Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 501-Chapter 600)

“Is this the Demon Suppression hall?”


Li Qingshan arrived at the back of the mountain with the Annihilum Light Chan Master. In a peaceful valley, the mossy, stone pillars formed a simple gate. It was very large and grand, but it was close to falling apart.

In front of the gate, a fat monk snored away thunderously on a great, grey rock. His bare belly rose and fell like a small mountain. He gave off a heavy scent of alcohol and still held the leg of a lamb in one hand.

Li Qingshan dared not be careless. This monk who ate meat and drank alcohol did not emit any aura at all, but with the senses of the spirit turtle, he knew he was no weaker than the Dauntless Monk.

The fat monk opened an eye and glanced over. “Annihilum Light, why’ve you brought them here?”

“Senior uncle Unraging, I’ve come under the abbot’s orders to send them into the Demon Suppression hall for reflection.”

“Oh?” The Unraging Monk rolled over and asked with a chuckle, “So what did you do?”

Li Qingshan noticed that the great, grey rock he was lying on was engraved with the three words, “Demon Suppression hall”.

“Your abbot wanted me to become a monk, and I refused.”

“Hahahaha, interesting, interesting. If I had such a beautiful girl, I’d never be a monk too. Why must senior brother make things difficult for you?”

The Unraging Monk glanced at Xiao An and patted his belly. All of his fat jiggled as he laughed.

The laughter was extremely infectious. Even Li Qingshan could not help but smile. “The Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga really should have a master like you as their abbot instead.”

The Unraging Monk shook his great big head around like a rattle-drum. “How uninteresting would that be? Hmm? This girl seems to be a disciple of buddhism.”

The Annihilum Light Chan Master gave a rough explanation of everything that had happened. The Unraging Monk studied the two people before him as if he was in thought as he maintained a wide smile the entire time. He muttered to himself.

“You’ve never cultivated good karma in your life, and you have a special liking towards conflict and sins. You do have quite the courage to say something like that in front of my senior brother. Why don’t you just become my disciple? It’ll save you a trip into the Demon Suppression hall. Under me, apart from sex, eating meat and drinking alcohol isn’t particularly forbidden. How does that go again? The buddha passes through my belly, but alcohol and meat remain in my heart.”



TL: The saying is a slightly incorrect version of what Ji Gong had once said. Ji Gong is known to openly eat meat and drink alcohol despite monastic codes and stumbles from place to place in tattered and dirty robes, but he is kind-hearted and always willing to help out the common people if they are in need. The full, correct saying is, “Alcohol and meat pass through my belly, but the buddha remains in my heart. If the common people were to imitate me, it would be no different from sinking into the demonic path.” More on Ji Gong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji_Gong

“Senior uncle, you’ve gotten it the wrong way around,” the Annihilum Light Chan Master reminded. A sliver of surprise had appeared on his wrinkled face. The Unraging Monk was a great buddhist cultivator who had undergone three heavenly tribulations. His status in the monastery was so great that it completely exceeded the various head monks.

However, his words and actions were twisted, and he did not abide to the buddhist precepts, spending most of his time guarding the Demon Suppression hall. Originally, with his cultivation, no one could stop him even if he wanted to leave the monastery, but he instead chose to stay behind and guard the Demon Suppression hall. Just like that, a century had already passed with him guarding the place.

He found it troublesome, so he never had any disciples before, but never did the Annihilum Light Chan Master imagine he would actually mention accepting a disciple today. That was an astronomical opportunity. If Li Qingshan had such a master, he might not be able to run amok through the nine provinces, but if anyone wanted to touch him, they would have to consider the consequences.

“It’s all the same.”

As the Unraging Monk spoke, he fished out a great gourd of alcohol and took a few gulps before passing it to Li Qingshan.

Sniffing the overflowing aroma, Li Qingshan took a small sip. He felt like liquid fire had just flowed through his throat and into his belly. There was a fiery pain, as well as an indescribable sense of satisfaction. He had actually never tasted such strong alcohol before, and it contained extremely dense spiritual qi.

Li Qingshan could not help but suck hard, yet alcohol flowed endlessly out of the gourd. He drank several litres in one gulp, yet there was still no end in sight.

“That’s some great alcohol, but I don’t want to be a monk.”

Li Qingshan drank over fifty litres of alcohol before placing down the gourd, wiping his mouth as he said that. He was hiding a great secret. With the divine powers of the spirit turtle, even great cultivators of the third heavenly tribulation could not see through him, but once they spent some time together, he could not say for sure that he would be able to keep this secret. By then, they would go from master and disciple to enemies.

“Damn brat, why’d you only tell me after drinking!? Forget it then, you better pay a visit to the Demon Suppression hall!”

The Unraging Monk had only thought of that spontaneously. If Li Qingshan refused, he would not care either. He extended a finger.

The stone gate opened loudly, revealing a murky cave that gave off a gloomy sense of coldness. Peering inside, it seemed bottomless. The feeling it gave off was somewhat similar to the Gate of Hungry Ghosts as if it led to another world.

The Unraging Monk swung his hand, and a tremendous but gentle force swelled up behind them. Li Qingshan flew into the cave helplessly and so did Xiao An.

In the air, they linked their hands as they hurled into the Demon Suppression hall.

“Don’t go too deep or too far!”

The Unraging Monk’s voice rang out from behind, growing more and more distant until it became so indiscernible that it sounded like it came from thousands of kilometers away.

The stone gate slammed shut, and the voice was cut off. All light vanished.

“Senior brother, aren’t you afraid that this one-in-a-millennium genius will experience danger in the Demon Suppression hall?”

The Unraging Monk yawned and turned around. Before they knew it, the Dauntless Monk was already standing beside the grey rock with his hands behind his back.

“As long as she doesn’t venture too deeply into the Demon Suppression hall, what danger will there be? If she were to die so easily, then she wouldn’t be a prodigy anymore. I want to test her disposition again.”

The Dauntless Monk answered. Although the result of his testing had ended with nothing, the sliver of unease remained in his heart.

However, Xiao An’s behaviour earlier allowed him to discover an opening—Li Qingshan.

“Come, One Will. Show me where your path lies.”





Chapter 568: Within the Demon Suppression Hall | Legend of the Great Sage




The influence of such a supreme prodigy like this was far too great. Once he decided to support her in her path to the peak of the cultivation world, then if it resulted in any negative consequences, he would have to bear it all alone.

Several thousand years ago, the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga had once produced a buddhist genius known to be unrivalled, yet in the end, the monastery suffered tremendous losses, almost falling into decline. With this as a lesson, how could the Dauntless Monk afford to be careless? He asked the Unraging Monk again, “And why do you want that kid as your disciple?”