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

At this moment, Yuan Shixiao, who still had a bloodstain on his neck, squeezed over and unhesitatingly took out all the cash he had and bet it all on Li Chang'an's name.

Only those who have actually been beaten know how despairing that guy's strength is. As for Zhang Lingyu, she even felt that this guy might not be able to beat her.

In short, the betting odds below the stage were stirred up by Bai Shixue, Lu Linglong, and Zhi Jinhua.

The older generation sat at the main table, watching this scene, and all shook their heads with smiles.

"These kids are really lively. They're even putting up betting in this kind of situation."

"It's so good to be young, full of energy."

Lu Jin, holding his teacup, said with a stern face, "This is truly outrageous, making us all a laughingstock."

But he only talked about it; he didn't actually stop it.

On the martial arts stage, Li Chang'an and Zhang Lingyu stood facing each other.

Zhang Lingyu clasped his hands together, his posture upright: "Zhang Lingyu of the Celestial Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain, please enlighten me, Senior Brother Li."

Li Chang'an returned the greeting: "Please."

Zhang Lingyu was aloof, and Li Chang'an was not a talkative person either.

After a few simple pleasantries, the competition between the two officially began.

Zhang Lingyu was not arrogant in the slightest. With a thought, golden light suddenly shone brightly around him. The golden light was not dazzling, but warm and thick, like a layer of flowing golden glass enveloping his entire body.

He raised his right hand, and golden light burst forth from his palm, transforming into a giant golden hand in mid-air.

The golden hand, accompanied by a whistling wind, reached straight for Li Chang'an with the force of Mount Tai pressing down.

The extraordinary individuals watching from below the stage were all amazed by what they saw.

"How amazing! Zhang Lingyu is so young, yet he has already reached the level of 'transforming Qi into form' in the Golden Light Mantra. There are probably very few like him among the younger generation of Longhu Mountain."

"The golden light that has reached the realm of transforming Qi into form can not only protect the body, but also transform into any form as easily as an extension of one's own arm. It is simply a combination of offense and defense. Although Li Chang'an's defense is strong, it can't be stronger than the Golden Light Mantra, right?"

On the field, facing the imposing golden hand, Li Chang'an remained standing still, neither dodging nor flinching.

The golden hand came hurtling through the air, its fingers emitting a deep hum as they bent and stretched, and it arrived in front of Li Chang'an in an instant.

Li Chang'an struck out with his right palm, meeting the attack head-on.

"Clang!"

A sharp, metallic clang suddenly rang out, the sound waves of which caused everyone around to cover their ears.

In this collision, Zhang Lingyu's seemingly indestructible golden hand shattered inch by inch, turning into countless golden fragments that dissipated into the air.

The audience fell silent. Although they had seen Li Chang'an shatter the golden cudgel with a single palm strike before, that was, after all, a manifestation of the divine mask, and they had no idea how tough it really was.

However, they were well aware of the intensity of Zhang Lingyu's golden light, which was at the Qi Transformation Realm. Even if they fired repeatedly with a pistol, they might not be able to penetrate it. Once it was deployed, it would be no exaggeration to call it an impregnable fortress.

But now, this impenetrable wall was shattered by Li Chang'an with a single slap. How much strength must that have taken?

Others were shocked by Li Chang'an's power, but Yuan Shixiao and Wang Zhenqiu, who had competed with Li Chang'an before, were not surprised at all. It was normal that Zhang Lingyu's golden light could not withstand it.

The golden light is essentially a concrete extension of one's own Qi and spirit. Zhang Lingyu felt the terrifying force of this slap more clearly than anyone else.

The palm strike just now shattered not only the golden light, but the force also traveled back along the golden light, causing the Qi within his body to surge slightly.

weight.

too heavy!

Zhang Lingyu's expression instantly turned serious. The golden light he extended was not much different in toughness from the protective golden light, except that the protective golden light could be stacked a little thicker.

This means that the opponent definitely didn't use their full strength in that palm strike just now, which means they were fully capable of breaking through his defenses directly.

"Even in Longhu Mountain, only my senior brother's generation could break through my golden light defense so easily. Master has given me a big problem!"

Zhang Lingyu took a deep breath and continued to activate the Golden Light Mantra. Golden light surged from his body like flowing water, forming a golden sword in front of him. He really didn't want to engage in close-quarters combat with Li Chang'an.

Seeing Zhang Lingyu's actions, the old celestial master said, "In order to enhance the overall defense and concentrate the golden light of your whole body into one point to form a long sword, this method is a correct choice in the current situation."

