Chapter 31: Teaching Techniques

Cheng Yunqi put away the seal ink and directly channeled his thoughts to put it into the newly obtained Cave Stone.

The gold seal was directly tied to his belt.

Now it was sword on the left, seal hanging on the right.

Cheng Yunqi did not bring out the jade pendant issued by the sect that still had essence and blood aura, leaving it in the Bingchen Courtyard of the Little Wan Mountain.

Cheng Yunqi was quite moved. The gift of gold and stone could not be said to be not generous.

He thought for a moment and said, "Jiang Nan."

"I am here, benefactor. Is there any instruction?"

"You should not have opened the mansion yet, right?"

"I am ashamed."

"Among the five elements, I know the gold phase is your foundation. Besides the gold phase, do you have any preference?"

"The way of Kan and Li points directly to yin and yang and is the essence of inner alchemy. I have been yearning for it for a long time."

"Hmm," Cheng Yunqi thought for a moment. "Since that's the case, I have realized a mantra, which is intended for the fire element and matches the gold element. Would you like to learn it?"

Jiang Nan looked at Cheng Yunqi and was stunned again.

"Is there any rule in your sect?" Cheng Yunqi asked, then shook his head. "Then don't mention it. It's just that I truly feel the gift is heavy, but I have no money to return it, which is truly shameful."

Jiang Nan came back to his senses and shook his head repeatedly. "No, no! It's just that I was surprised for a moment."

"Oh! That's good. Would you like to learn it?"

Cheng Yunqi asked.

Jiang Nan nodded repeatedly. "If I can hear the wonderful method of the high sect, it is truly Jiang Nan's good fortune! It's just that mantra techniques are difficult and profound, and I fear I cannot understand their meaning, wasting the benefactor's energy."

Cheng Yunqi smiled upon hearing this and shook his head. "You are happy too early. This mantra is realized by me personally, not a wonderful technique of the mountain gate."

Jiang Nan was stunned again. Can someone realize mantra techniques by himself at this realm and age?

Cheng Yunqi misunderstood the meaning again and smiled awkwardly. Indeed, others not wanting to learn the mantra method he realized at this realm and age was within expectations, let alone whether it could be successful, and even if it was successful, how much power could it have?

"It's fine if you don't learn it, haha, let's talk about it later."

Cheng Yunqi said actively.

Jiang Nan came back to his senses again and almost cried out of anxiety. "No! No! It's just that I was surprised by the benefactor's talent! I am willing to learn!"

Jiang Nan would not forget that just yesterday, the benefactor played with the Thin Daoist with just a few mantras, and who in the cultivation world didn't know that mantra techniques were the fundamental techniques closest to the Great Dao?

It's just that mantra techniques are too difficult, requiring oral transmission or initiation, and various keys cannot be obtained without a famous teacher!

And it is precisely because mantra techniques are too difficult to teach and spread that magic treasures and talismans have become the mainstream of fighting. After all, using magic treasures does not require mantras, and using talismans only requires chanting mantras to the talisman itself, rather than directly ordering heaven and earth spiritual energy, which is not a little bit simpler.

Just in the Jin Xiang Sect, there are not many mantra techniques that directly order heaven and earth spiritual energy, so the Jin Xiang Sect relies more on magic treasures and the music path derived from mantra techniques.

More importantly, Jiang Nan saw it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears yesterday that the mantras the benefactor chanted were all one-character mantras!

Mantra techniques are simpler and more difficult, simpler and closer to the Dao.

Generally speaking, mantra techniques require calling the names of gods and praying for wishes to borrow the power of gods to order heaven and earth spiritual energy. Generally, thirteen-character mantras and nine-character mantras are the most common, five-character mantras are rare, and one-character mantras are even rarer.

There has long been a public opinion in the world that those who are good at one-character mantras must be heaven-gifted and close to the Dao.

Jiang Nan had always felt that the reason why the Thin Daoist chose to flee yesterday, besides the fact that his family elders came, was not without fear of the benefactor.

Seeing Jiang Nan willing to learn, Cheng Yunqi also smiled. "Good, then I will teach you. This mantra is called the 'Great Sun Brightness Mantra'. Although it falls on the fire element, its meaning can be traced back to the Great Sun, taking the meaning of the sun fire shining through, which is quite compatible with your gold phase."

Cheng Yunqi said this because he remembered the brilliant golden light yesterday.

Jiang Nan nodded repeatedly.

Cheng Yunqi took Jiang Nan out of the house, came to the wooden path outside the courtyard, sat cross-legged, and said eloquently: "This technique of mine has two uses. Originally, I realized it for inner vision. In addition, it can also be used in fighting to shine brightly to block sight and hearing, or to sweep away evil—just like you yesterday."

