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

He had been killed in the process of carrying out a mission two days ago. His corpse was delivered back with the word “traitor” engraved on his body. They suspected it to be the handiwork of the remnants of the White Lotus cult.

When Li Qingshan heard “Truth-seeking society”, he suddenly remembered it all. He had seen Zhou Pei before, and he had been personally responsible for the demise of the Truth-seeking society. The suspected murderer happened to be the leader of the society who had slipped away through his fingers, Qiu Ruiliu.

Never did he think that he would end up with this mission again. The coincidences and arrangements of fate in the world were truly unpredictable.

However, it actually was not much of a coincidence at all. There were hundreds of cities within the governance of the Clear River prefecture, and Hua Chengzan was responsible for numerous missions too. However, Li Qingshan originated from the Hawkwolf Guard in Jiaping city, while Zhou Pei’s post had been in Jiaping too. That was why he had specially allocated this mission to Li Qingshan. It was a little like returning home after achieving great success.

The information and documents were placed on the table. Two hands extended towards them simultaneously. Li Qingshan and Han Qiongzhi’s eyes met before they looked at Hua Chengzan together.

“Isn’t this my mission?”

Hua Chengzan said seriously, “Although it’s an investigation mission, it has to do with the White Lotus cult, so we can’t afford to be careless. According to the rules, the mission has to be jointly carried out by at least two people.”

Li Qingshan pulled his hand back. He no longer said anything. Han Qiongzhi was strong enough, even though she was a little ill-tempered. They could reach Jiaping by noon if they flew, and a slight investigation would take a day or two at most. It was nothing he could not put up with. And, she was still a beauty at the end of the day. At least he would not be lonely on the journey.

Han Qiongzhi slammed the desk. “No, I disagree!”

Hua Chengzan said sternly, “This is the order of your commander!” No matter how lax he was usually, the hierarchy was still clearly divided within the Hawkwolf Guard, strictly abiding to the laws. Unless Han Qiongzhi resigned from her post, she was forced to obey.

Han Qiongzhi stared at Hua Chengzan before glancing towards Li Qingshan on the side. Suddenly, she seemed to understand something and blushed.

Watching the two leave, Hua Chengzan leaned back comfortably on the high back of the chair. “Junior sister, this is all your senior brother can do for you.”

Since young, rarely were there any men that Han Qiongzhi appreciated. If this was not rare enough, then it was even more rare for Han Anjun to appreciate the man in question too. As her childhood friend, he obviously had to assist her. Spending time alone with each other was the best way to develop their feelings. If she went back home with Li Qingshan as well, that would only be for the better.

He was helping out a friend too. If Li Qingshan could establish ties with the influential clan that was the Han family, he would benefit endlessly too. At the very least, he could receive help from Han Anjun, and there was even a chance for him to enter the care of Han Anguo. There would be no need for him to worry about running out of cultivation resources anymore. This was basically a match made in heaven. He had never thought his joke from before might actually come true. He could not help but admit that Li Qingshan had been developing rather impressively.



As for Gu Yanying, it would be best if he woke up from that great daydream of his as soon as possible!

Outside, Han Qiongzhi asked, “Was it your idea?”

“Of course not.” Li Qingshan curled his lip. “Even if you can get whatever you want, you first young miss, I, Li Qingshan, would never bother to use tricks like this.”

Han Qiongzhi raised an eyebrow. “What? Am I not worth using tricks for?”

“You are, you are. You most definitely are. Can you wait a moment for me? There’s a place I need to visit first.” Li Qingshan played along casually and looked around.

“That’s more like it. Where are you going? How mysterious. Something bad?”

Li Qingshan said, “Then let’s go together!”

It was inconvenient to use techniques in the city, so they travelled on foot. They arrived outside a small building on one side of the city. The plaque that hung high above the entrance spelled out two words, “Cloudwisp Association”.

Han Qiongzhi was surprised. “Did your school of Novels do this?”

Li Qingshan grinned. He gave no explanation. This was the first time he had come here too. He had obviously come here to take a look at the development of his new book.

Last night, Liu Chuanfeng had personally delivered the draft here.

Sun Fubai and Liu Chuanfeng knew that Li Qingshan would be coming, so they came out to receive him together. However, when they saw Han Qiongzhi, they were slightly surprised.

There were many young masters and young misses from influential clans in Clear River city, but rarely did anyone surpass the one right in front of them. They could not help but wonder when they saw how she accompanied Li Qingshan.

For Li Qingshan’s sake, Han Qiongzhi bowed towards Liu Chuanfeng in an unconcerned manner. “What are you doing here?”

Liu Chuanfeng admired the impressive ability of this dear primary disciple of his even more. In the past when she saw him, she would not even look at him properly.

“You’ll know as soon as you see it.” Sun Fubai invited them in with a chuckle, taking them around the Cloudwisp association on a tour.

The various storytellers were currently reciting Li Qingshan’s novel in the hall upstairs, preparing for their future performances. All of them agreed that Li Qingshan’s novel was extremely fascinating, and it happened to be extremely suited for storytelling too. However, due to the lack of sophisticated poems, it could not be used to target scholars and nobles. It brought the bards to their wits’ end as they tried to write lyrics for it.

Li Qingshan swung his hand in an exaggerated manner. “If you can’t sing it, then you can act it out, right?” He behaved like he was acting it out, which enlightened these people.

In another room, a group of painters and artists created accompanying illustrations for the characters in the novel. This idea originated from Liu Chuanfeng. Ever since he discovered accompanying illustrations, his books of smut sold much better, and it was easier for him to gather the power of belief too.

In the printing press to the back of the association, over a dozen printing machines purchased from the school of Mohism ran at full capacity, humming aloud. They pressed the characters against the white paper one by one. Once the accompanying illustrations were completed, they could repeat the process then bind it all together, and it would become a book.

Li Qingshan looked around and expressed complete satisfaction. “I really can’t spare any extra time, unfortunately, so I must trouble you with the matters here, Fubai.”

Sun Fubai said, “We’re all one family. Saying something like that would be alienating me.”

“When are we going?” Han Qiongzhi asked impatiently. These people from the school of Novels sure were strange. They were cultivators, yet they spent all their time mingling with these regular people. What was so interesting about that?

She had flipped through a stack of printed copies too, but she found it boring from just a single glance. Apart from cultivation methods, she had no interest in anything that contained words at all. All she felt was that compared to fighting the disciples of the school of the Military, he really was not that admirable when he wrote novels instead.

“We’ll go right now.” Li Qingshan could imagine how his name would spread throughout the entire Clear River prefecture before long, so he was in a good mood.