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

During the morning of the next day, within the drifting mist, the Fragrant Flower market gradually stirred. Everyone discussed what had happened last night the moment they saw each other.

“What exactly happened last night? “You slept through it. The Bone Eating barbarians entered the city!” “The Bone Eating barbarians! The Bone Eating cannibals?” “Who else would there be? “The Fragrant Flower clan and the Bone Eating barbarians engaged in a great battle, which sure was alarming. They forced back the Bone Eating shamans after much difficulty. You should take a look at the city’s east. Several dozen houses have been demolished!” “Why did I hear there was a monster?”

In the Fragrant Flower house.

“Are you certain that monster last night was Goldie A’bao of Goldie fort? A merchant?”

Xianghua Man frowned as she listened to her daughter’s report. Ever since she became the matriarch of the Xianghua clan, it had been many years since such a large incident had happened in the city. She almost thought the Bone Eating shamans had lost their minds and launched a sneak attack against them last night, but they ended up fighting with some unknown monster instead. It really was quite a fright!

However, the conclusion of the investigation left her in disbelief. The terrifying monster was actually a merchant called Goldie A’bao, a mortal through and through! She had personally witnessed the terrifying power of the monster. He had managed to kill so many Bone Eating shamans right before dying, taking twenty Bone Eating shamans down with him at the very least. How could he be a mortal?!



“Yes, mother. Someone saw him enter the city. He even borrowed a great sum of money, bought a courtyard and so much livestock! The ground in the courtyard is packed full with the corpses of livestock. They all seem like they’ve been sucked dry, just like a few corpses of the Bone Eating shamans!”

When Xianghua Zi recalled the courtyard full of corpses, she still felt uncomfortable even now. It caused her even more disgust than seeing a courtyard filled with stinking, rotting corpses and blood.

“This was the handiwork of a mortal?” Xianghua Man frowned.

“At least he seemed no different from a mortal when he came to trade a few days ago. Shamans would never work in such a lowly profession. Maybe he learnt some powerful shaman art but had been hiding his strength the entire time!”

“Why was the Bone Eating tribe determined to kill him?”

“We’re still not sure about that, but the shaman art he uses achieves the same effects as the shaman arts passed down through the Bone Eating tribe, directly robbing others of their life force. No, it should be even better than the Bone Eating tribe. It can even be used on other wild beasts. It’s very likely that the Bone Eating shaman wanted to steal the shaman art from him. In order to avoid them, he fled to Fragrant Flower market. With no other option, he absorbed too much life force, which made him lose control and end up like that. It’s also possible that he wholeheartedly wanted the Bone Eating shamans to perish with him.”

“Hmph, these Bone Eating barbarians have bitten off more than they can chew this time. To think that such a powerful shaman art actually exists in the world. We can’t let them obtain it. Go and investigate closely just what the merchants from Goldie Fort have been up to recently. Investigate who has seen them around and what they’ve said!” Xianghua Man ordered.

Last night, Xianghua Man did not waste the opportunity either, launching a counterattack, heavily injuring the Bone Eating chieftain and even making several Bone Eating shamans stay behind. It would take several years for the Bone Eating tribe to recover from this loss. If such a wondrous shaman art existed, she wanted to possess it.

A few days later, Xianghua Man received the news that Goldie A’bao had sold a wondrous item for a very high price in the Fragrant Flower market a few days ago. The wondrous item was shaped like a bundle and was impervious to damage.

She immediately became convinced that the item was closely connected to this incident, so she gave her second daughter, Xianghua Zi, an order. “Visit Black Water cave and find the master of the cave. Purchase the item from them!”

“What if he refuses to sell it?”

“Then offer an even greater price, so high that he can’t turn it down, or it strikes fear into his heart!”

Within the fake mountain, Li Qingshan’s ears twitched, and his lips curled slightly. He had no idea where Black Water cave was, nor did he know who had purchased the Asura Field. Originally, he found it slightly troublesome, but he did not have to worry anymore.

Looks like I don’t have to visit Black Water cave now!





Chapter 716: Growing Up | Legend of the Great Sage




Several days later, Xianghua Man received what she wanted. She fiddled around with the Asura Field and constantly tried injecting it with true qi, but her strength equivalent to Qi Practitioner clearly was not enough for an arcane treasure to respond. She could not even tell this was an arcane treasure. It was far too distant from the world she resided in.

“Mother, what is this exactly?” Xianghua Zi asked curiously.

Xianghua Zi had spent the entire trip back guessing at what it was, but she still had no idea.

“This item is anything but ordinary. Regular people definitely cannot wield it. The secret to the mysterious shaman art should be inside. Why don’t we show it to your elder sister?”

“She’s hundreds of kilometers away, so how are we supposed to show it to her? The rules of the White Lotus cult are very strict. Surely we can’t get her to hurry back home over one strange item. If you have no use for it, mother, then why don’t you just give it to me?”

Xianghua Zi swiveled her eyes. When it came to her elder sister Xianghua Hong, she had to put up a stand even if it were only for a piece of trash.

“Then… since you brought it back, you can hold onto it!”

Xianghua Man gave it a moment of consideration. Her first daughter, Xianghua Hong, had already become a glorious disciple of the White Lotus cult. Her future was bright, and it was not like she lacked something like this. In recent years, it had always been her second daughter, Xianghua Zi, who had been running around for her. They were both her daughters, so she could not favour one over the other. Her second daughter would be joining the White Lotus cult sooner or later, so she would end up unlocking the secret behind this item and obtaining the mysterious shaman art inside anyway.

Xianghua Zi accepted the Asura Field happily. In the hot spring several hundred meters away, Li Qingshan shut his eyes with ease.

Although he could consider stealing back the Asura Field right now, the risk was too great, and it was unnecessary. Once he got some proper sleep and recovered some of his strength, it would not be an issue for him to take it back publicly.

Several hours later, Xianghua Man discovered her guess was completely wrong. The mysterious shaman art had nothing to do with the patterned bundle. She frowned as she gazed at the young man in tattered clothes who resembled a beggar and asked, “You’re from Huangliang beach?”

“Y- yes!”

“You said Goldie A’bao and an infant attacked you. Everyone died, and only you managed to escape? Why did they let you go? And why did you come to Fragrant Flower market and not Huangliang beach? Explain everything clearly. If you tell even a single lie, hmph!”