Under One Person: Sincerity Moves the Gods

Chapter 101 Gathering and Scattering at Will

Upon hearing Dou Hong's words, Li Cunzhen nodded emphatically.

If Dou Hong, an observer, has such lofty aspirations, how could he not strive to improve himself?

With a bow, Li Cunzhen bid farewell to Dou Hong and walked along the stone steps toward the side courtyard.

It was already getting dark.

The temples of Longhu Mountain fell silent in the twilight, with only a few lanterns casting a dim yellow light under the eaves.

Pushing open the door to the side courtyard, Lu Jin and Li Muxuan were sitting in the courtyard.

One was flipping through a book, the other was dozing off. Hearing the noise, they looked up.

Upon seeing the person's face clearly, both of them were immediately struck by a brightening effect.

"Brother! You're back!"

"Senior brother! How are the people from the Three Demon Sect doing?"

Li Muxuan, who was dozing off, instantly woke up.

Lu Jin also threw down her book and quickly came to greet her.

Li Muxuan looked him up and down, unusually hesitant, as if he wanted to ask but dared not.

"Success! The Samadhi True Fire has been successfully cultivated, and the Reverse Life Triple Realm has also entered the seventh stage."

Li Cunzhen knew what he was thinking and spoke directly.

The voice just fell.

Lu Jin's eyes lit up immediately, and Li Muxuan couldn't help but grin.

"Does that mean you're almost catching up to Master, Senior Brother?"

"After all, he's only at the eighth level."

Li Cunzhen shook his head and smiled.

"That's not how it works. Master's realm is profound, and it cannot be compared to the level of his cultivation technique alone."

"Moreover, the seventh and eighth ranks may seem to differ by only one rank, but in reality they are worlds apart."

After a brief chat among the three brothers, Li Cunzhen returned to his room.

Instead of practicing cultivation, he picked up a pen and wrote two letters.

A letter was sent to Sanyimen, addressed to Zuo Ruotong.

Tell him about what he gained from the Three Demon Sect and the deal he made with Dou Hong.

A letter was sent to Li Cunyi of the Li family.

He told him that he and Li Muxuan were doing well and inquired about his father's recent situation.

After checking that everything was correct, he placed the two letters on the table.

Li Cunzhen walked to a futon and sat down, placing his hands on his knees, closing his eyes, and began to recall the Vajra Kung Fu that Dou Hong had just taught him.

Closing the nine orifices, Vajra stance, and skin-forging method.

Every incantation, every movement, big or small, was reviewed in my mind.

Next, he went through the Qi circulation route of the Reverse Life Triple Formation again in his body.

He wanted to try to combine the two techniques.

The Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique and the Leak-Free Vajra Technique are like two paths going in opposite directions.

Gathering and dispersing, gathering and releasing.

One locks one's essence, energy, and spirit within, forging them through countless trials until they become indestructible.

One transforms skin, flesh, and bones into true energy, which disperses outwards and flows endlessly.

But soon, Li Cunzhen sighed and opened his eyes.

From the perspective of the flow of Qi alone, these two methods have little in common, and in some aspects they even contradict each other.

Difficult to integrate.

After all, they were two different techniques created by different people, which makes sense.

Li Cunzhen was not discouraged. He composed himself and stood up.

Since it's difficult to integrate in theory, let's start with practice.

He went to the courtyard outside the gate, took a deep breath, and began to circulate the Reverse Life Triple Technique.

The next moment, his body began to vaporize.

From fingertips to arms, from toes to legs, from torso to head, white vapor surged, flesh and blood turned into nothingness, and then quickly solidified into a texture like white jade.

But he didn't stop.

He continued to circulate the Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique, allowing his body's vaporization to deepen and become more thorough.

Flesh, bones, internal organs, and viscera transform into white vapor layer by layer, circulating on the body's surface.

Then, while maintaining his vaporized state, he simultaneously activated the Dharma of the Vajra without leakage.

Close the nine orifices, tighten the anus, press against the jaw, close the teeth, and assume the Vajra stance.

This worked; his body began to change.

The white vapor that was originally flowing on the body surface suddenly seemed to be blocked by something and stopped dissipating.

They swirl and coalesce within the body, then begin to contract inwards.

In the darkness, Li Cunzhen sensed a strange pressure.

The Reverse Rebirth Triple Transformation disperses the physical body, making it appear empty and unreal, while the Leak-Free Vajra locks in the essence and energy, making the body appear dense and leak-free.

The two effects, one dispersed and the other gathered, did not conflict with each other.

Instead, they checked each other's shortcomings and filled in the gaps.

Simply put, the Vajra of No Leakage restricts the dissipation of the white mist and allows this white mist, which should have dissipated, to fill the original gaps in the body.

