Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 959 - Ten Thousand Years is Too Short?

“I know. Five hundred years is far too short, but it’s not like I don’t have a chance.”

Li Qingshan was not surprised at all. To regular cultivators, they could conclude failure before the bet had even been established. They had no chance at all, but he was confident he was not “regular”.

“The issue is just how are these five centuries calculated?” Feng Xiwu shook his head with his hands behind his back.

“What do you mean?” Li Qingshan was confused. What other way was there to calculate time? Was it not all the same length no matter how it was calculated? 

“You really don’t know, do you? Five centuries to you is different from five centuries to Qiongqi.”

“What difference is there?” Li Qingshan felt slightly uneasy.

“Haven’t you heard the saying about how a day in heaven is a year in the mortal realm?”

Li Qingshan immediately realised what was going on. His face changed. “You mean…”

“The trichiliocosm has worlds of large and small, of high and low. The larger, the higher up they are, the faster time flows. As a god, Qiongqi definitely stands in an extremely high and distant world, which is equivalent to the ‘heaven’ we speak of. Qiongqi’s five hundred years might be five millennia, or even more, to the nine provinces. If that were the case, you’d be alright. However, if it’s calculated according to five hundred years of your time, or in other words, five hundred years in the nine provinces, then you might only have fifty years, or even less, once you ascend!”

“What the fuck!” Li Qingshan swore violently. “That’s a thing? Is the difference really that great?”

“I’ve never ventured to a higher world either, so I only know some rough details. I don’t know about the exact situation. Perhaps I’m underestimating it. After all, ‘Insects of summer know no concept of ice, just like how a short lifespan is no match for the long.’ There’s another saying that goes ‘Just seven days in a cave, but a millennium has already passed in the world”. It sounds very unbelievable, but places like that do exist…”

“Stop right there! You don’t have to c

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