From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Master, may I go up now?" Zhang Zhiwei asked, rubbing his hands together eagerly.

"Go to hell!"

Zhang Jingqing slapped the back of his head and scolded him, "Our Longhu Mountain has no grudge against that Ghost Hand King! We're only here to witness this! And to show you the heroes of the world, so you won't become arrogant!"

Zhang Zhiwei pursed his lips, remaining silent, his gaze fixed on Jiang Liu, who was being held by the collar by Ghost Hand King—

Among those present, apart from the leaders of the various sects, only Jiang Liu caught his eye!

Jiang Liu chuckled and said, "Dad, put me down. I still need to spar with these big brothers and sisters from the Jiyun Society. When I encounter someone ruthless enough to cut off your arms and legs, then I'll let you have a turn."

"Screw you!"

Ghost Hand King cursed, but released his grip. He still warned, "If you really encounter someone who wants to cut off my hands and feet, if you dare to cut off your own, damn it, I'll just slit my own throat! That'll end it all!"

"Don't you dare!"

Jiang Liu was genuinely afraid, since the Ghost Hand King could also turn things upside down. If he broke his neck, all his efforts would be in vain.

After appeasing Wang Yaozu.

Jiang Liu straightened his collar, cupped his hands to the five disciples of Jiyun Society, and said, "My five elder brothers and sisters, my name is Jiang Liu, my master is Ghost Hand King, I am here to take the blame for my father, please!"

"Jiyun Society, Lu Renjia".

"Jiyun Society, Xiao Bingyi."

"Jiyun Society, Fei Tuting".

"Jiyun Society, Long Taobing".

"Jiyun Society, Ren Jiating".

Five people, three men and two women, announced their names in turn.

Jiang Liu also had some knowledge of ancient Chinese magic tricks. Like shamanism, they all originated from ancient witchcraft, but they took different paths, evolving and developing over a long period of time and shedding their mystical connotations.

In terms of cultivation, I prefer flexible techniques;

In terms of form, it focuses on the use of props.

Of these five—

Lu Renjia had a face-changing mask hanging from his waist, so the magic tricks he knew must be related to face-changing.

Xiao Bingyi has an average appearance and an unremarkable physique. He does not carry any distinctive props, so it is not immediately apparent.

Fei Tuting, being a woman, has a graceful figure and six throwing knives at her waist, suggesting she may know some soft skills, have good agility, and possibly be able to manipulate objects.

Long Taobing tossed three iron balls in his hand, presumably the "mud ball" trick from a magic show. In the Jiyun Society, this technique was basic, but the fact that the Jiyun Society leader could use it meant that Long Taobing's skills must be extremely agile.

The last remaining contestant, Ren Jiating, was holding a small monkey folded from paper, which was probably a paper doll magic trick!

# Chapter 17 Shedding the Snake and Transforming into a Dragon: The Fire Dragon Dance

On the field.

Lu Renjia put on the mask, turned his head slightly, and flicked his right hand across the mask, covering his face with a red mask.

Red face, silkworm eyebrows, phoenix eyes, long beard.

This is Guan Yu!

It must be said that this appearance is somewhat similar to the methods of the God Mask, but Jiang Liu, having been taught by Ghost Hand King, knows that this is not a God Mask, but a prop used for face-changing, which can be used to help the wearer process their own Qi.

The real method is—

call!

Suddenly, the mouth beneath the Guan Gong mask opened, and a thin flame shot out, rushing towards the rolling river.

Fire-breathing!

This is the power of the Lu family!

Jiang Liu faced the fire, but instead of confronting it head-on, he dodged to the side.

At the same time, Xiao Bingyi, whose magic trick he couldn't yet discern, moved his hands in rapid succession, turning into afterimages.

Where the river was about to land, the grass and leaves were covered with yellow millet grains, and even his body was covered with them.

Magic trick: Fix a thousand catties of millet.

After landing, the yellow millet grains formed strands of yellow silk, wrapping around his legs and connecting with the yellow millet grains clinging to his body, like an irregular yellow spider web covering his entire body.

This millet glue, when used in folk terms, is actually glutinous rice glue, mainly used in construction.

As recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu": Mix one part ash with river sand and two parts yellow soil, add glutinous rice and the juice of peach vine, and then build a firm foundation. This will never be destroyed and is called "three-in-one soil".

From Jiang Liu's perspective, within the context of magic tricks, this millet should be considered a disposable, semi-finished magical artifact.

The definition of a magical artifact is to nurture a certain object with Qi, enabling it to develop supernatural abilities similar to those of extraordinary individuals.

And this millet, after being combined with a secret incantation and nurtured with Qi, can be sprinkled at a person's feet to form thin, long threads that firmly fix the person in place. Isn't that the same as having superpowers?

A thousand catties of millet are fixed.

As the name suggests, one cannot break free without immense strength. Even if one manages to break free, it still takes effort to step on the millet in the surrounding area if one cannot clear it away.

Under Xiao Bingyi's arrangement, millet was planted within a 20-meter radius of the river.

This was done to restrict the movement of the river.

