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

The voice was extremely pleasant, but almost neutral. It was impossible to distinguish its gender.

Don’t tell me they’re actually female? Li Qingshan thought. Although he was tempted to directly fly up, he still stepped through the vermillion doors, and they slammed shut again.

However, the first floor of the Clam building did not have the antique style Li Qingshan imagined. Instead, it was a metallic, futuristic room. A foul air filled his face. In the centre of the room stood a huge monster. Its black body shone with a metallic lustre, leaning forwards and standing on two legs. A spiky tail dragged behind it as it produced a deafening roar, revealing rows upon rows of sharp teeth as it lunged over.

“Why does this look like that Alien Queen! It sure is an illusion. Am I supposed to fight my way up?” Li Qingshan thought as he rubbed his chin. Then he threw a punch, and the monster that resembled an Alien Queen was immediately smashed to pieces. Its blood spattered on the walls and floor, immediately producing white wisps of smoke and eating away huge holes.

“It’s been so many years, but I still remember the characteristic of their acidic blood! If I have some time in the future, I could write another novel and strengthen the Divine Talisman of Great Creation,” Li Qingshan said with interest.

With a crack above his head, a metallic trap door swung open.

“It really is that!”

Li Qingshan gradually realised too that the various scenes in the illusion arose from his thoughts. If he were clueless about the legends of the Mirage sea and purely believed what the Great Banyan Tree King told him, then perhaps everything would have unfolded very smoothly. It was exactly because he believed this trip would not be so simple that an obstacle like this appeared.

If that were the case, then the Great Banyan Tree King’s “lies” made sense. In this world of the Mirage sea, “lies” could become reality. It was exactly because the survivors from the Mirage sea believed in a certain lie that they managed to escape. The most popular belief of the cultivation community perhaps included lethal factors instead. If you believed the Clam King of Mirage Sea used clam qi to hunt, then she actually hunted.

Of course, all of this was purely hypothetical. It was not like he could confirm this from just seeing one side. After all, the Mirage sea was still under the Clam King of Mirage Sea’s control. Perhaps she actually used it to hunt cultivators! Since this belief could be recognised by the cultivation community of the South sea for thousands of years, it was not a groundless rumor.

But he was here already. All he could do was fight his way up!

Not only was Li Qingshan unafraid, but he even became very curious about what kind of monsters would appear instead.

Li Qingshan leapt up to the second floor, but Xiao An remained where she was. She thought of something. Oh no!

If her thoughts were correct, then perhaps the Mirage sea really would become a deadly trap.

The Dream isn’t Over

I’ve read everyone’s comments. Although I don’t want to admit I can be influenced by others, I do feel very happy and very touched. Of course, there’s nothing along the lines of getting moist in the eyes. Oi, is it really that difficult to accept that you’re a feeble mortal?

Sorry, I’ve always been too arrogant, and I’ve neglected your power. I’ve been constantly gazing at the sky, only to forget you were the ones holding me up.

When I look back at the road that led me here, I didn’t walk it alone. I can still remember when I wrote my first novel. When I received my first comment, I felt utterly delighted. I felt I was so powerful! I was a novelist, aha! Oh right, and that comment was cursing me too…

So why now, when I’ve clearly received ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times more comments of praise, that I’m blind and deaf to them?

Now, I can see them all and hear them all. Even if this is the centre of the desert, there are the echoes of thousands!

Climb up to your feet! Keep going!

The dream still isn’t over!

……

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most perfect man of them all?”

“Anyone but you!”

“Go die!” Ping!

Alright, I’ll admit that for now, but I want to write a perfect novel! Even if I can’t do it now, even if I can’t do it in the future, even if I’ll never be able to do it, I want to write a perfect novel!





Chapter 818: A Dream in the Mirage | Legend of the Great Sage




The second floor… the fifth floor… the tenth floor…

Li Qingshan climbed up the building and encountered all sorts of different enemies along the way. All of them were from his imagination, and they grew stronger as he climbed up. After reaching the thirteenth floor, he could no longer defeat them with ease, but he did not mind at all. He used his abilities and might, growing bolder with each fight and having the time of his life.

Xiao An watched over him as he climbed up. Deep worry filled her eyes. Hopefully… it’s not like what I think it is.

……

With a great rumble, the steel monster was smashed to pieces, and the door to the next floor swung open.

“Xiao An, what floor is this?”

Li Qingshan gasped for air as his wounds slowly closed up. The enemies were becoming stronger and stronger, and he began to struggle as well.

“The ninety-ninth floor, but if you look at the height of this place, the next floor should be the top,” Xiao An said quietly.

“Really? But I’m just getting started! Don’t tell me this game is actually called ‘If you’re a man, then climb up a hundred floors’? Let’s go!” Li Qingshan joked and flew up to the hundredth floor of the Clam building.

TL: ‘If you’re a man, then climb up a hundred floors’ seems to be a Chinese book.

Long, coloured curtains hung down from the ceiling in the quiet palace. Great gusts of wind gushed in from the openings on all sides, making the curtains drift about. Their colours wove together and brushed past Li Qingshan’s face. Then he caught a faint, exotic scent. A censer produced wisps of smoke, which the winds failed to disperse, coiling through the palace like mist.

Li Qingshan told Xiao An to be careful as he cautiously made his way to the centre of the palace.

Xiao An gazed at him from behind and frowned slightly. The Clam building plunged deep into the murky clouds, so there was no concept of height to speak of. This was still an illusion.

Li Qingshan saw a colourful figure very soon, standing with her back towards them and drinking alone.

“Fellow, are you perhaps the Clam King of Mirage Sea?” Li Qingshan bowed and asked a probing question.

“I am! Please take a seat! I’ve been waiting for quite some time now,” the Clam King of Mirage Sea swung her hand and said without looking back. It was as if she was not discontent with how Li Qingshan called her ‘fellow’.

With some caution, Li Qingshan made his way around the Clam King of Mirage Sea, and a face as beautiful as a dream appeared before him. He thought, Sure enough, it’s a woman!

However, because he was currently in an illusion, he was uncertain whether what he saw was real or fake, so he just sat down beside the Clam King of Mirage Sea. Xiao An stood beside him and studied this legendary Clam King of Mirage Sea.

Before Li Qingshan could even say anything, the Clam King of Mirage Sea said, “You want my help with something. Is it for Myriad Poison?” Her gaze swept past Xiao An, perhaps intentionally.

“That’s right. Only you can help me with this, fellow.” Li Qingshan clasped his hands.

“Alright!” The Clam King of Mirage Sea smiled and stood up, arriving before Li Qingshan and extending her hand towards his head.

Li Qingshan raised his eyebrows and tensed up. He clenched his fist, like a vicious tiger poised to strike.