From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

However, whether the creatures born from this land can perfectly integrate what they have taken from it into themselves is another matter entirely.

"No wonder the inner core of that corpse demon had a luster similar to that of a relic. It turns out that Dong Tianbao really did incorporate Buddhist cultivation methods into it."

Lin Jiu handed the map of the Three Realms and Nine Lands to Jiang Liu, saying, "The people of Yemao Mountain learn all sorts of things; they'll learn anything that's useful."

You should take a look too. The practice methods mentioned above are indeed the true Dharma, and you can learn from them. Buddhism does have unique insights into exercising the spine, this great dragon.

However, achieving this 'golden body' is simply impossible.

Jiang Liu asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

This golden body should not be the same as the kind of ability that turns the body surface golden, thereby enhancing strength and defense.

"That's too unrealistic."

Lin Jiu shook his head and said, "This method is purely wishful thinking."

"Would you like to hear the details?"

Jiang Liu continued to ask.

"Do you know about the power of worship?" Lin Jiu didn't answer, but instead asked this question.

"what is that?"

Lu Jin and Li Muxuan were both puzzled.

"Belief?"

Jiang Liu was familiar with the "God Mask" technique, which involved using the spiritual power revealed by the worship of a certain god to portray the deity. Once the worshippers believed and he himself believed, he could unleash the power of that illusory god.

This is absolutely incredible!

"Just having a general idea is enough."

Lin Jiu wasn't surprised that Jiang Liu knew about faith, after all, Wang Yaozu had once been a member of Quanxing, and Quanxing had all sorts of people. "Although our Daoist sect also has the concept of entering the world, in the final analysis, it is to experience the mortal world, understand one's true nature, and thus transcend the world."

Jiang Liu nodded slightly.

Those who cultivate the "Tao" ultimately seek self-cultivation in order to achieve a state of detachment from worldly affairs.

And those who practice Buddhism—

“Virtuous monks cultivate themselves in order to engage with the world.” Lin Jiu expressed what Jiang Liu was thinking. “In Mahayana Buddhism, there are three stages of enlightenment for practitioners: Arhat, Bodhisattva, and Buddha.”

An Arhat is a self-aware person.

A Bodhisattva, having reached the state of self-awakening, also awakens others, that is, desires to universally save all sentient beings and lead them to enlightenment.

The final Buddha was both enlightened and enlightened others.

That is the doctrine.

However, in the practical sense of spiritual practice, the act of universally saving all sentient beings can also gather the spiritual energy dissipated from the worship of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats by sentient beings.

Jiang Liu was certain that this method of collecting faith was not unique to Buddhism; Taoism certainly had it as well, since there were quite a few people who believed in Taoist deities.

However, Taoist masters tend to prefer "detachment from the world," and probably don't think much of this path.

Buddhist teachings dictate that both genuine monks and fake monks must actively and proactively engage with all living beings.

Therefore, they must also have other ways of using the spiritual power dissipated from the worship of all beings.

"You guessed right."

Lin Jiu did not hide anything and revealed a rather unconventional method of cultivating the golden body in Buddhism—drawing on the power of worship from all living beings, using the human spine as a carrier, integrating it into oneself, enlightening these spiritual powers, and manifesting in the inner vision the person emanating these spiritual powers, so that the person transformed by these spiritual powers can awaken, emanate a purer belief, and thus cultivate the golden body of Dharma form.

Its philosophy of practice is: if one can enlighten others' spiritual power of worship and enable them to awaken in their inner world, then the practitioner will also be able to enlighten the masses who radiate this spiritual power and teach them to awaken in reality!

"It certainly sounds like a figment of the imagination."

Lu Jin was utterly dumbfounded. "Even comic books wouldn't dare write something like this!"

No! When the 21st century arrives, you'll find that the number of authors who dare to write like this is simply enormous!

Jiang Liu mentally scoffed, then asked, "Although it's just conjecture, it does sound somewhat plausible?"

"Theoretically, it is indeed possible."

Lin Jiu nodded, “But when the spirit is concentrated, the energy naturally becomes strong; when the spirit is clear, the essence naturally becomes courageous. The most important thing for the primordial spirit is ‘tranquility’.”

There is a method in the world called the "divine mask," which uses external objects to carry the faith of others, but it can also lead to the possibility of losing oneself.

Moreover, this school uses one's own spine and primordial spirit as its carrier.

No wonder they're going crazy!

Therefore, even Tang Xuanzang, who drew this map of the Three Realms and Nine Lands, did not achieve it. And as far as I know, none of the Buddhists who have reached the highest level of enlightenment throughout history have cultivated this 'sixteen-foot golden body'.

Or perhaps, this technique is simply not something that 'humans' can cultivate.

At this point, Lin Jiu concluded, "Therefore, the spinal training in this method can be practiced to strengthen the blood and increase strength, but regarding the power of worship, it should only be used to broaden one's knowledge. However, this map of the Three Realms and Nine Lands is probably a replica; I heard the real one has already been sold to France."

Can't humans cultivate themselves?

Jiang Liu pondered for a moment, memorized all the images and text of the map of the Three Realms and Nine Lands, then rolled it up and handed it back to Lin Jiu.

