From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"You've gone mad."

Lin Jiu took out a yellow talisman.

"I'll do it."

Seeing that she was still stubborn, Lin Jiu was about to make a move when an arm blocked his chest. Jiang Liu said, "Uncle Jiu, the person she hates the most is Huang Silang from Goose City, and probably the person who has ruined her plans for me many times."

"Be more confident, and remove the 'maybe'."

Sister Hua's wrinkles trembled three times, her mouth was open, and her two canine teeth on top extended by three centimeters. Strands of black threads appeared in her blood-red eyes, and black flames emanated from her body. Combined with her wrinkles that resembled tree bark, she looked like a demon from hell!

Do not!

It's not like that!

Under her relentless exploitation of her body's potential, her already thin frame underwent further deformation: her arms hung down past her knees, her legs shortened, and the skin under her armpits spread out like the thin wings of a bat, making her look more like a monster that had become a bat spirit than a native human.

"Die!"

Sister Hua shuddered, her Qi flames surged, forming a black whirlwind around her. With a flap of her wings and a swing, she transformed into a black shadow, as if tearing through space, and instantly arrived in front of Jiang Liu.

Snapped!

Jiang Liu raised his hand, and his Qi followed his command, transforming into a transparent, magnetic shape. As it rotated, he unleashed Tai Chi power, instantly shattering the layer of black shadow and pressing it onto the chest.

With a surge of power, a shockwave erupted, creating a white shockwave that shattered her lungs.

bang——

The moment Sister Hua was sent flying backward, her chest emitted a sound like a firecracker, and her body changed back from a bat-like form to her original human form.

"Hey~"

Lin Jiu sighed, "Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, it's futile."

Even though Sister Hua learned Western alchemy and used some secret method to maximize her potential and unleash her Qi, compared to Jiang Liu—

Compared to his time in the territory of the Sanyi Sect, Jiang Liu's journey has not only improved his cultivation, but also taught him Tai Chi, Bagua, and the spinal training methods of the Buddhist Sixteen-Foot Golden Body. In addition, he has also fought bandits, eliminated corpse demons, and exterminated spirits, greatly enhancing his combat experience. How could Hua Jie, who only learned the ways of Qi Refining and Alchemy, possibly catch up by forcibly squeezing out her potential, improving her cultivation, and changing her physical form?

It's like throwing an egg against a rock.

Jiang Liu stepped forward, looked at Sister Hua who had returned to human form, and asked indifferently, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Does it... have any meaning?"

Her internal organs were ruptured, and blood was flowing from her mouth and nose. She spoke weakly and feebly.

Jiang Liu didn't answer, but casually sat down next to her. "Back in Goose City, I was indeed a bit impulsive in how I handled things. After all, I'm still a minor. I hope you can understand."

Sister Hua: "..."

"After leaving Renjia Town, I met another group of people. Well, they were a group of bandits, not good people. But after spending some time with them, I came to understand even more how difficult it is for people to survive in this world."

At this point, Jiang Liu looked at Sister Hua and sighed, "So, I'm sorry."

"hypocritical!"

Sister Hua coughed twice, blood flowing from her mouth and nose. She gasped for breath, but still cursed, "Dong Tianbao is right, you so-called righteous sects... are all hypocritical!"

"Don't push your luck. I'm just saying a few nice things because you're about to die. Don't think that I'll feel guilty about the consequences of my past impulsiveness just because I realize how difficult life is for people like you."

Jiang Liu stood up and looked down at Sister Hua. "I can understand what you did, but I don't agree with it. It's that simple."

Sister Hua tried to straighten her chest, but the intense pain in her chest made it difficult for her to stand up. After all, she had not actually transformed herself into a real "vampire" through alchemy; she had only completed the initial human transmutation with the help of bat venom.

He raised his hand tremblingly...

It fell with a thud.

He raised his hand again.

It fell again.

Raise it again—

It fell again.

This time, it seemed she no longer had the strength to lift herself up.

"I really envy you, having the ability to... control your own destiny... to be in charge of your own life." After saying this, Sister Hua suddenly circulated her Qi, and a wisp of Qi, carrying a trace of her blood, burst forth from her fingertips and landed on the charred corpse.

"Should we make one last desperate attempt?"

Sensing that Sister Hua's life force was rapidly dissipating, Jiang Liu was speechless. "You don't actually think that you can bring that corpse back to life with just a little bit of your blood, do you?"

Even though the vampire wasn't completely dead, what good was it if Hua Jie's tiny bit of blood revived its life?

Whether it's him or Lin Jiu, as long as they don't give it the chance to suck other people's blood, defeating it will be a piece of cake. Once Wen Cai comes back with hay and firewood, they can just burn it all down.

"I'm just unwilling to accept it."

"I! Want! To! Win! Once!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Sister Hua breathed her last.

At that very moment, the charred corpse, which had been as stiff as wood, suddenly began to tremble irregularly, and fine, dense threads appeared on its surface.

That's the vampire's energy circuit.

call out--

The charred corpse opened its mouth and spat out a golden stream of light, which shot towards Jiang Liu.

"Ok?"

