From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

This is also a technique used by beastmasters.

therefore.

Partridge Whistle actually had a strong desire for special birds, especially the Angry Sun Chicken that Jiang Liu was carrying. If they could obtain it, they would be able to reduce a lot of trouble when traveling in the wilderness and forests in the future. At least they would no longer have to worry about ordinary snakes, insects, rodents and ants.

"Exactly!"

Seeing that Partridge Whistle recognized it, Jiang Liu did not hide anything and said that the chicken was bought from Golden Phoenix Village. "However, the saying that it is a phoenix breed is mostly influenced by the Wu-Chu culture. No matter how unique it is, it is still a chicken. I plan to raise it to measure the changing of the four seasons."

The Book of Documents, Yao Dian, states: "When the days are short and the stars are bright, it is the middle of winter."

The ancients used the Pleiades to determine the four seasons.

Jiang Liu plans to train the future Qi circulation skills to correspond with the movement of the stars in the heavens and will also train him to become the "Pleiades Star Official"!

# Chapter 148: For Sale? No!

Hearing Jiang Liu say this, Partridge Whistle knew that he would not sell the Angry Sun Chicken to him. He sighed inwardly and stopped talking, focusing on finding a suitable location to dig a tunnel.

He squatted down by the cave wall, reached out to touch the soil below, and then asked the old foreigner to bring out a water bag.

"What are they doing?"

Li Muxuan asked, puzzled, "Should we check if there's water in the soil?"

"No."

Partridge Whistle took the water bag from the old foreigner, uncorked it, and poured the water into the soil under the rock wall. The soft soil was immediately washed into three or four holes by the water. However, when the whole bag of water was emptied, no water flowed to their feet. Instead, it all seeped down below.

"I see. The water isn't flowing out, but seeping down, which proves that the mud and sand underneath are loose and even have cavities, making it perfect for digging." Jiang Liu was able to draw inferences from one instance to another.

"Young man, you are clever!"

Partridge Whistle was also startled.

When his master demonstrated this behavior to him back then, he had no idea about it and had to rely on his master's guidance. But Jiang Liu suddenly understood the trick.

"It's nothing to mention, I've just read a few more books." Jiang Liu waved his hand repeatedly.

"It seems that Brother Jiang is very learned and talented."

Upon hearing about the importance of education, Partridge Whistle was deeply moved. He thought that once they found the Muchen Pearl and fulfilled their clan's last wish, perhaps their descendants could also be educated and spared the same torment they had suffered.

"It doesn't count! It doesn't count!"

Jiang Liu shook his head. "Studying isn't about making people knowledgeable and talented, but about teaching them to think critically."

Having studied for so many years in my past life, I entered society, but the knowledge I learned is not frequently used and is forgotten very quickly. Only the way of thinking accumulated through reading can truly accompany me throughout my life. This is the benefit that reading can bring to most people.

However, most people are unaware of this.

If one could live a "second life" like Jiang Liu, this way of thinking, or rather, the theoretical model, built through reading, could truly be called a "golden touch"!

"cut!"

Li Muxuan scoffed. As for studying, he had spent two years at Master Dongshan's school—thinking? Did that even need to be learned?

Lu Jin didn't quite understand what Jiang Liu was saying, but she still made a note of it for the time being.

After this little incident, the old foreigner took off the cage he was carrying, opened the lid, and poured out two pangolins, one large and one small.

The larger end, including both ends, is over a meter long; the smaller end, however, is only about half a meter long.

Both of these pangolins have a ring on their backs, with a chain attached, and the words "cave" are engraved on it.

After that, Hua Ling took out a bamboo tube about the thickness of a forearm from her waist, opened the lid, and poured out clumps of black matter.

Looking down, I saw that it was made up of countless ants.

Upon smelling the ants, the two burrowing beetles immediately stepped forward, repeatedly extending their long, thin red tongues and swiftly, as if taking something from a bag, catching the ants and putting them into their mouths.

In no time, they had eaten all the ants.

