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The next morning, Xue Jing opened his eyes with absolute precision, not a second off.

In his dark red eyes, the azure light at all four corners gradually receded.

He slowly sat up, his lazy movements filled with an indescribable dignity and majesty. It was as if the Lion King had awoken on the grasslands, elegant yet terrifying.

— His bearing resembled that of the Lion King.

Xue Jing placed his palm on the edge of the mattress, exerted a slight force, then turned his body, intending to get off the bed.

"Rip—"

A tearing sound came, and Xue Jing was slightly startled.

Looking at his side, the spring-filled, elastic mattress had actually been pressed down to its base by his palm.

"Hm? I didn't use that much strength."

Xue Jing slightly frowned.

Although his strength had grown yesterday, he had long since adjusted to it.

With his current control over his body, he should not have made such a mistake in applying strength.

"I couldn't possibly make such a basic mistake; the only possibility is that my strength suddenly increased overnight."

Xue Jing pondered.

He pressed on the attribute table and checked it.

[Body: 1576]

The numbers had increased by more than a dozen points since before he slept, a normal growth since he began practicing the Nirvana Technique, and no different from the previous days.

Such an increase in numbers shouldn't cause such a huge error in strength to the point it ruined the mattress.

"The Nirvana Technique, huh..."

Xue Jing gained a bit of understanding in his heart.

This number-one sleep technique of the Buddhist Sect could gradually give one the physical traits of Buddha Shakyamuni if practiced to profound depths and cultivate an unsurpassed great strength of the Lion King.

But the problem was... he had only practiced it for a few days.

Had he already entered the 'deep realm'?

"Other than the Nirvana Technique, I can find no other reason for the sudden increase in strength."

"When you eliminate all the impossibilities, the remaining one, however unbelievable, must be the truth."

Xue Jing touched his chin.

"That said, the signs of the Thirty-two Buddha Forms started appearing on my body just a day or two into my practice, obviously different from others."

"And..."

Xue Jing's gaze fell on the [Body] value on the attribute table, his eyes reflective.

"Despite the significant increase in strength, there is no corresponding reflection in the bodily values..."

"The attribute table should not be incorrect, which means, this 'strength' does not originate from my body getting stronger, but from another source."

Xue Jing thought of those ascetics in the Buddhist Sect who practiced the Nirvana Technique, who, despite being as skinny as racks and weak to the extreme, could still demonstrate extraordinary great strength.

"Could this be... 'Divine Skills'?"

He considered a possibility.

The 'Lion King's Great Strength' gained through the Nirvana Technique wasn't directly affecting his body but was acquired through some unique way, a kind of external 'blessing'.

According to the Buddhist terminology — Divine Skills.

"...I think I'm beginning to understand."

Xue Jing's gaze now turned to the [Saint] index on the attribute table.

"The Nirvana Technique is very special; its suitability for practice isn't about the so-called 'talent in martial arts'."

In his mind, insights flickered like sparks, and Xue Jing, in a moment akin to enlightenment, comprehended the principles of the Nirvana Technique.

"The reason my practice of this technique is so efficient, exhibiting signs of the Thirty-two Forms and Lion King's Great Strength within days, has almost nothing to do with [True Martial]; rather, it's because..."

"My life's stature is sufficiently sublime!"

That is, the [Saint] index is off the charts.

"The Sixth Patriarch of Zen, Hui Neng, who had never encountered Buddhist Studies and couldn't recognize a single character, attained sudden enlightenment upon hearing someone else recite the 'Diamond Sutra', understanding the essence of Buddhism almost instantly, similar to Wang Yangming's Longchang Enlightenment."

"Such figures, akin to Buddha Shakyamuni, must inherently be 'Innate Sanctity', even without anything else contributing, their [Saint] index is likely incredibly high."
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"If they were to practice the Nirvana Technique, they might progress even faster than I do."

Xue Jing's eyes sparkled.

"The principle of Buddha, and what the Daoists mention about the 'Dao' of the universe, seem to also be something similar to 'Divinity'."

"However, 'Buddha' and 'Dao' might not have physical entities like ordinary divinities, but are formless and intangible, merely existing out there."

"By practicing the Nirvana Technique, I've approached 'Buddha', hence as if a Blessed One receiving divine gifts from the gods, I also received 'Buddha's' blessing, endowed with the Lion King's Great Strength Divine Skill."

"...The process should be about this."

This was a speculative hypothesis with little basis, but Xue Jing inexplicably felt like his thoughts were roughly correct.

Clenching and unclenching his palms, Xue Jing then perfectly mastered his current strength with his superior bodily control.

"My strength has increased by about two and a half times compared to yesterday."

He calculated.

Given Xue Jing's high base values, a two and a half times increase in strength was incredibly significant for him.

"This is just the beginning...the deeper the Nirvana Technique's cultivation proceeds, the more exaggerated the enhancement of strength."

"I wonder when I could, like Shakyamuni, lift an elephant and throw it into outer space."

"Hmm... that should require reaching the 'First Cosmic Speed'? I recall it's about twenty-three times the speed of sound."

Thinking about such bizarre things, Xue Jing washed up lightly and, in a rare good mood, made himself breakfast.

Ever since the little maid came, he hardly ever cooked himself.