Chapter 404: The Heart of Thought

Chapter 404: The Heart of Thought

Chapter 404: The Heart of Thought
In a small house in the backyard of the temple.

Several big monks had heavy expressions on their faces. Some were holding Buddhist beads, some were gritting their teeth, and some had sad faces, as if they had been beaten hard, with bruises all over their bodies.

"Brother, I..."

As soon as Zen Master Da Ming opened his mouth, he seemed to have touched a sore spot, and his eyes twitched:
"There is still more than half a year left for the primary election. There is still a chance, there is still a chance... Junior-Martial-Nephew Liaokong, what do you think?"

“…disciples must do their best.”

Monk Liaokong lowered his head slightly. He was not beaten, but he saw with his own eyes his uncle being beaten by his master until he vomited blood. He couldn't help feeling a little nervous at this moment.

Zen Master Da Ding's face was as gloomy as water, and he secretly thought that he was lucky. When he went down the mountain, he saw someone opening a market. Fortunately, he was self-respecting, otherwise he would have suffered a loss:

"Who did you lose to when you entered the tower? Was it an old monk who looked very sad, holding a pestle and was extremely violent when he attacked?"

"…Not Senior Long Yin."

Monk Liaokong calmed down, his expression still somewhat complicated:

"It's Li Yuan."

"Li Yuan, which ancestor of Longhu Temple... Hmm? You mean Li Yuan?"

Zen Master Da Ding's eyes narrowed: "Is that little Taoist priest following Nie Xianshan?"

"Yes, it's him."

After hearing what Monk Kong said, Zen Master Da Ding fell silent. After thinking for a while, Zen Master Da Ming, who remembered who Li Yuan was, raised his hand and slapped him:

"You haven't even fought a young monk like that?!"

With a snap, Zen Master Da Ding blocked his arm, his brows furrowed, his expression solemn:

"How did you lose?"

"disciple……"

Monk Liaokong was a little embarrassed to speak, so he calmed down and said:

"My disciple entered the tower three times, and was defeated by him every time. In those three times, I could only withstand thirteen hammers at most, and was almost beaten to death on the spot..."

call!
The room suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Monk Liaokong lowered his head and recited Buddhist scriptures silently, feeling that it was time for him to quit gambling.

The two old monks who were sitting upright looked at each other. After being shocked, their eyes lit up.

“Did you do your best?”

Zen Master Daming pressed his shoulder.

"My disciple took a Qi-replenishing elixir and tried his best, but he was still defeated..."

Monk Liaokong had a sad face.

“Even if I tried my best, I couldn’t defeat… the Lianzang junior, the Lianzang junior…”

Zen Master Daming's face was moved, and he looked at his senior brother: "Senior brother..."

"Tomorrow, you and I will go visit Dao Master Long together."

Zen Master Da Ding took a deep breath and suppressed the throbbing in his heart:
"Master, don't notify him for now..."

……

……

Inside the hut, the oil lamp was as dim as a bean.

The little mouse poked its head out of the hole, staring blankly at the porcelain bottle in Li Yuan's hand on the bed, drooling.

A fragrance like orchid and zhi filled the whole room, as if hundreds of flowers were blooming, and the fragrance of plants and trees was intoxicating.

"Good stuff."

Li Yuan took a deep breath and felt a warmth inside his body. He shook the porcelain bottle lightly, and it made a ding-dong sound, like the collision of metal and stone.

Through the white jade-like porcelain bottle, Li Yuan could vaguely see a red-gold pill spinning around, with the shadows of a dragon and a tiger looming.

The elixir named after the Divine Weapon of Heaven is certainly an extraordinary item. The greatest use of this elixir lies not in the true energy of the physical body, but in the soul.

"According to Daoist Master Long, I have a 90% chance of becoming a Daoist. With this pill, I will have 100% chance of becoming a Daoist!"

Li Yuan was delighted.

Ninety percent and ten percent may seem like only a ten percent difference, but the sense of security is greatly enhanced.

