Under One Person: Did Zuo Ruotong and I switch bodies?

Mingchen was surprised to find that the Qi of Reversal of Life was circulating within his body, and it had already formed a complete cycle.

Moreover, within his Niwan Palace... there was a Qi sphere shaped like an infant embryo, slowly absorbing the primordial Qi from the void and feeding it back to himself.

Looking through his "Heavenly Eye," he stared wide-eyed, and the embryo transformed into the image of the Left Gate Master, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, as if he were cultivating.

"This is……"

Immediately afterwards, a golden aura emerged from the body of "Left Gate Master," with black and white energies merging, the clear rising and the turbid sinking, and a profound charm spreading out.

Before he could examine it closely...

Knock knock knock!

A knock suddenly sounded at the door. He opened his eyes abruptly and immediately saw an even more magnificent golden aura outside the door. The identity of the person outside was self-evident.

"It's Zhang Huaiyi!"

He initially chose to settle here because he had Zhang Huaiyi's idea in mind. He wanted to use his "Heavenly Eye" to see if he could learn the "Source of Qi," but this method was too profound for him to understand, so he put it aside for the time being and planned to do it slowly later...

"Why did he come?"

Mingchen had always been careful to keep a low profile, living a normal life in the village, observing the weather from afar when he had the chance, and spending most of his time away from home.

Having lived in the village for a year without any interaction with the Zhang family, he concluded that they hadn't noticed him. Otherwise, given Zhang Huaiyi's personality, he would either have moved his entire family away, or...

"They'll come knocking on our door!"

He glanced at the date on his phone and realized that half a year had indeed passed. His body had not suffered any problems, but rather had undergone some changes... He suddenly realized something.

"Xiao Chen, are you asleep?"

An aged voice came from outside the door. He shuddered, but his mind raced...

Xiao Chen?

Are you asleep?

This is by no means its first visit!

Mingchen took a deep breath, quickly grabbed six copper coins from the table, and cast a divination for himself: "The hexagram is Tai (Peace), indicating the assistance of a benefactor and excellent fortune!"

This relieved him, and suppressing his nervousness, he went to open the door...

crunch--

  

The door opened, and a short old man with an unusually large nose and ears stood in front of the door—it was Zhang Huaiyi himself!

"Little Chen..."

Mingchen was pondering how to start the conversation when the other person spoke first and went into the house on their own, acting as if they were very familiar with each other.

"Close the door first."

After closing the door and sitting down.

"Xiao Chen, I have some things to take care of and will be away for a while. Yu De is in the same boat, so I'll have to trouble you to take care of Chu Lan..."

"I will be back in three months to six months."

Upon hearing this, and considering the current time, Mingchen immediately understood what he was about to do. He subconsciously activated his "Heavenly Eye" and saw that the man was surrounded by death energy.

"He's going to 'collect blessings'!"

According to the comic's plot, Zhang Huaiyi suddenly appeared in 2003 to protect his grandson's safety. Starting from the Tang Clan, he lured more than a dozen martial arts elders along the way, and then perished with them, ending their past entanglements.

"..."

"Okay, no problem!"

With a flicker of his eyes, Mingchen nodded in response. Regardless of the current situation, this old man was about to die for his family and had come to him for help, so he should let him go without any worries.

"Um……"

"Then I'll leave Chu Lan to you."

Without further ado, Zhang Huaiyi solemnly patted his disciple's shoulder, then pointed his finger, channeling another stream of Qi into his Niwan point: "Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you. My journey is fraught with danger. If I don't return..."

"When Chu Lan comes of age, find a suitable opportunity to pass this on to him."

"This is?!"

Having played the role of Left Gate Chief for half a year, Ming Chen maintained a remarkably composed demeanor on the surface, nodding solemnly while his heart was in turmoil.

Through his "Heavenly Eye," he could see the same aura as Zhang Huaiyi and the Niwan Qi Embryo. It was self-evident what it was. He never expected that after a year of scheming, he would get nothing, but this soul-transmigration... directly yielded something!

"Alright, I'm off now..."

Before he could speak, Zhang Huaiyi got up and opened the door: "You know, Chu Lan is very attached to me. If I have to make him watch me leave, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave."

Mingchen stared blankly at the figure gradually disappearing into the night, lonely, proud, and with an iron-like determination... only his tone was full of tenderness.

It's not that I'm afraid of my grandson bothering me.

Rather, it's because they're afraid of being too soft-hearted.

I don't want to leave.

"Hiss—whoosh—"

Only after the aged figure had completely disappeared did Ming Chen take a deep breath, slowly exhale, and forcefully suppress his complex emotions...

I roughly understood the situation.

In the six months since becoming the Left Sect Leader, someone has taken over his body, not only independently cultivating "Reverse Life," but also gaining Zhang Huaiyi's trust and receiving the inheritance of "Qi Body Source Flow"...

Who is this person?

"It's really hard to guess..."

Ming Chen narrowed his eyes: "So I didn't transmigrate into the body of the Left Sect Leader alone, but rather we swapped bodies. For the past six months, he's been using my body. Then this Qi Embryo..."

Without a doubt, the Qi embryo within the Niwan (a point on the head) must have been formed through the Left Sect Master's cultivation of the "Qi Body Source Flow," and it already bears his imprint...

He tried immediately, but was unable to mobilize it.

"In other words..."

"Do I have to build something of my own?"

Aside from the matter of the Qi Embryo and the Zhang family, there is another problem: is this "mutual exchange" over, or is it just a temporary switch?

"Um……"

"It should be temporary."

After a moment's thought, Ming Chen realized that his return was most likely related to the Left Gate Master's "spirit," which was half connected to his physical body and half to his spiritual essence. By asking it to possess him, he could summon the Left Gate Master's soul back...

"So I was pushed back?"

If that's the case, then when the power of the will that condensed into a "deity" is exhausted, he and the Left Gate Master should have to switch places again. Thinking of this, he immediately took out a piece of paper, wrote down the situation, and explained Zhang Huaiyi's matter.

He didn't know when the next exchange would be, so he decided to take precautions. He took out an envelope, put the letter inside, and wrote on the cover:

[Opened personally by the Left Gate Master]

He placed the rice bowl on the table.

Looking at the sky, it was still late at night, so Mingchen decided to seize the opportunity and use his "Heavenly Eye" to analyze the wisp of Qi that Zhang Huaiyi had just given him, and a series of information floated into his mind.

He closed the door, sat cross-legged on the bed, and closed his eyes.

"Logically speaking, Master Zuo is so focused on the Dao of Reversing Life that he shouldn't have bothered to cultivate it, even if such a powerful technique were right in front of him. It's as if even his Dao heart has been shaken..."

He wanted to see what kind of thing it was.

At the end of technique, the source of Qi flows.

In the past, Mingchen only knew this sentence, but he never saw its true form until he traveled through time. Now that he has finally seen it, he is quickly immersed in it.

At the same time, that special wisp of Qi trembled slightly, separating a strand that merged with his own Qi and incorporated a trace of his spiritual essence...

Things are changing quietly.