Legend of the Great Sage

s he would have been better off.

“Don’t worry, master.
The demon cavern has already been suppressed!”

Li Qingshan turned over with his huge head.
His profound eyes seemed azure at first glance, but upon gazing into them, they became darker and darker, dark like the deep ocean.
They shone with the glow of demonic nature, flowing with profound truths and tranquility.

The Unraging monk felt his heart heat up.
Even throughout buddhism, just how many people could undertake such a responsibility and make such a sacrifice? Who could still say his disciple was unworthy of being a disciple of buddhism?

The Dauntless monk brought his palms together towards Li Qingshan.
“Amitābha.
I express the thanks of all living beings of the world.
Fellow, you might be a daemon, but your actions are like the dragons and elephants of the buddhas.
Your kindness knows no bounds!”

“Heh, thank you for your praise, abbot, but I’d rather be the ox that carries a child on my shoulders.”

TL: “The ox that carries a child on his shoulders” has multiple meanings.
It comes from a story where Duke Jing of Qi had a son, An Ruzi, that he spoilt so much that despite being the lord of a kingdom, he got on his knees and allowed his son to ride around on his back with a rope in his mouth like an ox.
His son fell off his back by accident and tugged on the rope, breaking his teeth.
The Ruzi in “An Ruzi” also means “little boy”.
Anyway, the historical meaning is being spoilt by your parents, but the meaning was later changed by Lu Xun in a poem to mean possessing a selfless spirit to serve the people.

Suddenly, Li Qingshan understood what brother ox was thinking a little.
If he were to choose, he would rather carry a child on his back too instead of serving the gods and buddhas as a mount, a domesticated animal.

The Dauntless monk frowned, but it did make him sigh without any surprise.

“Exactly!” The Golden Cicada Spirit King smiled.

Gu Yanying sank into her thoughts.
She approached him and asked with a smile, “Is it heavy?”

“Do you even need to ask? Why don’t you try and shoulder it?” Li Qingshan said in exasperation.

Actually, it was not exactly heavy, but the issue was he could not move, which made him very irate.
Now was the perfect time to demonstrate the usage of the Watermirror’s Image…

“I can never shoulder something like that.” Gu Yanying shrugged.
“Is this worth it?”

“I just wanted to do it, so it doesn’t matter if it’s worth it or not.”

With a thought, a mirror clone walked out from his left eye and let out a great yawn and stretch.
Soon afterwards, another mirror clone emerged from his right eye, twisting and stretching his neck with force.

Under the Spirit Turtle Transformation, all of the spirit turtle’s innate abilities had become stronger, which gave him sufficient ability to move around.

“Looks like you’ve already found a way to deal with it,” said Gu Yanying.

“Of course.
I can’t stay here forever.
I still have to pay a visit to the Ink sea!” Li Qingshan smiled.

“Li Qingshan, I’ll be waiting for you in the Ink sea.
Don’t make me wait for too long!”

The Dragon King of Ink Sea left without any hesitation, turning into a dragon and vanishing into the horizon.

“You fought alongside one another after all.
Can’t you just set aside your differences and befriend each other?” Gu Yanying sighed.

“We don’t need a woman sticking her nose into matters between men!” Li Qingshan said.

“Save it.” Gu Yanying shot him a glance before breaking into a smile.
She extended a hand and patted Li Qingshan’s head.
“I’m going.
You can just lay there!”

Snap!

Li Qingshan gnashed his teeth, but Gu Yanying had already ridden off in the wind.
A single message drifted over through the sky.
“Hurry up and free yourself.
You still owe me something.
I’ll be needing your help very soon.”

“Understood!” Then Li Qingshan raised his head to the Fierce King of Chu and the King of Southern Yue.
“Your majesties, could you come over here?”

“I was just about to bid farewell.
Qingshan, is there anything else you need help with?” the King of Southern Yue said extremely warmly, which made the Fierce King of Chu furrow his brows heavily.

“Xiao An has already told me all about your assistance.
I’ll definitely pay you back in the future!” Li Qingshan said.

“You’re too kind, Qingshan.”

The King of Southern Yue smiled.
He had been waiting for that.
It could be said that the only reason why he had done everything he did in the Green province was because of Li Qingshan’s personality, where he paid back all of his debts.
He immediately felt like everything had been worth it.

“Your majesty the King of Chu, there’s something I’d like to discuss with you,” said Li Qingshan.

“What is it?” the Fierce King of Chu asked.

“Given the Green Province cauldron to the Great Banyan Tree King, or you and I will be stuck here forever.”