From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Zhang Zhiwei rubbed his chin for a moment and said, "Okay!"

# Chapter 309 Creating Your Own Cultivation Techniques Has Risks —

"Why even need to gamble?"

Zhang Huaiyi was puzzled. "With Jiang Liu's strength, he could defeat Gao Huan in one move, right?"

"You don't understand."

Glancing at the honest-looking Zhang Huaiyi, Zhang Zhiwei grinned, bent down and hooked his arm around Zhang Huaiyi's shoulder, and laughed, "Back when I was in the Caixi Opera Troupe, didn't he play with me for a long time? But when he got serious, he could knock me out in one move! Now he's facing a girl, so he has to be even more considerate."

Zhang Huaiyi feigned sudden realization and said, "So you wanted to test other people's skills!"

"It's just to save face for others."

Zhang Zhiwei remained silent, thinking to himself:

Master, I can't get this junior brother to fully open up. This hidden side is ingrained in his very bones. You'll have to work on it slowly on your own.

After realizing that Zhang Huaiyi was hiding his true abilities, Zhang Zhiwei roughly understood his master's intention in having his junior brother Huaiyi accompany him down the mountain.

I hope his senior will teach him more sincerity.

But Zhang Zhiwei felt that carrying this thing would be extremely troublesome, and planned to kick the ball back to Zhang Jingqing's feet.

No matter what, educating disciples is the master's business. The master is still alive, so how could it be his turn as a senior disciple?

Let Master worry about it!

"I'll bet twenty moves."

Zhang Zhiwei said to Lu Jin.

“Then I’ll bet fifteen moves!” Lu Jin also chose a number, confident that Brother Jiang would be able to hear her.

Because of his practice of Dharma Image Seals, all things are clear to him. Jiang Liu did indeed hear the bet between Lu Jin and Zhang Zhiwei from the noisy audience, and was slightly speechless.

However, considering that Lu Jin has now become his subordinate, he decided to help Lu Jin defeat Zhang Zhiwei this time.

at this time.

With each breath, Gao Huan gathered his Qi, and a layer of green flames appeared all over his body, revealing a strange chill.

This chilling atmosphere doesn't affect the actual air temperature; it directly impacts the soul. Even just observing it caused the audience to shiver involuntarily.

As she breathed, the flames gradually gathered on her face, as if forming a mask.

"It seems you gained a lot from your last match against Sister Hong."

Compared to the previous match, Gao Huan's cultivation level had not improved, but his control over the green flames had become more precise.

The current state of green flames burning throughout the body is not simply the transformation of Qi into green flames that adhere to the body surface. Rather, it is based on the ancestral aperture between the eyebrows, connecting with the other eight apertures in the body, vibrating in a specific way to form a specific human magnetic field, thereby binding the flames to the eight extraordinary meridians.

That's right!

Gao Huan's current state appears to be manifesting flames on the outside, but in reality, he is manipulating the magnetic field of the human body with his soul, causing the flames to directly attach to the outer layer of the eight extraordinary meridians. These flames formed by Qi are located inside the body, but they are burning so intensely that they are protruding from the body.

Shamanism emphasizes the "immortality of the soul," and the methods of shamans are based on this, incorporating Buddhist and Taoist ideas and some abilities.

Gao Huan's cultivation method also focuses on "the immortality of the soul," but he emphasizes his own soul. Combined with the Qi refining system, his family's rich knowledge, and his own extraordinary talent, he embarked on the path of creating his own cultivation method.

The soul also has a magnetic field!

During his contest with the Red Girl, Gao Huan realized the effect of human magnetism and used it to further change the way he used his supernatural abilities.

She learned how to turn things upside down?

it's not true.

Human magnetism —

It's not a patented technique for reversing directions!

Traditional shamanic practices require the use of ritual implements such as a sacred drum, a waist bell, and a mask.

The purpose of the mask is to conceal one's identity and imitate a deity, thereby drawing upon the power of nature gods!

This art, which shares the same origin as witchcraft and later merged into the opera culture of the Central Plains, formed a special kind of ability: the Witch-God Mask, which can draw upon the power of worship that all living beings have for a certain illusory deity, that is, the spiritual power that all living beings dissipate due to worship, and use it to interpret the deity and obtain the corresponding deity's abilities.

The masks used in shamanic practices are similar.

To draw upon the worship power of all living beings, and given that the other party's cultivation method is based on the "soul," Jiang Liu simply cannot believe that their cultivation method does not involve the level of human magnetism!

In his guess, Gao Huan may have confirmed the effect of human magnetism on enhancing her own superpowers through her fight with Hong Guniang, so much so that she slightly changed the operation of her cultivation technique during her previous rest period, allowing the human magnetism-related part to come into play.

Of course, the technique involves the use of human magnetism, but Gao Huan is currently unable to release human magnetism.

After all, the foundation of her technique lies in the soul and spirit, and its purpose is not to control objects with human magnetism, but to seek the immortality of her own "soul".

now.

Gao Huan's nine orifices stopped trembling and entered a stable state. However, her eight extraordinary meridians were still fluctuating slightly at a rather peculiar frequency. Green flames were constantly gathering on her face, causing the mask to gradually reveal a concrete image:

Green-winged Kun with a head, starry eyes like a leopard's.

It was a falcon!

As soon as the mask took shape, Gao Huan's whole body trembled involuntarily. He reached out to press the mask, and the eagle mask seemed to come alive, constantly drawing upon his innate Qi, as if it wanted to detach from his physical body and transform into a body formed of green flames, roaming the world eternally.

