From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Dad, give me a straight answer, how's this kid's Reversal of Directions cultivation going?"

Seeing his stubbornness in eating the chicken's rear end, Jiang Liu became curious and wanted to find out more from Wang Yaozu.

"Not as good as you."

Wang Yaozu chuckled and said, "But his talent is indeed not bad. I originally thought it would take him five years to surpass his peers, but the Triple Rebirth is indeed extraordinary. I estimate that in two or three years, he will be able to surpass his peers by a large margin."

But compared to you—

He's just an earthworm on the ground.

"Old man, am I not as good as him?" Li Muxuan pointed at Jiang Liu and said indignantly.

After finishing his meal, Wang Yaozu poured himself a bowl of wine, gently swirled it, and the wine transformed into a soft line, landing on Li Muxuan's forehead.

Boom!

After a rather dull thud, the lines formed by the liquor were sucked into Wang Yaozu's mouth, while Li Muxuan was sent flying seven or eight meters backward.

"just you?"

Wang Yaozu scoffed, "To be compared to my son, he's still a long way off."

Li Muxuan, who had been sent flying backwards, steadied himself in mid-air, did a somersault, and landed firmly on the ground. His expression was slightly grim, but he still walked back to his seat and continued eating, saying, "It's just 108,000 li, right? I can catch up!"

Seeing this, Jiang Liu nodded secretly.

It must be said that since formally joining the Sanyi Sect, Li Muxuan's temperament has returned to its former state, but he has also become much more composed.

In the past, if he had been hit like that and then insulted for being inferior to others, he would have gone insane.

“Indeed, no wonder Master Zuo values ​​you so much, and has been trying to persuade you for two years without giving up,” Jiang Liu sighed.

Are you mocking me?

Li Muxuan stared intently at Jiang Liu.

"Please, don't think so negatively, okay? Everyone's busy enough, who has that much time to waste on a little kid like you?"

Jiang Liu shrugged and asked again, "You know 'Journey to the West,' right?"

"know."

Li Muxuan nodded. "Why are you bringing this up?"

"Monkeys are naturally lively and impatient, but the stone monkey that was born also stayed in the Lingtai Square for seven years, sweeping the floor and hoeing the garden, growing flowers and pruning trees, finding firewood and starting fires, carrying water and fetching syrup, preaching and discussing the Tao, practicing calligraphy and burning incense, doing everything."

Jiang Liu was indeed subtly mocking Li Muxuan, but he was also giving him a hint, "What about you? It's only been two years, and you can't even stand it anymore. If I hadn't given you a mouthful of mud back then, would you have taken your anger out on the Left Sect Leader?"

"no!"

Jiang Liu had seen through his thoughts, so Li Muxuan retorted, directly denying it, and glared at Jiang Liu fiercely, saying, "Just you wait, I'll give you a good kick in the butt later!"

"Oh my God, you're so stubborn. It's giving me the terrible idea of ​​taking off my shoes and spanking you."

Jiang Liu ignored Li Muxuan's provocation and even mocked him in a sarcastic tone using a dubbed accent.

"Ha ha!"

Lu Jin spat out the food in his mouth, laughing heartily, "Brother Jiang, what kind of hilarious way of speaking is this? It's funnier than a stand-up comedy routine!"

“Li Muxuan has one more course than you. He will be studying at the town’s school. You know the teacher there, Mr. Dongshan. He is very knowledgeable. My accent is just a direct translation of Western English into our local dialect.”

Jiang Liu laughed heartily and said to Wang Yaozu, "Master, when you lead your apprentices to perform in the future, perhaps you can teach them to sing like this, which will surely attract more customers."

"That's a good idea."

Wang Yaozu agreed, but he was too old to come up with any rap lyrics.

"That's alright, let the apprentices think of it."

Jiang Liu looked at the apprentices and said, "They have been begging since they were young, so they have some understanding of all walks of life. Plus, they are young, so it is easy for them to learn."

Having said that, Jiang Liu said to the apprentices, "For the next period of time, I will teach you to read and write. Are you willing to learn?"

"Yes! Yes!"

These eight children and teenagers, aged between eight or nine and thirteen or fourteen, had their eyes shining and spoke in unison.

Given the opportunity to read and write, why would they give it up?

"That's good."

Jiang Liu smiled slightly, "If you feel you have the ability in the future, you can leave our Ghost Hand King troupe and make your own way in the world. If you cause trouble, and the fault is not on your side, just don't mention us."

"Never back out! Never cause trouble!"

These people also know how to repay kindness. Jiang Liu and Wang Yaozu provided them with food and lodging, so they no longer had to beg on the streets. They also taught them the skills of playing gongs and drums. How could they possibly cause trouble for the Ghost Hand King Opera Troupe?

# Chapter 39 Surnames are derived from the Hundred Schools of Thought, and given names are derived from the Eight Trigrams.

In the blink of an eye, another six months have passed.

In addition to the required lessons and cultivation within the Three Ones Sect, as well as the training on reversing the eight directions arranged by Jiang Liu, Lu Jin had an extra task: to teach the eight apprentices adopted by the Ghost Hand King's opera troupe to read and write.

This was also what Jiang Liu asked him to do, so that he could get to know them better.

These eight people have been beggars since childhood. Some are locals who have lost both parents and have no means of livelihood, while others have come from other places to beg here.

Therefore, they all lost their former names.

Jiang Liu also renamed them, arranging them by age and using surnames from the Hundred Family Surnames, such as Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, and Wang, while the given names were based on the eight trigrams of the I Ching: Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, and Kun.

