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

"In my opinion, even if Zhang Lingyu has mastered thunder magic, he should still be no match for you."

Although the Celestial Master's Mansion's thunder magic is renowned throughout the world, one can only inherit half of the thunder magic before becoming a Celestial Master.

Lu Jin wasn't sure how powerful the complete Five Thunder Orthodox Technique would be. But he was quite confident in half of it; his own Reverse Life Triple Technique was definitely no weaker than the opponent's.

Moreover, he had just tested Li Chang'an's current strength, which had already transcended the realm of the younger generation.

He felt that Zhang Lingyu was definitely no match for Li Chang'an, and that only Rong Shan, Zhang Zhiwei's ninth disciple, could possibly defeat Li Chang'an in his current state.

Of course, this is only a possibility.

Speaking of Zhang Lingyu, Li Chang'an thought of some things about him and casually asked, "Grandpa, did the Celestial Master mention to you what Zhang Lingyu encountered when he went down the mountain to train?"

Lu Jin shook her head and said, "I don't know about that. Speaking of which, when I talked to Zhang Zhiwei on the phone about this, he always seemed to want to say something but then stopped, as if there was some obstacle."

"It seemed that Zhang Lingyu next to him was very embarrassed, as if it was something difficult to talk about. You know, Grandpa doesn't care about these kinds of gossips among young people, so he didn't pry into it."

Li Chang'an smiled, roughly understanding what was going on. The fact that he could endure something like this showed how much the Celestial Master cared for his youngest disciple.

After the two finished chatting about everyday matters, Li Chang'an asked about the major events that had occurred in the world of supernatural beings in the past two years.

Lu Jin's smile faded, and he said with a serious expression, "Speaking of important matters, there really is one. Not long after you started your training, the company wiped out an evil organization called the 'Medicine Immortal Society'."

"Speaking of which, this organization was completely eradicated once before the founding of the country. Back then, when they were eliminated, our aristocratic families responded to the government's call and participated in the encirclement and suppression."

"I thought we had wiped them all out. I never expected that these cancerous tumors could actually rise from the ashes."

"Speaking of which, this evil sect is really courting death. Back then, in such a chaotic situation, they still managed to incur the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people and besieged. Now, in this peaceful and prosperous era, they still dare to kidnap infants to refine Gu under the company's very nose. They really don't know what's good for them."

Chapter 187 Body Refinement Again

Speaking of the Medicine Immortal Society, Lu Jin was somewhat indignant.

"The Gu-bodied Saint Child... Chen Duo..." Li Chang'an thought to himself, then asked, "Was she completely eradicated this time?"

Lu Jin nodded: "This time they've definitely wiped them out completely. The company gave a death order, and everyone was killed. Only one young girl is still alive. She's supposedly a victim of the Medicine Immortal Society. I don't know the specifics of her situation now, but I do know that she's been taken into custody by the company in a secret fortress."

Li Chang'an nodded and did not ask any further questions.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jin added, "Besides that, there is another major event: the Chai School of Horizontal Training has been disbanded."

Li Chang'an said, "Isn't this the Ten Elders' formidable sect? Why did they disband it?"

He was genuinely puzzled. The original storyline didn't focus much on the Chai School of Horizontal Training, and he had completely forgotten what had happened. He only knew that the leader of the Chai School of Horizontal Training, Chai Yan, seemed to have encountered some trouble, which led to him being controlled by Qu Tong.

Lu Jin said, "The sect was disbanded by Chai Yan, the leader of the Chai Sect's external martial arts school. As for the reason for the disbandment, it hasn't been widely known in the circle, but it's not exactly a secret. It started when Chai Yan challenged Ru Hu to a private duel. The specific result of the duel is unclear. All we know is that after the duel, Chai Yan announced the disbandment of the entire sect."

"I see." Li Chang'an nodded. "Then, sir, what do you think the outcome of this competition should be?"

Lu Jin said with certainty, "Chai Yan is definitely no match for that tiger. He probably lost to his disciple and lost face, so he gave up on himself."

"Is it really necessary to make such a fuss over something so small?" Li Chang'an said.

Lu Jin said, "That's what I think too. As a master, don't you hope that your student will surpass you? What's shameful about losing to your student? Perhaps there's another reason!"

He cautioned, "Not many people in the industry know about this. Even Ru Hu hasn't told anyone. Just listen to it and don't spread it around."

"Grandpa, the way you're saying that makes me sound like a big mouth!" Li Chang'an laughed.

"Hey!"

Lu Jin waved his hand. He knew that Li Chang'an was not a talkative person, but he had quite a few big mouths around him. When he was young, there was Zhuge Da Zui from his sect, and later there was Zhang Da Zui. Especially Zhang Da Zui, he had really suffered a lot from him.

"I definitely believe you. Let's not talk about this anymore. It's been so long since you've practiced your physique. Come on, I'll take you to practice!"

Lu Jin was about to pull Li Chang'an away when he suddenly turned around and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

Li Chang'an laughed and said, "I haven't had a proper meal in the past two years!"

