From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

The chameleon then shouted into the loudspeaker, "I don't care if you understand or not, that's it! Now I'll explain the rules of the martial arts tournament!"

The martial arts tournament is divided into preliminary rounds and elimination rounds.

Qualifying rounds:

Ten people are divided into groups, and only one person is selected to advance, while the rest are eliminated.

There are a total of forty-two groups.

In other words, excluding those Quanxing demons, there were a total of 420 people who signed up!

Is this a large number?

many.

As far as Jiang Liu knew, there were only a little over a hundred participants in the "Luo Tian Grand Ritual".

And now, the number of extraordinary individuals from these five provinces alone who have come to participate in the competition exceeds four hundred.

Jiang Liu could already imagine how many people from various sects, large and small, died in that humiliating period of history, and how many sects, families, and independent cultivators with insufficient foundations were completely wiped out.

Population red line?

Indeed.

There have been incidents of the suppression of Buddhism and Taoism on this land, but Jiang Liu does not believe that this is because there are too many extraordinary people on the land of China.

The key point is that certain Buddhist and Taoist sects in history were unwilling to remain secluded in the mountains and forests. Buddhism interfered in the government and Taoism had its own twenty-four administrations. These are the root causes of the suppression of Buddhism and Taoism in history, rather than the rulers of successive dynasties being intolerant of outsiders.

The extraordinary individuals in Buddhism and Taoism today are simply ignoring the "ambitions" their ancestors once possessed, after all, such a reputation is not pleasant.

The essence of Chinese culture lies in its inclusiveness and open-mindedness, embracing all people.

Unlike the "robber mentality" of the West.

Although ordinary people may fear those with ability, the underlying influence of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and other philosophies is deeply ingrained in everyone on this land. Therefore, extraordinary individuals and ordinary people are not mutually exclusive groups, but rather exist in a unique situation where they are intertwined and interdependent.

It is precisely because of this understanding.

Jiang Liucai believes that in this turbulent time, it is possible to successfully remove the mystique surrounding extraordinary individuals in the eyes of ordinary people and bring them closer to ordinary people!

Then gradually promote it so that the public can understand and recognize that "Qi cultivation" is a skill, just like carpentry and blacksmithing.

Yesterday, Ru Song and the others who came to persuade Jiang Liu did not choose to take action after learning of Jiang Liu's ideas. Besides being unable to defeat him, they also understood that Jiang Liu's idea was not to let the superhumans rule over ordinary people.

In Jiang Liu's view, it is a normal development trend for a civilization to have an increasing number of cultivators! Cultivation does not mean that it should be separated from science!

At least in this world, there are traces to follow in cultivating Qi. There is a theory that includes the Three Passes and Nine Apertures, the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and even astronomy has its own system, such as the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

The future All-Knowing has proven that even a busy job like delivering packages will not interfere with a person's normal cultivation. In fact, thanks to their superpowers, their work efficiency is even higher!

It is evident that integrating Qi cultivation with daily life and work is a promising and successful path!

and so--

[If possible, before the second global war arrives, the Confucian Association must suppress Buddhism and Taoism, gaining influence over the entire world of supernatural beings! Only in this way can all the major and minor forces in the world of supernatural beings be united!]

[When that great war breaks out in the future, the major sects, driven by their sense of national duty, will also descend from the mountains. However, likely due to their different locations, they will operate independently without a true leader... This may be one of the main reasons why so many small sects, families, and independent cultivators will disappear in the future.]

Jiang Liu's reason for thinking this way is very simple.

With many of the older generation dying out and the younger generation not yet fully matured, coupled with the tendency of these sects to present a single sentence of true teachings while exaggerating the vast amount of false teachings, the tradition seems to have been preserved, yet also appears to have been severed.

Preservation means that those scriptures and scrolls have been preserved.

It seems to have been cut off. To sum it up in one sentence, it's like a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes. Later generations' understanding of the scriptures is different from that of their predecessors, and the cultivation experiences marked by each generation are also different. If the ancestors didn't have time to pass on the complete method before they died, which one should the later generations believe?

It can only be said that even the two major schools of Buddhism and Taoism are not so perfect in terms of the construction of their inheritance system, and they pay too much attention to the issue of mind and nature.

Although cultivating one's mind and character is essential for those who practice Qi cultivation, Jiang Liu always felt that the current methods used by Buddhism and Taoism to temper the minds and character of their disciples were somewhat outdated.

In short, it can be summed up in one word:

grind.

Three years isn't enough, so let's do another three. How many years does one have in a lifetime?

In times of peace, it's easy to manage, but in times of war and chaos, things can easily break down!

This conference will also be an opportunity!

As soon as Jiang Liu realized this, the chameleon on the stage revealed the rules of the elimination round: "The rules of the elimination round are that the forty-two winners will draw lots in each round:"

Twenty-one players were selected in the first round.

In the second round, one person was lucky enough to receive a bye and directly entered the third round, making a total of eleven people.

In the third round, one person was lucky enough to receive a bye and directly enter the fourth round, making a total of six people. The top three will be determined in this round.

The final fifth round will be a contest between the top three finishers to determine the first, second, and third place winners, who will receive 10,000, 5,000, and 1,000 silver dollars respectively!

# Chapter 280 Did Zhang Zhiwei really lose his virginity?

"Second and third place also get a lot of money, right?"

"Even a thousand is not a small amount. I pull a rickshaw and only earn twenty silver dollars a month. It would take me fifty years to save up that much."

