Vajra

"The Dakini Incarnation Primordial Right Consciousness: Zhuoma."

":0."

This ability, which originally consisted of only one line of small text, has now expanded to two lines.

But the extra line of writing gave Zhou Yang a jolt!

Little Zhuoma 'Little Zhuoma Zhou Yang Primordial Right Consciousness as something like the power of her vows, but this power of vows had infected the eagle in the sky, so she would always fly by his side.

But as it stands now, the reality is far more unbelievable than he imagined!

The vulture Dakini in the sky was actually a manifestation of Little Zhuoma's consciousness.

This so-called "Primordial Right Consciousness" can actually be understood as an existence like essence or soul!

Because of this Primordial Right Consciousness, she has now opened the foundation for Mindfulness!

Although her Mindfulness is currently at zero, it still indicates that she has the potential to cultivate Mindfulness!

"0" represents the first step from nothing to something! Since she is able to cultivate Mindfulness, will she also be able to cultivate Upright Heart in the future?

If one can cultivate Upright Heart, wouldn't one be able to use that Upright Heart as a stake to tether evil spirits like livestock?!

Thinking about it this way, Zhou Yang felt his blood rushing hot all over his body!

He still didn't understand what "Primordial Right Consciousness" really was.

But for now, it seems to be a more positive force here, distinct from "secret"!

Aji's consciousness showed absolutely no reaction to the Primordial Right Consciousness that Zhuoma had manifested.

This also indirectly illustrates that the Primordial Right Consciousness has nothing to do with "Esoteric Nature"!

"Since you don't want to stay among the mani stones, come back inside with me."

Zhou Yang smiled, picked up the clay figure lying at his feet, and took it back into the house.

The Shitou house built by Gonpo consists of three rooms, which are interconnected, and a space three to five steps deep was also dug into the hillside it leans against.

Zhuoma Ajia and Zhou Yang were assigned to live in an empty room in the side room.

Ajia had already spread the wool blankets on the firewood, and these became two beds. Compared to those black bones who lived among pigs and sheep, those black bones who still had their own dwellings and two wool blankets were actually quite rare.

Inside the house.

By the fire burning in the hearth, Ajia took out all the money and assets that she and her brother had accumulated and calculated it all.

Her eyes betrayed her worry. "There's only half a bag of tsampa left, and not much yak butter or brick tea either."

"I asked around today, but I still haven't found any work making silver or bronze items..."

If things continue like this, whenever the steward comes to their house to collect errands, if they can't afford to pay, they'll either have to actually do the errands or borrow money from the monastery at exorbitant interest rates—whichever choice they make, once started, it's a vicious cycle of spiraling downwards.

"How long will half a bag of tsampa last?" Zhou Yang asked Zhuoma with a chuckle as he placed the clay figure on the bedside table.

"Three days..." Zhuoma looked at Zhou Yang, then hesitated and said, "I can skip eating tomorrow."

"I'll give you more; it'll last you four days."

The siblings are now only getting one meal a day.

Most people here eat only one meal a day.

Sometimes, it was common to go two or three days without food. Zhou Yang clicked his tongue—this kind of life was even worse than that of Guan Village.

Although the food served in Guan Village was made from the dead, at least they were guaranteed two meals a day.

If Zhou Yang stayed at home all day, he could even be guaranteed three meals a day. Huang Shaozi couldn't bear to see him go hungry, so he would bring the three meals to his room.

Thinking about this, he even missed his mother a little.

"It's okay, it might be better tomorrow."

There's no payment for today's trip, but maybe there will be tomorrow.

"Then we'll have food to eat," Zhou Yang could only comfort Ajia. "Gradually, as everyone knows I have Lung Madness Disease, more and more people will be willing to ask me to help them exorcise demons and avert disasters."

Life will get better and better.

"If all else fails, we'll ask our master for help."

"Uncle Gonpo probably doesn't have much food left either..." Zhuoma looked even more worried. She sighed and said, "I hope I can find work making silver and copperware tomorrow. I'll go further afield and ask around."

I hope you can too tomorrow--

She paused, then quickly stopped, silently reciting a few lines of scripture. The work Aji does now is inextricably linked to death and disaster.

If he hopes for more work and more pay, wouldn't that be hoping for more deaths and more disasters around him?

That's not the kind of thinking a kind person should have.

Before Big Zhuoma could finish speaking, she felt guilty and quickly chanted a mantra to cleanse herself of her negative karma.

Fortunately, once she changed her mind, her previous worries faded considerably.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang shook his head and returned to his bed to sit down.

Go to sleep early, Aji.

You're sick, you need to sleep more.

After packing her things, Ajia gave Zhou Yang some more instructions.

Zhou Yang agreed and lay down on the bed.

The blanket was folded in half; one half was laid under the body, and the other half could be pulled over to cover the body.

