Thirty-two Forms

The secret lies here?

Li Qi never expected that before he could even construct any method of enlightenment, the Buddhist path would find something amiss in its outward appearance.

Now that he had a plan, Li Qi simply sat down, ignoring everyone else, and began doing what he was good at.

What I'm best at is, of course, jigsaw puzzles.

He wanted to see if this Buddha sculpture truly possessed the Thirty-two Forms.

If it truly exists, then once I've completed the task, the secrets should be more easily discovered.

Li Qi began to assemble the Thirty-two Forms.

This struggle lasted for nineteen Chen.

By the third Chen, the wolf demon had already taken his leave to do his evening practice. After all, their morning and evening practice, their daytime work, and their nighttime sleep were all governed by rules that could not be easily violated.

Only Xia Li Qi and a group of cultivators remained before the Buddha sculpture, some talking amongst themselves, some dejected, some overjoyed, and some lost in thought.

People came and went around, but none of these cultivators were at the seventh rank.

Those who haven't reached the seventh rank have limited lifespans, reaching a maximum of a few hundred years. Most of them don't have much time to waste here, and if they can't find any clues, they'll leave.

Those who thought they had found something quickly left the place, fearing they would be intercepted and interrogated.

There are very few people like Li Qi who can sit for more than ten Chen at a time.

This kind of thing is commonplace for Li Qi, but it's a bit of a stretch for other cultivators who haven't even achieved immortality.

However, this also varies in grade.

Li Qi can easily concentrate and sit for a month or two without getting tired.

Those beings of higher rank can comprehend a single thing for hundreds or even thousands of years, a level that Li Qi cannot reach.

Putting all that aside, after Li Qi spent nineteen Chen meditating, a full day and night had already passed.

He used those nineteen Chen to piece together the Thirty-two Forms of a person, relying on his own eyesight.

During this period, with each new image he discovered, he felt that the Buddha sculpture became more vivid, and the Buddha-nature within it seemed to increase.

Moreover, Li Qi later even discovered the Eight Buddhist Chant Forms among the Thirty-two Forms.

The Eight Buddhist Chant Forms constantly teaches sentient beings with gentle and truthful words.

How could a stone possibly contain the Eight Buddhist Chant Forms?

He can't speak.

However, a Qingfeng wafted from all around, passing through the cracks in the rocks, and seemed to carry the sounds of Zen meditation, calming the mind and making one feel intoxicated, unknowingly becoming immersed in it.

There is also the Soft Hands and Feet Form, which means that the Buddha's palms and soles are soft and can remove impurities, as if he were always applying fragrant oil to them. It has the meaning of compassion and softness, and touching a person's body can awaken vitality.

This Buddha sculpture is made of stone, so of course it won't have Soft Hands and Feet Form.

However, as Li Qi looked the strange rock up and down, he saw that there were several parts that looked like hands and feet, filled with soil. The soil was soft, and some tender green shoots were growing in it, desperately trying to grow outward with the help of that little bit of soil.

After the stone weathers, it becomes soil. Is the soil in the palm of your hand the Soft Hands and Feet Form?

Things like these seem to make sense once you think about them.

And so, after nineteen Chen, Li Qi actually found thirty-two of them, completing the Thirty-two Forms. At first glance, it really did look quite convincing.

Li Qi looked around, unable to grasp the key points before, but after more than ten Chen of deep thought, he had a flash of inspiration!

This Buddha sculpture! It's clearly a Visualization Diagram!

By incorporating these Thirty-two Forms into one's mind, and adding the shapes of the strange rocks and Buddha sculptures themselves, one can perfectly create the appearance of a Visualization Diagram!

Visualization is the foundation of many spiritual practices.

Although Li Qi's practice of the Zhu's Path did not require visualization, he had already learned about it and was certainly not ignorant of it.

Li Qi naturally had some knowledge in this area, although not very strong, but he could still visualize the Buddha sculpture with the Thirty-two Forms of a Buddha.

Visualization, in essence, is controlling one's will and then imitating other things.

This step is very important in many Dao Path and Cultivation Method because their human body's microcosm is initially scattered and disordered, and needs to be reshaped by the soul. However, ordinary people's souls cannot even control their bodies.

For example, theoretically, a person can be very flexible when doing finger exercises, but if the mind has insufficient control over the body, it will lead to clumsy and disobedient movements.

If doing finger exercises causes this much, imagine how much more difficult it is to reshape the microcosm of the human body.

Therefore, it is especially important to train the control of the soul and will during spiritual practice, and visualization can be a good way to train these aspects, and it can also be used to experiment with the process of constructing a microcosm within the human body in advance.

