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

The Startled Salamander sword let out a thrum in Peng Jingni’s hand, exiting its sheathe loudly. He pressed down on the hilt in a hurry, comforting the Startled Salamander sword spirit. He sighed in amazement inside, Even without letting out his aura and just by getting a little serious, it is enough to make the Startled Salamander sword send a warning! What spirit! Originally, I thought that I might not have been the very best among the second heavenly tribulation with my cultivation, but I wouldn’t lose to anyone. Looking at it now, I’ve merely been stuck up with a narrow view. Senior brother has cultivated arduously for all these years, already close to the third heavenly tribulation, but he was still defeated at his hand. Looks like it wasn’t a coincidence.

Li Qingshan had killed resolutely during the past few years. Who knew how many second heavenly tribulation humans, demons, and daemons had died by his hand, which made his bearing condense in its own way.

“Please consider it carefully, commander, without letting down the King of Yue’s kind intentions.”

Qian Liangmu sat on his heels on the rock, clasping his hands and making his sleeves drift about. He lowered his head to the ground, performing a solemn bow.

Originally, he had been rather dissatisfied with how the King of Southern Yue had directly offered Li Qingshan the identity of an honoured guest. Once Li Qingshan became an honoured guest, then even he, a prince, would have to go out of his way to greet and bow to him.

But now, most of this dissatisfaction had vanished. It was instead replaced by realisation. If it comes to an actual battle to the death, I’ll probably die to him. I won’t even be able to escape. This was not a judgement based on logic, but purely a gut feeling. This gut feeling had only been developed through facing countless trials of death while growing up. It had saved him numerous times.

Even though he was still a little unworthy of the title “King of Savages” right now, he would leap past the third heavenly tribulation and stand among the ranks of kings sooner or later as long as he did not die along the way.

Performing a solemn bow to someone like that was not humiliating at all. Instead, this bow of his was already a gesture of courtesy that he would show to an honoured guest, basically forcing him to make a decision. He stared right into Li Qingshan’s eyes and thought to himself.

Make your choice, King of Savages! Whether it’s the Mist province or the Green province, as long as you take a step wrong, even geniuses will die, left dead without a soul, their bodies crushed and pulverised.

Li Qingshan smiled. “What’re you being so stern for?” He scratched his head and sighed. “Sigh, I originally wanted to ignore it, or at least make the decision once I’ve ignored it for a few years and the war was actually going to start. But sure enough, the lord of a province can’t be dealt with so easily!”

“Of course, I could pretend to agree to it before explaining myself to the Green province. That way, I won’t offend anyone on either side. It does seem to be the smartest choice too. However, I’ve never been a smart person, nor do I like to pose around and be a sycophant, so…”

Li Qingshan finished off his jar of alcohol and smiled.

“I decline!”

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Chapter 784: To Not Brush Aside Superficially, A Gift of a Single Jar of Alcohol | Legend of the Great Sage




Originally, Qian Liangmu was confident. He was extremely satisfied with his maneuvering, both behaving humble enough such that Li Qingshan could not vent his anger on him, yet also standing his ground against him. He had directly confronted Li Qingshan, forcing him to make a decision and preventing him from brushing this entire matter aside.

When he heard what Li Qingshan said at the beginning, the corner of his lips had already curled up slightly. Since you know the power of the King of Southern Yue, why don’t you just agree to it obediently? He could already imagine just what kind of reward he would receive for completing this mission of persuading him. He would be another step closer to the throne.

If they could pull the two of them to their side, that would be for the best.

However, when he received Li Qingshan’s answer, even Qian Liangmu became stunned despite his mental fortitude. Peng Jingni and Yu Wufeng were taken aback too. They did not think that Li Qingshan would agree to it too easily, but they never thought he would turn down the offer so flatly.

Those few words of his were equivalent to cutting off his own path of retreat. He did not brush it aside, he did not try to mislead, nor did he try to deceive. He simply turned him down flatly, leaving no room for maneuver.

Xiao An looked at him, blinked her eyes, and smiled.

“Commander Li, have you thought it through? Do you know what consequences this will lead to? There are many people in the Mist province who don’t fear the emperor, but there aren’t a lot who don’t fear the King of Southern Yue. Even if there are people like that, they probably don’t have a lot of time left!”

Qian Liangmu was not threatening Li Qingshan. He had no interest in gaining a powerful enemy for the sake of the king’s estate. Instead, he had blurted out this question out of pure surprise. He was tempted to take a peek inside Li Qingshan’s brain and see what he was thinking!

“My life…” Li Qingshan extended his hand towards Qian Liangmu. At that moment, Qian Liangmu felt like the hand could blot out the entire sky. As it loomed towards him, he could not help but lean back. If it were not for the fact that Li Qingshan demonstrated absolutely no murderousness, he basically would have turned around and fled already.

Li Qingshan closed his fingers and smiled. “... only lies in my own grasp.”

Qian Liangmu coughed violently to cover up how he had lost his composure earlier. He let out a heavy sigh. “Sigh, I didn’t think you’d be so loyal to your master, commander, which is quite rare in the Mist province. However, have you ever considered that when you were sent off to the Mist province because of the strings a dishonourable dog pulled, did the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga or the Fierce King of Chu ever help you? The so-called orthodoxy is just a set of hypocritical virtues used to constrain mortals. Cultivators like us should never be bound by anything in the first place.”

“Don’t you understand what I said? I’m not loyal to anyone, whether it’s the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga, the Fierce King of Chu, or the King of Southern Yue. I came to the Mist province out of my own free will. Of course, I haven’t forgotten about Si Qing either. Whether it’s debts of kindness or grievances, I’ll return them all on fold.”

Li Qingshan recovered his relaxed and lethargic state, gently playing around with Xiao An’s seaweed-like hair. The smooth, flowing feeling was very satisfying.

“Then I have nothing to say. All I can do is take my leave.” Qian Liangmu stood up and clasped his hands.

“Then please go ahead!” Li Qingshan waved his hand. He thought about it before taking out another jar of alcohol. He tossed it to Qian Liangmu. “Send my regards to the provincial lord. If I have the opportunity, I’ll go to the Mist capital and visit him.”

Qian Liangmu was taken aback again. He felt like the way Li Qingshan did things, every single gesture he made, was unfathomable. Probably all geniuses were a little eccentric, except he forgot the fact that he was also known as a genius in the south.

Qian Liangmu took the alcohol with him and left in a hurry, returning to the Myriad Poison cult and the Mist capital to report back.

Peng Jingni originally stayed back to get in Qian Liangmu’s way, but he did not even have to get a single word in. However, he still felt extremely satisfied after seeing this show.

“Your forthrightness is admirable, fellow!” Peng Jingni personally believed he did not have the courage to remain as calm as ever after turning down the King of Southern Yue.

“I just declined what needed to be declined. There’s no forthrightness to speak of,” said Li Qingshan.