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

The One Thought master had already arrived above Anāsravā? temple. Originally, he had come to save Xiao An, but for some reason, his first disciple, the primary disciple, had fallen into dire straits instead in just a split second. He wanted to save him, but it was already too late. He called out in the air, “Stop, Xiao An!”


However, how could his voice move faster than the vajra sword? Even if Xiao An heard him, she could not stop. She was filled with the tremendous fury of the eminent monk from the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty.

There was a flash of golden light. All the monks were stunned. Time seemed to stop. The entire temple fell silent.

This lasted until the appearance of a crack. From the tip of the vajra sword, it extended to over a hundred meters away, forming a terrifying, black crack. Mind Enlightenment’s courtyard that sat on the crack had been chopped in half, while the central cultivation hall stood for a while longer before collapsing loudly.

Mind Enlightenment collapsed to one side. The avatar around him had already vanished. His plump face was filled with fear as he stared at Li Qingshan. At that critical moment, Li Qingshan had kicked him aside, which was why he had managed to survive. Otherwise, his fate would be the same as the cultivation hall.

The One Thought master descended from above. “Xiao An, you…” However, he was at a loss as for what to say.

Xiao An dispersed the avatar and smiled sweetly at Li Qingshan. “You’ve come.”

Li Qingshan gave her a thumbs up. “Impressive!”

The surroundings were dead silent. The new disciple could contend against the primary disciple just on the second day of joining. This alone had already exceeded the imaginations of the monk. And, she had actually defeated the primary disciple. This made them all blank out as they wondered whether they were dreaming or not.

The One Thought master said furiously, “Mind Enlightenment, what’s this all about? Tell me everything.”

Li Qingshan frowned. He was afraid that this baldy would lie again.



Mind Enlightenment climbed up from the ground and knelt before the One Thought master. With three thumps, he prostrated himself three times and said, “Please understand, master. I was completely in the wrong about this. I became jealous of the care that master showed to junior sister Xiao An, so I purposefully made trouble for sir Li Qingshan, and I also broke the precept of anger, lashing out against sir Li Qingshan first. Please punish me, master.”

Originally, Li Qingshan thought that Mind Enlightenment would want to complain against him, so he prepared a rebuttal. He was immediately left speechless now.

The One Thought master was stunned too. “Mind Enlightenment, you…?”

“I’m willing to relinquish my position as primary disciple to junior sister Xiao An. Please forgive me, junior sister.” Then Mind Enlightenment said to Li Qingshan, “Thank you for saving my life, sir!”

Mind Enlightenment was pale, and his eyes were dull, but he no longer possessed any hatred anymore. He definitely was not hiding anything or biding his time. No matter how powerful the opponent was, he would always undergo self-imposed hardships to strengthen his resolve for revenge. He would be confident that there would be a day when he got his revenge. But now, the opponent he faced was a child, a child who began practising qi yesterday and defeated him today.

To be able to make it to the position of primary disciple, he clearly was a clever and capable person, but it was exactly because he was clever enough that he felt despair. Although Xiao An’s attack had failed to land, it had shattered his arrogance, jealousy, and anger. He was forced into achieving instantaneous comprehension.

Mind Enlightenment said, “I want to face the walls of Cliff Inscription cavern and reflect on myself for three years. Please give me permission, master.”





Chapter 294: Till Death Do Us Part | Legend of the Great Sage




Wall facing was both a cultivation method of buddhism and a method of punishment. Three years of wall facing was akin to three years of house arrest. During those three years, he could not communicate with others, move around freely, or enjoy any form of entertainment. It was even more terrifying than prison. The level of monotony was enough to drive a regular person crazy. To a disciple of buddhism, it was a great test of their temperament.

Rather restless disciples with impressive talent had always been the One Thought master’s favourite disciples. If this were in the past, the One Thought master would definitely be delighted with how Mind Enlightenment volunteered to face the walls of the Cliff Inscription cavern, but right now, he was afraid that he had given up all hope. The more of a genius a person was, the easier it was for them to become dejected and downhearted once they faced a setback.

“Have you thought it through properly?”

“Yes!” Mind Enlightenment buried his head deeply into the ground. He looked back through all the years he spent in the Anāsravā? temple. All of his pride and status had vanished with that single word he uttered. He felt extremely dejected. Sorrow welled up inside and tears began to run down his face like rain. He broke into sobs.

The One Thought master rubbed his head. “Don’t cry, don’t cry. This might be good news to you.”

“Master, I’ve embarrassed you!” Mind Enlightenment hugged the One Thought master’s leg; he was like a pitiful child, having returned to the time when he initially joined the Anāsravā? temple as a little acolyte.

“You haven’t. You will always be my best disciple. You need to pull yourself together!” The rim of One Thought master’s eyes reddened involuntarily.

The monks in the temple all shed tears too. Although there were many flaws in their first senior brother, he still took good care of them. They too felt pained now that he would be gone for three years.

Li Qingshan rubbed his nose and thought, Why do I feel like Xiao An and I are the bad guys?

After crying, Mind Enlightenment seemed to have become much more relaxed. He made his way around his master and his junior brothers, making his way to the Cliff Inscription cavern to cultivate. From the beginning till the end, he did not even glance at Xiao An at all. This child made him feel fear. This kind of fear did not originate from the strike that Xiao An had almost killed him with, but from the strike when she cut through the vajra monk’s spade.

It was only a short instant, but the bone-chilling coldness suppressed all of his power and thoughts. His indestructible vajra monk’s spade had broken under that exact power, or should you say thought.

The One Thought master watched Mind Enlightenment leave. He turned around and faced Xiao An. He opened his mouth, but he had no idea on what to say. Was he supposed to scold her? Or praise her? Regardless of what he did, none of it seemed right. There was only one thing he was certain about. He would not serve as the master of this child for too long. “Have you completed the first layer of the Guardian King’s Scripture of Demon Subdual?”

“Yes, master.”

The surroundings were thrown into an uproar. The monks all looked at one another, seeing an exact reflection of the current expression that they had. Within a prefectural Academy of the Hundred Schools, the Guardian King’s Scripture of Demon Subdual could be regarded as a powerful cultivation method that was rarely passed onto anyone. Cultivating till the very end could result in the condensation of a Vajra ?arīra, which was on par with the Golden Cores of the school of Daoism.

Xiao An suddenly asked, “Master, are you afraid?”

The corner of the One Thought master’s eye twitched. He uttered the buddha’s name constantly. After quite a while, he placed the primary disciple’s waist tablet in Xiao An’s hand. “From today onwards, you are my school of Buddhism’s primary disciple. To be able to hold this position, just martial prowess is not enough. You also must have a deep understanding of the buddhist dharma, such that you can answer your junior’s queries.”