Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 1482 - General

Thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk…

In the Pure Land temple, the Upraised Light abbot struck the wooden fish hurried as he chanted away constantly. It seemed as if he was praying for blessings yet also redeeming the souls of the dead.

Suddenly, the sound of the wooden fish came to a halt.

The monks were surprised. “Abbot?”

The Upraised Light abbot raised his hand to silence the monks’ questions. He turned his head and listened closely.

Crackle. The flickering flames in the fire basket projected Li Qingshan’s figure on the stone wall. It reached the high ceiling, gazing down from above.

The soldiers murmured among themselves, leading to a buzz in the cavern.

Everyone in Black Cloud city had heard of him before. Just recently, in the army-wide martial arts competition, he had stood invincible among the millions of soldiers, sweeping aside all of the generals. Now, there was another explanation to the name of “crawling general”, which was a habit of beating people until they crawled away from him.

The officers of the Xuanwu army all rushed over and took the front row. They gazed at Li Qingshan with varying expressions.

“The city is about to fall!” Li Qingshan said sternly. The cavern immediately fell quiet.

Even the regular soldiers had all realised this vaguely, but no one dared to say it so directly. Spreading rumours and damaging morale was a crime punishable by death. They were five simple words, but they opened the ears of the deaf and the eyes of the blind.

The expressions of the officers all changed drastically. They understood the situation better than the soldiers, but normally, they would only comfort them, or once the army descended into chaos, no one would be able to take responsibility for that.

“Senior brother, please speak carefully…” A general tried to stop him from continuing.

“Shut your mouth!” Li Qingshan glanced over, and the officers fell dead-silent. Basically all of them had suffered a beating at his hand before.

Li Qingshan pointed outside and said fiercely, “The walls, the formation, are all fucking useless.

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