Therefore, the names of these eight people are: Zhao Qian, Qian Dui, Sun Li, Li Zhen, Zhou Xun, Wu Kan, Zheng Gen, and Wang Kun. Among them, Qian Dui, Sun Li, and Wu Kan are girls.

Seeing that these eight people had become famous, Wang Yaozu was not stingy and wanted to teach them how to reverse the eight directions, but unfortunately—

None of them had the aptitude for cultivating Qi.

It's not that they can't cultivate Qi. Humans are born with nine orifices and can cultivate themselves. It's just that for these eight people, if they want to make a name for themselves, they probably have to cultivate until they are seventy or eighty years old before they can use their supernatural abilities. However, their strength will be much weaker than most of the young supernatural beings who have just started.

However, after establishing his own unique Qimen framework based on the innate Bagua of the three gates and nine orifices of the human body and the acquired Bagua of the eight extraordinary meridians, Jiang Liu internally cultivates the nine orifices by reversing the growth and externally controls the eight meridians by relying on human magnetism. He can also sort out the meridians of ordinary people. Over the years, he can even teach people without the aptitude for cultivating Qi to cultivate Qi.

It cannot compare to the convenience of the cultivation furnace created by the divine machine in the future. It cannot allow people to control their supernatural abilities immediately. It can only give people the aptitude, and then they still have to cultivate on their own.

Even with such abilities, Jiang Liu didn't immediately test them on these eight individuals. He decided to wait a while, observe their temperament, and then help them regulate their meridians, gradually cultivating their aptitude for cultivation...

This day.

Wang Yaozu's backyard.

Lu Jin and Li Muxuan stood on opposite sides of the open space.

Lu Jin remained calm, while Li Muxuan's face was full of arrogance.

Both of them came from the prestigious and righteous Sanyi Sect, but no matter how you look at it, Li Muxuan seemed more like a wandering hermit, or even a villain, rather than a righteous person.

On the contrary, Lu Jin, who was so handsome that he could be described as "refined," looked like a genuine young swordsman from the Xuanmen sect at first glance.

"The year is up. Are you ready to die?"

Li Muxuan not only looks like a villain, but he speaks like one too.

Is it really necessary to make such a big deal out of it?

Lu Jin was speechless.

Just how much do you want to win?

However, he was not ambiguous. He raised his Qi and kept a close eye on Li Muxuan's movements to prevent any tricks from the other party. After all, this guy often played pranks on others when he was cultivating in the Sanyi Sect. If he accidentally fell into this guy's trap, he would be embarrassed later.

"Who do you think will win between them?"

Wang Yaozu asked Jiang Liudao.

"It must be Lu Jin."

Jiang Liu caught a glimpse of Wang Yaozu's upturned lips out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly realized something. He asked, "You didn't pass on that ultimate move to Li Muxuan, did you?"

"That is!"

Wang Yaozu held his head high, facing Jiang Liu's gaze, but suddenly felt a little embarrassed and lowered his voice, "After all, they paid for it, so naturally they have to teach you everything... If you want to learn, I'll teach you tonight."

In the past, he did not pass it on to Jiang Liu because he was afraid that others would recognize him and associate him with Ghost Hand King, which would cause Jiang Liu to be criticized by righteous people in the future.

Now that he has withdrawn from Quanxing and is a rogue cultivator named Wang Yaozu, he can pass on his trump card to Jiang Liu.

"Actually, it's okay if I don't study it."

Seeing Wang Yaozu's expression resemble that of a shy young girl caught cheating, Jiang Liu burst out laughing.

"No way! As my son, if you don't learn, people will think I'm holding back something from you when you go out into the world!"

Even though Jiang Liu's skills have surpassed his, only by learning his true trump card can he be considered the true successor of Ghost Hand King.

"Row."

Jiang Liu didn't argue with Wang Yaozu and agreed.

at this time.

The battle between Lu Jin and Li Muxuan has begun.

Neither side used their special abilities at the beginning; instead, they fought hand-to-hand.

From an ordinary person's perspective, one can only see two extremely fast figures colliding in the courtyard. But if one looks closely, one will find that Lu Jin's breathing is extremely steady, while Li Muxuan's Qi fluctuates wildly.

This is because Lu Jin has cultivated to the ninth level, and his internal organs, brain, and skin are all stable.

And what about Li Muxuan?

Although he had also cultivated the Reversal of Eight Directions technique, making his meridians more stable than usual, and had completely reached the first level of the Reverse Life Triple Realm, he had not yet begun cultivating the transformation of Qi into the internal organs and brain. Although his power was strong, he only possessed a surge of blood and courage.

That is to say: one should press on with one's might, then lose momentum, and finally exhaust oneself.

Although the Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique is also a Xuanmen method, compared with the real major sects such as Longhu Mountain and Shaolin, the approach of first refining the skin and flesh with Qi, then refining the internal organs with Qi, and finally refining the primordial spirit with Qi makes Li Muxuan, in the first stage, somewhat inferior in terms of strength and the length of his Qi breath.

Lu Jin felt it even more deeply. During the fight with Li Muxuan, he felt that the opponent's fists were weak and powerless when they hit his arms, as if they were cotton. However, when he circulated his Qi slightly, his Qi spread throughout his body, flesh, internal organs, and brain, making his muscles and bones strong, his internal organs healthy, and his spirit clear.

In particular, Lu Jin's clear mind allowed him to see Li Muxuan's actions clearly at all times and prepare in advance to deal with them.

But Li Muxuan suffered a terrible fate.

Although he appeared to be evenly matched with Lu Jin, only he knew that when his fist struck Lu Jin, it felt like hitting a steel plate, causing intense pain. The recoil even carried a magnetic resonance, instinctively affecting his meridians, forcing him to waste more Qi to stabilize them when circulating his Qi.