From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

The mind, like a wild horse, circulates throughout the body; the heart, like a monkey, forges its own path.

Water and fire are practiced together, and golden light shines throughout the heavens.

Thus, Jiang Liu stood up, and as he circulated his Qi, crimson Qi flames burst forth from his body, transforming into the shape of a monkey, becoming one with his own body. However, the Qi flames gradually became delicate, like hair, and were dyed gold, even showing a layer of golden armor covering his entire body, which was more exquisite than the transformation of the Golden Light Mantra of Longhu Mountain.

"good."

Jiang Liu gathered his qi, compared it with that of the Great Ying Immortal, and couldn't help but chuckle, saying, "In another six months, I can't speak for his temperament, but his skill might surpass that of the Left Sect Master. However, I still need to be careful. Before the Five Gods return to their positions, I don't want to become his 'Daoist partner' when he breaks through to the third level..."

# Chapter 37: The Five Internal Organs as the Central Palace

Jiang Liu was naturally pleased with the further progress in his cultivation.

He also has a goal for the future development of Qimen Dunjia techniques: to correspond to the twenty-four solar terms and evolve into seventy-two pentads, so that he can sense the changes in the climate of the universe and thus reach the point where he can perceive the operation of all things and change at will.

In this process, one's innate special abilities, as well as the ability to reverse eight directions and reverse nine layers of life, are all "building blocks" that can be combined with it.

In the future, Jiang Liu will truly reach the realm of exhausting hundreds of millions of changes. Reversing the eight directions can help him stabilize himself, and the method of reversing life can help him gather form and disperse energy, making it more effortless during changes.

However, Jiang Liu knew that in the process of cultivation, the so-called myriad changes were just a means. In the end, it was still the same principle, which depended on one's mind. The key was to master the established framework of Qimen.

That is, the yin and yang of the central palace—

The five internal organs and the five vital energies.

"Brother Jiang, I sensed the movement outside earlier by using the Reversal of Eight Directions Technique and the Reverse Life Ninefold Method. Did you succeed?"

After half a year, Lu Jin had already mastered the reversal of the eight directions and started the process of cultivating the nine orifices. He also changed the name of "reverse life three times" to "reverse life nine times".

"That's right, it worked."

Jiang Liu stretched, grinned, revealing a set of bright white teeth, and chuckled, "You're in for a treat! But I've been busy building the Qimen framework for the past month and haven't been keeping an eye on your cultivation progress. Let me take a look?"

"it is good!"

Lu Jin naturally wouldn't hide anything from Jiang Liu.

Upon entering the courtyard, Lu Jin circulated his Qi and found his skin to be no different from usual. In fact, due to his frequent travels and performances in the town over the past six months, his skin had become somewhat yellow from the sun.

However, wisps of white Qi flames emanated from his body. According to the Three Ones Sect's method of reversing the three levels of life, the appearance of white Qi indicates that he has already reached the second level.

However, this is actually the effect of cultivating the Eight Directions Reversal and controlling human magnetism, stabilizing one's own eight extraordinary meridians, and then cultivating the nine levels simultaneously.

By using human magnetism to regulate the meridians throughout the body and stabilize one's acquired Bagua, one can then perform the reverse-generation technique to internally refine the innate Bagua of the human body, namely the three passes and nine orifices. This allows Lu Jin's original Qi transformation of the skin and flesh technique to be balanced in the internal organs, brain, and bones.

With the lives of fellow cultivators at stake, Lu Jin, while ensuring that his own skin color remained unchanged, achieved a partial effect similar to that of a dual cultivation.

"Brother Jiang, I've made my move!"

After Lu Jin finished speaking, he stepped out with his right leg. The speed was so fast that it cut through the air in the blink of an eye, and he threw a punch at Jiang Liu's face.

"Snapped!"

Jiang Liu firmly grasped that fist.

This seemingly powerful punch only stirred up a breeze and stirred up the dust on the ground; it seemed to have no other effect.

In an instant.

