From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"A piece of cake."

Faced with Jiang Liu's praise, Hong Guniang spoke casually, "As a successor of the Moon Gate, I have learned from my father since I was a child how to create and solve various common mechanisms. With the eight-character formula of sticking, arranging, combining, passing, moon, separating, chasing, and opening, I can solve all visible mechanisms."

But at this point, Miss Hong sighed.

The main problem is that she can't crack invisible mechanisms, such as the tomb passage leading to the barbican, where the gears and mechanisms are inside the walls, making them impossible for her to solve. Moreover, her special abilities are all about technique; even if she can deceive the heavens and cross the sea or teleport, she still needs to touch the object first, otherwise she simply can't use it.

Therefore, in the business of tomb raiding, her skills were limited to picking locks, secretly hiding things she wanted, and taking weapons from people who were at odds with Chen Yulou.

It was precisely through this skill that Hong Guniang became Chen Yulou's confidante after joining Changsheng Mountain, thus protecting Chen Yulou's safety.

Chen Yulou was a local tyrant in Changsheng Mountain, capable of rallying tens of thousands of bandits, warlords, and soldiers in the surrounding area. However, some people disliked him and wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.

"It's clear that Sister Hong is not suited for tomb raiding."

Jiang Liu subtly offered a suggestion, smiled, but stopped there. He walked to the palace door, placed his hand on it, and gently pushed it open an inch. He didn't hear much of a sound, but Hong Guniang, Partridge Whistle, Lu Jin, Li Muxuan, Old Foreigner, and Hua Ling didn't hear a sound at all.

So Jiang Liu made a bigger move and pushed both doors open completely.

The Boundless Hall was dark, but not completely black. Everyone present was an extraordinary person, yet they could see. Moreover, in the very center of the hall was a pill furnace, inside which was a pale blue glowing light.

Apart from this alchemy furnace, the only other thing in the hall was eighteen pillars carved with dragon patterns supporting the roof beams, but the top was pitch black and could not be seen clearly.

Jiang Liu waved to Lu Jin and pointed to the direction of the fifth pillar on the left side of the main hall.

Lu Jin nodded, then immediately nudged Li Muxuan's shoulder, signaling him to follow. He strode quickly toward the fifth pillar on the left side of the hall, landing silently.

Red Girl, Partridge Whistle, and the others already knew that the Earth Dragon King was inside the Boundless Palace. Seeing them take action, they dared not disturb them and stood on both sides of the palace door.

However, Partridge Whistle also wanted to participate, so he asked Old Foreigner and Flower Spirit to bring out the Dragon Binding Rope specially made by the Mountain Moving Taoist lineage. It was a rope soaked in a secret tung oil. It was not a magic weapon, but it was extremely tough. Even a fierce tiger would find it difficult to break it once it was bound.

Old Yangren and Hua Ling, each holding one end of the Dragon-Binding Rope, hid behind the first pillar on the left and right of the main hall, watching Lu Jin and Li Muxuan's movements, ready to act at any moment.

Seeing their reaction, Li Muxuan glanced back at Jiang Liu and saw him nod at him, pointing to the top of the fifth pillar on the left side of the main hall where he and Lu Jin were, confirming that the Earth Dragon King was right above them. He couldn't help but chuckle.

This laugh startled the Earth Dragon King, who was coiled atop the pillar, causing it to crawl down a short distance and reveal its ferocious jaws.

Perhaps the centipede truly possessed sentience, for its two compound eyes, upon seeing Li Muxuan below, who was looking up at it and smiling, were momentarily stunned.

"Hey bro, you're here!"

# Chapter 153 The Elixir of Herbs and Trees?

"Hey bro, you're here!"

Li Muxuan laughed loudly, circulated his Qi throughout the body, activated the first level of the Reverse Life Triple Technique, and simultaneously unleashed the Reversal of Eight Directions. The transparent force field, like a leaping python, instantly coiled around the centipede's body!

Lu Jin also extended his magnetic field, trying to penetrate directly into the body of the Earth Dragon King to manipulate its internal organs, but found that the field could not penetrate it. It seemed that there was some treasure inside the body that could repel the field.

"It has indeed cultivated an inner core!"

Jiang Liu confirmed what Wei Shufen had said, but his face did not show much seriousness.

