I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

#244 - Tathagata's Original Vow Mantra

After hearing the words of the Great自在Heavenly Demon, Zhang Chen really wanted to slap himself. This was a clear sign that he had become foolish from cultivation, or more accurately, that he had been led astray by the fox spirit.

Then, in the next moment, Zhang Chen transformed into a mist and soared into the air, directly entering the third floor of the Scripture Pavilion through the cracks in the window. The arrangement of the third floor was completely different from the previous two floors, because there were only a few books inside.

The entire room had only one bookshelf, and a few books were placed on it quietly. However, this time the books were different from the previous ones, because the material of the books had finally changed.

In addition to the books written on paper, there were also secret manuals written on animal skins.

Zhang Chen cautiously approached, his eyes carefully scanning the secret manuals written on paper. He gently touched the manuals with his finger, and in the next moment, the manuals directly turned into ashes.

"There's no need to consider the secret manuals written on paper." Zhang Chen focused his attention on the secret manuals written on animal skins, hoping that the animal skins would be more durable than the paper.

Then, Zhang Chen carefully pointed his finger out, and in the next moment, the animal skin also directly turned into dust and dissipated into the air.

"Damn it, could it be that this is all just a fool's errand?" Zhang Chen's expression turned ugly at this sight.

He casually swiped across all the secret manuals, and all of them turned into ashes. The entire Scripture Pavilion no longer had anything of value, and was completely empty.

"I think your line of thinking is a bit off," the Great自在Heavenly Demon said from the side at this moment.

Zhang Chen turned his head to look at the Great自在Heavenly Demon, a hint of doubt in his eyes: "What do you mean by that?"

"Since ancient times, the real wonderful methods have been passed down orally, not written down. Even if they are written down, they are carried by the highest leader of the sect or hidden privately, rather than placed in a place like the Scripture Pavilion where everyone can come," the Great自在Heavenly Demon said.

Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, his eyes looking at the Great自在Heavenly Demon: "So, what do you mean?"

"Go and find the place where the abbot of this temple secluded himself for cultivation, or his residence, and perhaps there will be unexpected gains," the Great自在Heavenly Demon said.

Zhang Chen felt that what he said made sense, so he put away the little emotions in his heart, transformed into a mist, left the Scripture Pavilion, and continued to shuttle through the palaces, inspecting the rooms one by one.

Zhang Chen came all the way to the monks' dormitories. The Great自在Heavenly Demon turned his eyes and pointed to a room with a separate courtyard: "This is the abbot's residence. Let's go here. If there really is any precious inheritance in this temple, it must be in the abbot's residence."

Zhang Chen walked into the separate courtyard upon hearing this. Along the way, he saw that the courtyard was dilapidated, and the traces of knives, guns, and fire were very clear.

"I didn't expect that the abbot's residence would also suffer a calamity." Zhang Chen looked at the big tree that had been burned by the fire on the side, a hint of emotion in his eyes: "I really don't know what kind of opponent it was in the past that caused the temple to suffer such a blow."

The Great自在Heavenly Demon thoughtfully said upon hearing this: "It must have provoked someone they shouldn't have."

The two walked into the courtyard all the way, and saw that there was only a simple quiet room in the courtyard. There was a bed and a small table in the quiet room, and nothing else.

"There's nothing here." Zhang Chen was a little disappointed.

"Not necessarily! These old bald donkeys in Buddhism are the most cunning. Let me take a look..." The Great自在Heavenly Demon wandered around the house, and suddenly stopped in front of a certain floor tile in the corner: "Zhang Chen, come here quickly."

Zhang Chen quickly walked over upon hearing this: "Did you find anything?"

"Pour your magic power into this floor tile," the Great自在Heavenly Demon said.

Zhang Chen did not hesitate at all upon hearing this, and directly poured his magic power into it. In the next moment, the floor tile actually emitted a faint light, and then a white light flew out, rolled up Zhang Chen, and drilled into the floor tile.

Zhang Chen only felt a burst of dizziness, and then came to a stone room.

The stone room was very large, about the size of a basketball court, and looked like a cavern hollowed out from an underground rock layer.

The stone room was not dim, and there was a strange celestial light shooting down from above, illuminating the entire stone room.

Zhang Chen swept across the entire underground cave, and saw that countless plants and trees in the underground cave had withered and died. This should have been an underground world before, but because it had lost the care of its owner, the cycle of life had been broken, so it had turned into a dead land.

Zhang Chen cautiously looked at the entire underground cave, and saw that there were no traces of knives, axes, or chisels in the underground cave, obviously the fighting outside had not affected this place.

Zhang Chen used the celestial light falling from the air to scan the entire underground space inch by inch, and finally saw a cliffside stone carving in the distance.

