Wu Shattered Star River

Seeing Xuan Ji's pitiful appearance, Jiang Han didn't continue to make things difficult for her.

He just wanted to tease Xuan Ji to ease his depressed mood.

Indeed, the bizarre situation within the Other Shore Flower made him feel somewhat oppressed.

He couldn't control this flower, nor could he destroy it; he could only watch helplessly.

A strange small space had appeared inside the flower, and it was constantly gathering bubbles, which would condense into a golden mist.

The key was the images within those bubbles, which made his back feel cold; the unknown was what made people fearful.

He didn't know what that thing was, nor did he know how to deal with it.

He was silent for a moment, eating a large piece of meat, while Xuan Ji kept her eyes closed, chanting Buddhist scriptures.

"Buddhist scriptures?"

Jiang Han's heart stirred. Could he ask Xuan Ji about this? Perhaps the Buddhist sect knew more about this thing, and besides, the Other Shore Flower was obtained in the Sea of Bitterness.

"No!"

Jiang Han shook his head. The Other Shore Flower was probably a treasure to the Buddhist sect. Now, no one outside knew that he had obtained the Other Shore Flower.

If Xuan Ji spread the word, and a Bodhisattva in the Buddhist sect became greedy, then he would be in danger.

"Buddhist scriptures, that's right, I can ask Xuan Ji for some Buddhist scriptures and find the answer within them."

Jiang Han's heart stirred again. He said, "Xuan Ji, do you have any Buddhist scriptures on you?"

"Buddhist scriptures?"

Xuan Ji was stunned, then a look of joy appeared on her face, and she asked, "Master, do you want to convert to Buddhism?"

"No, I'm just looking!"

Jiang Han said casually, but Xuan Ji still looked expectant and said, "What Buddhist scriptures does Master want to see? This servant has them all."

Jiang Han didn't know what Buddhist scriptures he wanted to see. Anyway, he wasn't trying to comprehend the scriptures; he just wanted to find the answer in the Buddhist scriptures. He said, "Bring out a copy of everything for me to see."

"Buzz ~"

Xuan Ji took out a large number of Buddhist scriptures from her spatial ring, as many as ten thousand.

Jiang Han's head ached at the sight. He waved his hand and put them away, saying, "I'll return them to you after I'm done reading."

"Okay!"

Xuan Ji nodded, still with a look of joy in her eyes. She said, "If Master doesn't understand anything, feel free to ask this servant."

Jiang Han ignored Xuan Ji, took out a basic Buddhist scripture and began to read. He read quickly, finishing a Buddhist scripture in just a few dozen breaths.

The content was obscure and difficult to understand, but fortunately, he wasn't really trying to comprehend the scriptures; he was just searching for the content he wanted.

After scanning one, he put it into another spatial ring and began to read the second one. After an incense stick's time, he had already finished reading six or seven, which stunned Xuan Ji beside him.

Xuan Ji wanted to remind Jiang Han, but she didn't dare to speak, fearing that Jiang Han would punish her and make her stand naked again. She could only remain silent on the side.

After five hours, Jiang Han had read nearly a hundred books. He didn't stop and continued to read.

After reading for two full days, his eyes hurt, but he still hadn't found the answer he wanted.

Xuan Ji roughly understood what Jiang Han was looking for. She weakly opened her mouth and said, "Master, are you looking for something?"

Jiang Han, who was dizzy from searching, thought for a while and said, "Do you know of any scriptures that have content about believers? The general meaning is that believers constantly worship the Buddha and Bodhisattvas. What benefits do they bring to the Buddha and Bodhisattvas..."

Xuan Ji pondered and said after a while, "The 'Dirghagama Sutra', the 'Vimalakirti Sutra', and the 'Bathing the Buddha Sutra' all seem to mention it."

"Buzz ~"

Jiang Han immediately took out that pile of Buddhist scriptures and asked Xuan Ji to help him find these three scriptures.

Xuan Ji took out a white cloth and sorted the scriptures one by one, quickly helping Jiang Han find these three scriptures.