From the appearance, the white mist was still flowing, but it did not dissipate.

Instead, it makes the entire body more compact and robust.

Li Cunzhen looked down at his hands.

It still has the texture of white jade, but it is more solid and heavier than before.

He raised his right arm and waved it casually.

A gust of air emanated from his arm and silently swept across the ground.

A mark more than five inches deep was left on the bluestone floor.

The edges are neat, as if they had been cut by a sharp blade.

And this wasn't even the power of that single strike, but merely the damage caused by the shockwave he created.

Li Cunzhen himself was somewhat alarmed, and secretly estimated the increase in power.

Finally, the results were obtained.

After using the Vajra of No Leakage method, my speed and strength increased by about 1.5 times.

However, power was not Li Cunzhen's main purpose in researching this martial art.

He continued to feel the changes in his body.

Soon, in addition to the increased power, he also sensed another difference.

Maintaining the triple rebirth originally required a great deal of energy.

Because the body in its vaporized state will continuously dissipate its true energy and even leak some of its essence, energy, and spirit, the user needs to constantly use their mind to control and restrain it.

This is what Zuo Ruotong refers to as "heading the ball" in the original work.

But now, the Nine Apertures Closing Method of the Vajra Without Leaks has locked all the dissipated true energy and essence within the body.

He no longer needs to worry about maintaining his physical stability.

All you need to do is control the automatic operation of the Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique and the Leak-Free Vajra Technique.

Although it still requires effort, it is undoubtedly much easier.

But that wasn't the biggest surprise for him.

Li Cunzhen raised his right hand, a thought forming in his mind.

The white vapor on my right hand began to flow.

Originally shaped like a palm, it now resembles a kneaded dough, slowly deforming.

The five fingers blurred, then merged.

The palm transformed into the shape of a short knife, with sharp edges and a white jade-like luster.

Li Cunzhen then tried his left hand, and it transformed into a round shield, thin yet intricate.

He retracted his transformation and looked at his own face again.

The thought crossed my mind again.

The white mist on my face began to flow, blurring and reassembling my features.

Eyebrows became thicker, nose became higher, lips became fuller...

In the blink of an eye, his face transformed into Zuo Ruotong's, with every pore indistinguishable from the other.

But Li Cunzhen touched his face and then shook his head.

"It's useless."

He removed the facial distortion and regained his original appearance.

"After the Reverse Life Triple is activated, my whole body is as white as jade. Anyone who sees it will know there is something wrong with it. Unless I can completely disguise my vaporized body as a flesh and blood body, it has no practical value."

"So it's like my master, always in a state of reverse life, that's how he manages to be somewhat normal, but I can't imitate his temperament."

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After experiencing the changes in my body.

Li Cunzhen closed his eyes again, sensing the fusion of the two cultivation techniques within his body.

Its power has increased by 1.5 times, its control has been enhanced, and the cost of maintaining reverse regeneration has been reduced.

This is indeed a significant achievement.

But this is not what he wanted.

What he wanted was to confirm his understanding of the secret to immortality that Zhang Jingqing had revealed.

It means transcending life and death, jumping out of the Three Realms, and being outside the Five Elements.

Although he is much stronger and has more methods now than before, he is still within the category of superhumans.

No matter how strong they are, they are still just stronger superhumans.

He needs to find a true path to immortality.

Li Cunzhen dispersed the two techniques, his body returned to normal, and he found a stone bench in the courtyard to sit down.

He closed his eyes and began to think.

What are the characteristics of immortals?

Or to be more precise, what are the characteristics of an immortal's body?

longevity.

This is the most obvious difference.

Immortals live forever, while mortals have a finite lifespan.

To become an immortal, one must first solve the problem of lifespan.

But he currently has no clue about the matter of longevity.

When the Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique is mastered to its extreme, one can regenerate severed limbs and control the coming together and dispersing of limbs at will, but this only grants immortality, not eternal youth.

When one's lifespan comes to an end, one must go on one's way.

With no clue about how to achieve immortality, Li Cunzhen's thoughts took another step back.

Since we don't know how to walk the path of immortals, are there any things related to longevity in the world of extraordinary beings?

Got it!

The Six Treasures Immortal Thief!

This method allows one to absorb energy from the surrounding environment and convert it into what one needs, thereby achieving the effect of immortality.

Could he achieve a similar effect by relying on the Triple Rebirth and the Vajra of No Leakage?

The Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique allows one to vaporize the physical body, and once fully controlled, its form can be manipulated at will.

The Vajra without leakage can lock in essence and energy, and gather all the energy in the body.

If we combine these two characteristics...

