Legend of the Great Sage

block.
She wore a mask, so no one could see her expression.

The elder stood with his back to her, standing ten paces away.
He was solemn, slowly sheathing the Violet Lightning sword.

Victory had been determined!

That was what the cultivators all believed.
Although most of them could not even make out the stroke, it did not stop them from making a judgement about the outcome of this battle.

It was “seventh seat” who felt something was amiss, as Ye Duanhai who had always been so solemn and always kept his emotions in check was actually taken aback.
His cup paused right beside his mouth.

Ji Changfeng and Gong Yuan’s gazes both landed on Xiao An, and surprise filled their faces.
They did not look at the Elder of Cultivation Methods that was closer to them.
Only mister Ram gazed at the elder’s face, and his expression was just as surprised.

The elder’s figure trembled gently.
Even his breathing became rather disorderly.
Meanwhile, the despicable Li Qingshan stood with his arms crossed, his smile becoming more and more contemptible.

“Li Qingshan, you’re still smiling? It’ll be us once they’re done.
I’m not going to be last in line.
I’ll be the first one to fight you!” Elder Blue shot a glance at Li Qingshan.

“Alright.
Guidance for the path of the sword has already been given.
It’s your turn next!” Li Qingshan said.

“You’re still talking about giving guidance? Is there something wrong with your head? If the old man hadn’t shown mercy earlier, the girl would be dead already!” Elder Blue pointed at his own eyes, expressing that he had seen the clash very clearly.

“You- no- with your age… it’s impossible for you to have a path of the sword like that!”

The elder suddenly turned around.
His face was both excited and wan as if he had suddenly grown a decade older.
His complexion was extremely pale, which made the faint, red spot on his forehead stand out very much.
The spot obviously was not from him.

“Ah! T- that doesn’t make sense! The old man had become one with the sword earlier! His head wasn’t even exposed!”

Elder Blue was stunned.
He did see Xiao An swing the peach branch, but compared to the violet electricity, it had been far too slow.

Xiao An touched her mask and said nothing.
Apart from Li Qingshan, she never liked to talk to anyone.
In the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga, she straight up practised meditative silence.
She did not want to explain anything right now either.

Li Qingshan smiled.
“I’ve already said.
She doesn’t have a sword in her hand, but she has a sword in her heart.
Do you believe me now? She’s not using a real sword because you don’t have any ill will with each other.
She doesn’t want to take your life.”

No one knew that he was actually right, but this was not some victory in comprehension.
Xiao An was very talented, but she was not a sword cultivator after all.
No matter how powerful her swordsmanship was, it was impossible for her to surpass an elder who had devoted four hundred years to the path of the sword.

This was a victory in strength.
Although she wielded a peach branch in her hand, she had the sword qi that possessed the Five Absolutes Immortal’s profound path of the sword in her “heart”.

In the moment they clashed, she used the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty to go from life to death, from form to emptiness, such that the elder’s strike of guaranteed success lost its target, essentially rendering his heart of the sword blind.
She used this state to completely unleash the Five Absolutes Immortal’s path of the sword, which was basically like being possessed by the Five Absolutes Immortal.
If it were anyone else, such as Li Qingshan, even if they had refined the Three Absolutes Calligraphy, they could not unleash it to such a level.

The path of the sword that the Elder of Cultivation Methods had devoted four centuries to was nowhere close to a figure of legends like the Fives Absolutes Immortal, and it was impossible for sword qi that had been nurtured by the Three Absolutes Calligraphy for all this time to be weaker than a regular strike from him.

In simpler terms, the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty crushed the sword pavilion’s cultivation method, while the Three Absolutes Calligraphy crushed the Violet Lightning sword.
The peach branch was purely for assisting Li Qingshan in infuriating them.
She could win even if she were empty-handed, so there was absolutely nothing wrong with the elder’s defeat.

With that, let alone the elder himself, even Ji Changfeng, Gong Yuan, and Ye Duanhai had been alarmed.

For all this time, the reputation of the King of Savages had been so great, such that it was very easy to neglect the silent woman beside her.
Even with her alluring beauty and her title as a genius, it was unavoidable for her to be neglected once she became willing to serve as his contrast.

But at this moment, no one could underestimate her anymore.
Even the ones sitting up above could not say with absolute confidence that they could receive that stroke.

In particular, as a great swordmaster, Ye Duanhai understood the significance of the stroke the most.
Even if he struck out with full strength, the power of his attack would be nothing more than that.

And, she was only using a peach blossom.
If she also used a treasured sword, what would happen? He knew there were many geniuses in the world, but wasn’t it a little too big of an exaggeration for a genius like her who could even neglect an entire major realm of cultivation to exist?

When it came to this aspect, it was actually them who wrongly estimated Xiao An’s strength.
Because of the wonders of the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty and the uniqueness of the Three Absolutes Calligraphy, none of them could tell that Xiao An had used an arcane treasure, and one that was extremely powerful.
They all thought it was her own strength.

Actually, Xiao An could only unleash a stroke like that once.
In an open confrontation, even if she used the Buddha Slaying sword, she could not kill a great cultivator in a single stroke.

However, while it was a wrong estimate, it could not be regarded as an overestimate.
The hundred thousand Bone Eating shamans had not died for nothing.
If she used her true strength, she had always been capable of easily killing an opponent like the Elder of Cultivation Methods.

The hall fell so silent that even the drop of a pin could be heard.
The cultivators that Li Qingshan had challenged earlier all behaved like they had just been smacked across the head.
They felt a hint of regret.

ps： 不要问还有没有，那是必须的，不过月票是也必须的啊！上个月想进前三十失败了，难道这个月还要失败