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

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. Li Qingshan had made a full recovery, and his exhaustion was all gone. This was all thanks to finding the antidote, as well as the Great Banyan Tree King’s assistance. Otherwise, just completely cleansing the poison would probably take ten times longer.

It was pouring with rain outside the tree hole as the sounds of thunder rang out in the distance. Li Qingshan had never witnessed such a fierce storm in the Green province before. It was a pity he could not see snow here.

“Qingshan, according to my calculations over the past few days, the Mirage sea has currently stopped here. You should go there quickly. Don’t waste any time along the way, or who knows where it’ll drift to.”

The Great Banyan Tree King pointed around on a sea chart carved from wood with a root.

“Alright! I’ll set off right now!” Li Qingshan accepted the wooden sea chart and stood up. Over the past few days, he had gained a rough understanding of the Clam King of Mirage Sea, which made him more confident about this trip.

He thanked the Great Banyan Tree King and made his way out of the tree hole. Xiao An was already waiting there. They took off together to find the Mirage sea in the South sea.

The Great Banyan Tree King watched as Li Qingshan vanished into the horizon. Ru Xin’s voice rang out from beneath the tree. “I didn’t think the Clam King of Mirage Sea would actually be a very amiable person despite his horrible reputation!”

“Who knows?” The Great Banyan Tree King sighed with emotion.

“Who knows! Isn’t he your old friend?” Ru Xin asked curiously.

“He’s a very strange old friend, and while we’re old friends, we’re not familiar with one another.” The Great Banyan Tree King smiled.

“You’re clearly old friends, yet you’re not familiar with one another. That really is very strange,” said Ru Xin.

“We’re not just unfamiliar. I don’t even know his gender, as no one has seen his true form before. His personality is even more unstable, sometimes extremely friendly, yet other times filled with hostility.”

“And you’re old friends?” Ru Xin asked.

“Because I treat him as an old friend,” said the Great Banyan Tree King.

Ru Xin sank into her thoughts.

“Actually, the strangest part of this all is he still hasn’t ascended yet. I originally thought he could have ascended three thousand years ago. Back then, even when kid Si toured the shore of the South sea, he had played a huge joke on him. There was just nothing he could do about him.” The Great Banyan Tree King recalled some matters of the past from several thousand years ago.

“Kid Si?” Ru Xin was taken aback. Only then did she realise who this “kid Si” was. When the founding emperor established the nine provinces and toured the world, he had once come to the Mist province to pay homage to the Great Banyan Tree King before venturing south to the shore of the South sea. The emperors that came after never did something like that again.

Ru Xin had left the South sea when she was young, so she did not have a detailed understanding about the Clam King of Mirage Sea. When she heard all this, she could not help but sigh. “In other words, this Clam King of Mirage Sea won’t necessarily show respect to anyone for anyone’s sake, and he’s also strong enough to not do that.”

“Hehe, you could put it that way,” said the Great Banyan Tree King.

Ru Xin smiled. “Kid Li is going to be in trouble this time.”

“Aren’t you going to ask why I told you to warn him of nothing?” the Great Banyan Tree King said.

“You definitely have your reasons! And it’s not like he needs any warnings from me. This kid looks crude and brash, but he actually has a lot of things going on in his head. There aren’t a lot of people he trusts. Honestly, if the mighty Great Banyan Tree King wanted to deal with someone, why would you have to send him all the way to the distant South sea? Isn’t this a consideration that is as clear as day?” said Ru Xin.

“No wonder he trusts you so much,” said the Great Banyan Tree King.

“I only happen to understand that certain things cannot be said. Though, probably not everyone can think as clearly as me…” Ru Xin gazed into the horizon. Worry flashed through her eyes. “Xiao An, the person he trusts the most, might not necessarily be willing to let down his trust. Most importantly, she only trusts him. As for the others, whether it’s the Great Banyan Tree King or herself, it’s all the same in her eyes no matter how trustworthy they seem.”

“That child really is as strange as she can be!” The Great Banyan Tree King sighed. “You haven’t come to find me just for this conversation, right?”

“I have a few questions about medicine that I’d like to ask you. This has to do with the success or failure of the battle against Firemelt mountain.” Ru Xin immediately became respectful.

“Go on.”

The Great Banyan Tree King listened to Ru Xin’s entire question and fell silent for a good while. “The strong preying on the weak is the principle of nature, but doing something like that is just a little too depraved.”

“You’re too kind, senior. You’d be completely right if you said I’m out of my mind and depraved, but if I don’t do that, how will the hatred in my heart even be resolved?” Ru Xin’s eyes flickered with flames. She was determined.

ps： 又是一段新的旅程，求保底月票！





Chapter 814: Lost in the Sea of Sand | Legend of the Great Sage




The endless yellow sand sprawled into the distance. There were absolutely no traces of human activity.

A region of ruins, perhaps an ancient city of the past, already had all of their murals eroded away. All that remained was a monotonous yellow, basically screaming out age.

A few withered poplars twisted and extended their yellow trunks. Their withered branches reached towards the blue, transparent sky, like hands desperately trying to escape from the sea of sand, only to be swallowed by the sand in the end.

Li Qingshan stood on the top of the sand dune with Xiao An, taking all of this in. “This must be the Mirage sea!”

“It should just be an illusion,” said Xiao An.

The rustling wind blew away their voices, drifting into the distance.

Li Qingshan crouched down and scooped up a handful of sand. The grains poured between his fingers, all so realistic. There was even a voice in his head telling him that this was all real.

With the sea chart from the Great Banyan Tree King, it had not taken them a lot of time before they found the legendary Mirage sea. Through Xiao An’s warnings, he had learnt that the Mirage sea was anything but simple, even possibly hiding great danger. However, because of his trust in the Great Banyan Tree King and the divination of the spirit turtle, there should not have been any danger to his life, so he still chose to enter the Mirage sea.

“It really is the Clam King of Mirage Sea after all. This illusion is flawless. Though, while it is very strange for a sea of sand to appear on the sea, she sure is lacking in imagination!” Li Qingshan grinned, revealing his pure-white teeth.

“But if we can’t get through the illusion, how are we supposed to find the Clam King of Mirage Sea?” Xiao An asked.

“Watch me.” Li Qingshan called out, “Clam King of Mirage Sea, I am Li Qingshan. I’ve specially come to the Mirage sea to visit you under the Great Banyan Tree King’s directions. Please show yourself! This is the letter of introduction he’s written!”

A shout that resembled a tiger’s roar echoed into the distance, kicking up ripples in the sea of sand.

But there was no reply. Only the wind moaned softly.

“Hmm!”

Li Qingshan could not help but be surprised. He reached into his sumeru ring, but the letter of introduction written by the Great Banyan Tree King was actually gone. How was that possible? A sumeru ring was equivalent to an independent space. Was the Clam King of Mirage Sea really that powerful?