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

Looking at Li Chang'an's serious face, Lu Jin nodded and said solemnly:

"Your grandfather believes in your sincerity, and he will now teach you the method of reversing the cycle of life."

Even though he already knew he would be taught the Dharma, Li Chang'an was still somewhat excited when Lu Jin said it.

After all, the Triple Rebirth technique is unparalleled in the world, and how many people wouldn't be tempted by it?!

Moreover, Li Chang'an is not yet able to completely let go of the many desires of the world and reach the state of "achieving something" that the old master spoke of.

He is still far from reaching that level.

So even though he was trying his best to control himself, many thoughts still arose, and a hint of joy couldn't help but show on his face.

Lu Jin saw his expression and thought, "Good lad, I thought you weren't really interested."

He smiled and said, "Little Chang'an, how much do you know about our Sanyi Sect?"

"Grandpa said it was the number one mystical sect in the world in the past."

Li Chang'an replied without hesitation.

"You flatter me, you flatter me. The Trinity Sect may have some reputation, but it is absolutely unworthy of this title."

Lu Jin smiled and waved his hand, then asked:

"Then do you know which of the three religions my Sanyi Sect follows?"

“Since it is the Xuanmen sect, it must follow the path of Taoism,” Li Chang’an said.

“That’s not right. It’s not just Taoism, it’s the path of the unity of the three religions,” Lu Jin corrected.

"Similar to Quanzhen?" Li Chang'an asked.

Lu Jin nodded: "It is somewhat similar to Quanzhen, but Quanzhen's syncretism of the three teachings is based on Taoism, while our Sanyi Sect's syncretism of the three teachings is based on Confucianism."

"The Quanzhen School cultivates one's ancestral nature. The radiance that shines forth from one's ancestral nature is called the primordial spirit, and the primordial spirit's control over the Qi within the body is called the Yang spirit. Therefore, the Quanzhen School mainly focuses on the cultivation of the Yang spirit."

“We do not cultivate the Yang Spirit, but the Primordial Qi. Compared to the concept of ancestral nature, our Sanyi School prefers to use the term sincerity. We cultivate sincerity, which is the foundation of Confucianism.”

Sincerity… Li Chang’an silently repeated this word in his heart.

Throughout the worldview of the extraordinary, the word "sincerity" appears very frequently.

The key to unlocking the secrets of the Twenty-Four Heavenly Valleys left by Master Ziyang lies in "what is sincerity, and what is humanity."

Zuo Menzhang always demands of himself the principle of "being honest and upright."

Chapter 24 The Three Ones Patriarch

Lu Jin continued, "To talk about the origins of the Sanyi Sect, we have to start with its founder, Lin Zhao'en."

"The founder, Lin Zhao'en, whose Taoist name was Ziguzi, was also known as Changming Xiansheng, Hunxu Shi, and Wushi Shi. He came from an official family."

“When he was three years old, Wang Yangming visited the Lin family, praised his master’s outstanding appearance, and gave him some pointers.”

"Thanks to Wang Yangming's guidance, the patriarch first studied Confucianism and Taoism, but later encountered a bottleneck, abandoned Confucianism and entered Buddhism. After studying Buddhism for several years, he abandoned Buddhism and entered Taoism, devoting himself to the study of human nature and life."

"After achieving spiritual enlightenment, he returned to Confucianism to cultivate his mind. Five years later, he broke away from Confucianism and established his own school, the Sanyi School, which combines the three teachings."

Lin Zhao'en... Wang Yangming... Li Chang'an silently repeated these two names in his heart.

Who is Lin Zhaoren?

He doesn't know much about it.

But he knew about Wang Yangming.

He attained enlightenment in Longchang.

The last sage of Confucianism.

The founder of the Sanyi Sect had actually received his guidance.

No wonder it is said that the Trinity School is based on Confucianism.

"The Sanyi Sect flourished under its founder, but in the 55th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, it was regarded as an evil sect by the court for some reasons and was subjected to a large-scale purge, resulting in the loss of a large number of disciples and damage to its lineage."

