"Then Island Owner Wan is destined to be disappointed." Xin Ji said slowly, "Everything has its consequences. For millions of years, the Sea Travelers have plundered everywhere. How can it be washed away in one day?"
"Sigh … Then it can only be pushed forward by force." Wan Ziyang shook his head. "It's impossible to achieve it naturally."
"I admire Island Owner Wan's ambition." Xin Ji said, "But it's impossible to let the Sea Travelers settle inland and cause chaos. Island Owner Wan's effort may not be accepted by all the Sea Travelers. They still want to plunder everywhere and return to the sea."
"As time passes, people's thoughts will change." Wan Ziyang said.
Xin Ji shook his head and bowed with pressed palms. "I'll take my leave."
"Farewell, Master." Wan Ziyang bowed with pressed palms.
His gaze swept past Monk Hui Guang and landed on Chu Li. He smiled and said, "What a wonderful Earth Matrix and Reincarnation Scripture. It's so amazing that the reputation of the Great Mercy Temple has risen to another level. Congratulations in advance, Abbot!"
Xin Ji bowed with pressed palms and slowly disappeared with Chu Li and the others.
Wan Ziyang looked at the direction where they left and did not move for a long time. Then, he went to the Wheel of Wheels Pagoda and observed it carefully.
His cultivation level was high and he was sensitive to auras. He could feel the strange aura condensing in the pagoda but he could not control it. The strange symbols carved on the pagoda confused him, so he forced himself to remember it and left.
When he returned to Monk Hui Cheng's temple, he knelt on the ground and closed his eyes, waiting for his punishment.
Xin Ji stared at him for a while and finally shook his head and sighed. "Although you didn't do anything bad, you've broken the precepts. Since you've died, I'll exempt you from any heavy punishment. Go to Heart Cleansing Yard and reflect on your mistakes for a hundred years!"
"Abbot …" Monk Hui Cheng bowed with pressed palms.
For such a big mistake, it was normal to abolish his kung fu and expel him from the temple. However, it was changed to face the wall in Heart Cleansing Yard for a hundred years. It was a punishment but also a great opportunity. Heart Cleansing Yard had produced many eminent monks.
Most of them were those who broke the precepts and were punished. After facing the wall, they were enlightened about the essence of Buddhism. From there, their cultivation level increased greatly or they obtained divine powers and became eminent monks.
It was clear that the abbot had taken great pains to send him to the Heart Cleansing Yard.
Xin Ji said, "If you don't cut off your emotional ties, you might be able to understand the wonders of Buddhism. Everything has its own cause and effect. Don't be in a hurry to refuse. You should wash your heart for a hundred years first. If you still want to return to secular life at that time, I won't stop you!"
"… Thank you, abbot!" Monk Huicheng said slowly.
Chu Li knew everything that had happened in the pagoda. He knew about the agreement between Monk Hui Cheng and Lu Zhu.
Lu Zhu would always be waiting for him to return to the secular world. After he was punished and repaid the Great Mercy's Temple's kindness, he would then return to the secular world and grow old together with her.
Chu Li sighed to himself. It was difficult to overcome the barrier of love, but he could empathize with her.
Although Chu Li was still thinking about Xiao Qi and the other women in the Buddhist Sect and had not cut off his feelings for them, he could still understand the wonders of the Buddhist Dharma. The key was still the life and death challenge.
The Buddhist Dharma was to transcend life and death, to comprehend life and death. Severing the emotional ties was also to comprehend life and death. If one could truly comprehend life and death, then severing the emotional ties wouldn't be that important. Otherwise, he wouldn't have the divine powers he had today.
Xin Ji said to Chu Li, "Ding Ru, follow me."
"Yes," Chu Li replied respectfully.
Monk Hui Cheng bowed deeply to Chu Li.
No matter how much he had seen through life and death, it was still a great fortune for him to be reborn. Chu Li had given him a new lease on life.
Chu Li pressed his palms together to return the bow and followed Xin Ji out of the temple to his courtyard.
