Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 976 - Locust Plague

“Are you perhaps the lord of the Proud Sword manor of the past? I’ve heard very much about you!”

Liu Hong was surprised. Back then, the Proud Sword manor had quite the renown even in the jianghu, but it was rumored that their manor lord had vanished, and the Proud Sword manor declined as a result. He never expected the manor lord to become such a powerful Qi Practitioner.

“That’s all from many years ago. I didn’t think someone would still remember it!” Yu Shukuang laughed aloud, and his full beard trembled in the process. “Please hold on for a moment. We can’t leave these corpses for that wretched daemon!”

He swung his right hand about, and true qi surged out, gathering the corpses into a pile. The people who had still been alive a moment earlier had ended up in such horrible shape. The sight was so bloody that even Liu Hong felt a little nauseous.

A ball of fire flew out from Yu Shukuang’s hand, landing on the pile of corpses and reducing it to ashes in the blink of an eye.

Wang Lei suddenly burst into tears. As they were seeking shelter in Clear River city, he had brought his family along with him too. They had lasted until now after so much difficulty under his care, only to all die to the flying locust’s attacks. If Liu Hong had not pushed him aside, he would have been dead too.

Liu Hong let out a long sigh. He could not help but shed tears too.

Yu Shukuang had grown accustomed to these sights a long time ago. Ever since the locust plague began, who knew how many people had died in the mouths of the insects. It was already quite rare to have corpses remaining that could be cremated. 

“This place was reduced to a barren land a year ago. You can’t even really find regular locusts here, yet two locust daemons have appeared. How strange!”

“The wretched daemon seems to know Li Qingshan…” Huang Binghu hesitated before describing his conversation with the nymph daemon.

“Li Qingshan!” Yu Shukuang was taken aback. The entire reason why he could embark on a path of cultivation was closely connected to Li Qingshan. He said seriousl

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