"You won't eat or drink? It'll take at least a hundred years."

"Hey, how could I possibly live that long? Living past fifty would be considered a long life!"

"..."

Because Chameleon revealed that there would also be prize money for the second and third place winners, some of the strong and healthy ordinary men who were not frightened by the scene of Smiling Tiger executing the Quanxing demon yesterday decided to have a showdown with the masters of various sects.

We are all human beings!

With one nose, one mouth, two eyes, and two ears, how could one possibly lose to those Taoist priests, monks, or martial arts practitioners?

at this time.

A wooden box, half a meter in length, width, and height, was brought to the site.

The chameleon reached out and pulled out ten of the slips of paper—

To ensure fairness and impartiality, the 42 groups in the preliminary round were drawn on-site!

"The first group of members to come on stage: Sun Xiaoce, Cao Cao, Liu Xiaobei, Zhang Dafei, Guan Zhongyu... What kind of bizarre names are these? Are they trying to recreate the Three Kingdoms?"

When announcing his name into the loudspeaker, Chameleon made a comment before continuing, "Wang Xiaoming, Stephen... uh, and the foreigners... Zhang Zhiwei, Lü Ci, Huang Mang."

These ten contestants must come up on stage within half a minute, otherwise it will be considered a forfeit.

Lu Jin surveyed the situation of these ten people:

Wang Xiaoming and Huang Mang were both burly men with no trace of Qi cultivation on their bodies; they were clearly just two ordinary people trying their luck.

Sun Xiaoce, Cao Cao, Liu Xiaobei, Zhang Dafei, and Guan Zhongyu, these five "Three Kingdoms figures," are not very strong. Judging from their gait, they seem to have only recently opened up their Ren and Du meridians and cannot yet display their special abilities. However, with the blessing of Qi, their physical fitness far exceeds that of ordinary strong men.

As for Stephen—

There was a fluctuation of Qi on his body, but perhaps because it was a different Qi refining system from theirs, which was an alchemy system, Lu Jin only knew the basic concepts of alchemy, so he could not judge the other party's strength level.

The last two:

Lu Ci was considered a skilled player among his peers.

only···

"Damn it, that kid actually secretly registered without telling us!" The head of the Lü family gritted his teeth and said to his son beside him, "Bring your brother down!"

"Father, isn't this a bad idea? Going up now would be like defying that chameleon." As Lu Ci's older brother, he was more clear-headed and rejected his father's suggestion. "With my brother's abilities, he can't defeat Zhang Zhiwei."

"How did you know?" The head of the Lü family calmed down.

"I've already paid the officers in charge of registration to find out; it's Zhang Zhiwei from the Celestial Master's Mansion." He then looked at his father, "Father, are you testing me?"

When Ghost Hand King withdrew from Quanxing, his father was present. How could he not recognize Zhang Zhiwei?

His brother had absolutely no chance of advancing!

"good."

The head of the Lü family nodded, but then his eyes turned cold. "However, your brother has become too audacious. You'd better keep an eye on him in the future."

The two pillars of the Lü family are one calm and authoritative, and the other impulsive and rebellious. These two different personalities were cultivated by him personally. Otherwise, how could they be so different growing up in the same environment?

He wanted his eldest son to strive for the position of head of the Lü family in the future, while his younger son would be responsible for dealing with any forces that dared to offend the Lü family.

However, Lü Ci has been going a bit too far with his rebellious ways lately. If we don't keep an eye on him, he might cause a lot of trouble. We have to keep him in check.

And Zhang Zhiwei—

[Very strong!]

Just by sensing the magnetic fluctuations generated by the other party's normal breathing, Lu Jin, who was watching Zhang Zhiwei from not far away, felt a bead of sweat drip down his forehead. He knew that if he were to fight him, he would have a greater than 50% chance of losing if he did not go all out!

“Brother Jiang, that Zhang Zhiwei might become your rival,” Lu Jin said, pointing to Zhang Zhiwei on the stage.

“No, he has already lost to the young master.” After Zhao Qian finished speaking, the other seven apprentices described the whole process of Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi’s visit to the opera troupe.

"Is this Zhang Zhiwei the same as that Zhang Zhiwei?"

Lu Jin had never heard Jiang Liu describe the entire process of Ghost Hand King's withdrawal from Quanxing, and knew that there was a young generation in the Celestial Master's Mansion named Zhang Zhiwei, who was powerful and could be on par with Jiang Liu!

I never expected it to be Zhang Zhiwei from the first group of the qualifiers!

The Celestial Master's Mansion actually sent him out.

However, Brother Jiang has now surpassed Zhang Zhiwei, and this gap will likely continue to widen!

Quietly practicing meditation in the mountains...

It's definitely not comparable to experiencing life in the human world!

At this moment, Lu Jin was extremely grateful to have such an enlightened and far-sighted master as Master Zuo.

I am also very glad that I did not act against my conscience, but instead went against the grain of my fellow disciples in the Sanyi Sect, went down the mountain, and followed Jiang Liu and Brother Jiang to cultivate together.

If he had stayed on the mountain, Lu Jin was certain that he might not have been able to discern Zhang Zhiwei's cultivation level at all, and might not even have been qualified to spar with him in the future.

Unless the other party is willing to play along.

"That's right, it's him. And ever since I slapped him so hard he fell headfirst, he seems to have improved quite a bit in the past two weeks..."