This was the congratulatory gift from "Cease-Blades," which Xue Jing confirmed with Ning Yuantai over the phone after the banquet concluded, was personally ordered to be sent by the "Beautiful Commander of Cease-Blades" himself.
He didn't know the true value of this painting, so he asked Li Qi, who was utterly shocked and enraptured, and only then did he realize the worth of this gift.
This painting is a secret teaching within the Buddhist Sect; it is said to have been painted by Anan, one of Buddha Shakyamuni's Ten Great Disciples, from his likeness at the time of Buddha's Nirvana, nearly three thousand years ago.
At the time of his Nirvana, he took the posture of a lion lying down, facing north and west, with his right side down, his left leg lying over his right, his right hand arched underneath his head as a pillow, and his left hand gently stretched out to the side of his body, utterly serene and relaxed.
