Chapter 548 (1/2)

Chapter 548

Chapter 548: Master Qishan

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There were many elders in the Lanke Temple . There were elders who were in charge of laws, and elders who were in charge of the meditation courtyards . Long Qing had once gained the admiration of an elder when he excelled in his debate here . However, the only true elder of this ancient temple required no other description for anyone to know his status .

Master Qishan ranked the highest in the Xuankong Temple, and even in the entire cultivation world . He ranked higher than Quni Madi, and it was rumored that he ranked even higher than the Hierarch of West-Hill . Other than the Academy, which was a special place, most others in the world had to bow when they came before him .

n.o.body knew how old this Bhadanta of the Buddhism Sect was . Someone had predicted that he was over a hundred through his conversation with the West-Hill Divine Palace's Hierarch . What was interesting was that the conversation between Master Qishan and the Hierarch Lord was about the Headmaster's age .

It was rumored in the cultivation world that Master Qishan was the illegitimate son of the previous chief monk at the Xuankong Temple a century ago . Of course, no one dared to ask him for confirmation and no one dared to mention it . So the rumors remained as rumors .

However, Master Qishan did not earn the respect of the cultivation world with merely his rank or his parentage . It was because of his virtue .

Decades ago, a terrible flood hit the southern part of the mainland, the rivers roared and turbid waves inundated numerous fertile fields . River banks in various countries collapsed one after another . The flooding of the Great Lake was extremely dangerous .

At the time, Master Qishan was still the abbot of the Lanke Temple . He led the monks in the temple and brought with them food and medicine that they had acc.u.mulated over the years . He brought over ten carriages full of these supplies out of the Wa Mountain and dispensed food and medicine along the way, saving countless of victims . Master Qishan fell ill from exhaustion and was infected when he dealt with the remains of the victims . He was so sick he almost could not get up .

The Great River, burdened by the waters flowing from countless tributary rivers was about to collapse . The embankment in the Kang County, especially, was failing and showed signs of breaking .

Master Qishan was in Kang County then . When he saw what was happening, he shed his monk robes and entered the lake even though he was ill . Through an unimaginable cultivation state and willpower, he stood before the embankment that was about to collapse for the entire night .

On the morning of the second day, the Sword Garret of South Jin Kingdom, and the Divine Talisman Masters of the West-Hill Divine Palace arrived in Kang County . The situation had grown less urgent and Master Qishan emerged from the turbid waves . He collapsed on the banks and fell unconscious .

That night was the most important night in the flood that year . Master Qishan had replaced the embankment with his own body . The most important fields of Kang County and South Jin Kingdom behind it were saved . That meant that the entire South Jin Kingdom, as well as half of the mainland, had been saved .

After that night, Master Qishan was known through the land . His willpower and the powerful cultivation state that he had displayed were all looked upon in awe by all .

However, he had also paid a heavy price for it . He had only gained such power through decades of penance in the Lanke Temple and had used it all . He had been severely injured and even if he continued cultivating anew, he would never be able to return to his peak state .

In the legends of the cultivation world, before Liu Bai's appearance, it was said that Master Qishan was whom every one had thought would go beyond the five states . It was thought that he could even cross the human realm and become a Grand Cultivator . It was a pity that he would forever stay outside that particular threshold of Haotian Taoism and could no longer touch the world beyond that of the human realm .

The cultivation world, and even the millions of people in the world, respected him for his deeds . Their respect did not diminish over the years, but grew even more sincere even decades later .

Master Lotus of the Kingdom of Song had lost his wife and wrote an essay of bereavement that night in the rain . He began to travel the world and came to stay at the Lanke Temple . After meditating in the temple, he heard an old monk talking about stories of the Buddhism Sect and began to learn about Buddhism .

That old monk was Master Qishan .

Several years later, Lotus returned from the Western Wilderness and was immersed in the Spirit of the Xuankong Temple . He declined the invitation from the West-Hill Divine Palace and shaved his hair before an old monk, thereby formally joining the Buddhism Sect .