Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 623 - The Lotus Falls

The brilliant sun shone high in the clear, bright sky.

In the Marquis of Ruyi’s estate, Si Qing stood on a thirty-meter-tall terrace, holding a cup of alcohol in one hand while resting the other hand on the railing, gazing into the distance.

Soaring Dragon ships levitated in the air, shooting over from the horizon as streaks of light.

At the entrance to the estate, there was an immense flow of people, all cultivators from various places in the Ruyi commandery. They had come to congratulate him on becoming the Marquis of Ruyi and to partake or spectate the upcoming Exhibition Matches of the Nine Prefectures.

Si Qing looked back and let out a long laugh with his jackal-like voice. “Thank you all for gathering here! Si Qing will drink a toast of respect!” He drank all of the alcohol in his cup.

A banquet had already been arranged on the terrace, with many cultivators seated. There were men and women, ascetic and secular cultivators. Every single one of them possessed an extraordinary bearing. There were both cultivators from the academy and cultivators from sects. To be seated there, there was only a single standard, which was they had to be Golden Core cultivators who had undergone the second heavenly tribulation.

Gu Yanying was also among them. She lifted up her cup and smiled. Si Bao ignored Si Qing and sat with her, asking about Qian Rongzhi, “How is she doing? Is she taking part in the Exhibition Matches of the Nine Prefectures?”

Everyone raised their cups, congratulating Si Qing once again.

Only then did Gu Yanying answer Si Bao. “Her? She’s currently cultivating!”

At this very moment, Qian Rongzhi rowed a skiff, causing ripples among the sea of flowers in the Waterside Pavilion of Listening Wind. The refreshing breeze in the air had the flowers bob up and down, permeating with fragrance. It seemed like paradise.

However, her face was not relaxed at all. As her gaze searched through the sea of flowers, she utterly cursed Gu Yanying inside.

All of this was because of what Gu Yanying had said before she left. “I want to drin

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