Chapter 57

After receiving guidance from Chu Shan, Jiang Li felt a sudden clarity.

He studied hard, and his hypnotic skills and mental cultivation finally made a significant leap. Many of the previous mysteries gradually dissipated, and the truth became clear.

At home.

Jiang Li was teaching his sister, Jiang Xuan, cultivation techniques while also testing his own hypnotic skills.

Suddenly, he made two short and three long sounds, sharp and mournful, like the wailing of ghosts. This was the result of his recent practice of true word pronunciation.

Sure enough, Jiang Xuan was greatly startled, her face pale, and she retreated in fear.

"Xiaomei, what did you feel?" Jiang Li immediately stopped and asked.

"When I heard the sound, my mind suddenly went blank. I seemed to see a lonely grave with a fox singing inside, which made my heart tremble with fear." Jiang Xuan came to her senses and patted her chest. "Brother, please don't suddenly make strange noises. It's terrifying."

"This is hypnosis; you need to be on guard," Jiang Li warned solemnly. "A skilled hypnotist can make your brain produce illusions. You must be alert when you hear the sound and immediately enter the state of crystal meditation, where your mind is as clear as crystal. Only then will you not be hypnotized."

"I know." Jiang Xuan suddenly said happily, "Brother, have you become a hypnotist? Can you make money now? I heard you can earn tens of thousands a month."

"I haven't started working yet. I've been busy cultivating and digesting some things. Now I finally have some results and can start working."

Jiang Li instructed his sister and then went to the suburban safety group.

In the large office, Chu Shan was no longer there, replaced by a familiar figure, Daojie.

"Congratulations, Jiang Li. You are now a hypnotist for our safety group." She extended her hand and shook Jiang Li's. At this moment, she was not a teacher but the vice president of the safety group in Xinghua City, Chu Xixi.

"Can I start working now?" Jiang Li asked eagerly. "I still owe the company 500,000, and I'm in a hurry."

"Yes, hypnotists are in high demand, and there are many clients. As long as you have the skills, you can make money." Daojie smiled. "I heard from my father that you can hypnotize ten people into deep sleep in a day. I want to see your skills. Follow me."

"Yes."

Jiang Li respectfully followed Daojie out and came to the back mountain, where there were rows of garden-style leisure villas, mountain springs, streams, swimming pools, and large glass rooms, blending science fiction with classical elegance.

This was a high-end leisure club. The people who came here were all wealthy, coming daily to relax, enjoy, exercise, and recuperate.

"Our safety group mainly operates these recuperation clubs in Xinghua City. What do you think?" Daojie asked while showing Jiang Li around.

"It's very high-end." Jiang Li nodded. "There are many details that attract people. I heard online that the massage therapists of the safety group precisely understand the fatigue of every joint in the body, and a massage can make one feel completely refreshed, like a spring breeze."

"Massage therapists are secondary; the main focus is on hypnotists." Daojie said. "In modern society, with the development of material wealth, people pay more attention to mental recuperation. Therefore, various recuperation and leisure clubs have emerged, but the ones that truly attract customers are those with high-quality hypnotists."

Jiang Li knew that many people came for deep sleep.

In a large recuperation club, the quality of hypnotists is the key to attracting customers.

As they spoke, Chu Xixi led Jiang Li to a large room built on the edge of a cliff. The large glass windows offered a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery far below, and occasionally, clouds drifted by, making one feel as if they were floating in the air.

Inside the room, a middle-aged woman and a 13- or 14-year-old boy were resting. The boy was very mischievous, running around, while the woman was scolding the attendant.

"What's going on? The hypnotist hasn't arrived yet? You always make me wait, wasting my time." The woman was angry, seemingly impatient with waiting for the hypnotist.

"I'm sorry." The attendant hurriedly apologized and explained, "We have many clients, and they are all waiting in line for the hypnotist. Please be patient."

"Waiting? I've already waited for an hour! My son's training plan is to have an hour of deep sleep at noon, followed by physical training in the afternoon. The schedule is very tight." The woman was furious. "If you make me wait any longer, I'll go to another recuperation club."

"Throughout Xinghua City, our safety group's recuperation club has the highest quality and best hypnotists. If you go elsewhere, you might wait in line all day and still not get a hypnotist." Chu Xixi walked in. "Aunt Mo, your husband is a municipal official; you should know that hypnotists are really scarce now."

"Xixi, you're finally here." The woman stood up, complaining, "I'm not saying the safety group is bad, but I'm really impatient with waiting."

"Am I not here now?" Chu Xixi looked at the boy who was jumping around. "Your son never cooperates with hypnosis, making it difficult to achieve results. You know this, so the hypnotists don't want to hypnotize your son."

Hypnosis requires cooperation. The subject must believe in the hypnotist and follow their instructions. Only then can hypnosis be quick.

But children are stubborn and often refuse to cooperate, making it take several hours for the hypnotist to succeed, leaving them drenched in sweat.

