From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Quanxing?!"

Luo Laowai was startled, realizing that this person would not care about the life or death of the original owner of this body. He gritted his teeth so hard that all of Luo Laowai's muscles were reduced by one centimeter. He then unleashed a white wave of air, which sent Jiang Liu flying seven or eight meters away.

After landing, Jiang Liu slightly bent his knees and used the momentum to leap towards Luo Laowai, whose body had become noticeably thinner. He also took the opportunity to unleash ten magnetic fields from his ten fingers, five binding his body and five entangling the spirit within him. With a forceful pull, he caused Luo Laowai to tilt towards him while simultaneously accelerating his leap towards him.

Bang!

Jiang Liu kicked Luo Laowai in the chest without holding back. The Tai Chi force burst forth from his foot, penetrating his flesh and blood, shattering his tendons, bones, and internal organs.

"cough!"

Even so, Luo Laowai only suffered a large dent in his chest and coughed up blood. The moment he flew backward, he also shattered the magnetic field released by Jiang Liu.

"So sturdy?"

Jiang Liu's expression turned slightly serious. The force of that kick was so strong that it even broke the person's magnetic field, but it didn't pull out the spiritual body inside him.

It's clear that brute force won't work...

Do not!

It's just that his current cultivation level is not high enough to pull his spirit out of Luo Laowai's body!

Luo Laowai, who had smashed through the wall of the Wuliang Hall, grabbed a corpse laurel tree in the courtyard that had grown by absorbing corpse energy, stopped his movement, and regulated his breathing in a very special way. His muscles rippled up and down, as if worms were wriggling inside. In a short while, his sunken chest recovered, but his body had become much thinner, like a sickly skeleton with skin and bones. Even a slight breeze could blow him over.

[Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul—this method is somewhat akin to defying the natural order.]

Seeing that Luo Laowai had recovered his body, Jiang Liu thought of the Reverse Life Triple Technique. However, the difference was that the Reverse Life Technique could be interrupted before it was activated, while the key to the opponent's use of this similar spell lay in the spirit body. As long as the spirit body was not exposed, it would be difficult to truly defeat it.

"Young man, you're pretty ruthless!"

Luo Laowai jumped down from the laurel tree, his body emitting bursts of black qi flames, his aura far surpassing his previous strength. But suddenly he coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of blood. His whole body deflated like a punctured balloon, quickly shriveling up and turning into a truly sickly skeleton.

"Cough cough!"

"Damn it! This body is too weak. Even after absorbing the Qi of eight living people, I can only last this long!"

Jiang Liuren's magnetic field fluctuated slightly, and he sensed that the spirit's magnetic waves were indeed weakening. So he stopped attacking and instead asked, "What is your name, senior?"

"Liu Quan".

Luo Laowai coughed twice again, gave his name, leaned against the corpse, and looked on in despair. "I schemed and plotted to seek a better afterlife, but heaven and earth did not allow it. They ruined the energy of Ping Mountain and caused my spirit to become entangled with a snake monster. I was resurrected in a corpse... It was all in vain."

Upon hearing this name, Jiang Liu raised an eyebrow and blurted out, "Don't you have a wife named Li Cuilian?"

"how do you know?"

Liu Quan's unfocused eyes suddenly widened as he stared at Jiang Liu in disbelief, wondering, "Could it be that I have made a name for myself in history?"

"impossible!"

After saying that, he immediately denied it, saying, "The history books of all dynasties do not record the names of every official, let alone a Taoist who refines elixirs. I am not a Taoist of the Zhengyi or Quanzhen schools, but I have combined the strengths of many schools and practice both talismans and internal alchemy. Such major schools would not care about a rogue cultivator like me."

"Have you heard of 'Journey to the West'?" Jiang Liu asked.

"Xuan Zang's journey to the west?"

Liu Quanqiang struggled to his feet, staggered a few steps, and finally leaned against the corpse osmanthus tree. He took a few breaths, wanting to get to the bottom of things.

"A romantic fantasy novel created by later generations based on Xuanzang's journey to the West includes a story about Emperor Taizong of Tang returning to the underworld. In this story, Liu Quan carries a pumpkin on his head to the underworld to fulfill Emperor Taizong's vow. Liu Quan's wife, Li Cuilian, is described as having a fiery temper. After being scolded by Liu Quan, she abandons her husband and children and hangs herself. Her husband, Liu Quan, also desiring to live, goes to the underworld to fulfill Emperor Taizong's vow, delivering pumpkins to the Ten Kings of Hell..."

# Chapter 165 Why Don't You Save Me?

Upon hearing this story, Liu Quan was taken aback at first, then, as if remembering something, he asked, "Then who wrote 'Journey to the West'?"

"I don't know, but it contains the principles of internal alchemy cultivation and adheres to the method of unifying the three religions, so most people in the circle think it is Qiu Chuji..."

"fart!"

Before Jiang Liu could finish speaking, Liu Quan interrupted him, making a fierce face. Coupled with his current appearance as a sickly, skeletal figure, he looked like a starving ghost who had escaped from hell, roaring, "The scenario you described is similar to my experience! It's definitely someone I know!"

Qiu Chuji?

"It must be a being born after my death, and as for matters concerning Ping Mountain, no Taoist priest other than those who concoct elixirs of immortality for the emperor would know!"

