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

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Li Qingshan constantly ventured deeper underground. Only when the underground magnetic field completely wrapped around him and he was unable to sense anymore soul senses did he stop. He exhaled deeply and smiled. “It sure was dangerous this time.”

Although it was a very close shave, he did manage to break through to the fifth layer with the Ox Demon Transformation, allowing him to witness the future powers of the ox demon. As long as he had the time to familiarise and digest everything, his personal strength would definitely increase drastically. Even if he ran into Golden Core cultivators, he would have the confidence to defeat them.

There was no reply. Xiao An seemed rather distracted, only replying after she realised he had said something, “Y- yeah!”

Li Qingshan pulled her into his arms. His expression changed constantly as he faltered. Only after a long while of hesitation did he ask, “Have you remembered where your home is?”

Xiao An nodded before shaking her head firmly.

“It doesn’t matter. If you want to go home and take a look, I’ll accompany you. I’ve promised this to you. Hehe, didn’t I even carve a tablet for you? Don’t worry, it’s fine…”

Li Qingshan’s voice gradually grew softer. Who knew who he was trying to comfort. His voice was rather hoarse and he held her firmer. If it really were like what he had guessed, why would the mighty provincial lord’s estate allow her to remain by his side? However, perhaps that would be slightly better for her.

Xiao An stood up and took out the scholar wood tablet. One side had the word “south” carved into it, while the other had the word “An”. The craftsmanship was crude and the characters were ugly. There were even traces of being burned by fire, but she held it preciously in her hand.

“No matter how many dangers, difficulties, obstacles, and hardships there are, there will be a day when I send you home!”

Under the moonlight, the young man had promised seriously. The scene was just like the red mole on her forehead, something she could never forget about.

The scholar wood tablet with the words “south” and “An” carved in was evidence.

With a crack, Xiao An closed her fingers around it, and the scholar wood tablet split open. It was crushed to pieces as splinters flew everywhere.

Li Qingshan was stunned, only to hear Xiao An say, “I’m going nowhere. Don’t cast me aside either. I will remain by your side forever, all the way to beyond the Nine Heavens, unless death parts us!”

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“Where is this? Didn’t I die?”

Opening his eyes slowly, he looked at the gloomy sky and the ground piled with endless bones and corpses. A figure climbed up, supporting himself by leaning on the huge, withered tree by his side. Suddenly, he discovered that his hand had become just as withered as the dead tree, pale-white and icy-cold.

He immediately noticed the peculiarities of his body. He did not have to breathe, and when he touched his chest, his heart no longer beat either. All of his bodily functions had ceased. He had become a corpse.

It was true. He was already dead, but this world happened to be the paradise of the dead. The living could not survive here.

Oh right, I fell into the Hungry Ghost realm. “Have we met somewhere before?”

Ma Chaoqun gazed at the vast wasteland. Right as he thought of that, a voice suddenly rang out behind him. Ma Chaoqun turned around and saw a violet figure standing there gracefully. Her eyes were clear and her skin was fair. She seemed very much alive, but that was only because of how powerful she was. She was unable to hide the powerful aura of death she gave off.

“Zi’er!” Ma Chaoqung murmured. If this were hell, then he was willing to fall forever.





Chapter 555: Aftermath | Legend of the Great Sage




In the pitch-black depths underground, Li Qingshan embraced Xiao An as his heart was at peace. As long as she was here, as long as they worked together, they could deal with anything no matter what they encountered.

The Dark Queen could just go and die. No one could take her away from his side.

However, he discovered a horrible problem very soon.

With the current fourth layer of the Spirit Turtle Transformation, he was unable to suppress the fifth layer of the Ox Demon Transformation.

In other words, unless he also reached the fifth layer with the Spirit Turtle Transformation, he could not turn back into human form and return to the academy. However, the difficulty in this would definitely be greater than reaching the fifth layer with the ox demon or the tiger demon.

The ox demon and tiger demon determined the strength of his body, while the spirit turtle determined his cultivation. Once he broke through to the fifth layer, he would be standing firmly in the realm of Daemon Commanders. He would even gain a footing in this world.

Sigh, what was he supposed to do? He still had many ties in the society of humans.

Qiongzhi should be very sad over losing her uncle! I even once considered taking him on as my master. I didn’t think the first time we met would also be when death takes him.

Although he was connected to Han Anguo in a certain way, they had never met after all, so there were not exactly any deep emotional ties between them. If he could save him, then he would save him. If he could not, then there was nothing he could do. He could only leave it up to fate. After all, if Li Qingshan died, Han Anguo would not feel miserable for him either. However, he was worried about Han Qiongzhi becoming overly sad. Fortunately, the people the Dark Queen had killed were not the Han father-son duo, or he would truly become conflicted to death.

This was the difference between being close and being distant. He could go as far as to risk exposing himself to save Hua Chengzan, but if it were Hua Chengzan’s parents or siblings instead, he would have to give it some consideration. At most, he would do what was within his means. After all, reasonless affection did not exist in the world.

I wonder if Hua Chengzan is going to divulge my identity. Probably not, right? I saved his life after all.

Li Qingshan said to Xiao An, “You should return to the dwelling first and handle any situations that may arise. If no one comes looking for us, just say I suffered some internal injuries and am healing in seclusion. I’ll return to Moon Court lake and try and see whether I can use the power of the Water God Seal to suppress the ox demon. If I can’t, then I probably won’t be able to return to the surface any time soon.”

Xiao An left reluctantly. Li Qingshan noticed she had changed slightly after recovering her memories, but he had no idea whether that was good or bad.

Li Qingshan rested his head on his arms as he leaned against the boiling-hot stone wall. He gradually recovered his daemon qi as he tidied through his thoughts, considering what he should do next.

“Northmoon!” An enchanting, curvaceous figure walked out of the darkness. Lolth licked her bright-red lips. Her absolute beauty was mesmerising as she asked with a smile, “Are you injured?”

After a tough battle, Li Qingshan seemed to be in a rather horrible shape, and he had only recovered twenty or thirty percent of his daemon qi.

And, after breaking through to the fifth layer of the ox demon, he was unable to conceal his aura anymore, so he was obviously discovered by the owner of this territory, Lolth. She had come to investigate.

Noticing his current shape, Lolth’s eyes lit up. She felt like this was a heaven-sent opportunity to redeem her pride.

Li Qingshan shot a glance at her. “Yeah, do you want to take care of me?”

“Sure!” Lolth said with pleasure before looking around. “Where’s that skeleton friend of yours? Why isn’t it taking care of you?”

“She’s busy, so she left first already.”

“You mean, it’s just us here?” Lolth smiled as she approached him slowly.