From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"However, Old Wang, I have already mastered my 'Nine Spirits Primordial Saint' technique!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two more beads appeared in Yuan Jingui's other hand, joining the other seven beads together. A faint roar of a lion could be heard from them. "My nickname can also be changed. It should be called Yuan Sheng Lion's Roar! But to make this name even more resounding, I need to find someone to verify it!"

This was Yuan Jingui's real purpose in coming to find Wang Yaozu!

First of all, Wang Yaozu has already withdrawn from Quanxing and is no longer his old friend.

Secondly, among the abilities that most severely restrain the manipulation, transformation, and magical artifacts, besides mental control, Wang Yaozu's ability to reverse the eight directions is the most effective.

finally--

Compared to Jiang Liu, who might have been taught the Reverse Life Triple Technique by Zuo Ruotong, Wang Yaozu, this old friend, is easier to bully.

You have to pick the softest persimmons!

Furthermore, with Jiang Liu's fame spreading far and wide, Wang Yaozu's reputation for his ability to reverse the eight directions also grew. Using Ghost Hand King's life as the first sacrifice after the birth of this "Nine Spirits Primordial Saint" was the most appropriate choice.

"Tsk, my decision to leave Quanxing was truly the best choice I've ever made. Hanging out with you guys has been a disgrace to me!" Wang Yaozu gritted his teeth. He still held onto a sliver of past affection, yet they wanted to use his life as a sacrifice to make "Nine Spirits Primordial Saint" famous—

Not a son of man!

"Hahaha! You're only just realizing this? If you were still with Quanxing, I would never have laid a hand on you. But since you've left Quanxing, it's equivalent to betraying Quanxing, so naturally I can come and cause you trouble. We're on different paths, so we can't work together."

After saying that, the nine beads in Yuan Jingui's hand flew up and circled around his neck, bursting out with nine strong streams of Qi that swirled around his body, forming the shape of a nine-headed lion.

"Nine spirits bestow upon me! I am the Primordial Saint!"

Yuan Jingui laughed loudly.

Hiss!

In that instant, a hand reached into the lion's beard behind the nine-headed lion, and two fingers pinched the Suanni Pearl within—

click!

With a little force, the Suanni Pearl shattered.

"Nine-Headed Primordial Saint?"

"He's nothing but a nine-headed lion, a beast, whipped by a lion slave and not daring to put up any resistance. He hasn't even attained human form, yet he dares to compare himself to the Duke of Zhou and call himself 'Sage Yuan'?"

# Chapter 271 Yuan Jingui—Death!

"My son!"

Wang Yaozu was overjoyed!

Upon hearing the voices behind him and noticing that one of the magical artifacts had shattered, Yuan Jingui's expression changed drastically, and the aura around him that had transformed into the shape of a nine-headed lion quickly dissipated.

With a stomp of the foot and a bend of the waist.

Yuan Jingui leaped toward a large tree like a lion.

However, the magnetic field of a single person had already penetrated into its heart.

With a little force.

"cough!"

Yuan Jingui bled from all seven orifices, hurriedly using the remaining eight beads to stop himself, and landed on the ground with a thud, kneeling down. He stared intently at Jiang Liu, who was holding a magnetic field in his hand. "Truly living up to his reputation, cultivating the Reversal of Eight Directions to this level, he can directly grasp my heart. It's truly remarkable, but—"

Whoosh!

Yuan Jingui's eyes widened, and the magic weapon moved at his will. Eight beads shot out instantly, as fast as light and lightning, so fast that they drew a vacuum in the air!

That's right!

Only one!

The first bead broke through the air, and the next seven beads moved rapidly forward in the vacuum. Each bead pushed the previous one forward, and so on, until the first bead was rubbed together and produced a red spark.

Even so—

hum!

The eight beads were lined up and hovered three inches between Jiang Liu's eyebrows!

Is it a human magnetic field?

There were no ripples or waves in front of the river.

This is a substantial atmosphere formed when one's life cultivation reaches a certain level!

Is that all?

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Liu's eyes widened, but instead of seizing control of the opponent's magic weapon, he unleashed his spirit and caused the atmosphere to rebound, making the eight beads that were hovering three inches between his eyebrows turn back in an instant.

Hiss!

In an instant, it pierced Yuan Jingui's right chest.

When the eight beads emerged from his back, they could no longer withstand the pressure of high-speed friction in the air and shattered one by one.

"You think you can reach the Three Sages above and the Nine Springs below with just these beads, and become a Primordial Sage?"

Jiang Liu dispelled the magnetic pull that had been binding the other man's heart, causing him to collapse to the ground. "Was this daydream a little too beautiful?"

"Cough cough!"

With his right chest pierced and his right lung filled with blood, and his magical artifact shattered, Yuan Jingui coughed up a mouthful of blood, struggling to breathe. He cried out in a hoarse voice, "Impressive! But why didn't it just pierce my heart?"

“Old man, I’m giving you face by sparing his life.”

Jiang Liu's gaze fell on Wang Yaozu.

[Should we consider the Ghost Hand King?]

Yuan Jingui, however, already knew the answer.

"You can just kill him."

Wang Yaozu looked at Yuan Jingui with disdain, his gaze devoid of any sympathy, but rather filled with schadenfreude. He laughed and said, "Little Yuan, if you want to kill me, you'll have to get past my son first!"