"There are still a hundred elixirs to choose from... It's a good deal!"

Carefully putting the pill into the military control space, Li Yuan reached out and grabbed the little mouse that pounced on him. The little guy was drooling and was extremely greedy.

"Don't think about it. You don't need to test this pill."

Li Yuan stretched out his hand and weighed it, and found that the little guy had become stronger. Holding it in his hand, it felt like he was holding a large weight.

Its hair is soft yet tough, like steel needles.

"It seems like I've eaten a lot of good food this year."

Having said that, Li Yuan still took out a blood-enhancing pill and threw it to it. This ordinary pill was of little use to him and was far inferior to a magic pill.

Even the little mouse felt a little disgusted.

"Squeak~"

The little mouse sniffed the smell in the air frantically. It was the smell left by Li Yuan when he took out the health-preserving pill and looked at it just now. After a while, it reluctantly carried the blood-enhancing pill back to the cave.

"This little thing has become very cunning."

Li Yuan was a little amused, but he couldn't feed the elixir to the rat. He didn't even have enough for himself. "The power of the Dragon Tiger Pill is almost gone. I guess it will be completely used up after I refine my marrow."

Closing his eyes and entering into meditation, Li Yuan sensed the dragon-tiger pill in his stomach.

After refining his internal organs, his physique further transformed and his digestive ability greatly increased. He could no longer bear the effects of this Dragon-Tiger Pill.

"Master Long promised me 100 elixirs. I will get 350 elixirs for helping the old dragon head draw the sword. After the sect assessment, I will get another 50 elixirs according to the treatment of Longmen Daozi. The second on the Dragon Ranking will also receive 50 elixirs...

Well, at least it’s more than enough before the blood transfusion.”

Li Yuan was thinking in his mind.

With the support of the Dragon-Tiger Pill, he had not consumed any elixirs in the past few months. Instead, he had accumulated a large amount, not to mention the promise made by the owner of the Star-Picking Tower.

Otherwise, he felt that the elixirs he had cultivated all the way to the Grandmaster level were enough.

“This is how geniuses are treated.”

Master Li Dao had a clear mind. If he had kept a secret when he first started, he probably wouldn't even know what the elixir looked like by now.

"call!"

After counting as usual, Li Yuan's mind focused slightly, and the cloud in the spiritual light also dissipated, and various words flowed and reflected in his mind.

Taoist Master Long has obviously cultivated the magical skill of Wind Tiger Cloud Dragon to the pinnacle. The half of the magical skill contained in this wisp of cloud is extremely complex.

The main text is about tens of thousands of words, but the notes are ten times longer than the main text. If I were to write them down, it would be a thick stack of books.

hum~
The fog rolled in, with not only words but also various images interweaving together.

This is an extremely sophisticated method of passing on power.

"Wind, tiger, cloud, dragon, these four phases are the foundation of this magical skill, and also the essence. Comprehending these four forms and combining them is the initial entry, but to really get started, you have to cultivate into a spiritual phase."

The requirements were no different from those of Dragon Elephant Vajra Heaven. Li Yuan read it through and had an idea in his mind.

To gain entry to this magical skill, he was still lacking the two forms of 'wind and cloud'.

"Nine Appearances of Cloud Dragon and Mysterious Yin White Tiger Palm, these two unique skills should be included in Wind Tiger Cloud Dragon. If you want to cultivate to the Great Perfection, you also need the unique skills of the five main veins."

The magic skill was very complicated, and Li Yuan chewed over it word by word.

Just like the Dragon Elephant Vajra Heaven, this magical skill also requires seven unique skills to be practiced to the final perfection.

In fact, any magical skill is like this, extremely complex and has its own system, and cannot be easily passed on to outsiders.

"This magical skill can be put aside for now, but the Wind and Cloud Forms need to be comprehended earlier. The Great Perfection of Cloud Dragon Nine Appearances also requires the Cloud Form. Similarly, the Mysterious Yin White Tiger Palm requires the Wind Form."

