I opened my mouth and blew out a cigarette ring. Looking at the burning red cigarette butt in my hand, I thought of my spiritual friend Jenny, and I thought of many, many things.
The old monk patted me and said with a smile: "Why, are you accepting your fate and giving up?"
"What else can I do if I don't give up? I don't know martial arts at all. There is no way I can defeat masters like them."
The old monk said: "Who said you can't do it? You have learned Xie Qirong's refining and transforming qigong, and you have also learned the monkey mounts horse eight steps to catch cicadas technique. Monk, I have witnessed it with my own eyes."
I got up and said: "Refining Qi can cure insomnia, but there is no other use for it! Also, I once learned how to catch cicadas in eight steps! But damn, I can move a willow like the wind with one move!"
The old monk looked at me and smiled and said: "Young man, you don't understand. Refinement of Qi is one of the secrets of Jianghu. How can you say it is useless? It's just that the first chapter of Refinement of Qi is a basic chapter and does not have attack capabilities. Well, its real function is to subtly strengthen and transform your body and change your worldly thoughts. If you have the opportunity to learn the second chapter in the future, then you will be able to experience the true meaning of refining qigong. Stronger.”
After hearing this, I said speechlessly: "Master, you know nothing about it. I have been practicing for more than two years and I still don't know if it's useful? The only function of refining Qi is to cure insomnia!"
The old monk shook his head: "Young man, I won't argue with you. You will understand it over time, because if you continue to argue, you will not have time."
The old monk looked solemn and said: "Listen carefully, even if you only know one move to catch the cicada in eight steps, if you practice this move to the top, it will be no problem to deal with the two people outside the door."
I smiled bitterly: "I've only practiced for less than three fucking months, how can I reach the top?"
The old monk said: "It doesn't matter, monk, I can use Buddhist secret techniques to stimulate your potential in a short period of time. Although the effect can only last for more than ten minutes, I think it should be enough."
I asked in surprise: "Real or fake? Buddhist secrets? What is that?"
The old monk told me in a serious voice: "It's the Hundred-Character Mind-Opening Mantra of Longxing Temple, which is also the so-called enlightenment initiation among the people."
I laughed after hearing this. This old monk was fooling me like a three-year-old kid! I believe him!
This so-called "Daigo initiation" is usually used by eminent temple monks in Tibet to find new living Buddhas. Legend has it that once you receive the "Daigo initiation", you can recall your past life memories.
People who believe in Buddhism may believe this statement, but I don’t believe in Buddhism, so I don’t believe this statement.
Seeing my disbelief, the old monk said calmly: "Young man, in fact, everyone's body contains potential, and this potential sometimes bursts out briefly under extreme circumstances."
I kind of believe what he said.
Indeed, I have seen news in this regard. For example, during a major earthquake, a mother used her back to support a collapsed floor weighing several tons in order to protect her child. There was also a farmer whose son was crushed under the car in a car accident. As a result, the man lifted the car in a moment of desperation!
These are all individual cases, but if you use current science to explain this unknown power in the human body, it doesn't make sense.
But the old monk's words aroused my curiosity.
What is the Hundred-Character Mantra?
Does he really have this ability?
If he can really do it, does that potential exist within me?
Anyway, if you don't try, you will be beaten to death soon, so you might as well give it a try.
How?
He asked me to sit cross-legged on the ground in a pose similar to that of a monk zazen, but what was different from zazen was that he asked me to clench my fists.
After I closed my eyes, I heard the old monk's voice saying calmly: "This method can only be tried once in a person's life, and it must be effective only if he has good intentions. Young man, listen carefully."