Lu Jin stopped in her tracks: "Let's go eat first, and then we'll practice our body-strengthening techniques."

It seems I can't escape body training today... Li Chang'an nodded and said, "Alright, I also want to test my progress over the past two years."

Lu Jin immediately took out her phone and called the kitchen, instructing them to prepare a large meal.

After hanging up the phone, the two were not in a hurry. They sat at the stone table, drinking tea and chatting casually about their experiences on the road.

Less than half an hour later, the kitchen called to say that the food was ready.

The two moved to the dining room, where the dishes were already on the table. They were all main dishes, including squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, braised crab meat lion's head meatballs, cherry pork, and several medicinal dishes such as stewed pigeon with gastrodia elata and steamed pork ribs with astragalus.

Lu Jin knew that Li Chang'an had been living a life of hardship for two years, so this time he was serving highly nourishing foods.

During the two years of training, Li Chang'an drank stream water when he was thirsty, chewed grass roots when he was hungry, and occasionally went hunting, killing a wild boar or a wild ox to have a treat. In short, he never ate anything that a normal person would eat.

Faced with this table full of delicious dishes, he naturally didn't stand on ceremony and picked up his chopsticks to eat.

Li Chang'an ate quickly, but his table manners were quite good; he didn't wolf down his food.

Lu Jin sat opposite him watching him eat, barely touching her own chopsticks, but kept putting food on his plate with a kind smile.

"Eat more, eat more!"

After finishing his meal, Li Chang'an put down his chopsticks, took a moment to regulate his breathing, and began to digest the essence of the food he had just ingested.

With his current cultivation level, his speed and efficiency in digesting food far surpassed that of ordinary people. In just a few breaths, the feeling of fullness in his stomach dissipated, replaced by a warm current of acquired Qi flowing to his limbs and bones.

After absorbing the energy, the two arrived at the high-voltage generator room, which remained unchanged.

Before going on his training journey, Li Chang'an's limit was sixth gear. Upon his return, he again chose to start from sixth gear.

He took off his shirt, sat on the metal stool of the equipment, and took the reverse life state to the extreme.

"It's open!"

Lu Jin gave a reminder and pulled down the switch. The buzzing sound of electricity instantly filled the entire machine room. Six levels of current poured into his body. Li Chang'an closed his eyes and carefully felt the flow of the current in his body.

Previously, a current level of six was enough to tear apart his regenerative state.

But now, the sixth-level electric current surged through his body, yet it could no longer harm him.

That's right, it's not that it's impossible to tear apart Reverse Life, but that it's impossible to hurt him at all.

Even Lu Jin couldn't do that.

Although the sixth-level current couldn't tear apart Lu Jin's reverse rebirth dual state, it could scorch Lu Jin's skin, forcing him to continuously regenerate Qi to recover.

However, even with six levels of current, it was still unable to burn Li Chang'an's skin.

Because Li Chang'an's body and flesh are covered with a layer of white qi with extremely strong defensive power.

This layer of white energy is not present in the ordinary state of reverse rebirth.

It protected Li Chang'an like a suit of armor; the electric current was evenly distributed throughout his body upon impact, leaving no opening.

Lu Jin witnessed this scene and couldn't help but sigh inwardly: This kid's protective aura is quite thick. Although I had some expectation that a level six electric current wouldn't be able to tear apart his Reverse Life Force, I really didn't expect that the current wouldn't even be able to injure him.

Feeling the sixth-level electric current slowly flowing through his body, Li Chang'an thought to himself, "Although the sixth level cannot tear apart the Reverse Life state, or even cause me any external injuries, my current Reverse Life state is not yet able to completely transform my internal organs. My internal organs are still my biggest weakness."

"The reason why a level six current couldn't damage my internal organs is because I used Qi to form a 'Faraday cage' around them, isolating them from the intrusion of the current. If I remove it, I wonder if my internal organs can withstand a level six current?"

After a moment's thought, Li Chang'an decided to give it a try. He calmed his mind and slowly removed the layer of Qi net protecting his internal organs. The free-floating electric currents instantly surged in and invaded his internal organs.

An electric shock emanated from his internal organs, and Li Chang'an's eyes snapped open, his pupils blazing with white light.

He felt an extreme pain, as if his internal organs were being stabbed.

However, he did not scream out in agony. Instead, he blocked out those painful delusions and calmly observed the damage to his internal organs. If the situation turned bad, he would immediately cut off the electric current.

Chapter 188 Breakthrough to Seventh Gear

Although his current state of reverse rebirth cannot completely transform his internal organs with Qi, it does enhance them. In addition, his life cultivation is strong and his foundation is profound.

Therefore, even though the sixth-level current was extremely violent, enough to instantly pierce through the air and turn an ordinary person into charcoal, it did not immediately cause irreversible damage to his internal organs.

However, the damage was indeed accumulating. Under the awareness of the intermediate state, he could clearly see that the cell membranes of his liver cells were beginning to degenerate under the thermal effect of the electric current, that tiny tears were appearing in the myocardial fibers, and that fine blood spots were seeping from the alveolar walls...

