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

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. In fact, under my master's leadership, it has 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?"

"That's right. Chang'an, you're right. We must rebuild Sanyi Gate and bring it back to its former glory."

Lu Jin raised his sleeve to wipe his eyes 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. At the time of birth, 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, in order 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 three stages of reversal of life!"

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 in his life, and he wouldn't 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 merely an acquired skill, similar to magic. It can't achieve ultimate power, but..."

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

"Even if it can't reach the heavens, it's still a skill close to the Dao. Moreover, my grandfather always believed that the method of reversing life can indeed reach the heavens. It's just that we haven't fully grasped it yet. So, Chang'an..."

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

"Master once said that there will be successors. I believe 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.

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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 Threefold Reversal of Life, do we need to change our current Qi circulation path?" Li Chang'an asked.