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

At this moment, Li Chang'an also finished practicing his sword moves.

He bowed to the two old men, then sheathed his sword and stood at attention.

"Chang'an, didn't you always say you wanted to learn some skills?"

Li Shaoyun said, "Your great-grandfather's skills are far superior to mine. Come, kowtow to your great-grandfather three times, and then you will learn from him. You must listen to your great-grandfather in everything."

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an did not hesitate. He put down his sword and respectfully kowtowed to Lu Jin.

"boom!"

He had only kowtowed once when Lu Jin pulled him up:

“Good grandson, one is enough. With the relationship between your great-grandfather and me, there’s no need for these formalities. Your great-grandfather will be staying here for a while to teach you things. Be prepared to endure hardship.”

Actually, Li Shaoyun's idea was to have Lu Jin bring Li Chang'an to the Lu family for instruction.

In this world, who doesn't know that the Lu family has a unique way of educating their children?

But Lu Jin had his own considerations.

The Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique is very special, requiring extremely high mental fortitude and aptitude from the practitioner; not just anyone can practice it.

If he takes the child away, teaches them for a while, and then finds they are not suitable and sends them back, wouldn't that hurt the child's self-esteem?

So he decided to teach here for a while.

If Li Chang'an is a promising student of the Reverse Life Triple Technique, he will bring him back to the Lu family and teach him everything he knows.

If not, then he was just a great-grandfather who taught the little guy some skills for a while, like a tutor who came to his home, and wouldn't hurt his self-esteem.

Li Shaoyun, being quite old, naturally understood Lu Jin's good intentions, and immediately clasped his hands and said:

"Uncle Lu, you're so kind of you, you..."

Lu Jin waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, when did you learn all this fancy politeness? How come you, a junior, are more old-fashioned than me, an elder? Go do your thing, let me have a private chat with this kid."

Li Shaoyun smiled sullenly, nodded, and after reminding Li Chang'an to listen to Lu Jin again, he turned and left.

Only Lu Jin and Li Chang'an, one old and one young, remained in the courtyard.

Lu Jin looked at Li Chang'an and smiled:

"Little Chang'an, do you know what your grandfather is going to teach you these days?"

Chapter 3 Introductory Assessment

Li Chang'an naturally knew that Lu Jin wanted to teach him the Triple Rebirth Technique.

He also wanted to learn, so he was pursuing two different paths simultaneously.

But he also knew it wouldn't be that easy.

He had read the plot and knew that the selection of disciples by the San Yi Sect was very strict, with a rather complicated set of tests.

And the most important aspect of these assessments is honesty, so he didn't lie and stated frankly:

"Is this the work of the Grandmaster?"

Lu Jin hadn't expected the little guy to be so honest and speak so directly. He smiled and said:

"Your great-grandfather's methods are not so easy to learn. A tall building starts from the ground up. No matter what methods you learn in the future, you must lay a solid foundation. So for the next month, I will not teach you methods. What I will teach you are things that are more important and more fundamental than methods!"

"I will definitely study hard!" Li Chang'an quickly promised.

"I believe you!" Lu Jin said, "When I watched you practice your sword just now, your lower body was very stable. After you attained Qi, did your grandfather teach you any specific methods of circulating Qi?"

“He taught me; my grandfather taught me the method of standing meditation.”

“Then let me test you. Which meridian does Zhan Zhuang (standing meditation) begin with?” Lu Jin asked.

Li Chang'an assumed a standing meditation posture and pointed to an acupoint on his foot, saying:

"Standing meditation emphasizes that the power originates from the ground, starting from the Bladder Meridian of Foot Taiyang."

Lu Jin nodded approvingly:

"You're standing very steadily and in the right position. But do you know that different schools of thought have different methods of circulating qi, and therefore produce different effects?"

“I’m not quite sure about that, could you tell me, sir?” Li Chang’an said.

Lu Jin said, "Standing meditation is mostly focused on strengthening the body and is a typical martial arts practice."

"Because standing meditation starts from the feet, many of the meridians that circulate Qi are located in the feet, such as the Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian and the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, etc."

As he spoke, Lu Jin assumed a stance opposite to Li Chang'an's and said:

"The stance I'm in now is the one that starts from the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian."

"The Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian and the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian are among the twelve regular meridians."

"Besides starting with the twelve regular meridians, some schools of thought have internal cultivation methods that start with the three jiaos and six meridians or the eight extraordinary meridians. Are you familiar with this knowledge?"

Li Chang'an shook his head: "I've heard some of it, but I don't know much about it."

Lu Jin said, "You've only been doing this for a month, so it's normal that you don't understand these things, but they are all very important."

"We who cultivate ourselves must understand our own bodies thoroughly; otherwise, we will be like blind men touching an elephant, and we will not know what kind of state we will end up in."

"So next, I will teach you what the twelve regular meridians are, what the eight extraordinary meridians are, and what the acupoints throughout the body are."

"Grandpa, I will definitely study hard," Li Chang'an said earnestly.

"Good child! I believe in the sincerity in your words right now."

Children's promises are often taken seriously.

However, in most cases, this is not valid.

Lu Jin is already a great-grandfather, with a bunch of grandchildren under his wing, how could he not know these things?!

"Let's go somewhere else and start the lesson!"

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For the next period of time, Li Chang'an lived an exceptionally fulfilling life.

Every morning, I would first practice standing meditation, then eat breakfast, and then listen to Lu Jin's lectures.

Lu Jin's teachings on spiritual practice are extensive and complex.

On the first day, Lu Jin talked about the knowledge of the twelve meridians of the human body.

The twelve meridians correspond to the twelve two-hour periods of the day, and the flow of Qi and blood in the meridians is different in each two-hour period.

