When Qin Xuan woke up, it was already close to evening.
Qin Xuan got up and rubbed his slightly throbbing head.
Suddenly, something surged into his mind.
The Diamond Sutra.
Cultivating the body with the physical form, refining the spirit with essence, external shape, internal soul…
Those who master the Diamond Sutra possess bodies as hard as stone, their flesh immortal and indestructible.
Qin Xuan’s eyes snapped open, a look of shock on his face.
“The Diamond Sutra!”
In Ying Long’s memories, this Diamond Sutra was a supreme Buddhist treasure.
Anyone who cultivated the Diamond Sutra would have an incomparably strong physical body, and their Yang Shen, or soul, would be greatly enhanced. Even if the physical body was no longer needed, or was destroyed, the Yang Shen could become an independent existence, this is what is called immortality!
However, to achieve mastery of the Diamond Sutra was something that, from ancient times to the present, had essentially never happened.
Its only drawback was that the Diamond Sutra had no offensive power; it was a defensive secret art.
Thus, the Buddhist sect, from ancient times to the present, never engaged in disputes with the outside world. If they also possessed powerful offensive capabilities alongside this terrifying defensive strength, the Buddhist sect would likely have dominated the world since antiquity.
“So, the Sarira contained the Diamond Sutra!”
Qin Xuan finally understood why the Sarira could block his probing before. The Diamond Sutra was the world’s most potent defensive secret art, so it was only natural that it would block Qin Xuan’s detection.
Qin Xuan clenched his fist and looked at his body, finding that it had indeed become much harder. Perhaps it could now withstand ordinary swords and blades, but he didn’t know if it could withstand bullets.
The dragon power cultivated from the dragon elixir had greatly increased Qin Xuan’s strength, and this dragon power was extremely powerful. Now, with the addition of the Diamond Sutra, Qin Xuan’s defense had also been significantly enhanced. In the future, he would no longer have to worry excessively about surprise attacks, as it perfectly compensated for Qin Xuan’s current weakness.
Moreover, a dragon’s scales were already very strong. Combined with the Diamond Sutra, Qin Xuan’s defense was likely astonishingly high!
It was just that Qin Xuan couldn’t understand how this supreme Buddhist treasure had ended up outside. Even Ying Long’s memories contained no record of the Diamond Sutra, illustrating just how precious it must be.
Qin Xuan activated his dragon elixir, directing the dragon power to circulate throughout his body.
Qin Xuan felt that the dragon power flowed even more smoothly than before, and his body’s strength had also undergone a noticeable transformation.
The dragon elixir and the Diamond Sutra complemented each other perfectly.
Qin Xuan was confident that he now had nothing to fear, even from martial artists in the late Hua Jin stage, or even those in the Grandmaster realm.
“Alas, it’s a pity this secret art is only the upper half,” Qin Xuan suddenly sighed.
The Diamond Sutra contained within the Sarira was incomplete.
The Diamond Sutra was divided into an upper and a lower half.
The upper half cultivated the physical body.
The lower half cultivated the Yang Shen.
Perhaps the former Qin Xuan would have considered a strong physical body to be superior, impervious to blades and spears.
But Qin Xuan, having entered the path of cultivation, now understood the importance of the Yang Shen.
If the physical body were destroyed, the Yang Shen could emerge and continue to exist in this world. Furthermore, a powerful Yang Shen could even reforge a physical body.
This was also recorded in Ying Long’s memories.
It was just that cultivating the Yang Shen was more difficult, and not everyone could achieve it. Otherwise, the Buddhist sect would likely consist of ancient beings who had lived for thousands of years by now.
But where was he to find the lower half of the Diamond Sutra?
“Do I have to go to Shaolin Temple?” Qin Xuan wondered.
However, he quickly shook his head.
Qin Xuan mused that the current Buddhist sect was unlikely to possess the Diamond Sutra.
The Buddhist sect of today was nothing like the Buddhist sect of millennia ago. Today’s monks were probably already hollowed out by wine and women. Let alone possessing the Diamond Sutra, they were likely studying the Art of the Jade Woman.
“Forget it, having the upper half is better than nothing. As long as my physical body is strong and resilient, it should be enough,” Qin Xuan consoled himself.