Under One Person: Starting with the Dual Cultivation of Body and Soul.

"Wait! Stop arguing!"

Just then, the bespectacled boy sitting in the passenger seat suddenly shouted, "Did you guys hear any strange noises? It's a rumbling sound, and it's getting louder and louder!"

The carriage was quiet for a moment. Sure enough, everyone heard a deep rumble, like muffled thunder rolling in from a distance, and the ground trembled slightly.

The boy in the back seat stuck his head out the window and looked around: "Is there a big truck coming from ahead of us?"

"Even a large truck wouldn't make such a loud noise, right? Could there be a landslide ahead?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Look around, there are only some small mounds, where did this landslide come from?"

"Look ahead! Look ahead!"

The boy driving suddenly let out an extremely terrified scream, pointing his finger intently straight ahead of the car.

So when people looked closely, they saw a huge silver steel coil appear at the corner ahead, and it was the source of the loud roar they had just heard.

The steel coil slammed into the earthen slope at the corner with a loud "bang," and rebounded violently. The steel coil, which was originally heading towards the roadside, was suddenly bounced back onto the road, and then, with tremendous force, it ran straight over the SUV.

The group of young people inside the car all watched this scene with expressions of horror.

The driver's mind went blank. Out of instinct, prioritizing speed over lane, he slammed on the brakes and stopped directly in front of the steel coil. It was too late to turn.

All the people inside the vehicle could do was scream in despair as they watched the enormous steel coil draw ever closer into view.

Although steel coils are not large in size, their density and weight are extremely terrifying. Let alone a small family SUV, even a 100-ton truck would absolutely not be able to withstand a head-on collision with them.

With the potential energy from rolling downhill, if they actually collided, the white SUV would be crushed flat, and the young people inside would likely be turned into a pile of mangled flesh.

At the same time, Li Chang'an, who was strolling by the roadside, also heard a loud noise. Looking in the direction of the sound, he noticed the scene on the highway.

Without any hesitation, the Qi within his body began to circulate rapidly, and the Reverse Life state instantly reached its highest intensity, while simultaneously activating the Judgment Dharma Form.

A huge white phantom, over ten feet tall, instantly unfolded behind him. Then, the Dharma image, half of it, smoothly merged into his body, becoming one with him.

Li Chang'an was well aware of the destructive power of this steel coil, so he didn't hold back at all when he made his move.

"boom!"

The rocks beneath Li Chang'an's feet shattered instantly, and he transformed into a beam of white light, soaring into the sky.

The people inside the car, who had closed their eyes and were waiting to die, suddenly felt a bright light before their eyes.

A white figure descended from the sky and landed directly in front of the SUV.

The figure was surrounded by thick white auspicious clouds, emitting a white light that was too dazzling to look at directly. It also had a pair of extremely large white wings spread out on its back, like an angel descending to earth from mythology.

The angel landed on its feet, and its two wings suddenly folded in front of it, forming a white, slightly sloping barrier in front of the car.

"boom!!!"

A deafening roar resounded as the rolling steel coil slammed into the white barrier, sending shockwaves rippled outwards.

Li Chang'an frowned, and the Reverse Life White Qi around him churned like boiling water. Even with the dual defenses of Dharma Form and Reverse Life, he still felt immense pressure.

"Snap! Snap!"

The road beneath his feet was crushed under his weight, cracking open with jagged fissures like a spiderweb, and his feet carved two furrows into the ground behind him.

Although Li Chang'an didn't go to school, his math skills were quite good. This roll of steel weighed at least twenty tons, and the impact of it rolling down at this slope and speed would probably be over a thousand tons if converted to tons.

He possesses the strength of a dragon and an elephant, but he is neither Superman nor the Hulk.

He didn't want to go all out and try to stop the thing completely with brute force.

But he dared to intercept us, so he must have been confident.

When he landed, he folded his wings into a physical lever. When the steel coil struck, he only had to absorb a portion of the force, and then…

Li Chang'an twisted his waist, and the Qi within his body suddenly erupted, using the principle of leverage to violently send the steel coil carrying terrifying kinetic energy flying.

"Boom!"

The steel coil tumbled once in mid-air, and just as it was about to start rolling again, Li Chang'an clenched his fist and punched the steel coil, making it tremble violently. With a loud "boom," the steel coil crashed heavily to the side of the road, the commotion so great that the ground trembled violently and dust flew high into the air.

The people inside the car were startled by the commotion and jolted violently. The two impacts left their heads buzzing, their minds blank, and they almost lost the ability to think.

