Entering June, Kukai visited priest Keika, who was the seventh founder of Esoteric Buddhism, at Shoryu-ji Temple (located in Xian City), in Changan, Tang, and studied under him for about 6 months after that.
5月になると空海は、密教の第七祖である唐長安青龍寺(西安市)の恵果和尚を訪ね、以降約半年にわたって師事することになる。