Jiang Han took the scriptures and carefully read them, this time not reading quickly, but very seriously.

He read the three scriptures for half a day, repeatedly reading some paragraphs more than a dozen times.

After reading them, his eyes were filled with deep confusion.

"Power of faith? Thought power beads?"

He muttered to himself. According to the three Buddhist scriptures, he deduced that the bubbles in the Other Shore Flower might be the thought power beads mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures, which were formed by the power of faith.

The Buddhist scriptures said that if the Sangha's faith was sincere enough, it would generate the power of faith, which would condense into thought power beads.

When the understanding of the Dharma reached a certain level, one would be able to sense the existence of the power of faith and thought power beads, which was a manifestation of supreme merit.

Doing good deeds, accumulating virtue, spreading Buddhist affinity, and achieving fruition.

Although the Buddhist scriptures didn't say what the power of faith and thought power beads were for, they were undoubtedly good things.

Only highly virtuous monks who accumulated supreme merit and achieved supreme fruition were qualified to obtain the power of faith and thought power beads.

"I am not a member of the Buddhist sect, nor am I a highly virtuous monk. Why can I obtain thought power beads? Is it because of the Other Shore Flower?"

"Is the reason why the Other Shore Flower is the number one treasure of the Buddhist sect because it can absorb the power of faith and gather thought power beads?"

Jiang Han was hesitant. He couldn't ask the Bodhisattva about this kind of question, and asking Xuan Ji would probably be useless.

Besides, what are these thought power beads for?

Jiang Han frowned. He picked up the three Buddhist scriptures again and read them. After a while, he didn't find any other descriptions about the power of faith and thought power beads.

He turned his gaze to Xuan Ji and asked, "Do you know of any other scriptures that describe the power of faith?"

Xuan Ji thought for a while and shook her head, saying, "This servant remembers that only these three have it, Master... the power of faith is not something you and I can aspire to."

"This servant remembers that Master said that only those who have reached the Bodhisattva fruition can bathe in the light of believers and obtain some power of faith. Even Vajra is not qualified to obtain it."

"If Master wants to obtain the power of faith, he can convert to Buddhism, cultivate diligently, accumulate merit, and achieve fruition."

Jiang Han asked, "Do you know what the power of faith is for?"

Xuan Ji shook her head and said, "I don't know. This is a very high-level thing, only my master and others know."

Jiang Han didn't say more, returned all the Buddhist scriptures to Xuan Ji, and took her back to the Shiva River.

He re-entered the river, and after sitting cross-legged at the bottom of the river, his mind entered the Immortal Seal again.

"Eh?"

He was quickly surprised. Only three days had passed, and another drop of golden nectar had been born at the flower core of the Other Shore Flower.

His soul mind quickly entered the flower core and entered the paste-like small space, and found that the golden mist sea inside had indeed become much smaller.

"It seems that the mist sea will automatically transform into a drop of golden nectar when it reaches a certain scale?"

Jiang Han got the result. He didn't rush to move the drop of golden nectar, but quietly observed.

Sure enough!

The golden mist sea in the paste-like small space slowly grew larger with the passage of time. When it became as big as a head, the mist sea wriggled and began to slowly shrink, eventually becoming as small as a finger and becoming particularly thin.

Outside, at the flower core of the Other Shore Flower, the second drop of golden nectar appeared.

"Countless believers worshiping will form the power of faith? Countless powers of faith gather to form thought power beads? Thought power beads gather together to form a golden mist sea? The mist sea condenses into a drop of golden nectar after reaching a certain scale."

Jiang Han's thoughts gradually became clearer, and then he suddenly remembered something, and his heart was shaken.

He exclaimed in his heart: "The Buddha is the supreme god in the hearts of all the monks in the Ten Thousand Buddha Hall. How many monks worship him day and night? How much power of faith does he receive every moment?"

"He has lived for more than a million years, which means that he has been absorbing the power of faith of hundreds of millions of believers every moment for more than a million years. How can his combat power not be strong? So... he became the number one in the world?"