Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 617 - Late Foundation Establishment, the Hundred Beasts Formation

In the pitch-black centre of the mountain, Li Qingshan raised his head with his hair draping down. Specks of water circled around him, glowing with blue light in the darkness like fireflies.

He had witnessed the various forms of water. He possessed god-like talent. He was the lord of countless rivers and lakes. However, he had never considered the meaning of water.

Was the meaning of water softness? That seemed right.

Was it goodness? That was probably correct too.

Streams trickled, while rivers raged gloriously. The white clouds were soft, but the ocean was deep.

The water in the tank nurtured life, while the water under the eaves hid allegories.

It was as if every single form of water possessed a deep meaning. Because water was everchanging and took no fixed form, it only made it more difficult to find its meaning.

Li Qingshan waved his hand. Countless droplets of water condensed into a smooth mirror.

Innate ability, Watermirror’s Image.

He stared at his reflection in the mirror for a long time before suddenly smiling. He realised that he was not searching for the meaning of water, but the meaning of “me”. Just like the water mirror, if it reflected flowers, then it was flowers. If it reflected the moon, then it was the moon.

That was why Ru Xin had not answered his water. What good-natured like water? What triumphing force with gentleness? What others said was meaningless. Water could take on a myriad of forms, so all he had to do was ask himself, What type suits you the most?

Was it the gracefulness of the clouds? Was it the forcefulness of the rivers? Or the steadiness of dripping water?

No, none of them! There was only a single type that suited him. Ru Xin had never shown him it, but it had always been deeply embedded in his memory. It was the boundless ocean. It could surge violently, and it could be completely flat. Apart from the vague word “boundless”, there was nothing else that could easily summarise the ocean.

The ocean was probably the most difficult to imitate.

All rivers converged in the ocean. It was boundless i

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