"Does the old master think this can counter Li Chang'an's Triple Reversal of Life?" Feng Zhenghao suddenly asked, looking at the two young people on the field with great envy. If his own children had such talent, how wonderful that would be.

The old master glanced at Lu Jin and said, "Just look at the way Lu Jin is grinning with his big teeth showing, you can tell he can't handle this."

Chapter 89 One Punch Sends Them Away

"What's wrong? You old man, won't you let me laugh?" Lu Jin laughed loudly.

As the Celestial Master predicted, Li Chang'an and Zhang Lingyu clashed again on the stage. Li Chang'an's fist, imbued with white qi, slammed fiercely towards Zhang Lingyu!

"boom!!"

Zhang Lingyu's golden sword, which he used to block, was smashed in two. He was sent flying backward, tumbling three or four times, almost flying off the stage. Fortunately, at the crucial moment, a golden light from his body hooked onto the edge of the stage, preventing him from falling.

In the center of the arena, Li Chang'an's cascading white hair danced in the air, his clean face radiating white light from his pupils, making him appear both godlike and demonic.

With a single palm strike, Li Chang'an sent Zhang Lingyu scrambling to the edge of the ring. Instead of rushing over and stomping on his toes to knock him off the ring, Li Chang'an stood in the middle and waited for him to climb back up.

The audience erupted in uproar.

Holy crap!

Zhuge Qing was so shocked that he stood up. He had expected that Zhang Lingyu would not get along well with Li Chang'an, but he did not expect this outcome.

"Is this the Triple Rebirth?" he murmured.

Zhuge Gong felt that his son had overestimated the Triple Rebirth and reminded him:

"The Reverse Life Triple Realm is indeed powerful, but it shouldn't be this powerful. As I said before, this kid's life cultivation is very high. But for now, I don't know how much of his power comes from his life and how much comes from the blessing of the Reverse Life Triple Realm. Now I know. In this competition, the strong one is not the Reverse Life Triple Realm, but the strong one is him as a person."

“What’s strong is him as a person…” Zhuge Qing stared at Li Chang’an.

"Go, Chang'an! Make Zhang Lingyu cry!" Lu Linglong waved her hands.

Upon hearing this, some of the older generation members looked towards Lu Jin.

"What are you looking at me for? Look at the field!"

Lu Jin said irritably, then looked at Zhang Zhiwei, his expression serious yet animated:

"Master, it seems Lingyu is about to lose!"

The old master chuckled and said, "Lingyu is good at everything, but he doesn't quite understand himself. He's made himself too perfect."

"But no one can be perfect, and he is not a perfect person; he must accept that."

"For a person to accept their own imperfections, they must first recognize their own imperfections."

"For most people, this is easy, but some people need a little help."

"I hope that Lingyu can use this competition to shatter the perfect filter she has on herself, get to know herself properly, and accept herself."

The old celestial master looked at Zhang Lingyu on the stage.

Actually, there were some things he didn't say.

In his view, winning or losing is simply accepting oneself.

Lingyu, what would you choose?

At this moment, Zhang Lingyu on the stage looked at Li Chang'an, who stood in the middle of the field like a god or a demon, and her heart was also conflicted.

He couldn't help but recall what his ninth senior brother, Rongshan, had said to him when he descended the mountain.

"Little Lingyu, this is Master Lu's banquet. Last time, when Master attended Master Lu's banquet, he slapped Master Lu and made him cry. Master Lu doesn't hold grudges, but he can't help but say that our Master often does!"

"Master also said that Master Lu took in a very talented disciple a few years ago."

"His apprentice-acceptance banquet this time will inevitably feature a competition among the younger generation, and you certainly won't be able to escape it."

"Although your senior brothers definitely believe in your strength, you're too honest, and as your senior brother, I'm not entirely at ease with you, so I'm giving you something as a means of self-defense."

As he spoke, Senior Brother Rongshan took out a stack of talismans and handed them to him.

The main sects of Taoism are the Zhengyi sect and the Quanzhen sect.

Among them, the Zhengyi School is also known as the Talisman School.

The Celestial Master's Mansion, being the leader of the Zhengyi sect, is naturally skilled in talismans and is even considered one of the three major talisman sects, along with the Maoshan Shangqing sect and the Gezaoshan Lingbao sect.

Zhang Lingyu wasn't very proficient in talismans, but several of his nine senior brothers were specialists in talismans.

Zhang Lingyu glanced at the talismans. Inside were golden light talismans for protection, five thunder talismans for injuring enemies, swift steed talismans for increasing speed, powerful heavenly soldiers talismans for enhancing strength, blinding incense talismans for depriving the opponent of their vision, trapping immortal talismans for immobilizing the opponent, and meridian-sealing talismans for sealing the opponent's meridians...

