From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"That won't do."

Zhang Zhiwei squinted and smiled as well, "I balanced the Yin and Yang in my body without my master teaching me the complete Thunder Technique, just to have a match with you and see the difference in skill. How could I admit defeat? Even if I agreed, the audience below the stage would not!"

At this point, Zhang Zhiwei shouted to the audience, "Do you agree?"

"No way!"

The entire audience shouted out!

"Attack now!"

"Otherwise it'll be too boring!"

"I want to see rivers of blood!"

"..."

Seeing this, Jiang Liu sighed, picked up Gao Huan who had fainted, walked to the edge of the arena, and handed him to the red-clad girl who had walked down from the arena. Then he walked to the side of the arena, facing Zhang Zhiwei, stretched his neck, and joked, "How about I surrender? That way we won't waste any more of everyone's precious time!"

"Neither."

Zhang Zhiwei chuckled and rejected the suggestion, saying with a grin, "That goes against the audience's wishes, and it makes me unhappy. I'm going to stay at your Confucian Society from now on!"

"What the heck? You think you're Sun Wukong?"

I remember watching the 86 TV series "Journey to the West" in my past life. When Sun Wukong asked the gods and Buddhas for help, and they wouldn't listen to him, he simply stayed at their homes, refusing to leave, throwing a tantrum...

If Zhang Zhiwei really did look like a monkey, Jiang Liu would find it quite cute.

But this guy clearly has a long horse face; if he were any shorter, he would look exactly like a big monkey!

hmm~

It's a monkey too!

It just doesn't have the same furry body as Sun Wukong, which makes it a bit annoying.

Thinking of this, Jiang Liu glanced at Zhang Huaiyi again—big ears, round nose…he really did bear a three-tenths resemblance to Zhu Bajie! If Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi were to switch heights…

They look exactly alike!

"Am I Sun Wukong?"

Zhang Zhiwei laughed again, "Master often says I'm like an arrogant monkey, but if we're talking about monkeys, aren't you the more like one? Your innate superpower!"

“I’m not just a restless mind, but also a wandering mind, a golden spirit, a wooden spirit, and an old woman. Considering my childhood experience drifting on streams and rivers, and the name Jiang Liu, I must be Tang Sanzang, right?”

As he spoke, Jiang Liu's Qi circulated through the nine orifices and eight meridians, his mind racing and his fighting spirit soaring. The Wood Mother and the Yellow Woman protected his primordial spirit, ensuring his power did not wane. The Golden Duke's Qi was boundless, and with Jiang Liu's natural breathing, he manifested the Ruyi Jingu Bang, the Nine-Toothed Rake, the Demon-Subduing Staff, the Saddle, the Whip, and other objects, thus connecting the four deities closely.

His imposing aura, like a rainbow piercing the sun, soared straight into the sky, stirring up a gust of wind that startled the soldiers outside the arena, causing them to scream in alarm. The ordinary spectators were also terrified and had no choice but to quickly retreat.

In their eyes, Jiang Liu was like a god or demon descended to earth, even distorting the air around him.

Only Lu Mingfei kept taking pictures, and he shouted to the Mingfei Newspaper reporters who were also frightened: "What are you standing there for? Take pictures!"

They then realized what was happening and frantically pressed the shutter button.

"Good! That's it! Don't hold back!" Zhang Zhiwei laughed loudly, and his body erupted with the same aura. A golden light shot straight into the sky, as if a celestial being or Buddha had descended to earth, and it also stirred up a storm.

The moment their auras clashed, the momentum vanished instantly. The distortion of the air between them forced the ordinary spectators to retreat again, their eyes filled with panic.

Although they did not understand Qi cultivation, they also possessed Qi within their bodies. They would instinctively resonate to some extent with the Qi emanating from Jiang Liu and Zhang Zhiwei, causing their primordial spirits to tremble slightly, realizing that this would be an unprecedented battle.

As the atmosphere grew increasingly tense, making everyone outside feel a sense of unease, Jiang Liu suddenly said to Chameleon, "When the fight really starts, can we leave the ring? I'm afraid the opponent might lose control of their strength and smash the ring!"

Whom do you look down on?

Zhang Zhiwei put his hands on his hips, but also said to the chameleon, "Give me a straight answer, is that okay?"

The chameleon was already intimidated by the two men's imposing presence, so how could it dare to say anything? It hurriedly replied, "Sure! Absolutely! As long as you don't hurt anyone, you can choose the location!"

"If that's the case—"

Jiang Liu inhaled through his nose and exhaled through his mouth, his body radiating a magnetic aura. He leaped up and transformed into a white streak of light, falling from Xizhao Mountain into West Lake. His feet touched the surface of the lake, and he stood upright on the water, like a dragonfly skimming the surface, smoothing the shimmering waves of the lake, making it look like a mirror.

Whether ordinary people or extraordinary individuals, everyone who looked towards West Lake was amazed, exclaiming things like "divine beings" and "immortals on land."

"Zhang Zhiwei!"

A sound wave rolled across the lake, not harsh, yet like the resounding of a great bell, jolting everyone present to their senses. "Could someone come to the lake to fight me?"

"Why not?"

