Return to the City: The Strongest King-Chapter 1802 - 1728: The Detention Center Is the Best_4

"Hmm, it’s been a long time, I wonder if there are any esteemed monks." Song Xiaodong asked.

"Mr. Song, you’ve asked the right person. In Fayuan Temple, there’s a Master Zhihai, who’s over 90 years old, and many high-ranking officials and wealthy people line up to see him." Wang Xinyi answered.

The two of them stepped through the mountain gate.

"Rich people’s money is easy to deceive." Song Xiaodong said indifferently.

"I’ve met this Master Zhihai, he’s quite a nice old man." Wang Xinyi said.

Inside the mountain gate, there is a meditation courtyard with a platform in the center, enshrining a four-faced Buddha, enclosed with glass. On both sides of the courtyard are reception rooms. Continuing forward, there are two towering giant trees, but their leaves have already fallen, leaving only bare trunks and twisted branches, giving the whole courtyard a solemn and desolate feel.

The first hall is the Maitreya Hall, with the Maitreya Buddha, baring his chest and smiling, welcoming devotees from all directions.

Above the hall doors is a pair of couplets:

In the vast world, Maitreya smiles and leisurely surveys;

The unique technique, Jidian drunkenly turns back.

In Wang Xinyi’s backpack, there’s joss paper.

Wang Xinyi slowly opened her backpack, took out the joss paper, burned incense, offered it to the Buddha, and bowed her head.

Song Xiaodong stood aside watching the deities and Buddhas in the hall with a cold eye.

"This Maitreya Buddha is the Buddha of the future, Sakyamuni is the Buddha of the present, and Dipankara Buddha is the Buddha of the past." Wang Xinyi had a good understanding of Buddhist stories.

"Miss Wang, do you believe in Buddhism?" Song Xiaodong asked.

"Oh, I don’t believe, my mother does." Wang Xinyi answered.

The second hall is the Guanyin Hall.

Inside the hall is a row of Guanyin statues, or to be more precise, it should be called Bodhisattva Hall, because it also venerates not only Guanyin but other Bodhisattvas like Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Wang Xinyi offered incense one by one and knelt to pray.

The third hall is the Mahavira Hall, enshrining Sakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Medicine Buddha, Ratnasambhava Buddha, and Amoghasiddhi Buddha.

Wang Xinyi knelt to pray again for each.

Outside the halls, there were plaques of patriarchs from various generations, the Four Heavenly Kings, Kalan Bodhisattva, Huang Daxian, River God, and Mountain God, paying respects all around again.

Finally, the two of them came to the back of the hall and looked down from the mountain, the view extremely broad, making one feel very comfortable.

"Miss Wang, this Fayuan Temple is indeed a quiet and nice place." Song Xiaodong said.

"My mother believed in Buddhism. She took me to the temple when I was a child, and just like I just did, we had to pay respects from inside to outside." Wang Xinyi said.

"With so many plaques, kneeling all the way around is quite an exercise." Song Xiaodong said, looking at the fine sweat beads forming on Wang Xinyi’s fair nose.

"Yes, my mother thinks if you don’t pay respects all the way, you’re not devout enough."

"Where the heart is, the Buddha knows, offering for people." Song Xiaodong said.

"However, Mr. Song is so patient, accompanying me to waste this half-day." Wang Xinyi said.

"In the scriptures, feeding eagles with flesh, Huike cutting off an arm for teachings, if I, Song Xiaodong, can’t even spare half a day for the sake of learning, how could I show my sincere heart?" Song Xiaodong smiled as he looked at Wang Xinyi.

"Burning incense and praying requires kneeling and bowing, and True Qi cultivation requires inch-by-inch realization. Mr. Song, your current cultivation method seems a bit too eager for success, which isn’t good." Wang Xinyi said.

Song Xiaodong was secretly surprised. Ever since he had a confrontation with Liu Bai and the Turkish monk, Song Xiaodong increasingly felt the urgency for a breakthrough in his cultivation but struggled with the cultivation of the Third Meridian True Qi. Little did he know the Third Meridian True Qi was the Spiritual Storehouse, the more he cultivated, the more exhausting it became. In recent days, although Song Xiaodong routinely practiced observation, he gained nothing and instead felt restless.

Wang Xinyi pointed out Song Xiaodong’s predicament in one sentence.

Last night at the detention center, Wang Xinyi told Song Xiaodong that if he could let Chen Cheng go, she would teach him a cultivation technique that could achieve Three Meridians True Qi Great Perfection.

Within the Dragon Gate, there are countless cultivation methods, but different people’s individual nature, personalities, and physiques vary, as do their understandings of True Qi reinforcement. The numerous cultivation methods left in the Dragon Gate Secret Vault by predecessors of past generations were too complex and difficult for Song Xiaodong, making cultivation challenging, and Xiaodong was pondering if there was a shortcut.

"Alright, since I’ve promised, no need to hold back, I’ll teach you a set of Three Fields Opening and Closing Technique, which, once mastered, can directly lead to Three Meridians True Qi Great Perfection, watch closely!"

Wang Xinyi placed her backpack on a stone bench, posed, and demonstrated a Qigong routine she had walked through.

It turned out Wang Xinyi wasn’t a mere martial artist but had achieved Three Meridians True Qi Great Perfection through Qi Gong Practice.

Humans have three fields, the Lower Dantian stores essence, the Middle Dantian stores qi, and the Upper Dantian stores the spirit. Among the three meridians of True Qi of Song Xiaodong, there are Innate True Qi essence and qi stores, but this Spiritual Storehouse is indescribable and intangible, and Song Xiaodong’s Innate True Qi is of little help to the weak Third Meridian True Qi. Therefore, Song Xiaodong’s third meridian True Qi hasn’t yet reached Great Perfection.

Wang Xinyi, having achieved Three Meridians True Qi Great Perfection, immediately understood the bottleneck in Song Xiaodong’s cultivation. Knowing that Song Xiaodong’s cultivation level hadn’t progressed for a long time, she boldly proposed to Song Xiaodong to use a set of Qi Refining and Spirit Condensing Qigong as an apology gesture for the Chen family.