From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Jiang Liu was slightly surprised, but after thinking about it again, he felt that it was normal for Hong Guniang to have this idea. After all, the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures in Shanghai has a unique magical atmosphere. If the ancient magic tricks could really take root there and gain a foothold, then there would really be a chance to connect with the world and even flourish.

Upon hearing this, Hong Guniang's face turned ashen, and she slapped him across the face.

Snapped!

The crisp sound echoed through the mountains.

Luo Laowai's face was immediately covered with a handprint, and even three or four bloody marks appeared.

The girl in red coldly replied, "I don't need to climb over other people's corpses to get ahead!"

"You fucking!"

Luo Laowai was furious. He had been slapped in front of so many people and lost face. He actually pulled out the gun from his waist and was about to shoot Hong Guniang!

# Chapter 129 Lacking in Legal Aid, Resources, and Land—"Borrowing" Approach

"Commander Luo, don't get agitated. Miss Hong has a fiery temper, so don't take it to heart."

Before Li Muxuan could make another move, Chen Yulou grabbed Luo Laowai's wrist and advised, "Before Hong Guniang joined the outlaws, she was targeted by a wealthy and tyrannical family who forced her to take them as concubines. She refused and slaughtered the entire family. She is quite famous among the outlaws in this area."

Luo Laowai knew about this matter, but he was still a warlord with a reputation. Even though he had suffered a defeat and lost nearly half of his troops, and was not as good as before, it was one thing for him to be taught a lesson by Jiang Liu and other men, but he should not be scolded by a woman under any circumstances.

Fortunately, Chen Yulou had a silver tongue and persuaded Luo Laowai, saying, "How about this, I'll send my own people down to scout first, and Commander Luo and the engineering battalion's men will follow later. Let's hurry up and act before it gets dark. What do you think?"

Seeing that Chen Yulou had given in, Luo Laowai lowered his gun, put on a smiling face, and chuckled, "Miss Hong, we're family, it's only right that you hit me!"

Seeing his change from anger to laughter, Miss Hong didn't want to pay him any more attention, but she also realized that she had been a bit too hasty just now, which was why President Chen was speechless and could only order someone to go down and investigate first.

"That Luo Laowai is a lecherous scoundrel!"

As the unloading warriors of Changsheng Mountain prepared their tools for descending the rock face, Li Muxuan whispered.

"really."

Lu Jin echoed softly, "In Renjia Town, he took a fancy to Ren Tingting and Ren Jiating; now he's lusting after this girl Hong. It's really despicable."

"Besides being lecherous, haven't you noticed anything else?"

Jiang Liu countered with a question.

"what?"

Li Muxuan smirked, "Isn't he just a greedy and lustful warlord? It's because of these idiots that the lives of ordinary people are so hard."

Along the way, Lu Jin and Li Muxuan had already personally experienced that the world was in such chaos because of these damned warlords!

Without them—

The world may not be completely peaceful, but at least it won't be as filled with anxiety as it is now!

"That's true, but if you're only greedy for money and lustful, you can't become a warlord."

Jiang Liu pointed at Luo Laowai, who was deliberately trying to ingratiate himself with the two girls in red, and chuckled, "He looks arrogant at first but obsequious later, but he is actually quite flexible and knows how to bend and stretch. He can be called a 'great man.' Throughout history, all those who have achieved great things have been like this!"

"So what? It's laughable!"

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

A true hero is one who can bend and stretch!

Li Muxuan agreed with Jiang Liu's words, but he retorted, "In my opinion, this bastard will either die from a funerary object or from a woman's belly."

Clang!

Just as Jiang Liu and the others were whispering, the Unloading Ridge Warriors poured out their tools from the baskets they carried on their backs. They were bamboo poles about the thickness of an adult's arm and the length of a forearm.

The bamboo poles are brown and have been soaked in oil more than ten times. They are made of extremely tough moso bamboo, which is said to be able to bend into an arc without breaking.

The bamboo poles have openings at the top and bottom that allow them to be connected to each other, and grooves on both sides. By inserting split bamboo tubes, they can be assembled into a unique bamboo ladder.

Because it hangs on the cliff face, and from a distance it looks like a centipede clinging to the cliff, it is named as such.

Centipede-shaped ladder hanging from the mountain!

"This ladder is quite interesting."

Li Muxuan became interested and inquired about the Huamaguai. After learning the general situation, he walked back and said to Lu Jin, "The principle of its production is quite simple. The key lies in the secret oil and water formula that makes the bamboo more resilient."

However, even without the secret recipe for that oil, we can experiment with it slowly with our fellow disciples after we return to the Sanyi Sect.

Furthermore, the beams inside the Sanyi Gate were soaked in a specially formulated oil to prevent them from rotting for over a hundred years, and could potentially be replaced.

Lu Jin also agreed.

This kind of tool, which can be openly displayed, is imitated by others, but it can't be considered stealing. After all, the key is the secret recipe of the oil soaked in bamboo, not the bamboo itself or the simple assembly method.

Furthermore—

Although Lu Jin disdained the tomb raiders' character, he couldn't help but admire their wisdom, especially in the field of artifacts. They didn't know how to forge artifacts, but they were able to create relatively practical tools in a simple way.

In the world of supernatural beings, some who are skilled in crafting artifacts also emulate the inventions and creations of ordinary people to gain inspiration.

Just like the centipede hanging on the mountain ladder.

The Unloading Warriors are used to climb tombs and raid graves, but if given to the disciples of Sanyi, they can help them gather herbs and other medicinal plants from cliffs.

Both Lu Jin and Li Muxuan have realized that the foundation of the Sanyi Sect is not as strong as that of a true Xuanmen sect.

