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

Li Qingshan fiddled around with the gemstone and asked curiously. Something that the Golden Cicada Spirit King could treat as a gift so seriously definitely would not be some kind of common good. Perhaps it was even more precious than the phoenix feather! However, since he said it was an exchange, it meant he had to give up something too, and it had to be of equivalent value.

It was very difficult to say who had profited from the exchange of a phoenix feather for the Chant of Deva-Nāga. They had just taken whatever they needed. However, there was one thing Li Qingshan was certain about. They were worth around the same value.

“You’ll obviously find out when the time comes!” The Golden Cicada Spirit King guarded the secret closely.

“Then can you give me the gift in advance like what you did with the phoenix feather? I’m about to face quite a lot of difficulties!” Li Qingshan suggested.

After their first deal, they had built up a basic level of trust between one another. Any additional strength would be nice.

“I can’t do that. I have to give it to you when the time comes. Though, it’s not because I don’t trust you!”

“You’re only making me more curious!”

“I can guarantee you that the item is worth no less than an arcane treasure. If you use it wisely, it might even exceed that!”

“Alright then! Then I hope you undergo the fourth heavenly tribulation sooner and leave this well so that you can take a look at a different world!”



He had settled a tie of karma, only to establish a new one. Li Qingshan and Xiao An returned to the surface.

It happened to be the middle of the night. The sky full of stars twinkled resplendently.

For a moment, Li Qingshan had no idea where to go. Recently, he had been through a lengthy period of cultivation, held a great banquet in the Parlour of Clouds and Rain, and fought a great battle in the Demon Suppression hall.

He was not exactly tired, but he did want to rest a little and spend some time with the family right beside him he had not seen in a very long time. As a result, he smiled. “Time passes so quickly! Before I realised it, you’ve already grown up! Back then, you were only that small!”

“Then stop rubbing my head.” Xiao An grabbed his huge hand and wrapped her hands around it gently.

“You’ve really grown up and developed thoughts of your own, haven’t you? You were such a good girl before, yet now I can’t even rub your head. If I had known this earlier, I would have never taken you to the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga. You’ve been led astray by those bald asses!” Li Qingshan groaned in great pain.

Xiao An bit her lip and placed his hand back on her head.

“That’s more like it!” Li Qingshan laughed aloud and pulled her into his arms. The faint fragrance of sandalwood filled his embrace, and he found peace. He asked gently, “Where do you want to go? What do you want to do first? I’ll do whatever you want!”

“I want to go home.” Xiao An raised her face.

“Go home? You mean the Qing Xiao dwelling? You’re still not sick of seclusion after spending so much time cultivating?” Li Qingshan shook his head.

“You said you’d do whatever I want,” Xiao An said seriously.

“Alright then!” Li Qingshan said powerlessly.

……

In the Qing Xiao dwelling, a silver streak of moonlight poured in from the top of the cave.

Li Qingshan laid under the moonlight, gazing at the stars in the hole. Meanwhile, Xiao An laid quietly in his embrace, staring straight at him.

Her seaweed-like hair poured down like a waterfall, scattering on the stone platform and draping down the edges.

A while later, Li Qingshan lowered his head. “And then?”

“There’s no and then.”

“Just like this?”

“Just like this is enough.” Xiao An embraced him even more firmly.

“Alright then! You sure are easy to appease.” Li Qingshan sighed with a smile. He also found this quite nice.

“Then we’ll stay like this for a century!” Xiao An’s eyes shone even more resplendently than the brightest star.

“Huh? A century here?”

“Yeah. Aren’t I easy to appease?” For once, Xiao An showed a hint of mischief, and only then did she conform to her appearance as a young maiden.

“You’ll get sick of it very quickly!” Li Qingshan pinched her cheek and treated it as a child’s talk.



“I won’t get sick of it.” Xiao An paused for a moment and repeated herself, “I won’t get sick of it!”

What she had been pursuing was not a distant land, but here. She worked hard on cultivation just so she could hold onto this moment for longer. In a quiet world without anyone to disturb them, only they existed. That was paradise.

Suddenly, Li Qingshan felt an impulse. Like what she had said, so what if he spent a century, a millennium like this? However, this impulse vanished in a flash. Compared to his dream, it was only like a gentle breeze, unable to leave behind a mark. Then he felt a little apologetic. Have I been thinking too much?

Xiao An abruptly smiled, rolling over and climbing on top of him. She raised her right hand and pointed at the depths of the starry sky. She said, “I want to go to beyond the Nine Heavens!”

In that moment, the radiance she gave off even left Li Qingshan dazzled. In a daze, he realised just how beautiful she was. Normally, she was always like a blank sheet of paper, a pool of clear water, pure and immaculate. But in that moment, she seemed to be dyed with the strongest, brightest colours, which gave him a sense of unfamiliarity, yet also a sense of déjà vu.

“Didn’t you just say you’ll stay here for a century?”

“I might be a skeleton, but I also have a heart!” Xiao An lowered her head and pressed her hand against his chest gently.

ps： 刚好赶上“雾州云梦”下半卷剧情要开始，涉及很多新的人物和故事，得多考虑一下，也可能是我顾虑太多了，老怕写的不好，不敢轻易下手！总之，更新就请多多包涵，等过渡之后，会快起来的！

PS: We’re about to begin the second half of the story in “A Dream of the Mist Province”. It’ll touch on many new characters and stories, which requires some consideration, but I also might be worrying too much. I’m always afraid of writing badly, so I’m afraid to set about it rashly! Anyways, please forgive me for the release rate. Once I get through this tribulation, it’ll speed up!





Chapter 754: The Sword Collection Palace's Invitation | Legend of the Great Sage




The two of them laid in each other’s arms. Li Qingshan told her about some things that happened after they separated. Xiao An spent most of the time listening quietly.

The moonlight shifted, vanishing in the end and turning into sunlight. It simply repeated like this, the sun replacing the moon and the moon replacing the sun.

This continued until Han Qiongzhi came knocking.

Han Qiongzhi stood outside the dwelling. Gazing at the clouds and mist that drifted through the Chain mountains, she thought to herself, Ru Xin’s dwelling is nearby, but she’s already spent several years in secluded cultivation. I wonder how she’s doing right now.

The stone door behind her opened up, and she turned around, only to see Li Qingshan walking out. However, she could not help but shift her gaze and look at Xiao An who was behind him, leaving her stunned. Despite also being a woman, she felt dazzled.

Even though white bone and great beauty, the conversion between life and death, emphasised that all was emptiness, it could manifest as extreme beauty. As her cultivation increased and as she grew older, her beauty became even greater. It was not the arts of charm, but it surpassed the arts of charm. If she pushed it to the limit, it could not even be described as the Sect of Clouds and Rain’s Aspect of Heavenly Fragrance and Beauty anymore. She would become a heavenly maiden that transcended this world.

“You’re… Xiao An!” Han Qiongzhi returned to her senses after quite the effort.

“What, you don’t recognise her anymore?” Li Qingshan smiled.

“How could I not recognise her? Who can still forget her once they’ve seen her?”