Chapter 4 Morning and Evening Recitations: The Golden Light Mantra!

Just as Jiang Chen stepped out, preparing to find someone to ask for some cinnabar.

"Dong! Dong! Dong!"

Three bell tolls suddenly echoed across the mountain, and then Jiang Chen saw several Disciples who had been lingering outside rushing hurriedly toward a magnificent palace.

"Senior Brother, where are you all going?" Jiang Chen stopped one of the Disciples.

This Disciple was initially a bit impatient, but upon seeing the Daoist robe on Jiang Chen, his impatience immediately turned into respect.

"Senior Brother, it is time for evening lessons; we are going to chant scriptures as per routine."

"I see." Jiang Chen let go of the Disciple, who bowed to him once more before running toward the palace.

"It seems I will have to wait a while," Jiang Chen muttered.

"What are you planning to wait for?" A voice suddenly appeared behind Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen instinctively turned around. "Second Senior Brother!"

Ye Fashan frowned as he looked at Jiang Chen; he had not expected Jiang Chen's focus to be even worse than he had anticipated.

After he left, it had not even been an hour before Jiang Chen couldn't endure the boredom and ran out.

"Why are you running out instead of properly drawing Talismans in the quiet room?"

"In reply to Second Senior Brother, I have already mastered the knack for the Soul-Calming Talisman and successfully drew a ninth-grade Soul-Calming Talisman, but I ran out of cinnabar, so I wanted to come out and find some."

Ye Fashan's frown deepened; not only did this child lack any focus, but he also spoke nothing but wild lies.

Being able to draw a ninth-grade Talisman in two hours—even Ancestral Master Tao would not dare to make such a boast when he was learning the Dao!

"Since you have already come out, go and chant the scriptures with them. If you can comprehend a Daoist Divine Ability from the scriptures, it will be your good fortune."

Morning and evening lessons were also a way to hone one's focus. Ye Fashan thought that since Jiang Chen could not endure loneliness alone, he would find him more companions.

Jiang Chen was somewhat stunned. "Senior Brother, but I haven't learned those scriptures; how am I supposed to chant them?"

"It doesn't matter. The lesson hall has its own mysteries; you will know once you go."

As he spoke, Ye Fashan reached out and lifted Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen instantly felt his body lose weight, and his vision was filled with chaotic colors.

By the time he could see clearly again, he had already arrived outside the palace with red bricks and green tiles.

"For morning and evening lessons, you must reach the lesson hall within half an incense stick of time after the bell rings, otherwise it is a violation of the commandments. I brought you here this time, but next time you will need to come yourself."

Jiang Chen blended into the crowd and, feeling dazed, followed the others into the lesson hall.

The hall was exceptionally spacious; apart from the statues of the Three Pure Ones and the Ancestral Master at the very front, and the incense burning in a giant tripod, there was nothing else.

After everyone entered, they began to find their own meditation cushions to sit on, except for the two rows of cushions at the very front, which remained unoccupied.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen also found an empty meditation cushion and sat down.

However, after he sat down, he realized that the surrounding Disciples were looking at him with strange expressions.

The Monastic Proctor at the front, with his ferocious face, saw Jiang Chen sitting among the crowd. His face almost twisted in anger.

"Since you are a Disciple of the Sect Leader, come sit in the second row."

Jiang Chen was stunned. Is he calling me?

He stood up in a daze and, under the varied gazes of the crowd, sat down in the second row, looking slightly unnatural.

"Is this the new Disciple the Sect Leader accepted? He doesn't look like much." Someone behind him whispered.

"Shh! Quiet, we have to call this one Junior Martial Uncle!"

"Why? Even Senior Brother Mingxin wasn't accepted as a Disciple by the Sect Leader, so how is he better than Senior Brother Mingxin!" Someone complained on behalf of Mingxin.

