From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Jiang Liu didn't look at Miss Liu, but instead looked at the audience outside the arena, especially the gathering place for the extraordinary people participating in this martial arts tournament. When he saw Zhang Zhiwei looking at him with a gloating look, his heart skipped a beat!

Finished!

His reputation is ruined!

I have a dark history!

"Jiang Liu! I misjudged you! I never expected you to be such a lecher!"

Li Muxuan, who was also watching this group of matches, suddenly shouted righteously, then burst into laughter, lying on the ground with tears streaming down his face, "Hehe, Jiang Liu, I never thought you'd have a day like this!"

Si Chong, standing to the side: "......"

He knew that Li Muxuan's sudden "kicking someone when they're down" was nothing more than taking revenge for the time when Jiang Liu had smeared his mouth with mud.

To be honest, doing this is somewhat—

It's harmless!

Yes! It's harmless!

As for Jiang Liu, it seemed that Chong knew in his heart that the death of the Left Sect Master was not his fault, and that his own senior brother was also doing it for the future of the Sanyi Sect, but he still harbored a deep resentment in his heart.

That's great!

I feel better now!

When he encountered Jiang Liu again, Si Chong felt that he could communicate with Jiang Liu calmly and peacefully.

"That guy! He really is a brat! This was clearly an accident!" Lu Jin gritted his teeth as he saw Li Muxuan making slanderous remarks not far away.

As the person who knows Jiang Liu best, Lu Jin knows that Brother Jiang simply finds Miss Liu's "Time-Flash Skill" very interesting and wants to test it further to see where her limits are.

But who would have thought—

The opponent's ability can only affect the physical body and cannot be applied to clothing!

“That’s not necessarily true.” The girl in red narrowed her eyes, and even unconsciously clenched her fist, becoming somewhat sarcastic. “Who knows, our young master might have that kind of fetish.”

What's wrong with Sister Hong? This isn't like her at all...

Lu Jin was puzzled, but still testified for Jiang Liu: "Sister Hong, please believe me, Brother Jiang did not do it intentionally!"

Red Girl: "..."

Among the eight apprentices, Qian Dui, Sun Li, and Wu Kan were whispering amongst themselves:

"So this is what the young master likes!"

"Should I wear a bellyband too?"

"The young master looks so cute when he's embarrassed!"

Hong glanced at the three women and said quietly, "We not only have to guard against outside thieves, but also against thieves within our own ranks!"

"What outsider, what thief? Who dares to steal from our opera troupe?"

Lu Jin was stunned for a moment, then thought of the Confucian Society, his eyes turned serious, and he nodded, "We do need to be wary of the other members of the Confucian Society, lest they use their position for personal gain."

Upon hearing this—

The girl in red was speechless.

Wang Yaozu, standing beside her, chuckled and said, "Silly boy," leaving Lu Jin bewildered once again, unsure whether he was referring to her or Jiang Liu.

[They're probably talking about Brother Jiang...]

Lu Jin thought to herself.

# Chapter 286 Three Women Perform a Double Act

Seeing the shame and indignation in Miss Liu's eyes, Jiang Liu had no choice but to take off his outer garment.

With a flick!

Under the control of the human magnetic field, it accurately draped itself over the other person's body, saying, "I'm sorry, Miss Liu, I really didn't know that your ability couldn't cover clothes."

Seeing that Jiang Liu was deliberately bringing up a sore spot, Miss Liu got up angrily, walked up to Jiang Liu, and slapped him across the face.

It missed.

Jiang Liu instinctively dodged it.

"How dare you hide? Don't you have any sense of responsibility?" Miss Liu scolded.

"It's not my fault! It was an instinctive reaction!"

Jiang Liu tried his best to explain, "I don't know you well! Besides, I'm only seventeen. Just treat me like a child. In the Confucian Association, anyone under eighteen is still a child... By the way, how old is Sister Liu?"

"Eighteen." Upon hearing the address "elder sister," Miss Liu's anger immediately subsided.

"That's it."

Jiang Liu quickly smiled apologetically, "Sister Liu, I'm still young. You want me, a child, to take responsibility for an adult... isn't that making a mountain out of a molehill?"