"Later, as emperors changed, the ban was gradually ignored, and the Sanyi Sect began to develop again. However, after developing to a certain extent, in the fifty-third year of Qianlong's reign, it was again labeled as treason due to certain events, and the court once again suppressed the Sanyi Sect."

"However, even after years of suppression, the lineage of the Sanyi Sect has not been extinguished. Under my master's leadership, it has even risen to become a major sect in the Xuanmen (Taoist) world, earning the reputation of being the number one Xuanmen in the world."

Lu Jin's voice lowered:

"But later, due to some events, the sect declined, leaving only me. I am the culprit for this. I am the one who brought the Sanyi Sect to this state."

Speaking of this, Lu Jin was filled with deep self-blame, and his eyes began to redden again.

Seeing that his grandfather was about to cry again, Li Chang'an quickly said:

"Grandpa, this sect is just like life; ups and downs are normal. Don't be discouraged if it declines; we can just rebuild and strengthen it, can't we?"

“You’re right. Chang’an, you’re right. We must rebuild Sanyi Gate and make it great again.”

Lu Jin raised his sleeve to wipe the corner of his eye and said, "Please excuse my poor eyesight, sir!"

He did not tell Li Chang'an about Wugensheng, nor did he instill in Li Chang'an the idea that "Wugensheng, the leader of Quanxing Sect, is the greatest enemy of Sanyi Sect, and you must take revenge in the future."

Let the grudges of the previous generation end with the previous generation.

He will settle his score with Wugensheng.

But this is his personal grudge, and has nothing to do with Li Chang'an.

He had no intention of dragging Li Chang'an into this turmoil.

Lu Jin took a breath, calmed himself down, and continued:

"Now that I've finished talking about the history of our sect, let me tell you about the cultivation philosophy of our Sanyi Sect."

"The core concept is based on Confucian ethics and moral principles, and uses Taoist internal alchemy as a method of cultivation."

According to the patriarch, human life originates from the formless and imageless void. When a person is first born, nature and life are perfectly integrated, which is the primordial energy.

"The primordial Qi then evolves into the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit. These three treasures are continuously consumed until the body decays and life dissipates."

"Therefore, if one wishes to live forever, this process must be reversed, so that essence, qi, and spirit return to their original state, revert to the primordial primordial qi, and then return to the formless and imageless void. This is the state of ascension, and also the true essence of the threefold rebirth!"

At this point, Lu Jin paused.

The explanation of the third stage of reversal of life used to stop at this point, which caused great misunderstanding among the younger generation.

But Lu Jin was flawless throughout his life, and he could not deceive even outsiders, let alone his own disciples.

Lu Jin directly exposed the truth about the triple rebirth.

“In the past, we simply thought that if we cultivated the Reverse Life to the third level, we could completely return to the state of primordial Qi, unite with the Dao, and ascend to the Great Void.”

"But later, my master, who is also your grandmaster, reached the third level, but did not ascend to immortality."

Lu Jin said with some difficulty:

"In other words, even if one cultivates to the third level, it's only a kind of acquired skill, similar to magic. It can't achieve the heavens, but..."

Perhaps worried that Li Chang'an would underestimate their sect's methods upon hearing this, Lu Jin quickly added:

“Even if it cannot reach the heavens, it is still a skill close to the Dao. Moreover, Grandfather always believed that the method of reversing life can reach the heavens. It’s just that we haven’t fully comprehended it yet. Therefore, Chang’an…”

After a pause, Lu Jin looked at Li Chang'an with eager eyes:

“Master once said that there will be successors. Grandpa believes that you are that successor.”

Although Lu Jin went to the headquarters of Anycom for a meeting some time ago, he has been paying attention to Li Chang'an's cultivation.

He even knew that Li Chang'an, when he first learned the Yuyang Sword Manual, had quickly and easily resolved the difficulty that had troubled Li Shaoyun for more than ten years.

It was Li Shaoyun who called him and told him.

At the time, he was in a meeting at the headquarters of Nadutong. Li Shaoyun's phone call made him lose all interest in Zhang Huaiyi or the Eight Extraordinary Skills.

The child saw through the problem that had been troubling him for over a decade at a glance.

