Chapter 33 Purifying Polygonatum and Comprehending Buddhist Teachings
Chapter 33 Purifying Polygonatum and Comprehending Buddhist Teachings
As soon as Jiang Jun left Qingzhu Temple, he noticed that someone was following him.
Not wanting to cause any further trouble, he subtly moved his mind, a golden light flashed across his body, and he instantly disappeared from Little Bamboo Peak.
"Instant teleportation?" Many with ulterior motives were terrified. "We almost messed with a big shot!"
After the guests left, Qingzhu Temple gradually returned to peace.
The group of Taoist priests tidied up the site and put the temporarily altered layout back in its original place.
Suddenly, Lin Dingxuan rushed over to Lin Zhengyang, holding a compass: "Master, look at this..."
Lin Zhengyang had already sensed it: "Isn't this compass with the real person?"
He suddenly thought of the Azure Fish Mystic Stone he had acquired at the transaction today: "Could that person be an incarnation of a real person? Yes, in the entire Qingjiang City, perhaps only a real person could produce so many elite-grade mystic stones..."
Based on this deduction, he naturally understood that Jiang Jun had used the mirage stone to exchange for the Yellow Essence Ghost Child with Granny Sun.
He then asked, "Where was this compass discovered?"
Lin Dingxuan scratched his head: "It's strange. The compass is in my room, and there's a sign on it that says 'Don't be suspicious.'"
"I didn't sense it at all; I only noticed it when I saw it with my own eyes. 'Ghostly Prohibition' shouldn't have this ability."
Lin Zhengyang laughed and said, "The True Man is the pioneer of the Way of Suppressing Things. How could his 'Unforbidden Tricks' be the same as those of ordinary people?"
Lin Dingxuan asked curiously, "Since the Master has come, why is he hiding his tracks? If he had come directly to our door, our Qingzhu Temple would have welcomed him with the utmost courtesy."
Lin Zhengyang looked towards the lecture hall: "Perhaps, they don't want to have too much contact with the people of the Department of Divine Wonders. After all, the most difficult thing in establishing a path is to break free from conventions and not be influenced by heretics."
"And how many virtuous people have had their hearts shattered by the Divine Bureau's 'Three Souls and Seven Spirits Method'? They spend their entire lives studying the classics, only to make a little progress, only to find that others have opened up ten realms in one go. How desperate must that be..."
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Guided by the "Strange Prohibition" sign hanging on the window, Jiang Jun returned home in an instant and happily retrieved his day's haul.
The secret medicines for cultivation of the Maoshan School are all stored in porcelain bottles.
He first took out the Three Treasures Pill, peeled off the seal, and found that there were only six jet-black, shiny pills inside, gleaming with iridescent light.
Inside the bottle was a slip of paper with eight small characters written in regular script: "Take once every ten days, refine with Yin energy."
Jiang Jun poured out a pill, swallowed it, and circulated his true energy to refine it in an instant.
He had already completed his cultivation at the Spirit Realm and originally thought that this secret medicine might not be very effective.
Unexpectedly, the medicinal properties circulated throughout his body along with his internal energy, giving him a tingling sensation in his bone marrow.
He focused his mind inward, silently sensing the subtle changes in his bone marrow: the hematopoietic function was being strengthened, and the blood metabolism was accelerating.
Moreover, the essence contained in the newly generated blood is even more condensed, and it even produces a trace of golden mercury-like energy.
If described using ancient cultivation terminology, this is simply a complete transformation of one's marrow and blood!
After a long pause, Jiang Jun let out a long sigh and exclaimed, "No wonder the Maoshan Sect has been so powerful for thirty years! This secret medicine alone is enough to drive any cultivator below the Transcendent Realm crazy!"
The marrow cleansing and blood transfusion enhance a person's essence and blood, and essence and blood are indispensable for a demon tamer.
"Why did the powerful Maoshan Sect fall behind in the Transcendent Realm? What exactly happened?"
Jiang Jun shook his head, putting those matters aside, and then opened the bottle cap of Sanhe San.
Inside was a crystal-clear powder, accompanied by a small jade spoon. There was also a note in the bottle: "One spoonful every three days, dissolved in water and swallowed."
