Legend of the Great Sage

se who kill will be killed themselves.
Since I kill, then I am prepared to be killed.
I do not seek bliss, nor do I seek eternal life.
How will you convert me, monk?”

The Upraised Light abbot remained silent.
Li Qingshan clasped his hands and bade farewell.

A while later, the Upraised Light abbot sighed.
“He’s a difficult one to convert, a difficult one!”

Li Qingshan left the temple, and his mind cleared up.
He cursed, “That bald ass is screwing me over again!”

Before he knew it, he had actually been mentally affected.
If it were not for his rigid will, perhaps he really would have wavered.

There was nothing strange about that.
Let alone an ancient temple like the Pure Land temple that was watched by a monk who had attained two fruits of buddhism, even regular temples would intentionally create a certain atmosphere to influence those common people.

Speaking of which, this was definitely a demonic method to use, but it would be useless even if he went back and questioned the Upraised Light abbot.
That was just how the teachings of Mahāyāna buddhism worked.

The Lotus Sūtra had a parable of three carts to enlightenment.
It described a house on fire with children playing inside.
In order to save them, the buddha told them that there was a fancy cart outside.
The children ran out to take a look, but there was no fancy cart at all.
However, there was a great cart pulled by a white ox, so they were still very happy.

The burning house symbolised the abode of fire, the children symbolised all sentient beings, and the great cart pulled by a white ox was Mahāyāna buddhism.
It praised the absolute kindness in the buddha’s heart, such that he guided the people.
The monks below basically copied whatever they saw.
As long as it assisted them in spreading the religion, facts like how monks did not lie all became nonsense.

Of course, those who had been converted would definitely be filled with gratitude.
They would not think they had been lied to.

However, if the children went out and took a look before leaping up and cursing, “Bald ass, you lied to us! You promised us a fancy cart!” they would probably be slapped across the face and berated.
“You’re the only one that’s fucking complaining!”

Li Qingshan touched his cheek.
“I better keep my distance from these guys in the future!”

He had made a mess out of the army-wide martial arts competition, but no one came to create any trouble for him.

“Even if I go back now, I have nothing to do.
They probably think I’m long gone, but I’m going to hit them by surprise again!”

However, he had just swept through the drilling grounds.
There was no point in going back, so he decided to split up.

He made his way into an alleyway and took out sets of armour from his sumeru ring.
This was all for his clone formation plan that he had thought of before he came.
He had specially purchased them from the Department of Military Provisions.
They were all the standard issue gear within the army.

Very soon, Li Qingshan after Li Qingshan walked out from the alleyway and dispersed in Black Cloud city.
He wanted to see just who still dared to talk ill of him.

In a small restaurant, a few soldiers happened to be fervently discussing how the crawling general Li Qingshan had made a mess out of the drilling grounds.
Right when they were enthralled by the conversation, a soldier rushed in and yelled, “Long live Li Qingshan!” He gave them a thorough beating and polished off all of their alcohol in the process.

As Li Qingshan’s cultivation gradually recovered, his thought clones multiplied as well.
There really were quite a lot of them who talked behind his back.
Over a hundred of these incidents would happen everyday, and the entire city was filled with Li Qingshans making trouble.

Chao Tianjiao was left completely speechless by him.
The various generals asked for him to be severely punished, but it was a little out of place, which left them very embarrassed.

However, trying to silence the people was even more dangerous than natural disasters.
Li Qingshan’s shameless actions were beaten back by the soldiers very soon.
Many people specially went on the streets and cursed him loudly, clashing with his clones and even coordinating various ambushes and sneak attacks.

Sometimes, as soon as he rushed out, he would be surrounded by several dozen soldiers clad in armour and standing in formation.
What followed would be a chaotic battle.
However, as long as colonels and lieutenants did not interfere, his main body would not do anything either.
After all, the number of clones he had was limited.
Sometimes, a clone or two would be finished off before he could even provide support, making him lose a set for armour.

Li Qingshan was unfazed by these puny losses.
He did not feel embarrassed when the soldiers defeated him.
Instead, he had a lot of fun.

Before he knew it, the Ape Demon Transformation began showing signs of change.

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