Putting aside his talent for cultivation, his comprehension alone is remarkable.

Master once said that if the path of defying death fails in his hands, then there will be successors.

Lu Jin used to think that she was the one who would come later and walk a path to heaven.

As a result, he wasted more than 60 years of his life, achieving nothing, and was even far from reaching the level his master had reached.

It can be said that the older he got, the more he respected his master.

Now, let alone surpassing his master, Lu Jin doesn't even have the thought of catching up with his master.

This is how Lu Jin's life will be.

All I ever wanted in this life was to rebuild the Trinity Gate and to take revenge, if I could.

Now, by chance, he has found a genius, along with his great-grandson Lu Lin.

He seemed to have already seen hope in rebuilding Trinity Gate.

So the moment he received the call, he was eager to go home.

If it weren't for the people in the company and the other ten bigwigs, he would have left long ago.

Zhang Zhiwei, who was standing next to him, peeked over the phone with a sneaky look on his face and overheard the whole conversation.

They even pretended to scare him, saying that they had found a good prospect and he should hurry up and take him on as a disciple, or he would run over and snatch him away.

These words infuriated Lu Jin. He rolled up his sleeves, and if someone hadn't stopped him, he would have given the old man a good beating to show him that Lu Jin's slaps were not to be taken lightly.

……

……

Li Chang'an wasn't sure if he was the "successor," but he just wanted to do his best to repair it.

If not.

There will be successors.

However, with Zhang Chulan around, Li Chang'an felt that achieving the third level of Reverse Life was still within his grasp.

"Grandpa, if we want to cultivate the Reverse Life Triple Stage, do we need to change our current Qi circulation route?" Li Chang'an asked.

Chapter 25 The Qi of Reversal

“Yes, some changes are needed,” Lu Jin nodded.

"No need to use the river cart anymore?" Li Chang'an asked.

“It is still necessary,” Lu Jin said. “The Small Heavenly Circuit is just the most basic way of circulating Qi in the path of life and death. Many cultivation practices are built on this foundation.”

"You've been practicing Qi circulation for so long, you should know what's around the Jiaji Pass, right?"

“It’s the five internal organs,” Li Chang’an said.

“That’s right!” Lu Jin said, “The five internal organs are located along the spine. So, although circulating qi through the body is said to involve three passes, it involves more than just three passes. There are many hidden passes.”

"Most of these hidden challenges are related to internal organs. If you don't know the proper methods and don't rashly circulate your qi, you may easily go into qi deviation. At best, your meridians will be damaged, ending your cultivation path; at worst, it will lead to death."

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an nodded. In his intermediate state, he could see the meridians of the human body, which branched into many routes.

These routes vary in thickness and straightness, as complex as a maze. Each route represents a new possibility, but he always followed the route of the "turning river chariot" to circulate his Qi and never strayed from it.

Lu Jin said, "The Qi circulation path of our school's method starts from the Jiaji point, which is located on the back."

"The Book of Changes says, 'If you keep your back straight, you will not be able to get your body; if you walk in your courtyard, you will not see anyone.' Therefore, the introductory method of our Three Ones Method is also called the 'Keeping Back' Method."

"The Gen back is after the descending palace, which is after the heart, symbolizing stillness. This is also the connection point of the five organs and six viscera."

“It is quite difficult to begin practicing Qi cultivation from here, so there are not many people in this world who can meet the requirements for practicing reverse rebirth.”

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an nodded, as he could naturally see the danger level of this area.

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say, Chang'an. Now I will teach you the secret Qi circulation route of our sect," Lu Jin said.

Li Chang'an sat up straight.

Lu Jin's voice deepened as he spoke, each word distinct and clear:

"The back is the area between the fifth and ninth thoracic vertebrae. The character for back is composed of 'north' and 'flesh.' The north is associated with water, while the heart is associated with fire. If one can nourish the back with the fire of the south and the water of the north, then one can nourish the back with the heart."

“During the process of nourishing the back, because the Qi circulates in the Gen back, it will involve the meridians of the five internal organs and six bowels, so you must be extremely careful when you practice.”