Zhang Chen transformed into a mist and floated up, landed in front of the cliffside stone carving, revealing his traces, and looked at the cliffside stone carving with his eyes. He saw two large golden characters engraved on the cliffside stone carving: Heart Chan.

Apart from that, there were no other characters.

"Zhang Chen, come here quickly, there's a gain here." Just as Zhang Chen was still looking around, the Great自在Heavenly Demon's shout came from not far away. Zhang Chen quickly rushed over, and his eyes lit up. He found a page of books, and the most important thing was that the book was open.

In front of the golden book, there were two butt prints, which had been deeply engraved in the stone, and even the butt prints had formed a patina and turned into jade.

"In the past, a Buddhist power had secluded himself here to meditate, and even the stones underground were sat on until they formed a patina and turned into jade, probably in order to comprehend this Buddhist scripture. Later, this Buddhist temple suffered a catastrophe. After this monk woke up, he didn't have time to put away the secret manuals, and hurriedly went out to support, but unfortunately the supporting monk never came back. The two pages of books that are open actually record a complete method," the Great自在Heavenly Demon was indeed an old antique, and he had already seen many of the tricks in a short time.

Zhang Chen also understood the characters of the Primordial God and Demon period, and he read it out with just one glance: Tathagata's Original Vow Mantra.

"This seems to be a mantra?" Zhang Chen muttered, and then immediately shut his mouth, not daring to continue chanting it, lest it cause some bad trouble.

Zhang Chen glanced at the scripture. The scripture was very short, only eighty-one characters, otherwise it would not have been recorded on two pages of scriptures.

"Do you know the mystery of this Tathagata's Original Vow Mantra?" Zhang Chen asked.

The Great自在Heavenly Demon scratched his head upon hearing this: "It seems to be a divine power. I seem to have heard of it, but I don't remember exactly where I heard it or what the specific content is."

Zhang Chen glanced at the mantra upon hearing this, and then secretly pondered and memorized it, silently thinking about the key points.

As he recited each word in his heart, his mental world suddenly burst into light. This light resonated with the outside world, and a strange golden light emerged from the temple ruins and halls, gathering towards Zhang Chen's mental world. Countless Buddhist lights converged into a brilliant point of light within Zhang Chen's world, a point of Buddhist light rising like the majestic sun emerging from the east. Zhang Chen's magical power surged along with it, seemingly influenced by the waves emitted from the mantra. Then, in the next moment, boundless Buddhist light bloomed, and a strange aura rose from Zhang Chen's body. The book was directly shattered by the aura emanating from Zhang Chen, turning into dust and dissipating into the world.

"What's going on?" Zhang Chen was shocked. He had only silently recited the Buddhist mantra once in his mental world, yet such a change had occurred?

In the next moment, a strange force pushed him, and the void in front of Zhang Chen twisted, and his consciousness was directly pushed out of the first heaven of his mental world.

"What's going on?" Zhang Chen opened his eyes, his pupils filled with suspicion. He quickly summoned the Great自在Heavenly Demon and questioned it, fearing that the Great自在Heavenly Demon was playing tricks.

"That temple seems to be the dojo of an extraordinary existence in Buddhism. Even if they died and their Dao dissipated, their power permeated the temple, enduring countless years and tribulations without being destroyed. You silently recited the Buddhist mantra in your heart, and the power dispersed by that deceased great power sensed it, resonating directly with you, then empowering and fulfilling you. Now, feel your mental world. Is there any change?" The Great自在Heavenly Demon looked at Zhang Chen, his eyes full of envy:

"You really have the luck of the devil! That Buddhist great power suffered tribulation, died, and their Dao dissipated in that temple, but their scattered power still remains in the dojo. The Tathagata's Vow Mantra you recited unintentionally was sensed by that scattered power, and you were directly empowered. It's equivalent to the ancestor of that Buddhist sect personally empowering you, crossing countless years and eras."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen was overjoyed, and he quickly closed his eyes to sense his soul. In the next moment, he saw a Buddhist light flowing within the blue lotus of his soul, and the Buddhist light transformed into a mantra: 'Om Mani Padme Hum'.

The mantra did not conflict with Zhang Chen's magical power; like a fish, it swam within Zhang Chen's magical power.

Seemingly sensing Zhang Chen's will, the mantra exploded, transforming into a stream of information, pouring into Zhang Chen's consciousness. At this moment, a faint Buddhist light flowed around Zhang Chen's body, making him look sacred and solemn, appearing very unusual.

"Great fortune! It's simply a great fortune!" The Great自在Heavenly Demon stood beside Zhang Chen, his eyes fixed on the Buddhist light emanating from Zhang Chen.