Many Taoist talismans are derived from magic. For example, the Golden Light Talisman has a similar function to the Golden Light Mantra, but it can only protect the body and cannot take form from the air like the Golden Light Mantra.

The Five Thunder Talisman is the same; it can unleash palm thunder similar to Yang Five Thunder, but it cannot be used in the arena as easily as Yang Five Thunder.

He glanced at it and was about to put it back. These talismans were too valuable. He was just going down the mountain with his master to attend a banquet and at most participating in a competition among the younger generation. Using talismans during a competition? What kind of nonsense was that?

Moreover, this talisman was given to me by Senior Brother Rongshan!

Although Zhang Lingyu calls Rongshan his senior brother, Rongshan is actually much older than him.

The older the master gets, the more talented the disciples he takes in become. Although the ninth senior brother is ranked ninth, his strength is among the best in the Celestial Master's Mansion.

He had once overestimated himself and asked his senior brother Rongshan to spar with him. As a result, Rongshan broke his Golden Light Spell with just a random pebble and beat him until he was stunned for a long time.

If a single pebble has this power, how much less powerful can the Five Thunder Talisman drawn by Senior Brother Rongshan be?

Moreover, there were not just one, but a total of five, which were five-fold Five Thunder Talismans.

At this moment, Zhang Lingyu was caught in a battle between heaven and man.

"Should we use a thunder talisman? Under normal circumstances, I would be no match for that kind of power. If we want to win, we can only use a thunder talisman, a five-layered thunder talisman, no! Maybe one or two layers will be enough."

"As a disciple of the talisman sect, it's perfectly normal and reasonable for me to carry a few talismans with me, right?"

"But that's not right. This was given to me by my senior brother, not drawn by myself. What's the point of winning if I don't do it?"

"What will the people present think of me? What will they think of my master?!"

"Will they think that Master is a sore loser, which is why he secretly handed me the Thunder Talisman before the competition?"

"It doesn't matter if I lose, but it would be bad if I dragged Master down, made Master lose face, or damaged Master's reputation."

“But if I lose, I will also embarrass my master and let him down. Before he came down the mountain, he reminded me that I cannot lose like this.”

Zhang Lingyu was conflicted. Looking at Li Chang'an standing in the middle, she felt that his eyes, which were radiating white light, carried a threatening sense of oppression.

This sense of oppression, once it crosses a certain boundary...

Finally, Zhang Lingyu made a decision.

We shouldn't use talismans like the Five Thunder Talisman, which can harm people. That would be too obvious, and it would be difficult to control the force. If Li Chang'an gets hurt, that would be bad.

Use talismans that can enhance yourself, such as Golden Light Talisman, Mighty Heavenly Soldiers Talisman, and Swift Horse Talisman. Outsiders won't be able to tell that these are talismans given by your senior brother, and they won't harm Li Chang'an.

In this way, I won't embarrass my master.

Upon realizing this, he immediately began using talismans.

A layer of golden light, even thicker than his original golden hue, covered his entire body.

His legs were also blessed, with a pair of galloping horse patterns appearing on his calves...

Chapter 90 Absolute Crushing

Li Chang'an saw Zhang Lingyu's commotion but didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

As a disciple of the talisman sect, it's perfectly normal to use talismans during competitions.

After all, most disciples of the Celestial Master's Mansion are not qualified to practice thunder magic. They can't rely on the Golden Light Mantra as their sole skill, so it's normal for them to study some talismans.

Although Zhang Lingyu doesn't use talismans much in the story, he quickly grasped their true meaning after obtaining the Tongtian Talisman, indicating that he already had some understanding of talismans.

However, what Li Chang'an didn't expect was that these talismans were not drawn by Zhang Lingyu, but by Zhang Lingyu's senior brother Rong Shan.

Lu Jin was equally surprised. Seeing that Li Chang'an was in a very good position and Zhang Lingyu was forced to use talismans, he praised:

"The old Celestial Master taught well! Lingyu is not only highly skilled in the Golden Light Mantra, but also adept at using talismans. Excellent, excellent!"

The old master squinted at him, barely suppressing the urge to speak.

He looked at Zhang Lingyu with a serious expression, thinking to himself: "The body is determined by the mind, and the mind is determined by the body. Lingyu, since you want to win, what are you still hesitating for? Chop him down!"

At this moment, Zhang Lingyu, empowered by the talisman, transformed into a streak of light and rushed towards Li Chang'an.

Li Chang'an was fearless, and the white light gathered from his two fists smashed towards Zhang Lingyu.