At the very moment Jiang Liu was bound, Lu Renjia breathed flames at Jiang Liu again and took out a handful of gray ash from his pocket, throwing it into the fire.

In an instant, fireworks soared and swept towards the river.

At the same time, Fei Tuting circled behind Jiang Liu and, with lightning speed, threw out six throwing knives from her waist while most of the younger generation of superhumans outside the arena were momentarily stunned.

Long Taobing then came to the left side of the river and, with a dazzling display of skill, hurled all three iron balls in his hand.

Ren Jiating then threw out the small paper monkey that resembled a rag doll, which hid among the fireworks and quietly approached the river, but was unaffected by the fire or the millet.

Faced with this attack from all sides, Jiang Liu also realized that the silk threads of millet under his feet only had a binding effect and would not affect his own circulation of Qi.

Therefore, instead of directly resisting the attack with his reversed magnetic field, or breaking free from the millet-pound fixation spell with his powerful life cultivation, he bent over and squatted down, raising his shoulders like a roc spreading its wings. As his arms swung around, his magnetic field twisted around his body.

The millet on the ground moved with the force of the man, forming a ribbon around him, which in turn carried the incoming iron pellets and throwing knives, causing them to swirl around and transform into a serpent that seemed to be about to become a dragon.

This dragon-like creature has a body made of millet grains, a beard made of flying knives, and eyes made of iron balls. It is about three meters long and moves around its body as the river flows, displaying remarkable agility!

now!

The fireworks from the Lu family's house also came, but were blocked by the serpent wheel controlled by Jiang Liu's magnetic power.

boom!

When the millet came into contact with the smoke exhaled by Lu Renjia, it seemed to undergo a chemical reaction and was ignited in an instant!

Seeing the millet ignite, Jiang Liu laughed heartily, twisted his waist, and the distance between the millet grains that had been coiled around him instantly expanded.

However, it is not that the millet spreads in all directions, but rather that the distance between the millet grains that make up the dragon increases.

In this way, the spacing between the millet grains increased, allowing for ventilation and smoke. The entire dragon was ablaze, with flames and smoke creating a dazzling and mesmerizing spectacle!

To the onlookers, the serpent, upon touching the fireworks, instantly transformed from three meters long to over ten meters long and nearly half a meter thick, as if it had shed its mortal form and become a dragon!

The river, rising and falling in the center, its shoulders turning and lifting, displaying the power to reverse the flow in all directions, is just like a dragon dancer!

Under his control, the fire dragon bit the paper monkey that was quietly approaching and soared into the air, startling the five members of the Jiyun Society who were momentarily at a loss.

When Jiang Liu felt it was about time, he swung his arms downwards, and the fire dragon aimed at Ren Jiating and charged down!

"not good!"

"Little sister!"

Lu Renjia, Xiao Bingyi, Long Taobing, and Fei Tuting were all shocked and wanted to help, but it was too late. Ren Jiating's skills were probably all in the paper monkey, so she also couldn't dodge in time.

boom!

The firework dragon landed, and a wave of heat rolled out in all directions. However, any person with Qi could ignore it. Even ordinary people would only suffer burns to their skin, which would heal in two or three days.

As the fragrant millet spread and hit the strange people watching the show on the outermost edge, Ren Jiating stood unharmed, now holding a paper monkey in her hand.

Lu Renjia, Xiao Bingyi, Long Taobing, and Fei Tuting then realized—

At the last moment, Jiang Liu did not apply the force field that reversed the eight directions to the millet fire dragon, so only the millet, iron pellets, and throwing knives tilted downwards.

The iron pellets were the dragon's eyes, the throwing knives were the dragon's beard, and the dragon's mouth was the one aimed at Ren Jiating. So only millet and the paper monkey held in the dragon's mouth could hit her.

Jiang Liu has put on a fire dragon dance!

"Five of you, you flatter me!"

Jiang Liu clasped his hands in a fist and smiled.

"color!"

Huo Dezong, Na Fengping exclaimed, clapping his hands and saying, "Amazing!"

With him taking the lead, the other young superhumans also cheered!

"Cattle!"

"That's amazing!"

"I've never seen a magic trick like this before!"

"Can the Eight Directions Reversal be used for something like this? Ghost Hand King's Eight Directions Reversal is indeed more impressive than that of the Jiyun Society when used for magic tricks. I didn't expect his adopted son and disciple to be even more amazing. He was able to use the Jiyun Society's attack methods to perform a dragon dance trick of a snake transforming into a dragon during a contest with the Jiyun Society members!"

The older generation of extraordinary individuals were also moved by Jiang Liu's move.

It wasn't just because his strength was comparable to some of the older generation present, and because he had strong control over the inverted directions, but also because he didn't use his strength to hurt people, but instead performed a magic trick.

Is this a provocation against Jiyun Society?

No.

The members of the Opportunity Society are not petty or narrow-minded.

Furthermore, the feud between Jiyun Society and Wang Yaozu lies in magic tricks. If Jiang Liu only defeats these five people with his strength, they will at most verbally agree to let it go. However, if Jiang Liu surpasses Jiyun Society in the brilliance of his magic tricks, they will be convinced of his superiority!