Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 101-Chapter 200)

The fire was just like its name. It could smelt white bone.


If it were ordinary flames, it could only burn white bone to ashes no matter how hot it was, but as it was licked by the Pale Flames of Bone Smelting, the skull melted like candy. This process was extremely gradual and just as unbelievable.

After a very long time, the skull melted completely, turning into a droplet of pale-white liquid that dripped onto the centre of his forehead.

Afterwards, he raised his head, and a bone arm landed in his hand. He continued to smelt it.

As he smelted the white bones, the Pale Flames of Bone Smelting burned more and more vigorously. It smelted Xiao An’s white bones as well.

This process was a hundred times more painful than using blood to cultivate. It felt like countless steel needles, saws, and grindstones piercing, cutting, and rubbing against his body.

Just a single instant of it was enough to drive an ordinary person into insanity, or even death, let alone enduring it. However, the flames in Xiao An’s eye sockets burned brilliantly. He was fearless.

Whenever it almost became too painful to endure, a snowstorm would appear before him. He would return to that snowy night below the Ice Sword cliff.

Li Qingshan had waved his hand and knocked him aside, telling him to leave before vanishing into the snow and wind, climbing up the Ice Sword cliff alone and embarking on a road to death.

He stood in the wind and snow, alone, for a very long time. He did not hide as Li Qingshan had instructed. Instead, his body had stiffened. Coldness pierced his bones. He thought in fear, Would he die? Afterwards, he collapsed on his knees and agony filled his body.

In the end, he managed to catch up to them and lent Li Qingshan a helping hand at a crucial moment, as he had no idea just where else he was supposed to go apart from there.



Once everything ended, he watched on as Li Qingshan roared at the sky. He said nothing, but he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

The influence of that night on him was no less than what Li Qingshan experienced.

How could what he was going through right now compare to the pain back then?

The roaring Pale Flames of Bone Smelting enveloped him completely, smelting away the impurities and imbuing him with even more bone fluid; this process continued endlessly.

Before he rebuilt his body, he wanted his new body to be even stronger so that he could catch up to his steps.

……

Li Qingshan arrived at the local government office and handed the pile of property deeds to the district magistrate so that he could auction them off.

The district magistrate was utterly flattered. “Sir, I probably won’t be able to sell them all immediately.”

Li Qingshan said, “It’s urgent, so it’s fine even if you lower the price a little. Just treat it as a boon from me to the citizens of Ancient Wind city.” With a tremendous sum of several hundred Qi Gathering pills on him, he did not care too much about the silver. He had considered just throwing it all into a fire, but that would definitely lead to great turmoil in Ancient Wind city, which was why he did this.

The district magistrate said, “Sir, you sow endless good karma. I must thank you for your kindness for the sake of the people of Ancient Wind city.”

Karma? Li Qingshan smiled. That was not something he believed in. “Just get it done within a month.” Even without a warning, he did not believe the district magistrate would rip him off. At most, he would just skim a small part of it, which only made sense.

The district magistrate said, “Sir, are there any other matters?”

Li Qingshan made his way out through the door, “I’ll be staying in the city for a while. Just don’t annoy me.”

Li Qingshan obviously did not continue staying in an inn. After all, he was the largest landowner of the city. He chose a small courtyard on the mountain side. It was close to the Qian estate, and the surroundings were extremely tranquil. Most important, he could see the pit from there.

He stood in the courtyard. There was an overarching grid with grapevines and below it was a rocking chair. Beside it was a great water tank to put out fires. A carp lived in the tank, swimming around freely. A rippling, crescent moon reflected on the dark water surface.

Xiao An never mentioned it, but he could vaguely sense that the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty was an extremely impressive ability. It did not require any pills of medicines, progress could be made rapidly, and it possessed astonishing power.

However, everything was balanced and equal. It required talent far beyond the reach of ordinary people. It required people to endure intolerable pain.

Xiao An was just a child, but he was a very clever and very strong child. He did not need his worry. The only thing he worried about was the future. Their future.

After all these years, Xiao An’s family have probably all passed away already! Perhaps there would only be a few gravestones waiting for him once he returns, and afterwards, I’ll adopt him.

Li Qingshan scratched his head. “Haha, my damned demonic thoughts.”

In the end, he decided to not think that much. He just sat down on the ground and tossed a Qi Gathering pill into his mouth. Chewing it to pieces, the bitterness and astringency spread through his mouth, which instead cleared up his head. He began to cultivate.

A ray of sunlight fell on his face. His eyelashes trembled, and he opened his eyes.

In the eastern horizon, setting all the clouds alight, a red sun slowly but firmly rushed into the sky, radiating with endless light and warmth and dispersing the fog. The endless view of golden wheat rippled in the morning wind.





Chapter 146: The Illusionary Riches of Human Society | Legend of the Great Sage




Looking down from this vantage point, Ancient Wind city seemed like a series of steps, and the rows upon rows of roofs and buildings were built upon these steps. Currently, all of it was doused in a layer of red light.

Many people flowed through the intersecting streets and alleyways. There were vendors selling breakfast, people buying groceries, and travelling merchants who had risen early. It was a clamorous sight of society.

The sight from here was extremely vast and wide, which opened his mind and allowed him to see further as well.

“So the scenery here was actually so magnificent?” Li Qingshan sighed in surprise slightly. He took in a deep breath and began practising martial arts, moving his arms and legs around.

He sensed the flow of true qi through his body. After eating nine Qi Gathering pills last night, it had strengthened slightly yet again. His cultivation at the second layer was gradually consolidating.

He was not in a hurry to revert to daemon form and eat a huge quantity of pills.

That was because he could feel he would remain here for a while, and he would have to go back to Jiaping city for his next portion of Qi Gathering pills. Instead of eating a large number of pills and suffering from a temporary shortage, it would be better for him to take it slowly. The daemon core would naturally absorb a part of it.

He found a set of clothes from the past owner of the room and changed out of his Black Wolf uniform. Afterwards, he left the place and made his way down a series of stairs. He ordered some local specialty snacks in a store with the word ‘tea’ written on a plaque.

He felt like he was a tiny step closer to completing his great dream of eating all the delicacies of the world. Afterwards, he went off on a stroll in satisfaction. He purposefully moved very slowly so that he could appreciate the scenery along the way.