Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 501-Chapter 600)

The Hawkwolf guards all changed in expression as they had their own thoughts. Some of the Hawkwolf guards had even gone out drinking with Li Qingshan before. The kid from the countryside a few years ago had actually become their superior.

Hua Chengzan clapped his hands again, and a banquet of over a dozen tables was arranged to celebrate for Li Qingshan and to send Wang Pushi off. This was only the internal farewell banquet of the Hawkwolf Guard. In the future, the Academy of the Hundred Schools would definitely hold one too. Wang Pushi would not be going anywhere for now.

“Little Hua, this position should have gone to you. How about we exchange our positions?” During the banquet, Li Qingshan also realised why Wang Pushi was so unhappy, so he spoke to Hua Chengzan with a smile. He really did not care about this position.

“Do you think this is shopping, where you can exchange whatever you want?”

Hua Chengzan felt Li Qingshan’s sincerity as well, and the sliver of ill feeling in his heart completely vanished. He was quite touched by his gesture. He raised his cup and toasted. “This is called the younger generation surpassing the older. Boss Gu has an eye for talent. Hopefully you can watch my back a little in the future.”

“No problem, no problem. Though, the matters of the Hawkwolf Guard will be entirely up to you. I’m only responsible for watching over and fighting.”

Hua Chengzan smiled bitterly. “No problem, no problem.”



Following the banquet were a series of matters regarding the transition of power.

After taking on the duty of a commander, Li Qingshan was allowed to choose an item from the storage room of the Hawkwolf Guard.

I hope I can find a fragment of the Cursive Sword Calligraphy. With this perfect wish in mind, he passed through the layers of formations and finally set foot in there, but he was left deeply disappointed. After several years of war, there were not a lot of items left in there.

“Why don’t you hold on for now? Given the current situation, the Ruyi commandery might resupply us very soon.” Hua Chengzan had almost managed to sniff out something from Gu Yanying’s command. It seemed like the war had truly come to an end.

During the war, the fifteen hundred kilometers of the Clear River prefecture had become a lone island, with virtually all contact cut off from the outside world. As for the cultivators in there, they were basically forced to fight, forbidden from fleeing unless they had some special connections. Even if they managed to escape, they would be hunted down. The people inside obviously were not resupplied with any talismans or pills.

“Fair enough.” Li Qingshan nodded even though he had failed to find what he wanted.

However, Li Qingshan discovered that the position of commander did come with quite a few benefits. First of all, the treatment and remuneration he received had improved by quite a bit, but Li Qingshan did not really care about this aspect given his wealth.

What mattered the most was the elevation in status. He had gone from a lackey on the outskirts to a decision-maker. He could directly influence many important decisions of the entire Academy of the Hundred Schools, and he possessed access to many confidential pieces of information. As a system of violence that answered directly to the empire, they possessed their own information system.

These documents and pieces of information seemed disorderly and unsystematic, spanning from astronomy to geography, but at certain times, they could potentially play a critical role.

After completing the matters for the handover, it was already morning.

Li Qingshan played the role of an irresponsible boss, leaving everything up to Hua Chengzan as he returned to the Chain mountains alone.

The mental map of the Green province unfurled with a swish before locking onto the tiny Clear River prefecture.

Li Qingshan began to choose. He was choosing a suitable place for him to establish a water dwelling. His gaze first landed on the great river that flowed through the entire prefecture, meandering like a dragon.

Although it was “tiny”, the Clear River prefecture covered an area even larger than the entire Jiangnan region from Li Qingshan’s past life. As for the Clear river, it could rival great rivers like the Yangtze river or the Yellow river.

The Clear river began in the Boundless mountains. It stretched over five thousand kilometers long, and the area it covered could reach over a million square kilometers. If he could refine it, he would basically receive divine help with both cultivation and fighting.

Even if he faced a Golden Core cultivator, Li Qingshan was confident enough to maintain the upper hand.

However, Li Qingshan took out the Water God Seal and examined it according to the books he had read.

God seals were mostly divided into two types, but they could vary drastically in quality. Refining a creek could also condense a Water God Seal, but it would not be able to hold a large river. The only way about it was to use the creek as a foundation and constantly develop and strengthen the god seal.

I don’t know whether the Water God Seal can hold the waters of the Clear river. If I tried to refine it and it turns out it’s not enough to hold it, that’ll be funny. It’s not like I have any competitors right now. Let’s take it one step at a time and go slowly!

He had to choose a body of water first. He could start with the affluent of a larger river!





Chapter 502: The God of the River | Legend of the Great Sage




Li Qingshan stroked the mental map with his hand, and the images changed. Rivers protruded out, turning into a bright, clear blue. They were like capillaries, crossing the entire Clear River prefecture.

The aorta among them was obviously the Clear river.

Although Li Qingshan did not aim to refine the Clear river right now, that was his still end goal. It had not changed.

As a result, the river he chose had to be connected to the Clear river. This was not difficult at all. Finding a river that was not connected to the Clear river in the Clear River prefecture was more difficult.

Following that was the choice of geographic location.

Li Qingshan’s finger traced along the Clear River prefecture from the Boundless mountains. He stopped halfway and drew a circle.

This place was relatively close to his territory underground. It was very likely for the underground river in the territory to be connected with the waters there.

He used only rivers to connect the two territories. At the same time, the underground river also led straight to Cobweb city.

And, there was a large lake within the circle.

The Clear River prefecture was littered with lakes of various sizes. Even if there were not ten thousand, there were still a few thousand of them. However, there were only three or four that were the largest. The Lake of Dragons and Snakes was among them, but it was not the largest in the prefecture.

The reason why the Academy of the Hundred Schools had been constructed there was mostly in consideration of the fact that the prefectural city was relatively close and spiritual veins ran through the region, which made it rich with spiritual qi. Under the circumstances of being unable to refine water systems, the size of these systems was not particularly important.

The lake that had caught Li Qingshan’s eyes was called Clear Court lake. It was truly the largest lake in the Clear River prefecture.

If the god seal was not enough to refine the Clear River prefecture, then he could take a step back. Refining Clear Court lake first was a good idea too.

This would all depend on the level of the Water God Seal Ru Xin had given him.

God seals were like cups, varying in size. Although water could be emptied out, the cup still remained. They could still hold water if they were taken elsewhere.