From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

As the saying goes, "Reviewing the old helps one understand the new, and one can become a teacher."

If you wish to rebuild the Moon Gate, one person alone is insufficient; you must recruit apprentices widely in the future. However, to impart your skills to these apprentices, your own skills must also be further enhanced.

"Please grant my request, Mr. Xie!" The young woman knelt down and kowtowed.

"Get up."

Chen Yulou helped her up and laughed, "The day you came to Changsheng Mountain, I knew you wouldn't stay long and weren't cut out to be a bandit."

Having survived this ordeal, I no longer intend to rob tombs, but the warlord forces—"

"Hey--"

He sighed and said to Jiang Liu, "So many mouths on Changsheng Mountain are waiting for me to feed them. It will be really difficult to change course."

“In that case, I’d like to recommend someone to you. If you work with him, things might gradually get on the right track.” Jiang Liu asked for paper and pen, wrote a letter, and handed it to Chen Yulou. The letter read “Zhang Muzhi”.

Who is this person?

A person's name is related to the historical context, family background, and industry they work in. Therefore, people who know these things can generally guess a person's background after learning their name.

Just as Chen Yulou could roughly guess the family background of Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, and Li Muxuan after learning their real names.

Jiang Liu, this name is somewhat casual, probably because he comes from a commoner background and has no special connections.

Lu Jin, Jin means beautiful jade and virtue. Ordinary people would not think of such a name. He must be from a prestigious family, or at the very least, his ancestors were wealthy.

Li Muxuan —

He felt it was changed later in life; even if it was a Taoist name, no Taoist would be so straightforward.

Otherwise, Li Muxuan's father might have been very respectful of the Xuanmen sect, and the fact that he thought of changing his name suggests that his family was at least wealthier than ordinary people, but he wasn't exactly a learned scholar and only cared about outward appearances.

The name "Muzhi" for Zhang Muzhi is not something that only kings, nobles, generals, and ministers could come up with.

"He was involved in the matter of the emperor's death," Jiang Liu said, stopping short of stating the obvious.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou was filled with respect, but hesitated. In the end, he thanked Jiang Liu and promised to go to Zhang Muzhi to discuss future cooperation.

The raid on Ping Mountain resulted in the loss of so many men, greatly diminishing his reputation. Although the situation has been stabilized now, unless he successfully raids a few more large tombs in the future, it will be difficult to salvage his reputation.

Continuing down this path, Chen Yulou was also exhausted... This was a one-way street; he would either exhaust himself to death or have to guard against rebellion by his subordinates.

indeed.

Seeking cooperation with Zhang Muzhi might be a path of no return, but at least it would be spectacular, and perhaps even leave a mark on history.

Chen Yulou also had a heroic spirit in his heart. He did not want to waste his whole life on tomb raiding, nor did he want to be burdened with the name of "outlaw" for the rest of his life.

Now that he has met a "true immortal" who has descended to the mortal world and has once again escaped death, it is as if Heaven has given him a second chance.

If he makes the same mistake again, there probably won't be any "gods" to save him next time, so he must be determined to reform himself.

After bidding farewell to Chen Yulou, Jiang Liu, along with Nuqingji and Hong Guniang, headed east with Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, intending to return to the territory of Sanyimen.

"and many more!"

Just then, Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, and Flower Spirit came running from behind.

Partridge Whistle pulled out a secret manual and handed it to Jiang Liu: "This is the cultivation method of the Beast Master. You have the Angry Sun Chicken. If you just try to figure out how to communicate with it using Qi on your own, it will probably take a lot of time."

"Isn't this a bad idea?"

Jiang Liu, however, did not reach out.

"Consider this your payment for curing Hua Ling's poison."

Partridge Whistle voluntarily stuffed it into the bamboo cage behind Jiang Liu and laughed, "If you don't want to cultivate, then help us find a successor to carry on the tradition. We are cursed with red spots, and we will have to search for the Muchen Pearl in various ancient tombs. Who knows when we will all be wiped out... The skills of tomb raiding cannot be passed on, but the methods of the Beast Master are irrelevant."

"Are there only three of you left in the Mountain Moving lineage?" Jiang Liu was taken aback and couldn't help but ask.

"more or less."

The old man sighed, “Of the Zaglama tribe, only the three of us are still healthy. My senior brother’s parents have already died because of the curse. When I followed my senior brother out to find the Muchen Pearl, my father was on his deathbed and entrusted someone to take care of him at home. He has probably passed away now as well. Hua Ling’s parents are over forty years old and bedridden with serious illnesses. We can only hope to find the Muchen Pearl within five years. If we can’t, we must consider getting married and having children around the age of thirty, or at the latest thirty-five, and pass on our skills to them so that they can inherit our responsibilities.”

A hint of sadness flashed in Hua Ling's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant. She then smiled and said, "However, we will definitely be able to find the Muchen Pearl in this area, lift the curse on us, and free our descendants from the torment of the curse. Then we can have more babies and rebuild the Zaglama tribe!"

At this moment, Jiang Liu had only one feeling about Partridge Whistle and the others:

admire!

If an ordinary person were to suffer such torment, they probably wouldn't think about carrying on the family line, but would rather die in this generation so that the curse would disappear with them.

But Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, and Flower Spirit are different; they fight against their cursed fate of red spots and strive to ensure that their descendants can live healthy lives.

Absolutely amazing!

# Chapter 170: The attempt to poach talent has reached the Trinity Gate?

"The legacy of the Beast Master is too precious."

Jiang Liu decided to help Partridge Whistle and the other two, saying, "I only cured Sister Hua Ling's poison. Even a great Gu Master from Qinghe Village could have cured her. It's nothing. I feel unworthy of such help."

Okay then.