Jiang Liu reacted quickly, immediately unleashing his human magnetic field. However, he noticed that the human magnetic field instantly dissipated upon touching the stream of light, returning to its most basic form of Qi, and was then absorbed by it.

"That is!?"

Upon seeing the tree-branch-like object within the flowing light, Jiang Liu's pupils contracted, as if facing a formidable enemy!

But the streak of light was too fast. By the time it touched the person's magnetic field, it was already about a centimeter in front of him, making it impossible to dodge. He could only take it head-on.

Sister Hua accurately predicted Jiang Liu's confidence!

You win!

Jiang Liu roared inwardly, vowing that he would never put on airs again until he had completely destroyed the enemy's meridians!

# Chapter 186 Using that life as lead and mercury

With the mind's desire to refine essence into qi, and the spirit's desire to possess the body, the golden spirit accompanied by strong qi breath, and the wood spirit cultivating vitality, combined with the earth qi of the spleen, the body stabilized. Jiang Liu's chest was filled with the five qi returning to their origin, and a layer of white transparent light membrane surged around his body, condensing at a point on his chest where the golden light was about to strike.

Even so, the things within the golden light still broke through that layer of light membrane in an instant, destroying it into its most basic Qi state.

whoosh-

In the blink of an eye, the tiny twig burrowed into Jiang Liu's body.

Damn it!

Jiang Liu immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, looked inward at his body, and realized that after the branch entered his body, it took root and sprouted like a seed, giving rise to fine, imperceptible golden threads, which, like tree roots, took root in his internal organs, muscles, skin, blood vessels, and primordial spirit and brain.

The speed was so fast that he couldn't react in time.

What is this branch?

The golden branches of the sacred tree!

Jiang Liu dared not allow this strange plant to parasitize his body.

Having read the Nathan Island arc in his previous life, Jiang Liu knew that the Divine Tree was the crystallization of ancient witchcraft, possessing life and the ability to assimilate other life forms; it was a plant similar to the Kelvin type.

In the story, the main body of the divine tree has been destroyed, but a golden branch was preserved and eventually entered King Nathan's body through Elijah.

Jiang Liu could foresee that even with just a small section of the golden branch, the divine tree might reappear.

Jiang Liu was initially puzzled. Even if a foreign object entered his body, it wouldn't affect his ability to use his special powers, nor would it be detected by other people with special powers. But surely modern technology could detect extraneous objects in the human body?

But now Jiang Liu understands that once the golden branch enters the human body, it will spread from itself to the entire body, transforming into countless mycelium-like or tree-root-like threads that cover the entire body and completely merge with the original human flesh.

purpose?

In the short term, it's for concealment.

long--

Perhaps it is to refine the humans invaded by the Golden Branch into a "seed", and when the time is right, to completely assimilate them and allow them to grow again.

"Sister Hua, you've really given me a 'big gift'!"

As Jiang Liu circulated his Qi throughout his body, he cursed inwardly. He discovered that after the golden branch had completely integrated into his flesh and blood in the form of silk threads, his physical strength was more than twice as strong as before.

But he didn't want this kind of promotion that he didn't earn!

No matter how he tried to suppress the threads with his Qi, it was to no avail; it was as if the things had become a part of his life.

Since it has become part of one's own flesh and blood, and is even a "tissue" that is beneficial to the body, how can it be suppressed with Qi?

We have no choice but to take a gamble!

Jiang Liu gritted his teeth and used his innate ability: God Sealing. He separated a part of his soul and spirit to seal the last of the five internal organs: the spleen.

In an instant, the Yellow Woman was born!

In the inner world, amidst swirling sand, a burly man with red hair, a blue face, and a fierce mouth was born, looking exactly like the Sha Wujing from the book.

The restless mind, like a monkey, is driven by its will. With the Golden Lord by its side and the Wooden Mother following, the four of them fight together against the evil Yellow Woman in the Flowing Sands of the Sea of ​​Sexuality!

Jiang Liu's evil intentions were fully manifested in Huang Po, who used the Qi of the spleen and earth to sweep across the quicksand, turning it into towering waves of sand that poured down.

With a restless mind and a galloping will, let us jointly cultivate the art of water and fire!

The male of metal follows the female of wood, and they are of one nature and temperament!

The principle in Daoist alchemy that "suppressing desires and punishing anger leads to the interaction of water and fire, and unifying nature and emotions leads to the union of metal and wood" is exactly like this.

The mind, like a monkey, controls fire; the will, like a horse, controls water. The power of water and fire tempers the yellow sand, breaking through the sandstorm. The Metal God exerts his power, slowing his breathing, gathering the yellow sand, binding it with golden energy, and stabilizing the area. The Wood Mother bursts forth with vitality, taking root in the yellow sand, suppressing evil and bringing good!

Seeing that she had no other options, Granny Huang could only be an honest person and return to the position of her spleen.

Within the inner realm, the restless and distracted alchemist once again refined a demon-subduing staff, which he gifted to Granny Huang. From then on, all five gods were connected!

Meanwhile, the spirits of the five internal organs of Jiang Liu emerged simultaneously, and the five elements combined with yin and yang to stabilize the central palace within his body.