From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Therefore, it must not be kept.

"Since the Samsara Sect was founded by a descendant of the Demon Kingdom, it must also have some of the Demon Kingdom's heritage. In addition, due to their worship of 'Ghost Caves,' these large rodents that are good at digging holes became one of their objects of worship, and were thus cultivated in a special way, creating the Sin-Eating Balu."

"It must be a method related to beast masters, but since this Sin Eater Balu is imprisoned, it's probably because the methods of beast masters a thousand years ago were not very mature."

"However, I observed with my discerning eye that Sin Eater Baru does indeed possess the ability to 'devour souls'... It might also be related to the Ghost Cave, which is why the Samsara Sect cannot fully control him..."

"Besides these, did you find anything else?"

Logically speaking, since the Sin-Eating Baru is uncontrollable, even if the ancient Samsara Sect imprisoned it, they could not guarantee that when feeding it "sinners" who were not necessarily guilty, it would only devour the souls of those "sinners." There must have been some kind of insurance measure.

"There is also a three-eyed Buddha statue and a black talisman."

Lu Jin took out the two items and explained that the Buddha statue suppressed the evil beast, and that there was an iron chain connecting the iron gate below, with black talismans pasted on the iron gate. She also told Zhang Zhiwei's guess.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu ignored the Buddha statue and instead took the black talisman, examining the six-syllable mantra drawn on it with gold and silver liquid. His eyes lit up, but he couldn't discern anything. He then activated the seed of true gold, opening his Dharma eye, and only then did he perceive a trace of the truth.

These six characters contain little information, just their literal meaning. However, this post also contains six characters that resemble scribbles, containing an immense amount of information that is impossible to decipher, yet it has many wonderful uses, such as calming the mind and generating all kinds of laws.

The moment these messages entered his eyes, Jiang Liu's golden seed scattered into countless colors, illuminating the golden elixir embryo and giving his primordial spirit a radiance that seemed timeless.

The true seed of the Dharma body has already merged into the golden elixir embryo, becoming completely one with Jiang Liu's primordial spirit!

Jiang Liu also obtained the method of practicing the "Six-Syllable Mantra" in a moment of spiritual enlightenment!

This method either cultivates with Qi or achieves unparalleled spiritual attainment, but as long as the foundation of the Dharma body, that is, that tiny seed of true gold, is not cultivated, one will never be able to enter the gate.

Once a seed of true gold has been cultivated, the Dharma Eye will naturally form, allowing one to perceive the corresponding information within the Six-Syllable Mantra scroll. Reflecting on the seed of true gold, one can achieve enlightenment in an instant.

After cultivation, the True Gold Seed merged with the primordial spirit of the Golden Core Saint Embryo, imbuing it with an invisible, immortal radiance—

Internally, within the three realms of body and mind, those billions of beings who uphold the will to cultivate will remain steadfast until they attain enlightenment; while those who are muddle-headed and confused will also find their goals, persevere, and make the order of the three realms more and more orderly.

When it comes to external matters, if one performs the act of astral projection, it can be summarized in one sentence: "A ray of divine light shines like a pardon from heaven, illuminating the darkness of the underworld."

In short, if you attack a Yin spirit, or even if you are illuminated by its primordial spirit's light, the Yin spirit will dissipate its Yin energy and transform into pure Yang.

Just after the true gold seed merged with the primordial spirit, the azure dragon and white dragon residing in the ancestral aperture of the river were illuminated by the light of his primordial spirit, and their spirits were also stained with an immortal luster. Their scales shone with golden light, their sharp claws showed sharpness, and their tails intertwined, while their upper bodies manifested human forms.

The Azure Dragon has two claws and two horns. After its upper body transforms into a human, it wears a blue robe and a double-horned crown, while its lower body becomes a snake's tail. The White Dragon has four legs and one horn. After its human form, it grows a single horn on its forehead, but its lower body still has two legs that intertwine with the Azure Dragon's tail, yet remain in place.

