Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 701-Chapter 833)

Hawk’s Worry did his best to maintain his distance from Li Qingshan. His eyes were filled with worry. What gave him the ability to order around the three cave masters of Savage mountain and three peak assassins of the Shadow palace?

Li Qingshan took out the Blood Oath Scroll and smiled. “Come, fellow. Swear an oath!”

“The Blood Oath Scroll! You actually refined the Blood Oath Scroll!” Hawk’s Worry’s face changed drastically. He finally understood why he could dispatch the three cave masters of Savage mountain now.

“I’ll give you half a minute to consider!” Li Qingshan said.

Half a minute later, the Demon Suppression Tower dispersed as demon qi. Li Qingshan stowed the Blood Oath Scroll away and patted Hawk’s Worry’s shoulder. He said in praise, “Fellow Hawk really is a sensible person!”

Hawk’s Worry was devastated. He forced out a smile. “Yes, yes…”

“C’mon, to the next stop!” Li Qingshan waved his hand in high spirits.

Seven days later, in the Marquis of Serene Sea’s estate.

The Marquis of Serene Sea was currently thinking with his eyes closed when the caretaker reported, “Marquis, that Li Qingshan is outside right now! He wishes to see you!”

“He’s still alive!”

The Marquis of Serene Sea snapped open his eyes and made his way outside to receive him, only to see Li Qingshan standing with his back towards him, lecturing a group of people.

“From today onwards, you’ll be turning over a new leaf and behaving yourselves. You’ll definitely become quite accomplished in the future…”



The Marquis of Serene Sea counted them and found that they totalled at eight. They varied in size and shape, whether tall or short, fat or thin. Every single one of them was wrapped up in a dark cloak, the hood covering their faces. Although they all bent over and lowered their heads like servants, the aura they vaguely gave off left the Marquis of Serene Sea shocked.

The figures of these people are so familiar. That great fatty is… the Gentleman of Heavenly Blubber! And that shorty…

The Marquis of Serene Sea was unable to identify them one by one, as Li Qingshan had already turned around and asked a question.

“Marquis, would you like to die or live?”

A Slight Explanation for My Thoughts When Writing

The past two days have been a little lacklustre, or should I say that this month has been rather lacklustre. Actually, the plot has always been relatively clear, but as the main character’s strength rises, the pacing is becoming more and more difficult to control.

I don’t want to write that kind of repetitive, levelling-up novel, where as soon as the main character grows a little stronger, a great swathe of even stronger opponents come to kill him. Then the main character faces mountainous pressure and continues to level up, repeating endlessly all the way until beyond the Nine Heavens. That’s far too boring.

But if I don’t write it like that, it’s very easy for it to become an invincible genre where the main character just crushes all the enemies he sees. That’s probably even more boring than the former. Of course, the mainstream writing right now is to combine the two. There are a lot of benefits to writing like that. The pacing is fast enough, the peaks and troughs in the story are large enough, it’s easy to write, and it’s satisfying enough to read. It’s no coincidence that it became mainstream.

But I really don’t want to write like that. I’ll feel no different from a person with just bones and no flesh. Reading a book like that leaves me very happy too, but if I have to write like that, you better cure my OCD first.

Although Legend of the Great Sage is a levelling-up novel, I want to write a levelling-up novel with a plot. I want this path to the Nine Heavens to go through countless demons, monsters, or other beings and countless feelings of love and hatred. I want to write some characters that feel alive, some scenes that touch the heart.

This really isn’t an easy feat. The most difficult part about it is being “down to earth”. The old readers should have had quite the contact with this. No matter what the material is, once you reach a certain word count, it’s easy to drift apart the more you write. Although it’s possible to keep reading due to the preexisting investment and momentum, it only feels more and more wrong. This is also what I’m doing my best to avoid.

In short, I’m a person with slow hands and a slow brain. I can’t speed up with the releases, so please forgive me for that. All I can guarantee is that I’ll write seriously. I’ll write it well, and I’ll write it to the end.

Finally, there is a double today. Two releases for monthly votes!





Chapter 780: The King of Savages | Legend of the Great Sage




Swish!

A gust of fierce wind swept across the sea of trees, making them ripple like waves. The Marquis of Serene Sea doubted his ears. He subconsciously asked, “What did you say?”

“Don’t act deaf!”

Li Qingshan smiled. The eight, cloaked figures behind him sneered as well. Their eyes under the hoods all took pleasure in his suffering. Since they had already suffered misfortune, then watching others suffer the same misfortune was one of the few delights in life.

Coldness welled up from the bottom of the Marquis of Serene’s heart. He could not help but take a step back, wanting to retreat into the estate. Three black figures appeared behind him, their killing intent cold like ice. After consecutive battles with Ghost Shadow’s guidance, the coordination between the three sisters became greater too.

Others could not see them, but the Marquis of Serene Sea could sense them. He shivered inside. Assassins of the Shadow palace! Only peak assassins of the Shadow palace could silently reach his side. He immediately seized up on the spot.

He barked, “Li Qingshan, what are you trying to do? I’m the lord of the South Sea commandery, the Marquis of Serene Sea that was conferred by the emperor!”

“Alright, you can stop fooling around. You’re the exact person I’m looking for!” Li Qingshan said.

The laughter behind him became even more reckless, filled with ill intent.

Li Qingshan was satisfied. One of the greatest benefits of these demonic cultivators of the south was that they were very sensible. After seven consecutive days of attacking and fighting, not a single person that survived the combined assassination of Ghost Shadow and the sisters chose death over submission.

And once they swore the blood oath, they adjusted mentally very quickly, showing enough compliance on the surface. One of them even shamelessly said he wanted to take Li Qingshan on as his foster father, saying that he had been waiting for this exact day during the several centuries he spent cultivating. It had been quite the blow to Li Qingshan. If you were a woman, then so be it. I could perhaps be your foster father, but you’re clearly an old man. You have absolutely no sense of shame!

This was just how the south worked. There was no sense of propriety, justice, honesty, or honour. Only the strong were revered. As long as your fists were tough enough, no one would want to throw their heads against it.

A hubbub erupted in the estate, and a great group of cultivators surged out. Some of them were guards, while some were guest elders. There were several hundred of them in total, all wielding various kinds of spiritual artifacts and arcane artifacts, controlling a great variety of gu insects. They surrounded Li Qingshan’s group.

Faced with this, not only did Li Qingshan turn a blind eye to it, but none of the eight cloaked figures behind him took it seriously either, as none of the several hundred people had undergone the second heavenly tribulation.