"Sigh, the Sect Leader and the various Junior Martial Uncles naturally have their own considerations. Be sure not to let Senior Brother Mingxin or this little Junior Martial Uncle hear this."

At Maoshan, those who are not Disciples of the Sect Leader automatically have a lower seniority, because they are taught by the Sect Leader's Disciples and other elder figures.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, the Monastic Proctor did not hesitate any longer. "Silence! Today's evening lesson is the Golden Light Incantation. Begin."

Immediately, the people around him began to chant the Golden Light Incantation in unison.

"Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sect, Root of the Ten Thousand Qi."

"Cultivating for eons, verifying my Divine Ability."

"Within and outside the Three Realms, only the Dao is supreme."

"The body possesses Golden Light, covering and imprinting upon my body."

"..." "Wisdom penetrating through, the five Qis rising." ...

The momentum was vast, like rolling thunder.

Under the curling incense smoke, Jiang Chen immersed himself in it. He surprisingly discovered that these scriptures were like a magic spell; once they fell into his ears, he could never forget them.

He instinctively began to chant along.

Seeing Jiang Chen's performance, the Monastic Proctor could not help but nod, secretly thinking that the Sect Leader's Disciple indeed had his own extraordinary qualities; in just a moment, he had actually successfully entered a meditative state.

Jiang Chen's surprise was even greater. He discovered that as he chanted the incantation, strange substances from between heaven and earth were being absorbed by him.

This Golden Light Incantation, had he really comprehended it?

【You chanted the Golden Light Incantation once, Golden Light Incantation EXP + 1】

【Golden Light Incantation EXP required for upgrade: 1 / 10】

Jiang Chen's mind shook. This works too? He had only read it once, and it could actually increase EXP?

And it was precisely because of this moment of surprise that he woke up from his meditative state.

The Monastic Proctor saw this and was somewhat dissatisfied; he had just praised him a little, and he had already revealed his true colors so quickly.

Jiang Chen did not notice the Monastic Proctor's unfriendly gaze and instead quickly tried to enter a meditative state again.

Very quickly, he sank into that state again.

"Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sect, Root of the Ten Thousand Qi." "Cultivating for eons, verifying my Divine Ability." "..."

【You chanted the Golden Light Incantation once, Golden Light Incantation EXP + 1】 【Golden Light Incantation EXP required for upgrade: 2 / 10】

... 【You chanted the Golden Light Incantation once, Golden Light Incantation EXP + 1】 【Golden Light Incantation EXP required for upgrade: 9 / 10】

When Jiang Chen finished chanting the Golden Light Incantation for the tenth time, the required EXP finally reached Perfection, and without hesitation, he chose to upgrade.

【Skill: Golden Light Incantation (Level 1)】 【Golden Light Incantation EXP required for upgrade: 10 / 100】

"Hahahaha, I, this Daoist, have succeeded!"

Jiang Chen laughed wildly twice. With a sudden flash of inspiration, he formed a hand seal with one hand, and instantly, a powerful golden Qi emerged from his body.

A powerful pressure filled the entire palace. For a moment, it truly had the trend of being impervious to all techniques and warding off all evil.

It made the people chanting around him unable to continue; they stopped one after another and retreated, looking at him in horror.

"He, he, he! He really comprehended the Golden Light Divine Incantation!"

Everyone was inexplicably shocked, because their teachers had told them countless times that countless Cultivation Techniques and Divine Abilities were hidden within the morning and evening lessons.

But this required perseverance, focus, and a little bit of talent to comprehend.

However, some of them had persevered for over ten years, yet they had never seen anyone comprehend any profound Daoist techniques from the morning and evening lessons.

Gradually, they all came to believe that this was just their teachers deceiving them, merely a reason to make them persist with the morning and evening lessons.

But today, someone had actually comprehended a Daoist technique from the Golden Light Incantation? And it was a newcomer who was attending the evening lesson for the first time!

Is there any justice left? Is there any law left!