Chapter 18: Closed Zen

Zhong Yuan ignored the few people who were still chatting outside and crawled into the tent as if nothing had happened. He didn't light the lamp and just lay in the tent to read books. Of course, the books here referred to the bamboo slips and silk books in the Buddhist beads. Zhong Yuan didn't take out those bamboo slips and silk books, but instead inserted his psychic power into the beads and started reading. It wasn't that Zhong Yuan didn't want to take out these things. The bamboo slips were fine, at most the rope connecting them was broken. Being careful wouldn't affect reading, but the silk books were different. He didn't even dare to flip through Zhong Yuan, so he just read them as he put them in the beads. Fortunately, Zhong Yuan looked at them. The original psychic power is really penetrating everywhere. Although it's a bit troublesome, at least you can see it, can't you?

This time, Zhong Yuan didn't take a closer look. Instead, he roughly scanned and memorized the travel notes, Buddhist scriptures, and some miscellaneous bamboo slips that he didn't need. All of these things could be memorized by rote. For Zhong Yuan, it was like a child's child. After reading them all, Zhong Yuan put them aside. These things were all planned to be put back in the cave. With so much information, he couldn't have any written records in the cave, right?

Don't be fooled by the abundance of things in this cave, dozens of volumes can't compare to a single book today. After staying up all night, Zhong Yuan had already cleared the contents of the Buddhist beads. Contrary to Zhong Yuan's imagination, most of the bamboo slips and silk books were miscellaneous. However, Zhong Yuan managed to remember them in his mind, and the remaining one tenth or so needed to be carefully read and digested. They were all related to cultivation. Zhong Yuan even found a complete seven star needle inside, and even the lost technique called "Gathering the Gods" was recorded. However, Zhong Yuan had no heart left. Urgent, this technique is optional for him.

Just as dawn was about to break, Zhong Yuan arrived at the cave where the books were stored before everyone had even woken up. He put the bamboo slips and silk books that had already been memorized in the Buddhist beads back on the bookshelf. As the last roll of bamboo slips that Zhong Yuan couldn't use in the beads flew to the bookshelf, the entire cave became full again and was no longer empty.

Stepping out of the cave and smelling the fresh air, Zhong Yuan arrived at the hammock he had tied up for Xiao Yue'er. He leaned back and lay down. These days, while sweeping through the things, Zhong Yuan had already planned the order of reading books. The formation that ranked first was no longer the one Zhong Yuan had hoped for, but some Buddhist cultivation scriptures. While flipping through those scriptures, Zhong Yuan had already discovered that among the many Buddhist supernatural powers, there were some that had similarities with his own recitation ability. If he didn't know that he had never learned Buddhist techniques before, Zhong Yuan even doubted whether his recitation ability was the Buddha power mentioned in the book.

Zhong Yuan was leisurely reading on the hammock, while Xiao Yuer was sitting on a stone at the entrance of the mountain, basking in the sun with a small picture book in her hand. While basking in the sun, Xiao Yuer was muttering to herself. Xiao Yuer was feeling depressed. A while ago, Zhong Yuan's brother was okay with not playing with him while reading, but now that he's good enough to read, he's gone to bed all day. In Xiao Yuer's opinion, Zhong Yuan is sleeping on the hammock all day long. Although Zhong Yuan's brother promised to accompany her for two hours every day, how could that little time be enough? Hmph, when did his mother want him to catch up with her on the last plane? Go back, but they won't agree. Home is even more boring than here.

Xiao Yuer, who was basking in the sun, was suddenly startled. She rubbed her eyes and looked at Zhong Yuan's body lying on the hammock not far away, which flickered as if it was about to disappear. Could it be that she was blinded by reading a comic book? Xiaoyue touched her little head and couldn't do it. She hadn't even started flipping through the book yet, and then looked at Zhongyuan lying in the hammock not far away. Xiaoyue finally realized that she was blinded.

