Legend of the Great Sage

CH 1005

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ickered through her eyes.
She swung the blade at Li Qingshan, and the holy glow turned into a sharp edge, putting on an impressive and forceful display as if it was about to slice Li Qingshan into two.

Li Qingshan did not dodge, allowing the blade to land on his head.
With a rumble in his mind, something seemed to split open.
A ray of light appeared in the darkness, and his mind opened up.
He touched his head, but there was not a single mark on there, which left him rather puzzled.

“What happened?”

“It’s said that this blade can sever three thousand strands of afflictions.
How is it?” Xiao An asked with a smile.

To Li Qingshan’s surprise, his demon heart had actually become much clearer and brighter.
He had forcefully elevated himself to Demon King through devouring the demon hearts of other Demon Kings.
Although he had been selective during the process, it was unavoidable for some of the demonic natures of the other Demon Kings to be mixed in too.
That was even more difficult to eliminate than the impurities in the demon energy.
He never expected this blade to have such a wondrous effect.

“What a fine blade! But it’s clearly a buddhist treasure, yet it can assist demonic cultivators.
How strange.”

“This blade is known to only sever afflictions, not people.
what matters is not your moral alignment, but your own conscience.
From this perspective, there is no difference between a demon heart and a śarīra.”

Xiao An placed the Affliction Severing blade across her knees and came to a realisation over something.

“I see.” Li Qingshan nodded gently.
His battle-hungry and bloodthirsty demonic nature had merged with his demon heart.
That was basically a part of his own conscience, his own nature.
However, as a living creature, who didn’t have a hint of kindness and benevolence in them? It made him wonder whether the demonfolk who created the Demon Suppression Statuary had been struck by this blade or not, which allowed him to become true to his own conscience.

“No wonder the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga offered such a great reward.
The Affliction Severing blade is basically divine for cultivation, and you can use it on others too.
It can elevate the overall cultivation of an entire sect.
If you bring the Affliction Severing blade back to the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga, do you think the Dauntless monk will let you succeed him as the abbot?”

“That’s a possibility.” Xiao An smiled and said in thought, “Perhaps this was exactly what the Golden Cicada Spirit King was thinking, returning the Affliction Severing blade to the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga through my hand.”

“I’m just kidding.
If you return it now, you’ll definitely attract suspicion from those monks.
Hit me a few more times!” Li Qingshan pointed at his head.

……

In the blink of an eye, over a dozen days had passed, and the entrance to the dwelling opened up.

Li Qingshan stepped out of the dwelling, and Yue Bing was waiting right outside.
He handed over an invitation from the Great General King politely, requesting Li Qingshan to come and take part in their plan against the Soaring Locust King.

Li Qingshan glanced at the invitation and asked, “Has Qiongzhi emerged?”

“Not yet.”

“Please have the Great General King wait a few days.
I need to pay a visit back to the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga, and then I’ll go to the Han estate to keep my appointment.” Li Qingshan took off after that.

All Yue Bing could do was smile wryly.
The current Li Qingshan was obviously qualified to make the Great General King wait.

Li Qingshan soared through the air.
During the past few days, he had refined those phoenix feathers.
Although it strengthened his phoenix bloodline, he had not made much progress with the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvāṇa due to the suppression from the Spirit Turtle’s Method of Sea Suppression.
All he could do was slowly balance fire and water first before breaking through.