Afterwards, Hua Ling took the chain on the back of the small cave-dwelling pangolin, while the old foreigner held the chain on the back of the large cave-dwelling pangolin and gently tugged it, causing its black and gold-trimmed scales to ripple and shake. Then, the old man walked towards the rock wall in front of him and began to dig.

This pangolin also possessed a trace of Qi, making its limbs far stronger than those of an ordinary pangolin. It had five claws on its feet, with sharp and strong claws at the tips of its toes. The claw on the third toe of its forefoot was particularly long, making it adept at digging holes, breaking rocks, and piercing the ground.

No wonder it's known as the "mountain-penetrating armor".

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the giant mullet had already dug out a passageway that people could walk through, and it was still digging out rocks and soil.

"It doesn't look like the methods of a beast master; it's more like animal taming."

Although the cave-digging efficiency of the pangolin is astonishing, judging from the behavior of the old foreigner and Hua Ling in controlling the two carp, it does not seem like they are communicating with them using Qi. Instead, it is more like the methods of animal trainers in a circus, feeding them with food and intimidating them with whips and ropes.

The only difference was that the "whip rope" was replaced with a thin chain.

"This is the method of a beast master, but it's only at the beginner level."

Partridge Whistle explained, “To tame an animal, you can’t just control it with Qi directly. You also need to understand and master the animal’s habits, get to know it well in your interactions, and then you can unleash the power of Qi. This is the most crucial step.”

The more intelligent the animal, the longer this step takes.

If it is apes or monkeys, beast masters cannot control them with Qi at all. They can only control their habits like ordinary animal trainers and thus carry out simple training.

Old Yangren and Hua Ling were still in the stage of getting to know the two pangolins, but they couldn't yet communicate with them telepathically, so they had to rely on external aids to control them.

Jiang Liu nodded secretly.

There's a reason why the Beast Master isn't well-known in the world of supernatural beings. He communicates with animals using his own Qi, and the more complex the animal, the more difficult it is to communicate with, until primates, which are impossible to communicate with at all.

Although future scientific advancements may lead to the exploration and research of the microscopic world, and a person known as "Old Meng" may evolve this technique to the point of being able to manipulate prokaryotes, in the present day, the limit of this technique lies in the limits of the abilities of the animals it controls.

Even if we tell them now that they can develop in the direction of controlling bacteria, for "Old Meng" to develop his abilities to this extent, he would definitely need to observe and study various bacteria through a microscope, conduct experiments, and further develop the techniques of the Beast Master.

Without observational methods, knowing this concept is of no use.

The two pangolins raised by the old foreigner and Hua Ling also possessed a trace of Qi, making them more spiritual than ordinary creatures. It was much more difficult to communicate with and control them using Qi.

However, the Mountain-Moving Taoists were only after the Muchen Pearl; they probably didn't value their own skills that much...

Thinking of this, Jiang Liu suddenly became interested in their purpose of finding the Muchen Pearl. However, since they were just strangers who had met by chance and did not have a close relationship, he temporarily put aside his doubts and focused on observing the mountain-penetrating beast's ability to dig and carve rocks.

Another cup of tea's time passed, and the cave-dwelling armored creature finally managed to dig through the rock wall, creating a passageway that people could walk through.

The old foreigner gripped the chain and gently pulled it backward. The pangolin's back arched slightly, indicating that its mission was complete, and it emerged from the passage.

The little carp hurriedly stepped forward and approached the big carp, hiding in its embrace. The big carp curled up and transformed into something resembling a disc.

Hua Ling picked it up and placed it in the old foreigner's cage.

Li Muxuan found it interesting and, with a thought in mind, asked, "Are you selling this mother and baby mullet?"

Old foreigner: "Sorry—"

Hua Ling: "Not for sale!"

# Chapter 149 The Golden Silkworm Gu Takes Effect

Not for sale?

Li Muxuan grinned, already thinking about how to properly take these two things and play with them later.