Lu Jin felt as if his punch had landed on cotton, which was very unsatisfying. He stopped, gathered his energy, and sighed, "I thought I had improved a lot, but I didn't expect that in front of Brother Jiang, I'm still the same as before... You wouldn't still be able to slap me down, would you?"

"you guess."

Jiang Liu revealed a mysterious smile: (*￣︶￣)!

Lu Jin: "..."

"Okay, don't be so discouraged, you've already done a great job."

These words were not meant to comfort.

With Lu Jin's current abilities, he is already comparable to one-fifth of Zhang Zhiwei—Zhang Zhiwei during the period when Wang Yaozu withdrew from the Quanxing ritual.

Having learned to reverse the eight directions and cultivate the ninefold rebirth, Lu Jin can now be considered to have truly cultivated both body and mind. In particular, by simultaneously cultivating the three gates and nine orifices, the Qi transformation technique is no longer from the outside in, but rather a simultaneous cultivation of the inside and outside, and will not exhibit the sickly appearance of pale skin when practicing Qi.

In this era, ordinary people believed that the effects of the Three Ones Sect disciples undergoing the Reverse Rebirth Triple Transformation were such that their skin became fair and they looked like immortals.

But in Jiang Liu's eyes, when he first saw Zuo Ruotong's dual state, and from the first glance at the comics he had read in his previous life, he did not think that it was the so-called appearance of an immortal. Instead, he instinctively thought that it was more like the symptoms of a very peculiar "albinism".

True immortals and gods may have fair skin, but fair skin cannot be an absolute characteristic of immortals and gods; otherwise, they would definitely have gone astray.

There is no other possibility.

In Under One Person, apart from the Three Ones Sect, all orthodox Xuanmen techniques can have exaggerated external "special effects," but the body itself will not exhibit characteristics such as deformation or discoloration.

Now that Lu Jin has learned the Eight Directions Reversal and is cultivating the Ninth Level, he has gained two parts of the original Reverse Life Level Three abilities, and his skin is back to its normal appearance. He looks like a vigorous and energetic young man, not a sickly person with a special "albinism".

"By the way, where are my old man and Li Muxuan?"

Jiang Liu, not seeing the two people, asked Lu Jin.

"Cultivating in the back mountain of the Sanyi Sect."

The Sanyi Sect has no rules prohibiting outsiders from visiting. Compared to most other sects, its rules are pitifully few. Apart from necessary etiquette, disciples are only required to refrain from committing crimes, and the sect is quite lenient towards outsiders.

However, most people would not go up the mountain to pay homage to the Great Ying Immortal unless they had something to do.

There are two main reasons:

Or perhaps it's out of respect for the Trinity.

Or perhaps it's fear of the power of supernatural beings.

Wang Yaozu was clearly not among them. He had neither respect nor fear for the Sanyi Sect. In addition, he had already left the Quanxing Sect and was now a rogue cultivator, so he was naturally even bolder.

Taking Li Muxuan there to cultivate was also to compete with Zuo Ruotong, and even to let Zuo Ruotong see that he was teaching Li Muxuan.

He's a complete old rascal.

However, this old rascal was not "Zhou Botong" after all, and he was still reasonable enough not to go to the courtyard of the Sanyi Gate himself. Otherwise, Jiang Liu could imagine how dark Zuo Ruotong's face would have been.

"That old man really has a lot of leisure time."

As an aside, Jiang Liu asked Lu Jin to move the table to the yard and cook a good meal.

Are you going to give me a lecture again?

Recalling what Jiang Liu had instructed him to do when teaching him how to reverse the eight directions, Lu Jin's eyes lit up.

"No, it's because the sun is setting and I'm hungry."

However, Jiang Liu did not play by the rules. "The construction of the Qimen in internal cultivation is all about 'stillness' and cannot be disturbed."

"Eat your fill first, get some sleep, and come find me tomorrow after you've completed the cultivation tasks and homework assigned by the Three Ones Sect."

"it is good!"

Although he couldn't cultivate tonight, Lu Jin was extremely excited to learn that he could cultivate tomorrow.

