I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1594 - Chapter 1594: Fifty-seven chapters: South Heaven Evangelism_2

Chapter 1594: Fifty-seven chapters: South Heaven Evangelism_2

“This is the path of a monk’s cultivation.”

As the South Heavenly Buddha narrated his path of cultivation, the Zen masters in the Buddha Pavilion were nothing but shocked.

Only Yanshan sitting beside the South Heavenly Buddha put his hands together and reverently said, “Provision, Thief killer, Birthlessness, King Buddha’s cultivation is profound, Yanshan cannot compare.”

The South Heavenly Buddha smiled kindly at Yanshan, then closed his lips and eyes, merging once again with the stupa, appearing as still as a rock, as lifeless as dead wood.

And after hearing the Buddha’s preaching, the Zen masters had no mood to engage with Yanshan; some lowered their heads in complex thought, while others were so tremulously moved they could not control themselves.

Even though they had regained the ability to speak, not one of them spoke up.

At the very bottom of the Buddhist sanctum, Tang Luo, who also heard the South Heavenly Buddha’s preaching, was tremendously shaken.

He originally could not understand Buddhist scripture, so the debates upstairs including Yanshan’s sermons were just a buzzing noise to him.

But as soon as the South Heavenly Buddha began to speak, he clearly heard what was being said and what message was being conveyed.

That passionate and sincere devotion to cultivation stunned him so much that he stood dazed for a long time, until Yun Xiu arrived with eight precious volumes and stood beside Tang Luo for quite a while before he came back to his senses.

“Why didn’t you call me?”

Tang Luo stepped forward to take the books Yun Xiu was holding, carefully placing them on the ground, and gently complained.

Yun Xiu’s mouth curved into a light smile as she said, “My husband must have been thinking about something very important, waiting a bit is alright.”

“It’s nothing important, just listening to a senior preaching, and I was utterly captivated.”

“Was it a senior from the Nanshan Sect?”

Yun Xiu’s neck recoiled slightly as she asked in a low voice.

“Maybe.”

Tang Luo replied uncertainly: “I don’t know for sure, but what is certain is that this senior’s cultivation is very high.”

Yun Xiu was somewhat surprised; since meeting her own husband, she has continually had her understanding of the limits of martial arts renewed.

The young grandmaster before her, who had already reached the pinnacle of martial arts in Xiehe, was a figure even kings regarded as an equal, yet she had never heard him speak so highly of anyone.

Even Cao Jinyu, considered the foremost under Saint King, and the flourishing Hanging Sky City seemed unremarkable to him; yet now, this proud young grandmaster held such reverence for an unfamiliar Zen master, stirring Yun Xiu’s curiosity, prompting her to ask further, “How high?”

Already squatting down and searching through the Foundation Building methods, Tang Luo responded without looking up: “As high as the heavens.”

After searching for a while, Tang Luo suddenly realized he couldn’t understand the Buddhist texts, and somewhat embarrassedly held up a scroll towards Yun Xiu: “That… what does it say here? Could you translate it for me?”

“Oh.”

Coming back to her senses from the shock, Yun Xiu squatted down like Tang Luo, took the scripture from his hand, and began to explain as she flipped through, “This is the ‘Mahayana Foundation Building Scripture’ of the Nature Sect, it contains… thirty-six poses of human figures.”

“Thirty-six poses? Let me see.”

Tang Luo looked over the Human Postures in the innately mapped thirty-six poses Yun Xiu found. Although he couldn’t understand the text below, just from looking at the poses he knew the little tricks played by these monks, and chuckled: “Scrambling the thirty-six innate diagrams and then depicting them with human figures to make them your own? These monks are really something! We don’t need to translate this treasure book; next one.”

“Oh.”

Yun Xiu closed the book and put it aside, then picked up another and began to skim through, “This one is the Aspect Sect’s ‘Formless Appropriate Calamity Foundation Building Scripture’, it has human poses of forty-eight diagrams, along with specific medicinal bath mixtures and methods to toughen the body.”

“Not very valuable.”

After thinking for a moment, Tang Luo said, “This Foundation Building method is probably meant to lay the groundwork for the ‘Immeasurable Calamity Body’. Check the medicinal bath mixtures and see if the herbs used are unique to the Buddha Country Pure Land.”

“Sure.”

Yun Xiu checked the book again, and after confirming the sixteen types of herbs, nodded to Tang Luo, “Yes, the herbs inside are indeed unique to the Pure Land, and a few of them are even poisonous herbs.”