At this point, Liu Quan once again pushed Luo Laowai's body to its limits, unleashing his Qi. As if recalling more past memories, he carefully examined Jiang Liu's face and suddenly burst into laughter: "Haha~ Hahaha!"

It's you!

It was you!

The Realm of Heaven does not represent immortality.

But immortality truly does exist!

吴！

承！

kindness!

You deserve to die!

You possess the secret to immortality—

Why won't you save me?

Why won't you save me!

Why won't you save me...?

The last three sentences—one of doubt, one of anger, and one of longing—ultimately leave only hysterical helplessness.

"Ok?"

Jiang Liu was stunned. Looking at Liu Quan, his spirit body had completely dissipated, leaving only the dying Luo Laowai.

Wu Cheng'en?

Jiang Liu suddenly became interested in his identity in this world. Could it be that he had actually already transmigrated to the world of "Under One Person", only in the Song Dynasty?

How did I manage to become young again?

Is there a situation similar to Feng Baobao's?

But why should "I" retain the memories of a time traveler?

For a moment, Jiang Liu was filled with a jumble of thoughts, and within his inner world, the wind and rain changed suddenly, with lightning and thunder, constantly shifting according to his emotions.

But he immediately activated his profound skill, focusing his attention on circulating energy throughout his body, thus eliminating distracting thoughts and allowing his primordial spirit to become clear and tranquil.

Then, he glanced at Luo Laowai, who was now a cripple, and returned the way he came. He said to the soldiers who were still carrying the funerary objects, "Go up and bring your Commander Luo down, or you can collect his body."

The soldiers who were moving the funerary objects were stunned.

Luo Laowai's adjutant immediately drew his gun, pointed it at Jiang Liu, and demanded, "Did you attack Commander Luo?"

Snapped!

In an instant, the adjutant's gun fell to the ground as Jiang Liu grabbed him by the neck and pinned him against a nearby wall.

Facing the guns of the others, Jiang Liu remained unperturbed, smiling as he said, "I've heard people say your surname is Yang, so, Lieutenant Yang, tell me, have I laid a hand on Commander Luo?"

No! Absolutely not!

Lieutenant Yang's eyes trembled, and he dared not resist in any way. Taking his last breath, he shouted at the other officers and soldiers who were holding guns, "What are you doing? Hurry up and carry Marshal Luo's body down!"

"What corpse? He's not dead yet." Jiang Liu didn't want to take the blame.

"Yes, yes, he's not dead, he's not dead!"

Deputy Yang quickly changed his tune.

To be honest, at this moment, whether Luo Shuai was dead or not, he hoped that the other party was dead, because then he would not be Deputy Commander Yang, but Commander Yang!

But that's clearly not the right thing to do right now.

Jiang Liu then let go, patted Yang's shoulder, and said with a smile, "I have high hopes for you, Commander Yang!"

Having said that, he ignored the surprised looks from the others and left Ping Mountain through the passage.

"Ahem, what are you all standing there for?" Lieutenant Yang cleared his throat and rubbed his neck, his face finally calming down. Seeing the soldiers still standing there, he loudly reprimanded them.

"Yang Shuai, is Luo Laowai dead?"

A quick-witted soldier stepped forward and said something.

Snapped!

However, Lieutenant Yang only slapped him once, and righteously reprimanded him: "I am Marshal Luo's adjutant, and even if he leaves, I will still be his adjutant!"

Jiang Liu had just threatened him, saying that if he pinned Luo Laowai's death on him, that guy might kill them all here!

Fighting in the mountains and caves—

Even if they have guns, they are not as agile as the Inhumans!

When Deputy Yang saw Luo Laowai, who was so thin he was practically skin and bones, he trembled all over. He suspected that Jiang Liu was practicing some kind of energy-absorbing technique that could absorb people's vital energy and yang essence. Otherwise, how could Luo Laowai have become such a sickly, skeletal figure?

So he said to everyone, “Listen carefully, when Commander Luo went to the Boundless Palace, he left only eight people behind and didn’t let us follow. He was possessed by an evil spirit. The deaths of those eight people and the way Commander Luo turned into this state were all caused by that evil spirit. Fortunately, Jiang Xingzhe arrived in time and saved Commander Luo’s life. Do you understand?”

"I understand! I understand!"

The officers and soldiers immediately echoed this.

They followed Luo Laowai not out of loyalty or affection, but because Luo Laowai could provide them with money, opium, and women. If anyone else could do that, they wouldn't mind switching to a new master.

Anyway, this isn't the first or second time I've done something like this.

Many of these officers and soldiers had originally served under other warlords, but their former masters lost to Luo Laowai, so they joined Luo Laowai's forces—it was that simple…

the other side.

Jiang Liu found Lu Jin and together they searched for traces of the Xuanjiao Serpent in the mountains and forests, but found nothing.

"Brother Jiang, didn't you find the Xuanjiao Serpent in the underground palace?"

"No."

Jiang Liu shook his head. "If the snake is hidden in the underground palace, the soldiers who are plundering the funerary objects there will definitely be in chaos first... If it can't be found on the mountain, it can only exist in the other caves of Ping Mountain. I just hope that Li Muxuan can find something."

Lu Jin then thought of another possibility: "Could the Xuanjiao Serpent have escaped?"

"will not."