From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

The princess was a clever woman and immediately guessed Jiang Liu's idea: he wanted her to use the old ox's power, rather than actually cultivate supernatural powers and magic within three days.

After all, how easy is it to cultivate supernatural powers and magic?

Let alone three days, even three years, she might not have even entered the Dao yet!

"call--"

However, this blue ox was stupid and did not understand the meaning of Jiang Liu's words. It snorted and thrashed its hooves, trying to ram Jiang Liu!

Jiang Liu simply pressed one hand on its corner, as if Mount Tai were pressing down on it. No matter how hard it tried, it could not move an inch. Only then did a look of horror appear in its fist-sized eyes.

"You old ox, you're quite stubborn, but that suits me just the way I want. But don't worry, I don't think much of your mount." With that, Jiang Liu circulated his Qi, connecting the nine orifices of the green ox, and with each movement, he taught it to speak human language by holding a horizontal bone in its mouth.

"You look down on me? I look down on you too!"

People generally believe that only by refining the transverse bone in their mouths can demons speak human language, but what difficulty is there in learning human speech? As long as one's wisdom is awakened and one is good at learning human sounds and willing to learn human language, one can learn it.

Even those mindless parrots and mynahs can speak human language.

In "Journey to the West", the White Dragon was stripped of the dragon pearl from his neck and transformed into a white horse with a crossbow in its mouth. The essence of this was to make him give up his tangible inner elixir and cultivate the intangible golden elixir.

What solution?

Holding the transverse bone in one's mouth is called circulating the energy throughout the body; accepting the promise with all one's heart means being steadfast and unwavering, rather than simply and crudely refining the transverse bone away.

If you refine it and then try to make a tangible pill under your neck, or refine the transverse bone into some other magical artifact, wouldn't that be going back to the old, unorthodox path?

Moreover, after the White Dragon in the original story turned into a horse, didn't he speak human language again in Baoxiang Kingdom and persuade Pigsy to go to Flower Fruit Mountain to invite Sun Wukong?

Whether or not the transverse bone exists has nothing to do with whether the monster can speak human language. Jiang Liu saw through the essence and helped this one-horned rhinoceros to open its meridians, thus naturally gaining true merit.

When the unicorn spoke, Jiang Liu was startled. He carefully comprehended the method of circulating spiritual energy within his body and developed a sense of awe towards Jiang Liu.

How many demons in the world have cultivated themselves into human form but are unable to speak human language?

He descended to the mortal realm, where the three demons destroyed his golden core and turned him back into his original form. Let alone rebuilding his golden core, even if he were to remove his fractured bone and speak human language, it would take him at least a hundred years.

However, the monkey taught him a method to circulate Qi throughout his body and penetrate his transverse bones, which directly enabled him to regulate his Qi and speak human language.

That's truly incredible.

Could it be that this monkey has truly comprehended some profound truth through reincarnation?

"Brother, what brings you down to the mortal realm? And you got beaten up like this by those three demon monks?" Pigsy patted his belly and mocked the unicorn.

"Humph!"

The unicorn snorted coldly, but made no attempt to hide anything, "A few days ago, something happened in the underworld. That old crane went down to the mortal realm to investigate, but he has already perished..."

That old man had offended many people in Heaven, and now that he's dead, countless people are eyeing his legacy.

Luckily, I was clever enough to take his Vajra Bracelet and descend to the mortal realm early... I only hate that the three demons of Chechi Kingdom were cunning and tricked me. They got me drunk, stole my Vajra Bracelet, and then conspired to deceive me, taking away my golden elixir and forcing me to revert to my original form!

How hateful! How hateful!

"If that's the case, why didn't they kill you?" Bajie was shocked by Laozi's death and felt horrified. However, since he was not familiar with the old crane, he didn't care much and asked the green ox again.

"That tiger demon not only wanted to kill me, but also wanted to eat me. However, the deer demon and the sheep demon, like me, were herbivores before they became demons. They pleaded for me. Perhaps the tiger demon was worried that he would really attack me, and that the deer demon and the sheep demon were not on his side, so they actually spared my life. But to humiliate me, they made me till the fields outside the pass!"

The mention of this only made the unicorn feel humiliated.

For a mighty demon to need a deer and a sheep to plead for him is truly shameless!

“There’s nothing wrong with farming, it’s just your job,” Jiang Liu said with a smile.

Why aren't you tilling the fields?

The unicorn snorts, but its airways are congested.

"I'm not a cow."

Jiang Liu maintained his smile, knowing that the green ox didn't have a problem with plowing; rather, it was a plowing ox before it became a spirit.

As for why it became a bird's mount...

This primordial world was created by Jiang Liu. The Three Pure Ones were not transformed from his primordial spirit, but were also among the beings of the primordial world. However, the beings in this world were more grounded in reality because they combined information about various great gods from Jiang Liu's memories. Therefore, judging only by their outward appearance, they were more grounded in reality.

therefore.

The images of the unicorn and Laozi in this world are, to put it bluntly, a combination of Jiang Liu's impressions of cattle and cattle egrets... as well as his description of Laozi's true form in the "Baopuzi".

