Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 401-Chapter 500)

Wang Pushi’s brows became firmly furrowed as Hua Chengzan let out a soft sigh.

The situation had instead pressed the academy against the wall. All of the advantages they had built up had vanished. It was impossible for the academy to turn a blind eye to the lives of millions. If the Daemon Suppression alliance just stood aside, and they had to face the daemons alone, they would definitely suffer severe losses.

Liu Zhangqing said after a moment of consideration, “Please set the rules, fellow Fu. As long as they’re not too excessive, we’re willing to accept them!”

But to everyone’s surprise, Fu Qingjin did not take advantage of the situation to maximise his benefits. Instead, he said, “You’d be underestimating me if that’s what you say, sir Liu. The objective of the Daemon Suppression alliance is to purge daemons and protect the common people. How can we pressure everyone into favourable agreements?”

“Our alliance must be centred around a common goal. If we continue to clash endlessly over our own interests, will it be different from the past at all? We’ll go with what we roughly discussed earlier as the rules. As for certain details, we’ll set them aside for now and discuss them in the future. What do you think, sir?”

“Fellow Fu is a man of noble character. You have my admiration.” Liu Zhangqing bowed deeply.

Fu Qingjin had spoken perfectly. Even the people in the academy who were very displeased with the Daemon Suppression alliance and Fu Qingjin in the past found that he truly lived up to his reputation as a disciple of the Sword Collection palace. He possessed a great bearing that regular people struggled to match.

“Please forgive me for making this decision for everyone. As people seated here, we’re all fellow cultivators to one another, so we should be standing together and helping one another in the first place. I do believe I don’t need to elaborate on the principle of mutual dependence, right? Over the past three years, who hasn’t lost people to the hands of daemons? Compared to our interests, purging daemons and avenging them is more important. Fellow Li Qingshan of the school of Novels has already made a model example out of this point.”

As Fu Qingjin spoke enthusiastically, he suddenly pointed at Li Qingshan. “A few days ago, it was exactly fellow Li Qingshan of the academy who obstructed Strongboulder from fleeing despite the tremendous danger, which led to his heavy injuries and eventual death!”

Everyone’s gazes swept over to Li Qingshan, Li Qingshan had no idea on how to react inside. Out of pure coincidence, he had instead become the ice breaker of the meeting, also earning great praise due to the rock demon’s death. If it were not for his other identity, his goodwill towards Fu Qingjin would probably skyrocket right now.



Li Qingshan stood up and clasped his hands. “Fellow Fu, you are too kind to me. As a Hawkwolf guard, this has always been my responsibility. The One Thought master of the academy died at the rock demon’s hands, and I had personally witnessed the brutality of his actions too, so I can’t just stand aside and let him run about freely.”

Mind Enlightenment’s heart heated up. He felt like he had gone a little too far with what he did to Xiao An. He felt rather ashamed.

Fu Qingjin said, “Well said.” Then he said to Li Qingshan secretly, “I hope your performance today won’t bring me disappointment.”

Under great, external pressure, the meeting about the alliance came to an end very quickly. They immediately began discussing countermeasures to the orders of slaughtering cities.

At this moment, Fu Qingjin changed the topic. “Forgive me for wasting everyone’s time, but there’s something critical that I hope the fellows of the academy can assist me with.”

Liu Zhangqing said, “Feel free to mention it, fellow Fu. As long as we can assist you, we’ll never shirk away from it.”

Fu Qingjin said, “Some of you might know a little already. I’ve carried out most of the investigations already too, so all that's left is to tie off a few remaining loose ends, as some fellow cultivators have refused to cooperate. However, as this has to do with the death of the Soaring Dragon Elder of our Sword Collection palace, I really must handle it with my full attention.”

Everyone remembered how Fu Qingjin ran around questioning people a while back. “Where were you that day, and what were you doing?”

Li Qingshan shivered inside. He could sense the situation was taking a bad turn. With how much Fu Qingjin was rambling, he felt like he was about to reveal his true intentions.

Touching on the Soaring Dragon Elder’s death, Liu Zhangqing was prudent too. “Please elaborate, fellow Fu! Just what has happened?”

“Recently, the Soaring Dragon sword emerged, and the Sword Collection palace determined its location. That’s right, it was that day. I just want to ask a few more fellows where they were that day.” Fu Qingjin’s gaze was like a sword, sweeping across everyone present, including Li Qingshan’s face.

Li Qingshan was unperturbed and let out a small sigh of relief. I’m supposed to tell you the truth just because you’ve asked? However, he felt slightly uneasy for some reason.

“How are you so certain that the people you’ve asked already aren’t suspects?” Wang Pushi immediately stated his doubts.

Fu Qingjin let out a sigh. “Commander Wang, have you heard of the xiezhi?”

“It’s said to be a divine beast that can tell guilt from innocence, the truth from lies.”

“That’s right. This is one of the secret treasures of our Sword Collection palace, the xiezhi’s horn. It also possesses the ability to detect lies. As a result, may the fellow cultivators who did not tell me the truth back then answer my question again?”

Fu Qingjin lifted up his hand, and sure enough, the xiezhi’s horn was in there, radiating with a divine aura. He had already set up the situation, so there was no need for him to keep hiding anything. If that person really was here, he would definitely be able to force them out. With so many cultivators present, he would not be able to flee no matter what he was capable of.

As he pulled out the xiezhi’s horn, Fu Qingjin took note of everyone’s expression, especially the suspects high on the list.

Li Qingshan’s heart turned cold. Suddenly, he understood why Fu Qingjin had asked him so many questions for no reason on Bronze Cauldron mountain. It all made sense now! He could not help but experience some lingering fear. If he had spoken carelessly back then, Fu Qingjin would have gotten him good. Even if he did not expose his true identity, Fu Qingjin would probably still be able to deduce many things.

The real question was now if the xiezhi’s horn really was as magical as Fu Qingjin described it to be, how was he supposed to deal with the situation right now?





Chapter 459: Judgement | Legend of the Great Sage




Liu Zhangqing considered it. Fu Qingjin had already demonstrated so much commitment to this, and he had taken such a great concession in the negotiations too. If they still refused to cooperate, it would be far too unreasonable of them.

He looked back and asked the people of the academy, “Do you have any objections?”

Everyone remained silent, only glancing at one another.

If someone objected at a time like this, they would probably garner actual suspicion. None of them could afford to become involved with the death of an elder of the Sword Collection palace.

“Fellow Fu, please go ahead. I believe no one in our academy will be connected to this, and if there really is someone, we definitely won’t side with them. We’ll definitely make them give the Sword Collection palace a proper explanation.”

“You have my admiration for how impartial you are, sir.” Fu Qingjin clasped his hands. He strolled over to the semicircular stand where everyone sat and scanned around. No matter who he saw, their hearts tensed up.