A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 111: Soul Art, Originated from the Western Regions

Although Duan Rong didn't want to admit it, he saw that the ink had not yet dried and he couldn't deny it, so he nodded and said "hmm".

It doesn’t matter if he said “hmm”, Ximen Kankan’s expression changed instantly!
He placed the painting on the table, supported Duan Rong, and pushed him to sit on the armchair!

Then Ximen Kankan actually knelt down in front of Duan Rong and kowtowed!
And he knocked it quite hard, making the floor tiles make a loud bang!

Duan Rong was startled, and immediately stood up to support Ximen Kankan, saying, "Master Ximen, there is no need to do this! Just give me the potion."

"Master Duan Rong! Don't stop me! Otherwise, it won't be enough to express my overwhelming emotions!"

Duan Rong pulled Ximen Kankan at this time, and the two looked at each other. Duan Rong actually saw a hint of fanaticism in Ximen Kankan's eyes!
That is a pure faith that can only be seen from the eyes of religious believers!
Duan Rong finally understood that Ximen Kankan had a belief in pornography, a worship of lust!
Ximen Kankan shook off Duan Rong's hand, continued to kowtow, and crawled on the ground, saying: "Master! Thank you for bringing me to experience the miracles of the world!"

Ximen Kankan kowtowed several times before he stood up, tears flashing in the corners of his eyes!
Duan Rong was greatly shocked!

Ximen Kankan then walked to a cupboard in the corner, took out the key from his waist, opened the cupboard door, and took out a gourd. The gourd was only the size of a palm!
Ximen Kankan handed the gourd to Duan Rong and said, "This is the potion!"

Duan Rong put the medicine into his sleeves!

Ximen Kankan suddenly took out a stack of banknotes from his bosom and said, "This is my monthly allowance. I still have 12,000 taels left! This is the money I used to buy this painting. I hope the master will give me this painting!"

Ximen Kankan said this and took another look at the painting on the table!
"Master Ximen loves this item so much! There is no need for money. This potion in exchange is enough!"

"No!" Ximen Kankan said firmly, "We had an agreement before! As long as you can produce a better pornographic painting than mine, I'll give you the potion!"

"But now, I want to keep this painting. This is the second deal! Master, there is no need to refuse. This little money is like a firefly to the bright moon. It is not worth a cent!"

Seeing Ximen Kankan's firm attitude, Duan Rong had no choice but to accept the banknotes. He took out a banknote with a face value of 1,000 taels from the stack of banknotes and handed it back to Ximen Kankan, saying, "You can't give me all your monthly allowance. You have to leave some for your expenses!"

Ximen Kankan waved his hand and said, "No need! I still have a few hundred taels of spare money! I'll find time to gamble with Jiang Qingyu, and I'll have enough money for this month!"

"Master, I won't keep you here any longer! I want to retreat and study that painting carefully!"

"Oh, okay! Then I won't bother you anymore! You can study it slowly!" Duan Rong looked a little embarrassed. He put the banknote in his pocket and left quickly.

After Duan Rong left, Ximen Kankan closed the courtyard door and stayed alone in Xueyanju, holding the painting and staring at it intently!

Under the candlelight, Ximen Kankan's chubby face was full of tears!
"A masterpiece! A masterpiece that is unrivaled in the ages! The light of humanity! Wonderful! Wonderful..."

When Duan Rong walked out of Ximen Mansion again, the lights on West Street were already on. The night was like water and the lights were like stars.

Duan Rong walked hurriedly along West Street for a while and turned into an alley. Duan Rong walked in the dim alley at night, his eyes as sharp as knives!

Duan Rong walked to the courtyard of his original body, opened the door and slipped in, quickly bolted the door, and then quickly walked into the inner room!

As soon as Duan Rong entered the inner room, he suddenly climbed up the wall like a gecko and climbed onto the beam!
Duan Rong's figure flashed, leaving a residual shadow, and he stood in a corner of the beam. Duan Rong squatted down, lifted the wooden skin there, and took out the human skin scroll from the secret compartment!

