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Chapter 144 Five Years
There are no shortcuts to physical training, but skillful techniques, proper posture, and strong resilience can all accelerate the training process.

In these three aspects alone, Guan Yi's attack on the Under One Person world, or at least the Wuhou faction, can be considered a dimensional reduction strike.

In just three months, he completed the journey that an ordinary child of the Zhuge family would take ten years to complete. His gradually strengthening physique also allowed him to naturally cultivate acquired Qi and discover the existence of innate Qi, officially becoming an 'extraordinary person'.

Thus, the fact that Zhuge Yi, the child who had just returned to the clan, was a rare genius in external martial arts became the focus of conversation among the Zhuge family's grandmothers and aunts, attracting much attention.

Guan Yi naturally entered the next stage of his cultivation—the cultivation of Wuhou Qimen!

"Ah, you really came."

"Shouldn't I come?"

"...What are you talking about?"

Zhuge Yue turned to the side with a hint of helplessness, letting Guan Yi into the room, and said, "It took me eight years to get here, and you only took three months. That's really discouraging."

This is the sacred place that the children of the Zhuge family yearn for—Yanzhen Hall. Only children of the Zhuge family who have reached the required level of physical training can come here.

Yanzhen Hall is not a magnificent palace, but a simple and spacious hall.

The floor was paved with huge bluestone slabs, on which was clearly engraved a huge Bagua diagram covering the entire hall.

Its dome is not completely enclosed; it has windows in specific locations that allow sunlight to be precisely projected onto the corresponding positions of the Bagua diagram at different times of day, forming natural time and space coordinates.

It was early morning, and two young men from the Zhuge family were sitting cross-legged in the southeast direction of the Xun trigram, on futons in the Chen and Si directions respectively, with their eyes closed.

Sunlight streamed through the window and bathed them, giving them a feeling of complete harmony with the room and the world around them.

"Shh..." Zhuge Yue gestured for Guan Yi to be quiet and whispered, "Brother Zhuge Ying and Brother Zhuge Jie are sensing the territory. Let's not disturb them. You sit on that futon for a while and wait for Uncle Qi to come over."

She casually pointed to a prayer mat not far away, a sly glint in her eyes, as if anticipating something. Guan Yi, however, seemed unsuspecting, nodded, and walked over.

The moment he stepped into the array and his toes touched the ground, the surrounding air suddenly froze!
The once warm air suddenly turned as sharp as a knife, swirling in from all directions with a piercing whistling sound. At the same time, a viscous, stagnant pulling force came from the ground beneath his feet, as if it had instantly turned into a swamp, trying to drag him into the ground.

This is not a tangible attack, but rather the entire environment rejecting and squeezing out his mistake!

Seeing Guan Yi frozen in place, Zhuge Yue chuckled, and the two youths who were sensing the territory also opened their eyes helplessly.

"The little moon is here again."

The place she pointed to, the place that led Guan Yi to step into, was the overlapping area of ​​the Shock Gate and the Life Gate in this Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams formation, which was filled with an ominous aura.

When no one is controlling this formation, it simply operates on its own and is not likely to cause harm. However, if one steps into the wrong spot, one will always suffer a little.

Like being trapped in a maze or a bound spirit, if a non-sorcerer steps into that location, they may have a clear mind but be unable to move, and their heart will be filled with panic.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened. Guan Yi, who had stepped into the ominous direction, suddenly groaned in pain and fell straight down—thump!

Zhuge Ying and Zhuge Jie were stunned, and Zhuge Yue was even more shocked, her expression turning panicked.

"Zhuge Yi!"

No way! Why did this happen? Last time I accidentally stepped in, I was only a little embarrassed! She called out urgently, but received no response. She hurriedly ran towards Guan Yi, but the moment she stepped into the array, her body froze... Oh no!
In her haste, she forgot that having multiple people enter the inauspicious area would amplify the negative energy.

The powerful squeezing and sticky pulling force made it difficult for her to move. Having only studied the Wuhou Qimen for three months, she couldn't think of a solution and could only turn to Zhuge Ying and Zhuge Jie for help, only to find that the two of them were staring at her with wide eyes.

Her eyes darted around, and she realized that Guan Yi, who had just fallen, had somehow gotten up and was slowly sitting on the futon. With him there to ward off the evil aura, Zhuge Yue was able to break free and retreat from the formation in a rather disheveled state.

Smoothing her messy long hair, she looked at the smile on Guan Yi's face and realized she had fallen for the trap. She snapped at him angrily, "Zhuge Yi! How... how can you not be afraid of evil energy?"

“It’s not that he’s not afraid, it’s that he can tough it out with his body.” Zhuge Chen walked into Yanzhen Hall with a strange expression and said, “Xiaoyue, don’t forget that although he has only been training his body for three months, his strength and endurance are already far beyond what you can compare to.”

"Using his body to withstand the evil energy of Qimen?!" Zhuge Yue murmured, "What kind of monster is this..."

Thinking back to the first time she enthusiastically used an iron ruler to massage Guan Yi's ribs, only to have her hand hurt from the recoil, she clicked her tongue slightly.