With his eyes closed, Zhou Yang's mind stirred, and the Ghost Ruler suddenly sprouted from his chest—this ghostly limb, once condensed by him, could be summoned by his will and grow from any part of his body. At this moment, although Zhou Yang tried his best to conceal the aura of the Ghost Ruler, as soon as it appeared, Zhuoma, who was not far away, could not see it, but she still felt a cold aura sweep through the room.

Zhuoma looked at Zhou Yang with suspicion, but finding nothing, she looked away and began to chant scriptures.

The Ghost Ruler stood tall in front of Zhou Yang.

Even with his eyes closed, Zhou Yang could "see" it through his consciousness.

Between the two pale arms that grew together, five characters appeared, twisted like snakes and worms.

The five characters, radiating a holy yet terrifying multicolored light, formed a long string on Ghost Ruler's arm.

The five characters are the seed characters of the five Mantra Point collected by Zhou Yang.

"It must be subdued with the mind, and the shape of the vajra must be visualized in the mind."

"Then recite the Mantra Point corresponding to each secret mantra, as if hammering gold or silver, striking the Mantra Point onto the material. With each Mantra Point struck, the visualization in your mind becomes more and more vivid, and the shape of the object becomes more and more like the vajra in your visualization."

"After striking down a total of eighteen Mantra Point, the vajra began to take shape."

Aji's consciousness also echoed in Zhou Yang's mind at this moment.

"I haven't looked closely at the appearance of many vajras, so how can I visualize them?" Zhou Yang frowned.

It seems that he needs to find a vajra and examine it carefully before he can proceed with this matter.

He had seen vajras before, but his memory of them was so vague that he couldn't possibly use them for visualization.

In this region, the vajra holds a supreme position, distinct from other ritual implements.

It's probably highly unlikely that you'd find this in the possession of an ordinary sorcerer.

"I've seen it."

Aji responded.

As soon as he finished speaking, the exact form of a vajra suddenly appeared in Zhou Yang's mind.

The patterns carved on each prong of the five-pronged vajra are extremely lifelike!

"The beast carved at the base of the forked leg is named Makara."

The central part features a lotus and jewel design.

"You must first visualize the coarse shape of a five-pronged vajra in your mind, then in your mind carve the lotus and jewel in the center, and cast the triangular Makara beast. Do this in a cycle every day when you are casting Mantra Point for the materials, until the vajra begins to take shape."

Aji imparted to Zhou Yang the specific essence of practicing the Vajra Pestle.

"This seems to be the essence of Visualization Method?"

Listening to his words, Zhou Yang suddenly recalled the "Visualization Method" he had created when facing Gonpo dismantling the corpse.

His self-created Corpse Dissection Visualization was much cruder than Aji's vajra visualization.

Next time, when you ascend the sky burial platform, you can try the visualization sequence taught by Aji. First, visualize the corpse's form in your mind, from the skin to the bones, then visualize the corpse's internal organs, gradually dismantling the corpse's form, and then reassembling the corpse's form.

For the first time, the steps of visualization became organized in Zhou Yang's mind.

Aji fell silent.

Zhou Yang then followed the method he was taught, first visualizing the image of the vajra in his mind.

This kind of visualization is actually not difficult.

Almost instantly, he visualized the thick shape of a five-pronged vajra in his mind.

At this moment, he fixed the rough shape of the vajra in his mind and added various carvings to it, making its shape more and more lifelike, almost exactly the same as the vajra that Aji had previously projected into Zhou Yang's mind. Zhou Yang then looked at the Ghost Ruler in front of him, his gaze falling on the first Mantra Point on it, "Xiameibamu's Tongue".

His gaze had barely landed on the Mantra Point when Aji began chanting the corresponding mantra. "Yamin Rabala, Lasaya Daha..."

As Aji continued to chant this mantra, the seed syllable of the mantra "Xiameibamu's Tongue" engraved on the Ghost Ruler transformed into a red light and fell off.

The red light seemed to transform into a small hammer in the hands of a skilled craftsman, striking the Ghost Ruler again and again amidst the chanting of secret incantations.

The shape of the Ghost Ruler gradually changed.

The two arms, which were originally joined together, gradually separated.

His pale arms gradually developed a bronze hue.

Zhou Yang visualized the Vajra in his mind, and after the first Mantra Point was completely knocked into the Ghost Ruler, he turned his gaze to the second Mantra Point.

The second Mantra Point is the "Songha Dharma Protector Mantra Point".

"She ya na..." Aji then began chanting the second secret mantra.

The five secret incantations—"Ghost Lion Poison Fire Mantra Point," "Elephant King Protection Mantra," and "Garuda Protection Mantra"—transformed into clusters of light, acting as hammers or chisels, striking the Ghost Ruler.

Under the forging and carving of these Mantra Point, the two arms that had been joined together by the Ghost Ruler were completely separated. The bases of the two arms were intertwined, and the palms of each hand faced one end, resembling the five prongs at the ends of a vajra.

The arm was covered in a bronze color.

For now, the practice of this "Vajra" will be temporarily put on hold.

Zhou Yang needs to obtain new Mantra Point before he can strike and refine the vajra again.

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