Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 1066 One Lesson Will Help You Break Through to the Peak of the Second Level
The original novel's Lu Jin may seem impressive, but it's actually outdated.

There is no deity like He Songling in the original work. He pushed the concept of reversing life to the sixth level and reclassified it. Of course, Lu Jin, who was at the second level of perfection, seemed to be the number one person below Zhang Zhiwei at that time.

That person is said to have caught up with Zuo Ruotong at the second level in terms of cultivation level.

The problem is that He Songling has now turned the Left Left into a unit of measurement for combat strength. Not to mention the Second Level Left Ruotong, even the Third Level Left Ruotong has been surpassed by many others.

According to He Songling's classification, the level of Si Chong and Cheng Zhen in the original work was already called the late stage of the second level; Lu Jin's level in the original work was the peak of the second level. Lu Jin, who was able to reconstruct the middle dantian and restore his heart after it was shattered, was called the great perfection of the second level; Zuo Ruotong, who was at the second level, was called half-step to the third level.

Ultimately, Lu Lin's own life cultivation level was already high enough, possessing the strength of Si Chong and Cheng Zhen from the original work. With He Songling's magic and sword energy, plus more modern cultivation artifacts, fighting against the peak of the second level was really no problem.

On the contrary, Lu Jin's weaknesses in the original work are quite obvious. One is that he is easily angered, and the other is that he is old and frail. Compared with outsiders, these weaknesses may not be obvious, but as fellow cultivators who have reversed the cycle of life, and both at the second level, the weakness brought about by age is very obvious.

It's a pity that Lu Lin's configuration in this life is even more luxurious. The hundred-year-old Chengzhen personally enlightened him, and he was raised by people like Lu Jin, Zhuge Yuan, Shui Yun, and Chang Qing. Yet, he is still only at the late stage of the second level. Not to mention whether he has opened the Xuanmen in the second level, he doesn't even have the qualification to "open the gate".

To open the second level of the Mysterious Gate, one must simultaneously reconstruct the Three Elixir and comprehend the world through immortal techniques. Only those with the most exceptional talent and luck have the opportunity to open the second level of the Mysterious Gate and hope to ascend the path to heaven, eventually breaking through to the fourth or even fifth level.

Otherwise, just like the reverse life cultivation method Lu Jin is currently practicing, it's still a dead end. No matter how much he cultivates, he can only be stuck at the third level.

This is why He Songling said that Lu Lin was all show and no substance.

“This shouldn’t be, child. You’ll be thirty-one after your birthday this year. How can you not even reach the peak of the second level?” He Songling kept shaking his head.

"Screw you!"

Lu Lin could only feel impotent rage.

The combined power was completely ineffective against the enemy before him, and his sword energy and magic all missed their mark. Using his light-footed movement skills, He Songling didn't seem to possess overwhelming speed, but he often seemed to anticipate his next move, constantly interrupting him.

Several times, Lu Lin almost tripped over his own lightness skill. After a few times, he dared not run at full speed anymore, lest this thing keep cutting off his leg meridians and qi circulation, causing paralysis of his lower limbs and qi deviation.

In the late stage of the second level, one can be reborn by cutting off one's hands and feet, but all of that depends on the foundation of the Qi of Reversal. If the Qi is disordered first, then one is no different from an ordinary person, and all those miraculous recovery functions will be useless.

"No, not right, too weak, too weak." He Songling said as he struck Lu Lin while simultaneously regulating her Qi.

It wouldn't be easy for him to open the Xuanmen (mysterious gate) or the Qi of someone above the third level, because becoming an immortal and ascending to heaven is a very individual thing. Everyone should have their own "path to heaven." The "path to heaven and reversal of life" passed down by He Songling is just a "crutch" to help people ascend to heaven. In this respect, it is somewhat similar to the Eight Extraordinary Skills.

However, there are good and bad walking sticks, strong and weak. The kind like the Six Treasures Immortal Thief is completely inferior. It is like a dead tree branch. You never know when it will break if you take a wrong step. Not only will it not help you climb the peak, but it may even stick into your flesh and cause you harm.

The Fivefold Reversal of Life left behind by He Songling is like a high-speed space elevator, capable of traversing the distance between the Earth and the Moon in fifteen minutes.

How they construct their grand plans from above is their own business, but there's a standard answer to how to build the foundation of an elevator. It's really easy for He Songling to guide a beginner like Lu Lin, who hasn't even reached the peak of the second level and can't even reconstruct the third dantian.

All you need to do is guide his Qi to flow and move in the right direction.

There are certain rules to all of these; if you don't succeed, it's because you haven't worked hard enough. Let alone reversing the natural order, even with languages ​​that are said to be able to communicate with the universe, and mathematics, the most difficult subject in human history, no matter how high you climb in terms of various conjectures and number theory, the initial foundation still has to be the same.

Those amateur scientists who haven't even received a proper university education are unlikely to achieve anything in mathematics.

Therefore, Lu Lin suddenly had a peculiar feeling. He felt his Qi was flowing rapidly, at a speed he never dared to imagine before. Similarly, his cultivation level was also constantly rising in this little exchange.

After fighting this person for a mere forty-five minutes, which is equivalent to a class period at university, Lu Lin already vaguely sensed that she had reached the peak of the second level, a level she hadn't been able to reach for one or two years.

"How can this be!"

Lu Lin was shocked, and even a ridiculous thought arose in his mind that "this world is not real". His great-grandfather and Master Zhuge had given him guidance for many years, which made his progress on the path of the second level more stable. In the end, he still hit the "wall" of breaking through from the later stage to the peak.

Over the past year or two, Lu Jin had given him a lot of guidance, and he himself had also spent a lot of time in seclusion at school practicing and doing real combat exercises, but he was still lacking something. He always felt that he was just one step away from the finish line, but he just couldn't figure out where to start.

However, this person in front of me taught me a lesson and helped me find a foothold.
"You're shocked already?" He Songling laughed when he saw the shock in Lu Lin's eyes. "Kid, you have very low expectations of yourself!"

Low?
Upon hearing this, Lu Lin wanted to curse. Do you know how difficult it is to reach this level at just over thirty years old? Even though he has been hitting walls in his cultivation for the past year or two, he is confident that he can break through to the peak of the second level before he turns thirty-five—that's the level of Lu Jin at one hundred and ten years old in the original novel!

Among the so-called "Ten Elders," the more powerful ones, such as Lü Ci, Lu Jin, and the "Two Heroes" Ding Shian and Na Ruhu from the original work, only fluctuate within this range. This is already the strongest realm below the "Peak of One".

If there were someone in the original story who could reach this level at the age of thirty-five, the "Two Heroes" would definitely fall out of favor instantly, and this person would be regarded as the most likely person to reach or even surpass the level of the Old Celestial Master Zhang Zhiwei.

Even in today's era of rampant inflation, that would be an extraordinary achievement. How come this person speaks of it as if it were something that has just learned to walk?
(End of this chapter)