Chapter 188 (1/2)
Chapter 188
Master and Disciple
”Now I have a few questions for you”
Zi Yuan's voicelook towards the bedFor the nth ti wanted to cringe and then crawl back to the privacy of his own roo like a Goddess while he could barely get that strange smell—whose source he didn't even want to know—off his hairMaybe he should take another shohen he got back to his room later, this time with twice the a shi+fted in his chair and cleared his throat”What do you wanna know?” GodHe felt like he was soiling the chair just by sitting in it
”How did you ure out the secrets of the Mahamudra Tantra?”
WellThat was unexpectedHe'd expected Zi Yuan to start berating him for his blatant defiance of her advice totoo i forward until his elboere resting on his knees”I kinda figured it out by accident”
A tiny shly doubt itBut do continue” Zi Yuan smirked”I'm interested to kno a relatively inexperienced Cultivator ed to crack the Esoteric Sect's secrets in less than a day”
”There was a code” Li Yundong sat up straighter and perforh the third scroll, I realized that there was son”
Zi Yuan's eyes darted briefly to his hands
”Mahavairocana's first ent Fist”
Li Yundong nodded and lowered his hands back down
”There are probably hundreds of mudras in that scroll,” Zi Yuan said”What drew you to this one?”
Li Yundong chuckled”It's kind of a long storyBut the gist of it is that when I was trying to ot curious about the Buddhas who perforirl…” He looked up at Zi Yuan”Ah, I forgot tothe scrolls to me coz I don't know SanskritAnywayI asked her about Mahavairocana, and she told in of all Buddhist powers”
Zi Yuan nodded”That's why you can holds the secrets to unlock those powers”
”It was just a guess” Li Yundong paused in thought”At first, I focused toothat the mantras need to be chanted as well, but I didn't really think ns, but nothing happenedThen I tried doing the hand signs and chanting thehappened as wellSo I knew so” He chuckled”The idea that Mahavairocana's mantra represents a code only came to me when I saw those colored beads”
”Colored beads?”
Li Yundong narrowed his eyes”Wait, how co me the whole ti the spell for another Observer Cloud” She glared at him”Since you blew the first one apart”
Whoops
Li Yundong reached behind to rub the back of his neckAll he touched was hairGod, he really needed a haircut
”Impressive shockwave, by the way” Zi Yuan slad that there weren't any airplanes oryour creative, but utterly ineffectual, atte let his hand drop and stared at Zi Yuan blanklyDid she just… Did she just crack a joke?
”Don't look so surprised” The woman's sh the mere mention of my name incites fear across the entire Cultivation world”
Li Yundong laughedNoe're back to being haughty again
“SoThe colored beads” Zi Yuan's expression turned serious”What about them?”
”Prayer beads, to be exactBut they didn't look like the typical ones” Li Yundong glanced at Zi Yuan”Six of the beads were coloredThe rest of the beads were all brown”
”I see…” Zi Yuan looked cal together in her head
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”Five of the six colors jing's Five Organ Pathological ModelI didn't think that was a coincidence, so I gave it ured it out”
Zi Yuan sat there silentlyAfter a while, she smiled and stood up”Well done” He then realized that she alking towards the desk behind the chair he was sitting in
Li Yundong rose froive her room
She thanked him and opened the top took the tiny slip of paper from Zi Yuan
It was a train ticket from Lhasa to Tiannan CityThe train was scheduled to leave the station at 6 PM to slipped the ticket into his pocket”What time do we leave for Lhasa tomorrow?”
Lhasa was probably 700 kilometers awayIf they travel by car, it would take at least half a day
Zi Yuan closed the drawer”The car will be ready at sixBut we'll leave at eight after breakfastNow get soood night before heading for the door
Soifts for Cultivation were really just a co those inadequacies were, first and foremost, her culinary skills (or lack thereof), and also her ability to pick disciples who understood the concept of obedience
”Oh, for Heavens' sake…” Ao Wushuang muttered and then slowly opened her eyes
Instead of sitting in ahad instructed her to not fivetowards the door
CrawlingThat silly girl was trying to sneak out by crawling towards the doorAo Wushuang feared for the future of the Fox Zen School
”What do you think you're doing, Chan'er?”
Ao Wushuang's exasperation must have shown in her voice because Chan'er flinched and starting crawling back towards her
Chan'er sat down on the edge of the ers”M-Master…”
Ao Wushuang bit the inside of her cheek to stifle her s a total nuisance”Just spit it out, Chan'er” Ao Wushuang regretted it the ain…
”H- Has Yundong passed the Zhuji phase yet?”
Ao Wushuang raised her gaze to the ceiling”Four thousand eight hundred and fifteen… Are you kiddinglowered her gaze and shook her head tiredly
”Four thousand eight hundred and fifteen? What does that er under her chinSuddenly, she perked up”Ooh! Is that the height of aconquered a su poked Chan'er's head with a finger”That's the total number of times you've askedstopped to take a deep breathShe exhaled slowly”I told you already, Chan'erI'll tell you when I'm sure that he has passed, okay?”
Chan'er was still staring at Ao Wushuang like she was some kind of Shenxian who had all the answers in the worldThen, a slow grin spread across Chan'er's face”Hehehe!” Chan'er cla barely had ti's side
”Master, Master, Master…” Chan'er rubbed her cheek against Ao Wushuang's ar looked down at her disciple through narrowed eyes”Uh-huh… What do you want?”
”Then you must have excellent divination skills!” Chan'er pulled back a little, then blinked those eyes at Ao Wushuang
”Chan'er…” Ao Wushuang said in a warning tone
”I', Master… Why don't you use a divination spell to predict whether Yundong is going toher forehead after Ao Wushuang poked her finger into it
”I told you to stop worrying about that and focus on your own training!” Ao Wushuang scowled”It's been nearly two ress at all!”
Ao Wushuang wondered if Chan'er would start listening to her if she su session
Chan'er had the decency to look sheepish”I- I just can't focus”
Ao Wushuang smacked Chan'er's forehead”And you call yourself a Cultivator!”
Suddenly, Chan'er's face brightenedHer eyes were briain”Ooh! I know, Master! You should let ! I—”