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

“Commander Li, how dare you be so disrespectful to our marquis? Do you know that all the White Wolf guards were killed while you were gone? You better wait until the Hawkwolf Guard denounces you! If you’re sensible, perhaps our marquis can even put in a few good words for you,” said Caretaker Zhou of the estate.

He saw how they possessed an advantage in numbers as well as in geography, so he was confident that Li Qingshan would never be bold enough to act violently. As a result, he leapt out to express his loyalty. With regards to the eight cloaked figures behind Li Qingshan, he still could not make an accurate judgment about them with his cultivation, and he completely failed to sense the three black figures behind the marquis.

“Oh? Who did that?” Li Qingshan really was clueless about this.

“Me!”

A voice answered from the empty space, which caught the Marquis of Serene Sea’s attention. It was Ghost Shadow’s voice.

As long as Ghost Shadow was the one carrying out the assassination, even if he failed, he could still distract Li Qingshan. He could use that moment to flee into the estate and enter the secret room. It contained a path of retreat he had specially prepared, a formation that could teleport him hundreds of kilometers away. Unlike escape techniques, it did not turn him into a streak of light, so it was absolutely untraceable.

Assassins of the Shadow palace are impressive, but they’ve already given themselves away, so there’s nothing terrifying about them. In terms of strength, the three of them definitely aren’t on par with Ghost Shadow, the greatest assassin of the south.

Sure enough, Ghost Shadow took action!

However, the hint of delight in the Marquis of Serene Sea’s heart immediately turned to fear.

Caretaker Zhou currently glared at Li Qingshan. A speck of blood appeared between his eyebrows. The speck was so small that only a bead of blood oozed out. As if he had felt something, he subconsciously extended his hand to touch it before falling backwards in that same posture.



“Third cave master!” The Marquis of Serene Sea paled in fright. His heart sank completely.

“I could tell long ago that the lot of them were colluding with demonic cultivators! It’s good that they’re dead! That’s perfect for me to collect my reward from the Mist capital!” Li Qingshan said without much concern.

“Marquis, you better come to your senses and let go of your hopes. Even the boss and I pledged loyalty to commander Li. Third brother Shadow is no exception. If you still refuse to send away these several hundred pieces of trash and they piss me off, I’ll eat them all.”

The Gentleman of Heavenly Blubber patted his belly, and the fat on him jiggled.

“Gentleman of Heavenly Blubber, it really is you!”

“Who else could be so plump apart from me?”

The Gentleman of Heavenly Blubber laughed, extending and closing his huge hand the size of a banana leaf. A guard over thirty meters away wailed as he flew over. The Gentleman of Heavenly Blubber’s mouth widened to an unbelievable size, and he actually swallowed the guard in a single gulp. A figure could be vaguely made out from his belly, struggling a bit before vanishing.

“Ah, it’s the second cave master of Savage mountain, the Gentleman of Heavenly Blubber!” “And the third cave master, Ghost Shadow!”

The people cried out and moved away. All of the cave masters of Savage mountain were infamous.

The Marquis of Serene Sea’s gaze was fixed on the cloaked figure behind Li Qingshan, the one to his right. White hair draped down from within the hood, and he carried a sword on his back, which filled the marquis with disbelief. If it were just the others, then so be it, but he was a sword cultivator who wielded an arcane treasure. With how proud he was, why would he submit to Li Qingshan?

Holding onto a final sliver of hope, he called out, “Cave master Yu!”

“Marquis of Serene Sea, stop wasting time!” Yu Wufeng gripped the Fogbow sword and said coldly.

“Yeah, do you want to die or do you want to live? I’d rather hope you choose to live. Although finding second heavenly tribulation cultivators is quite easy in the vast south, there really aren’t a lot of truly useful masters. But if you really want to die, I’ll help you out!” Li Qingshan said.

The Marquis of Serene Sea felt despair. Li Qingshan was already an extremely powerful opponent, and on top of that, there were still the three peak assassins of the Shadow palace and the three strongest cave masters of Savage mountain. He also managed to identify the six remaining people, all renowned demonic cultivators of the south, but they were all standing behind Li Qingshan now, listening to his command. This was a force to be reckoned with across the entire southern region.

His voice trembled. “I’m a marquis. Are you really bold enough to kill me?”

Li Qingshan smiled. “Kill him!”

Before he had even finished speaking, the three black figures behind the Marquis of Serene Sea vanished. Ghost Shadow drifted over, locking onto him with killing intent. The Fogbow sword exited its sheath, and the Gentleman of Heavenly Blubber extended his hand. The remaining six figures in cloaks struck out at the same time, forming a wave of certain death that hurtled towards him like a tsunami.

The Marquis of Serene Sea could not dodge, escape, or block. All he could do was yell at the top of his lungs, “I want to live!”

Li Qingshan raised his hand, and all of the attacks halted as if the tsunami had been frozen up the moment it was about to slam down.

“It’s good that you want to live. Come and swear an oath!”

……

If the battle of Savage mountain had only shaken up the south because of its inconclusive outcome, then Li Qingshan’s appearance in the commandery city of South Sea had answered all of the questions. Not only did it reveal the end result of the battle of Savage mountain, but it also revealed the change in the overall situation of the south.

After getting the Marquis of Serene Sea to swear the oath, he arranged a banquet in the marquis’ estate to entertain the ten cave masters.

These ten renowned figures of the south toasted Li Qingshan together, formally swearing their allegiance to him. The cultivator who recognised Li Qingshan as his foster father even referred to him as “my king”, no longer calling him sir or commander.

Li Qingshan was confused by that. He asked for the reason, and the cultivator said, “Who doesn’t know in the south? He who unifies Savage mountain is known as the King of Savages.”



Li Qingshan laughed aloud, accepting the title in delight.

The Marquis of Serene Sea called him shameless inside, but he forced out a smile on the surface and also sang his name loudly, “My king.”

After the banquet, Li Qingshan immediately set off and continued his battles. He basically took down all the second heavenly tribulation cultivators of the south apart from the Myriad Poison cult, completely realising the boast he made when he first came to the South Sea commandery—Those who abide by me will prosper, and those who defy me will die!

Savage mountain basically rose up overnight, becoming a tremendous organisation only second to the Myriad Poison cult. If it were not for the fact that Li Qingshan had yet to undergo the third heavenly tribulation, he could have founded a major sect.

The Mist province was astir!

When Li Qingshan accepted the orders and took office in the Mist province as the White Hawk commander, he had already attracted the attention of countless. This was both due to the brilliance of the two great geniuses, as well as the fact that the cultivators had all wanted to use this to predict the future situation of the Mist province and the Green province.