Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 538 - 348: Thunder Spirit’s Whereabouts

In front of the cave wall of Guanyin Monastery.

Abbot Guang Yan watched as Chen Ku bowed and presented the relic bracelet symbolizing the Sect Master of Putuo Mountain to Master Tian Hai.

His gaze fell upon the barefoot old monk.

His heart felt somewhat expectant.

Back then, Putuo Mountain was a sect of great renown, but due to aligning with the wrong side during chaotic times, it was annihilated. Now, if Tian Hai could rebuild the Putuo Mountain of yore.

Then the status of this humble Guanyin Monastery could rise as well.

After all, the Primordial Heaven realm of the Tenth Martial Path is already part of the conditions to establish a sect, even if it cannot create a sect, rebuilding a major force is still a great achievement.

Therefore, he hopes that Tian Hai will accept the Sect Master’s token offered by Chen Ku and proclaim himself as the Sect Master of Putuo Mountain.

However.

Tian Hai’s demeanor turned sorrowful.

Faced with Chen Ku who proactively offered the token of the Sect Master, he instinctively took a step back and said:

"No, I am not qualified, I am unworthy."

"Why?"

Chen Ku looked up at the old monk before him and said:

"Master Uncle, you are the most legitimate high monk of the tenth generation in Putuo Mountain, one of the Four Great Divine Monks back then. Now you have entered the Tenth Martial Path Realm; in terms of both experience and strength, you are the most suitable person. Only you can lead Putuo Mountain back to its former glory."

"No..."

Tian Hai once again took a step back, covering his head, speaking with some pain:

"You may not know, but my current state is quite strange. Since the sect perished, I have been disheartened, my spirit has sunk, and though I’ve haphazardly aligned with the Withering and Flourishing Heart Realm of the Prajnaparamita Skill, luckily stepping into the Tenth Martial Path Realm, my cultivation has greatly faltered. I am always in a state of madness and confusion, seldom awake. How can I be qualified to assume the position of Sect Master."

How can the Sect Master of Putuo Mountain be a mad monk?

"You have a problem with your cultivation?" Chen Ku slightly changed color.

Tian Hai covered his head: "The Prajnaparamita Skill is the supreme cultivation method for spirit and intellect, but to master prajna, an extremely high mental state is required. My Mental State is flawed, thus a heart demon has arisen."

Chen Ku couldn’t help but fall silent.

But Tian Hai slightly raised his head, his eyes shimmering with a golden-red glow, and said:

"Since you are the Putuo Mountain Sect Leader personally designated by the remnants of Senior Brother Tianlong, then the position of Sect Master must be yours."

"And you?" Chen Ku probed.

Tian Hai exhaled deeply, panting, and said: "Though my moments of clarity and sanity are few, since you’ve taken Senior Brother Tianlong’s legacy to rebuild Putuo Mountain, of course, I will offer my support."

Chen Ku candidly said: "I currently lack the ability to establish a sect."

"Not now, doesn’t mean not ever. You... have immense potential."

At this moment, Tian Hai’s eyes reflected Chen Ku’s visage and said:

"I can sense that you have enormous potential and fate upon you; reaching the boundaries of an old monk like me is only a matter of time, perhaps even surpassing me."

Though his state is unstable, and moments of clarity are rare.

But while practicing the Prajnaparamita Skill, he can clearly sense Chen Ku’s realm and potential; despite being merely at the Seventh Realm’s Inner Firmness Stage, he possesses a presence not inferior to the peak of the Eighth Realm.

Guang Yan watched from the side, listening to the old monk.

His heart inevitably tinged with melancholy.

Though, he also understood that what Tian Hai said was true, since most of all, as the Abbot of Guanyin Monastery, he knows the old monk’s state best.

Therefore...

He again looked at Chen Ku.

A slight thought arose in his heart.

Although Ancestor Tian Hai outright rejected the identity of Putuo Mountain’s Sect Master, he had already recognized Chen Ku as the eleventh generation Sect Master of Putuo Mountain, designated by the late Tianlong Abbot.

Today, what happened with Chen Ku in the city has already spread widely.

Putting his hands together, he addressed Tian Hai:

"Ancestor, this one..."

He suddenly didn’t know how to address Chen Ku.

Given that Guanyin Monastery was merely a small branch of Putuo Mountain over two hundred years ago. It was only because back then the senior brothers from Putuo Mountain regularly visited Guanyin Monastery for rest when they came to Yan Capital.

Tian Hai chose to confine himself crazily within Guanyin Monastery after Putuo Mountain’s destruction only because it occupies the most significant place in his memory, other than Putuo Mountain.

Due to the relationship between Guanyin Monastery and Putuo Mountain, in seniority, he addressed Tian Hai as Ancestor.

Now, this young man before him, if he is the direct disciple appointed by Abbot Tianlong, then he is his... junior master uncle.

Finally, he chose to address Chen Ku as Master Uncle.

"Junior Master Uncle, today in Yan Capital, audaciously defeated a top talent ranked three hundred sixty-three on the Genius List, crossing six minor realms, already entering the Six Great Limits Domain..."

Guang Yan softly said:

"Such natural talent and potential show that even heaven is aiding the lineage of Putuo Mountain, granting Senior Brother Tianlong a successor, if it’s him, perhaps one day, truly rebuild Putuo Mountain."

"The Six Great Limits Domain?" Tian Hai looked at Chen Ku, more appreciative, and said: "Such natural talent, only one limit short, already nearing the realm of Senior Brother Tianlong back in the day."