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

Yu Zijian smiled gently and generously. “Zijian, even if there are innocent people, they’ll be laying their lives down for the sake of the martial arts society. All of the people of unorthodox origins are cruel and crafty. If we can’t be more decisive and smarter than them, how are we supposed to defeat them? You need to learn from miss Hua.”


Yu Zijian curled her lips, but she did not try to rebuke that. She just felt like her father had changed recently. In the past, if she was ever bold enough to say something like this in front of fellow people of the martial arts society, great hero Yu would have frowned and scolded her already. If she refused to oblige, he would even draw his sword. Although he had never swung it at her, he had never been so gentle to her.

Due to his daughter’s friendship with Hua Chenglu, great hero Yu had now become greatly respected by his fellow members of the martial arts society. He basically would even laugh in his dreams over this. Not only did Yu Zijian’s future prospects become limitless, but even he as her father benefited as well. As a result, he became very amiable with his daughter. In particular, whenever he was in front of Hua Chenglu, he would basically set the norm of a loving father.

Under the flattery from the orthodox masters, Hua Chenglu tried to smile it off like she was unfazed. She waved the banner in her hand and launched a barrage of cannonfire again.

The entire Island of Cherishing Flowers was now engulfed in fire and smoke.

……

The barrage landed on a huge shield and dispersed as violent gusts of wind. Li Qingshan lowered his spiritual artifact shield as he looked at the surface of the lake in surprise. What is going on?

He was not surprised by the existence of guns and ammunition in this world. Instead, he wondered just who was trying to interfere and blow the Island of Cherishing Flowers to pieces.

However, there was no point for him to think too much about this. After all, they had assisted him instead. Cannonfire on such a level did not pose any threats to him. As he held the shield that had already transformed to the size of a table, he strolled through the cannonfire like it was nothing. He was completely unscathed.

However, to these unorthodox masters, it was basically the end of the world. Not a single super master burst out yelling, “You have cannons? Well I have divine martial arts!” They were all blown to pieces as they sobbed for their lives, saving Li Qingshan the trouble of hunting them down individually.

TL: This is a reference to the 1993 Hong Kong movie, The East is Red, where a group of Chinese people are under fire from the Spanish navy, and a great martial arts master bursts out, catching all the bullets and yelling, “You have science? Well I have wondrous martial arts!”

Xiao An crossed through the cannonfire easily as well and arrived before Li Qingshan.

Under the constant booms, Li Qingshan nodded; his voice was drowned out by the cannonfire. However, his lips parted, and he seemed to say, “You can start!”

Both of their eyes seemed to shine.

Xiao An brought his hands together in a prayer position, with the Skull Prayer Bead between his palms. Afterwards, he lowered his head and chanted scriptures quietly.

Flames flowed out like water, silently spreading through the heavy smoke, descending over the collapsed walls and extending towards the buildings, swallowing every single corpse it came across along the way.

Four hundred and twenty seven, three hundred and eleven, two hundred and twenty five, one hundred and thirty one…



He counted to himself inside. Suddenly, Xiao An raised his head, and his eyes were filled with joy. All of the flames began to flow back to him, wrapping around him like a snake. It turned into a cocoon that enveloped him. Gradually, Xiao An disappeared inside. All that remained was a great, scarlet cocoon composed of fire floating in the air.

Li Qingshan stared right at the cocoon of fire without shifting his gaze at all. He clenched his hands firmly as he suddenly became nervous.

The explosions continued. At this moment, a cannonball whistles through the air, passing through the thick smoke and flying towards Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan extended his left hand with lightning speed and caught the cannonball.

Boom!

The cannonball exploded in his hands, charring it. He continued to stare at the cocoon like nothing had happened at all. He did not even turn his head.

Time trickled by. After who knows how long, the cannonfire subsided, while Li Qingshan simply sat down by a destroyed wall, leaning his head on his hand.

At this very moment, there was not a single matter, not a single person, that was worth his attention aside from Xiao An. Even Xuanyue and Gu Yanying formed no exceptions. His ambition that lied beyond the Nine Heavens was temporarily set aside as well.

Hua Chenglu smiled on the deck of the ship. “It’s done!” She swung the small banner and ordered, “Let’s set off and go take a look!”

“What’s that?” Suddenly, someone called out and pointed behind the ship.

Everyone looked over and became extremely stunned. A horse carriage tore through the fog and rapidly rolled over the surface of the water. It arrived before the ship very soon and gradually came to a halt.

The West Gate Granny lifted the curtain and frowned. This was the Wave Breaker of the Hua family! She had seen it in Clear River city before. She could not be wrong. This mechanical ship had been created by several great masters of modhism. The Fire Dragon cannons on it were powerful, and it possessed several hundred mechanical puppet soldiers as well. Every single one of them possessed the strength of a weaker Qi Practitioner. They were extremely costly to create.

The Sect of Clouds and Rain was powerful, but it was unable to ignore the influence the Hua family had over the Clear River prefecture. She called out loudly, “May I ask which fellow of the Hua family is present?”

Hua Chenglu leapt off the railing and replied, “Hua Chenglu is present.”

The West Gate Granny said, “So it’s you, brat. You've stolen your family’s ship and come out to play? Be careful of being spanked for getting involved with these untrustworthy folk.”

None of the orthodox masters had any objections to being labelled as untrustworthy folk. Regardless of their gender, they all looked at the West Gate Granny in infatuation and lamented, There are actually beauties like her in the world. Even her wrinkles seemed to be extremely charming.





Chapter 159: The Aspect of Great Beauty | Legend of the Great Sage




However, Hua Chenglu was unfazed. She did not back down at all. “So it’s you, the old coot! This ship was mine in the first place. You’re the one who stole the carriage of the Sect of Clouds and Rain and came out to play!”

The West Gate Granny said in displeasure, “You’re so young, yet your mouth is already so foul. When I see your father, I must mention this to him. Right now, I have matters to attend to, so I’m not going to bother with a brat like you!”

Hua Chenglu immediately rebuked her and said, “When I see big brother Chengzan, I’ll mention it to him as well, how an old hag like you is harassing me just because of my young age!”

The West Gate Granny snorted coldly, and the carriage sped off towards the Island of Cherishing Flowers, forming a pair of tracks on the surface of the water.

A boy in red said unhappily in the carriage, “Granny, why won’t you teach that little girl a lesson?”

The West Gate Granny said, “Her father and elder brother are not people to be trifled with. They’re difficult to deal with, or I would have taken her measly life a long time ago. Hmph, there’ll be plenty of times when she’ll cry in the future. If you hadn’t thrown a tantrum for some roasted chestnuts and wasted time, we would have arrived a long time ago and dealt with Li Qingshan already. We wouldn’t have run into this girl.”