Legend of the Great Sage

orrying and being overcautious. Since he’s bold enough to come, I’ll cut down the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga’s reputation to size! Let’s see whether the legendary Demon Suppression Statuary is really deserving of its reputation or not!

“Your sword is called the Breaking Water sword, right?”

Li Qingshan looked at the sword on Yin Xiaochou’s knees.
The dark scabbard was simple with a few shadowy lines of a poem engraved on it.
However, it was slightly curved and not completely straight.

“That’s right!”

“My sword is called the water sword!”

Li Qingshan smiled, and with a wave of his hand, the moist air condensed into a transparent water sword in his hand.
He flicked the edge gently, and it thrummed.

“Very well then.
Let’s see whether I can break it today or not!” Yin Xiaochou narrowed his eyes.
Li Qingshan was clearly mocking his sword.
To a swordsman, that was the greatest provocation possible, and it was completely disrespectful too.
This was completely different from any of the opponents he had encountered in the twenty-one prefectures he had visited already.

“Danqing, are you ready?” Li Qingshan said to Chu Danqing, who had arrived after him.

“Yes!” As he had said, Chu Danqing was holding brushes and paper.
He was prepared to paint.

“We’ll change the name of the painting to ‘The Water Sword Destroys the Breaking Water Sword’!” Li Qingshan called out.
He pointed the tip of his sword at Yin Xiaochou and smiled.
“Draw your sword!”

Even at this moment, he had no intentions of behaving like he was facing a powerful enemy.
He was so relaxed that it seemed like he was on a leisurely stroll; it was as if the successor of one of the Ten Renowned Swords of the Sword Collection palace, the supreme swordsman that had challenged twenty-one prefectures, was merely a weakling he could casually defeat.

Yin Xiaochou stood up gradually and slowly drew the Breaking Water sword from its sheath.

At that moment, a ray of light rippled out, and even the bright moon lost its colour.

What also responded was everyone’s faces.
The geniuses that had been invited from the various schools and sects could not help but hold their breaths.

All of the light gathered on Yin Xiaochou who stood with his sword.
His clothes hovered in the air, standing aloof from the world as if he was about to drift away with the wind.

However, the Breaking Water sword still attracted most of the attention.
The sword was curved and slender like a crescent moon, emanating with rings of light.

Li Qingshan’s gaze had been drawn away by it too, but he was still unconcerned as if he could not feel the threat from the Breaking Water sword at all.
This was without a doubt even more unpleasant than hurling abuse to Yin Xiaochou.
Among the twenty-one prefectures he had visited, never had he been treated like this.

As a result, he said nothing more.
He swung his sword.

No one could describe the amazement of that stroke!

He cut through the moonlight, broke through the water, and severed all worries and troubles there were in the world!

Subconsciously, Chu Danqing wanted to draw the splendour of the sword, but he could not pour his impulse through the tip of his brush.

Han Tieyi instinctively simulated what he would do if he were faced with that stroke, but to his chagrin, he had to admit that he had no idea how to block it.
It was no wonder he heard how the many geniuses and masters of the other prefectures had all been defeated by this stroke from Yin Xiaochou, while the spectators often lost the courage to meet him in battle, choosing to directly forfeit.

However, little did he know that this stroke was the most powerful stroke Yin Xiaochou had delivered since leaving the Sword Collection palace.
In order to temper his heart of the sword, he never used the powers of the Breaking Water sword.
He only wielded it as a fine sword.
This was basically no different from fighting with his arms and legs tied up.

But now, Yin Xiaochou broke through all the restraints he had placed on himself, merging with the sword, using the momentum he had built up from his consecutive victories, and pouring all of his strength and all of his belief into that stroke!

“Breaking Water!”

Li Qingshan stopped smiling and swung the water sword in his hand.

As powerful as a dragon suddenly emerging from the ocean!

“There!” Chu Danqing’s eyes suddenly lit up, and his brush took off.

The night before, Li Qingshan had passed the two scrolls of the Three Absolutes Calligraphy to Chu Danqing, asking him to carry out a final repair so that this unmatched calligraphy, painting, and sword manual could be reassembled.

Before that, Li Qingshan had already refined them individually.
He had comprehended their sword intent before comparing and combining them with the sword intent passed on in the Soaring Dragon sword.
In the end, he combined it with his own beliefs and condensed an unparalleled sword intent unique to him!

The dragon leapt through the four seas, running amok through the world! The seas raged in a vast and boundless manner!

The edges of the swords met.
The Breaking Water sword swept past the water sword and landed on Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan lifted up the broken sword in his hand and gazed at it.
He sighed.
“A sword I casually condensed from water can’t beat a true arcane treasure after all!”

The Breaking Water sword was not just an arcane treasure.
The Sword Collection palace had many arcane-treasure-grade swords, but they only had ten renowned swords.
They contained the wills of past swordmasters that had been passed down through the millennia.
Powered by the Sword Collection palace’s secret techniques, their power could not be compared to regular arcane treasures.

And, even among the Ten Renowned Swords, the Breaking Water sword was known for its destructive power of being able to cut through everything in a single stroke!

The spectators all felt that Li Qingshan had truly bitten off more than he could chew by casually condensing a sword from water and thinking he could match Yin Xiaochou in an open confrontation.
But at that point, using it as an excuse was clearly meaningless.

Han Tieyi furrowed his brows slightly.
That did not seem to match his personality.
He seemed crude, but he was actually someone with one of the most meticulous and thorough thought processes.
Especially when he fought against others, he was basically as clever as he could be.
He would never lose because he underestimated an opponent.
Moreover, Yin Xiaochou’s expression was rather strange despite being the victor.

“Big brother!” Hua Chenglu cried out, afraid to see a horrifying sight where he split into two.

Hua Chengzan said softly, “Don’t worry, he’s fine!”

Li Qingshan smiled at Hua Chenglu and tossed aside the broken sword.
It turned back into mist in the air, returning to nothingness.
Then he asked Yin Xiaochou, “How was that?”

Yin Xiaochou opened his eyes and gazed at Li Qingshan as if he had just witnessed something unbelievable.
He opened his lips and said with some difficulty.

“I’ve lost!”