However, the unicorn lacked the ability to read minds and was unaware of Jiang Liu's thoughts. It exhaled and asked, "Let me ask you, how can you teach the princess supernatural powers and magic within three days so that she can compete with the disciples of those three demons?"

Why must we use supernatural powers and magic to compete?

If we're talking about supernatural powers and magic, it's still about physical strength.

Three days is a short time, but seeing how readily he agreed, Hu Li would certainly not allow his disciple to fight the princess with weapons—that would not be in line with their status as high monks, would it?

to this end.

What the princess needed was not supernatural powers or magic, but rather—

"Quick-witted".

Jiang Liu said to the princess, "Princess, you only need to maintain your courage and bravery today in three days and not be cowardly."

"Is that all?"

The unicorn-like fox is suspicious.

"That will do."

Jiang Liu smiled and said, "Supernatural powers cannot overcome destiny. Now that I am the chosen one, destiny is naturally in my hands."

Upon hearing this, the unicorn remained silent.

Is this what Heaven's Mandate means?

But considering that this monkey had comprehended the Great Dao and could teach him to speak human language before he took human form, he decided to trust him this once and said, "We will have a duel in three days. You must not make a move. If you need my help, I will do my best."

"Very good."

Jiang Liu stroked the horn of the unicorn, "Once we deal with the demon of Chechi Kingdom, I will teach you a convenient method. Study it diligently, and I guarantee you will attain enlightenment in the future."

"Achieving enlightenment? I don't care!"

The unicorn snorted coldly, "It's just a position. Countless people would kill to get it, but once they get it, they can't live a carefree life."

"Why should enlightenment be bestowed by others? It must be earned through one's own cultivation. Furthermore, what is true freedom?"

Jiang Liu asked a question that made Qingniu doubt: "What is true freedom?"

“At least, freedom without any constraints is definitely not true freedom.” A meaningful look appeared in Jiang Liu’s eyes.

of course.

This does not mean that he endorses the current order established by the Heavenly Court and Mount Ling...

Chapter 1492 Only Because I Am in the Mountain

Three days later.

in the hall.

The King of Chechi and all his civil and military officials were present, but they still covered their heads, not daring to show their faces.

It wasn't that three days wasn't enough time for them to shave their heads again, but rather that since the court session ended three days ago, they had learned that the people throughout the country had grown their hair back...

They all believed that these strange occurrences stemmed from their belief that their actions had offended the gods in heaven, causing them to become increasingly fearful and hesitant to cut their heads.

The three national teachers were aware of the matter; the Arhats and Pratyekabuddhas were filled with fear and unease, but Tiger Power believed it was a trick played by the monkey and didn't take it seriously.

As long as we defeat that monkey, and with the help of the King of Men, we will surely be able to avenge ourselves!

"Your Majesty, we've been waiting for you!"

Guided by the palace official, Jiang Liu and his entourage, along with the princess and the blue ox, ascended the palace gates and went straight to the golden steps, where they bowed to the king.

"Imperial Preceptor, they have arrived. What competition do you intend to hold?"

The king asked the tiger about its strength.

Huli strode forward and said, “We are monks, we must not use weapons, lest we damage harmony; nor can we use magic, lest we show off.”

Having said that, he pulled out another novice monk with a round face, red lips and white teeth, and said with a smile, "My disciple is called Leiyin. He can summon wind and rain, use cloud ladders to manifest his divine power, guess objects through a screen, and has supernatural powers such as reattaching a severed head, disemboweling and cutting out the heart, and bathing in boiling oil!"

Bajie said to Jiang Liu, "This national advisor is still the same as before. To want to compete in these six things is truly courting death."

Ba Jing also said, "This national teacher is probably just a bookworm who doesn't know how to put the principles into practice. He just said he wouldn't use weapons or magic, but now he does it all."

Seeing Hu Li's incoherent words, Jiang Liu was reminded of Zhang Shao and Li Ding from "Journey to the West".

These two men were unsuccessful candidates in the imperial examinations, but were literate hermits. On one hand, they mocked the people of the Southern Continent for their quarrelsome arguments, while on the other hand, they argued with each other about the landscape through poetry, even cursing each other to die.

Isn't Hu Li just like those two?

Although they understood the correct path of cultivation from the scriptures, they completely disregarded the underlying principles and still acted according to their instincts.

Tsk—

It truly is a case of "being too close to the mountain to see the forest for the trees"!

However, he had already warned these three demons before, and these three days were not for him to teach the princess, but to give the three demons time to think after learning that the people of Chechi Kingdom had grown hair overnight.

Just ask them one question:

Does such supernatural power exist?

If you don't possess this supernatural power, then don't seek death.

pity!

Tiger Power, however, dismissed it as a smokescreen...

The king, upon hearing the first three, paid no heed, but upon hearing the last three, he was so frightened that he jumped up from his throne with a thud, exclaiming in horror, "The last three are all life-threatening competitions!"

"It's alright!"

Hu Li sneered, "If our disciple loses, it's just bad luck on his own, and he can't blame anyone else."

Immediately, the king was speechless, and then asked Jiang Liu, "Do you agree?"

"It's impossible."

Jiang Liu smiled and agreed, "I just wonder which one the Imperial Preceptor would like to compete in first?"