Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 601-Chapter 700)

As for Li Qingshan, the thing he paid the most attention to was a clear account of his debts of kindness and grievances. Since he had eaten his bark and drunken his tree sap, he obviously should pay him back. He could also obtain the burrowing mites’ daemon cores, so it could be described as guaranteed benefit. Before he knew it, he had naturally become a part of this ecosystem.

If the Daemon King of the Green province was this Great Banyan Tree King and not the Dragon King of Ink Sea, he definitely would have gotten along with him much better.





Chapter 644: Tempted by a Gift | Legend of the Great Sage




The Great Banyan Tree King smiled. “If you can do what I asked, I have a small gift for you.”

Li Qingshan’s eyes lit up. A small gift from the Great Banyan Tree King probably was not something useless. Although he knew it was not particularly likely, it would be nice if he could receive another phoenix feather.

“Then let me thank you ahead of time. Though, how am I supposed to find the insects hiding in the bark?”

The banyan tree’s bark was even tougher than rock, and it was filled with dense spiritual qi, making it difficult for soul sense to penetrate.

“You don’t have to worry. I’ll lead the way for you.”

The wall to Li Qingshan’s right suddenly twisted into a door opening, leading towards the burrowing mites.

“I’ve never seen a banyan tree do that!” Li Qingshan joked, basically replying to what the Great Banyan Tree King had said, Have you ever seen a banyan tree catch insects by itself?

“I’m the Great Banyan Tree King!”

Li Qingshan smiled softly. It was impossible to live and thrive without principles, but it would be no different if they stuck to the principles rigidly without any flexibility. All was impermanent. All was for the sake of better survival.

“Can you make this hole a little bigger?” Li Qingshan saw the hole, except it was less than a meter wide. If he had been a regular person incapable of flight, he would probably be forced to crawl on his knees.

“Kid, don’t be so picky!” the Great Banyan Tree King said. Clearly, making holes in his own body was not enjoyable.

All Li Qingshan could say to Hua Chenglu was, “Chenglu, just stay here and wait for me! I’ll come back for you once I deal with the insects, but I might also go straight outside. I’ll have senior tree king tell you when the time comes.”

“Big brother Li… I think I can squeeze in.” Hua Chenglu pouted. She did not want to be left behind here alone.

“Fine then! You better not say your big brother Li is taking advantage of you then.” Li Qingshan spread his arms with a smile. With a red face, all Hua Chenglu could do was deliver herself into his arms, wrapping her hands around his waist. She muttered to herself in a self-comforting manner. “This isn’t the first time anyway.”

A faint fragrance filled Li Qingshan’s nose, as if it had combined the fragrance of a thousand flowers. He had once caught this smell on Hua Chengzan, so it must have been connected to their cultivation method.

He was unable to pay close attention during the battle earlier, but right now, her waist felt so thin and gentle that he would wrap his hand around it with ease, while her chest was full and firm. She was indeed a flower in bloom, ready to be plucked. He lowered his head and smiled. “It really is nice.”

“Let’s get going!” Hua Chenglu glowed red, afraid to raise her head and look at him. All she could do was urge him to go.

“Alright!”

Li Qingshan saw how embarrassed she was and stopped teasing her. He casually shoved the burrowing mites he had nailed to death into his hundred treasures pouch. They were still a Daemon General after all, and they had eaten a lot of the banyan tree, so they were teeming with spiritual energy. If he discarded them, it would be quite the pity.

Or in other words, they seemed disgusting, but they were filled with protein, providing many nutrients. He could still feed them to Milliped if nothing worked out.

He leapt into the long passageway. Azure ebbs of water surged in the surroundings. Compared to flying, it was better described as sliding through the tunnel. The path was not a straight line. Sometimes, they would suddenly enter a hole an insect burrowed, swerving around and changing directions.

Hua Chenglu did not feel anything during the battle earlier, but now that they focused on travelling, there was nothing that could distract her. A masculine smell constantly invaded her nose, while his hands on her waist and back gradually seemed to become scorching, passing through her thin clothes with a burning sensation.

She could not help but try to pull a little further away from him, but during a sharp turn, she could not control herself and pressed against him firmly again. It was as if he was constantly pressing and touching her breasts, except it was not with his hands. Her face became utterly flushed.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived in another cavern.



A white burrowing mite even slightly larger than the one before currently munched away.

Li Qingshan lifted up the Traitorous Demon sword. The demon heart in the hilt produced a ring of light, and he slashed out with a flash. A huge gash appeared in the burrowing mite, and before it could even respond, Li Qingshan had already rushed into the wound with the flash of his sword, scooping out his hand before leaping out again. He held another daemon core in his hand, directly suppressing it with the powers of the spirit turtle.

Having lost its daemon core, the burrowing mite directly went from a Daemon General to a regular daemonic beast. Its body shrank rapidly, reaching the size of a grown man in the end. Right when it was about to flee, a wave of blue light surged and enveloped the burrowing mite, crackling as it turned into ice and giving off white, cold mist.

The Ice Seal technique!

Li Qingshan did not practise frigid spiritual qi like the Ice Couple palace, but it was still a piece of cake for him to deal with a daemonic beast with this technique. He wanted to shove it into his hundred treasures pouch, but he failed.

As it turned out, the burrowing mite had been frozen, but it was not dead. As a result, Li Qingshan took out a delicately-crafted bug pouch and placed it in there. He did not know how to refine gu and insects, but a live insect that had once cultivated to Daemon General should have been worth quite a lot! He could always feed it to Milliped if nothing worked out.

Li Qingshan said loudy, “Next one!”

“Your sword is very interesting.”

The Great Banyan Tree King never expected him to kill a burrowing mite so easily. He also noticed the peculiarity with the Traitorous Demon sword.

This is a demonic sword, but only demonfolk should be able to use demonic swords. Is he a demonfolk in hiding? And, the power he uses to instantly suppress the daemon core is even more out of the ordinary.

Li Qingshan smiled. “If I don’t have the tools, why’d I accept the job?”

If he were a regular Foundation Establishment cultivator, just finding a way to kill these burrowing mites would be a problem. Even if they defeated them after much difficulty, it would still be very difficult to kill them if countless burrowing mites swarmed over together. With the Traitorous Demon sword in hand, Li Qingshan could find the daemon core in a single glance, and then he could suppress it with the spirit turtle’s power, which made it seem extremely easy.

However, the Great Banyan Tree King understood extremely well that as the fundamental source of power for daemons, daemon cores were not some weak point. As a matter of fact, they could be described as a strong point. When it mattered, they could even be wielded like how humans controlled artifacts to attack the enemy. They could only be directly suppressed if the enemy were an entire cultivation realm higher, and it still would not be suppressed so easily.

It’s no wonder I vaguely sensed a slight change in the heavenly secrets when Si Qing dug me up from the Mist province in the past. Sure enough, I’ve met someone interesting. This child is anyone but ordinary. It’s fate for me to meet him.

The Great Banyan Tree King thought as he opened up another path.