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

“Feel free to tell me everything. There’s no need to worry about anything, nor are you allowed to hide anything. The monastery has plenty of methods to discern lies and verify truths.”


As a result, all senior brother Wang could say was, “The situation earlier was basically as L- Li Qingshan described. It has only been a form of etiquette as disciples of the same courtyard between senior brother Eternal Faith and us. There was nothing to do with bribes. Li Qingshan had misspoken beforehand, which was why senior brother Eternal Faith lost his temper. Please give us your wise judgement, head monk.”

Although he refused to lie before Distant Enlightenment, he was still biased towards Eternal Faith as he spoke. Li Qingshan irritated him; he thought,. Even if there really had been bribery, what’s it got to do with you?

Distant Enlightenment’s eyebrows became even more furrowed. If that were the case, Eternal Faith had truly gone too far.

“Sir Li, I’ve already understood the entire story now. You can come out!”

“Just understanding is not enough. Tell me how you plan on handling this.”

“My disciple has behaved inappropriately and broken the rules of the monastery. I will personally take him to the Disciplinary courtyard for punishment, and I will apologise to you. It is my Courtyard of Secular Affairs’ honour to have you as a secular disciple.” Distant Enlightenment sighed and bowed slightly.

Li Qingshan secretly praised, Now this old monk has got the bearing. It was not like he was someone who refused to let bygones be bygones, so he immediately withdrew his demonic nature and recovered his human form before waving his hand and dispersing the Demon Suppression Tower.

Eternal Faith was already on his last gasp from the whipping. He was a bloody mess. He did not even have the strength to shriek out anymore. With a thought, Li Qingshan removed the Chains of Demon Suppression, and he fell to the ground heavily.

“Senior brother Eternal Faith!” the monks all cried out and glared at Li Qingshan.

Although Eternal Faith was a standard little man in Li Qingshan’s dictionary, he was skilled at handling the affairs of the courtyard and had always been very generous. He did not always keep all the gifts he received for himself, treating everyone equally instead, which was why he had managed to rally all the disciples earlier. The disciples of the Courtyard of Secular Affairs all admired him. Even when their cultivations exceeded his, they would not contend for his position of first senior brother.

With a wave of his hand, Distant Enlightenment swept Eternal Faith to his side. Golden light sprinkled over him, and Eternal Faith’s wounds immediately recovered. He gradually opened his eyes and called out, “Master!”

“Sigh, Eternal Faith, you’ve always been so sharp and intelligent, so why have you done something so stupid today?”

“The master truly has handled everything impartially. You have my admiration. As for becoming a secular disciple, it’s fine even if I don’t become one.”

Li Qingshan clasped his hands before striding out of the Courtyard of Secular Affairs.

Eternal Faith gazed at Li Qingshan’s figure. Resentment filled his eyes. Never had he experienced so much humiliation before, and it had occurred in front of so many junior brothers and his master. Suddenly, he raised his voice and called out in a rather shrill manner.

“Don’t let him go! He’s a demonfolk!”

“What! Eternal Faith, you cannot speak nonsense like that!”



Distant Enlightenment became alarmed. He immediately used his soul sense to carefully check Li Qingshan, but under the Demon Suppression Statuary, Li Qingshan did not even give off a hint of demon qi.

Eternal Faith said angrily, “I personally saw him demonify. Otherwise, how could he have gotten through my robes and golden avatar so easily with his strength? If I am lying, I am willing to enter Avīci and endure eternal suffering.”

Distant Enlightenment's face changed. For a buddhist disciple to swear such a solemn vow, it basically could not be false. Demonfolk were the hated enemies of buddhism. If Li Qingshan was a demon, then he had to capture him regardless of whether he was in the right or the wrong. He would either be killed on the spot or sent into the Demon Suppression hall.

However, Li Qingshan ignored all of it, continuing on his way out. Distant Enlightenment called out sternly, “Please hold on, sir Li!”

“What else do you want to ask, master?” Li Qingshan only felt his wrist tighten, having been grabbed firmly by Distant Enlightenment. If he did not mention the Unraging monk’s name today, he probably could not get out of this situation. He sighed inside, Master, oh master, you can’t blame me for this.

“There are a few matters that require sir Li to resolve. May I ask which sect or school the technique of the tower that sir Li used earlier belongs to?”

Li Qingshan said, “Orthodox buddhism, obviously!” And, it was even the supreme cultivation method of the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga.

“I practised buddhism since young, and it has already been over three centuries since then, so why have I never heard of such a powerful buddhist technique? I instead found it radiating with demon qi, like it’s a demonic technique used by demonfolk?”

Li Qingshan smiled. “You’re only listening to one side of the story again, master. I’ll also swear that if I am a demonfolk, I am willing to enter Avīci and endure eternal suffering.”

Distant Enlightenment began to hesitate. He glanced past Li Qingshan’s wrist, and his gaze suddenly froze. He asked, “Hmm? Where did you get this string of prayer beads from!?”

The string of prayer beads seemed like nothing special, but Distant Enlightenment remembered very clearly that it was something that never left the senior at the back of the mountain, so why was it in Li Qingshan’s possession?”

Li Qingshan said, “Someone gave it to me.”

“Impossible!”

Distant Enlightenment knew exactly how significant the string of prayer beads were to the senior. They could basically be treated as an item of inheriting his legacy. He would never give it away so easily.

“If it wasn’t given to me, am I supposed to have stolen it?”

Distant Enlightenment thought, That’s even more impossible. Just how many people are there in the world who can steal from that senior? If that senior really gave it to him willingly, then…

Li Qingshan hintingly said, “Master, do you think I came to the Courtyard of Secular Affairs to become a secular disciple because I had nothing better to do?”

Distant Enlightenment slowly let go and brought his palms together. “This lowly monk understands. Please continue on your way, sir!”

Li Qingshan also brought his hands together and bowed. “Thank you, master!” He strode off in the direction of the Clear River prefecture.

“Master!” Eternal Faith called out, utterly refusing to accept this.

Distant Enlightenment slowly turned around, hinting at him to say no more. He gazed at Li Qingshan’s figure as he gradually travelled into the distance. Whether this child is a human or a demon completely depends on that person’s judgement!





Chapter 589: The New Marquis of Ruyi | Legend of the Great Sage




Li Qingshan left the vicinity of Great Buddha mountain and immediately took off on a cloud, rising high into the sky. He gazed back at Great Buddha mountain in the distance. He seemed to see Xiao An’s figure atop the mountain, but it also seemed like there was nothing there at all.

He sucked in a deep breath and let out a great bellow, “Until we see each other again!”

His voice echoed through the mountains. The many pilgrims below all raised their heads and looked at the horizon. They had no idea what was going on.