Appropriate damage to the internal organs can have a training effect, but excessive damage will harm the root cause.

Just like the Seven Injury Fist, if a person with strong cultivation practices it, it is a good way to strengthen their internal organs; if a person with insufficient cultivation practices it, it is a self-harming method that causes seven injuries.

After realizing that the damage to his internal organs had accumulated to a certain extent, Li Chang'an did not rush into things. With a thought, the Qi in his body wrapped around his internal organs like a thin film, reconstructing a Faraday cage and drawing the current to the surface of his body.

The pain subsided like the receding tide. He exhaled a breath that smelled of burnt air, opened his eyes, looked at Lu Jin, and said, "Grandpa, shift to seventh gear."

Without hesitation, Lu Jin reached out and pressed the knob on the control panel, turning it one notch to the right.

The moment the seventh-level electric current was injected into Li Chang'an's body, the entire room lit up for a moment.

The blinding electric light crawled along Li Chang'an's skin like countless silver snakes, spreading from his fingertips to his shoulders, and then from his shoulders to his back.

Li Chang'an's eyes turned from pure white to silver-white, and intense electric light shot out from his eye sockets, causing the air to crackle and pop.

Sixth gear can't shake Li Chang'an, but seventh gear can.

The electric current first tore apart his protective white qi, then merged into his body.

Li Chang'an's protective white qi was even more resilient than his body in the reverse life state. If the white qi couldn't withstand it, his physical body naturally couldn't either.

His body began to suffer extensive damage and carbonization, then rapidly healed itself with Qi, and the cycle began again.

Lu Jin stood behind the control panel, quietly watching this scene.

Over the past two years, through countless trials and tribulations, he has achieved a breakthrough from seventh to eighth gear, but only he knows the hardships involved.

Lu Jin thought to himself: Li Chang'an was able to reach the seventh level after just entering the second level. His foundation and resilience can no longer be described as talent. Perhaps he can break through to the third level, or even go further and walk a path to heaven that no one has walked before.

After his body was torn apart multiple times, Li Chang'an's regenerative structure finally couldn't withstand the strain and was forcibly torn apart.

Seeing this, Lu Jin felt a pang of anxiety, worried that Li Chang'an might get hurt, and quickly reached out to turn off the power to the device.

But the next second, Li Chang'an activated his internal energy, and white qi surged out of his dantian again, reconstructing the reverse life state in milliseconds.

"Grandpa, please continue." Li Chang'an's voice was calm and steady.

Lu Jin pressed the discharge button again.

Electric current penetrates, tears apart, and reassembles.

Penetrate again, tear again, and recombine again.

……

After eight attempts, Li Chang'an finally raised his hand.

Lu Jin disconnected the current.

Li Chang'an sat on the metal stool, panting heavily.

"Chang'an, how are you feeling?" Lu Jin quickly went over to ask.

"It's alright, it's not a big problem."

After Li Chang'an finished speaking, he closed his eyes and used his intermediate state awareness to sense his own condition. The damage to his internal organs was brought under control after the Faraday cage was reconstructed, and the tears in his physical body were also within a tolerable range.

After confirming that everything was alright, he slowly exited the reverse life state.

As soon as he stepped out, a wave of weakness washed over him. Seeing that he was somewhat weak, Lu Jin quickly helped him up, her tone reproachful:

"Going to seventh gear on the first day of the second level is a bit risky."

Li Chang'an smiled, his face was a little pale, but his spirits were good: "Because of the protective white qi, there is no tempering effect if you don't go up to the seventh level."

"How are you feeling?" Lu Jin asked again.

"It was a bit taxing, and I've suffered some physical damage, but it's nothing serious. I'll be fine after a few days of rest," Li Chang'an said, straightening up.

Despite his weakness, his life force is still intact, so this doesn't fundamentally harm him.

"You should rest well for the next few days!" Lu Jin helped him walk outside:

He first took Li Chang'an to a medicinal bath. The medicinal bath had already been prepared, and the medicine packets inside were filled with various precious medicinal herbs.

Li Chang'an took off his clothes and sank into the medicinal soup. The scalding medicinal power seeped into his pores, along the meridians and into the bones. The soreness and swelling in his limbs and bones slowly dissipated under the influence of the medicinal power.

After soaking for about half an hour, Li Chang'an absorbed all the medicinal power, and the color of the medicinal soup became a bit lighter. Lu Jin then asked the kitchen to send over a table of medicinal dishes for further nourishment.

After finishing the medicinal meal, Li Chang'an's body recovered, but the mental and physical exhaustion remained. He planned to maintain his normal state, rest for a few days, and then enter the reversal state.

After all that, it was already dark. Li Chang'an said goodnight to Lu Jin and returned to his villa.

The courtyard was still the same as it was two years ago, but the green plants inside were a size thicker than when he left.

His room is cleaned every week, so it is always spotless, and even the bedding is new.