Cheng Yunqi pointed to Jiang Nan's lung orifice and smiled again. "Of course, the power is not as powerful as yours."

And Jiang Nan was shocked again. It can be used for inner vision and external fighting. What kind of mantra technique is this? And what kind of talent does the benefactor have to realize such a mantra technique by himself?

"The hand seals for inner vision and external application are different. I will teach you the external application method first. This is similar to your own Dao path and the magic intent of your magic treasure, so it should be easier to understand."

Jiang Nan nodded in agreement.

"Raise your right hand flat to your chest, palm facing left, thumb hooking the middle finger, ring and little fingers curling with the middle finger, index finger straight."

"Point forward."

"Yes, use more force, tighten."

"Not like this, the thumb, middle, ring, and little fingers are loosely held."

"Not like this, the palm must be straight, the index finger must be straight, don't over-straighten, too much is as bad as too little."

"Look, it's like this."

"..."

"That's right."

Cheng Yunqi blinked. He was a bit surprised. How could a hand seal be pinched wrong? Hadn't he already stretched his hand in front of his eyes?

Jiang Nan seemed satisfied with his learning speed and looked at Cheng Yunqi with burning eyes.

Cheng Yunqi avoided his gaze and took a deep breath. "Keep this gesture, I teach, you chant."

Jiang Nan pursed his lips and nodded hard.

"Zhao!"

Cheng Yunqi pinched the seal with his right hand and chanted a syllable in his mouth.

Immediately, his right fingertip shone brightly.

One-character mantra! Jiang Nan tried his best to suppress the joy in his heart and followed the syllable, "Zhao!"

Nothing happened.

He looked at Cheng Yunqi.

"Turbid sound, must be urgent."

Cheng Yunqi reminded.

"Zhao!"

Jiang Nan chanted again, nothing happened.

"Tongue against the upper palate, then flick open quickly."

Cheng Yunqi reminded again.

"Zhao!"

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Jiang Nan chanted again, nothing happened.

Cheng Yunqi scratched his forehead.

He thought for a moment and said, "Close your eyes, look up, look directly at the sun."

Jiang Nan followed suit.

"Is it a piece of crimson red now?"

Jiang Nan nodded immediately.

"Good, now imagine this piece of crimson red as a sea of fire, then visualize a great sun rising from the sea of fire, then chant!"

"Zhao!"

Jiang Nan chanted again, nothing happened.

Cheng Yunqi scratched his forehead with more force. "Let me think, let me think."

"Oh."

Jiang Nan responded, his face looking like it had been sunburned.

"Try this, chant with me again."

After a long while, Cheng Yunqi seemed to have thought of a way.

Jiang Nan nodded repeatedly.

"Yin mist covers the sun, Mao constellation decree, Zhao!"

Cheng Yunqi's fingertips scattered dazzling auspicious clouds.

"Yin mist covers the sun, Mao constellation decree, Zhao!"

Nothing happened to Jiang Nan's fingertips.

Cheng Yunqi felt quite painful.

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By the Wu hour, servants came to the small abode to invite Cheng Yunqi and Jiang Nan to the banquet. Today, Jiang Yanxing and Jiang Yuexing held a grand banquet to formally thank them.

But when the servants arrived at the courtyard gate of the small abode, they saw the honored guest and their young master sitting cross-legged at the gate, with gestures on their hands and words in their mouths, as if they were practicing.

The servants did not dare to disturb them and turned back to report to the Family Head and the Second Master at the banquet.

On the other side, Jiang Yanxing and Jiang Yuexing were still talking in the banquet hall.

"What's going on? The time has come, why hasn't Jing'er brought the honored guest over yet? Did he forget?"

Jiang Yuexing said.

Jiang Yanxing said: "It doesn't matter, I've already sent someone to invite them, they should be on their way."

At this time, a servant returned to report what he had seen and heard at the gate of the small abode.

"You mean chanting words, and performing secret techniques with hands, Little Friend Cheng is teaching, and Jing'er is learning?"

Jiang Yanxing was surprised.

The servants nodded, only saying that it sounded like this.

Jiang Yanxing and Jiang Yuexing looked at each other and immediately got up to rush to the Wind Lotus Abode.

The two almost flew over, their feet barely touching the ground.

The two stood still a hundred steps away from the small abode, listened quietly for a while, and then Jiang Yanxing and Jiang Yuexing slowly retreated. At the same time, Jiang Yanxing ordered:

"Unless the Young Master leaves on his own, no one is allowed to approach the small abode within eight hundred steps. No, everyone, everyone stay as far away from the small abode as possible!" ===== CHAPTER 32 =====