The Azure Dragon clenched its left hand, manifesting a ruler.

Bai Long made a grasping motion with his right hand, as if to hold a ruler.

The two elements naturally form the posture of the "Nuwa and Fuxi Picture", guarding that sincere spiritual light, and it seems to have truly transformed into the wick of an oil lamp, while that sincere spiritual light is like an eternally bright lamp.

And the flow of Jiang Liu's primordial energy became increasingly smooth and unobstructed!

What solution?

This is because the white dragon and the green dragon have been cultivating with Jiang Liu, practicing the Dharani Mantra of the Secret Whole Body Relic Box of All Tathagatas. Although they are external spiritual beings, they are already inseparable from Jiang Liu's life and can be considered as part of the golden elixir of Jiang Liu's body and mind! At the same time, they are also part of his perfect and wonderful method of exoteric and esoteric Buddhism!

Now that Jiang Liu has cultivated the true golden seed, which is now integrated with the golden elixir and the primordial spirit, the two of them have also gained great benefits and attained immortality. Their true nature and spirit have taken the form of the Fuxi and Nuwa diagrams, guarding the pure and sincere spiritual light, eternally immortal. Meanwhile, their consciousness can enter the three realms of body and mind along with Jiang Liu's billions of distracting thoughts to help organize the order of the three realms, educate all spirits, and experience a life that is no different from the real world.

Once their consciousness returns to its true nature and is illuminated by the sincere spiritual light, their memories can be sublimated and melted into clumps of liquid beads the size of soybeans, each one crystal clear. Those that are too small will turn into clouds and mist, surrounding the ancestral aperture, illuminating the Azure Dragon, the White Dragon, and that point of sincere spiritual light as if they were an oil lamp.

Upon closer inspection, Jiang Liu realized that the "lamp oil" could serve as sustenance for his cultivation of his Dharma body. It was pure spiritual power, and after he absorbed it, the Azure Dragon and the White Snake would not forget their corresponding memories, since they were originally one with Jiang Liu!

This is a virtuous cycle:

The true nature of the Azure Dragon and the White Dragon can also enter Jiang Liu's body and mind, the three realms, to teach sentient beings and experience life. This is inherently beneficial to the construction of the order of the three realms. When their consciousness returns to their true nature, their memories are illuminated by the light of sincerity and sublimated, turning into "lamp oil," that is, pure spiritual power, which is used by him. As Jiang Liu's cultivation improves, both of these will also improve together.

In addition, because the two of them had completed their transformation, the creatures that Jiang Liu had created from countless distracting thoughts were becoming more and more realistic in their microscopic structure, with a cell-like structure formed by the expression of gene chains!

Due to improvements at the microscopic level, Jiang Liu's system of the three realms of human existence is becoming increasingly complete, realistic, and profound!

At this point, within Jiang Liu's body and mind, the Azure Dragon and White Dragon in the ancestral aperture of his skull practiced the "Dharani Mantra of the Secret Relic Box of All Tathagatas," the Twenty-Four Devas in the pagoda of the Devas on his spine practiced the "Heart Sutra," and the Avalokiteshvara, who was a combination of the Nine Devas at his sacrum, practiced the "Six-Syllable Mantra."

[I've essentially merged the three teachings: I practice Qi cultivation according to Taoist methods, cultivate my mind according to Buddhist principles, and then there's my philosophy of life... tsk tsk tsk—]

As he sighed inwardly, Jiang Liu channeled this wisp of distracting thought into the cycle of reincarnation, and holding the black talisman, asked Zhang Zhiwei, "Do you know the function of this talisman?"

"do not know."

Zhang Zhiwei answered decisively, "Zhengyi doesn't have this six-syllable mantra 'Om Mani Padme Hum' talisman. If you want to know, don't keep me in suspense. Who knows when that silver-eyed nun will pack her bags?"

