Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 601-Chapter 700)

The cloud dispersed, and he leapt down. He moved faster and faster, the lake filling his vision as the wind whistled past his ears. The sight before him distorted; he had already passed through the Formation of Dragons and Snakes in the blink of an eye. He determined the location of the school of Medicine’s Benevolence island and unleashed the Wave Treading Form several times. In merely a few steps, he landed gently on the tallest structure in the centre of the island.

A group of disciples from the school of Medicine all raised their heads and looked at him. Admiration filled their eyes. Most of them had joined the Academy of the Hundred Schools even earlier than Li Qingshan. It could be said that they had personally witnessed how this unlucky disciple of the school of Novels underwent a meteoric rise and climbed to the position of Scarlet Hawk commander.

“Commander Li, are you looking for senior sister Ru Xin?” a young medical disciple asked.

“That’s right. Is she here?” Li Qingshan flew down and landed before this disciple.

“Senior sister Ru Xin is currently studying some medical classics with master Hua Ci. They’re preparing for the Exhibition Matches of the Nine Prefectures. No one is allowed to disturb them, so you might have to wait a while, commander. I’ll go make you some tea.” The medical disciple bowed in a hurry.

“That won’t be necessary. I’ll go take a look.”

Li Qingshan was unable to sense Ru Xin’s aura. She must have been in a formation. However, when he wrinkled his nose, he immediately caught her scent drifting through the air, and he strode away.

The medical disciple wanted to say something else, but in the blink of an eye, Li Qingshan had already vanished. He made his way around a fake mountain, passed through a park, and arrived behind the main hall, in front of a stone door.

Sensing the obstruction of a formation, Li Qingshan called out, “Ru Xin, are you in there? There’s something I want to discuss with you.” Meanwhile, he thought, Medical classics aren’t even that urgent. I’m giving you a mid grade arcane artifact alchemy cauldron, so why don’t you hurry up and receive me on your knees?

There was no reply even after a while. Right when Li Qingshan grew impatient, the stone door suddenly opened. He stepped in, and the door slammed closed again.

Before him was a long passageway. Milky-white light hovered on the walls, illuminating the utmost of details.

Li Qingshan followed the passageway all the way to the end and saw a spacious room. Books filled the numerous bookshelves, while the glass containers all held strange organs.

However, none of this managed to draw away Li Qingshan’s attention. All of his focus right now was on Ru Xin, no, the naked man behind Ru Xin.

The man was roughly in his twenties. His appearance was nothing special, and his stature could be regarded as sturdy.

Li Qingshan exclaimed, “Chu Tian!”

Indeed, the man was Chu Tian. His eyes were shut, and he did not move at all. It was like he was dead already. He was submerged in a large glass container, completely bare. A light-blue fluid filled the container, which Li Qingshan found slightly familiar.



A string of bubbles appeared in the container. The exterior was covered in inscriptions, reaching all the way to the ground. It was a huge formation.

Apart from Ru Xin, there was a dark-skinned, old man standing in the room as well, the original leader of the school of Medicine, Hua Ci. He currently frowned as he stared at Chu Tian in the container as if he had failed to sense Li Qingshan’s arrival at all.

Ru Xin exhaled gently and made her way over to Li Qingshan. She seemed slightly exhausted. A gentle smile appeared on her face. From her outer appearance alone, she was truly the best representation of “as gentle as water”, but Li Qingshan knew this was merely a false impression.

Ru Xin studied Li Qingshan from head to toe first before asking in complete surprise, “You’re still alive?”

The corner of Li Qingshan’s lips twitched. “I’m alive and healthy!”

Ru Xin said with plenty of pity, “The insight of the old monks from the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga truly isn’t that special then! I’d thought you’d be purged!”

“Even if I die, I’ll pull you down with me!”

“Even though you’re so infatuated with me, I can’t accept it because- because- I’ve already seen the body of another man!” Ru Xin’s eyes glistened as if she was extremely touched before turning her head away sorrowfully in the end.

At that moment, Li Qingshan felt like he had lost control over all the muscles in his face. He had no idea what expression to make, and his urge to choke her to death bloomed once again. He sucked in a deep breath and asked, “Just what is going on here?”

He had always thought Qian Rongzhi had already sucked Chu Tian dry, but it seemed he still had a breath in him.

Ru Xin laid out her hands helplessly. “Master said that since he’s on Benevolence island, he’s a patient of the school of Medicine. We have to uphold our responsibilities to the very end.”

The two of them walked over together. Li Qingshan asked in wonder, “It’s just healing the sick, so why’re you doing this all so secretively?”

“We’re obviously afraid of trouble from a certain person. She’s already great commander Gu’s esteemed disciple now. There’s a great future ahead of her. If she learns there’s still a possibility for Chu Tian to be cured, she’ll definitely pay him a visit.”

Li Qingshan agreed very much with what she said. With what that woman was capable of now, even if Chu Tian were alive and kicking, he probably was not her opponent, let alone when he was half-dead. He could not help but walk towards Chu Tian. “Have you always been trying to save him?”

“Yeah, we tried many ideas.”

“Spending so much effort to save an idiot really isn’t worth it.”

“You can treat it as studying medicine for us! And if he truly can awaken, he might not necessarily be an idiot. He might even become smarter than you all of a sudden. Have you noticed what the liquid in there is? Don’t you find it a little familiar?”

“This is… the Water of Recollection! You’re trying to make him recover the memories of his past life?” Li Qingshan suddenly remembered what it was. He had quite a deep impression of the function of the Water of Recollection. “But is it really that effective?”

“Yeah, we increased the dosage, but it’s probably still useless. I’ve checked many books. There have been many incidents of celestials recovering their past memories, but that’s only when their cultivation reached a certain level. I’m only doing what I can and hoping for the best. It might end up working. Who knows.”

“His mind has completely collapsed anyway. If he can’t find his past memories, then even if he awakens again, he’ll be like what you said, a complete idiot or an imbecile, the type that doesn’t even know how to handle his bodily instincts and functions.”

Li Qingshan turned around and asked, “Can it work?”

Ru Xin shook her head. “Who knows! Let’s go. We’ll talk outside.” Without even notifying Hua Ci, she told Li Qingshan that and made her way out.

Li Qingshan gazed at Chu Tian for a while longer. He waved his hand to bid farewell, about to turn around and leave.

Chu Tian’s eyes suddenly snapped open, staring straight at Li Qingshan. His gaze was so stubborn, completely fixed on him.

Li Qingshan called out, “Hey, hey! He’s awakened!”



Ru Xin had already entered the passageway. She said without even looking back, “This is merely a momentary reflex of his muscles. Let’s go. Stop dilly-dallying.”

Li Qingshan looked closely. Chu Tian’s gaze was blank and hollow, and his eyes closed up slowly again a while later.

He could not help but curl his lip and say to him with his soul sense, “You might have offended me a lot, and you well and truly deserved it to be reduced to such a state. However, I still hope you can come back to life. Hehe, I’m such a good person. Looks like I’ve already understood some of the true meaning of being ‘good-nature like water’.”