After dealing with the steel coil, Li Chang'an turned his head and immediately recognized the girl in the back seat of the SUV as the one who had brought him bread and water by the stream not long ago.

"How coincidental," Li Chang'an thought to himself, "I've repaid the debt of a meal." With a sudden flap of his wings, he transformed into a streak of white light and soared into the sky, disappearing from the spot.

The carriage was deathly silent. It was only after a long while, when the booming sound in their heads disappeared, that they came to their senses.

The group stared intently at the spot where Li Chang'an had just stood, feeling as if everything that had just happened was a dream.

But the shattered pavement, the two deep gullies, and the huge steel coil by the roadside silently told them that what had just happened was real.

"I remember now, him... he he he he he..."

At this moment, the girl named Xiao Liu, trembling, reached out and pointed out the car window, shouting incoherently, "He's the one we met by the stream just now... the one..."

Chapter 175 Riding the Waves

"That...that...he is that..."

Xiao Liu pointed out the window, rambling incoherently, but it didn't arouse any surprise from the other people in the car. After all, what had just happened was too exaggerated and unbelievable. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it shattered their worldview of so many years.

Until Xiao Liu stammered out:

"The angel from just now... that wandering... wandering boy..."

Upon hearing this, the car fell silent for a moment, then erupted into chaos.

"What do you mean? I don't quite understand!" The bespectacled boy in the passenger seat suddenly turned around. He actually understood, but he just couldn't believe it.

"That's the person who just brought me bread and water!" Xiao Liu explained excitedly.

The girl next to me looked at me incredulously and said, "What? You mean, that angel just now... was that homeless beggar by the stream?!"

"Pah! What homeless man!" Xiao Liu said irritably, "Didn't I just tell you? He's not a homeless man at all!"

"Holy crap! Really? Xiao Liu, are you sure you didn't see that wrong?"

“How could I be wrong? You might not have noticed, but I saw it very clearly!” Xiao Liu said with certainty, “That face, that aura, I feel like I’ll never forget it in my life, it’s definitely him.”

Seeing Xiao Liu's confident demeanor, the girl next to him was somewhat convinced. After all, such an outrageous thing had just happened. She whispered, "No wonder you were so hung up on him and seemed so absent-minded. I thought you were just infatuated. So that's what happened."

At this moment, the driver suddenly said, "If the person who saved us just now really was the homeless man by the stream... does that mean that good deeds are rewarded, Xiao Liu?"

"You just gave that angel food and water, so the angel specially appeared at this critical moment and saved our lives?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I think it's very possible. That was really close. If we had been crushed by that thing, we wouldn't even be able to put our bones back together now," another person said with lingering fear.

The driver exclaimed, "Xiao Liu, we really owe you a lot this time! If we had listened to Old Wang's bullshit theory about 'not interfering in other people's karma,' we might all be lining up in the underworld to drink Meng Po's soup right now!"

The person who had previously dissuaded Xiao Liu from delivering food now awkwardly huddled in the corner, opened his mouth, and said:

"I was wrong, I was wrong, okay? I used internet slang indiscriminately after reading a few words. I was too superficial. I will definitely correct my ways in the future. However, let's not stop here. What if another steel coil rolls down?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Let's hurry up! Let's get out of the car and wait for the traffic police to handle this in a safe area on the side of the road."

"Wait a minute! I'll just drive the car to a wide open area ahead and park it. I just bought this car."

……

Everyone was talking at once, but the girl named Xiao Liu didn't say anything. She just quietly leaned against the car window, her eyes scanning the surrounding sky and forest, trying to find that white figure again.

Meanwhile, Li Chang'an, relying on the flying ability of his Dharma Form, had already flown dozens of kilometers away.

In fact, the reason he was able to save this group of people by chance was largely due to the bread and water that girl gave him.

It's not that he would abandon someone to their death if they didn't provide him with food.

It's not that he wouldn't stop to eat if the other person hadn't offered him that piece of bread.

If he hadn't been delayed by eating, he wouldn't have encountered this incident. As for whether they would have encountered the steel coil if the girl hadn't given him food, that's unknown.

However, judging from the current situation, the girl gave him bread because eating bread delayed her and happened to appear at the crisis scene, saving their lives. This is the result.

It can be said that there is no such thing as "not intervening in cause and effect" in this world.

The moment you come into contact with someone or something, your very existence becomes a link in this vast chain of cause and effect. Whether you choose to help or remain indifferent, you are making a choice and intervening in cause and effect.

Choosing to help brings you the results of help; choosing not to help brings you the results of not helping.

