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

They rushed over upon hearing the news, but found nothing. They couldn't see anyone and were discussing what had happened when they saw Lu Jin and Li Chang'an slowly descending from the sky.

This scene left them completely dumbfounded.

“Grandpa, this…” Li Chang’an looked down at the old men in the courtyard.

"It's alright, don't worry about them. Keep going, stop when I tell you to stop," Lu Jin waved his hand and said to Li Chang'an.

Although Li Chang'an was somewhat puzzled, he still did as instructed.

About five meters above the ground, Lu Jin made him stop.

The two of them were suspended in mid-air.

Lu Jin looked down at the courtyard below, at the group of younger generations craning their necks to look up, and thought to himself: This is how Master saw it back then, isn't it?

The thought only flashed through his mind; he didn't say it aloud, but the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved into a smile.

"Okay, let's go down."

Li Chang'an landed slowly with Lu Jin on his back.

As soon as the two stepped onto the ground, the old men of the Lu family swarmed around them, asking all sorts of questions about what had happened, and greeting Li Chang'an, asking when he had returned.

Li Chang'an smiled and told them that he had only recently returned and was showing his grandfather what he had gained from his cultivation during this period.

His smile startled the old men of the Lu family.

The same thought popped into their minds at the same time: When did this cold and aloof kid become so easy to talk to? They'd hardly ever seen him smile in all these years. After his trip out for training, he's like a completely different person.

Li Chang'an's attitude flattered the group of old men, who became even more curious about what Li Chang'an had gained during this period of experience, and they started asking him all at once.

Lu Jin waved his hand, interrupting their question and telling them to go aside. He hadn't finished speaking yet, so why were they interrupting?

After everyone dispersed, Li Chang'an asked, "What else would you like to know, Grandfather?"

Lu Jin looked him up and down: "I'd like to know about your current strength."

"Shall I demonstrate for you?"

"How can one person practice effectively?" Lu Jin smiled. "Don't you need an opponent?"

“Where are the rivals? My cousin hasn’t come back yet,” Li Chang’an said.

"Isn't the opponent right in front of us?" Lu Jin said with a smile.

Li Chang'an was taken aback, but then realized that the opponent Lu Jin was referring to was himself.

"Grandpa, would you like to give it a try with me?"

Chapter 183 Absolute Defense and Attack

"Correct!"

Lu Jin nodded, looked around, his gaze sweeping over the empty foundation of the pavilion, then over the broken pieces of wood and tiles scattered throughout the courtyard, and said:

"We can't find a place to work out in the courtyard, let's go somewhere else."

"Go to the back mountain?" Li Chang'an said, as he often tested methods in the back mountain.

"No, no, the vegetation on the back mountain only grew properly in the last two years, and the ground has been repaired!"

At this moment, Lu Linglong's grandfather stepped forward and suggested, "Why don't we go to the training ground where our Lu family practices martial arts? It's spacious there, the floor is specially made, and it has all kinds of equipment, making it suitable for practice."

“Okay.” Lu Jin nodded.

Li Chang'an didn't often practice his techniques at the training ground because it was crowded and he preferred a quieter place. Also, practicing some techniques might accidentally injure others, so he usually went to the back mountain.

Afterwards, the group headed towards the training ground in the backyard of the Lu family.

The Lu family's training ground was spacious, with the ground paved with specially made bluish-gray square bricks, each half a foot thick.

On each side stood a row of weapon racks, complete with knives, spears, swords, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks, their blades gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

In the corner were several solid iron padlocks, ranging from several hundred kilograms to over a thousand kilograms. The smallest one had been worn smooth and shiny, clearly indicating that it had been moved around for many years.

Lu Jin and Li Chang'an stood facing each other in the middle of the training ground.

Lu Jin took off his suit jacket and casually handed it to a member of the Lu family next to him. The man was wearing a white shirt with the cuffs unbuttoned and rolled up to his forearms. He raised his head slightly towards Li Chang'an.

"Chang'an, you make the first move!"

"Grandpa, you should activate Reverse Life first," Li Chang'an reminded him. He didn't think that Lu Jin in his normal state could compare to him in his dual state.