Compared to the corpse demon, this earth dragon king, although it had somehow figured out the alchemy method and cultivated a tangible inner core, could not exert the true effects of its inner core because it did not have a human body. At most, it could only be used to stabilize its internal organs to obtain even stronger strength.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin decided to take a step back and, like Li Muxuan, used his magnetic field to bind the outer shell of the creature, and together with Li Muxuan, pulled it downwards!

The Earth Dragon King had twenty-four segments and hundreds of feet on its belly. It gripped the pillar tightly and wrestled with the two men.

"Wow, you're pretty strong!"

Li Muxuan laughed loudly, exchanged a glance with Lu Jin, and ran to the left and right, continuously increasing the downward pulling force.

There was a "sizzle" sound!

The ten-foot-long Earth Dragon King was violently dragged to the ground, causing the entire Wuliang Palace to tremble three times.

"His!"

The Earth Dragon King, provoked by the pain, went berserk. It opened its jaws, revealing a mouth like that of a man-eating flower. With a roar, it arched its back, and three pairs of thin, dragonfly-like wings, each two meters long, emerged from the sides of its body near its head!

"A six-winged centipede!"

Partridge Whistle's pupils widened suddenly, and he was about to step forward to help when Jiang Liu pulled him back, saying, "They can do it."

“A centipede grows one wing every hundred years, and this one has six wings, meaning it has cultivated for at least six hundred years!” Partridge Whistle tried to break free, but felt as if his wrist was being gripped by an iron clamp, making it impossible to escape. He further realized the depth of Jiang Liu’s cultivation and explained the nature of this six-winged centipede, hoping that Jiang Liu would lend a helping hand.

"What good is six hundred years of cultivation? You haven't attained human form; you're still a beast."

Aside from his surprise at confirming that the centipede had indeed refined an inner core, Jiang Liu's expression remained calm. "Do you think this centipede can cause them any trouble?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Partridge Whistle calmed down and looked in the direction of the sound—

"Wow! This centipede is amazing! It even has wings!"

Li Muxuan shouted excitedly, his mouth almost stretched to his ears, he was extremely excited.

As a rich young master, he was quite interested in novel things, especially this huge centipede with six wings, which aroused his desire to play with it.

So, with a flick of his wrists, the two force fields binding the Earth Dragon King's body split into three, transforming into six, which then entangled the six thin wings.

Human magnetic fields cannot penetrate the centipede's internal organs or directly target its interior, but they can bind its shell.

"Lu Jin!"

"Be careful, I'm going to pull out this thing's six thin wings! Hehe!"

Li Muxuan chuckled twice, then assumed a horse stance, channeling his Qi into his flesh and activating the full power of the Reverse Life First Level to stabilize himself. He then pulled hard with both arms.

Hiss!

He violently ripped out those six thin wings, along with their flesh and tissue!

"This is too reckless!"

Because the magnetic field released by Li Muxuan was bound to the six thin wings, when the thin wings were pulled out, all that was left was Lu Jin holding onto the Earth Dragon King's shell. The centipede, which was in pain because its six wings were pulled out, opened its mouth like a calyx and pounced on Lu Jin!

As the centipede descended before him, Lu Jin let out a soft shout, channeling his Qi into his nine orifices. A ring of Qi ribbons swirled around his back. In the instant he crouched to dodge the centipede's attack, he unleashed a punch that struck its vital spot.

Strike the snake at its seven-inch mark, the centipede—

Lu Jin didn't understand, but he still chose the weak spot, and as he threw a punch, he also unleashed a magnetic field, slamming it towards Li Muxuan's location.

"I go!"

Li Muxuan hurriedly released the force field binding his six thin wings and fled outside the hall.

boom!

The Earth Dragon King's body crashed into a pillar, circled backward, and fell to the ground, still trembling as if trying to escape.

With lightning speed, Lu Jin swung his arm, and the nine long nails tucked at his waist, driven by the magnetic field, pierced the weak point where the centipede's flat rings were connected. Each nail pierced through the floor, but half of each nail remained inside the centipede's body.

"Hoot!"

The Earth Dragon King opened its jaws wide, howling in pain as its body writhed. However, because the nine nine-foot-long nails, each the size of an adult, had pierced its joints and embedded themselves in the floor, it was better not to move than to move, which would cause it excruciating pain.

Jiang Liu took three or five steps forward, pulled out the iron rod that was lying horizontally on the bamboo cage behind him, and stabbed it through the man's head, penetrating half a meter into the floor, ending his life.

As the saying goes, even a centipede with a hundred legs does not fall down when dead.