"Yes, Brother Jiang, tell me quickly, can this six-character mantra ensure that we won't have our iron elements drained from our blood by that behind-the-scenes entity after entering Kunlun?" the old foreigner asked impatiently.

"No."

Immediately, Partridge Whistle and the other two looked disappointed, but then Jiang Liu continued, "But I can!"

"what?"

Partridge Whistle was puzzled. Why couldn't it be done before, but it is now?

But Jiang Liu did not answer immediately. Instead, he asked Zhang Zhiwei, "The solution lies in the light reflected by my little bit of inspiration."

"Back then, I think you didn't want it?"

"Uh···"

Zhang Zhiwei paused for a moment, then laughed and put his arm around Jiang Liu's shoulder, saying, "Did I say that back then? I don't think so, right? You must be mistaken!"

Seeing his shamelessness and refusal to admit it, Jiang Liu chuckled, raised his finger and pointed it at his brow. He used his spiritual light to illuminate the minds of Zhang Zhiwei, Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, and Hua Ling, creating four points of light that were then sent into the ancestral apertures of the four individuals.

Afterwards, Jiang Liu and Guanyin simultaneously recited the six-syllable mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum". The Dharma nature ascended from the sacrum to the skull and entered the ancestral aperture. The Azure Dragon held a square in its left hand and the White Dragon held a compass in its right hand. The Azure Dragon's right hand and the White Dragon's left hand embraced the sincere spiritual light, absorbing five drops of "lamp oil" from the surrounding area. Through the sincere spiritual light, it was transmitted to the light spots of Lu Jin, Zhang Zhiwei, Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, and Flower Spirit, reflecting the mating scene of the White Dragon and Azure Dragon. It lifted the spiritual light in their respective ancestral apertures, forming a lamp shape, and the candlelight penetrated the entire universe of the human body.

In that instant, all five seemed to enter a profound and mysterious state. It wasn't a state of unparalleled enlightenment, but their minds were clear and their previously perplexing questions and doubts seemed to have been answered.

Among them, Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, and Flower Spirit, who were cursed with the red spots, felt the most profound effects. Their bodies seemed to be reborn, and their Qi flowed spontaneously, as if all their ailments had been cured.

The old foreigner pulled open his collar and let Partridge Whistle examine him, but the red spot that looked like an eyeball was nowhere to be seen.

"Really gone?"

Hua Ling also asked Partridge Whistle to check, and the latter said, "It's gone!"

Then, Partridge Whistle asked the two to check as well, and they said in unison, "Senior brother, your red spots are gone too! The curse on us has been lifted!"

The three were overjoyed.

Only after calming down did she ask Jiang Liu what method this was.

Jiang Liu did not hide anything and explained the method of practicing the Six-Syllable Mantra: "To practice the Six-Syllable Mantra, one must observe inner peace and freedom, observe the sounds of the world, and cultivate a bit of the true seed of Dharma nature."

Introspection brings freedom and clarity of mind; perseverance leads to the radiance of the soul.

He observes the world, educates all beings, gathers beliefs, and unites the power of faith.

When the two are in harmony, and one understands one's own mind and the wishes of all beings, the true seed of Dharma nature can be forged.

In this respect, Jiang Liu was fortunate, as he subdued the seven-headed Ananta, which was formed from the faith of all living beings, in the world of "Xiao Yu's Adventures".

Otherwise, to cultivate the true seed of Dharma nature, one would need to live for at least a hundred years in the human world!

In fact, if he hadn't subdued Ananta, Jiang Liu wouldn't have known that the faith formed by the power of the minds of all beings, combined with the light of his own mind, could actually create a true seed of Dharma nature... At that time, he might not have consciously collected the power of faith that naturally emanated from all beings.

To truly cultivate and use the Six-Syllable Mantra, one must use the power of the mind. Other powers, whether Qi or primordial energy, cannot serve as the energy for the Six-Syllable Mantra!