He gave Li Chang'an a copy of the "Midnight-Noon Flow Chart," which recorded relevant details, and instructed him to combine the changes of heaven and earth and time with the operation of his own internal meridians in order to have the opportunity to step into a higher realm.

Li Chang'an thought it made a lot of sense. Circulating Qi through the meridians is like driving on the road; you have to understand all the traffic rules, otherwise you'll easily get points deducted and fined.

The reason Lu Jin chose to teach Li Chang'an theoretical knowledge was...

First, these are indeed crucial.

Secondly, it was to test his character and comprehension, to see if he was suitable for practicing the Reverse Rebirth Triple Realm.

If you can't even tolerate the tedium of learning theoretical knowledge, then you're not suited for practicing rebirth through cultivation.

Lu Jin will also score Li Chang'an based on his words and actions over the past few days to determine the assessment results.

Speaking of assessments, Lu Jin actually wanted to set up a lower courtyard like the Sanyi Sect did back then, where the children would chop wood and carry water to observe their character, but he had failed several times before.

Because no one came.

Back then, the Sanyi Sect was at its peak, renowned as the number one Xuanmen (mystical sect) in the world, and its Left Sect Master was famous throughout the land, so there was no shortage of students.

Even many families with extraordinary abilities are willing to send their children here.

The children are also willing to work hard to join Trinity.

Now, the Sanyi Sect has declined. Not to mention the younger generation, even many people in their forties and fifties don't know the name Sanyi.

They had no desire for the methods of practicing the Threefold Unity, so naturally they had no motivation to chop wood and carry water, and the method of assessment in the lower monastery was no longer feasible.

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The next day, Li Chang'an got up as usual to practice standing meditation and eat, and then went to listen to Lu Jin talk about the knowledge and precautions related to the twelve meridians.

Lu Jin taught very seriously, and would ask Li Chang'an about his experience when practicing standing meditation, his feelings when circulating Qi, and test him on what he had been taught the day before.

Most of the theoretical knowledge about spiritual practice is very obscure and literary. Let alone fully understanding it, just memorizing these names and positions is enough to give people a headache.

However, perhaps due to his rebirth, Li Chang'an's memory became excellent, and he was able to memorize these incredibly complex things after hearing them only once.

Lu Jin also discovered Li Chang'an's photographic memory; no matter how complex the knowledge, he would remember it after hearing it only once.

Having a photographic memory is a good thing, but it reminded Lu Jin of Zhang Zhiwei.

Zhang Zhiwei also has a photographic memory. Just how good is it?

I still remember some trivial matters from seventy or eighty years ago very clearly.

The key is that he has no sense of propriety when it comes to his words. He spills out all sorts of things from his adult life that everyone has almost forgotten, like beans, and he always finds something new to say about them.

At the last gathering, he was talking about how Lu Jin was a child and he slapped her so hard she cried.

This infuriated Lu Jin; he had been making a fuss over such a trivial matter for the rest of his life.

Lu Jin has been thinking a lot lately: If only I could get my revenge.

But beating that old bastard to tears in public is definitely out of the question.

However, if he could make his apprentice cry once, that would be good too, at least he could save some face.

But Zhang Zhiwei was very good at teaching his disciples; none of his nine disciples, descendants of Lu Jin, could defeat him.

Gradually, he gave up on the idea.

But recently, he's had that thought again.

Because the Celestial Master had just taken in a new disciple, the Tenth Elder.

And he happens to have a grandson named Lu Lin who is about the same age.

He wondered if Lu Lin could get back at him.

Hmm... I doubt it will work. Lu Lin's personality is such that she'll stop at most and won't do anything like retaliatory. I wonder if we can see any hope in Li Chang'an?

Li Chang'an was unaware of Lu Jin's thoughts.

He only practices standing meditation every day.

But on this day, he noticed that his grandfather and Lu Jin had their brows furrowed, as if they had encountered something troublesome.

He asked about it, and Lu Jin said it was about the world of supernatural beings, and told him not to ask too much and to focus on his cultivation.

Li Chang'an didn't ask any more questions; he was now focusing all his energy on cultivation.

That vibrant, flourishing world was right before his eyes, but he felt no emotion regarding the gossip of the supernatural world.

Lu Jin and Li Shaoyun were actually talking about Zhang Huaiyi.

Recently, Zhang Huaiyi, who had been missing for decades, suddenly reappeared, and the Qi Body Source Flow reappeared in the martial arts world.

Many veteran experts went there after smelling the aroma, and the long-calm martial arts world was thrown into turmoil again. The company also notified Lu Jin to attend the Ten Elders Conference.

But Lu Jin felt that this was meaningless; it was just the remnants of the chaos of the Jia Shen year.

During the Jia Shen Rebellion, his father told him not to participate, but he secretly did, which he regretted for the rest of his life. This time, he said he would never participate again.

He needs to focus his energy on taking on apprentices. The vibrant and flourishing state of the Trinity during its heyday is still vivid in his mind. He cannot let some external troubles delay him.

For the next period of time, Lu Jin continued to talk about cultivation knowledge related to the twelve meridians.

Although there are only twelve meridians, they are very complex because they connect internal organs and external limbs, forming a closed loop for the circulation of qi and blood.

If you don't understand this cycle properly and something goes wrong when circulating your Qi, it won't just be a matter of your face getting swollen; it could lead to your internal organs burning up. So you have to learn this properly.

Lu Jin was very satisfied with Li Chang'an's performance over the past few days.

Even though his days were filled with tedious knowledge about meridians, Li Chang'an didn't slack off at all. He would ask questions about many things he didn't understand, showing a great thirst for knowledge.

Moreover, he practices standing meditation every morning and evening, rain or shine.