“Then this book is also not of much reference value, next one.”

“This one is the Platform Sect’s ‘Wonderful Dharma Lotus Blossom’, which besides the basic thirty-six diagrams, also includes the Lotus Seal.”

“Wait!”

Tang Luo suddenly called out, then turned to Yun Xiu and asked, “What is the Lotus Mark?”

Yun Xiu flipped through the scripture, translating it word by word.

After listening to fifteen pages of analysis about the Lotus Mark, Tang Luo made a simple deduction, then frowned and said, “Something’s not right. The Lotus Mark doesn’t aid in absorbing Spiritual Energy from heaven and earth; instead, it devours a portion of the Spiritual Energy absorbed by the host. Over time, this Lotus Mark could evolve into some kind of mystical ability or prohibition, which is not at all what the scripture says.”

“Then, does this book still have any referential value?”

Yun Xiu held up the scripture of “Wonderful Dharma Lotus” and gently asked.

“Mmm… keep it for now!”

Tang Luo pondered for a moment, then nodded, “This is also a perspective, perhaps we can try to develop it along this line.”

Taking out paper and pen from the Void Stomach, Yun Xiu began to transcribe while Tang Luo sat aside, pondering how to develop the methods of Wonderful Dharma Lotus.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Yun Xiu had translated and recorded the fifteen pages regarding the Lotus Mark, then picked up another book.

“Xianzong’s ‘Diamond Entering Wisdom,’ this book unlike others, contains only nine breathing methods.”

Yun Xiu flipped through it and told Tang Luo, “These nine breathing methods, arranged from shallow to deep, correspond to the nine stages of Foundation Building, which directly lead to the Mortal Realm upon completion.”

“Emphasizing intention over force, right?”

Tang Luo nodded and said, “Also note this down; this could be significant for those with congenital physical disabilities but who wish to study martial arts.”

“Buddhist Sect’s ‘Subtle Thoughts Entering the Abyss,’ this scripture records four meditation techniques, also a method to connect with heaven and earth without physical training.”

“Note that one down too, it might be useful mixed with the previous book.”

“Okay.”

Besides the first two scriptures, each set of Foundation Building methods provided Tang Luo with more or less help.

This buoyed their spirits even further; after transcribing the content in two scriptures, Yun Xiu shifted her attention to another book.

“Yi Jing Bone Marrow Cleansing,” the fundamental Foundation Building method of the Pure Sect, claims that even those of average aptitude, if able to cultivate this method thoroughly, could undergo a complete transformation.

Among the eighty-four thousand scrolls of the Buddha’s Country, this scroll is even more famous than some of the Buddhist Sect’s mystical abilities.

Naturally, Tang Luo was also enamored with this scroll and paid great attention to it, promptly urging Yun Xiu to translate.

“This scripture says, the Yi Jing Marrow Cleansing is a lengthy process, requiring rubbing, dry foam baths, pressing the eyes, nose, touching the face, twisting the ears, breathing exercises, and then undergoing nine years of cultivation.”

“The first year changes the Qi, the second the blood, the third the essence, the fourth the channels, the fifth the marrow, the sixth the bones, the seventh the tendons, the eighth the hair, and the ninth the form, culminating in total completion.”

Seeing her husband’s seriousness toward this method, Yun Xiu translated with extra care, but was so engrossed in reading that she did not notice Tang Luo’s increasingly disappointed expression.

“That’s enough,”

Tang Luo spoke softly, interrupting Yun Xiu’s translation, then sighed, “I should have realized earlier, there’s no such thing as free meat falling from the sky in the world of martial arts. You reap what you sow. To think of this ‘Yi Jing Bone Marrow Cleansing’ as a shortcut was foolish of me!”

“Do we still need to translate this one?”

“No need.”

Tang Luo waved his hand, “In terms of effects, this Yi Jing Marrow Cleansing is not even as good as my ‘Five Elements Holy Spirit Foundation Building Method’. Useless, useless.”

“My lord is truly remarkable.”

Yun Xiu complimented Tang Luo with a smile, then set the scripture of “Yi Jing Bone Marrow Cleansing” aside. But as she was about to pick up a new scripture, she paused, turned back, and asked, “My lord, we have only two more left, and there is still time, why don’t we find some other scriptures to look at?”

“No need, even if the last two are not useful, our previous gains are already sufficient. Moreover,”

here, Tang Luo lowered his voice, “there has been no activity from above for a while now. It’s best we leave quickly. That silent senior above us is making me anxious.”

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