From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

This isn't a matter of the difference between Qi cultivation and alchemy; it's that Lin Jiu started off on the wrong track!

If, as he imagines, vampires are using human alchemy techniques similar to those employed by Marcelo Garcia in the Nathan Island arc—

Unlike the corpse demon, whose body is dead and parasitized by corpse worms!

It is a truly living creature!

How could you possibly find a living "animal-type vegetative person" by searching for evil spirits?

That's completely the opposite of what you'd expect!

"Was it a real, living thing?"

Upon hearing Jiang Liu's guess, Lin Jiu was taken aback at first, then uttered two words:

"Immortality!"

Throughout history, emperors of all dynasties have pursued immortality, and even members of reputable families have embarked on the path of cultivation in their desire for longevity.

Immortality is something one desires but cannot attain.

It was unexpected that Western supernatural beings would devise such an unconventional method of achieving immortality—

"That vampire must be eliminated!"

Lin Jiu made up his mind.

This "method of immortality" turns people into blood-sucking monsters, and they can't stand the light...

In Lin Jiu's view, this was secondary. The real problem was that if the other families in the world of supernatural beings knew about the existence of this thing, they might take risks.

defect?

Many extraordinary individuals don't care, and may even try to raise "vampires" and slowly figure out their cultivation methods.

It's not just Westerners who can perform dissections!

Otherwise, where did the skull diagrams and meridians passed down from ancient times come from?

Once the "vampire" concept is exposed to the entire world of supernatural beings, even those from smaller branches within the Taoist and Buddhist sects will have different thoughts about it.

Those who cultivate themselves all say they should cultivate their mind and nature, but how many of them are truly cultivating their mind and nature? Most are merely cultivating their physical body and spirit in order to reach a higher realm!

But only someone like Lin Jiu, who comes from a major sect, understands that Tongtian is Tongtian and Changsheng is Changsheng, and the two cannot be equated.

"They definitely need to be removed!"

Jiang Liu could guess some of Lin Jiu's thoughts. Whether it was reaching the heavens or achieving immortality, it all depended on cultivation, taking shortcuts.

If one does not cultivate one's mind and nature, one will inevitably face the trials and tribulations of heaven.

But the vampire was not an evil spirit or an inanimate object; it was a living creature, which even Lin Jiu found difficult to locate.

Since it is a living creature, it is likely no different from an ordinary person, so how could it be found so quickly?

"Uncle Jiu, let me give it a try."

After saying that, Jiang Liu sat cross-legged on the ground under Lin Jiu's surprised gaze, his hands clasped together, his ten fingers intertwined, and red and blue interwoven patterns appeared on his hands, spreading to his arms, shoulders, back and chest, with two faint red and blue streams of light connected to his heart.

Innate runic diagram!

Everything is clear!

While using this ability, Jiang Liu also activated his profound skill, using the three passes and nine orifices of the innate Bagua to correspond to the eight extraordinary meridians of the acquired Bagua.

The Qimen framework unfolds with the five internal organs as the central palace, but it does not extend outwards. Instead, it makes one's own magnetic field more sensitive to the outside world. Furthermore, by borrowing the ability to listen well, discern reason, and know the past and future from the method of understanding all things, one's primordial spirit can receive information from the outside world to the greatest extent.

He could hear even the swaying of a single blade of grass and tree, record it using the Qimen Dunjia framework, and then use his primordial spirit to explore, search, analyze, and summarize it.

Within the inner landscape he created, the "Heavenly Dao" of the inner landscape, born from the framework of Qimen he constructed, also assisted him in retrieving information, so as to prevent his own primordial spirit from being overloaded and burned!

At this moment, the Mind Monkey, the Will Horse, the Metal Duke, and the Wood Mother also helped him to circulate his profound skills, analyzing as much information as possible that he was currently gathering from the outside world through human magnetism.

In other words, Jiang Liu only relied on the Qimen theory to construct the Qimen framework within himself, but did not understand the performance of various Qimen spells. Otherwise, why would he need to go through all this trouble?

Enter the inner world directly, connect with heaven and earth, and ask for the answer!

With his abilities, even if the golden sphere outside the answer were as large as a house, he could still break it with his current life cultivation comparable to the older generation.

But unfortunately—

Although Jiang Liu's inner vision had already revealed a state of creation and long-term preservation, he had no idea how to present the answer within it.

This involves the spells practiced by sorcerers. The disciple from the Wuhou School of the Sanyi Sect only provided the theory of Qimen Dunjia construction, but he wouldn't give the "equations" or "formulas" for casting spells. Either he marries into a family that knows magic, or he can slowly supplement the various theories of Qimen Dunjia and try to cast Qimen spells on his own.

A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Liu discovered a significant disturbance about eight or nine miles to the north. After taking a short break to adjust his breathing, he got up and led the way.

In less than a minute, the two arrived at a mountain forest. It was dark and deserted, but the further they went, the more animal carcasses they found on the ground. There were wild rabbits, deer, and bears. They counted more than a dozen of them, each with two canine teeth holes in its neck and all its blood had been sucked out!

"Without a trace of life remaining, and having lost all its blood, it must have been done by that vampire!"

Lin Jiu squatted down to examine the animals and confirmed that the canine tooth holes on their necks were the same as the tooth marks on the neck of the soldier in the county government office whose blood had been drained. He felt a chill run down his spine.

Putting aside the potential upheaval that "immortality" might cause in the world of supernatural beings, the fact that this vampire needs to drink human blood to survive means that he must be eliminated to prevent any future troubles.

Jiang Liu also discovered that this vampire was different from what Maria had described, and also different from the vampires he had in his previous life. It seemed that biting people and drinking their blood did not infect them into becoming its followers.

