The next morning.
With Xiaotu's help, Su Rui refined a wisp of divine power into the "Mori Golden Light Pupil," transforming it into a wisp of divine fire. However, transforming the divine fire into the true fire of the sun required a gradual transformation process. Xiaotu deduced this process and concluded that the transformation would take at least three days.
Suri knew that this was a necessary process, so he was not in a hurry.
After finishing his morning homework, Su Rui was about to pack up and go out when a servant came over and told him that there was an old monk named Wei Potian outside the door looking for him.
Su Rui was a little confused. He didn't seem to have any friends who were monks. So he put down his bag and hurried to the living room to take a look. It was naturally Monk Yuanwu who had followed the White-browed Monk back to Tongqu County, the former leader of the Wei Alliance.
Su Rui was confused by his huge change. After asking him to sit down, he asked about his recent situation.
Leader Wei, however, was unwilling to share what he considered to be a very shameful past. Instead, he went straight to the point and said, "Boy, you initially refused to accept me as your disciple. Now I have obtained the secret manual of the Golden Bell Cover and even become a monk at Dalin Temple. Do I meet the requirements for becoming your disciple?"
Su Rui didn't understand what was going on. He thought that Old Man Wei had left home to become a monk and practiced this secret technique just to take him as his disciple. He couldn't help but feel amused and touched.
Ever since cultivating Gengjin Qi, he had lost much of his obsession with mortal martial arts. He would definitely go to the Qingcheng Sect to learn the art of flying swords, and mortal martial arts were just a transition.
At this time, Old Man Wei came to him with full sincerity and wanted to take him as his apprentice. He thought that since he was learning human martial arts, it did not conflict with cultivating immortality, so he would just become his apprentice. Besides, Old Man Wei was already very old, and he probably didn't have many years left to live.
So he bowed down and called out obediently, "Teacher!"
Old Man Wei's face wrinkled with laughter, and he hurriedly helped him up. He immediately gave him the secret manual of the "Golden Bell Cover" martial arts.
"My disciple, I have now become the disciple of the White-browed Arhat monk of Dalin Temple, and can barely be considered a Buddhist practitioner. You should learn the Golden Bell Cover as soon as possible. Once you have cultivated a breath of innate martial arts energy, I can then teach you some Buddhist techniques and supernatural powers."
Su Rui's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Wasn't this just a master-disciple relationship like in the martial arts world? He became anxious and said to Old Man Wei, "Teacher, I can't join the Dalin Temple! I recently learned the Gengjin Sword Qi of the Qingcheng Sect, and I want to join the Qingcheng Sect to learn swordsmanship!"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Wei laughed heartily and said, "My dear disciple, I became a monk because I could not avoid the calamity. You do not have to follow me into Buddhism, and I do not approve of you shaving off your three thousand strands of hair at such a young age! How about this, in the future, you can tell others that you were my disciple before I shaved my hair, and you will not enter the Dalin Temple. This way, it will not affect your ability to join the Qingcheng Sword School and learn the sword art one day. Of course, as long as Master Baimei's lineage has some Buddhist magical powers that are not core inheritances, I can also pick out a few to teach you! I'm sure Master Baimei won't mind!"
As he spoke, he actually began to think about which Buddhist teaching he should pass on to Su Rui: "I definitely can't pass on the 'Arhat Subduing Demons Sutra'. This is Master Baimei's core inheritance. I can't pass on the 'Secret Phases Sutra' either. It conflicts with the Qingcheng Sword Sect's sword dao and true energy. So I can only pass on the inheritance of spiritual consciousness. The 'Nine Consciousness Sutra' seems to be okay. Although it is an overseas Buddhist teaching, it only forges spiritual consciousness and unlocks supernatural powers. It happens to complement the inheritance of the Qingcheng Sword Sect. However, this Buddhist teaching emphasizes comprehension... Well, this child's comprehension should be good, so this is the one!"
Su Rui listened with mixed emotions. Old Wei, this cheap teacher, hadn't seen him for a few days, and he had just picked up the Buddhist scriptures at random. This technique was too easy to come by! Unlike him, seeking a complete technique inheritance was harder than ascending to heaven!
But now, with Old Man Wei around, it seems that it won’t be difficult for him to practice Buddhism in the future!
After thinking it over for a while, Old Man Wei said to Su Rui, "Teacher Baimei has a 'Nine Consciousness Sutra' that specializes in cultivating spiritual consciousness. It should be able to be practiced together with the Qingcheng Sword Sect's skills. However, this 'Nine Consciousness Sutra' is an overseas Buddhist teaching and is not an orthodox one. I can ask Teacher Baimei for it. I'll have the result in a few days!"
What else could Su Rui say? He could only thank Old Man Wei again.
Afterwards, he asked Old Man Wei about the division of his cultivation realm.
"My teacher, White Eyebrow, told me that since ancient times, both the Daoist and Buddhist sects have divided the realm of cultivation into four major realms: refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into the Dao. Daoism simply refers to the refining of essence into Qi as the Qi Refining Stage. Orthodox cultivation generally divides this into three periods and nine levels, and Buddhism follows a similar pattern. As for the realms beyond Qi Refining, he didn't mention them. If you can enter the Qingcheng Sword Sect one day, a master will definitely explain it to you!"
Su Rui was even more confused after hearing this, and couldn't help but ask, "How do you distinguish the nine levels of Qi Refining? The sword technique I learned is only divided into three levels! Teacher, can you tell me which level I am at?"
After saying that, he took off the Hanjiang Sword and sent out a three-inch sword energy.
Old Man Wei looked at the Gengjin sword energy, feeling its sharp edge that seemed to be indestructible, and was quite frightened. However, he was not a sword cultivator, and had only recently entered Buddhism, so how could he possibly judge Su Rui's current level of cultivation?
However, after listening to Su Rui's words, he had some guesses in his mind, so he said, "I am still a beginner and cannot confirm your realm. However, according to the laws of the cultivation world, the Taoist methods that can be passed down are basically the techniques below the third level of Qi Refining. And the third level sword technique you obtained, I guess it corresponds to the first three levels of Qi Refining. If I am not mistaken, you should be at the first level of Qi Refining!"
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