Fortunately, he joined the Sanyi Sect and became Zuo Ruotong's disciple, which tempered his temper and prevented him from acting recklessly as before. Otherwise, he might have had to learn from the Mountain-Moving Taoist. After all, even after becoming Zuo Ruotong's disciple, he still harbored resentment and learned the Reversal of Eight Directions from Wang Yaozu in order to regain face from Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his expression, but he didn't care. This kid was only stubborn in words; most of the time, he understood right and wrong and wouldn't be "stubborn" in his actions.

After the old foreigner carried the cage containing the pangolin on his back, Partridge Whistle looked at the chicken coops scattered on the ground and asked Jiang Liu, "What should we do with these chickens you brought? Should we leave them here for now?"

"Put it in."

The river's energy circulates throughout the heavens, generating an invisible magnetic field that has already detected the centipede hiding within.

Furthermore, as he cultivated the innate talisman diagram, his ability to see all things also improved spontaneously. He could hear sounds, see principles, and even hear the barely perceptible sound of a centipede crawling inside.

"Isn't this a bit reckless?"

Hua Ling's mouth was slightly open.

But Jiang Liu had already opened the chicken coop, grabbed one of the roosters, and thrown it into the passage. Then he saw it run inside on its own.

"You also know the methods of a beast master?" The old foreigner was surprised and doubtful when he saw this scene. Otherwise, why would the chicken obediently run into the passage?

"will not."

The reason the chickens ran into the passageway was because they hadn't been fed since they were bought yesterday. Now that they were starving, how could they not catch insects to eat?

In other words, the angry-looking rooster that Jiang Liu was carrying had acquired Qi, and could go without food for three to five days without any problems.

Lu Jin and Li Muxuan also opened the chicken coop and threw both the male and female chickens into the passage created by the Pangolin Cave Armor.

After all seventy-odd chickens were put in, Jiang Liu took out the Gu Gu and, under the watchful eyes of Hong Guniang, Partridge Whistle, and others, lit it with fire. It emitted a wisp of winding white smoke, which was like a ribbon, condensed and did not disperse, and surged into the passage like a long snake.

"what is this?"

Hua Ling couldn't help but be curious.

"A drug that can make poisonous insects and the like drowsy." Because the Grand Gu Master did not want outsiders to disturb him, Jiang Liu did not reveal the origin of the Golden Silkworm Gu incense ash, only saying that it was a special kind of incense ash that was extremely effective against poisonous insects and the like, "It is extremely troublesome to make and the quantity is very small."

Old Yangren and Hua Ling were unaware, but Partridge Whistle had actually known about the Gu Gu, but since Jiang Liu was unwilling to say so, he pretended not to know.

The fragrance emitted by the burning incense ash is harmless. In fact, smelling it can clear the mind and even have a slight auxiliary effect on Qi cultivation.

After burning nearly half of it, Jiang Liu felt it was about time, so he used the Reversal of Eight Directions technique to pull out the layer of burning Golden Silkworm Gu incense ash from the Gu jar. After it burned completely, he closed the remaining Golden Silkworm Gu incense ash, stuffed it into his waist pouch, and said to everyone, "You can go in now."

Jiang Liu walked at the front, and Partridge Whistle walked at the back. The group bowed and passed through the tunnel one by one, entering the interior.

There is a large hall inside, which looks quite spacious. A passageway leads forward in the middle, and on both sides are man-made stone houses with stone tables, stone chairs and alchemy furnaces. It doesn't look like a tomb, but rather like an alchemy room. However, the buildings are integrated with the rock, and it is like a natural cave, but it is all gray and cannot be seen clearly.

However, this place is not without light sources.

The rock walls inside the entire Bottle Mountain seem to reflect and transmit light. Light shines down from the crevices in the mountain, and scattered rays of light penetrate to the bottom, making it possible to see the road even without a flashlight.

For safety's sake, the group took out flashlights and lit torches, and found a groove in the wall containing fuel, which they then lit.

Instantly, flames spread to both sides, illuminating the entire space.

Looking around, the place was crawling with centipedes, but due to the effect of the Golden Silkworm Gu's smoke, they seemed to be drunk, slowly wriggling on the ground.