After a long time, the Buddhist light around Zhang Chen converged, and he slowly opened his eyes: "So it turned out to be this incantation. This Tathagata's Vow Mantra is the foundation of all supernatural powers and incantations in Buddhism, the cornerstone of all supernatural powers. It seems that the origin of that temple is unusual."

"I wonder what the origin of that temple is."

"In my memory, there seems to be only one temple with the word 'small', the Small Thunderclap Temple. I wonder if there are any other temples with the word 'small'."

…

A trace of contemplation appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes.

"How do you feel?" The Great自在Heavenly Demon curiously leaned forward.

"I have comprehended a supernatural power. This supernatural power is evolved from the Buddhist Vow Mantra and is called: the Forbidden Word Technique," Zhang Chen said.

The Great自在Heavenly Demon asked, "What is the mystery of this Forbidden Word Technique?"

"The mystery cannot be spoken. I will demonstrate it for you, and you will know. It's a pity that there are no demons or beasts here. If there were demons or beasts, the mystery of this Forbidden Word Technique could be revealed. There are only you and me here, so it cannot be demonstrated."

As he spoke, the Demon King Zhao Lie in Zhang Chen's arms woke up. At this time, he stretched his legs drowsily, crawled out of Zhang Chen's arms, and let out a heart-wrenching howl. Zhang Chen knew at a glance that this little cub was hungry.

"Oh, what a coincidence. You beast has a chance and good fortune. Today, this good fortune will just fulfill you." Zhang Chen was saying that there were no living beings to demonstrate on, but the Demon King Zhao Lie's actions reminded Zhang Chen that he had a ready-made living being in his arms?

Then, Zhang Chen reached out and took out the Zhao Lie Demon King from his arms. The Zhao Lie Demon King, still drowsy, was shocked when he heard Zhang Chen say 'You have good fortune', and an ominous premonition suddenly surged in his heart for some reason.

Then, the Demon King Zhao Lie struggled violently, constantly twitching his weak limbs, trying to escape from Zhang Chen's clutches, but he was only just born, how could he struggle out of Zhang Chen's palm?

"Be good, bear with it, it'll be fine soon! You have good fortune. I just learned a supernatural power, and you are destined to be the first to try it. It's really great fortune."

Ignoring his struggle, Zhang Chen activated the magical power in his body, and the mysterious power in his body boiled. Golden light suddenly spewed out from his mouth, transforming into the supreme mantra of the six-syllable bright mantra 'Om Mani Padme Hum'. The true words spewed out from Zhang Chen's mouth shook the ten directions of the world around him, and the six true words transformed into golden light, directly crashing into the Zhao Lie Demon King's brow, breaking through the opponent's physical defense and drilling into his soul.

"What the hell is this!"

Seeing the six true words imprinted on his soul, and constantly infiltrating his soul, he immediately realized that something was wrong, and struggled desperately to resist, but at this time, where did Zhao Lie have the qualifications to struggle? The six true words melted into Zhao Lie's body, directly transforming into golden threads, and began to be derived in his soul, connecting his three souls and seven spirits.

The Great自在Heavenly Demon, seeing Zhang Chen's methods, couldn't help but reveal a trace of horror: "I seem to have an impression, it's actually this ghostly supernatural power? This is actually the Forbidden Word Technique, specifically used to subdue various guardian divine beasts, used as mounts or directly as guardians."

"It's a pity that my strength is too weak, I'm only at the Qi refining stage, so I can only bless monsters below the first level, but as long as they are hit by this Forbidden Word Curse, even if they break through and become gods or saints in the future, they will still be unable to escape my methods," Zhang Chen said with a smile.

The Great自在Heavenly Demon was silent upon hearing this, and cursed in his heart: 'It's a good thing you're just a Qi refiner. If you become an immortal or a saint, and combine it with your soul-stealing skills, I don't know how many people will be out of luck.'

Zhang Chen withdrew the formula, and Zhao Lie at this time widened his eyes, feeling the golden thread in his soul, like a series of shackles, constantly shuttling through his soul, firmly sealing the various apertures of his soul.

"What did you do to me!!!" Zhao Lie roared in grief and indignation, but listening to Zhang Chen's ears, it turned into a milky and cute roar, like a coquettish act, which simply melted Zhang Chen's heart.

"You are a creature with good fortune. With this magical power, it will be a natural process to open your wisdom and become a demon beast in the future," Zhang Chen said with a smile, stroking Zhao Lie's head.

Controlling demon beasts and enlightening demon beasts are just the small power of the six-syllable mantra. Its true divine power has not yet been displayed.

Zhang Chen played with the little tiger, and became even more curious about the ruins in the mental world. There were actually such heaven-defying supernatural powers as the six-syllable mantra inside. What was the origin of that temple?

"Go and explore again, and investigate it clearly. That temple must not be an unknown temple," Zhang Chen said secretly in his heart.