Lu Jin paused for a moment, then said, "I know what you're thinking. After all, this is a drill within our Sanyi Sect, so we still need to use Sanyi Sect's methods. Go ahead and make your move; I can enter the Reverse Life state at any time."

"Then, sir, I'm going to make my move!"

"Just do it!"

As soon as Lu Jin finished speaking, Li Chang'an no longer hesitated. He took a deep breath, and the reverse-generating white qi within his body surged out like a tide, while the white qi around his body rapidly contracted and solidified.

Although his white qi can expand into a three-foot qi wall, he has tested it and found that the three-foot qi wall is only the maximum range. However, if he compresses the white qi to within three inches of his body, the defensive power is actually stronger.

At the same time, his wings suddenly flapped behind him, and he pushed off the ground with his right foot. Spiderweb-like cracks spread outwards from the soles of his feet, stirring up a gale on the training ground. He transformed into a white light and rushed towards Lu Jin.

This punch was delivered without reservation. The force of the punch tore through the air, accompanied by a suffocating shriek, and the gale was swept forward by the power of the punch, crushing everything in its path.

The elderly people gathered around the field paled in shock. When this overwhelming force swept over them, they felt not a junior seeking guidance from an elder, but rather a cataclysmic event, a massive army charging in.

Judging from the punches alone, it doesn't look like something a junior would throw.

Even these old guys who have lived for decades couldn't throw a punch like that.

Several elderly people who specialized in magic and whose qi and blood were declining with age even unconsciously took a half step back.

Facing the punch head-on, Lu Jin's hair stood on end, and his white hair exploded as if electrified. Almost without conscious control, his skin instantly turned as white as jade, and his eyes burst forth with intense white light.

He automatically entered a state of reversal.

This is an instinctive reaction he has developed through years of cultivation; when encountering a powerful enemy, the Qi within his body will automatically circulate and reverse to defend against the enemy.

Lu Jin was startled. He had originally planned to test Li Chang'an's strength in his normal state first, and then activate the Reverse Life state after figuring out his strength. He did not expect that Li Chang'an would force him into the Reverse Life state with just one punch.

"Has this kid become this strong?" Lu Jin thought to himself.

He had no time to think. Facing this overwhelming attack, he neither dodged nor retreated, and struck hard with his palm.

Fist and palm facing each other.

With a deafening roar, the shockwaves from the collision spread outwards in concentric circles.

The weapon racks beside the drill ground rattled and clanged, the swords and spears on them clashing together with a dense metallic sound.

"Get away from here!" someone shouted.

The onlookers hurriedly retreated.

Although it was Li Chang'an and Lu Jin who were fighting, the surging force still affected them.

Although this group of people are of high seniority, not all of them are experts who have cultivated both body and mind.

Several old men who were inclined to practice magic and cultivation were now old and frail, their energy and blood depleted, and had to retreat to the edge of the area thirty meters away.

Their caution was not unwarranted.

After the two collided, the air exploded like a series of cannon shots, each punch and palm strike producing a muffled sonic boom.

What's even more troublesome is that the pair of wings on Li Chang'an's back are constantly flapping, and each flap stirs up a fierce gale.

Because of the close proximity, these gusts of wind were almost indistinguishable from the force of a punch; anyone who got hit by one would likely suffer broken bones and tendons.

Despite the fierce winds, Lu Jin remained unmoved. He withstood the overwhelming onslaught and closed in on Li Chang'an in a flash.

He grabbed Li Chang'an's wrist with one hand and went straight for Li Chang'an's dantian with the other.

Lu Jin also wanted to use the same method Li Chang'an used on Lu Lin last time to cut off his Qi circulation and force him to exit the reverse life state.

However, Li Chang'an did stop Lu Lin's Qi circulation in her upper dantian at that time.

But Lu Jin felt that blocking the upper dantian was too dangerous.

Therefore, he chose to intercept Li Chang'an's lower dantian.

If an ordinary person wanted to use brute force to shake the dantian of a cultivator who has reversed the growth cycle, it would be impossible, unless there is an absolute difference between the two, like that between a young adult and an infant.

However, Lu Jin himself cultivated the Reverse Life Triple Realm, and he understood the Qi circulation trajectory within the Reverse Life Triple Realm, knowing how Qi gathers and circulates in the dantian, so he dared to intercept it.