Lin Jiu shook his head and said, "You should keep it. If a Taoist priest like me, who comes from the Xuanmen sect, were to take a cultivation manual with Buddhist images drawn on it, people would think I had abandoned Taoism for Buddhism! If I came from the Quanzhen sect, it would be fine."

After all, Quanzhen advocates the unity of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

Seeing this, Jiang Liu didn't hesitate and took it for himself.

Ren Wei, who was standing to the side, opened his mouth as if to say that he had found it, but considering that he was still in the probationary period of becoming an apprentice, he gritted his teeth and gave up the idea of ​​taking it back—after all, he had already taken the money that Dong Tianbao had hidden in the cave home.

Thinking about this made Ren Wei feel much better.

"By the way, Uncle Jiu, how do you know so much about Buddhist theories?" Li Muxuan asked curiously. "Aren't you from the Xuanmen sect?"

"...This doesn't count as understanding, and what I've said is merely the foundation of Buddhist practice theory—"

Lin Jiuben wanted to add that "orthodox Taoist practitioners all know this," but considering that Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, who came from the Sanyi Xuanmen, seemed not to have started learning these things yet, he stopped abruptly and only added, "For practitioners, it is always good to understand more about the concepts of Taoism and Buddhism."

As a Taoist priest, one must understand Buddhist monks.

The same reason.

Those who practice Buddhism and attain high levels of spiritual attainment often understand the theories of Taoism.

The idea that the three religions are one family is not just empty talk.

Over the next three days, Lin Jiu completed the Twenty-Eight Constellations Chart and solemnly handed it to Jiang Liu, instructing him: "I roughly know why you want this Twenty-Eight Constellations Chart, but actually, circulating one's own Qi body around the heavens to correspond to the movement of the stars is the same as the 'Sixteen-Foot Golden Body' method. It's just that it's theoretically feasible, but we Qi cultivators don't have that kind of energy."

"It's man-made."

Jiang Liu, however, had quite a bit of "ambition" and planned to give it a try.

Lin Jiu didn't try to persuade him.

After all, reaching this level requires time. The Shangqing Maoshan sect's cultivation in this area is nothing more than taking advantage of the specific time when the constellation chart appears to cultivate, or drawing corresponding talismans, nothing more.

Be careful on the road.

Lin Jiu saw them out of the mortuary.

"Take care, Uncle Jiu."

Coming to Renjia Town, we not only completed the performance to celebrate Ren Tingting's birthday, but also "greeted" the feng shui master. Although the process was tortuous, the result was not bad at all.

After bidding farewell to Lin Jiu, Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, and Li Muxuan went to the bustling market of Renjia Town to buy some dry food. They then went to the Ren family to say goodbye to Ren Jiating before setting off back to the territory of Sanyi Gate.

As soon as they stepped onto the street, they saw a group of soldiers in blue-gray uniforms, carrying rifles, patrolling the streets, which frightened every household into closing their doors and windows.

The leader had yellowish-black skin, a square face, a full beard, and slightly graying temples. He looked quite energetic, but his small eyes added a touch of gloom.

However, these people all looked rather dejected, and many even had bandages on their faces, as if they had just suffered a defeat.

Who is this?

Li Muxuan asked curiously, "Judging from the people he brought, there must be three or four thousand, right?"

"Among the warlords in this area, it seems there's only one, Luo Laowai?"

While in Goose City, Jiang Liu had already learned some basic information about Luo Laowai. Although he did not have the Shadow God Map and did not know Luo Laowai's exact appearance, he knew that he had 10,000 men.

The person leading this is probably Luo Laowai himself!

reason?

This guy has three or four thousand men with him.

Luo Laowai has 10,000 men. If he could entrust 3,000 or 4,000 of them to his subordinates... this is no longer a question of being enlightened or not! Letting his subordinates control nearly half of his troops is something even close brothers wouldn't dare to delegate! If he could really do this, then Luo Laowai would truly deserve the title of "wise and sagacious"!

Here comes the problem.

Would a "wise" warlord only have a mere ten thousand troops?

Excluding the above possibilities, the only possibility is that the leader is Luo Laowai himself. Judging from his disheveled appearance, he has probably suffered a defeat, resulting in a reduction of his troops.

At this moment, Luo Laowai also noticed the three people who were looking at them, unlike the timid people in ordinary families, so he walked over with his feet turned outwards.

"Little brats, who are your parents? How could they raise you to be so audacious as to look us in the eye?"

"What's it to you?"

Li Muxuan scoffed, picking his nose and pulling out a clump of black boogers, and spoke first.

"Oh ho, little kid, you can't talk properly. Looks like I'll have to teach you a lesson on behalf of your father!" Old Luo grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth that reeked of sourness, and reached out to grab Li Muxuan.

"You started it!"

Snapped!

Li Muxuan slapped him away, then pressed down on his body and gently pushed him away.

Seeing the soldiers behind him raise their guns, Jiang Liu also made his move. He reached out and pulled Luo Laowai, and his magnetic field wrapped around Luo Laowai's neck, pulling him to his side and stomping on him.

Then, he extended a ball of fire from his left hand and said to the soldiers, "If you dare to come forward, I will cut off your heads!"

Extraordinary people must not attack ordinary people.

Bandits are excluded.

But Jiang Liu also set a standard for himself: warlord.

These days, every single warlord deserves to die!

of course.