From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"If that's the case, how can these Tripitaka scriptures save me?"

The king asked, "What do you have to do with my idle chatter? And what about this talk of saving ghosts? I am not a ghost, why would I need you to save me?"

"His Majesty is a sickly man, how can he not be saved?"

Jiang Liu countered with a question.

Instantly.

The king on the throne was speechless.

The entire court was in uproar.

As subjects, who would dare to call him a sick wretch to the king's face?

Not a son of man!

But the king had nothing to say, since he was now truly a sick man, and could only say, "Then tell me the details."

"The Law and the Treatise are the treatises of Heaven and Earth. The human body is a microcosm, with the brain as Heaven and the six internal organs as Earth. By understanding the Way of Heaven and Earth, one can naturally comprehend the principles of the human body, reflecting the external world from within, and thus establishing a human body as a microcosm!"

Without hesitation, Jiang Liu revealed the essence of the Tripitaka scriptures taught by the Buddha in Journey to the West: "The Tripitaka is the method of cultivation."

By simulating the principles of the universe and the human body through the microcosm of the human body, sensing the four seasons, circulating the universe, and harmonizing with nature, one can forge the golden elixir and refine the sacred embryo.

Let alone curing His Majesty's incurable illness, even achieving immortality, living as long as heaven and earth, and sharing the same age as the sun and moon, would be nothing more than a trivial matter.

Upon hearing of such profound truths, the king was overjoyed. He pushed away the Guanyin maidservant in his arms, losing all decorum, and descended the golden steps, asking, "Is what the Master says truly true?"

As for the resentful look on Guanyin's face, the king paid it no heed.

Compared to longevity and immortality, beauty is insignificant.

"nature."

Jiang Liu spoke with absolute certainty.

However, Guanyinbi also descended the golden steps, glared at Jiang Liu, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, please do not listen to the nonsense of these three foreigners."

I come from Vulture Peak and know that the Tripitaka consists only of the Sutras, Vinaya, and Abhidharma. Where do the Sutras, Abhidharma, and Dharma come from?

It must be pure fabrication!

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Seeing the beauty's resentful expression, the king was distracted again and quickly comforted her, saying, "My beauty, please don't be angry. It's all my fault."

"How could it be Your Majesty's fault? On the contrary, it is Your Majesty's good fortune!"

However, Guanyinbi changed her previous resentful tone and laughed out loud.

"Why would you say that, my beauty?"

The king was puzzled.

But Guanyinbi pointed her slender finger at Jiang Liu and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, do you know who he is?"

The king replied, "Foreigner."

"???"

Guanyinbi paused for a moment, slightly speechless, but still patiently said, "I have heard that one day someone was sent from Huaguo Mountain in Dongsheng Shenzhou to travel westward in search of the Great Sage's potential, and also to Lingshan to obtain the scriptures."

His Majesty.

Since this chosen one has come to the small kingdom, he must have acquired five innate talents, called the eyes that see joy, the ears that hear anger, the nose that smells love, the tongue that tastes thought, and the body that is inherently sorrowful. One of these talents is far superior to the brain marrow of 1,500 novice monks. If all five are used as medicinal ingredients, it would be enough to guarantee His Majesty's peace of mind for ten thousand years!

In an instant.

The entire court was in an uproar.

The king, even more distraught, begged Jiang Liu, "Master from the east, I beg you to have a compassionate heart and give me those five vessels."

I, the King, wish to build a temple for you and offer sacrifices thereafter.

Seeing that the king was so muddle-headed, Pigsy stared wide-eyed, wanting to crack his head open to see if it was really made of paste.

Otherwise, how could he be so muddleheaded?

Jiang Liu stopped the two of them and smiled at the king, saying, "Your Majesty, if you want my innate talent, I will certainly give it to you, but I have a condition."

"You said."

Seeing that Jiang Liu was not afraid of death, the king felt a sudden sense of fear, but the thought of longevity immediately replaced it with joy.

"If we're talking about the true nature of one's innate abilities, they are nothing more than the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. Apart from the mind, the other five are all things of the human body. However, my innate abilities are different from ordinary people's. They possess supernatural powers and cannot be contained by ordinary pottery or jade. They must be contained by the vessels of heaven and earth. Does Your Majesty possess such an ability?"

Jiang Liu asked with a smile.

What are the instruments of heaven and earth?

The king was puzzled.

The maidservant Guanyin was also puzzled.

"The so-called instruments of heaven and earth can be summed up in one word: 'structure'."

Jiang Liu chuckled and explained to him, "Just like human breathing, air enters the lungs, passes through the blood, circulates throughout the body, returns to the lungs, and then exits through the mouth and nose, forming a cycle with heaven and earth, which is a cycle."

