Chapter 1778
Chapter 1778 (Raw 1790):
The Grave Island Sea Region?
The Grave Island Sea Region was in the center of this sea. There were several mysterious islands there, all graves; hence, its name.
The Grave Island Sea Region was extremely mysterious. No one knew whose graves these were or when they were from.
That sea region was a forbidden land of the entire Grave Sea.
When one entered, death was almost guaranteed.
Few people managed to come out alive.
Even though these grave islands had many natural treasures, few would barge into that region.
Who would charge in, knowing that they would likely die? Who did not value their life?
Xiao Chen entered deep thought. Luo Nan, Fei`er, and the others would not venture into the Grave Island Sea Region for no reason.
Unusual developments had to have something strange behind it.
Xiao Chen had to find out the reasons behind this one. If he learned that there were ulterior designs behind this, he would absolutely not let off whoever was pulling the strings, no matter who they were.
Xiao Chen said in a low voice, "Chief Manager Ding, help me investigate this matter. I want to know why they would go to the Grave Island Sea Region."
"Don't worry. Leave it to me. I will give you an answer in three days."
Chief Manager Ding showed a serious expression. It was rare for Xiao Chen to ask a favor of him, so Ding Yuan would do his best to help.
If Ding Yuan improved his relationship with Xiao Chen, he could gain more benefits in the future.
As a businessman, he could see such matters clearly.
Xiao Chen rented a courtyard in the Pirate Hall to stay in temporarily while waiting for news.
At the same time, he did not remain idle.
He took out the painting of the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique starting stance, which the Venerable Xuan Bei had given him.
The starting stance.
Any Saber Technique would have a starting stance. Without the starting stance, it would be an incomplete Saber Technique, one that was very lacking.
Even the Flawless Saber Technique that Xiao Chen created had a starting stance.
However, since it was a Saber Technique that he created himself, the starting stance existed in his heart. He did not need to learn it, as he was the starting stance.
However, if another person were to study the Saber Technique, they would definitely need to grasp the starting stance.
This was all the more so for a Martial Technique that was directly derived from a Primogenitor Grade Cultivation Technique.
From a certain perspective, just this starting stance alone was more valuable than the three moves that Xiao Chen grasped.
Xiao Chen gazed at the painting very seriously.
It showed a monk holding a Buddhist monk's knife in what appeared to be the starting stance.
The monk held the knife pointed to the sky. He formed a rather special Buddhist hand seal with his left hand.
The information below explained that this hand seal was called the Seven Kill Seal.
The Seven Kill Seal represented the seven kinds of murderous intents in the world. This hand seal was not a Buddhist sect creation but adopted from another religion.
In the Buddhist sect, this was also a forbidden technique. Ordinary people could not practice it.
There are seven kinds of murderous intents?
Xiao Chen entered deep thought. He had not seen or heard of this concept before.
He only understood when he continued reading the information on the painting. It turned out that the term referred to seven different states of the heart.
There was an indifferent murderous intent, like how a person casually crushed an ant without a care.
There was a gentle murderous intent, which was like water in a small brook, never in a rush. The killer maintained his calm and even a trace of joy.
There was a world-shaking murderous intent, a desire to fight strong enemies to the point of forgetting about death.
There was a murderous intent of extreme hate where rage consumed the heart and their anger shook the sky.
There was a murderous intent of being unable to endure further. One did not want to kill but simply could not bear it anymore.
…
Xiao Chen carefully thought about it and discovered that his murderous intent really did not depart far from these seven types. He could always find a corresponding one.
After one formed the Seven Kill Seal, it allowed the wielder to raise his killing intent to seven times the original. Furthermore, the wielder could control it freely, moving it as he pleased.
Seeing these words, Xiao Chen could not help feeling a chill. No wonder this seal was considered a forbidden technique.
It would be strange if an ordinary person did not go crazy and fall into the Demonic Dao after practicing it.
Only an esteemed monk with great benevolence and a kind heart could deal with the side effects of forming such a hand seal.
Xiao Chen continued to read.
Then, he discovered that the crux of this starting stance was not the Seven Kill Seal.
Instead, it was about one's understanding of the entire Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique. This Saber Technique was vast and boundless, wide-ranging and profound.
Everyone could gain different understandings from the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique, to the point where each move could be disassembled and used to create a Saber Technique, according to one's character. The might of the new move would be equally terrifying.
Every move can be disassembled into a profound Saber Technique.
Interesting. That Zhen Yuan comprehended Asura Hell from Entering Hell.
