The Breath-Nourishing Dao, the Secret Treasury Domain.
The Great Sun shone everywhere. Snow mountains stretched across the distance, wreathed in cloud and mist.
Below the mountains lay a sapphire-blue lake. Lush grass lined its shore, where great herds of yaks grazed...
Fang Qing wore a tattered red-and-yellow monk's robe. His hair was cropped short, and his appearance had long since changed beyond recognition. He walked barefoot across the earth, imitating an ascetic monk.
"According to the Buddhist Scriptures of the Esoteric Treasury... the Secret Treasury Domain is a unique whole with a single shared source. From that source arose the Great Sun Tathagata, followed by the many buddhas, bodhisattvas, arhats, temples, monks, noble chieftains, and slaves..."
Thus, in the Esoteric Treasury, the ranks were sharply divided. Monks stood first, noble chieftains and manor lords second, then came free people and slaves...
Several herders stood beside the yak herd. When they saw Fang Qing approach, they knelt respectfully by the road and bowed with devotion.
"Where am I?"
Fang Qing sat on a roadside rock and asked casually.
Seeing that he wished to rest, the prettiest shepherdess hurried forward and offered him tsampa, dried yak meat, dried cheese, and other food.
Fang Qing could see clearly that the dried yak meat and cheese were probably the best food they possessed.
Yet they brought them out as though it were only natural to offer their most precious things for a master to enjoy.
It was just like the old men and women of ancient times in his previous life, who could not bear to use a few extra drops of oil all their lives, yet took the money they saved to a temple as an offering.
"Honored master blessed with auspiciousness, this is Blue Tile Lake. The manor on its shore belongs