I have some contact with Liu Wei of Yinghe Tower. He is a disciple of Jianghu Xiaozhan and promised to provide me with intelligence three times for free. After I return, I will have someone draw your Shadow God Map and give it to Liu Wei, asking him to help me find clues about the Muchen Pearl. Once found, I will deliver it directly to you using the Shadow God Map.

The Muchen Pearl was likely passed down through the hands of various emperors in the past. Compared to the clues you have discovered on your own, it is more reliable to search for it in historical documents.

The fact that Jianghu Xiaozhan has stood the test of time suggests it possesses historical documents from various dynasties. These documents should be able to help you trace the flow of the Muchen Pearl through the hands of several emperors, princes, and generals, preventing you from wandering aimlessly like headless flies.

Thank you!

The partridge clasped its hands in a gesture of respect, and the whistle was deeply grateful.

It is common knowledge that Jianghu Xiaozhan is well-informed and has access to information. The reason they did not go there in the past was not because the people of Jianghu Xiaozhan looked down on the Mountain-Moving Taoists—as long as they were not from Quanxing, Jianghu Xiaozhan could provide information to everyone.

The only problem is—

Too expensive!

The Taoist priests who raid tombs have an ancestral rule: they only take elixirs and not money. Even if they really can't survive, they can only take one or two funerary objects from the tomb to exchange for money to purchase supplies.

However, those who use the guise of the Mountain Moving Taoist to rob tombs are not included in this category.

"There's no need to be so polite. Although you may not be focused on cultivation, you are still cultivators after all, and as cultivators, you are on the same path as us."

Jiang Liu returned the greeting with a smile, "If you find the Muchen Pearl and lift the curse, but don't know what to do in the future, why not come to me? My master's opera troupe happens to be short of a few beast tamers."

"must!"

Partridge Whistle responded.

"Then it's settled." Jiang Liu smiled and said goodbye to Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, Hua Ling, and the others.

Watching the three figures disappear into the distance, Li Muxuan suddenly said, "I've noticed you seem to be constantly poaching people?"

"In my father's opera troupe, the only respectable performance was 'Turning the Eight Directions Upside Down.' No matter how fancy the tricks were, it was still the same old thing. We insiders didn't care about it; we only valued the skill involved. But laymen who just wanted to watch the spectacle would get tired of it. If an opera troupe wanted to last, it had to diversify and constantly innovate."

Jiang Liu shrugged and stretched. "Once they're free from that strange red curse, they'll have to return to normal life, right? With their beast-master skills, performing in the circus would be the perfect choice."

"Circus? Is this the same as ancient magic tricks?" Li Muxuan raised his eyebrows.

"They're both performances for people to see, so how can they be different?"

Jiang Liu chuckled and said, "In this process, you can hone your skills and earn money to eat, which is one thing. By the way, why don't you two actually join the Ghost Hand Wang Cai Opera Troupe?"

"Hey, they've come all the way to Sanyi Gate to poach talent!"

Li Muxuan sneered.

Although he learned the "Reversing Eight Directions" technique from Wang Yaozu, it wasn't a formal apprenticeship; it was merely a mutually agreeable transaction where he paid for it!

He didn't join a troupe of opera performers!

Besides, his father is a businessman and doesn't need his money.

On the contrary, Lu Jin looked thoughtful. After all, the Lu family did not leave wealth for their descendants. Although the Sanyi Sect had many wealthy patrons, Lu Jin believed that the disciples of the Sanyi Sect should find a way to make a living in the future.

Lu Jin believed Jiang Liu's claim of an "unprecedented upheaval," and recalling his experiences in Goose City, he could roughly guess what the other party intended to do in the future.

Like the emperor, the landlords also had to become history.

The Lu family...

Although the population was considerable, they could barely be considered landlords.

After all, there is a family motto:

Do not leave wealth for your descendants.

In other words, apart from the ancestral Lu family compound and the nearby farmland and forests, all wealth must be earned by future generations.

"What do you mean by poaching? I'm just offering you two jobs," Jiang Liu chuckled. "I only invited you because you're from the Sanyi Sect."

For disciples of the Zhengyi and Quanzhen schools, the title "Taoist priest" is both their identity and their profession.

Extend an invitation to them—

It only makes them laugh.

The only special thing about the Sanyi sect is that the left sect leader is an enlightened person. The sect is not a place of spiritual beauty like Longhu Mountain or Zhongnan Mountain, but just a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. However, he has truly achieved the saying "It is not the height of the mountain that matters, but the presence of immortals that makes it famous".

Furthermore, Zuo Ruotong's personal philosophy...

Compared to the Taoist philosophy of following the natural way, Jiang Liu actually believes he is more inclined towards the Confucian way of being a person, revealing a gentle and kind nature in his bones.

This is a state completely different from the "only the Tao is supreme" of the Zhengyi school.

Perhaps this is why the disciples of the Sanyi Sect are more worldly than the disciples of the Zhengyi and Quanzhen sects. The only aspect that makes them look more like cultivators than other disciples of the Xuanmen sects is probably that the effect of the Reverse Life Triple Technique is similar to the immortals surrounded by smoke in the murals.

"You're quite knowledgeable!"

Hearing Jiang Liu say that only members of the Sanyi Sect were invited, Li Muxuan was secretly pleased, but he was still sarcastic, saying, "However, we don't need you to provide the work."

“It was Li Muxuan who said that, not me,” Lu Jin said.

"What?"

Li Muxuan looked puzzled: (⊙_⊙)?

You honest, simple guy, actually want to "betray" the Trinity Sect? I misjudged you, Lu Jin! You absolutely need to be more vigilant from now on!

"If you call me 'Senior Brother,' I'll stand up for you," Lu Jin said with a grin, not holding back.