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

“Although the school of Legalism is technically your original school, the core cultivation methods they practise require you to resonate with the realm of Hell, which regular people refer to as the netherworld. Normally, it’s best if you practise Profound Yin and another type of true qi from the five elements. Your Profound Yang surpasses your Profound Yin, so it’ll be difficult for you.”


The realm of Hell! Only then did Li Qingshan learn that this aspect existed for the school of Legalism. The school of Legalism primarily dealt with punishment and torture, but there was no place more punishing and tortuous than hell. If it were not for Sun Fubai, he would have absolutely no inkling about the school of Legalism. So much for Hua Chengzan, not even warning him in advance.

Though, Hua Chengzan did not deserve the blame here. Li Qingshan was different from those weaker, second or third layer Qi Practitioners. He had already reached the sixth layer with the Gui Water Method of Condensing Qi. There was no need for him to switch cultivation methods. If he reached Foundation Establishment and stepped through these gates to cultivation, would a suitable cultivation method really serve as an issue to him? In this aspect, Sun Fubai was instead not as knowledgeable as Hua Chengzan.

Li Qingshan thought, It’s not like damned ol’ Wang Pushi likes me anyway. If I join the school of Legalism, I’ll have to put up with him every single day. That would be horrible. “Then I’m not going to enrol for the school of Legalism.”

Sun Fubai said, “The school of Yin-yang requires a general balance between yin, yang, and the five elements, so you don’t have a chance either. Let’s see, just how many remain now?”

“The schools of Daoism, the Military, Miscellany, Names, Agriculture, Novels, Medicine, and Music.” Li Qingshan felt his thoughts clear up. All he needed to do was drop another three schools now.

Sun Fubai said, “The schools of Daoism and the Military are both major schools, so you have to choose them. Gui Water true qi is suited for the schools of Names and Agriculture too, so that’s four schools now. All you need to do is fill in the remaining spot with any of the minor schools. You have enough talent to freely choose among them anyway.”

“Alright!” Li Qingshan immediately borrowed a brush and some ink from Sun Fubai, filling in the sheet of paper with the schools of Daoist, the Military, Names, and Agriculture. Only one blank was left. The remaining schools were all minor schools, so they could not rival these major schools when it came to both cultivation methods and resources. Often, they would be the final options for Qi Practitioners with the worst talent.

Li Qingshan did not hesitate much at all. He was about to fill it in with “Music”. During times of loneliness in the past, the reed pipe would accompany him. He had grown rather attached to it.



And, when he saw the school leaders earlier, the leader of the school of Music was a beautiful madam in palace wear. Her beautiful voice that sounded like an oriole’s song left a deep impression on him. If he joined that school, perhaps something immoral and condemned by society could unfold.

Of course, this was just the deep-rooted bad habits of men at work.

Sun Fubai stared at the “high jia” evaluation for Li Qingshan’s water element. After faltering for quite a while, he finally blurted out, “Uhh, the Gui Water true qi is extremely suitable for the school of Novels.”

“Really?” Li Qingshan was surprised, but soon afterwards, he filled in the blank with “Novels” with a flick of his brush. He brought it to the sun and took a look. “Done!” It was just a filler anyway, so it did not matter what he wrote.

Right now, it was time for Qi Practitioners to choose their schools. All they needed to do was to take part in the tests for their five schools, and it would be up to the schools to choose their Qi Practitioners. If they passed all the tests, then the choice would be up to the Qi Practitioner again. It basically guaranteed everyone to join a school, with nobody missing out. It was very different from how sects recruited disciples.

Li Qingshan took out five spiritual stones. “Uncle, please give me the books for the five schools!”

As if he was extremely embarrassed, he refused one of the spiritual stones. “The test for the school of the Military is actual combat, so you don’t need a book.”

Li Qingshan was extremely confident in his ability for actual combat. “Then four books! Heh, I wonder what the school of Novels tests. Don’t tell me it’s writing stories!” For some reason, he thought of the shitty book Sun Fubai had given to him in the past again. If he wrote a story like that, he would probably be chased out of the exam venue!

Sun Fubai became even more uneasy. He shoved all the spiritual stones back into Li Qingshan’s hands. “Sigh. Actually, with your talent, you don’t need to make any preparations at all. As long as you show up, the school leaders will all accept you.”

At the end of the day, the tests and examinations were just a formality. Whether someone passed was completely up to the school leader. With Li Qingshan’s cultivation at the sixth layer as a seventeen year old and his “high jia for water” talent, he would be enough for many schools to fight over during other years.

Once someone’s talent reached a certain point, such as Xiao An, they would even be directly taken away by the school leaders, without any regard for the rules. They would not have to undergo any tests at all. Strength was respected in the world of cultivation. There was no point in trying to reason around.

“Umm, okay then.” Li Qingshan was perplexed. He was turning down business.

At this moment, Qi Practitioners walked over in groups of fives and threes.

Sun Fubai’s gaze wavered. “I have customers now, so you should go!” Once Li Qingshan had left, he suddenly shook his head with a bitter smile. What’s there to be uneasy about? It’s not like he’d end up in such a miserable situation. I’m just doing the last bit that I can.

Li Qingshan strolled through the town alone before suddenly hearing a call for him.

“Oi! Qingshan! Over here!” Hua Chenglu waved at him from afar. Beside her was Yu Zijian and a few disciples of the Hua family.

Li Qingshan went up to greet them. Obviously, they asked each other which schools they had enrolled in too.

Hua Chenglu took out her piece of paper. The only school filled in there was “Legalism”. The rest was left blank. She wanted to join the school of Legalism anyway. It was not like she would be rejected, so there was no need for her to waste time on additional tests.

“What did you enrol for?”

Li Qingshan took out his piece of paper too. Hua Chenglu frowned as soon as she saw it. Li Qingshan thought she was unamused over the fact that he did not enrol for the school of Legalism, but she pointed at the school of Novels. “Why’d you enrol here?”

Li Qingshan said, “It’s just a filler.”

Hua Chenglu said, “Whatever. It’s not like it’s possible for you to end up there. Hmm? You haven’t enrolled for the school of Legalism!”

Li Qingshan gave a slight explanation. Hua Chenglu did not probe him any further either. She told him a few more things before parting with him.

Li Qingshan shook his head slightly. He really should not treat himself like a big deal. To Hua Chenglu, he was just an acquaintance she had seen a few times. In terms of familiarity, he probably even paled in comparison to the descendants of the Hua family.

Although he was unaccustomed to, or even detested, mingling with others, all people liked attention from others. However, after contemplating the secrets he hid, sure enough, less attention was better. Only by laying low could he fly high.



But there would be one day when he would make his name spread throughout the world.

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