Oh, right, Maria mentioned that some kind of alchemical ritual was needed...

Also!

These vampires are products of human alchemy. If they can transform others into their own kind by drinking their blood, then they can transform large numbers of ordinary people into superhumans with side effects.

That's just too outrageous!

It must be alchemical!

# Chapter 183 Sister Hua Reappears!

Jiang Liu and Lin Jiu walked through the woods and came to a ravine about thirty meters wide, with a dilapidated suspension bridge connecting the two sides.

On the other side of the suspension bridge is a barren mountain covered with low shrubs and weeds, with only a dilapidated gray-white church standing on its summit.

"Is there a church here too?"

Jiang Liu looked at Lin Jiu.

Lin Jiu's expression was also solemn. He said, "I've never been here before... It seems that those two Western priests were not satisfied with the location I suggested to them. Afterwards, they secretly built another church in this desolate place where few people would dare to come and check, in order to practice forbidden Western arts."

After the two crossed the bridge, Jiang Liu scouted the way. This was because he had obtained the Four Methods of the Innate Talisman Diagram, which gave him the ability to see all things and listen to sounds. He also obtained Chen Yulou's "Observation, Hearing, Inquiry, and Palpation" method. Although it was a lower-level method, the Star Shifting and Constellation Changing of the Four Innate Methods could help him instinctively perceive the timing and location of the heavens and the earth. Combined with the four words "Observation, Hearing, Inquiry, and Palpation," he also gained a little ability to examine the earth's veins.

Do Western supernatural beings have the concept of aura/energy?

The river flows on, unaware.

However, it is conceivable that the West, having established its alchemical cultivation system, also conducted research on certain special natural environments.

Therefore, relying on his ability to examine the earth's veins, Jiang Liu observed the direction of the veins in this desolate mountain, listened to subtle movements in the dark, analyzed the vampire's habits, and found a corridor overgrown with wisteria behind the dilapidated open-air church.

This place is shady and lacks sunlight, and is covered with dense vines; it must be the hiding place of that vampire.

as predicted!

The vampire truly hung upside down on the vines, just like a bat.

Just as Lin Jiu took out his whisk, infused it with his Qi, and transformed the whisk's whisk whisk into a blade, intending to take the opportunity to slash the sleeping vampire away.

Jiang Liu's ears twitched as he heard other sounds. He temporarily pulled Lin Jiu back, leaped onto the roof of the dilapidated church, and hid in the open-air attic. Peeking out, he said, "Uncle Jiu, wait. I think I heard the sound of bats flapping. Don't make a move yet."

"Besides the riverbank and the church outside Renjia Town, are there any other places with bats?"

Lin Jiu was surprised, but also calm. He knew that if bats still existed elsewhere, then the vampires' and bats' dens had to be eliminated together. Otherwise, who knew what kind of troublesome hidden dangers those bats, refined through alchemy, would pose to the future?

Then, to the astonishment of the two, a woman walked out from the foot of the barren mountain—

It's Sister Hua!

At this point, she had lost her original pretty face; her skin was dry and wrinkled, her pupils had turned red, and her nails were long, but her original appearance could still be vaguely discerned.

"How did he become like this?"

Jiang Liu was astonished.

"It really was her doing!"

Lin Jiu clenched his fist secretly.

Eight bats followed behind Sister Hua, dangling an unconscious person.

Literary talent!

I don't know whether to say that fools are lucky or that he was just unlucky.

To be honest, Lin Jiu didn't expect the kid to find Sister Hua. He just hoped that he would go to Renjia Town and wander around, so that everyone wouldn't be busy with the vampire matter. Even the four guests, Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, Li Muxuan, and Hong Guniang, were helping out. It wouldn't be good for him to be idle and lazy in the mortuary.

He never expected that stepping out of the house would give his master such a "big surprise"!

"Uncle Jiu, Wencai has no wounds on his neck and his magnetic field is stable. He's just unconscious, but he's probably fine."

After Jiang Liu finished speaking, he discussed with Lin Jiu, "I can reverse the eight directions and control those eight bats at the same time, so that they won't bite Wen Cai in their panic... The venom of these bats, which has been refined by Western alchemy, may not be effective against the Relic Linglong Inner Core."

"Alright, you deal with the woman and the bats, I'll just cut the vampire in half!" Lin Jiu knows many tricks, but if he wants to kill all eight bats at the same time, it's hard to guarantee that Wen Cai won't get hurt. He still needs Jiang Liuliu, who knows how to reverse eight directions, to help.

After they had discussed it, the two jumped off the church roof.

Before Sister Hua could even be surprised, Jiang Liu flicked his left hand, unleashing a burst of magnetic field that sent her flying against the church wall.

boom!

The wall collapsed, hitting Sister Hua and burying her underneath.

Then, with a tug of his right hand, the eight bats that were grabbing Wen Cai's clothes and lifting him a meter off the ground were pulled away and slammed to the ground.

Click!

The eight bats had all their bones shattered, but their vitality was extremely strong. They were still fluttering on the ground, but they could no longer fly.

After doing all this, Jiang Liufei stepped forward and caught Wen Cai, who had just landed. He infused Wen Cai with his Qi, made sure there were no injuries on his body, and then helped him circulate his Qi for a full cycle to stimulate his brain, making his mind clear and awakening him.

"Drink!"

Wen Cai suddenly opened his eyes, gasping for breath, as if he had just woken from a nightmare. Seeing Jiang Liu, he snapped out of it and said, "Brother Jiang, thank you. By the way, that woman... and the bat..."

At this moment, Lin Jiu walked over and scolded Wen Cai: "You good-for-nothing! I told you to practice your skills properly before, but you wouldn't listen. When you encounter danger, you still need your master and others to save you. You're really useless!"