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

However, this was the Mist province. The South Sea commandery was to the very south of the Mist province, a place of utter chaos. Huang Siqin was not a White Hawk commander completely loyal to the Hawkwolf Guard either. If someone said he was colluding with demonic cultivators, there was no need for any investigations at all. This was a secret that everyone in the southern region knew about. It would be a great crime in the Green province, but it was absolutely nothing in the Mist province.

“Grant his request!”

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As a result, Li Qingshan was promoted at a startling pace, becoming the new White Hawk commander of the South Sea commandery.



“Heh, if you wanna hold a post as an official, you really gotta commit murder, arson, and enlist rebels into your ranks!”

Li Qingshan changed into the uniform of a White Hawk commander, standing tall and gracefully. A tiny, silver hawk hung from his waist as he smiled at Xiao An.

Now, he would be waiting for various kinds of people to come kill him so that he could enjoy the warm welcome from the locals of the South sea.

However, no matter how he waited, he did not even catch the glimpse of an enemy. Even the master of the White Wolf guard he had smashed to death did not come to avenge his disciple. His days here were basically even more peaceful than when he was in the Green province.

Li Qingshan was utterly puzzled. Was this still the danger-ridden south? He felt like he had misunderstood something, so he visited the Marquis of Serene Sea’s estate again.

“Congratulations on being promoted to White Hawk commander! May I ask what has brought you here today?” The Marquis of Serene Sea asked cautiously.

“Governor, tell me, why hasn’t anyone come to kill me?” Li Qingshan sat down without any invitation and asked with a frown.

The Marquis of Serene Sea was left at a loss. What kind of question was that? He even seemed distressed about that. He asked carefully, “Why would anyone come to kill you?”

“Look, I’m from an orthodox sect. That day, I even claimed I wanted to purge demons and maintain justice, saying that those who abide by me will prosper and those who defy me will die! News of this should have spread, right? What are these demonic cultivators waiting for before they come and kill me?”

“You want them to come and kill you?” The Marquis of Serene Sea was left as his wit’s end.

“Of course. Why else would I say all that? Huhu, how embarrassing would it be if I were to name them one by one?”

“Why do you want this?”

The Marquis of Serene Sea looked at Li Qingshan with a gaze like he was looking at a monster. As it turned out, he had intentionally said that to mock the demonic cultivators of the South Sea commandery so that he could provoke them and have them come to kill him.

What was wrong with him?

“I want to kill people! It doesn’t even have to be people. Anything works,” Li Qingshan said at complete ease.

With everything that had happened so far, he did not want to hide his true intentions anymore and ramble on some nonsense about upholding justice. His main objective of coming to the South Sea commandery was to fight to his heart’s content so that the tiger demon’s desire for slaughter could be completely satiated!

“Isn’t the first precept of buddhism to refrain from taking life?” The Marquis of Serene Sea was left stunned for a good moment.

Li Qingshan chuckled. “Eradicating the demonic and preserving the orthodoxy, eradicating the demonic and preserving the orthodoxy!”

The Marquis of Serene Sea was very tempted to say, You don’t need to explain anymore. You’ve been smothered and inhibited by the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga! The south that was a zone of danger in the eyes of others was a place for him to vent.

As a result, he let out a long sigh. “There probably won’t be anyone trying to kill you any time soon!”

“Why? I heard that Huang Siqin had quite a lot of friends? Don’t tell me none of them have any loyalty to him?”

The Marquis of Serene Sea let out a dry cough. He was also technically one of Huang Siqin’s “friends”. After beating around the bush, Li Qingshan finally understood why no one was making trouble for him.

First of all, the great strength he had demonstrated when killing Huang Siqin was already enough to deter most demonic cultivators. Even with Huang Siqin’s network, a person dying was far all too common. This was the south. No one would be willing to work for a corpse’s sake.

Li Qingshan’s words and actions that he believed to be highly provocative achieved exactly the opposite effect. With how arrogant and brutal he was, killing people without even batting an eye, he was clearly a demon himself. Even the cultivation method he practised reeked with demon qi. Even if he was a disciple of an orthodox sect, he was merely one of them in disguise.

As a result, the demonic powerhouses and demonic organisations capable of threatening Li Qingshan felt that they could try befriending or roping him in instead.



“It can work like that?” Li Qingshan was astounded.





Chapter 762: Going to Them | Legend of the Great Sage




Li Qingshan shook his head. Sure enough, most things in life worked against someone. In the past, when he wanted to cultivate discreetly, there would always be endless trouble. Now that he had finally accomplished something with his divine arts, this dangerous land of wilderness had actually become a place of peace.

The Marquis of Serene Sea felt some pity too. If Li Qingshan had spared Huang Siqin, allowing him to go back and make his arrangements, there would definitely be endless troubles waiting for him.

Huang Siqin was a person who schemed deep and possessed a complicated network. He could come up with machinations endlessly. By then, as long as Li Qingshan stepped into the first trap, he would definitely become a target for all even if he could continue killing his way through the obstacles, facing a miserable fate in the end.

Li Qingshan’s seemingly crude and rash battle happened to hit the sweet spot, earning him infamy. Now, even those who were technically supposed to be on his side had to handle him carefully, afraid that this lawless madman would suddenly turn his blade towards them.

“Alright then! You really can’t take shortcuts with whatever you do these days. Really have to take it nice and steady, step by step. If you want to kill people, you’ll need to go to their homes. How can you depend on them coming to you?”

Li Qingshan slapped his knee in self-reflection, while the Marquis of Serene Sea felt a dreadful chill run down his spine. They were in his home right now. The hand hidden in his sleeve tightened into a fist.

“Don’t worry! I’m not the type to kill the innocent, heh, probably!”

Li Qingshan smiled and said something that brought the Marquis of Serene Sea absolutely no relief before standing up and leaving the estate.

The Marquis of Serene Sea blanked out slightly and let out a sigh of relief. He loosened his fist, which had grasped a tiny stamp inside. It was his most powerful weapon, the Seal of Mountains and Rivers.

The friendliness he had forcefully put on immediately vanished. His face twisted viciously. Since when had he, the mighty Marquis of Serene Sea, been harassed to such a degree by a foreign kid?

With each day this kid remained alive, he would never find peace. The feeling of living in the same tree city with someone like him was absolutely horrible.

But even the Marquis of Serene Sea felt rather troubled when it came to the exact details of killing him. He had constantly been contemplating this question during the past few days, but he truly struggled to find a perfect plan. It was not exactly because he could not come up with anything. The issue was once it fell through, even if only the slightest news of it had been divulged, this madman would definitely do everything he could to kill him.

The well-off shunned risks! With his status and identity, there was no need for him to take a risk like that.

In the end, the Marquis of Serene Sea let out a long sigh. “I’ll put up with what you do. Let’s see just how long you can stay arrogant for!”

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