As if a bolt of lightning had struck his mind, Li Cunzhen felt as if he had grasped something, and his heart skipped a beat.

Li Cunzhen took a deep breath and once again unleashed the Reverse Life Triple Technique.

But this time, he didn't even maintain his human form.

He pushed his body's vaporization to its limit, and white vapor surged out of his body like a thick fog, spreading in all directions.

The arms disappeared, the legs disappeared, and the torso disappeared.

The white mist spread and dispersed, reaching farther and farther away.

Finally, his body completely transformed into a white cloud of gas about ten feet in diameter.

Only three things were suspended within the cloud of air.

A brain.

A heart.

One dantian.

In addition, his entire body turned into white mist, permeating a space of about ten feet in diameter.

Li Cunzhen's consciousness was attached to the white mist, and he could clearly perceive every inch of space and every wisp of air within the mist's range.

Then, he activated the Vajra of No Leakage.

Close the nine orifices.

The lower abdomen contracted slightly, the heartbeat slowed, and the mind became clear.

The white vapor began to gather inward.

Instead of reverting to a human form as before, it maintains the state of an energy cloud, only making the edges of the energy cloud more compact.

It is more solid.

As the energy cloud solidified, Li Cunzhen felt all the energy within a radius of ten feet converging towards his dantian.

Gather.

It wasn't just his own original energy and spirit, but also the natural energy within this small area.

He could feel the edge of the gas cloud absorbing this energy and drawing it into the white mist.

Li Cunzhen's heart stirred, and he was overjoyed.

It works!

But he didn't have time to be happy for long.

The next moment, Li Cunzhen felt a sudden pain in his dantian!

It felt like something exploded deep within his dantian, and a sharp pain shot through his lower abdomen, instantly spreading to every wisp of consciousness attached to the white mist.

The pain came quickly and went quickly.

But Li Cunzhen was already drenched in cold sweat. He quickly withdrew the white mist and reformed his human form.

White vapor surged, and bones, flesh, and internal organs coalesced back layer by layer. He collapsed to the ground, his face pale.

Li Muxuan and Lu Jin rushed out upon hearing the commotion.

"Brother! What's wrong?!"

"Senior brother!"

Li Cunzhen waved his hand, signaling him not to come closer.

Then he sat cross-legged, focused his mind on his body, and carefully examined himself.

The intense pain in my lower abdomen had subsided, but the stinging sensation still lingered.

The reason is not hard to find.

Just now, when he was simultaneously activating the Reverse Life Triple Power and the Leak-Free Vajra, the two streams of true energy clashed within his body.

While maintaining his human form, he can use his precise control over his body to balance the flow of Qi between the two techniques.

But after turning into a ball of energy, his control over his body weakened, and the energy circulation path became more complicated. The two streams of true energy lost their balance and collided in his dantian, causing that sharp pain.

Besides this, there is an even more fundamental problem.

The original function of the Wulou Vajra was simply to control the loss of essence, energy, and spirit in the human body.

Since essence, energy, and spirit are the purest forms of energy, they naturally do not need to be filtered.

But now, Li Cunzhen uses the Reverse Life Triple to expand the scope of his body, allowing the Leak-Free Vajra to gather natural energy.

However, no screening was conducted.

As a result, the energy gathered from the environment, carrying all sorts of impurities, all rushed into his dantian.

This is the main reason for the excruciating pain.

Li Cunzhen let out a long breath and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Failed.

But Li Cunzhen was not disappointed.

He looked up at the night sky above.

The stars are twinkling, and the moon hangs on the eastern mountain ridge, its silvery light spilling into the courtyard.

Li Cunzhen has taken the most difficult first step. As long as he continues to improve and continue his research, one day he will be able to solve these problems, including the conflict between Qi circulation and the problem of energy filtering.

At that time, perhaps he will be able to truly build a path of his own based on the Triple Rebirth and the Vajra of No Leakage.

More importantly, his success in cultivating his destiny is enough to prove that his understanding of that saying was correct.

This will also point the way for his future practice of sexual cultivation.

Thinking about it.

Li Cunzhen stood up, stretched his limbs, walked to the courtyard gate, and smiled at Li Muxuan and Lu Jin.

The two looked at him, hesitant to speak.

Seeing their concerned looks, Li Cunzhen patted them on the shoulder and comforted them.

"Don't worry, it's just practicing martial arts. I know what I'm doing."

With that, he turned and went back inside.

Li Cunzhen sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and began to circulate the Reverse Life Triple Technique again.

This time, he didn't try anything new; he simply let his inner energy circulate slowly within his body to nourish his damaged dantian.

He's not in a hurry.

Every little step counts, and eventually you'll reach a great distance.