Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 1047 A Whimsical Idea: Pleasant Goat... Shima Yasushi
"Still not right!"

Almost immediately after Ding Shian finished speaking, Lu Jin subconsciously gathered his Qi to heal the cut on his thigh.

But it still feels like something is blocking the way, and I can't find the other side of my wound at all, so there's no way to talk about healing.

"I've put all my energy into healing this small wound, why isn't it working?"

"That's because my cultivation level is higher than yours, Uncle-Master. Why would I use such a strong foundation instead of resorting to tricks and using the weak to defeat the strong?"

Ding Shian smiled gently, "Of course, you are right. It is impossible to completely suppress your triple recovery by simply reversing the eight directions. My so-called reversal of the eight directions is just a framework built on the principle of reversal. There are many things inside, such as... metal escape."

That's right. In this life, because the Three Ones Gate Incident was nipped in the bud and the Path to Heaven was even developed in advance, there was no Golden Light Master who brought Wugensheng's potential to attack Longhu Mountain. Neither He Songling nor Zhang Zhiwei had ever seen Golden Light Master or his Golden Escape Flowing Light.

But it's the same old story: after becoming an immortal, all the methods of extraordinary people are no longer a secret to He Songling. All that's needed is imagination. As long as he knows what effect a method can achieve, He Songling can deduce its principles and training methods from scratch.

It can even be improved to be even better.

For example, the Golden Escape Flowing Light technique not only consumes Qi when activated, but also depletes "life force," meaning one's very life. It places high demands on the body's Qi and blood. In the original work, the old and frail Jin Guang Shangren almost vomited blood and died on the spot after carrying Wu Gensheng on a round trip.

But He Songling's method only consumes Qi. It's faster and less dangerous.

On Ding Shian's finger, a golden, flowing rope of light, resembling the Golden Light Mantra of Longhu Mountain, appeared.

"Damn it, just looking at it makes me angry!"

Lu Jin recalled the time when he was a child in the back mountain of the Lu family compound, when he was defeated by Zhang Zhiwei with a slap and had to watch Zhang Zhiwei use the Golden Light Mantra to twist a rope to explain the principle of reverse life and show off. He couldn't help but send out a sword aura, wanting to cut off the golden light.

Unexpectedly, the flowing light rope twisted slightly and disappeared before his eyes. Before Lu Jin could even react, it disappeared into the wound on his thigh. Now Lu Jin could no longer feel the other end of his wound.

"Escape techniques? Escape techniques can suppress the gathering of Qi?"

Lu Jin also knew escape techniques, specifically the illusionary teleportation of Western magic, which was faster and more effective than any of Lao Zhong's escape techniques for long-distance attacks. After He Songling modified it into a Reverse Life Technique that could be activated with Reverse Life Qi, he also diligently studied and practiced it.

With the movement techniques passed down from He Songling, Lu Jin didn't think his escape speed was slower than those fire or metal escape techniques. But when did escape techniques ever have the effect of hindering the gathering of Qi?
“Imagination, Uncle-Master.”

Ding Shian tapped his temple: "I told you, the frame built by reversing the eight directions isn't just about the gravitational pull of a human magnet. I added the Metal Release technique, which can quickly pull the gravitational pull away. In other words, what looks like a wound that's only a few millimeters wide is actually thousands of meters away. No wonder you can't instantly gather it back."

It has to be said that Ding Shian, who is skilled in various arts, is as quick-witted as the early version of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. He can come up with some strange ideas just by performing a weird dance. Even if he strangled Lu Jin to death and then brought him back to life, he still wouldn't have been able to come up with such an idea.

It was fortunate that it was Lu Jin; his cultivation was profound, and he had been immersed in the third level of cultivation for a sufficient amount of time. Otherwise, at a distance of several tens of kilometers, an ordinary person's Qi would have dissipated long ago. For someone newly entering the third level, one of the legs of their Qi-formed body might have been severed. Even for Lu Jin, he had to let the Qi travel slowly. Even if he couldn't completely stop his recovery, he could still slow down the process. It would take at least five minutes.

You have to understand that in a fight between powerhouses of their caliber, five minutes is almost equivalent to a lifetime.

The other shore that can never be reached.

You'll be dead before you even arrive.

"Besides that, there's something else, like the Da Xuan Palm. When it's used alone as a palm technique, it's just random, chaotic punching. But when it's integrated into my magnetic field, even I don't know where the magnetic field will drift in the next second, and you can't predict where your Qi will be taken, making it even more difficult to gather and restore it."

Now, let alone Lu Jin, even if he strangled Li Muxuan to death and then brought him back to life, he couldn't have come up with such a hellish way to play.

Li Muxuan's first real step in being rejected by the righteous path and the true beginning of joining the Quanxing Sect was precisely in the Yinghe Tower, in his battle against the three from Qingzhuyuan who were always finding fault with him. He suffered a loss from Daxuan Palm, and from then on, he reversed his course and rose to a higher level, forcing the senior brother of Qingzhuyuan, Ruan Tao, to his death.

And now, Ding Shian has actually combined these two things.

If Ruan Tao and Hou Ling were to survive, they would have to stomp their feet and curse in the streets.

"Of course, there are also obstacles from Western magic, the true meaning of Tai Chi from Wudang, the Ruyi Jin, and so on. These are all means to prevent you from restoring and gathering your Qi. As for the erosion of Qi, to be honest, I used a bit of the Quanzhen School's escapism technique and the methods of the Northeast shamans."

Ding Shian seemed quite satisfied with his work. "Ordinary methods certainly cannot erode the triple Qi body that can gather and disperse at will. Even the most poisonous poison of the Tang Clan, or even Dan Shi, would be difficult to achieve. However, while invasion of the 'life' aspect is difficult, invasion of the 'nature' aspect is a bit easier."

“I know, I know. Our Sanyi Sect’s Reverse Life Triple Cultivation is the cultivation of both body and mind, body and mind as one. When it reaches the third level of Qi Transformation, then body and mind are life and life and mind are body. Of course I know that.” Seeing that Lu Jin was about to refute, Ding Shian took the lead in stopping him.

"However, the manifestation of Reverse Life is a combat technique, and its various skills are more focused on combat related to life force, with fewer defensive measures for sexuality. And the Triple Realm can't truly reach the heavens; your sexuality is still hidden behind Qi, so I can naturally invade it."

Others cannot invade, but I can, because I am also at the third level, and at the third level where the Xuanmen has been opened. Others cannot control your Qi, but my 'spirit' is attached to it, so I can.

Of course, my strength is simply too great, Uncle-Master. Even so, with my own level three cultivation, I can't completely control your Qi. I can only exert some restraint. But in actual combat, this slight constraint, given the balance of power, is already a huge advantage for me. Moreover…”

As Ding Shian spoke, a smirk suddenly appeared on his face, resembling a dragon king's smile. Then, his body vanished without a trace. When he reappeared, he was already behind Lu Jin. On Lu Jin's head, there were two scars similar to those on his hip, which were difficult to reconcile for a moment.

"I'm much faster than you."

(End of this chapter)