Xiaoyue thought she was losing her sight, but Zhong Yuan, who was lying on the hammock, was overjoyed. Yesterday, Zhong Yuan had already read all the Buddhist scriptures, and not only did he pick the most suitable one for herself. Speaking of the name of this technique, even Zhong Yuan was familiar with it. "Closed Mouth Zen" is probably something that most people have heard of, but what Zhong Yuan learned is not an ordinary "Closed Mouth Zen". According to the book, this technique was also one of the top Buddhist techniques recorded in the era of this book. It not only cultivates spiritual power, but also transforms spiritual power into pure Buddhist power for blessing. I don't need to imagine a Buddha statue in my mind like other visualization methods. This practice reaches the ultimate state where the Buddha is me, and I am the Buddha, It is considered one of the two most difficult Buddhist techniques to practice, along with the ascetic practices of the time.

The most important point is that cultivating this' closed meditation 'requires a strong spiritual talent, and spiritual power is the fundamental aspect of this technique. Upon seeing the introduction of various signs of spiritual power in this technique, Zhong Yuan was already moved. It turned out that there were both methods of applying spiritual power and Buddhist power in this Buddhist practice. Zhong Yuan had previously seen those methods that he thought were the application of spiritual power, but his only concern was whether his mental power was the same as the spiritual power mentioned in the technique.

After thinking for a while, Zhong Yuan finally decided to give it a try before deciding how to proceed? At the end of the book, there are many recorded methods of spiritual and Buddhist power. With just one glance at Zhong Yuan, he saw a technique called 'Invisibility Technique' that requires mist state psychic power. It should be noted that the cultivation of spiritual power in the book is divided into several stages: gas state, mist state, liquid state, solid state, no beginning and no end. If Zhong Yuan's psychic power is truly spiritual power, it has already reached the solid state stage. When he saw this record, Zhong Yuan was really in tears and had already prayed to the gods and Buddhas in his heart. His psychic power must be the spiritual power mentioned in the book

According to the book, Zhongyuan began to use his psychic power to construct the invisibility shield mentioned in the book. The book also stated that the invisibility techniques of Buddhism and Taoism are similar, with the difference being that Buddhist techniques can directly use spiritual power to construct invisibility shields, while Taoist practitioners need their own elemental power to guide them. In fact, this is also the reason why Zhongyuan did not read those Taoist books first. Not to mention whether he really needed spiritual energy like in the novel, just that practice alone took several years and decades to block Zhongyuan from the door. After Zhongyuan chose this book "Closed Mouth Zen" and determined that his psychic power was spiritual power, it was simply a case of becoming a master. Zhong Yuan's tailor-made technique, which is the most difficult spiritual power for others to cultivate, unexpectedly led him to the solid state stage in a daze. Of course, this technique also has a small drawback, which is that Zhong Yuan, who doesn't speak much, can only remain silent until the technique is fully developed after starting to practice "Silent Zen". However, hehe, Zhong Yuan smiled inwardly and realized that it doesn't matter whether he speaks or not, as most practitioners of this technique have this ability, right? Of course, in today's society, people who are not very familiar with Zhong Yuan cannot even use his psychic power to transmit sound.

This pull went further. Zhongyuan has been using psychic powers for some years now, and the invisibility mask depicted in the book is easily remembered. It should also be noted that Zhongyuan occasionally sees some bean sized jade stones on these bamboo slips, which are embedded in the bamboo slices. Surprisingly, these jade stones contain some divine powers that have already been constructed with spiritual power. However, these divine powers have not been triggered, but are sealed inside the jade stones. After recording the appearance of the invisibility mask inside the jade stones, Zhongyuan began to construct it with psychic powers in a patterned manner. Not to mention, with the template in the jade stones, although the speed is a bit slow, it... At least a similar invisibility cloak has been constructed by Zhongyuan. Now, Zhongyuan only needs to input psychic power on one node of this invisibility cloak, We already know whether it's a success or a failure.

Zhong Yuan calmed down, gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and with a movement of his mind, his entire body disappeared in an instant. When Zhong Yuan became excited, he saw the situation that our little Yuer had just seen.

Hahaha, "Zhong Yuan couldn't help but jump off the hammock and burst out laughing. He looked at Xiao Yuer sitting at the entrance of the cave and was in a good mood. He ran over and pulled Xiao Yuer away.

Let's go, little one. Brother Zhongyuan is in a good mood today and will take you shopping crazily

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyue'er couldn't control anything else. She threw away the book in her hand and followed Zhongyuan out.