"Here to kill you?"

Jiang Liu, who hadn't heard any of Wang Yaozu and Yuan Jingui's previous conversation, looked surprised. "You have a grudge against him?"

"No, didn't he refine the 'Nine Spirits Primordial Saint'? He wanted to use me to sacrifice those nine beads! Hehe, who knew it was so brittle, you crushed it so easily." Wang Yaozu laughed loudly, walked up to Yuan Jingui, raised his foot, and stomped hard on the big red nose.

Click!

My nose is broken!

"what!"

The intense pain caused Yuan Jingui to cry out in agony, but he was powerless to stop it.

"Look at what you've done before, your son will definitely be born without an anus!" Wang Yaozu rubbed the soles of his feet vigorously, while loudly mocking him.

"Are you forgetful? I already had a son! His asshole is huge!"

Yuan Jingui gritted his teeth and said.

"Hey, still being stubborn with me?"

Wang Yaozu put down his foot, reached out a magnetic force, grabbed the heart, and squeezed it hard with his five fingers.

Snapped!

Yuan Jingui's heart inside his chest cavity instantly burst open—

At this moment, Wang Yaozu let go of the last bit of affection he had for his friends in Quanxing, and completely severed all ties with Quanxing!

Afterwards, the gate of the opera troupe opened, and Chengzhen came out from inside to handle Yuan Jingui's body.

She had always been there, but because Wang Yaozu used to be a member of the Quanxing (a secret society), she didn't get involved before—to avoid embarrassment.

But for now, all we can do is come out and clean up the "garbage".

The responsibilities of a guard and servant.

After Chengzhen's figure disappeared into the distance, Jiang Liu asked, "Although Yuan Jingui is a bit weak, his magical artifacts are quite interesting."

With a wave of his hand, the shattered beads flew from a distance, hovered in Jiang Liu's palm, and were pieced back together to their original form.

However, each bead has cracks, rendering it ineffective.

However, based on the ripples that resembled meridians, Jiang Liu deduced that they were the key to the flow of Qi and the release of supernatural abilities.

Besides their inherent special abilities, these nine beads, when held behind the user, can form a protective power similar to the Golden Light Mantra, stimulating the three gates and nine orifices, thereby achieving the level of transformation and greatly enhancing one's life cultivation.

The so-called magical artifacts are tools that allow people to use abilities they do not possess, thus supplementing the overall strength of the superhuman.

Bamboo-jointed Seven Lions, Nine-spirited Primordial Saint...

Considering that Yuan Jingui is known as "the wild man who sings loudly," he probably believes in the Confucian ideal of "a gentleman makes good use of things," but this is likely taken out of context.

"Even if you're incredibly powerful, you still couldn't defeat me so easily?"

Wang Yaozu took two of the beads, which were inscribed with "Golden Lion" and "Spiritual Appearance," two of the ancient names for lions. "Unexpectedly, he refined two more beads during this period, which, together with the original seven, formed the 'Nine Spirits Primordial Saint.'"

To attain sainthood, one must contemplate nine things: when seeing, think of clarity; when hearing, think of wisdom; when looking, think of gentleness; when appearing respectful, think of humility; when speaking, think of loyalty; when acting, think of reverence; when in doubt, think of inquiry; when angry, think of the consequences; when seeing gain, think of righteousness.

The Nine-Headed Lion Saint only took in seven lions; lacking the other two, he lacked the capacity for "doubt, inquiry, and reflection" and "understanding and contemplating meaning," thus becoming merely a mount and unable to truly achieve the status of a "Primordial Saint."

"To have doubts and questions" means that when doubts arise, one must seek guidance and not let them pass by unnoticed.

"Seeing and thinking about the meaning" means that when gaining benefits, one should consider whether it is reasonable.

The eighty-one tribulations of Journey to the West are not only the trials of Tang Sanzang and his disciples, but also the trials encountered by the demons along the way.

Just like in the ordeal in Yuhua Prefecture, Sun Wukong and his companions "wanted to be teachers" and provoked a den of lions. However, the Nine-Headed Lion, who secretly escaped to the mortal world, is not worthy of the title "Sage". Otherwise, how could he have taught the Yellow Lion Spirit who "sees but does not think about righteousness" and a group of lions who "doubt but do not ask questions"? Instead, they just drift along outside Yuhua Prefecture and do not ask him for teachings. They only ask him for help when they encounter difficulties that they cannot handle.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this lack of doubt, inquiry, and insight that the Nine-Headed Primordial Saint, despite his formidable strength, is missing two of his nine orifices, making it difficult for him to attain a human form.

It is only natural that Yuan Jingui learned the outward appearance of the "Nine Spirits Primordial Saint" but not the sage way of Zhou Gongdan, thus becoming a demon of the Quanxing sect.

"Does his family's ancestral method of crafting magical artifacts always require the crafting of nine beads?" Jiang Liu asked, thinking of Yuan Tao's nine dragon sons in the future.

"They can refine quite a few kinds of magical artifacts, but if we're talking about the main ones, it really is this set of beads. Besides the 'Nine Spirits Primordial Saint,' there's also the 'Nine Sons of the Dragon.'"

Wang Yaozu put the two beads back into Jiang Liu's hand and sneered, "His family isn't much, but they're all pretty big-hearted."