Chapter 6 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

It was getting dark as he walked home. The sparkling lights in the houses by the street made it look like a magnificent ocean.

The splendor of this world was no less than the world Ding Hao came from.

There was home behind every light. However, Ding Hao knew very well that he had only himself to depend on in this world!

When he got home he saw a broken bowl on the ancestors’ offering table.

Ding Hao did not say a word. He knew Ding Laosi left it there to humiliate him.

He pretended not to notice it.

Ding Laosi did not know that Ding Hao took it as a reminder to do the best he could.

“There’s a saying, ‘tie your hair on the beam, stab your leg with an awl1’. Ding Laosi is the awl!”

Ding Hao ordered the servants to prepare a simple dinner and send it to him. He crossed his legs on a cushion after dinner.

‘All I have now is the black stone. Can’t let others discover this secret.’ Ding Hao thought.

When one had no true prowess, it was dangerous to show one’s cards! He wanted to use this black stone to earn some money by helping others meditate. If people found out about the stone, it would be dangerous for him.

“But luckily, the stone unlocked the first star. It has a lot more different functions now!” All Ding Hao had to do was think about it, and it would come true. “Turn into a… ring! Smaller and make it grey, so that it is inconspicuous!”

The stone turned into an inconspicuous, little, grey, stone ring according to Ding Hao’s desire. He happily wore it on his middle finger and nodded. “I will use both my hands to distract them, so nobody will notice the ring.”

Ding Hao was very pleased that he was able to come up with those ideas.

“It would be great if I could test it first.” Ding Hao was thinking about who he should perform the experiment on, and he heard a dog barking outside. He got an idea.

‘People are unpredictable. Dogs are more trustworthy than people!’

It was a summer evening, the servants were all sleeping. Insects were making noise. Ding Hao carefully opened the door and brought Minion, the dog, into his room.

“Minion, sit.”

Ever since Minion entered a meditative state that day, it listened to Ding Hao’s commands.

Minion sat down. Ding Hao moved his hands in circular motions above its head, and murmured, “Enjoy wine and songs while we can. Life is short. Quiet the heart. Quiet the mind.”

Ding Hao thought, rather than murmuring the phrase, he should speak them out loud.

After he said the phrase, Minion went into the perfect-stage meditative state. It was breathing steadily and had adjusted its mental strength.”

But Ding Hao had a new idea. “The stone places people immediately into the perfect/stage. It would be too shocking. No! I can’t allow everyone to enter the perfect-state. I’ll maybe help them enter the middle or higher stages!”

Then he kicked Minion out of its meditative state. The poor thing woke up just when it had entered the meditative state. It had not had the chance to enjoy the twilight zone, floating between reality and fantasy. It barked at him.

“Bow-wow”

“Stop that. Let’s try again!”

He tested more than ten times on Minion. Minion was now barking very loudly. But Ding Hao finally got the hang of it. “I’ve got it!”

“The four sentences that I say before going into meditation. Every sentence is one level! If I only say ‘Enjoy wine and songs while we can’, it is the lower-stage meditative state. If I continue and say ‘Life is short’, then it is the middle-stage. If I continue and say ‘Quiet the heart’, it is higher-stage. If I complete all four sentences, then it is the perfect-stage! Haha, I’ve got it, thank goodness!”

After Ding Hao figured it all out, he stroked Minion’s head and said, “Minion, thank you. Let’s enter the perfect-stage meditative state together as a reward to you!”

“Enjoy wine and songs while we can. Life is short. Quiet the heart. Quiet the mind.”

Ding Hao helped Minion enter the perfect-stage meditative state. He turned the ring back to its original form and put it into his mouth, and he too entered the perfect-stage meditative state.

It was a wonderful feeling to achieve the perfect-stage meditative state. You would feel refreshed and balanced. Every cell was in a dreamlike state. It benefited mental strength greatly!

Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and extrasensory perception. The six senses were all strengthened!