Abhaya Mudra

Earth.

"These small black dots inside the Bodhi seed are not simple, just as I suspected."

Shi Yi examined the Bodhi seed using a pen-style magnifier.

In his eyes, the golden light emanating from the Bodhi seed was inscribed with writing.

Initially, the text was blurry, but after magnifying it fifty times, the characters became much clearer. Upon magnifying it to one hundred times, each character felt as large as a bowl!

This was the maximum magnification of the pen-style magnifier Shi Yi had purchased. Acquiring a higher magnification model would be quite troublesome.

"Not knowing how to read really causes problems!"

"I can't understand most of the characters here."

Shi Yi found himself at a disadvantage due to his illiteracy once again.

It was the same situation when he had previously obtained the cultivation technique of the Five Tigers Gang.

After breaking through to the Blood Essence Realm, he had already asked Zhao Cheng to help him find a tutor.

He expected to hear back within a few days.

Literacy was important everywhere.

"This Buddha statue is truly lifelike, as if a real Buddha has appeared before my eyes."

Shi Yi adjusted the magnification.

A solemn, golden Great Buddha appeared vividly before him.

The Great Buddha held one hand raised to its chest, palm facing forward, performing the Abhaya Mudra.

Upon seeing it, Shi Yi felt as if it could alleviate all suffering.

Compared to the Buddha statues he had seen in temples, the golden Great Buddha inscribed within the Bodhi seed seemed alive.

"This Bodhi seed is indeed extraordinary."

"I wonder if the content on it is a cultivation technique for the Immortal Dao."

This thought crossed Shi Yi's mind.

He knew about the Immortal Dao from Lu Feng.

For now, he only knew that the cultivation requirements were extremely demanding.

He had wanted to ask more at the time, but Lu Feng was about to teach him the follow-up techniques for the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist. After finishing the instruction, Lu Feng had told him to go cultivate first and to ask Zhao Cheng if he had any questions later.

Once his cultivation was complete, it was almost time, so Shi Yi returned to Earth.

He could only inquire about the Immortal Dao at a later time.

Upon returning to Earth, he happened to see the text message from the courier, so he brought the pen-style magnifier back and began studying the Bodhi seed.

"Regardless of whether it's an Immortal Dao cultivation technique or not, if it's hidden this deeply, it must be something extraordinary."

"It was truly worth the risk to pick up this Bodhi seed back then!"

Shi Yi was glad he hadn't chosen the most conservative approach.

Otherwise, he would have truly missed such a great opportunity.

With the many methods he possessed, he was able to discover the secret hidden within this Bodhi seed. If it were someone else, without the means to See Through Illusions and the ability to magnify, they would have no way of discovering the secret within this Bodhi seed.

It was precisely because Shi Yi possessed the Divine Ability to See Through Illusions and also the technological product of the pen-style magnifier that he could uncover the hidden secret.

However, due to his limited literacy, Shi Yi could not fully grasp this secret for the time being.

This also made Shi Yi feel helpless.

But fortunately, literacy was a minor issue. Before long, he would be able to master the script of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he still couldn't recognize all the characters then, he could ask others for help.

He kept the Bodhi seed on Earth; no one else could get it, nor could it be tracked.

"I'll try to sketch this golden Great Buddha."

Shi Yi took out a pencil and attempted to sketch it.

He had been interested in sketching in the past and had spent some time learning it from a professional teacher. Combined with his memory at the time, he had quickly mastered it.

After his Double Pupils underwent a change, he integrated the knowledge he had acquired, including sketching, which further enhanced his sketching abilities.

When choosing a university after his college entrance exams, art was also one of his options because art programs required less class time and the coursework was relatively more flexible.

"Let's give it a try!"

With the idea in mind, Shi Yi began sketching based on his memory of the Buddha statue he had seen.

Before long, a Buddha statue appeared on the white paper.

However, upon seeing the statue, Shi Yi frowned deeply.

This was because the Buddha statue he had drawn completely lacked the lifelike quality; it looked like an inanimate object, possessing form but no spirit, appearing very fake.

This was the first time Shi Yi had encountered such a problem after achieving success in his sketching studies.

When Shi Yi first started learning to sketch, this issue was very apparent. The teacher who taught him sketching had told him about this problem, and ever since then, when he sketched, he prioritized 'spirit' before form.

When I was painting the Buddhist statue earlier, it was the same. But after I finished painting, the 'spirit' suddenly disappeared, leaving only the form, and all these forms looked somewhat distorted.

It was as if his sketching ability had a problem, and that's what made Shi Yi confused.

Then Shi Yi picked up his brush again and painted his master, Lu Feng. Before long, Lu Feng appeared entirely on the white paper.

In the painting, Lu Feng had a solemn expression, and his entire aura surged outwards.

This was the posture and aura Lu Feng used when teaching him the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist. He remembered it after seeing it, and now he had painted it!

"My painting skills are fine, so the problem must be with the Buddhist statue inside the Bodhi seed!"

"The spirit within cannot be directly depicted, and other methods might be needed."

Shi Yi knew that there was one more thing he needed to understand!

"I wonder if current photography technology can capture the spirit within?"

This thought crossed Shi Yi's mind.

However, it couldn't be realized for now, because only he could see through illusions with his Double Pupils.

Taking a picture with a camera would only show the magnified patterns of the Bodhi seed.

"The methods for the Buddhist sect's hidden treasures are truly not simple."

"But the more it's like this, the more it proves the Bodhi seed is extraordinary."

"I wonder what level of power the Great Putuo Temple mentioned by those two people that day was?"

Shi Yi hadn't been in the Central Great World for long.

More than ten days disguised as a beggar, and more than ten days joining the Anyang Martial Arts School under his normal identity, totaling over a month.

He had been gathering intelligence, but the information he could obtain was limited. To be precise, the information known by the people he interacted with was limited.

Ordinary people couldn't access much.

Lu Feng was the person with the highest strength and status Shi Yi had interacted with, and he knew a lot. However, to get the information he wanted from him, he needed to find a good opportunity.

Zhao Cheng should also know quite a bit, which was one of the choices Shi Yi would consider for obtaining the information he wanted next.

"The Central Great World is vast, I can't rush. I have plenty of time to explore slowly."

Shi Yi calmed his mind.

The more he understood the Central Great World, the more he felt its wonder.

"I'll copy the handwriting inside as well. Remembering these characters and their strokes will make practicing calligraphy easier later on."

In reading and writing, the processes of 'reading' and 'writing' are very important.

Shi Yi possessed the Divine Ability of Eidetic Memory, but remembering something in his mind and being able to write it down were two different things.

This required a small amount of practice.

After writing it once, Shi Yi could remember the entire process of writing the characters, and when he wrote them again, he wouldn't feel any awkwardness.

It was the same with martial arts. When he learned a new technique, it wasn't very precise the first time, but from the second time onwards, he had already corrected the mistakes from the first practice.

By the third time, he could adjust based on the changes in his Blood Essence during cultivation, gradually making the practiced technique a cultivation method suited to him, thereby improving his cultivation efficiency.

Of course, Shi Yi still held back a little when learning new moves.

Showing off outstanding comprehension was enough; he couldn't be too monstrous.

"A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind."