Simultaneous Transmigration: Both Start in a Near-Death State

Uncle Nine picked out an auspicious day overnight, eager for Li Ke to become his apprentice the very next day.

But the rules still need to be followed.

Since Li Ke was currently living in the mortuary, Uncle Jiu suppressed his eagerness.

The auspicious day will arrive soon.

The apprenticeship ceremony begins.

Serving tea and bestowing the ordination certificate.

The ancestral master's plaque shone brightly with golden light.

A long, ancient scroll unfurled, and a golden talisman flew out and entered Li Ke's body.

Li Ke immediately felt a connection between himself and the heavens and earth.

The golden light dissipated.

Uncle Nine laughed and said, "From today onwards, you are the thirty-third generation disciple of my Maoshan sect."

Li Ke bowed respectfully with his hands clasped, saying, "Greetings, Master."

Uncle Nine helped Li Ke up, beaming, "Good, good, good!"

Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai stood to one side, watching this scene, feeling a little jealous.

Qiu Sheng asked Wen Cai, "Was your master this happy when he accepted you as his disciple?"

Wen Cai scratched his head: "I guess so."

Qiu Sheng laughed: "I remember, when Master took you in, his brows were furrowed in worry."

"Is there?"

Wencai tried to recall it carefully, but found that he couldn't remember it at all, so he stopped thinking about it.

At this moment, Li Ke bowed to Qiu Sheng and said, "Greetings, Senior Brother."

Qiu Sheng's slight jealousy vanished instantly. He helped Li Ke up and said, "Junior Brother, if you have any questions in the future, feel free to ask me."

Li Ke replied, "Thank you, senior brother."

Li Ke bowed to Wen Cai again: "Greetings, Second Senior Brother."

Wen Cai chuckled: "Junior brother, I'll roast chicken for you from now on."

Li Ke replied, "Thank you, senior brother."

The apprenticeship ceremony thus concluded amidst laughter and joy.

After that, Uncle Nine began to teach Li Ke Maoshan Taoist magic.

First is the cultivation method, the Shangqing Scripture.

This is the most fundamental skill of Maoshan. According to Uncle Jiu, in ancient times, the Shangqing Scripture could only be passed down layer by layer.

This is one of the most powerful martial arts techniques in the world.

But now?

Each disciple of Maoshan received a complete copy.

Of course, it still cannot be disclosed to outsiders.

There's nothing we can do; we live in the Dharma-ending Age.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is pitifully scarce.

The more powerful the technique, the less effective it is at this time.

Li Ke asked Uncle Jiu, "Master, what's the highest level a Taoist priest can cultivate to these days?"

Uncle Nine sighed, "Refining essence into qi is the limit for most people. Only a few can reach the level of refining qi into spirit. As for refining spirit into emptiness and refining emptiness into the Dao? No one in this era can achieve that."

Li Ke then asked, "And you, Master?"

Uncle Nine didn't hide anything: "I'm in the process of refining essence into qi."

Then Uncle Nine added, "You don't need to worry, I have people all over Maoshan."

"Therefore, if you cannot cultivate in the human world, you can still cultivate in the heavenly court or the underworld."

Li Ke wondered, "Is the Dharma-ending Age only in the human realm?"

Uncle Nine shook his head: "The Three Realms are all in the Dharma-ending Age, but the Heavenly Court and the Underworld have their own great supernatural beings."

Uncle Nine did not mind Li Ke asking questions.

On the contrary, he also really enjoyed asking Li Ke questions.

As a master, he knew all too well the fatal consequences of not asking questions when you don't understand.

If you don't understand something, you shouldn't pretend to know it; you should also learn to ask questions!

After teaching the Shangqing Scripture, Uncle Jiu led Li Ke to the courtyard.

"Now, you can just recite the Shangqing Sutra on a regular basis, but if you really want to cultivate yourself, you still need to rely on this."

Uncle Nine started practicing his boxing.

This set of boxing techniques was developed by generations of Maoshan sect leaders and elders based on the Shangqing Sutra, with the aim of enabling Maoshan disciples to continue their cultivation in the Dharma-ending Age.

The name of the boxing style is very simple: Maoshan Boxing.

After Uncle Nine finished his routine, he turned to Li Ke and asked, "How was it? Did you see it clearly?"