"If it is to contain my inherent potential, it cannot be made of ordinary things. It must first establish the energy pattern of heaven and earth before it can be used as a medicinal guide."

Chapter 1553 Zhenhai Temple in the Black Pine Forest

Upon hearing about the fundamental nature of the universe, the king was greatly alarmed and said, "Although I do not cultivate, I know that to control the universe, one must become an immortal or a Buddha. How can a mortal have such ability?"

“If we do not have this artifact of heaven and earth, there are other alternatives.”

The king's reaction was exactly what Jiang Liu had expected, and he laughed heartily.

"What is it?"

"Those who cultivate their immortal or Buddha forms for thousands of years, though they may have used some tricks, have still managed to transcend their mortal bodies and attain a majestic physical form, just like the sculptures in temples."

Without hesitation, Jiang Liu said to the king, "Only a body of such immortality or Buddhahood can bear my potential."

"This is difficult! Very difficult!"

The king cried out, "Where can I find the bodies of immortals and Buddhas?"

"Far away, yet right before my eyes."

Jiang Liu turned his attention to Guanyinbi. "It is said that this lady has the nickname 'Half-Bodied Guanyin'. She came down from Mount Ling and must have cultivated a dignified body. Moreover, she has the sincerity to use her physical appearance to help people. Why not be more generous and bring out this physical appearance to be used as a medicinal ingredient for your Emperor?"

In an instant.

The imperial court was completely silent.

All the civil and military officials focused their attention on Guanyinbi.

Guanyinbi frowned, but the frown vanished in an instant. She stared intently at Jiang Liu's monkey head and said with righteous indignation, "If Your Majesty can live forever, what harm is there in my sacrifice?"

"My beloved concubine!"

The king was deeply moved, tears streaming down his face. He embraced the Guanyin maid on the spot, acting not like an emperor at all, but more like a couple deeply in love.

Bajie whispered in Bajing's ear, "It's just that this emperor is lucky. His ancestors' foundation is located in this small country, and there are no external enemies. Otherwise, how could he have maintained such a family fortune?"

Ba Jing nodded repeatedly: "That's right. The emperors five hundred years later are not much different from the emperors five hundred years ago. Neither of them are proper."

As the two were exchanging complaints, Guanyinbi broke free from the king's embrace and said to Jiang Liu, "It's your turn. Hand over those five roots!"

"Bring me a knife."

Jiang Liu reached out to the Imperial Guard standing to the side.

The king hurriedly ordered the Imperial Guards to fetch knives.

Once he had the knife, Jiang Liu was about to make his move when he suddenly stopped.

"Are you going to back out?"

Guanyin squinted and questioned.

The Imperial Guards nearby also surrounded the area on the king's orders.

Jiang Liu, however, seemed unconcerned and chuckled, saying, "Your Highness is overthinking this. I just wanted to confirm with you which five root artifacts you desire."

"You forgetful monkey!"

Guanyinbi scolded, "I already told His Majesty before that it is these five things: seeing joy, hearing anger, smelling love, tasting thoughts, and feeling sorrow!"

"If that's the case, let me dig out these five root organs and see if they match what you said."

After saying that, Jiang Liu held the razor and stabbed it into his left eye socket, gouging out his left eyeball. He then stabbed it into his right eye socket and gouged out his right eyeball as well.

Instantly.

The civil and military officials around were trembling with fear, unable to believe that someone would actually gouge out their eyes!

He really is a ruthless person from the east!

After gouging out his eyeballs, Jiang Liu's eye sockets grew back with a pair of eyes. He said, "Strange! My eyes are perfectly clear, showing no trace of joy. They are not the kind of eyes that can see joy."

The king opened his mouth, his face full of disbelief.

Jiang Liu didn't stop; with a flash of his blade, he cut off his own ears.

Then--

To everyone's astonishment, another pair of ears grew, exactly the same as the ones in his hands.

"How strange! My ears are good at listening, yet I did not hear a single sound of anger. I suppose it is not the kind of thing that hears anger."

The king was speechless and at a loss for what to do.

thereafter.

Jiang Liu pinched his nose with one hand and cut it off with a knife in the other.

Just like its previous eyes and ears, it immediately grew a nose, which frightened the nearby Imperial Guards into swallowing hard.

"How strange! My nose can smell all sorts of scents in the world, but it can't smell love. It seems that it is not the nose that smells love."

The king's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, completely losing his imperial dignity.

But before Jiang Liu could finish his performance, he opened his mouth again and cut off the tongue with a knife.