Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 301-Chapter 400)

This was the path that most talented Qi Practitioners and many Foundation Establishment cultivators took. Plenty of geniuses like Hua Chengzan would emerge on the path too, but they were all the renowned geniuses.

Li Qingshan was just seventeen. If he continued at this pace, he could easily make it into the category of geniuses.

If he knew about the exact time Li Qingshan had spent cultivating, his eyes would probably fall out from shock. He had spent just three months, not the nine months that Liu Chuanfeng thought.

Although he could absorb spiritual qi of the world to no end, practising qi was not about just absorbing spiritual qi. Originally, he should not have reached the seventh layer so quickly, but he ended up finding another wondrous use for the sword qi in his dantian.

Forcefully splitting open meridians.





Chapter 309: I'll Let You Take Three Moves First | Legend of the Great Sage




After reaching the sixth layer, converting the spiritual qi into endless true qi and attacking the various acupoints no longer seemed as useful as before.

At this moment, the sword qi in Li Qingshan’s dantian gave him a great inspiration. He tried merging the sword qi into his true qi so that he could forcefully split open meridians and smash through acupoints. He never thought he would actually succeed.

His true qi was already extremely pure. Combined with the support from the sword qi in his dantian, the various obstacles on the path of practising qi could no longer serve as a bottleneck to him. The Cursive Sword Calligraphy truly was extraordinary.

Liu Chuanfeng saw Li Qingshan take a step in the corridor. The mist gathered rapidly beneath his feet. His speed of using techniques had become startling.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m obviously going to go find Chu Tian. I think it’s best if I take back that sum of spiritual stones.” Li Qingshan clasped his hands without looking back. Xiao An leapt onto the cloud, and with a whoosh, the cloud took off with a long tail.

The school of Buddhim had a forest of stūpas, while the school of Confucianism had a forest of stone tablets on Great Virtue island.

The dark-grey, shiny tablets recorded the life events of the past seniors of virtue of Confucianism to inspire the later generations.

Chu Tian and a group of confucian disciples sat before a huge stone tablet as they listened impatiently to the instructor explain the past events. What shitty virtuous person? Could he match a celestial?

The instructor suddenly stopped and gazed past Chu Tian. Chu Tian turned around, and his eyes suddenly widened. He saw Li Qingshan leaning against a stone tablet, smiling at him. He was not dejected or resentful over his loss at all. He even waved his hand, like he was greeting an old friend.

And- and he had actually reached the seventh layer too, just like him. This brought great disappointment to Chu Tian, as he wanted to see Li Qingshan’s appearance as a defeated dog. He no longer cared about the ongoing lesson and suddenly stood up.

“Li Qingshan!”

“It’s about time anyway. We’ll stop here for today.” The professor glanced at the sky. He was reluctant to offend a rising genius disciple like Chu Tian. It was not like a lot of people were actually paying attention to this lesson anyway.

The confucian disciples all gathered beside Chu Tian, gazing at Li Qingshan nearby. Their eyes were filled with contempt.

Chu Tian said, “You’re still bold enough to come here?”

Li Qingshan answered, “Why wouldn’t I be?”

“What do you want? Don’t tell me you’ve come to admit your defeat? Now that’s something a man would do. Call me big brother, and from now onwards, we’ll be…”

“Have you defeated me?”

Li Qingshan interrupted him with a single question. Chu Tian immediately lost his temper. He pointed at Li Qingshan. “Acting shamelessly isn’t going to save you from me!”

Li Qingshan said, “How about this? Would you like an opportunity to defeat me?”

“Is that so? Alright, I agree. I’m just afraid you’ll scamper away with your tail between your legs again!” Chu Tian sneered, and the confucian disciples laughed along.

Li Qingshan extended four fingers. “This time, we’ll gamble this much. Four thousand spiritual stones!”

The laughter stopped. All the confucian disciples taking the lesson here were new disciples. Even if they poured together all the spiritual stones they had seen in their lives, they had never seen so many before. They could not help but become frightened by the number. Chu Tian was stunned too.

Li Qingshan asked, “What, you don’t have enough spiritual stones? Need me to lend you some?”



“Alright. Since you’re gifting me spiritual stones, why wouldn’t I agree?” Chu Tian sneered as he ravished in joy. He was filled with absolute confidence. He had already attained an extremely deep understanding of the Great Palm of the Five Elements. As he practised five kinds of true qi simultaneously, the five elements promoted one another, so he had over ten times as much true qi as regular seventh layer Qi Practitioners. How could he lose?

“Same location. As for the time, let’s do three days later, just in case something else gets in the way and a scoundrel ends up getting away with his small success again!”

“This time, I will leave you convinced over your defeat,” Chu Tian said viciously. Not only did he want to win, but he wanted to properly humiliate Li Qingshan too. He planned to show him the difference between a mortal and a celestial.

……

Three days later, in the Main Martial Arts stadium of the school of the Military.

This was the first time Li Qingshan had come to Great War island. When he saw the Main Martial Arts stadium, it reminded him of a huge arena, but there were no tightly-jammed seats. Instead, several platforms of varying heights stood in the surroundings. They were for watching the demonstrations of martial might. From afar, there was a clear order among the platforms with quite the pattern. It did not seem messy at all. Clearly, it was the handiwork of an architect from the school of Mohism.

Chu Tian stood with his arms behind his back as his white clothes fluttered about. Although he was not exactly handsome, he appeared to be filled with an intense bearing in the eyes of onlookers as a result of his great strength.

The platforms in the surroundings were filled with standing people. This huge gamble had already attracted the attention of the entire academy.

A few figures were vaguely visible in the special seats at the very top.

Wang Pushi gazed at the sun. It was about time.

However, Li Qingshan still was not here. The other platforms were filled with discussions.

A group of legalist disciples either sat or stood on one of the platforms. There were plenty of familiar faces that Li Qingshan would recognise.

“Why hasn’t he come yet? Don’t tell me he’s afraid again!”

“He gave away a few thousand spiritual stones last time. Why haven’t I run into an opponent as nice as him?”

“You’d better stop talking. He’s the primary disciple of the school of Novels! You can’t afford to offend him!” Wu Gen said extremely seriously.

It led to a roar of laughter. Wu Gen laughed along as well and felt proud of himself.

“Rongzhi, how much have you gambled this time?”

Qian Rongzhi said, “The same as last time.”

“The same? Surely not.” Last time, Qian Rongzhi had wagered on Li Qingshan and lost quite a lot of spiritual stones as a result. Wu Gen gave Li Qingshan a good scoffing to her, but he never expected that she would still gamble in the same way. It made Wu Gen quite unhappy.

She possessed quite a lot of suitors in the academy right now. She even seemed to have a somewhat ambiguous relationship with that genius, Chu Tian. However, she had always maintained her distance from him.

Wang Pushi lowered his head and asked Hua Chengzan beside him, “How much did you gamble this time?”

Hua Chengzan sat on the edge of the platform with his legs crossed. He extended two fingers. “Two thousand. I need to make back what I lost last time, after all!”