Li Ke nodded: "I saw it clearly."

Uncle Nine frowned: "Tell the truth."

Li Ke nodded again: "I really saw it clearly."

After saying that, Li Ke didn't waste any more words and immediately performed a whole set of punches in front of Uncle Jiu.

Although it looked like he was stumbling, Li Ke still managed to complete a full set of Maoshan boxing.

Seeing this scene, Uncle Nine couldn't help but think of himself.

It took him three days to complete the entire routine, albeit with some stumbles and difficulties.

He then thought of Qiu Shengwencai.

One lasts seven days, the other thirty days.

Uncle Nine looked Li Ke up and down again, thinking to himself, "Comparing people is just infuriating."

Then, Uncle Nine began to teach the mental techniques of this boxing style.

Time passed slowly.

Three months later, looking at Li Ke's eager eyes and his thirst for knowledge, Uncle Jiu began to worry about what else he could teach in the future.

He taught me everything he could.

Li Ke learned everything he could.

Uncle Jiu thought Li Ke was capable of inheriting his mantle, but he didn't expect that Li Ke would be able to inherit the mantle in just three months.

As Uncle Nine sensed Li Ke's overwhelming yang energy, he could only sigh in his heart, "Truly worthy of the appearance of Lu Zu."

Uncle Nine made up his mind.

He wrote a letter and sent it back to the Maoshan Ancestral Temple.

night.

Li Ke lay in bed.

He was incredibly grateful that he had become Uncle Nine's apprentice.

In this degenerate age, the more powerful one is, the more difficult it is to exert one's influence.

Adaptive changes are necessary.

Logically, capabilities should adapt and change after sharing.

But Li Ke discovered that those supernatural powers were still difficult to use in this world.

Li Ke quickly figured out the reason.

This is the human world.

Above the human world is the Heavenly Court, and below the human world is the Underworld.

Once you reach the Heavenly Court or the Underworld, you can freely use your supernatural powers.

But he happened to be in the human world.

Li Ke thought about what would have happened if he hadn't come to become Uncle Jiu's apprentice and had instead found a secluded place to cultivate on his own.

Even if one were to embark on the path of cultivation, it would be difficult to make significant progress.

Not to mention, this polluted world has very little spiritual energy.

Even the elixirs needed for cultivation, and the cultivation knowledge of this era, are difficult for him to obtain.

Not to mention that in the Dharma-ending Age, if one wants to ascend to heaven or have a job in the underworld, how is it possible to do so without connections in the Heavenly Court or the Underworld?

Theoretically speaking, Li Ke inherited all the abilities of the gourd Li Ke, and his realm should be at the stage of refining emptiness and merging with the Dao.

But that's not actually the case.

Different worlds, different rules.

Li Ke's "Refining Emptiness and Uniting with the Dao" is a combination of the Dao of the gourd world.

Li Ke is now in the world of Mr. Zombie.

Therefore, Li Ke had to start all over again.

Success may be achieved in the end, but the journey will inevitably be fraught with difficulties.

Li Ke knows he can endure hardship, so why would he deliberately seek out hardship he might not be able to endure?

Isn't that stupid?

Li Ke closed his eyes and began to deduce something.

That is to weaken supernatural powers.

Sometimes, having too much supernatural power isn't a good thing.

Just like now, if Li Ke were to truly unleash his supernatural powers, he would have to exhaust half his life.

Therefore, it must be weakened, drastically weakened!

three days later.

Uncle Nine solemnly handed a book to Li Ke.

Li Ke looked at it and saw that the book was titled "Pure Yang Limitless Palm".

Uncle Nine instructed, "Remember this after you read it, then destroy it, understand?"

Li Ke nodded: "Don't worry, Master, I know the rules."

Time flies, and a month later...

in the courtyard.

Li Ke and Qiu Sheng were about to have a friendly exchange.

This sparring match wasn't originally planned.

But after checking Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai's homework, Uncle Jiu was furious.

They're all lazier than the last.

Each one is worse than the last.

They are all less and less ambitious than the other.

To ignite Qiu Shengwencai's fighting spirit, Uncle Jiu insisted that Li Ke take action and show Qiu Shengwencai what true cultivation is.

Unable to disobey his master's orders, Li Ke had no choice but to take action.