He took a teacup, poured a small spoonful of warm water into it, and slowly swallowed it.
Then I felt a kind of ethereal energy emanating from my abdomen, permeating my entire being.
Whether it's the physical body, the consciousness, or the true energy, they all possess a quality that allows them to transform at will.
He had a sudden inspiration and retrieved the original forms of the three protective objects. Through spiritual connection, even without any cultivation techniques as a medium, he still found an opportunity to merge them.
After the effects of the Sanhe Powder wore off, Jiang Jun's body and mind returned to normal, but the slight fusion with the Zhenwu did not regress.
"Hey! This Maoshan Sect is truly unfathomable!" Jiang Jun looked at the bottle of Three Refinement Ointment and shook his head regretfully. "My cultivation level isn't high enough, so I shouldn't waste it."
After carefully storing the secret medicine, he took out the wooden box containing the Yellow Essence Ghost Child: "It is said that the origin of this Yellow Essence Ghost Child is even more mysterious than that of the Green Fish Ghost Child."
This creature is actually Huangjing (a type of medicinal herb) in the real world. After falling into the realm of ghosts, it was corrupted by ghostly energy and transformed into a strange being.
Polygonatum is originally a medicinal herb. After becoming a monster, its medicinal properties not only did not disappear, but it also underwent more mysterious changes.
If purified with divine and magical objects and used in medicine, it would greatly benefit the cultivation of those who control demons.
"Ordinary demon tamers who obtain this item must seek help from a power like the Department of Mystic Arts, which possesses mystical objects, but I don't need to..."
He held the root of the Solomon's Seal, and the five-colored stone in his sea of consciousness turned slightly, emitting strange fluctuations that slowly purified the eerie energy within.
"It's a bit slow. But I can carry it with me when I cultivate, and I'll be able to purify it all eventually."
"I just wonder, will this eerie doll revert to its original form, or... transform into a yellow spirit doll?"
Thinking of the legendary ginseng dolls, lingzhi dolls, and he shou wu dolls that are said to grant immortality, he also had higher expectations for the huangjing doll.
"Well, it doesn't necessarily have to be eaten. If it has a good character, it's respectable to take it out as a Taoist disciple."
Jiang Jun sealed the wooden box and stuck the "Divine Rooster Talisman" on it just in case before taking out the stack of yellowed papers.
He first flipped through it from beginning to end and found that it was a manuscript.
The above text, written in a smooth, semi-cursive script, mainly describes the path of cultivation for those who wield supernatural powers, and includes a cultivation method.
Unlike mainstream introductory materials that use visualization diagrams, this manuscript introduces Buddhism as an entry point.
By cultivating a tranquil mind and elevating one's spiritual realm, one can naturally develop divine consciousness, then form a contract with mysterious entities to complete the spiritual realm cultivation.
"He's a ruthless person," Jiang Junrui commented.
Having completed his cultivation in the Spirit Realm, he naturally wouldn't force himself to endure hardship. He simply read through it and continued studying the techniques for the Fusion Realm.
"When self and other reflect each other, it is like lamps reflecting each other. When self and other unite, it is like clouds in the sky. When the three periods of time are severed and a single thought ceases, the delusion of self and other is empty, and the true nature and form are as they are."
Unlike mainstream methods, this manual does not follow the path of "from the union of spirit to the union of qi, and then to the union of body".
It directly uses the strange creature as a counterpart to itself, emphasizing the integration of the two, making them inseparable, and the strange and the self as one.
"Buddhism? This is true magic!"
Jiang Jun shook his head, put the manuscript away for the time being, and didn't read it any further.
"I underestimated the difficulty of opening the path. Even though suppressing objects won't be corrupted by demons, this method is not easy to cultivate."
In his vision, his method of suppressing objects should first draw on the essence of the Demon-Controlling System.
The path from spiritual union to qi union, and then to physical union, is clearly defined in its stages and direction. Cultivation is a step-by-step process, far more solid than the method used at Yuanguang Temple.
"Take the essence and discard the dross. Only by learning from the strengths of others can I explore my own path..."
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