Legend of the Great Sage

ive of her own interests and consider this.
She would never do something that harmed herself.
Since Li Qingshan was making it clear, she might as well give him a guarantee.

“Sure.
As long as I have your word.
I also trust you!” Li Qingshan smiled and asked, “Oh right, where’s Xiao An?”

He was outside fighting with people, yet Xiao An did not come and help out, which was far too strange.
Only when he returned to the Crystal palace did he learn the actual reason, which left him clueless as to how to respond.

As it turned out, Xiao An had wanted to come, but the Divine Nun of the South Sea had stopped her.

The Divine Nun of the South Sea never wanted a part in this battle in the first place.
In particular, after witnessing the combined strength of the three fire devourers, she stayed behind in the Crystal palace to watch the place.
She said it was to prevent people from taking advantage of the situation while the Crystal palace was empty.
At the same time, she grabbed Xiao An and said to her, “It’s very dangerous outside, so never leave the Crystal palace.
The three Merfolk Kings have already gone to provide assistance.
What can you do with your cultivation anyway? You might as well just stay here and listen to my sermons!”

All this care and concern left Xiao An feeling very helpless.
After all, she could not unleash the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty and tell the old nun that she was actually very strong and did not need her to worry.
The old nun was extremely stubborn too.
She could not be swayed with words.
After just a slight delay, the battle in the distance had already come to an end.

All Li Qingshan could say to the Divine Nun of the South Sea was, “Thank you for your great kindness, divine nun.
However, as young people, we should still face our fair share of trials and tribulations.
We’ve both been through many hardships in order to achieve our current cultivation.”

“That’s reasonable, but I think One Will’s temperament is enough to break through to the third heavenly tribulation.
She can go through some trials and tribulations then.
Wouldn’t that be a little more appropriate?”

The Divine Nun of the South Sea was solemn, refusing to back down at all.
For the past few days, she had basically spent every single moment with Xiao An, discussing the buddhist dharma.
She found her more agreeable the more they discussed.
She appreciated Xiao An’s root of wisdom and affinity for comprehension very much, such that her positive impression increased vertically.
If it had only been “love at first sight” in the beginning, then right now it was rather similar to “her or no one else”.
She was determined to take her on as her disciple.

Xiao An did not have a suitable master either.
Although she had once taken the Annihilum Light Chan Master as her master, they had not spent a lot of time together.
With her current cultivation, the Annihilum Light Chan Master no longer possessed the right to be her master.
Back then, the exact thing that the Annihilum Light Chan Master had done was skip over his own disciple and directly accept Xiao An as his disciple.
If the Divine Nun of the South Sea cultivated in the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga, then it made perfect sense for her to accept Xiao An as her disciple.

“Then… then Xiao An, why don’t you spend some time with the master for now and focus on cultivation?”

Li Qingshan had never imagined that possessing too much good fortune could be a bad thing too.
With the Divine Nun of the South Sea watching, Xiao An could not use any of her methods from the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty.
The revelation of his identity as Northmoon was not too troublesome, as the Mist province did not pay much attention to this aspect.
Many people possessed the bloodlines of daemons.
It had probably never even crossed the Divine Nun of the South Sea’s mind that this was forbidden by the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga.
However, Xiao An’s Path of White Bone and Great Beauty gave off the aura of slaying buddhas and destroying the dharma.
The Divine Nun of the South Sea would probably turn against her immediately if she found out.

“Alright.
It truly is my good fortune to be able to meet with the master.” Xiao An’s words were not completely a lie to brush aside the Divine Nun of the South Sea.
The old nun really was worthy of her title.
Her knowledge of the buddhist dharma was vast and profound, possessing a style of its own.

The Divine Nun of the South Sea did not come from the “school of chan” like the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga, but the “school of vinaya”, one that specially focused on studying and upholding rules and precepts.
As a result, despite her powerful cultivation, she still lived the lifestyle of an ascetic, vanquishing evil and doing good among mortals and spreading the buddhist dharma.

It was just like how the advice of others could be helpful, regardless of their origins, not to mention that the status of the school of vinaya within buddhism was no lower than the school of chan in the first place.
As she communicated with her, Xiao An gained great inspiration over the buddhist dharma.
That was the foundations of practising the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty.

“Amitābha.
It’s also my good fortune!” The Divine Nun of the South Sea revealed an understanding smile.
Her gaze towards Xiao An was quite gentle, without her normal severity.

The school of vinaya focused on “an action, a precept; a precept, an action”.
Their precepts and rules were extremely strict.
Let alone mortals, even buddhist disciples flinched at the sight of them.
She happened to have extremely high standards as well, refusing to take on disciples so easily.
She had encountered a few decent ones in the past, but they all failed her tests.
Now that she had come across a suitable one for once, she obviously valued her very much.

Li Qingshan and Xiao An exchanged glances.
Their eyes were both filled with quite a bit of powerlessness.

At this moment, a mermaid official walked over and bowed, “Great king Li, her majesty sends her invitations!”

Li Qingshan bade farewell with the Divine Nun of the South Sea and crossed through the long corridors of the Crystal palace with the mermaid official, making his way out.
He saw Gong Yuan sitting on the edge of a cliff.
Her deep-blue hair draped down to her waist, while her slender fish tail pointed into the sea abyss.
She gave off a different sense of beauty, cold and deep.

“What’s the matter?” Li Qingshan asked.

Gong Yuan dismissed the mermaid official with a wave of her hand and answered with a question, “What do you think?”

“You’re in such a hurry!?” Li Qingshan shook his head and revealed the strange smile that Gong Yuan loathed very much.