But Li Chang'an wouldn't let him have his way. His wings suddenly closed, like a heavy shield, blocking his chest and abdomen.

"boom!"

Lu Jin's palm struck the wings squarely.

Upon feeling the touch, he immediately understood what Li Chang'an meant by "very strong defense." These seemingly soft wings were frighteningly hard; his attack hadn't even left a mark on them.

His palm strike failed, but before Lu Jin could change his move, he suddenly noticed a faint ripple appearing on a certain area of ​​Li Chang'an's wing.

From the ripples, a fist emerged and slammed straight towards his lower dantian.

Lu Jin's pupils contracted, and he instantly understood what was going on. Li Chang'an protected his wings in front of his chest, then transformed one part of his wings with Qi, and then attacked from that transformed part.

How could someone come up with such a shameless trick and actually pull it off? Lu Jin was shocked and could only bend his left arm in haste to take the punch with his forearm.

"when!"

A dull thud.

Lu Jin felt his arms were sore and numb, and his center of gravity was slightly unsteady. He took several steps back, and with each step, he left a deep pit in the half-foot-thick square bricks.

Chapter 184: The Drill Ends

"Haha! Good! Very good. I underestimated you."

Lu Jin laughed loudly as he steadied himself, his eyes flashing with an alarming light as he looked at Li Chang'an.

Although he hadn't used his full strength in the previous few exchanges, he certainly hadn't been perfunctory either; Li Chang'an's improvement in strength far exceeded his expectations.

This level of skill would be unmatched among the younger generation, and even among the strongest individuals in their prime today, he would be considered a formidable fighter.

As for Li Chang'an's current state, frankly, he doesn't really have any good ways to deal with it.

When those two large wings folded together, they resembled two large shields, protecting his entire body so that only his feet and head were exposed. His feet and head could even be hidden under the wings at any time.

And the wings' defensive capabilities are ridiculously high; when he slapped them just now, there was absolutely no reaction.

Most importantly, while protecting his entire body with his wings, this kid can also attack directly through his wings using Qi transformation.

Isn't that cheating?! A giant iron turtle that can bite at any time?!

Lu Jin couldn't help but complain in his heart.

If the person opposite him were someone of Zhang Zhiwei's generation, he would definitely curse them as a cunning and wicked villain.

But since the person opposite him was Li Chang'an, he really couldn't say anything. But if he just stopped like that, he would feel like he had no face to save.

It seems the only option is to increase the intensity. Without some strength, there's no way to break through that turtle shell... Lu Jin thought to himself.

He took a deep breath, and the flow of Qi within his body became more complex. The white aura around him became denser, and the white light in his eyes became more intense. He raised the intensity of his reversal of life to a new level.

He took a step forward, his right fist whistling sharply as it slammed heavily towards Li Chang'an's wing.

This punch was completely different from the previous ones; the air was torn apart wherever the fist passed, producing a piercing shriek.

Li Chang'an could feel the terrifying destructive power contained in this punch, but he did not retreat. Instead, he flapped his wings and used the thickest part of his wings to block it.

"Boom!"

The moment the fist slammed into the wing, a visible white shockwave exploded in the air.

The wings on Li Chang'an's back caved in under the immense force. Although they weren't pierced through, they were severely injured, with broken bones and tendons. He himself was also sent flying by the punch, tumbling twice in mid-air before regaining his balance.

Immediately afterward, with a thought, a flash of white light appeared on the injured area, and the injury was instantly restored by Qi.

This scene left Lu Jin dumbfounded. His punch hadn't even pierced the wing. Was it that hard? And he could even restore the wing using Qi transformation?!

If Li Chang'an had stood still and taken Lu Jin's punch head-on, his wings might have been pierced. However, he flew backward the instant he was hit, thus dissipating some of the force.

"Again, I refuse to believe this!" Lu Jin's feet churned the soil as he charged forward once more like a cannonball.

Having just tested his great-grandfather's fist, Li Chang'an was determined not to suffer another blow. He spread his wings and nimbly darted back in the low air, avoiding Lu Jin's powerful punch.

Lu Jin's punch missed its mark, but instead, it slammed into a heavy equipment rack at the edge of the training ground, following Li Chang'an's side.

"boom!"