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

"What's wrong? You old man, can't I 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!

"Bang!!"

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 white hair flew wildly, and his clean face was 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 mentioned before, this kid's life cultivation is very high. But we don't know how much of his power comes from his life and how much from the Reverse Life Triple Realm. Now I know. In this competition, the strong one isn't 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, Brother 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 in every way, but he doesn't quite recognize his own limitations. 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 built up, and truly understand 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 so hard he cried. Master Lu doesn't hold grudges, but our Master always talks about it!"

"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 abilities, 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 lightning talisman? Under normal circumstances, I would be no match for that kind of power. If I want to win, I can only use a lightning talisman, a five-layered lightning 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?!"

"Won't they think that Master is a sore loser, which is why he secretly handed me the lightning talisman before the competition?"

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

"But if I lose, I will also embarrass my master and let him down. My master reminded me before he went down the mountain 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...