The gears of fate keep turning, and it's not as simple as closing your eyes and saying "I won't get involved" to transcend cause and effect.

This statement is more of a consolation for his own indifferent observation.

Li Chang'an traveled southeast. He walked at a moderate pace, neither deliberately avoiding the world nor deliberately engaging with it. In populated areas, he used his money to buy food to fill his stomach; in desolate wilderness areas without markets, he picked wild fruits.

With his current level of cultivation, he wouldn't experience any unusual symptoms even if he didn't sleep for a long time, so he never stayed overnight. He would meditate in the wilderness at night and continue his journey at dawn.

A few days later, Li Chang'an arrived at the Yellow River.

It was during the Yellow River's flood season.

The air was thick with the smell of mud and moisture. In the wide river channel, the current was swift, and the turbid Yellow River churned, churning up layers of silt. Broken branches and weeds floated on the surface, and wave after wave crashed against the riverbank with a deafening roar.

Li Chang'an stood on the bank for a while, then walked upstream and downstream along the riverbank for a while, and found that he had to walk a long way to reach the bridge to cross the river.

He stopped and looked at the towering, turbid waves. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind: why not just go straight over there?

However, instead of flying over with the wings of the Judgment Dharma Form, he walked directly on the water.

He wanted to test whether he could achieve this with his control over Qi.

With a thought in mind, he leaped into the Yellow River.

Just as his feet were about to touch the water, the three-foot-long wall of Qi surrounding him suddenly began to move, and the white Qi sank downwards, enveloping his legs and the soles of his feet.

This energy created an invisible tension on the water's surface, making his feet feel as if they were on two sturdy bamboo rafts, lifting him above the water.

If this were a calm lake, Li Chang'an's current methods would allow him to stand firmly, but this is the Yellow River, and the Yellow River during its flood season.

With turbulent waves and surging undercurrents, it's extremely difficult to maintain one's balance on such a violently undulating surface.

But it is precisely because it is difficult that it can help train one's ability to control Qi.

Li Chang'an tried to stand firm on the water's surface when suddenly a huge wave crashed into him from the side, knocking him off balance and nearly causing him to fall headfirst into the water.

Li Chang'an steadied himself, and a rare hint of interest appeared on his lips.

Originally, he intended to cross the Yellow River, but after feeling the force of the river, he suddenly had a new idea. He no longer insisted on crossing it, but instead jumped up in the direction of the rushing Yellow River.

He was standing on a giant wave that was rising rapidly. His figure paused briefly on the crest of the wave, and then, as the wave collapsed, he used the force of the downward swooping to run wildly down the collapsing wave wall.

Chapter 176 The River God's Inspection Tour

Water splashed at Li Chang'an's feet, each step he took landing on the cracking waves.

His figure moved through the splashing yellow foam, his white robe fluttering in the wind, yet not a drop of mud or water got on him.

One wave breaks, and another surges up.

Li Chang'an leaped and darted between the waves, his white figure darting left and right on the turbid yellow river surface, like a petrel navigating a storm.

At first, he staggered as he ran because the water beneath his feet kept changing direction. He had to adjust his Qi at millisecond speeds to counteract the pulling and impact forces beneath his feet.

But it was too difficult. He missed several times and was swept away by the waves. He only managed to stay afloat thanks to the protection of the Reverse Life White Qi. But each fall gave him a better understanding of the water's flow.

Gradually, he began to adapt to this frenetic rhythm, no longer struggling to stay upright, but running in a straight line.

After a while, his posture became more and more stable.

The waves beneath his feet were no longer an obstacle, but rather a springboard for him to use, and he began to truly ride the waves.

He stood on the waves in the surging Yellow River, running wildly all the way.

The white robes fluttered in the wind, and the white mist beneath their feet contrasted sharply with the yellow mud and sand.

With his white hair flowing and his clothes fluttering, he strode through the turbid waves, each step landing precisely on the highest crest of the wave, using the momentum to spring up, and then landing steadily on the next wave crest, strolling leisurely in the raging Yellow River.

The waves grew larger and larger, and a downhill slope appeared ahead, with the entire river surface tilting in that direction.

Instead of dodging, Li Chang'an accelerated and rushed forward, leaving a long trail of white spray behind him as he moved with ease.

He ran wildly for more than ten kilometers in the surging waves of the Yellow River.

Until a large bridge appeared ahead.

It was a highway bridge spanning the Yellow River.

It was during the flood season, and there were many people on the bridge who came specifically to watch the water, taking pictures of the river with their phones and exclaiming in amazement.