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

A hundred treasures pouch had appeared in Li Qingshan’s hand, while Lolth held a golden core.

With an opponent like him and an ally like her, it had always made Li Qingshan wonder whether the path he took was correct or not. Even though he was neither human or daemon anymore, he actually still understood the righteous path that Wen Zhengming was talking about.

However, it was pointless to say anything else. When he faced suffering, he did not see any righteous path. The assistance he received did not come from a confucian gentleman of upright character, but a demon among demons, a daemon among daemons.

The first thing he had taught him was to rely on himself and rely on the blade in his own hand. So what if there were countless disciples of confucianism? Did Li Qingshan even exist in any of their eyes?

“Hand it over!” Li Qingshan extended his hand towards Lolth.

“Did you really think the two of you could kill him without my strength?” Lolth clutched the golden core in her hand. The power it contained tempted her very much.

“I saved your life- No, you can say whatever you want. I’m not going to be negotiating with you. Hand it over!”

Li Qingshan’s face sank, and the malice he gave off grew heavier. The sea of blood began to surge again like a huge, roaring beast wanting to devour her.

Lolth wavered for a while before tossing out the golden core reluctantly. It flew through the air as a dazzling curve before landing in Li Qingshan’s hand.

Li Qingshan stowed the golden core away and only then did he ease up. He smiled. “That’s more like it! Now, let’s go find the other three. We can split the spoils evenly. It’s three against three now!”

And, the opponents’ sword formation had been destroyed. Most importantly, they must have been occupied by anger and hatred. Injured animals were terrifying because of their wildness, but once humans lost their rationality, they would become extremely feeble.

“Junior brother Wen is dead!” The scholar in white suddenly stopped and shuddered.

“What! How’s that possible!?” The expressions of the other two changed drastically. They were in disbelief.

Anyone who reached Golden Core would possess many life-saving countermeasures. They could never be killed so easily. However, the strange, red banner did become a blood-red shadow that loomed over their hearts. Arcane artifacts that created their own region of space were far too rare.

As if it were to verify what the scholar in white had said, the moon demon’s daemon qi surged once more, like a lantern in the darkness, drawing them over. However, Wen Zhengming’s aura did not appear with it. Clearly, he was likely dead already.

“We have to avenge him!”

Their eyes reddened slightly as they surged with murderousness.

The scholar in white stopped his two junior brothers and said reluctantly, “Let’s retreat!”

“Why?”

“I understand what you’re feeling, but now’s not the time. We aren’t going to let our junior brother’s death slide like this.” The scholar in white’s eyes shone coldly.

“I didn’t think they’d actually retreat! They sure are decisive!”

Li Qingshan felt the three auras burst through the earth before vanishing from the underground world in the end. Although he could catch up to them if he tried, he would be alone and he could be killed off if he was not careful. It was possible for the tables to turn with that.

And, he had another important thing to do!

Now, there was no longer anyone who could prevent him from refining the Clear river. This opportunity could vanish in the blink of an eye. He had to do it before the Ruyi commandery responded.



Taking Xiao An with him, Li Qingshan found a hidden river and travelled upstream, arriving in Moon Court lake very soon.

He burst out of the water and flapped his wings, spraying the air with water. They seemed like pearls under the sunlight. He pushed his speed to the limit. Mountains appeared in the horizon before being thrown behind very quickly again.

But in a short while, he arrived in the Boundless mountains, at the source of the Clear river.





Chapter 532: Lord of the Clear River Waters (One) | Legend of the Great Sage




Among the mountains, a spring let out a trickle. No one would have thought it was the source of the great Clear river.

The meltwater and the clear springs of the mountains merged with it, droplet by droplet.

As the water meandered through the mountains, it grew larger and larger, twisting and surging, advancing without stop.

Originally, Li Qingshan could only fly above the water. Afterwards, he directly leapt into the water and his daemon qi permeated from his body, enveloping the entire flow.

He knew that time was tight. With a tense heart, he pushed the Water God Seal as hard as he could, using every bit of daemon qi to refine the river water.

The process should have taken an extremely long time, long enough for the Ruyi commandery to respond in time and easily destroy his wild ambitions. However, when he refined water with his original body, he moved with startling speed.

When regular daemons refined bodies of water, they were like common people rising in a revolution. It would take them tremendous physical and mental efforts to carry out. Only then could they gradually sweep across the entire world.

Wherever the spirit turtle passed by, it was like the arrival of the blessed son of heaven in person. All of the water would automatically submit to it.

Pushing forward, he left the Boundless mountains very quickly. If he continued, he would arrive in an area littered with human activity. It would probably be very difficult to fool the cultivators of the Clear River prefecture with his actions. If they actually come to stop him, they would pose quite a large issue.

Once he was delayed and the Marquis of Ruyi responded, probably even more and even stronger Golden Core cultivators would immediately rush over.

Let’s see who dares to get in my way!

……

“Oh no! Sir, the moon demon is refining the waters of the Clear river!”

In the Academy of the Hundred Schools within the Lake of Dragons and Snakes, the news reached Liu Zhangqing’s ears very quickly.

“What about the four grandmasters?”

Liu Zhangqing asked in surprise. Right now, the four grandmasters should have forced the moon demon into fleeing for his life. Why would he be bold enough to refine more water systems in such a brash manner?

“I don’t know, but apparently a few people saw the grandmasters return to the Ruyi commander, and- and-”

“And what? Spit it out,” Liu Zhangqing said impatiently.

“There only seems to be three of them!”

“Don’t tell me? That’s impossible!” Liu Zhangqing was surprised and terrified. He turned around and made his way towards the door in a hurry. Right when he arrived at the door, he stopped and said, “Keep a constant eye on the moon demon’s whereabouts, but don’t approach him.”

He was not too frantic. With how large the Clear river was, it could not be refined so quickly. He had ample time to make a response. However, he soon discovered he was wrong, and extremely wrong at that.

When he arrived in a place similar to the reporting room of the Hawkwolf Guard, awaiting to see the Marquis of Ruyi, a disciple reported to him that the moon demon had already refined a third of the Clear river.

“What!?” Liu Zhangqing reacted violently. Although the upstream section of the Clear river had a relatively smaller flow, making it easier to refine, it made absolutely no sense for the moon demon to be this quick.

And, the Marquis of Ruyi happened to be doing something else. He still had not appeared.



“To the person on the other side, please report to the marquis again that Liu Zhangqing has something urgent to report!”