"Entering Nirvana…!?"
Ethan Shu gripped the old monk's shoulders and said, "Master, was your injury really that severe?!"
"Entering Nirvana within a year?"
The old monk seemed to have taken life and death lightly, saying, "After my battle with the Black Mountain Demon, my injury was fundamental and had yet to heal."
"The Black Mountain Demon probably didn't know that this stubborn old monk had less than a year to live."
"Master…"
Ethan Shu clenched his fists.
Although he hadn't lived with the old monk for a full year, their bond was genuine. Having traveled to this world, the old monk had been Ethan Shu's closest companion.
Now, the old monk had told Ethan Shu that he only had a year to live before entering Nirvana.
How could Ethan Shu accept this?
"Foolish child."
The old monk touched Ethan Shu's bald head and said, "Since you have joined Buddhism, you should understand that all beings have a next life. Take life and death lightly; we are merely a part of the cycle of rebirth."
Ethan Shu wiped away his tears, raised his handsome face, and firmly said, "Master, I don't believe in the afterlife. I only seize the present!"
The old monk laughed heartily, "Seizing the present is good, very good!"
"Prepare yourself in the coming days. When my injury stabilized and my Buddhist power recovered, I sent you down the mountain."
Ethan Shu shook his head firmly, "No, I won't go down the mountain!"
The old monk said, "When I enter Nirvana, no one will protect you!"
Ethan Shu replied, "Master, this time, let me protect you."
A warm surge flowed through the old monk's heart, and he turned away to secretly wipe away the tears at the corners of his eyes.
"Master, were you crying?"
"No, I was just wiping away eye mucus."
Ethan Shu: "…"
The old monk dried his tears and turned back to say, "In short, when you about to leave, just tell me, and I sent you down the mountain."
Ethan Shu nodded and said, "Okay."
After sleeping for a day and a night, Ethan Shu's vitality was fully restored.
He ran to the side hall, opened his attribute panel, and checked it.
Name: Ethan Shu
Dharma Name: Hsuan Kong
Life Span: 100 years
Talent: Ordinary Body (Poor)
Cultivation: Mirror Realm Early Stage (1000/3000)
Skill: Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones (300/1000) - Level 3
Mystic Abilities: Buddha's Seal of the Swastika, Shurangama Mantra
Buddhist Artifact: Broom Bestowed with Buddhist Power
Dungeon: Black Mountain
…
"Mirror Realm, I was indeed at the early stage of the Mirror Realm."
Ethan Shu took a deep breath, knowing that the experience of the previous night hadn't been a dream.
Cultivation points could be randomly obtained by sweeping the floor every day or by defeating demons and ghosts.
"By the way, I defeated the collective spirit of grievances and obtained 1000 cultivation points. Where should I add them?"
Ethan Shu's gaze rested on [Cultivation] and [Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones].
1000 cultivation points.
Adding them to [Cultivation] would still keep him at the early stage of the Mirror Realm.
But adding them to [Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones] would allow him to advance from Level 3 to Level 4.
After the battle of the previous night, Ethan Shu had recognized the extraordinary abilities of the Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones.
Without the washing and strengthening of his physical body by the Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones, Ethan Shu couldn't have stood alone against the demons and guarded the temple gate for a whole night.
"The Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones was easy to learn but difficult to master. The first three levels could be achieved within a year, regardless of one's talent."
Of course, the effect of washing and strengthening the physical body in the first three levels of the Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones was not that strong.
The reason Ethan Shu's physical body was so strong and had a strength of ten thousand kg was because the old monk had used his Buddhist power to wash and strengthen Ethan Shu's bones.
Therefore, Ethan Shu's physical progress had been so remarkable.
"From the fourth level onward, the difficulty of the Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones suddenly increased."
"Generally, it took three years to reach the fourth level of the Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones, with strength doubled!"
"To reach the fifth level, it took ten years, with strength increased tenfold and talent improved."
"The further you went, the longer it took to cultivate the Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones!"
"It was said that to reach the ninth level of the Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones took five hundred years. It could not only transform one's physical body but also purify one's talent to the utmost!"
After some thought, Ethan Shu said to the system, "Add 700 cultivation points to [Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones] and 300 to [Cultivation]."
In this way, the Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones had been upgraded from Level 3 to Level 4.
"Ding-dong, congratulations to the host. The skill upgrade was successful, consuming 700 cultivation points!"
"Ding-dong, congratulations to the host. The cultivation upgrade was successful, consuming 300 cultivation points!"
With the sound of the system, a warm surge flowed through Ethan Shu's body, nourishing his sixty trillion cells.
He could clearly feel that his strength had increased at least doubled!
In addition, his internal Buddhist power had also increased, indicating that his cultivation had improved slightly.
Opening the attribute panel again:
Name: Ethan Shu
Dharma Name: Hsuan Kong
Life Span: 100 years
Talent: Ordinary Body (Medium)
Cultivation: Mirror Realm Early Stage (1300/3000)
Skill: Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones - Level 4 (1000/5000)
Mystic Abilities: Buddha's Seal of the Swastika, Shurangama Mantra
Buddhist Artifact: Broom Bestowed with Buddhist Power
Dungeon: Black Mountain
…
Compared to the previous night, Ethan Shu's strength had increased again.
"By the way, sweeping the floor!"
Ethan Shu remembered the daily ten minutes of sweeping the floor to receive system rewards.
He had not swept the floor yesterday due to his coma, but he could not forget today.
Ethan Shu diligently picked up the broom and began sweeping the courtyard.
From another side hall where the old monk was doing Buddhist meditation, his voice came out.
"Hsuan Kong, bring all the bones on the mountain path to the courtyard. I will use Buddhist fire to transcend them."
"Got it, Master!"
Ethan Shu raised his neck and replied.
He finished sweeping for ten minutes first.
Once the ten minutes were up.
"Ding-dong, congratulations to the host. You had obtained Fahai's tattoo - the Great Dragon!"
What?
The Great Dragon on Fahai's body!?
Upon hearing the system's prompt, Ethan Shu couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
Before his traversal, Ethan Shu had watched the movie "Green Snake."
The Fahai in it left a deep impression on Ethan Shu and was also known as the most handsome Fahai, the dragon across the river.
When he took off his cassock, revealing the golden dragon pattern on his back and chanting, "Great Dragon of Might, Honorable Earth-Treasurer Buddha, Wisdom of All Buddhas, Wisdom-Manifesting Pranayama."
The combat effectiveness was simply off the charts.
"Ding-dong, did the host wish to bestow the Great Dragon tattoo?"
Ethan Shu answered without hesitation, "Bestow it!"
In the next moment, Ethan Shu felt as if his back was burning, hot and blazing.
It seemed as if there was an immeasurable, supreme, and majestic power bestowed upon his back.
"A———"
Ethan Shu heard a faint roar of the Great Dragon in his ears, loud and powerful, piercing through metal and stone, vast and magnificent, echoing throughout the universe
"What? The Bodhisattva of the Great Vast Dragon had bestowed a Buddhist miracle!"
In the side hall, the old monk was startled and scared, losing the calm and dignity of a senior monk, and ran out of the hall, tumbling and crawling.
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