In the past six months, with the help of human magnetism and the cultivation of the nine levels, his cultivation has improved much faster than before, his internal organs are stronger than before, and his primordial spirit is clearer.

If the process of practicing Qimen Dunjia is also part of cultivation and will not require him to spend more energy in the future, then he is willing to learn it.

Having embarked on the path of cultivation, Lu Jin naturally wanted to see a wider landscape and explore the mountain peaks that no one in the past had ever set foot on.

"Don't get too excited, or you won't be able to sleep tonight and will be yawning all day tomorrow, lacking mental focus and unable to guard your central palace. That's not a good time for cultivation."

Noticing that Lu Jin was getting agitated, Jiang Liu reminded her.

"Understood, Brother Jiang."

"Okay, go cook some food. Make a lot, I reckon the old man and your junior brother will be back soon."

# Chapter 38 Li Muxuan's Stubborn Temper

As the sun completely set in the west, Wang Yaozu indeed appeared outside the courtyard with Li Muxuan.

"You little brat, you didn't even wait for me?"

Seeing that Jiang Liu and Lu Jin had already started eating, and even brought along the opera troupe's apprentices, she was furious.

"If you don't eat it, the food will get cold."

Jiang Liu rolled his eyes, but still took out the metal lunchbox, opened it, and served the steaming white rice to Wang Yaozu.

"Hmph, at least you still have some conscience."

After taking the lunchbox, Wang Yaozu picked up his chopsticks and started eating with great gusto.

Because Wang Yaozu has bad teeth, Jiang Liu specially asked Lu Jin to add more water to this box of rice, making the cooked rice softer and stickier, which is why he ate it so deliciously.

Li Muxuan ate the same meal as Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, and the other apprentices who were learning drumming and magic tricks. While eating, he said, "Lu Jin, my cultivation progress in the past six months has been extremely fast. I'm almost at the end of the first level of the Reverse Life Triple. How is your 'Reverse Life Ninth Level' cultivation going?"

During his two years at the academy, Li Muxuan was also taught by Master Dongshan, laying a foundation for his studies. He then became a disciple of Zuo Ruotong and learned the method of reversing the three stages of life, which enabled him to open the Ren and Du meridians and formally embark on the path of Qi cultivation.

In the past six months, he has learned the Eight Directions Reversal Technique and opened up the other eight extraordinary meridians, making his meridians more stable. In addition, his talent was already better than Lu Jin's, so he naturally caught up with Lu Jin's original progress.

"We're still laying the foundation."

Lu Jin was modest and knew that Li Muxuan was competitive, so he did not explain his own cultivation status in advance, planning to wait another six months before competing with him to see who was better.

Furthermore, he is now cultivating the Three Passes and Nine Apertures simultaneously using the Reverse Rebirth method, which involves the skin, flesh, bones, internal organs, and brain. He can only feel himself gradually becoming stronger in all aspects, but the effects of the progress are not as obvious as when he cultivated the three levels of Reverse Rebirth in the past.

It has to be said that this is indeed quite demanding and requires a lot of mental fortitude.

However, according to Jiang Liu, this is how one cultivates their own life into a whole, forming a self-contained cycle. Within the circulation of Qi, one can temper one's life, rather than the step-by-step cultivation that progresses from the skin and flesh to the internal organs and finally the brain/spirit.

Therefore, Lu Jin could only feel that his own life cultivation was gradually increasing, but without a specific reference, it was really hard to say what level he had reached.

"Really? You've really spent a long time building that foundation."

Li Muxuan's expression was playful, but his gaze was fixed intently on Jiang Liu. "How about we have a match sometime?"

"So sharp-tongued, Mu Xuan!"

Jiang Liu picked up a piece of chicken butt and put it in Li Muxuan's bowl.

"Humph!"

Faced with the chicken butt, Li Muxuan took it as a return gift from Jiang Liu for accepting his challenge. He picked it up, threw it into his mouth, bit it hard, and swallowed it.