Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 201-Chapter 300)

The giant figure emerged from the darkness, arriving below the light. There were gasps from all floors.

Li Qingshan stood quite tall and straight, but when the figure arrived before him, he had to raise his head to see the latter’s fearsome face.

A messy beard covered most of the face, with a large nose protruding out and two deeply-set eyes, which gave off a vicious light.

He seemed human, but he stood over four meters tall, almost as tall as three people. His rippling muscles were a pale yellow, like freshly-cut lumber, but his arms, legs, and neck were all wrapped in chains.

Apart from regular humans, there were many “otherfolk” in the world as well. They seemed like humans, but they possessed many other, strange features, perhaps longer legs or four arms instead of two, and so on.

It was said that these otherfolk were originally widespread throughout the nine provinces, forming their own tribes and countries. However, with the rise of humans, not only had they purged daemons and demons, but these otherfolk had been expelled as foreign people too. Gradually, they vanished from the view of regular people. They only appeared in distant, remote lands rarely visited by humans.

This giant happened to be a type of the many otherfolk, called the Giant Lumberfolk. They lived deep within the mountains. It was rumored that they were similar to trees, able to extract nutrients from the ground and constantly grow larger like trees, which was why they were gigantic and called Giant Lumberfolk.

Hua Chengzan had never thought that Qiu Haitang would actually find a giant lumberman to compete against Li Qingshan either. The odds were truly against Li Qingshan this time. Just with this giants huge stature, Hua Chengzan believed that Li Qingshan would lose even without competing when it came to drinking and strength.

“Haiting, that’s almost like cheating to use an otherperson in the gamble.”

Qiu Haitang smiled indifferently. “An otherperson is still a person, and his cultivation as a Qi Practitioner definitely has not reached the sixth layer. Is there anything wrong with that? If he wants to forfeit, he can do it before the match. You can be quiet now.”

Although the giant had not reached the sixth layer, the amount of true qi his giant body could contain definitely surpassed sixth layer Qi Practitioners.

Han Qiongzhi was rather reluctant to accept this, but she had to admit that Qiu Haitang was crafty. She truly lived up to her identity as a sect master and a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Looking at Li Qingshan now, he seemed to be utterly frightened, and she felt some pity for him. He was quite brave to be bold enough to gamble against a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but he was a little lacking in the brains department.

The bit of admiration the other disciples of legalism felt towards Li Qingshan had completely vanished. All of them mocked and made fun of him now, like he was an idiot trying to break rocks using eggs.

Wu Gen said to Qian Rongzhi, “We really can’t blame him for this. He’s come from a small place after all. He doesn’t know the power of Foundation Establishment cultivators.”

Qian Rongzhi said instead, “You can’t be too sure about that.”



A person called out from above, “Sect master Qiu, are you playing a joke? How can you still call this a gamble?”

Qiu Haitang said, “Just cast your bets as you please. I’ll treat all the spiritual stones you win as gifts to you all.”

“Can I place a bet too?” Li Qingshan said suddenly.

Hua Chengzan was slightly surprised. There was no dejection in Li Qingshan’s voice. It was still filled with confidence.

Qiu Haitang’s gaze landed on Li Qingshan again, and she scorned, “As long as you’re bold enough!”

“I bet a thousand spiritual stones that I’ll win!”

A moment of silence descended on the entire place before it erupted with laughter.

Three floors up, two beautiful, young girls surrounded a young man in white clothes. One of the girls asked, “Big brother Tian, has that person lost his mind?”

“There has always been plenty of madmen in the world, but without these madmen, the world would be much duller.” The young man’s gaze circled around, glancing past Qian Rongzhi and Han Qiongzhi before landing on Qiu Haitang in the end.

A girl said unhappily, “Brother Tian, you’re being lustful again. Aren’t the two of us enough?”

The young man in white smiled. “You gotta experiment around when you’re young, y’know!”

“Sigh, I know that no one in the world can compare to brother Tian, nor can brother Tian be bound by societal norms. We don’t care how many women you have, as long as you don’t forget about us.”

The young man in white said with deep affection, “You will always be my precious babies!”

Qian Rongzhi felt the gaze from above, but she ignored it. All she heard was Wu Gen smile and say, “He still knows how to joke around. Though, if he loses, he’ll become a slave anyway. His possessions won’t be his anymore, so there’s no risk in betting.”

However, he heard Qian Rongzhi say, “I bet five hundred spiritual stones that Li Qingshan will win.”

Wu Gen was stunned. His face sank. “What are you doing?” He really suspected something was going on between Qian Rongzhi and Li Qingshan now.

Qian Rongzhi smiled,.“I feel like I can win the bet.”

Hua Chengzan suddenly said, “I’ll bet a thousand spiritual stones on him too. I also think I can win the bet.”

Qiu Haitang said, “Since you’re giving the spiritual stones to me, I can’t turn them down, can I?”

A while later, the bets were closed. The majority betted on the giant lumberman’s victory, including the young man in white who casually betted a thousand spiritual stones. Very few people betted on Li Qingshan winning, so the odds were startlingly large.

Qiu Haitang waved her hand, and the chains fell off with a series of rattles, flying into the air. The giant lumberman suddenly turned around and stared straight at Qiu Haitang. He leaned forward, as if he was ready to lunge at her at any time.





Chapter 270: Drinking Heartily | Legend of the Great Sage




Qiu Haitang completely ignored the giant lumberman’s hostility. “If you lose, you know what your fate is, right?”

The giant lumberman growled and turned around powerlessly to face Li Qingshan.

At this moment, over a hundred jars of fine alcohol had been hauled over, placed to one side.

Nearby, a long stick of incense was planted within a censer.

“We’ll time it using the incense. Whoever drinks the most within two hours will win.” Qiu Haitang clapped her hands gently.

The giant lumberman basically lunged over. Reaching out with his large hand, he lifted up a jar of alcohol and glugged it down like he was trying to quench his thirst. The large jar was like a big cup to him. Immediately, the jar had been emptied out, which he then tossed aside.

Based on aura alone, the people who still thought Li Qingshan could get lucky now believed he would lose for sure.

Li Qingshan walked over unhurriedly, opened a jar, and sucked with his mouth. Like a whale taking in water, a clear stream of alcohol flew into his mouth, and before long, the jar had been emptied out.

He praised, “Fine alcohol!” There was a heavy flavour to it and the taste was sharp. It was not spiritual alcohol, but it was still some fine, rare alcohol. When the spirits reached his throat, it left behind a scorching satisfaction.

The giant lumberman glanced at him. He had already drank his third jar of alcohol.

Li Qingshan’s interest in drinking had been piqued. From the moment the black ox had taught him how to drink, he had fallen in love with this taste, but ever since he went to Jiaping city, numerous matters had constantly disturbed him, actually preventing him from drinking to his heart’s content. He found it to be quite a pity.

He could finally drink heartily tonight.