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

The Snake God cult had opposed the White Lotus cult for many years. If they were clueless about the upper echelon of the White Lotus cult, who knew how many times over they would be destroyed already. From the moment she saw her, Gold Thread recognised Ru Xin to be the White Lotus cult’s renowned lord of the Clear River hall—the stone maiden, Shi Ji.

Although Gold Thread had never clashed with her before, she had heard about her impervious, rock like body, as well as how vicious she was. Anyone who ended up in her hands would suffer an extremely horrific fate, where they would be better off dead than alive. It was even enough for ferocious shamans to pale. She was a capable member of the White Lotus cult, earning the White Lotus Mother’s favour.

She had refused to tell him this immediately because she was worried this powerful child of unknown origins might have some close connection to the White Lotus cult. By then, not only would the Snake God cult gain a powerful enemy, but she would probably lose her life in the process too.

Now, all she could do was resign herself to fate!

Li Qingshan was taken aback. Although he had expected nothing to happen to her, he never thought she would actually become the lord of a hall for the White Lotus cult. Her status seemed even greater than the lord of the Zi Lotus altar.

It also gave him a slight understanding over the structure of the White Lotus cult.

Back in the Green province, the White Lotus cult did not have any hall lords. It was only the White Lotus Mother and her group of altar lords that ran around as terrorists. However, after coming to the Mist province, they were not suppressed by the Hawkwolf Guard and could develop without any run-ins with the law, so they added hall lords to their hierarchy.

The twenty-two altar lords watched over branch altars scattered through the land, while the hall lords remained at the headquarters with the Heart Washing hall for punishment, the Lotus Pad hall for nurturing disciples, and so on. They possessed various kinds of authority in the White Lotus cult. It was impossible for them to assume a position like that unless they possessed extraordinary strength and were deeply trusted.

“What’s the Clear Ripple hall for?”

“I- it seems to be for espionage…”

Gold Thread did not tell him everything. Once they discovered any clans or tribes that resented the White Lotus cult and wanted to oppose them, they would take action and purge them. The Clear Ripple hall never spared anyone wherever it went.

“Really?”

Li Qingshan thought to himself in a rather pleased manner, Don’t tell me she did it for me? Looks like worrying for her has been completely unnecessary. With her wits and cultivation, she’ll do well no matter where she is. The only thing I’m worried about is the Heart Cleansing Technique of Clear Ripple brainwashing her, but maybe I don’t have to worry too much. Even Qian Rongzhi could withstand it in the past, so she should be fine!

He waved his hand at Gold Thread indifferently. “Seeing how cooperative you’ve been today, I’ll spare you!”

Having been spared, Gold Thread was tempted to take off immediately and get as far from him as possible. However, she halted and asked in a probing manner, “Sir, you seem to have promised me something earlier!”

“Huh? Oh, you’re talking about that! You sure are bold. Forget it. In an hour’s time, come collect it yourself!” Li Qingshan took a step, and in the next moment, he vanished into the jungle, leaving absolutely nothing behind.

Collect it myself? Gold Thread sank into her thoughts. She paced around in the forest for a while before suddenly stopping and gazing in the direction of the Zi Lotus altar. Then I’ll wait for an hour!

In the Zi Lotus altar, the main hall was bustling with activity. Disciples of the White Lotus cult surrounded the siblings and A’zhong, calling out together.

“Where’s the altar lord? Where is the altar lord?” “A’zhong, didn’t you say the altar lord entered secluded cultivation?” “Where is he?” “Xianghua Zi, what the hell are you doing? If you still don’t explain yourself, you better not blame me for being merciless!”

The Snake God cult had attacked them, yet they had not even seen a shadow of the altar lord from beginning to end. There was something far too strange about this. Combined with the strange disturbance earlier, all of the disciples had gathered around the main hall.

A’zhong was the caretaker, but he still was not capable of something like misleading the masses. Among the disciples of the White Lotus cult, there were many people with around the same strength as him and many more people with greater seniority than him. They had grown tired of his arrogance a long time ago. In the end, they all barged into the hall like a swarm of bees, only to see that it was empty. They could not help but become suspicious.

Twisted faces looked around. Once shamans became vicious, they could kill on a whim.

“I swear on the name of my ancestors that this has nothing to do with me. It’s the two bitches who brought in the strange child and harmed the altar lord. I was worried for the altar lord’s life, which was why I had to follow through with their demands!”

In the face of danger, A’zhong redirected the trouble and placed all the blame onto Xianghua Zi and Xianghua Lu. Immediately, pairs of furious eyes swept over.



“You old bastard, you better stop pouting lies, or your son will…” Xianghua Zi placed her hands on her hips and cursed A’zhong furiously, but she felt bitter inside.

Right when the hall had descended into a mess, a figure climbed up the altar as if no one else was around and suddenly pulled a person out of his clothes, placing him on the pedestal. It was the altar lord!

“Altar lord!” “Altar lord, what happened to you?” “Who are you!?”

Swish! Swish! Swish! They drew their weapons and erupted with murderousness. Who knew how many vicious shaman arts and gu were on the verge of being unleashed.

“A’yue, are you fine?” Xianghua Lu approached him and asked.

“Sir, A’zhong just sold you out!” Xianghua Zi riled up and pointed at A’zhong, who was silently backing away in the crowd. His face immediately became sheet-white.

“I heard you still have a sister at the headquarters of the White Lotus cult?” Li Qingshan held Xianghua Lu’s hand and made his way out of the hall. Xianghua Zi followed behind them in a hurry.

“Yeah! Sister Hong is a disciple at the headquarters. Her status is much higher than ours!”

“Let’s go seek refuge under your sister then!”

“Why?”

“Because the Zi Lotus altar is about to be destroyed!” Li Qingshan was obviously attempting to use the same trick so that he could go to the headquarters of the White Lotus cult and find the lord of the Clear Ripple hall he had not seen in a long time.

“Kill him!” The disciples of the White Lotus cult swarmed over. Various gu insects buzzed through the air.

An invisible, murderous aura enveloped the entire hall. In that moment, time seemed to come to a standstill. Everyone froze up, unable to move. Even the gu insects fell to the ground.

Li Qingshan made his way out while holding Xianghua Lu’s hand, making his way off the mountain in a short while. He glanced backwards. Xianghua Zi followed behind in a hurry and saw how he looked over, so she bowed in a hurry. “Sir, aren’t you going to silence these people?”

“That’s not for you to worry about!” Li Qingshan said.