After pondering for a long time, Li Yuan tried many things at once, visualizing and comprehension without affecting each other, while at the same time moving his true Qi and practicing the Tian Yi Jiu Lian.

This Qi refining technique is extremely advanced. In his own opinion, the refining techniques contained in the two great magical skills, Dragon Elephant Vajra Sky and Wind Tiger Cloud Dragon, are much inferior.

He had speculated before, but now he can be sure that this must have come from that peerless magical skill, the Dragon Demon Heart Sutra.

"What a pity. I'm afraid the tower master is gone."

Li Yuan opened his eyes and the moonlight flowed into the house, bringing peace and quiet. He waited all night in vain, but the owner of the Star Picking Tower still didn't come.

"I don't think they will abandon me after I've done my work. With Old Dragon Head and Taoist Master Long here, you should give me something I deserve, right?"

Shaking his head slightly, Li Yuan took off his coat, covered himself with the quilt and went to sleep.

While half asleep and half awake, I still listen to the music as usual.

Ever since he was able to draw first and second level incense on his own, he had become much more generous when listening. He used first and second level incense alternately, and the value of the intelligence he obtained was much greater.

"Somewhere in the mountains, a murmur echoed, 'Can a man live without a head?'..."

"Since that time, the bloodline theft that came closest to success failed. Some people in the Evil God Cult were quite shocked and angry..."

"I heard that more than 3,000 years ago, a spirit elephant fell from the sky. After being hit by nine layers of strong winds and clouds, all its flesh and blood disappeared, leaving only its skeleton. It was then forged into a water-milled Zen staff..."

After the Palm Sound Talisman is promoted to the fourth level, even if you use the first level incense, you can hear the information that can only be heard with the initial fourth level incense. What you get with the second level incense is naturally better.

"Blood stealing, royal family?"

Li Yuan recalled what he had seen when he listened to the heavenly sound before. The dragon patterns were all silver-haired and anyone who saw them could tell the difference.

After a warrior's blood transfusion, he is no longer human. The probability of his offspring being gifted is slightly higher, but no one has ever seen anyone give birth to a different species.

"I guess it's the product of incestuous marriage?"

Li Yuan murmured in his heart that compared to the royal family's claim that they descended in accordance with divine oracle, he felt that this was more of a variation.

hum~
After writing down the important things in listening to the Buddha's voice, the wooden scroll of listening to the Buddha's voice was still flashing with light. Occasionally, Li Yuan would even release a third-level incense stick.

This time, among the many listenings, there was actually one about the method of worshipping gods:

"The three treasures of heaven are the sun, the moon and the stars. The three treasures of man are essence, energy and spirit. Ordinary martial arts start from essence to energy and then to spirit. The method of worshipping gods starts from gods...

Therefore, this method is difficult to master unless one has extremely high talent, and it is very easy to go astray."

Li Yuan was muttering in his heart, the sound of listening echoed in his ears, and it was actually related to the Xinyi Sect:
"There was a monk who, with his amazing talent, realized a magical skill from the orthodox method of worshipping gods. He took a different approach, using the false to cultivate the true, which was easier to get started than the orthodox method of worshipping gods, and it was not easy to go astray, but the hidden dangers still existed...

In order to avoid this hidden danger, those who practice this magical skill often let go of a little bit and indulge in material desires, such as greed for money, lust, or gambling..."

This……

"Is this the Buddha's unique merit?"

Li Yuan's heart moved. This was obviously talking about the Mind Sect. After all, this sect was named after the mind, and its emphasis was not on giving up desires and cultivating Zen, but on following one's heart.

"After so many years, the Xinyi Sect has not been able to perfect the Buddha I Am the Only One?"

Glancing at the monument to the dead, the statue of the living, and the monument to the thousand spirits saving people in the corner of the stone platform, Li Yuan had always been very careful about this. If it wasn't necessary, he didn't even want to control these items:
"The consequences of the God Worship Method are indeed terrible."

(End of this chapter)