Chapter 31: Great Venerable
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Li Qingshan had not ever purposely tried to make a breakthrough in the past three years.
Because for him, a breakthrough was an effortless thing. What he needed to do was to grow his root bones.
This way, his future path would be much easier and smoother.
Thus, he had been suppressing his cultivation for the past three years and growing his root bones. Li Qingshan only needed to breakthrough after his root bones surpassed the plane.
Now, his root bones had surpassed his cultivation.
It was not just a root bone. Instead, it was an extremely massive green forest, and all of it was Li Qingshan’s root bones.
On that day, after three years, Li Qingshan stood under the eaves of the bamboo hut. Beside him was the translucent, crystal-white Little Fox.
She was four years old now and had quite good cultivation, and she was already at the peak of the Distant Shore Plane.
Of course, this was not due to her own efforts. Most of it was because her mother had put her entire life’s cultivation into Little Fox for her to absorb slowly.
After three years, Little Fox was still working on absorbing it. She was only four years old, but she had already reached the peak of the Distant Shore Plane, which was more terrifying than A’wei.
But recently, her improvement speed had gradually slowed down.
She had absorbed most of the energy from her mother, which was why she was slowing down.
Her cultivation speed would continue to slow down until it reached a normal level.
“What are you looking at?” Little Fox asked curiously.
After three years, she had formed a transverse bone and learned how to speak. Her voice was timid.
Li Qingshan held a teacup and rubbed it with his hand softly. Looking up at the sky, he said, “Judging by the sky, it will rain tonight.’
Little Fox leaned over the railing. She was confused and did not understand the sky, but Li Qingshan said it would rain, so she decided to wait with him.
Night fell. The stars were very bright that night, and the moon was lovely. The sky was covered with glittering, dazzling stars.
The moon was as bright and round as a full moon.
Little Fox looked at Li Qingshan in confusion.
The night was so beautiful. Would it rain?
Li Qingshan took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Then, he adjusted his body so his condition would be at its peak.
He could sense that the Spiritual Qi of the world was starting to boil.
The rain, indeed, was not far away.
Once it rained, he would be able to break through.
The time passed, second by second.
The white jade-like moon crossed over the Milky Way, and dawn arrived.
[“Boom!”] [“Crack!”]
[“Boom!”]
At that moment in the world, thunder cracked and then kept sounding without stopping. It was like a god was furious and roaring at the world.
The thunder echoed throughout the sky.
[“Drip!”] [“Drop!”]
[“Drip!”]
Raindrops began pouring down, falling onto the roof.
Little Fox looked on with surprise. It really was raining.
A breeze blew by, bringing with it massive Spiritual Qi.
Little Fox could not help but crane her neck. She wanted to see it.
[“Whoosh!”]
The next second, the rainstorm came crashing down.
It took Little Fox by surprise. She hurriedly pulled back and shook her head to get rid of the water. Her fur was all wet.
Li Qingshan, clad in a white robe, looked at her sad state and smiled with affection.
He lifted his teacup and enjoyed the rain.
His expression was normal, and he looked calm.
But the energy inside Li Qingshan’s body was like a calm sea that suddenly experienced a windstorm. Thousand-meter-tall waves were swept up and came crashing down, wanting to destroy everything.
The energy built up over three years went wild because of the rain.
Li Qingshan closed his eyes. The images of three buddhas materialized behind him. Then, with a boom, the Four Sacred Beasts appeared in the four directions and roared soundlessly.
The world suddenly shook fiercely.
Li Qingshan saw the Great World Path in this new world.
Not only did he see the Great World Path, but he also saw that it was chained up, and it was surging with difficulty.
“What is this?” Li Qingshan opened his eyes in extreme confusion. When he had broken into the Great Venerable Plane, his soul had instantly strengthened, and he had seen the true nature of the Great World Path.
But in its true nature, the thick Great World Path was not moving. Instead, it was locked up. As a result, the average person would be unable to comprehend it.
This shocked Li Qingshan.
“Is the chained Great World Path the reason why no one in the current world can break into the Saint Plane?” Li Qingshan started guessing.
Li Qingshan raised his hands and tapped a finger. Then, with a boom, a drop of rain exploded and broke through the curtain of rain. It formed a painting of the world.
Thousands of images from around the world appeared on the scroll.
This was the Path that Li Qingshan had comprehended before. Now that he had entered the Great Venerable Plane, he could display it easily.
But that was all.
He could not comprehend more because, at this point, he wanted to comprehend the Great World Path but discovered that it was locked up.
“Something must have happened,” Li Qingshan muttered. His gaze was dark. He must find out about it.
When Li Qingshan broke into the Great Venerable Plane and opened his eyes, he found Little Fox staring at him.
“What’s wrong?” Li Qingshan asked. He smiled and patted Little Fox.
“Did you have a breakthrough?” Little Fox reached out and scratched Li Qingshan.
“Yes.” Li Qingshan nodded.
“So, you’re in the Great Venerable Plane now?” Little Fox said in shock.
“I should be. It’s not like I can enter the Saint Plane,” Li Qingshan answered seriously after thinking.
“What level are you in the Great Venerable Plane?” Little Fox asked, unable to wait.
She had inherited memories and knew that the Great Venerable Plane was divided into nine heavens. Could Li Qingshan have reached the Ninth Heaven directly after his breakthrough?
Li Qingshan shook his head and said, “I’ve let you down. I’m not at the peak of the Great Venerable Plane. I’m only at the First Heaven!”
“That’s okay. You still have room for improvement,” Little Fox comforted Li Qingshan.
“But to be honest, even a Ninth Heaven Great Venerable might not be able to defeat me,” Li Qingshan answered seriously.
In these three years, he had wiped steles, comprehended skills and techniques, and cultivated his forest-like root bones. His skills hung from the root bones like fruits.
Li Qingshan’s power had now reached a terrifying level.
However, he kept his power sheathed and hidden away, so no one knew how powerful Li Qingshan was.
“If you’re this powerful, why don’t you go out to compete with others?” Little Fox asked curiously.
“Compete? That’s so boring. Do you like it a lot?” Li Qingshan asked in response.
“Don’t you men like to compete over many things?” Little Fox said, climbing onto Li Qingshan’s shoulder. Its big tail wrapped around Li Qingshan’s neck.
“Rather than competing, I’d like to break through the shackles of the world even more,” Li Qingshan said. “I want to see the scenery at the top of the mountain and search for immortality.”
“You are different from the others,” Little Fox mumbled.
Li Qingshan chuckled and reached out to pet Little Fox’s tail. It was very soft and comfortable.
“Little Nine is here!”
Suddenly, Li Qingshan sensed Little Nine from across Repentance Cliff.
Little Nine came once a month over the past three years and spent the rest of her time cultivating. Little Nine worked even harder, especially after the Yuhua Sect partnered with the Changhen Demonic Sect and recovered its resources.
It had been exactly one month since Little Nine’s last visit.
But Little Nine had never come so late at night.
Hearing that Little Nine had come, Little Fox made a face and ran away quickly.
She still did not want to meet anyone other than Li Qingshan..
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