His understanding of Buddhist principles does indeed surpass mine.
If Xiao Chen had not seen this starting stance, he definitely would not think that these simple moves would be disassembled and practiced separately.
He furled the painting and entered deep thought.
Xiao Chen had succeeded in practicing two moves of the Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique: Breaking the Mundane and Resolving the Mundane.
He had thought that he already figured out their true meanings and fused them into the moves. Now that he had seen the starting stance, he realized that he had just begun.
As the Buddhist saying goes, a flower contains a world, a leaf contains a bodhi.
Breaking the Mundane could form its own set of moves, branching out and making the simple complicated. As one's understanding of the true meaning of Breaking the Mundane evolved, the saber in his hand would be interpreted more comprehensively.
What is at the end, then?
Suddenly, Xiao Chen understood. He thought about how he practiced Saber Techniques.
It was merely going through two processes: making the simple complicated; then, making the complicated simple. This repeated continuously. With every repetition, the one after would be even more difficult.
This was just like when he learned the Basic Saber Techniques at the very start in the Sky Dome Realm. After that, he started learning various complicated Saber Techniques.
This was making the simple complicated. In the end, he comprehended the Flawless Saber Technique, fusing in everything that he learned into the seven moves of the Flawless Saber Technique. That was making the complicated simple.
When he reached the Great Thousand Realms, his ken expanded and started to make the simple foundations of his Flawless Saber Technique complicated.
Everything spontaneously became clear in Xiao Chen's mind. His understanding of Saber Techniques went up by another level.
Invisibly, his Saber Dao's Great Dao Energy improved.
The Mahāmāyā Abstinence Violation Saber Technique's starting stance helped him derive many things from it, benefiting him greatly.
Xiao Chen closed his eyes and deepened these comprehensions further.
Two days later, he opened his eyes and focused on practicing the Seven Kill Seal.
Although Xiao Chen was not a Buddhist sect esteemed monk, the things he experienced in the past had tempered his mental state to the point where it was no weaker than that of an esteemed monk.
Furthermore, he was not a Buddhist sect disciple and thus was not restrained by the Buddhist sect's abstinence.
He had fewer worries when practicing the Seven Kill Seal, which meant he was less likely to form a heart demon.
Xiao Chen had astonishing comprehension ability and clear instructions. He also could refer to the painting. Hence, practicing this went very smoothly.
He comprehended it in only three days.
As the hand seals changed in Xiao Chen's left hand, his heart changed as well. The crux of successfully forming the Seven Kill Seal was for the various murderous intents in his heart to change with the hand seals.
There could not be any deviation. Otherwise, it would fail.
Slowly, Xiao Chen felt his killing intent become like water strangely connected to his left hand.
As he changed the hand seals, forming his fingers in different shapes, he entered a wondrous state.
When his deft hands formed the various hand seals, the murderous intent of his heart stirred, as well.
Eventually, he discovered that his killing intent was no longer controlled by his heart but completely by his left hand.
Xiao Chen's heart ended up becoming an observer, entering a certain kind of trance.
It was like a lotus flower never retaining water or how the sun and moon never remained high above in the sky.
This so-called killing intent was just a pure killing intent. It has nothing to do with my heart. It has nothing to do with me, Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen had directly cut off the killing intent from his heart.
He took a look. At some point in time, he had already silently, successfully formed the Seven Kill Seal. An extremely heavy killing intent encased the entire cultivation room, but he did not feel any of it.
Scatter!
Xiao Chen moved his left hand slightly, and the boundless killing intent vanished.
"Crash!"
It was like a bright moon falling into water and raising splashes. Xiao Chen's heart also fell into the water with the bright moon.
That trance ended.
Xiao Chen startled to his senses, his eyes appearing clear. It was like his mind was cleansed once through.
His expression appeared clear and bright, untainted. His eyes were like gemstones.
His body gave off a simple, elegant, and extraordinary feeling. When combined with the cold and stern aura from practicing the Ice Feather Divine Incantation, it appeared even more extraordinary.
Buddhist Martial Techniques are truly boundlessly profound, Xiao Chen sighed in his heart.
Although this Seven Kill Seal looked incalculably tyrannical—unlike Buddhist Martial Techniques—at its core, it was genuinely a Buddhist Martial Technique.
"Young Master Xiao, we found the information."
Just at this moment, Chief Manager Ding's voice rang out from outside the room.
The voice jolted Xiao Chen. Three days have already passed?
I really did not notice the time.