Of the three elements—law, companion, wealth, and land—Zuo Ruotong believed he only lacked a companion, but Jiang Liu thought he lacked law, companion, wealth, and land!

land--

Although it is said that a mountain is not famous because of its height, but because of the immortals who dwell there, and the Great Ying Immortal's reputation for character and Taoist cultivation is well-deserved; however, the mountain gates chosen by the orthodox Taoist Xuanmen are not only those with beautiful mountains and clear waters and smooth feng shui, but also those with a strong aura.

Just like Longhu Mountain, there are many famous mountains and rivers in the world, so why choose that one?

The rumor that the elixir of immortality manifested as a dragon and a tiger is something that the founder of the sect, Zhang Daoling, would probably disagree with if it were said to have no connection whatsoever with the aura of Dragon and Tiger Mountain!

fiscal--

The Sanyi Sect has a business similar to that of a security escort agency and is supported by many wealthy patrons. It seems to have no shortage of resources, but it is still quite different from the Zhengyi and Quanzhen sects.

After all, if we were to discuss class distinctions, those Taoist sects could easily be labeled as "landlords."

What about Sanyi Gate?

Only a few hilltops, apart from a small portion cultivated for planting herbs needed by disciples for cultivation, are either left barren or rented out to tea merchants at the foot of the mountain to grow a large area of ​​tea trees.

Law--

Needless to say.

Taoism encompasses a vast array of practices, including alchemy, talismans, divination, and incantations. Talismans, in particular, are incredibly diverse and varied in their applications.

The San Yi Sect only has one method of reversing the three levels of existence; otherwise, Zuo Ruotong in the original work wouldn't have been so persistent in sticking to this single method!

The final word "侣" means fellow Daoist. Daoism is divided into Zhengyi and Quanzhen, and has many branches. The methods of cultivation are different in appearance, but in essence they all originate from "Dao". They share the same root and origin. Through mutual exchange and verification, no matter how different their strengths are, they can make progress in their cultivation.

The San Yi Sect cultivates a single method of reverse rebirth at three levels. If they spar with their own members, since everyone cultivates the same method, they can identify and fill in any gaps in their skills. If they spar with others, the benefits they gain will be reflected in their martial prowess.

But cultivation isn't just about increasing martial prowess...

Moreover, the way of climbing the three levels of reverse rebirth is different from other Xuanmen methods. It is unique in the world. Unless you cultivate the three levels or cultivate the nine levels, you can't even learn from other people's methods, let alone verify them.

At most, he would be like Zuo Ruotong in the original work, finding someone of similar strength to fight and forcibly breaking through the barrier.

Can this be considered a Daoist couple?

It's just using pressure from others to help oneself break through that final hurdle.

and so!

Even Li Muxuan, who believed that Zuo Ruotong was right and that the Triple True One was capable of reaching the heavens, would do his best to make up for the shortcomings of the Sanyi Sect in other aspects, so that the name of the Sanyi Sect as a profound sect would be completely legitimate!

Just like this centipede-shaped ladder hanging on the mountain, as long as it benefits the Sanyi disciples, it can be taken!

Li Muxuan and Lu Jinke had also read Xun Ge'er's articles and were well aware of the importance of "borrowing" from others!

# Chapter 130 A Monkey Race, Kicking in the Ground

Soon after, the two centipede-shaped mountain ladders were assembled, and the claw-shaped hooks at the top were inserted into the crevices of the nearby pine trees and hung down into the ravine.

Chen Yulou's gaze swept across the crowd.

"Who's willing to go down there?"

"Chief, I am unworthy, but I am willing to go down and investigate!" x2

As soon as he finished speaking, two people emerged from the group of bandits.

These two men had peculiar appearances. One was only 1.2 meters tall, about the same height as the Angry Rooster on Jiang Liu's back, short and stout; the other was 1.6 meters tall, but lean and wiry, with cunning eyes, clearly a quick-witted person.

"Alright! You're as lively as monkeys! Let's kick the ground! I'll let you go down and investigate!"

At Chen Yulou's command, two copper coin-sized Five Poisons Medicine Cakes were handed over and placed in their mouths. Although they could not completely neutralize the venom of the snakes and scorpions, they could stop the spread of the poison so that they could hold on until they could receive treatment from others.

The two men took the Five Poisons Medicine Cake, put it in their mouths, and then each descended one of the centipede-shaped mountain ladders—this was also to confirm whether both of the centipede-shaped mountain ladders were safe.

"Were those two also cultivators?"

Jiang Liu sensed the faint Qi within their bodies, as if they had barely opened their Ren and Du meridians, so he walked up to the red-clad girl who was not far from him, his face showing curiosity.

"A rogue cultivator."

Hong Guniang didn't hide anything and told the truth, "I only joined Changsheng Mountain a month ago. It is said that they were originally brothers who were doing legitimate business, but they were often robbed by government soldiers and couldn't make a living. They were preparing to hide in the mountains, but they accidentally saved a seriously injured stranger and were taught two skills."

The one kicking in the ground learned the techniques of the Earth Immortal, while the one who was like a monkey in the field knew how to manipulate objects. It was just unknown which school they came from, but both of them had only just opened up the Ren and Du meridians and had only cultivated Qi.

"Stepping forward now is merely an attempt to demonstrate courage to the boss and gain favor."

Earth-walking Immortal?

Controlling objects?

However, given that these two have only recently mastered the Ren and Du meridians, it would be difficult for them to unleash their special abilities. They could only barely enhance their bodies with Qi, making them slightly more agile than ordinary people.

Jiang Liu pondered for a moment, then asked, "So, these two haven't had any contact with the world of supernatural beings?"

"If we don't count the superhuman who taught them their skills, or Kunlun and I, we really haven't had any contact with any other superhumans."