After a series of careful consideration, combining the various knowledge from his past life and unleashing his profound cultural heritage, Li Qingshan decided to change the name to the Earth Force Field!
Yeah, I've only changed a single word, but it makes the entire ability seem much more imposing. I really am a genius at naming things!
"Li Qingshan!" the Dauntless monk roared furiously at the sky.
As it turned out, although Li Qingshan had pressed down on the "head" of Great Buddha mountain, the violent tremor had collapsed countless structures. Compared to that, the few halls he had flattened were nothing.
And, the unfurled Earth Force Field made all of the ruins and remains fly into the air. There were even several hundred monks floating in the air, waving their arms and legs about as they cried out.
"There's no need to thank me. It was something that happened in passing!" Li Qingshan waved his hand "magnanimously".
"Qingshan, stop the ability!" the Unraging monk called out.
"Oh?" Only then did Li Qingshan notice the "dust" dancing around him. Like how "all life is like ants", he had truly experienced it. The difference in strength between him and these monks who had not even undergone the heavenly tribulation was even greater than the difference between an ant and a human.
"Sorry, I didn't notice." As a result, he stopped his innate ability.
"Argh!" Within a series of cries, several hundred monks suddenly fell down, experiencing the omnipresent gravity again.
"Hah, something like that doesn't happen often," Li Qingshan said.
Gu Yanying unfurled her jade folding fan and waved it casually. A fierce gust of wind flew out, splitting into a hundred and lifting up all the monks.
However, before the monks could even catch their breaths, countless remains smashed down viciously from above.
Li Qingshan unfurled his wings of wind, which spanned several thousand meters. With a gentle flap, the sky full of remains was dispersed by the fierce gust of wind.
"Alright, I've saved you the trouble of cleaning up again. You should be satisfied now, right?"
The Dauntless monk saw that the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga filled with halls had become barren. Only a dozen or so buildings protected by formations stood there all by themselves. It was extremely miserable, angered to the point where his entire body was shaking, yet there was nothing he could do. This demon was already not someone they could deal with.
He didn't want to say another word to Li Qingshan, so he simply turned his head and looked at the "Buddha's head" that he had lost and found, but it didn't bring him the slightest comfort. It was more like a monument for daemons to flaunt their might, a pillar of shame for the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga. They were tempted to move it away again. However, moving a mountain was not that simple, and there was also the suspicion of destroying the buddha statue. His priority right now was to rebuild the monastery, so he could only think about this in the future.
"Forget it. Help Buddha to the end. "
Li Qingshan, who couldn't stop doing good deeds, happily hummed a little tune. He stretched out his hands and pinched the top of the mountain. After a while, a face gradually appeared. However, the distorted facial features made it seem like he was blaspheming Buddha. He didn't do it on purpose. He had already tried very hard. After molding it, he also felt a little strange, so he reshaped it a few more times, but it was always not very successful. He was quite open-minded. At the very least, it had to be more similar than before! The Great Buddha mountain of the past was just a cut image. However, he failed to realise that the monastery had never actually planned on turning Great Buddha mountain into a buddha statue in the first place. Otherwise, they would have built a grand hall on the top of the mountain and countless monks walking about. There were also countless monks walking around. Wouldn't that be blasphemy?
"Amitābha!" Li Qingshan brought his palms together and bowed towards the strange-looking Great Buddha mountain. However, it was more like a child playing with piss, piling up mud into a grave, and then bawling at it.
The Dauntless monk closed his eyes. He did not even have the strength to be angry anymore.
The Unraging monk shook his head with a smile. He had never been bound by conventional etiquette. He knew that Li Qingshan had no ill intentions. He had saved the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga from the bottom of his heart, so wasn't that an act of kindness? Demonfolk were not complacent over doing good deeds. This bow was almost like a joke. However, it was not necessarily the first step to paying respects to the buddha.
After moving Hwa Seung-zan to Great Buddha mountain, he asked the two other Monk Kings to treat him.
The two Monk Kings hated him to the core, so neither of them were willing to help. One of them made an excuse, saying he wanted to treat the monks, while the other directly refused.
The Unraging monk said sternly, "This child has something to do with the invasion of the Demon domain. It's not the time to act on impulse!"
The two Monk Kings exchanged glances and sighed. Only then did they take action.
Hwa Seung-zan was enveloped in faint, golden light. Buddhist cultivation methods were skilled in healing. Before long, he slowly roused and glanced around in a daze, only to see a few shiny bald heads. He was surprised. Why have I returned to the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga again?
"Chengzan, you're awake!" Li Qingshan reverted to human form and rushed over, helping Hwa Seung-zan up.
