Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 201-Chapter 300)

The One Thought master understood the reason very soon. Within the Watermirror disc, Xiao An’s aura had already reached an impressive sixth layer.

With her own vitality and the pills left behind by the One Thought master, she had used a single afternoon and a night to push her cultivation up by three layers. As for condensing a sea of qi that was enough for countless Qi Practitioners to pain over, she had no idea what the difficulty was. It was just like when she had taught Li Qingshan in the past.

When she saw Mind Enlightenment, a rare sliver of fury appeared on her tiny, expressionless face, and she erupted with golden light.

The downward gaze of bodhisattvas brought benevolence to the six realms, while the furious glare of guardian kings could subdue demons.

Raising its vajra high into the air, it transformed and turned into a huge, golden sword in the end. It cleaved down towards Mind Enlightenment’s back.

If the One Thought master still had any doubts earlier, then he would finally be convinced now. She had truly reached the first layer with the Guardian King’s Scripture of Demon Subdual. Just the Guardian King’s pearl alone could not create such a realistic avatar.

Mind Enlightenment experienced a feeling of danger. He swept backwards with his monk’s spade and the two tremendous forces collided, producing another deafening boom.

Mind Enlightenment gazed at the guardian king’s avatar behind him in disbelief. He staggered backwards and collided into the cliff face behind him.

The cliff trembled and pieces of rock fell down.

Using the attack, Xiao An leapt backwards and nullified the force.

The two guardian kings confronted one another with furious glares. Although Xiao An’s guardian king avatar was slightly smaller, it was no less consolidated than Mind Enlightenment’s with the support of the Guardian King’s pearl.

The onlooking monks were all dumbfounded. Was this really their junior sister Xiao An?

It was not just them. Even the One Thought master felt the same. This was the first time in his entire life that he did not feel joy for his disciple’s improvements. Instead, he felt a sliver of mixed fear. This was talent that could strike fear within people.

The Guardian King’s Scripture of Demon Subdual, an esoteric buddhist cultivation method that the One Thought master believed Xiao An would struggle to comprehend, was absolutely nothing before the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty, a supreme ability that went from buddhism to the demonic, turning the cultivator into an embodiment of the White Bone Bodhisattva.

Yet, under the black ox’s guidance, she had forcefully learnt this ability despite being still in the state of a ghost. After that, she had never stopped studying the buddhist scriptures, rapidly deepening her understanding and comprehension.

The Guardian King’s Scripture of Demon Subdual was no different from the buddhist scriptures she had seen in the past. They were all for the sake of deepening her understanding of the essence of the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty. And, it began to lead to a mysterious transformation. Even buddhas could become demons, so what were guardian kings supposed to be?



For the first time too, the slovenly daoist priest, Zhou Tong, felt like having a disciple like that would not necessarily be good news either, as perhaps he would enter seclusion for a few months, only to discover that his disciple had already become more powerful than him after he emerged. As for having Yu Zijian exceed Xiao An, he no longer held any hope in that anymore.

Actually, if Xiao An joined the school of Daoism instead, her cultivation speed would just be startling at most, despite her supreme talent.

The One Thought master was right. She did have a destiny with the buddha, but not as a disciple of buddhism, but as an enemy of buddhism. There was a saying in the world, “Your enemy is the person who knows you the best.” What she wanted to become was the “nemesis of buddhism”. Just her objective alone had surpassed all regular monks.

The room fell utterly silent. All of the school leaders were knowledgeable. They had quite a deep understanding of the Guardian King’s Method of Demon Subdual. Even if their shock failed to match the One Thought master’s, it would not be far off.

The slovenly daoist priest asked the One Thought master, “How long did you take to reach the first layer of the Guardian King’s Scripture of Demon Subdual?”

The One Thought master said, “I became a monk when I was seven, practising qi while studying the dharma and teachings of buddhism. When I was twenty-five, I reached the ninth layer and gained the recognition of my master, who was also the previous school leader, the Ziming master. After which, I switched to the Guardian King’s Scripture of Demon Subdual. I comprehended it a year later, reaching the first layer.”

“And how long did she take?”

The One Thought master said hoarsely, “A single night!” And, he had switched to the Guardian King’s Scripture of Demon Subdual as a ninth layer Qi Practitioner. Compared to that, it was far more difficult for Xiao An, at the third layer with only the foundation from the Innate Method of Practising Qi.

This had already exceeded the boundary of geniuses. She was a deviant, a monster.

The slovenly daoist priest patted the One Thought master’s shoulder.

Liu Zhangqing sighed gently. Originally, he wanted to pull some strings and force Li Qingshan to leave the school of Novels. Of course, he would not be able to switch to other schools either. He would be breaking the rules if he remained in the academy, so he would give him some benefits and recommend him to go elsewhere.

As the ruler of an entire prefecture, this did not cause him any mental burden at all. Those who wanted to achieve great things could not afford to scruple over small details. However, he had to reconsider this plan now. At the very least, he needed to go from “force” to “convince”.

Li Qingshan clearly held an extremely important position within this child’s heart. Even though time could wear away everything, it would not take her too long to reach his current level. He did not want to bear the hostility from a person like that, and it was not like he had given any thought to it in the first place.

In the Anāsravā? temple, Xiao An clashed with Mind Enlightenment. The vajra sword and monk’s spade constantly collided together and produced tremors such that the huge, nearby bells began resonating too.

Even the old monks in the temple had never witnessed something so extraordinary before.





Chapter 293: Mentally Devastated | Legend of the Great Sage




Xiao An could not expose her powers from the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty, so originally, it should have been impossible for her to contend against a tenth layer Qi Practitioner like Mind Enlightenment. The Guardian King’s pearl that the One Thought master had bestowed upon her played a critical role right now.

Supreme grade spiritual artifacts were not items that Qi Practitioners could completely control. Only Foundation Establishment cultivators could unleash their true power. However, Xiao An could use the Guardian King’s pearl the moment it entered her hands. When she reached the first layer with the Guardian King’s Scripture of Demon Subdual, she could unleash its full power. It no longer paled in comparison to when the One Thought master used it.

In Li Qingshan’s hands, even the Cursive Sword Calligraphy that could barely be regarded as a supreme grade spiritual artifact already possessed so much power even without being refined. On the other hand, all of the power of a true supreme grade spiritual artifact was being unleashed right now.