"Is the light of the soul the source of energy?"

Lu Jin was shocked. "Brother Jiang, wouldn't overuse of this six-syllable mantra cause your spiritual light to wither?"

"Feelings are etched into memories, memories give birth to thoughts, thoughts form consciousness, consciousness generates ideas, thoughts inspire the spirit, and the spirit elevates the soul."

Once the light of the soul is awakened, this tree of the system is considered to have grown.

While the light of my soul may not be inexhaustible, as long as I live and continue to experience the world through the trials of time, this light will be continuously generated… as long as it doesn't exceed this limit.

Jiang Liu reassured Lu Jin, then said, "However, this Six-Syllable Mantra actually requires the light of the mind to use... The information contained within this mantra is definitely not from this world, or rather, it is definitely not something that our four-dimensional spacetime possesses, or it comes from a higher dimension..."

At this point, Jiang Liu changed the subject, shaking his head and saying, "Forget it, the idea of ​​higher dimensions is too far-fetched, let's not talk about it. Let's focus on the present."

His gaze fell on Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, and Flower Spirit, and he said, "Brother Partridge Whistle, I have comprehended the Six-Syllable Mantra. Once the 'lamp oil' in your ancestral apertures between your eyebrows burns out, the curse on you will be completely lifted and will no longer be passed on to your descendants."

This journey is extremely dangerous, so perhaps...

"Brother Jiang!"

Partridge Whistle knelt down with a thud and kowtowed, saying, "I know my skills are meager, not comparable to Brother Lu Jin or Brother Zhang Zhiwei who can leap across the ground in golden light and ride the clouds, much less your great supernatural powers."

Now that we have lifted the curse, how can we simply leave?

I'd rather die than leave!

Moreover, we are the Mountain Moving Taoists. Although we are not recognized by the Zhengyi and Quanzhen schools, we have traveled all over the country and mingled in various ancient tombs over the years. We have also killed many evil mountain spirits and monsters. We also have a heart to subdue demons and monsters!

Please take us with you!

The old foreigner also knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Brother Jiang, although we are not as strong as you, we can at least add fuel to the fire and boost your prestige!"

Hua Ling also knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "The being in Kunlun Mountain must be a snake god, probably whose physical body has perished but whose spirit remains."

According to the silver-eyed nun, it also possesses the ability of 'transformation of realms,' which is the boundless demonic eye corresponding to the boundless Buddha eye.

Just in case, take us along; we might as well be bait.

It's not that I don't believe in your abilities, but in a duel between masters, victory or defeat hinges on a single thought. With the three of us here, even if we can only distract that serpent god for a fleeting moment, it might increase your chances of winning by ten percent!

All three were sincere and unwilling to leave after receiving the benefits. They wanted to go with Jiang Liu to suppress the serpent god's spirit.

Besides the desire to subdue demons and monsters, it was also because of the ancient saying:

If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening.

Although they sought the Muchen Pearl, they were also cultivators!

Now I can smell the Taoist charm, and the exotic fragrance permeates my soul. I have developed a fearless spirit, and what I seek is: knowing there are tigers in the mountains, I still go into the tiger's den!

"it is good!"

Jiang Liu laughed and helped up Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, and Flower Spirit, saying, "Partridge Whistle in the mountains, Old Foreigner in the borderlands, and Flower Spirit Fairy are all innate auspicious spirits who face difficulties head-on, and are also resilient sons and daughters of China!"

Then let us go together to subdue demons and cultivate!"

The three of them then stopped crying and started laughing.

At this moment, Lu Jin and Zhang Zhiwei truly regarded the three as their own people, rather than just ordinary members who would join the Confucian Society in the future.

As they were talking, the silver-eyed nun had already prepared her luggage and led five lamas to find Jiang Liu and the others to discuss their trip to Kunlun.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know the way, we may depart now!"

"Alright, let's set off now!"

Jiang Liu had no objections.