"Qingshan, you're fine. That's fantastic." Hwa Seung-zan smiled weakly before asking, "Is this … Great Buddha mountain?"
"That's right. The masters have already understood the Sword Collection palace's scheme. They understand that I've saved the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga, so they've already buried the hatchet with me," Li Qingshan said rather proudly.
The corner of the Dauntless monk's eye twitched, but he did not retort.
"Really? That's fantastic! " Hwa Seung-zan observed his expression and knew that the matter was not as simple as Li Qingshan made it out to be, but he did not expose him. He asked in surprise, "You saved the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga?"
"Yeah!"
"Fellow Hua, you've been in the Sword Collection palace for all these years. Do you know the exact details of the Sword Collection palace's collusion with the Demon domain?" the Unraging monk asked.
"The Sword Collection palace is colluding with the Demon domain? Oh, I see. They've probably come for the Demon Suppression hall this time! " Hwa Seung-zan was taken aback before guessing the reason. He said apologetically, "Apologies, Unraging master. A secret like that isn't something a regular elder like me can come into contact with. It's just that after undergoing the second heavenly tribulation, evil thoughts gradually began to sprout in my mind, lingering around me, which was why I discovered there was something wrong with the sword. However, I've already sunk into it. It's all thanks to you, Qingshan, who forced me to make a choice."
"Haha, I've always done good deeds in secret!" Li Qingshan said.
"Yeah, that's not surprising." The Unraging monk was rather disappointed, but it was within his expectations. Probably only great sword cultivators who had undergone the third heavenly tribulation could learn about a secret like that. However, at that level of cultivation, they had probably completely fallen into the demonic path already, unable to turn back.
"Though, the root of all the problems might be in the Sword Collection peak," Hwa Seung-zan changed the topic.
"The Sword Collection peak! What do you mean? "
The Unraging monk asked in a hurry. He guessed that the Sword Collection palace had been bewitched by the Demon domain. He even suspected that there was a demon cavern in the Sword Collection palace that was specially used to communicate with the Demon domain. However, he never suspected the Sword Collection peak. After all, it was just a mountain. It had already existed for several millennia.
"I've once looked through the historical records of the Sword Collection palace. The Sword Collection palace wasn't called the Sword Collection palace in the beginning, nor did it have such a great organisation. It only began to rise up after the seventh palace master, Sikong Hidden Sword …"
The Dauntless monk interrupted, "That's no secret. Sikong Hidden Sword was known as the 'Sword of the Nine Provinces' in the past, and even now, he's worshipped by all the sword cultivators in the world. He changed the name of the Divine Sword palace to the Sword Collection palace. As a matter of fact, you can say that he was the first palace master of the Sword Collection palace."
Li Qingshan shook his head gently. This name change sure was tasteless.
"The Sword Collection peak also appeared at that time?" Gu Yanying sank into her thoughts.
"That's right. Even many renowned and treasured swords appeared in that generation, establishing the foundation of the Sword Collection palace."
"You're saying that Sikong Hidden Sword colluded with the Demon domain and planted a demon seed in the swords on the Sword Collection peak?" the Unraging monk asked.
"That's the greatest point of doubt. That palace master Sikong ascended a long time ago, while many of the swords on the Sword Collection peak were collected later on. For example, my original sword only entered the Sword Collection palace two thousand and seven hundred years ago. Just who planted a demon seed in the sword?"
"Perhaps it was the past palace masters of the Sword Collection palace. If they began colluding with the Demon domain a long time ago," said the Dauntless monk.
The Unraging monk rejected that. "That's impossible! They haven't been completely converted into demonfolk. They don't even possess a sliver of demon qi, so they can't condense a demon seed. And, the demonic nature in the demon seed is extremely pure. It's not something regular Demon Kings can achieve either. It was probably done by the Demon Emperors and Demon Kings of the Demon domain. "
Gu Yanying said, "But that would require opening the demon cavern and sending the swords over, but let's not talk about the price we have to pay to open the demon cavern each time or whether it's worth it. Twenty-seven hundred years ago, Great Xia had already established itself and forged the nine cauldrons. Opening the demon cavern definitely can't fool his majesty the King Chu's Green Province cauldron."
"I've never thought about that. It's just that as a sword cultivator, I know just how difficult it is to tamper with a sword cultivator's lifebound sword, and demon seeds are just condensed from demonic consciousness. It's impossible for them to exist forever. Every single sword is drawn from the Sword Collection peak and returned there."
"Oh right, Yanying, don't tell me the guy we encountered was from the Sword Collection peak?" Li Qingshan recalled the wretched voice in the Waterside Pavilion of Listening Wind.
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