Zhuge Chen was also filled with amazement. As the instructor of the 48th generation of the Zhuge family children, he had welcomed and seen off more than a dozen children who met the requirements for learning the Wuhou Qimen. Every time a child first arrived at Yanzhen Hall, he would deliberately let them experience the power of the array diagram directly, but he had never seen anything like this. "Zhuge Yi, what did you feel when you were in the ominous position of the array diagram just now?"

Guan Yi thought for a moment and said, "It seems like there are about a dozen unseen people around me, grabbing my clothes and trouser legs, tearing at my clothes and even my flesh, making me unable to move."

Zhuge Chen nodded slightly: "That is the force field within the array diagram, which is one of the contents of the 'techniques' you will be learning: the ability to manipulate force fields."

What is "technique"? In the long process of human evolution, humans have discovered some loopholes in the rules of nature, and the ability to exploit these loopholes is collectively called "technique". In layman's terms, technique, like martial arts, is a kind of skill, but the application of technique requires ten times more precision.

If you practice martial arts incorrectly, you can simply correct it. However, if you apply the techniques incorrectly, it can cause harm, and in more serious cases, it can even lead to punishment from the laws of nature, resulting in loss of consciousness or even death!

As he spoke, he stepped into the very center of the Bagua formation, the central palace!
In that instant, the previously dormant array seemed to come alive, and Zhuge Chen said, "Xiao Yue, sit in the northeast position of the Gen trigram."

"Uh...oh!"

Zhuge Yue ran into the array and sat down, and Zhuge Chen also sat down cross-legged. The array became more and more active, and Guan Yi felt that his spirit was being guided and stimulated by something. In the dark, it seemed that he was about to be taken to an unknown and magical place.

Zhuge Chen's words echoed more clearly in his mind: "By exploiting the flaws in the different rules of heaven and earth, the sorcerers created the four arrays of heaven, earth, man, and god, each calling upon different powers of heaven and earth."

The celestial compass utilizes the effect of the magnetic field of celestial bodies on the human body, which is called celestial timing.

The Earth Plate represents fixed, fundamental elements. It is the lowest level of Qimen Dunjia, forming the Qimen Bagua. Any layout method used by the diviner is based on it and is also called the Earth Advantage.

The Human Plate represents the good and bad fortune of human affairs. It is a product of the Heaven Plate and Earth Plate, composed of eight gates, and represents harmony between people.

As for the Divine Plate, it represents the undefinable magnetic forces hidden in the universe, located at the very top of the four plates, and is the most difficult to control.

Our Zhuge family's inherited Wuhou Qimen Dunjia technique can fix the central palace beneath our feet, placing ourselves in the most advantageous position while guiding others into an unfavorable one. Just like when you, Zhuge Yi, stepped between the Shock Gate and the Life Gate, you entered an inauspicious position within this formation. An unfavorable position will naturally be bound and suppressed by its power.

The way of the sorcerer is extremely mysterious. The older Zhuge Ying and Zhuge Yi had heard Zhuge Chen talk about it many times, but each time they gained new insights.

When Guan Yi first came into contact with Qimen Dunjia, he only had some vague thoughts and could not immediately gain any understanding.

Then, he calmed his mind and began his daily Wuhou Qimen practice.

……

Autumn goes and spring comes, cold gives way to heat.

In the blink of an eye, more than four years have passed.

At 23 years old, Guan Yi appeared somewhat out of place among the sorcerers of the Zhuge family.

Day after day of training and constant refinement of his martial arts foundation made his blood and qi as vigorous as a surging torrent. Even a slight movement of his qi could exert a suffocating pressure on ordinary people. It was as if the thunderous roar of his muscles and bones was contained within him, yet when he exerted his strength, it would unleash a devastating force!
The Zhuge family also has a martial arts tradition, with Bajiquan as the main style, supplemented by various other skills.

Four years ago, his peers were willing to spar with him, but now they would run away at the mere mention of sparring, and even Zhuge Chen didn't want to try.

Zhuge Yue repeatedly complained to Guan Yi: "What part of you looks like a sorcerer? I think Grandpa should send you to Shaolin Temple. You would definitely become some kind of guardian deity or something..."

Often at this moment, Guan Yi would take only one step to establish the central palace. With a thought, a precise and stable Qimen Bagua formation would unfold within several feet around him, placing Zhuge Yue in an unfavorable position.

"Why am I not a warlock?"

Zhuge Yue was always so angry that she would punch him.

It makes no sense! Why is it that this seemingly tough brute always manages to outdo me in the art of divination and numerology?!
The sorcerers of the Zhuge family did not need to be proficient in all four aspects of the Heaven, Earth, Man, and God; they often only needed to study one or two of them in depth, but they did not care to learn all of them.

Moreover, over the past five years, by using the method of experiencing the techniques with the physical body and then deducing the principles of the techniques, Guan Yi has successfully mastered the four aspects of Heaven, Earth, Man and God!

Next, it's just a matter of proficiency.

　Four points in the next chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)