But after this earth dragon king fell silent, its corpse could not move like that of an ordinary centipede, because this world also has its physics.

Without life and without the support of Qi, such a huge body would not be able to move quickly, or even move at all—unless it were in the Jurassic period.

"Has the Earth Dragon King been dealt with?"

The old foreigner's tone was much more respectful than before.

If the Mountain-Moving Taoists were to deal with this six-winged centipede, also known as the Earth Dragon King, they would have to go all out and be badly injured before they could subdue it.

However, the process of these three people dealing with this centipede can be described as completely easy and pleasant.

Are true disciples of the Taoist Xuanmen sect really this powerful? Even a young man possesses such formidable strength! These Mountain-Moving Taoists call themselves "Taoists," perhaps they've truly tarnished the name of the word!

"This thing isn't that powerful. As I said before, it's nothing to fear unless it has a human body. An ordinary person with courage and strategy, along with firearms, can kill it." Jiang Liu said, pulling out a steel rod and using Tai Chi force to slash at the centipede's body. In the instant the centipede's body straightened, it also slashed open its back and used its magnetic field to grasp twenty-five beads.

Twenty-four of them were the size of an infant's fist, translucent light blue, perfectly round and flawless, without a single dent; these were the centipede beads of the six-winged centipede.

The remaining one was only the size of a jujube, not round, dark red all over, not translucent, and a little soft and glutinous to the touch.

Jiang Liu brought it to his nose, raised his hand and fanned it slightly. He smelled a strange fragrance, and his internal energy became active, as if it could help him improve his skills.

"An elixir made from herbs and plants?"

Jiang Liu was surprised, confirming that this was indeed the inner core of the six-winged centipede. However, unlike the exquisite inner core of the relic, which was made of metal or stone, this inner core was made of herbs and trees, and it could be used directly to enhance cultivation.

Jiang Liu is now certain that the Earth Dragon King knows alchemy, but this alchemy is quite peculiar. It uses its body as a furnace to refine "inner cores," then digests them, repeating this process repeatedly to allow the body's growth to break through the limits of what a species should have, and even to evolve.

Logically speaking, true alchemy cultivates essence, energy, spirit, and life force... However, even among Taoists, there are different understandings of alchemy, and the methods are diverse, let alone a centipede.

It is already a gift that it can understand to this extent and thus enable life to break through the limits of species. However, it still does not understand the fundamentals and has done the work for them!

# Chapter 154: Divide the treasure

Jiang Liu split the "inner core" in two, used his magnetic field to bind the medicinal power within, and fed it to Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, saying, "Unlike the one I obtained, this inner core is made from herbs and medicinal materials. This Earth Dragon King probably misunderstood, but he has found another way."

"Once you consume it, you can circulate your profound energy and refine the medicinal power, saving you a lot of time."

As soon as half of the inner core entered their mouths, Lu Jin and Li Muxuan also noticed that their own Qi had become active. They immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and began to meditate.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Li Muxuan opened his eyes. His skin was pale, and there were faint traces of white qi rising from it.

He has reached the peak of the first level of the Reverse Life Technique, and is only one step away from the second level!

The Qi transformation technique of the Reverse Life Method requires not only cultivating the Dantian (lower abdomen), but also using it to open up the acupoints throughout the body in order to achieve the goal of transforming Qi into the skin, flesh, internal organs, and primordial spirit.

In the first stage of cultivation, one circulates Qi around the lower dantian, allowing it to flow through the acupoints on the muscles, bones, skin, and flesh.

The second stage of cultivation involves circulating Qi around the middle Dantian, allowing it to penetrate the acupoints of the five internal organs and six bowels.

The practice involves three levels, with the upper dantian as the center, circulating qi throughout the body and controlling the flow of qi to the acupoints on the brain.

A total of 720 apertures!

With the help of half an inner core, Li Muxuan had already opened up all the acupoints on his body and completely completed the first level of the Reverse Rebirth cultivation, and could advance to the second level in the future.

However, Jiang Liu noticed that his magnetic field was slightly unstable, as if his skin and flesh had completed the transformation of Qi, but his internal organs had not, which caused him to become unbalanced.

However, his advantage lies in his cultivation of the Reversal of the Eight Directions. Even though he does not know how to use human magnetism to stabilize his meridians, his meridians are stronger than those of ordinary people. In the future, when he cultivates the second level and transforms the Qi into his internal organs, he will be able to achieve a state of balance with his skin and flesh once he reaches a certain level.