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

This was the power of an arcane treasure, and one that was purely offensive in nature. However, Li Qingshan did not rely on just the arcane treasure to kill Huang Siqin in a single stroke.

Huang Siqin’s cultivation was very powerful. He was at mid or late Golden Core at the very least, and who knew how many other abilities and skills he was hiding. If Li Qingshan only used the power of the Demon Suppression Statuary, killing him would truly be difficult. Killing an opponent had never been easy at their level of cultivation.

But right from the beginning, he had lost the confidence of achieving victory. Then he recovered his confidence because of how weak Li Qingshan seemed, but in the final moment, he hesitated again. These fluctuations in his mental state were life-threatening. In particular, he was basically asking to be killed with his hesitation in the final moment.

The Traitorous Demon sword saw through his openings in a single glance, and the Demon Dragon sword cut him down in a single stroke. All of this made perfect sense.

Huang Siqin’s corpse collapsed, and Li Qingshan immediately rushed over, fishing out a hundred treasures pouch and removing a strange golden core from his body. It was a frosty white and oval in shape like an insect egg, containing great power. It must have been a special golden core condensed from the arts of shaman gu of the south!

In the end, Li Qingshan stowed Huang Siqin’s corpse into his sumeru ring, and just like that, an imposing White Hawk commander of the south had vanished from the world. It was a pity that he had croaked like this, unable to use any of his vast array of techniques or abilities. He had truly died in complete regret.

For a moment, the huge branch fell completely silent. All of the White Wolf guards were stunned. Even the cultivators who had the right to live in the canopy and spectate this battle held their breaths unconsciously.

Indistinct noise rang out below. Everyone raised their heads and wondered what had happened.

The Marquis of Serene Sea was shaken. He had a good idea about how powerful Huang Siqin was. Even he was not confident about defeating him in battle, yet he had actually been casually slain like that. Let alone escape, he could not even respond in time.

Suddenly, he realised that he had just strolled past the brink of death. If he actually began fighting earlier on impulse, that would probably be his fate too. Li Qingshan was bold enough to kill his superior the moment he got here, let alone him, the Marquis of Serene Sea. He was not arrogant, but powerful!

Those who were not bold would never take a risk like that!

Li Qingshan cleared his throat by coughing twice. Like two claps of thunder, it made everyone return to their senses.

“Nicely done!” The Marquis of Serene Sea praised loudly.

“Oh? Why’s it nice?” Li Qingshan reverted to human form and asked mischievously.

“Huang Siqin had been colluding with demonic cultivators and terrorising my South Sea commandery for all these years, with no one to eradicate him. It’s all thanks to you, fellow. You arrived like an emissary of heaven, upholding justice and maintaining righteousness. It’s fantastic!” the Marquis of Serene Sea said sincerely.

“Hahaha, eradicating the demonic and preserving the orthodoxy is my duty. You’re too kind, governor.”

“What governor? If you don’t mind, fellow, you can just call me by my name. I’m called-”

“That won’t be necessary,” Li Qingshan interrupted with a smile. What he was implying was very clear. I don’t want to know what your name is.



The Marquis of Serene Sea said awkwardly, “Fair enough, fair enough! I’d like to invite you to my estate so that I can live up to my responsibility as the local leader to welcome you, commander!”

“Alright!” Then Li Qingshan turned around and asked the White Wolf commanders, “Is there a place to communicate with the superiors here?”

“There is! There’s a long-distance transmission room here!”

“Then help me report that the White Hawk commander Huang Siqin was colluding with demonic cultivators and has already been slain by the White Wolf commander Li Qingshan. He’s currently still investigating whether others have been colluding with demonic cultivators or not.” Li Qingshan paused and looked around. All of the White Wolf guards shivered. Then he added, “Don’t forget to ask the great commander to promote me to White Hawk commander.”

The corner of the Marquis of Serene Sea’s eye twitched. Isn’t that a little too obvious?

The Marquis of Serene Sea invited Li Qingshan and Xiao An to the top of the huge tree, to a pavilion composed of twisted branches. They could see the sea of trees from there. The breeze was gentle, the birds twittered, and the scenery was beautiful.

Li Qingshan tasted the delicacies and fine alcohol as he admired the local song and dance. It was filled with features of the south, possessing an exotic charm.

Sitting at the banquet, the Marquis of Serene Sea apologised to Li Qingshan again, so Li Qingshan forgave him generously, expressing that he did not look like the type that would collude with demonic cultivators!

The Marquis of Serene Sea smiled apologetically, carefully probing out Li Qingshan’s bottom line. Actually, what he wanted to ask the most was whether the dragon figure that had appeared for a flash earlier was an arcane treasure or not. However, upon further consideration, he did not ask that, both because he was afraid of offending Li Qingshan and also because he already knew the answer. If it was not an arcane treasure, how could it pierce Huang Siqin’s defences so easily?

He really is a prodigy from a large sect of the Green province. He even has an arcane treasure. Even I, the Marquis of Serene Sea, only have the Seal of Mountains and Rivers that bears some resemblance to an arcane treasure. If news of this gets out, he’ll definitely become a target for all. Everyone will want to steal it from him.

But upon further consideration, the Marquis of Serene Sea decided to keep his mouth shut. If he were up against a normal person, refusing to admit he divulged the news was enough. After all, they could not fall out with him over some suspicion. However, this unreasonable ruffian Li Qingshan probably would not listen to his explanations at all. As long as he had even the slightest bit of suspicion, all he had to do was utter, “You look like you collude with demonic cultivators.” and it would be bold enough to kill him!

Anyways, this person is far too ostentatious! I better avoid him for now and wait until the day he digs his own grave!

……

Outside the Mist capital, in the Hawkwolf Guard.

An attendant rushed to the back of the mountain and arrived before a towering tree. The tree stooped over a thousand meters tall. It was not particularly conspicuous, but the attendant bowed politely towards the tree.

“Commander, there’s been a report from the South Sea commandery!”

“What’s the matter?”

The huge tree suddenly opened a pair of eyes. A tiny Gold Hawk tablet hung from a branch high up, glistening with light.

“There’s been a report from the South Sea commandery that the White Hawk commander Huang Siqin has been colluding with demonic cultivators. He’s already been executed by Li Qingshan, and the others are still under investigation. He requests to be promoted to White Hawk commander!”

“Oh? Looks like he’s very suited for the south!”

If this were the Green province, a White Wolf commander killing a White Hawk commander would definitely lead to a huge uproar. It was even possible for them to be taken back to the headquarters of the Hawkwolf Guard in the Dragon province for investigation.