Legend of the Great Sage

he battle continued under the blood-red swirl.
The slaughter lasted for half a day, and the ground was already soaked in blood.
Blood trickled as streams, flowing towards pools and puddles of blood.

Suddenly, a powerful aura emerged from the depths of the swirl, immediately drawing over everyone’s attention.

Li Qingshan beamed with joy.
“Another one! I wonder what weapon it’ll be this time!” By the time he saw the weapon in the Asura Commander’s hand, his mouth dropped slightly and uncontrollably.
He was dumbstruck.

A month later, the chaotic battle in the Asura Field finally came to an end.
With a hundred thousand Bone Eating shamans as the sacrifice, the Asura Field became even stronger.
Xiao An also received ample resources for cultivation.
At the same time, not only did Yin Qing’s strength recover, but it even reached new heights.

It was a fantastic conclusion, yet Li Qingshan moped around.
He held an asura armament in each hand, a spiky club in his left and another spiky club in his right.
They differed drastically in style, one black and heavy, primitive and savage, while the other was shining, exquisite and up to standard, except they were clearly the same type of weapon, spiky clubs!

“What the fuck! Only two Asura Commanders came, and they both used such an unconventional weapon! It’s not like you’re brothers!” Li Qingshan threw the two spiky clubs to the ground, which made the ground rumble and produce two pits.

This was not just due to Li Qingshan’s divine strength.
The two spiky clubs were extremely heavy, each weighing over five thousand kilograms.

Xiao An comforted him.
“Spiky clubs are very nice too, and you even have two!”

Li Qingshan said furiously, “What’s so nice about them!? Only shitty extras in the bandit strongholds use spiky clubs! And two!? That’s as tacky as you can get!”

Xiao An tilted her head.
Even with her intelligence, she had no idea what kind of exotic beast a “shitty extra” was, but it did not sound particularly impressive!

Yin Qing smiled resplendently, earning her a glare from Li Qingshan.
She cleared her throat.
“My king, I actually think they suit you better than swords.
With the insight I’ve developed in the Asura realm, you should have never taken the path of the sword in the first place!”

“Then what am I supposed to take, the path of the spiky club?!” Li Qingshan waved the spiky clubs around in his hands angrily.

“Pft! Cough, cough, I haven’t heard of that before!” Yin Qing held back her laughter and just allowed him to swing the two vicious spiky clubs around in front of her, kicking up a fierce wind.
Li Qingshan was extremely forceful, which earned nods from Xiao An.
“That does sound reasonable.
Qingshan, don’t they feel quite convenient in your hands?”

Li Qingshan stiffened and suddenly stowed the spiky clubs away.
He could not help but think about what Yin Qing had said.
A major reason why he had practised the path of the sword was because of the Cursive Sword Calligraphy.
Xiao An had comprehended a wondrous sword style before teaching it to him.
It was much more powerful than any other weapon.

He had made it to his current position just like that, so the habit became second nature, and he never considered changing his weapon.
However, after the Three Absolutes Calligraphy had been completely repaired, he instead began considering something different.

The path of the sword within the Three Absolutes Calligraphy was indeed wondrous and profound, forming a style of its own.
However, the more that was the case, the more he felt disharmony.
It was similar to the feeling of conflicting against his nature when he practised the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvāṇa.
He just felt like something was missing, struggling to comprehend its essence.

If Li Qingshan’s aptitude for comprehension was poor, then was a supreme cultivation method like the Nine Transformations of the Demonic and Divine supposed to be easy?

Just what kind of person was the Five Absolutes Immortal? He was a Reincarnated Celestial, unrivalled in terms of zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
He could merge the path of the sword into painting and calligraphy, a peerless talent and romantic.
On the other hand, just what kind of person was Li Qingshan? He had started off in a rural mountain hamlet, having killed his way here.
His head was filled with tasteless thoughts of fighting powerful opponents, drinking fine alcohol, and sleeping with beautiful women.
He definitely was lustful, but he could forget about being a romantic.

In simpler words, their very natures were polar opposites.
That was why he could not see a sword style from the Cursive Sword Calligraphy back then, and he could not comprehend a path of the sword from the Three Absolutes Calligraphy right now.
Perhaps he really had chosen the wrong weapon.

He had no choice in practising the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvāṇa, but his weapon did not have to be the sword.
As a result, he asked Yin Qing, “What weapon do you think I should use?”

Yin Qing said, “That’s difficult for me to say.
Anyway, you have to comprehend it yourself.
I also tried numerous weapons before deciding on this circular blade.
Experimenting around before you make your choice actually brings great benefits too.”

“Then I’ll try the spiky club for now!” Li Qingshan said in thought before lifting up the spiky club again.
He found it much more pleasing to the eye this time.

When the second “Spiky Club” descended in the Asura Field, the first opponent he matched up against was the first “Spiky Club”.
The two Asura Commanders wielded the same weapons and exchanged numerous clanging strikes.
They fought many more times afterwards too.

Li Qingshan thought a little and could still clearly recall every detail in every single battle.
There were various tricks and wonders to the “path of the spiky club” too, except it was much simpler and more straightforward than the “path of the sword”.
With the basics from the path of the sword, it was extremely easy for him to pick it up.

In short, all he had to do was smash it at the enemy.
There was no need for any fancy tricks.

However, compared to the spiky club, Li Qingshan actually missed another weapon more.
That was the weapon that made him realise his own power the first time in his life.
It had even helped him kill his first person.

The blade!