Xin Ji took out the thin yellow booklet and passed it to Chu Li. "You've succeeded in cultivating the Dragon Elephant Wisdom Technique. You've improved bravely, but you've lost your firmness and ferocity. You can cultivate the Taming Tiger Seal again."
"Thank you, abbot!" Chu Li was overjoyed.
"You don't have to thank me." Xin Ji stroked his beard and smiled. "This seal is preserved because of you. It's fated with you. Take it and cultivate."
Chu Li took the thin booklet and opened it to take a look.
The first page was the introduction of this technique. It explained the foundation of this technique. There was a Buddha on the ground. When one's body, mind, and spirit were combined with the Buddha, one would become the Buddha himself. The palms were the foundation of the combination of the body and the Buddha. When the body and the Buddha were combined, the heart and spirit would naturally be combined.
The Taming Tiger Seal was combined with the Taming Tiger Arhat.
The Taming Tiger Arhat had an incarnation on the ground. It contained limitless power. Through the Taming Tiger Seal, one could borrow this limitless power.
However, to borrow the power of the Taming Tiger Arhat, one needed a strong body. Only through this body could one receive the power of the Taming Tiger Arhat. Therefore, one had to borrow the power of the Taming Tiger Arhat to train one's body and make it stronger.
Therefore, the limit on how much power one could unleash was the body. The stronger the body, the more power one could borrow and control. The strength of the body was the level of the Taming Tiger Seal.
The Taming Tiger Seal had a total of twelve levels.
The power of the Taming Tiger Arhat was a combination of firmness and gentleness.
Chu Li was deep in thought. The Dragon Elephant Wisdom Technique was about firmness and ferocity. However, the power of the Taming Tiger Seal was a combination of firmness and gentleness. The ingenuity of using it depended on one's heart. It seemed like it was better than the Dragon Elephant Wisdom Technique.
Xin Ji said gently, "The Taming Tiger Seal looks simple. All you need to do is form the seal. However, the real key is the state of mind. Your meditation is profound and you have a deep understanding of Buddhism. Therefore, the Taming Tiger Seal is the most suitable for you to cultivate."
"Yes." Chu Li nodded slowly and flipped to the second page.
From the second page onward, there was a set of hand seals.
However, the hand seals were extremely complicated. Of course, such complicated hand seals would be difficult for ordinary people, but it was very easy for him. After reading it once, he easily formed the hand seals without a single mistake.
After that, it was the third page to the thirteenth page. Each layer was followed by a set of hand seals. The further one went, the easier it was. However, the higher the requirement for the state of mind.
The further one went, the greater the force of the hand seals. Various illusions would appear and continuously affect one's state of mind. It was extremely difficult to maintain one's state of mind.
Therefore, the foundation of the Taming Tiger Seal was still the state of mind and the cultivation of Buddhism. The deeper one's meditation, the easier it was to cultivate. Moreover, this technique was easy to master. It was powerful and easy to master. The Taming Tiger Seal could be considered a miraculous technique.
The last page was a picture. It was the Taming Tiger Arhat Painting.
Chu Li only took a glance at it and he felt his heart tremble. He immediately accelerated the chanting of Maha-Vairocana's Immobility Scripture and suppressed the spiritual shock.
The Taming Tiger Arhat Painting was so powerful.
Xin Ji saw the change in his expression. He smiled and disappeared.
His God's Limbs were more powerful than Chu Li's.
Chu Li continued to observe the Taming Tiger Arhat Painting. He endured the shock in his mind and decided to imprint it in his mind. If it stayed in his mind, it would be easy for him to cultivate the Taming Tiger Seal in the future.
This was like a spiritual battle to see if he could withstand the backlash.
His spiritual energy was almost endless. He visualized the Taming Tiger Arhat over and over again.
Finally, on the evening of the second day, the figure of the Taming Tiger Arhat appeared in the void of his mind.
It was just a flat image. It was the same as the one he visualized. It was different from the surrounding Buddhas. There was no sense of reality or vitality. However, as the lotuses fell, it kept changing.
Although the changes were subtle, they were ongoing.
Chu Li began to try cultivating the Taming Tiger Seal.
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