Hypnotists are reluctant to take on such cases because it means they can only hypnotize one person a day, significantly reducing their income.

"This..." The woman's face showed embarrassment. "Children being active is normal. I can't help it. I've been worried sick about this child. Only you in the entire safety group can successfully put him into deep sleep."

"No, I invited someone today. He is our safety group's chief hypnotist and can definitely hypnotize your son." Chu Xixi pointed to Jiang Li.

"Really?" The woman looked at Jiang Li, her eyes full of doubt and disbelief.

"He's a hypnotist?" The boy laughed. "Oh, oh, oh... He's not much older than me. I don't want him to hypnotize me. I don't trust him. Get him out of here."

"What do you think?" The woman also didn't believe Jiang Li.

"Jiang Li, it's up to you." Chu Xixi smiled.

"Hum!" Jiang Li clapped his hands and suddenly roared at the boy, startling him.

The boy's movements stopped, his face showing a dazed expression, as if he had been frightened to the extreme, his eyes vacant.

"Come here!" Jiang Li's eyes seemed to glow green like a cat's, bright and piercing. The boy wandered over like a zombie, his feet barely touching the ground.

Jiang Li gently stroked his head, and the boy's face immediately showed a peaceful expression, calm and serene.

Jiang Li made a hand sign and softly recited, "All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows."

The boy repeated, "All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows..."

As he recited, the boy sat down and entered a deep sleep, as if an old monk in meditation.

The woman quickly took out a sleep tester.

"Sleep index, 120 points, the best state of deep sleep." The tester reported a number. A regular tester could only measure up to 100 points, but this one was clearly more advanced.

"Really that high! You..." The woman was stunned, the series of hypnotic techniques Jiang Li used were incredible, completely different from what she imagined a hypnotist to be.

Every time she saw those junior hypnotists, they would try to get her son to cooperate, using pendulums, gestures, and a mix of intimidation and coaxing, sweating profusely to barely succeed, taking up the entire morning.

Now, Jiang Li roared once, and the child became dazed, like a puppet. A gentle touch on the head, and the child entered a deep sleep. This deep sleep had a Zen-like quality, and even those unfamiliar with mental cultivation could see the great benefits.

"An expert, a true expert. One cannot judge a person by their appearance, nor can one measure the sea with a bucket." The woman was now deeply respectful, bowing. "Master, please forgive my earlier disrespect."

"Mutual respect." Jiang Li quickly returned the bow. "I helped your son, which is also a virtue. It's all about karma."

He felt a deep joy in his heart, sharing his cultivation with others, calming their restless minds, and helping them find peace.

With Chu Shan's guidance, his mind had become much more settled, and his cultivation in recent days was completely different from before.

While hypnotizing the boy, he felt a sense of virtue. Breaking through life and death, achieving Nirvana, and helping others are all virtues.

Cultivating the mind can break through life and death. Using mental hypnosis can calm the minds of others.

This was different from hypnotizing people in the black market for profit.

Comparing the two, Jiang Li felt that using hypnosis to alleviate others' suffering and calm their minds was more beneficial for cultivation.

"I will go hypnotize others. Please take care of the child." Jiang Li nodded, and the woman quickly bowed in gratitude. "Master, I will spread your name far and wide."

Jiang Li and Chu Xixi walked out of the room. Chu Xixi sighed repeatedly. "Indeed, your hypnotic skills have surpassed mine. But you haven't reached the intermediate level yet and still need sound to trigger the hypnosis. How is your mind cultivation? Have you reached the state of meditation? Meditation is divided into three levels: small, great, and constant. My father has only reached the small level."

"Meditation is extremely difficult." Jiang Li shook his head. "Even a Zen master who practiced for twenty years didn't know what meditation was until the Sixth Patriarch enlightened him. We can only struggle to find the way."

"Oh?" Chu Xixi was surprised. "Jiang Li, you've changed a lot. You have a certain aura now, much better than before."

"What was I like before?" Jiang Li asked.

"You lacked the demeanor of an expert and were an immature youth." Chu Xixi waved her hand. "You seemed childish, but you've really changed a lot in these few days."

"Thank you for Mr. Chu's guidance." Jiang Li knew that Chu Shan had opened a window to his mind, showing him a more wonderful world of cultivation.

"Even though you can't meditate, you are much stronger than ordinary junior hypnotists. I want to see how many people you can hypnotize today." Chu Xixi led Jiang Li to another villa.

Inside was a middle-aged man, a government official, also waiting for a hypnotist.

The official had gray hair, clearly exhausted from work and the stress of political intrigue, hoping to relieve his stress through hypnosis.

When he saw Jiang Li enter, his first reaction was disbelief.

But then, Jiang Li made a gesture, said a few words, and touched his head, and the official fell into a deep sleep, the whole process taking less than a minute.

The official's friend was dumbfounded, staring at the sleep tester's index, unable to believe his eyes.

In this way, Jiang Li hypnotized twenty people in a row.

Ordinary junior hypnotists could only hypnotize two or three people a day.

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