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

Please forgive me. I can’t mourn for you, but if it’s possible, I will avenge you.


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In the Main Martial Arts stadium, Han Tieyi stood on a platform with his arms crossed, watching the military disciples train. Through the baptism of war, he had broken through to Foundation Establishment, but he experienced many near-death encounters as the price. Suddenly, he raised his head and saw a cloud fly over. He said gently, “He’s finally here.”

“Tieyi, do you know…” Li Qingshan spotted Han Tieyi too, flying over to him quickly.

Han Tieyi remained as stoic as ever. He did not say anything, not even a greeting. He handed a stack of letters to Li Qingshan.

The letters were clearly labeled, “For Li Qingshan only. Letter from Han Qiongzhi.”

Li Qingshan opened the letters one by one in order. The first letter came from two years ago.

After reading through it, Li Qingshan stopped worrying. As it turned out, Han Qiongzhi had already left the academy two years ago. She had gone to the Ruyi commandery to continue cultivating under her uncle, Han Anguo. Perhaps because she never received a reply, but the letters gradually lessened. The last letter was from three months ago.

After reading through it, Li Qingshan was unable to describe what he felt. There was relief, disappointment, and some ease.

“Don’t blame her. She waited half a year for you. During a mission, she came across a Daemon General and almost lost her life,” Han Tieyi explained for once.

“Why would she carry out such a dangerous mission?” Li Qingshan asked with a frown.

“There are no safe missions now.”

“What about the others?” Li Qingshan looked back at the Main Martial Arts stadium, and pairs of eyes looked over at him too. Through these three years, the military disciples had developed a bleak aura around them, which made him think about the personal army he had faced in the Han family back then. Although it was just training, every single one of them radiated with murderousness, as if they were facing actual enemies.

However, there were only three or four hundred people present, with many unfamiliar and immature faces among them. Their cultivations were not particularly high either. Clearly, they were disciples who had joined recently.

“Some died. Others fled,” Han Tieyi said.

Li Qingshan gazed at the clear, blue sky. In a daze, he seemed to see a colossal monster dwelling above the fifteen hundred kilometers of the Clear River prefecture, silently devouring life. The name of this monster was war. Saying that it was no different from three years ago was his greatest mistake.

Even if he ignored the kind of person Han Anjun was, why would she ever flee from danger with how stubborn she was?

“Do you want to write back?” Han Tieyi asked.

“Not right now.” Li Qingshan considered it before shaking his head gently. He could tell from the later letters that she was doing very well right now. She was also making preparations to establish a foundation. It would be best if he did not bother her mental state and affect her cultivation right now.

Speaking of which, who knew when they would meet again?

Three years, five years, perhaps ten years… Even his mental state right now was different from the past, so let alone many years into the future.

Li Qingshan and Xiao An met up outside Cloudwisp island. Before they could even reach the bamboo loft on the island, a woman’s figure appeared. Li Qingshan could not help but frown when he saw her.

Qian Rongzhi saw Xiao An, and her eyes lit up. She approached her with a flash and crouched down, grabbing Xiao An’s hand. She asked, “Does it hurt?”

Xiao An shook her head.

Qian Rongzhi’s smile became even more resplendent. She wanted to give Xiao An a hug, but she hugged nothing.

“Qian Rongzhi, why have you come?” Li Qingshan pulled Xiao An behind him.

“You’re still the same as before. Take out your Scarlet Wolf tablet. There’s a mission.”



Li Qingshan took out his Scarlet Wolf tablet in doubt. It flashed gently, and sure enough, Hua Chengzan’s voice rang out in a blurred manner,

“Qingshan, I heard you emerged from seclusion, so I have a mission for you. It shouldn’t be dangerous, but I can’t say for sure. Anyway, you should familiarise yourself with the situation first! Qian Rongzhi already knows about the details of the mission. I’ll take you out for dinner once you get back.”

Hua Chengzan seemed to be busy. He just said a few words in a hurry before falling silent.

“Would you like to see it? Our heaven, that is!” Qian Rongzhi smiled like a colourful, venomous snake.





Chapter 418: Waking Up | Legend of the Great Sage




This was a small city three hundred and fifty kilometers from Clear River city. It was a small city, but it still had a population of several tens of thousand people. However, piles of corpses and puddles of blood spanned as far as the eye could see.

The red blood soaked the ground, drying into a black mess before the winter froze it cold. It was sticky and slippery.

With every step Li Qingshan took, he would alarm countless crows as well as various other unknown scavenging birds of prey. However, the strangest part about it was there were no signs of invading enemies at all.

A madam dressed in an apron firmly embedded her kitchen knife into a man’s head. However, right before his death, the same man attacked her, crushing her throat. Their faces were twisted with hatred the moment before they died, as if they were facing their greatest enemy. And, it was possible to tell from where they lay that they were clearly husband and wife. The virtuous madam had probably finished making dinner and had come out to call the man in.

A regular soldier with a spear pierced the chest of an armoured military officer. At the same time, he was pierced by three other spears, whose wielders were dressed in the same uniform. They seemed to be soldiers and officers responsible for defending the city, but they had become icy-cold corpses now. They had forgotten about their responsibilities and killed one another.

A little girl with her hair tied into buns used her hemp waistband to choke another child to death. Her head had become dented by the metal ball that the other child originally played with. Their faces were twisted with viciousness and murderousness that did not belong to children. The bloody metal ball had rolled to one side. Originally, this was a very ordinary game between two friends.

Wives killed their husbands, soldiers killed their officers, and friends killed their companions.

It was as if the people in the city had all gone insane, attacking the people around them and all perishing together.

Li Qingshan could vaguely guess whose handiwork this all was. He clenched his fist as his face became rather ugly.

“I thought you’d like it! Thankfully, it’s winter. If it were summer, there’d be much more to see!” Qian Rongzhi walked over from behind.

“Aren’t there any people who try to deal with this?”

“There were in the beginning, but after a few massacres, they came to their senses. Who would sacrifice themselves for regular people who are no different from ants? Oh right, there was one a while back. The One Thought master came to bring salvation, and he challenged the rock demon, but he lost.”

“The rock demon!?” Li Qingshan confirmed his thoughts inside. It could not be wrong. This was the power of the Rock of Slaughter. Strongboulder had arrived here and unleashed his natural power, making everyone descend into madness and kill one another.