Duan Rong took the human skin roll and suddenly swooped down like a big bird!
He took out a tinder and lit the oil lamp in the inner room!
Under the dim light of the oil lamp, Duan Rong took a pair of scissors, rolled up the human skin, and cut off the relevant part of the first level of the technique!
Then he took out the sachet that Xiao Baijiao had given him from his lapel, stuffed the part containing the first level of the skill into the sachet, and pressed it under the vanilla!
Then, Duan Rong moved again and put the remaining human skin scroll back into the secret compartment!

After Duan Rong finished all this, he left the courtyard and hurried to Yuanshun Escort Agency! Duan Rong didn't have time to eat lunch or dinner. When he passed by the street, he bought two sesame cakes to fill his stomach!

Duan Rong returned to Yuanshun Escort Agency, walked through the martial arts field, and went straight back to the dormitory!
Duan Rong returned to the dormitory, locked the doors and windows, lit the oil lamp, then sat on the stool, took out the sachet from his lapel, and took out the human skin scroll!

Duan Rong held the human skin scroll in both hands and began to study the first level of the skills word by word with a focused look!

"If you want to practice the Taizang Sutra, you need to enter the spiritual sea of consciousness!"

"And to enter the spiritual sea of consciousness, one needs to combine spells, seals, and a special breathing method!"

Duan Rong's expression was focused, his eyes flickering, and it took him nearly an hour to memorize the spells, seals and breathing methods in the martial arts!

Duan Rong raised his head. If he wanted to practice the Taizang Sutra, there was still one last step, which was to start building the mandala!
"This mandala is constructed from the statues of the Four Great Vidyarajas!"

"The four great vidyadharas are: Acala, Vajra, Yaksha and Hayagriva."

"The Four Great Vidyarajas all appear in angry and ugly forms!"

Duan Rong moved the stool and placed it in front of the easel. There were images of the four Vajra Kings on the human skin scroll. When constructing the mandala, sculptures were the best, followed by embroidered images, and portraits were the worst!
According to the exercises, different media will affect the speed of practicing the Taizang Sutra!

Among the sculptures, the large sculptures that stand like mountains are the first-class appearance and have the fastest cultivation speed!

Duan Rong certainly didn't have the conditions. The only thing he could do now was to use portraits as a medium to construct a simple mandala!
Duan Rong held the paintbrush and began to paint the images of the Four Great Kings on the easel!
Mandala, which is transliterated from Sanskrit as "mandala".

From the origin of the name, we can tell that the Taiyi Sect's spiritual art actually originated from the Buddhist sect - Faxiang Sect!

Among the eight sects in Kyushu, Qingyang Sect dominates two states and is the number one sect in the world!

Among the other seven sects, the only one that can compete with the Qingyang Sect is the Faxiang Sect, which enjoys the land of Yongzhou and guards the gateway to the Western Regions!

Yongzhou is prosperous, but the western region is a desert called Moheyanqi.

Countless ascetics of the Faxiang Sect practiced hard in the quicksand all year round, without caring about worldly affairs!
It is precisely because the practitioners of the Faxiang Sect do not care about worldly affairs and have never had any conflict with the Qingyang Sect for thousands of years that the two powerful nations can live in peace!
But there has always been a saying about the art of spirit and soul, which is that the art of spirit and soul originated from the Western Regions!

Duan Rong painted the portraits of the Four Great Kings one by one and placed them on the bed to dry!
Then, he took out the potion he got from Ximen Kankan, and Duan Rong poured the potion into a porcelain trough. It was unknown what was mixed into the potion, but it actually emitted a faint fragrance!
Duan Rong used a paintbrush, dipped it in the black potion, and started to paint on the portrait of Acala!

He would not turn the portrait into ugly graffiti like Ximen Kankan did, but instead spent some thought to turn the statue into a landscape painting.

The body of Acala is the main peak, the two shoulders are the side peaks, the two legs sitting cross-legged are a lake, and the blank spaces are dotted with mountains and streams!

A rather magnificent landscape painting concealed the image of the deity!

This is the hidden mandala conceived by Duan Rong!

(End of this chapter)