Miss Liu was taken aback. After thinking for a moment, she realized that she had indeed made a mountain out of a molehill. If eighteen was the age of adulthood, then Jiang Liu was indeed still a child.

"Fine, I'll let it go this time, but don't let it happen again!" Miss Liu snorted coldly and stepped off the stage.

We can't beat them!

Moreover, if I use that "time-flash skill" again, my pants might get knocked off by the opponent.

"what--"

Offstage, the participants from the "Otherworldly" side heard what was said and were met with a chorus of boos.

Ordinary spectators who were nearby also booed loudly.

even.

Many of the women watching Jiang Liu gazed at him with expressions that were either curious, amused, or meaningful.

What could Jiang Liu do?

We can only let time heal these misunderstandings.

Fortunately, that Miss Liu's thought process was quite unique, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to fool her so easily!

Now, Jiang Liu's only consolation is that Miss Liu truly believed the saying that one is considered an adult at eighteen.

In the general public's perception in this era, eighteen is not considered the minimum age for adulthood.

"Hey, our little rascal is back!"

Seeing Jiang Liu return, Wang Yaozu immediately teased, "He actually stripped that girl's clothes off in front of so many people!"

have to say--

"As expected of my son! He's surpassed me!"

"Old man, don't talk nonsense, okay? Did I do that on purpose?" Jiang Liu was certain that this dark history was something he couldn't let go of, and the incident also made him reflect:

In the future, it's best not to test other people's abilities in competition-like settings.

Too many unexpected events!

Just like this time, it was only because Miss Liu was open-minded and her thought process seemed to be affected by the "time-flash" ability that she was able to do it. If it were someone else, even if they covered their face in that instant and were not seen by anyone, they would definitely be in a terrible state.

"That was intentional! Hahaha!" Wang Yaozu laughed loudly, not wanting to miss out on making things worse.

Jiang Liu rolled his eyes, and silently uttered the word "SB".

"What are you saying, kid?" Wang Yaozu felt offended.

"He didn't say anything."

Jiang Liu casually changed the subject, "I was thinking about that Miss Liu's special ability, Flash."

"Is it very impressive?"

Lu Jin also became interested.

"It's not the kind of thing that's powerful or not, it's the kind that's very peculiar."

Jiang Liu said something pointless, and seeing the disdain in everyone's eyes, he coughed awkwardly before leisurely saying, "She should have been born with innate awakening and has not formally learned the way of cultivating Qi, so her way of circulating Qi is very pure, without any trace of artificial intervention."

Her special ability is activated by using Qi to strengthen her spine and flow throughout her body, thus achieving a clear and transparent crystal-like state.

This ability can enhance her life cultivation, but its greatest function is to allow Qi, and abilities processed from Qi, to pass through her body, thereby minimizing the possibility of harm.

It possesses a property akin to being impervious to all laws.

This reminded Jiang Liu of the method for obtaining the sixteen-foot golden body contained in the Three Realms and Nine Maps, one of which was a method for strengthening the spine: the Sumeru Method.

Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, and Hong Guniang are all practicing this method.

The Three Realms and Nine Maps can be compared to the human spine, the Twenty-Four Heavens are the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae, and Mount Sumeru is the sacrum that supports the Twenty-Four Heavens.

The key is to cultivate the sacrum to become Mount Sumeru in order to bear the weight of the twenty-four heavens.

The name of Miss Liu's innate ability "time-dodge" is most likely an exaggeration, but how could an ability involving the spine only have the function of "dodge"?

Strengthening her neural reflexes to influence the five elements within her body and construct a form similar to a clear crystal might be the fundamental solution.

That Miss Liu is definitely a rare "talent".

"Trying to poach talent again?"

How could Wang Yaozu not understand his son?

He simply admired Miss Liu's abilities.

But this is also a good thing.

Given Miss Liu's personality, if she were to join the opera troupe, it would surely make the troupe even more lively!

"Poaching people?"

Jiang Liu denied it, saying, "At most, I just want to know the specifics of her special ability."

Furthermore, Jiang Liu didn't believe that Miss Liu would join the Ghost Hand Wang Cai Opera Troupe.

His clothes, though seemingly simple and without much decoration, were made of excellent fabric, clearly indicating that he came from a wealthy family. Why would he be interested in the Ghost Hand Wang Cai Opera Troupe?