520 Weighing the Harves (1/2)

Primogenitor Doumu readied the jade bamboo script. She removed the Gist of Trueness of the Dharmakaya techniques of the dsicipline before handing the script over to Meng Qi.

Without the need to place the bamboo script on his forehead, Meng Qi's spiritual sight projected outwards and studied the contents of the script he held.

BOOM!

His Vital Spirit sat high in a mysterious space of nothingness. Time and space intertwined as one, achieving substance and yet ethereality at the same time.

His ”Vital Spirit” opened its eyes. Formless and ethereal, it was formed in shape but yet incorporeal. Chaos broke free, dividing into Yin and Yang like the creation of matter!

They were fantastic in their transformation and were immensely fast as well. Meng Qi could only grasp a little of its mystery. He had to obtain the Dharmakaya chapter of ”Heavenly Golden Scripture” to fully find realization!

However, Meng Qi still had ”Yin-Yang Seal”, which could divide Yin and Yang, transforming them into the origin. The process of transformation was thorough, elaborating the Dharma and Logos amongst the worlds, which allowed Meng Qi to be immersed in the realization.

The ”Vital Spirit” stretched out its hand and mixed with the Dharma and Logos of Heaven and Earth. With the indescribable printings in its midst, it became chaotic, faint and dark.

The printings changed to become two hands playing back and forth. Yin and Yang were born and were interchanging in inexplicable ways, which made one unable to judge the Yin and Yang nature of the hands, resulting in it being impossible to protect against this move.

As the printings were pushed out, the chaos in front broke down, and clarity was separated from chaos. Various Yin and Yang principles were expounded!

After a lot of time had passed, Meng Qi slowly opened his eyes. One of his eyes was white and bright, with a pure black pupil. The other eye was dark, with a pure white pupil. They seem like two inverse ”Yin and Yang Fish”.

He closed his eyes again, and they returned to their original state when he reopened them.

Yin-Yang Seal was indeed one of the ”Nine Primeval Seals”. It encompassed the principles of the universe and hid the root of the ultimate Tao. Meng Qi could only have a superficial understanding of it.

Even that superficial understanding was only possible because he had created his own move, ”Trio Combination of Yin and Yang, which is Yin and which is Yang?”, and had learnt the sword move ”Yin-Yang Reversal” as well as ”The Big Bang Technique”, which was a ”Inner World movement” that can be cultivated to be more powerful. Such techniques made use of the discoveries and realizations of Yin and Yang, which resulted in Meng Qi having a superficial realization of ”Yin-Yang Seal”.

The Exterior chapter of ”Heavenly Golden Scripture” had many Dharma and Logos, as well as cultivation methods, and one was required to study it calmly and thoroughly for understanding and realization. It allowed Meng Qi to completely understand that after the combination of inner and outer world and the appearance of inner power in the outer world, Kung Fu and training of Qi would be completely different. He could then completely externalize his inner world and create many spell-like abilities, such as calling for wind, rain, or even lightning.

As for ”Tri-gem Wish Fist”, Meng Qi had already understood the Exterior chapter. Now that he had deepened his realization, he needed to choose any of the three virtues of the five virtues for training.

I'm not sure if there was an option to exchange for the Qi of the five virtues at the Dominator of Samsara... Meng Qi's thoughts diverged.

Progenitor Doumu seemed to be able to sense his thoughts, and said softly, ”The Qi of the five virtues were that of accomplishment, morality, blessing, virtue and darkness. They were obtained through doing actions that allowed for corresponding rewards from Heaven and Earth. There may be defects if one uses the Qi that others have obtained to train for one's own techniques.”

”Which is to say that it would be better to collect it yourself...” Meng Qi nodded gently and asked, ”Heaven and Earth is merciless, how can we expect for rewards from it?”

Heaven and Earth was not a true creature, so how could it hand out rewards?

Progenitor Doumu had a piece of jade bamboo script in her hand, ”Everything in this world is mutually interdependent and affects each other. Big Tao Dharma and Logos, and the law of heaven and earth acts so too. They are like a dead volcano. If you attack the center with the full strength of one palm, it will erupt again. This eruption will be the reward for your attack.”

”Er, it's like if I punch the wall once, the wall will return to me the force of one punch?” Meng Qi recalled the knowledge that he had learned in his previous life.

Seeing that Meng Qi had understood, Doumu continued, ”Your effect on the Big Tao Dharma and Logos, and the law of the heavens and the earth's movements will be retributed accordingly. The average man has little power, and his effect is thus limited, which made the 'returns' especially weak and imperceptible.”

”I see.” Meng Qi completely understood.

Progenitor Doumu looked at him again, ”As one's actions tend toward some kind of Big Tao Dharma and Logos or the laws of heaven and earth movements, the 'returns' that one obtains will be bigger, and can make one stronger. If one can completely imitate the same actions, one would become the Big Tao Dharma and Logos, or the laws of movements itself, and can completely immerse into Heaven and Earth, controlling part of them, becoming a special type of Dharmakaya. The Accomplishment Virtue Body and Blessing Virtue Body from Taoism are all examples of such. Erm, you were from Buddhism, you should know about 'Sacrificing Body' right? This is the Dharma Access to training 'Sacrificing Body'.”

”Indeed, she is the leader of a giant sect, an experienced Samsara member; she had such great knowledge...” Meng Qi shook his head, as he could only be considered half a monk.

The expression of Domou remained a mystery under her mask. ”The monk makes a wish in front of the Buddha. Fulfilling the wish would be to tend towards some kind of Big Tao Dharma and Logos, obtaining 'returns'. But one cannot be too overbearing with such wishes. If one cannot complete the wish, having a big wish would be lying arrogantly, and no return can be obtained. If the wish is too strong, the return may be more than what one can endure, and it will transform into a disaster, with no hope of progressing further.”

”Before ancient times, Amitabha had forty-eight wishes, and had returns by the Big Tao, which allowed him to break through, to consummate and to give his body to the pure land, also known as the Western Blissed Land.”

”As long as one sincerely worships Buddha, one would return to the blissful world after death. Isn't that becoming part of Heaven and Earth?”

Meng Qi was stunned, as he had remembered novels which he had read before. Wasn't this becoming Tao by making big wishes?

Suddenly, Meng Qi remembered a person and an event, ”Progenitor, I had seen the current successor of Lanke Temple, Hong Neng, at Immensity Sea before. He was fulfilling wishes and building temples to shelter travelers of Immensity Sea from sandstorms. Could, could he be training in 'Sacrificing Body'?”