures to prevent this. The most important procedure was forging the great cauldrons of the nine provinces. The materials that went into forging these cauldrons were the god seals collected from throughout the world.

The nine cauldrons suppressed the nine provinces. From then onwards, even if daemons claimed mountains and bodies of rivers again, they would not be able to refine them.

TL: This is a reference to ancient Chinese mythology/history. If you’re wondering why Chinese webnovels frequently mention nine provinces and not eight or ten provinces, it’s because there were nine provinces/regions in the ancient Xia and Shang dynasties, which is basically another way to say China now. So yes, these “nine provinces” are very, very loosely based on ancient China. At the same time, cauldrons basically symbolize the power and authority of rulers in ancient China, with the emperor, the Son of Heaven, possessing nine. You can read more about this here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Provinces

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Tripod_Cauldrons

With the emergence of the founding emperor, the world became godless.





Chapter 499: Water God Seal | Legend of the Great Sage




However, if the world is godless, why is Ru Xin telling me to read all of this?

Li Qingshan was not surprised by the fact that Ru Xin had managed to guess his identity as Northmoon. He was not Superman, who only needed to take off a pair of black-rimmed glasses and change into a set of tights with an “S” to fool the reporter that was the female protagonist forever.

Either there was something wrong with the female reporter’s head, or she had never really taken a man like him seriously. As someone who liked her, Superman’s tastes sure were not particularly impressive.

Li Qingshan personally believed his tastes were much better. Ru Xin’s intelligence was quite rare in the world. She had purposefully made a fuss to lead him here, digging up a great pile of books for him to read. Surely she could not say something like:

Hey, I know who you are! Becoming a water god is so great, but it’s just a pity you were born too late! You know about it now, but it’s forever beyond your reach! Hehehehe.

Hold on!

Li Qingshan’s expression suddenly became rather strange, as he imagined Ru Xin saying something like that complacently, he felt like she was actually capable of doing something like that.

He coughed gently and dismissed these random thoughts. He calmed down and continued flipping through the books.

By dusk, the sunlight had become an orangey-red, casting long shadows of him on the floor.

Li Qingshan finally reached the last book, and he became even more eager. If he could refine a body of water and turn it into his water dwelling, his cultivation speed would definitely increase drastically. And, with his geographic advantage, even if Golden Core cultivators came to make trouble, he could deal with them easily. He could go on the attack as opposed to being on the defence.

“Hmm? What’s this?”

……

“Oi, Ru Xin, what are you trying to do? Are you fooling with me?”

It was already late. Li Qingshan arrived on Benevolence island, looking for Ru Xin in her alchemy room to denounce her. Disappointment and anger filled his face from finding absolutely nothing.

“Ah, you’ve finally noticed! How clever!” Ru Xin chuckled as if she had succeeded with her scheme. However, she felt rather disappointed inside.

“So you already knew!” Li Qingshan flew into a rage before calming down again and smiling.

“Knew what?” Ru Xin asked in exasperation.

“I was…”

“An idiot.” Ru Xin interrupted him.

“I’m going to go to the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga with Xiao An.” Li Qingshan did not lose his temper. He only sighed gently.

“Why?” Ru Xin gazed at the cauldron before her and asked in an unconcerned manner, but her heart shuddered slightly.

“Actually, I wanted to tell you back then in the library. This is the best choice for Xiao An. Not to mention that I’ve offended my superior, so I kind of can’t remain in the Clear River prefecture anymore.”

“You read all the books I gave you?” Others might have had no idea which superior Li Qingshan had offended, but Ru Xin knew very well. She became rather flustered inside for some reason.

“I read some of them, but they seem to be useless, so I guessed you were playing a trick on me. Sigh, if only that were possible. That way, I would be able to hold off that superior of mine.”



“You idiot!” He was clearly just one step away.

“Forget it. I’m not going to get mad at you today. Actually, there’s something I want to tell you before I leave.” Li Qingshan’s gaze suddenly became filled with tenderness.

Ru Xin’s gaze met his before shifting away again. “What about those books?”

She would not make any attempt to persuade him to stay, but at the very least, she had to make him understand the current situation completely. This idiot!

“They’re still in the library!”

“That’s good then. Wait for me here. I’ll be right back.” Ru Xin had specially told Sun Fubai to stow the books away and prevent anyone else from touching them if Li Qingshan failed to read through all of them.

“Hahahaha, who’s the one being fooled now?” Li Qingshan suddenly laughed aloud and raised his right hand.