Visualizing Gods and Devils, the sun and moon, immortals, strange phenomena, and various other Visualization Diagram is a way to train one's spirit and soul.

Shen Shuibi has a self-created and very famous method called the "Luofu Moon-Chasing Meditation Method," which teaches beginners to visualize the Lady Luofu flying to the moon and collecting the Taiyin Qi.

The reason this meditation method is famous is that Shen Shuibi depicted the figure of the third rank and the true form of Taiyin, and also in a proper balance of detail and brevity, removing the oppressive aura.

Many Visualization Diagram can place a great burden on the mind and soul during visualization. The scenery in the images can even frighten practitioners to death or make them so engrossed that they cannot extricate themselves.

For example, there is a famous Heavenly Demon Hundred Beauties Extreme Desire Diagram ". It depicts hundreds of beautiful incarnations of the Heavenly Demon. While successful visualization can have a great effect, one can easily have one's soul sucked into the painting if one is not careful.

However, Shen Shuibi's diagram minimized the pressure from the third-rank and Taiyin forces, making it easy to visualize but highly effective. Many people on Mount Luofu even gleaned considerable magical Technique Method from it.

After all, every move of Lady Luofu was imbued with Daoist principles, and simply imitating her could produce powerful effects, just like the fingerprint of the Great Diviner back then.

This painting, "Luofu Flying to the Moon," captures a portion of her divine intent. It is considered a mid-to-high-grade work among Visualization Diagram, and she was renowned in Jiannan and had a small reputation in the Tang Kingdom.

To be considered above average in the world is an extremely high evaluation.

Now, Li Qi was facing a genuine Visualization Diagram.

He never imagined that this Buddha sculpture, viewed through the lens of the Thirty-two Forms, could actually form Visualization Diagram.

Visualization Diagram can depict a great deal of information, and they are extremely difficult to create.

Even the lowest-grade Visualization Diagram require countless resources to carefully craft and capture their essence. Even if they only depict the image of a tiger, leopard, or mountain god, ordinary people who obtain them for cultivation can visualize the murderous aura of a mountain overlord and might even comprehend some kind of Tiger Form Fist Cultivation Method.

Shen Shuibi's Luofu Benyue Diagram goes without saying; it contains a portion of the divine will of the Lady Luofu. If one fully comprehends it, simply integrating this portion of divine will into one's Daoist magic will unleash immense power.

The Buddha Statue before us seems to contain something extraordinary, and it is highly likely that it does indeed hold profound mysteries.

So Li Qi closed his eyes and began to meditate.

As soon as he began to meditate, Li Qi felt a melodious Buddhist chant resounding in his ears.

Joy suddenly arose in his heart, and wondrous flowers emitted pure light and scattered treasures.

Hundreds of thousands of Celestial Host rejoiced together.

Countless Heavenly Maiden floated in the air, singing praises to the Buddha with melodious music.

Furthermore, the Buddha's words resound, capable of eliminating all afflictions and illnesses.

Immediately, a Buddha Statue appeared before his eyes.

This time it's not a strange rock.

It is actually a golden Buddha sculpture.

Li Qi kept his mind focused, observing but refusing to immerse himself in the joy emanating from the scene.

Many of these Visualization Diagram are extremely dangerous, and some are even created with malicious intent. Without proper precautions, people could die.

After calming his mind, he began to observe the image before him.

This Visualization Diagram consists of two parts.

One part is the actual stone sculpture.

The other part consists of the 'Thirty-two Forms' simulated and imagined by Li Qi's soul.

The two must be stacked together, just like the Little Tigers' decryption card, to reveal the true Visualization Diagram.

There's just one thing...

The Little Tigers even had a decryption card, on which the key and the pattern were drawn perfectly.

However, the Thirty-two Forms that Li Qi with his divine soul could not achieve this.

Think about it: you have to complete a fantasy in your mind, then observe things in reality with your eyes, and then combine the two in your mind...

Putting aside the difficulty, how can you guarantee that your imagination is accurate? How can you guarantee that the Buddha sculpture you imagine perfectly matches the real-life one?

If not handled properly, this Visualization Diagram could be wrong, and if you use it for visualization, who knows what might happen.

So, we still have to try.

Li Qi did not presume to make further plans after the successful combination; he planned to try other combination methods.

After all, as long as the imagination is different, there are different ways to combine the Buddha sculpture. Theoretically speaking, this method can be used to combine countless Visualization Diagram.

Countless photos—could they all be real?