"Hey~ Isn't that a bit too reckless? Do you think you have the same innate abilities as me, that you can control your body's state at will?"

Jiang Liu sighed, slowly walked up to Gao Huan, raised his finger and touched her brow, shattering her form and interrupting her Qi circulation, causing her to fall straight onto the arena.

If left uninterrupted, the falcon mask materialized, and then—

It dissipates into Qi and returns to the universe!

Gao Huan was left with nothing but an empty shell.

Why did Gao Huan end up in this situation?

Jiang Liu also only had a superficial understanding.

Regarding shamanism.

He only had a general understanding, and could only conclude that Gao Huan had recklessly experimented with his soul, causing his innate Qi to become chaotic and mix with his acquired Qi, which then condensed together on his face mask. He instinctively wanted to break free from the constraints of his physical body and obtain an immortal soul.

Jiang Liu was actually half right.

Although Gao Huan traced his origins back to shamanism, what he initially learned was the method of the shaman, and the shaman places the most importance on the connection between himself and the "spirit family".

Contact not only means cooperation between the two parties, but also that after cooperation, the immortals must return to their original bodies or be entrusted to other places, rather than remaining in the human body forever.

Gao Huan did not cooperate with the "immortal" spirits, but believed in himself and cooperated with his own soul. Shamanism emphasizes communication with the gods of heaven and earth, but this connection cannot be maintained for long.

Gao Huan's goal in cultivation was to achieve immortality of his soul, but after the spell was cast, he had to separate from the gods and immortals, otherwise serious problems would occur in his body.

However, due to her loss of control during cultivation, she was unable to achieve perfect cooperation with her own soul. As a result, as soon as she took shape, the soul formed from her own soul and Qi would leave her body, and she could not achieve unity with its own consciousness.

According to shamanistic definitions, this is actually a floating soul, a consciousness or spirit that can leave the body. Theoretically, there shouldn't be any problems. However, Gao Huan hadn't completely forgotten his shamanistic practices, causing the soul and spirit to be split in two...

# Chapter 310 Zhuge Yu Wants to Invest

With Gao Huan down, the victor can only be Jiang Liu.

Without witnessing a fierce battle between the two sides, most of the spectators in the audience were somewhat uninterested.

Just as Lu Mingfei was hesitating whether to take a picture of this scene, he saw Jiang Liu nod to him:

Take a picture!

The reason is simple.

The Confucian Association must use this martial arts tournament to dispel the mystique surrounding Qi cultivation and extraordinary individuals, and also explain the risks of Qi cultivation to the public.

With Jiang Liu's approval, Lu Mingfei immediately took photos and ordered the other reporters from Mingfei Newspaper to also take photos of Gao Huan fainting from various angles, so that they could write a detailed report on the risks of Qi Refining later!

Just as Chameleon announced that the final championship would be held an hour later, Zhuge Yu suddenly interrupted him and shouted, "I'm withdrawing!"

"What did you say?" the chameleon asked incredulously.

"I'll take a thousand silver dollars."

Zhuge Yu showed no mercy to the chameleon, turning to Jiang Liu and Zhang Zhiwei, and made a small joke before turning serious: "When the youth are strong, the nation is strong."

I still agree with Mr. Liang's "Youth Talk".

I see hope for the future in them!

Unlike other extraordinary forces, when the Wuhou Sect was passed down to Zhuge Liang, some members of the clan did not live in seclusion in the countryside during times of chaos, but instead chose to serve a wise ruler.

Zhuge Yu, representing the Marquis of Wu, thought he was forced to come out to give the Smiling Tiger some face, but who would have thought he would meet Jiang Liu in Yuhang.

After learning about the series of things Jiang Liu had done in Yuhang—eliminating gangs, transforming slums, building cultural streets, attracting freelancers to join him, and establishing the Confucian Association—Zhuge Yu knew that Jiang Liu was an "ambitious" guy with considerable strength.

Not to mention, Jiang Liu had done him a favor by curing the poison that the chameleon had given him, so how could he possibly compete with him in the arena again?

Moreover, before the elimination rounds began, he took advantage of that time to have Jiang Liu's fortune told again—

Just as he was about to voice his true feelings in the inner world, he sensed a violent tremor throughout the inner world, as if it were about to explode, which startled him so much that he quickly returned to reality!

Although he hadn't calculated anything, the fact that the entire hazy inner world fluctuated violently before he even asked was enough for Zhuge Yu to be absolutely certain that Jiang Liu held an extremely high and important destiny in this world! To try to calculate his fate before reaching the Tongtian realm was tantamount to suicide!

This also inspired Zhuge Yu to consider following him...

The chameleon frowned, feeling like it was being slapped in the face!

What hope?

How come he can't see it?

But Zhuge Yu was willing to take only one thousand silver dollars—oh no, he was willing to admit defeat—so the chameleon couldn't force him, otherwise it would make him seem anxious.

Therefore, he had no choice but to announce to everyone that the final champion would be chosen from Jiang Liu and Zhang Zhiwei.

"Since Senior Zhuge Yu has yielded, how can we object?"

Zhang Zhiwei gave Lu Jin ten silver dollars, then jumped onto the stage and said to Jiang Liu, "No need to wait an hour, let's start now, what do you think? It'll save everyone's time!"

"Speaking of not wasting time, why don't you just surrender?" Jiang Liu smirked, patted his chest, and chuckled.