Chapter 3590 Qualitative Change

To determine whether his intuition was misjudged, Ye Chen carefully repeated the hand seals several times.

The result delighted him immensely.

Because each time the hand seal is fully formed, an extra stream of spiritual energy appears out of thin air and flows into the sea of ​​consciousness like a trickle.

Compared to the original spiritual energy in his sea of ​​consciousness, this extra spiritual energy was pitifully small, but even so, it still made Ye Chen extremely happy.

Because this new hand seal overturned Ye Chen's worldview since he began cultivating.

He always believed that the world was in the Dharma-ending Age, and there was almost no naturally existing spiritual energy in nature. The only way for cultivators to improve their cultivation and increase their spiritual energy was to take pills.

This can be understood as follows: although nature no longer has natural, readily available spiritual energy, alchemy can still find a way to artificially synthesize spiritual energy from various rare and precious materials, thereby sustaining the arduous cultivation in the Dharma-ending Age.

Based on this premise, spiritual energy is the most precious resource in the world for cultivators.

However, the handprints right now have opened up a whole new world.

Because it is also a way to generate spiritual energy!

Moreover, it does not rely on any materials; it only requires this set of hand seals to allow one's spiritual energy to slowly increase!

With this set of hand mudras, spiritual practice in the Dharma-ending Age will become much easier.

of course.

The efficiency of this hand seal in generating spiritual energy is indeed much lower. To replenish all the spiritual energy in one's body, it would probably require at least several months of diligent practice.

At this moment, Ye Chen finally understood why those legendary high monks, who spent their entire lives meditating and practicing Zen, were able to be reborn in the Pure Land, become gods or Buddhas, and possess countless supernatural powers. It was because they spent their entire lives practicing Zen and cultivating themselves.

A meditation cushion, a few drops of sandalwood incense, and a person sitting devoutly in meditation before the Buddha for a hundred years. Even if outsiders cultivate for a hundred years, they can never be as pure or as dedicated as them.

Thinking about this, Ye Chen suddenly felt that the legend of the Sweeping Monk in martial arts novels seemed to have some truth to it.

At the same time, Yun Rugo and Song Ruyu, who were standing to the side, also completed the entire set of sixteen hand seals for the first time with great difficulty.

They had never been exposed to Buddhist hand gestures before, so when they tried to do them, they found them obscure and difficult to understand, and it was also difficult to make them flow smoothly. Naturally, they were not as skilled as Ye Chen, the unlucky guy who had been fooled for a long time.

When they finally completed the entire sequence, they were still wondering what the hand seals could possibly be for. Surely it couldn't be an offensive technique? If launching an attack required this much effort, then in actual combat, no matter how many lives one had, it probably wouldn't be enough to keep them all alive.

But after everything was finished, they suddenly felt a small amount of spiritual energy appear in their bodies, which they didn't know where it came from.

At first, both of them were shocked.

Like Ye Chen, they didn't dare to hope that spiritual energy could appear out of thin air.

So the two exchanged a glance, neither of them daring to be sure that the sudden appearance of spiritual energy was related to the hand seals they had just painstakingly completed.

So the two of them didn't dare to delay and quickly tried again.

Yun Rugo's comprehension, cultivation, and experience were far superior to Song Ruyu's, so she completed the task much faster. When she felt another surge of spiritual energy within her body, she instantly understood the secret and burst into tears of excitement.

This feeling is like someone who has relied on others to provide water to sustain their life finally digging their first well. Even if the water comes out very slowly, it is still a revolutionary step forward for them.

Overwhelmed with emotion, she immediately stood up, walked to Ye Chen, knelt down on both knees, and said in a choked voice, "Yun Rugo thanks you, sir, for the unparalleled opportunity you have bestowed upon me!"

Ye Chen was still savoring the wonder of the hand seal when he heard the sound and opened his eyes. He saw Yun Rugo kneeling in front of him with tears streaming down her face, and knew that she had also gained something from the hand seal. So he smiled and said, "No need to thank me. Perhaps this is a shared opportunity bestowed upon us by Buddhism."

At this moment, Song Ruyu opened her eyes, and excitedly stepped forward, kneeling beside Yun Rugo.

Just as she was about to express her gratitude, Ye Chen reached out to stop her, saying, "The aurora has disappeared, and it should be getting light soon. We need to get back before dawn to properly study this hand seal. If there is still an aurora tonight, then we'll come back!"

The two nodded emphatically. Such an astonishing discovery filled them with immense joy, and they couldn't wait to calm down and practice the hand seals repeatedly.

Seeing the three of them were pleasantly surprised, Lin Wan'er couldn't help but step forward and ask Ye Chen, "Young Master, what did you gain from this set of hand seals last night?"

Ye Chen truthfully said, "This set of hand seals is completely different from the last one. The last one completely drained the spiritual energy in my body, but this one can bring in extra spiritual energy. I think this set of hand seals should be the foundation of Buddhist cultivation."

Lin Wan'er exclaimed, "If it can bring in extra spiritual energy, isn't that similar to the cultivation and breathing techniques of cultivators?"

Ye Chen said decisively, "This set of hand seals is stronger and more suitable for the present moment than breathing exercises! Because breathing exercises are about absorbing and precipitating the spiritual energy in the world, constantly purifying the spiritual energy in one's own body. Once there is no more spiritual energy in the world, this breathing exercise loses its greatest significance. Now its only function is to purify the spiritual energy converted from pills in the body. But if there are no pills or no sufficient source of spiritual energy, it will become extremely useless."

At this point, Ye Chen sighed, "But the hand seals of Buddhism are different. As long as you operate them completely, you can generate spiritual energy out of thin air. I can't understand it. I can't understand where this spiritual energy comes from, but it really exists."

Yun Rugo nodded and said, "That spiritual energy really did appear out of thin air, it was truly miraculous..."

Lin Wan'er thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Perhaps the hand gestures of Buddhism are more complex in their underlying logic and tend to be more like a kind of energy conversion. It's like how cutting magnetic field lines can generate electricity. A hand-cranked generator can generate current as long as it's turned. If you don't understand the principle behind it, you'll definitely find it amazing. But in essence, it converts mechanical energy into electrical energy."

Ye Chen's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "Miss Lin's words make a lot of sense. The breathing technique is like a step-up circuit that boosts electrical energy to high voltage or even ultra-high voltage. But in essence, it can only boost the voltage and cannot generate additional electrical energy. In fact, there will be some losses in the process of continuously boosting the voltage. Once the input electrical energy at the front end is insufficient, it will stop. But the hand mudras of Buddhism are more like a hand-cranked generator. Although the power is very small, its advantage is that it can continuously generate electrical energy. If you persist, the accumulated electrical energy will definitely become stronger and stronger. When combined with the breathing technique, the trickle of energy generated is continuously boosted and stored, which is equivalent to forming an internal circulation that does not require external force. This kind of cultivation method is a qualitative change compared to the past!"

At this point, Ye Chen sighed with some regret, "It's just that the spiritual energy generated by this hand seal is pitifully small. If this method is used, the cultivation process will be continuously prolonged, and a single seclusion will take at least several months, or even several years..."

Lin Wan'er smiled and said, "Young master, there's no need to sigh. Any cultivation method is gradual. There must be more profound and powerful hand seals behind this set of hand seals. What you need to do is practice diligently and wait patiently."