This is utterly absurd. Visualization Diagram are incredibly precise objects; making a mistake could be fatal to a practitioner.

Therefore, Li Qi decided to give it a try.

He began to revise his previously imagined Thirty-two Forms, and then tried to combine them with the strange stone Buddha sculpture.

However, to Li Qi's surprise, after he revised it and overlapped it again, what appeared before him was yet another brand new Visualization Diagram!

The joyful words no longer reached his ears.

Instead, it was adorned with countless wondrous banners, canopies, fragrant garlands, coral necklaces, and precious garments, all decorated with mani jewels.

It surpasses all that of the Sravaka and Pratyekabuddha, and is free from all clamor and strife, with all quiescence and tranquility manifesting before one's eyes.

All thoughts of separation and longing cease.

A majestic and orderly Buddha Statue appeared before our eyes, completely different from the Buddha Statue that had just shown a joyful smile. The solemn and orderly Buddha Statue became the theme of the picture.

This is yet another Visualization Diagram with a completely different theme, and it seems to be quite profound as well. However, Li Qi has not yet cultivated and cannot discern its level of prowess.

Li Qi was shaken and quickly dispelled his fantasies, focusing once again on the strange rock Buddha sculpture.

It's just a strange rock, ordinary and nothing special.

It's truly... miraculous.

It took another four Chen, and almost everyone around him had changed. Li Qi also tried several different combinations of the Thirty-two Forms.

Each time, a new Visualization Diagram is formed, and each one is different.

Some were joyful, some solemn, some somber, some magnificent, some majestic, and some benevolent.

These Visualization Diagram, apart from being all Buddha Statue, have almost no similarities, yet each possesses its own unique charm, and they all seem to be of high quality.

To be honest, Li Qi didn't dare to cultivate either.

Despite knowing one of the hidden secrets, Li Qi was still a little unsure about practicing this kind of Visualization Diagram.

However, just as he was struggling with this, a noise suddenly came from outside, interrupting his thoughts.

It seems there has been a riot.

Generally speaking, it doesn't make any noise. Although there are many people around the Buddha statue, they are all practitioners and don't shout. They keep quiet and even when they talk, they lower their voices so as not to disturb others.

There's no enmity between us, and nothing dramatic will happen. Cultivators can't even manage their own affairs, so why would they create trouble for themselves every day unless absolutely necessary?

Therefore, when Li Qi heard the noise, he immediately opened his eyes to see what had happened that caused the commotion outside.

Upon opening his eyes, he witnessed countless strange phenomena.

Among the many cultivators surrounding them, there was an eighth-rank martial artist whose body was radiating a dazzling golden light!

He seemed to have realized something, and a Visualization Diagram appeared around him.

This eighth-rank martial artist, like Li Qi, comprehended the Visualization Diagram from this strange rock and Buddha sculpture!

However, unlike Li Qi's constant attempts, after he figured it out, he actually chose to cultivate it. This cultivation caused strange phenomena to appear, which startled everyone around him.

It shimmers with golden light, its body radiating light to illuminate the darkness of afflictions in the hearts of all beings.

His physical body also began to change, subtly shifting towards the direction of the Buddhist 'Vajra Warrior'.

The Buddha's light sculpted a golden body, and he suddenly opened his eyes, clapped his hands together, and then punched the sky!

With a loud boom, the air vibrated, and a white cloud in the sky shattered into Weichen, which was then scattered by the wind.

Then the eighth-rank martial artist laughed heartily, "I understand! So that's how it is!"

"This is the power of fearlessness, the Vajra White Elephant Power, which was originally hidden in this Visualization Diagram!"

After saying this, he seemed to have nothing left to pursue, and left the place quickly with a happy expression.

Being an eighth-rank official, he jumped up, flipped and twirled, and disappeared into the ravine at lightning speed.

He left behind a group of people who watched him leave with envious eyes.

Seeing this, some of the remaining people sighed, while others shook their heads, seemingly disappointed.

They seemed to think that the secret of the Buddha sculpture had been solved.

Since that's the case, there's no need to stay here any longer. The Vajra White Elephant Power is good, but not everyone likes it.

Therefore, among the cultivators around, those practicing Shaman Path and even those on other Dao Path who did not care about the physical body, all packed up their things and left.

Even if they figured it out, they wouldn't be able to use it; it's meaningless to them, so they might as well not waste their time on it.

Then, those who remained were mostly martial arts practitioners or others who wanted to temper their physical bodies.

Now that there are successful cases and they know that the Vajra White Elephant method is hidden within them, they stayed and worked towards that goal!

Only Li Qi frowned, lost in thought.