Zhang Zhiwei laughed heartily, then leaped into the air, his body transforming into golden light, much like the legendary Golden Light Leap Technique. Like a shooting star streaking across the sky, he too fell into the lake.

Unlike Jiang Liu, who treads the lake's surface, Zhang Zhiwei, standing on the lake, could only keep the water above his knees, stirring the mirror-like surface of the lake once more into shimmering ripples...

# Chapter 311 Thunder Talisman

Stepping onto the lake, the water was no more than knee-deep.

Zhang Zhiwei gazed at the river flowing smoothly twenty meters away and sighed, "Your magnetic field is really convenient."

"It's alright."

In reality, Jiang Liu did not rely on human magnetism to gain strength, but truly stood on the water's surface, because he possessed the will of a horse and controlled the water's energy.

Although he doesn't know any water-related magic, his ability to sense the flow of water through Qimen Dunjia and his Qi-transformation lightness technique make it quite remarkable that he has reached such a level.

Zhang Zhiwei relied entirely on the flow of the Golden Light Mantra to create a unique "friction" between himself and the water surface, which, combined with buoyancy, allowed him to stay above knee-deep in the water.

"Then let's cut to the chase."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Zhiwei started walking, stepping through the waves, leaving puddles with every step. He moved like the wind, gradually moving out of the water where it was no more than knee-deep, so that the lake surface only reached his ankles.

Jiang Liu chuckled lightly, also running forward, but like a dragonfly skimming the water, each drop creating a ripple, calming the shimmering waves stirred up by Zhang Zhiwei's running.

No sooner said than done.

In an instant, the two collided, their fists and palms meeting, creating a shockwave that instantly sank a hole more than ten meters in diameter and more than two meters deep into the lake beneath their feet.

The clash between the golden light and the force field sparked invisible sparks in the air, followed by a massive explosion that vaporized the water beneath their feet, creating a thick cloud of smoke.

But with their next encounter, the mist was immediately dissipated.

No one standing on the side of Sunset Mountain could see the two fighting clearly, but everyone watched with great enjoyment!

In their eyes, the white force field and the golden light on the lake surface were flashing and colliding rapidly, constantly erupting with sonic waves and producing sparks!

The entire West Lake became their battlefield, with ripples and waves witnessing their duel and attesting to the results of their cultivation.

In the midst of repeated collisions, Jiang Liu sensed the ripples of golden light. He pressed out with a palm, its speed so great that it flowed directly through the air, piercing through Zhang Zhiwei's reaction and imprinting itself on his lower field.

Bang!

The moment the explosion rang out, the force carried by the magnetic field directly shattered the golden light on Zhang Zhiwei's body and sent him flying more than twenty meters away.

The moment his shoulders and back touched the water, Zhang Zhiwei immediately activated the Golden Light Mantra again, using his back to stay in the water, transforming himself nearly ten meters before leaping up like a carp and stepping onto the water's surface.

Zhang Zhiwei was not surprised that Jiang Liu was able to shatter his golden light.

In his eyes, the greatest effect of the Golden Light Mantra is not the protective golden light that combines offense and defense, but the cultivation and enhancement of life force.

However, this layer of golden light is not invincible.

Although the golden light covers the entire body in all directions without any blind spots, it is not a constant and unchanging coverage. When it is used, the Qi that makes up the golden light must flow.

Everything is in motion and in a cycle.

Taoist practices mostly follow the principles of natural cycles, and the Golden Light Mantra is no exception. Breaking the Golden Light is easy; simply interrupt this cycle.

There are three main methods.

Firstly, it directly affects the flow of Qi, interrupting the process; some special abilities can achieve this effect.

For example: poison.

Or: to strike from a distance, using special force to directly attack the internal organs.

The reason is simple.

When the cycle of Qi circulation is broken, the blessing of the Golden Light Mantra naturally disappears.

Secondly, it involves direct and violent destruction using overwhelming life cultivation.

As long as the opponent's life cultivation is stronger than that of the person who cultivates the Golden Light Mantra, one can break through all laws with sheer force.

Jiang Liu's cultivation level was stronger than Zhang Zhiwei's at this time, and he could violently destroy things; he had also reached the realm of circulating Qi throughout the body. Even if Zhang Zhiwei could cover his internal organs with golden light, he could still penetrate the body with his strength and severely injure his internal organs.

But he chose the third option.

This is also the most challenging way to test one's understanding of cultivation. It involves targeting only the golden light, identifying the flow pattern of the already formed golden light, and using the Qi energy carried in one's magnetic field to destroy one of the nodes, thereby achieving the effect of breaking the golden light without harming the cultivator in the slightest.

"You didn't use your full strength, did you?"

Zhang Zhiwei's body was enveloped in golden light that surged like burning flames as he suddenly asked a question.

"It would be too boring to defeat you all at once."

Jiang Liu put his hands on his hips, a smile on his face, and said, "Speaking of which, I'm quite curious. How did you manage to balance the Yin and Yang of your five internal organs? You didn't actually lose your virginity, did you? Did you go to a brothel in the city? Did your junior brother pay for you to patronize one?"

Hearing these words, Zhang Zhiwei felt a toothache and said speechlessly, "Even if I wanted to go to a brothel, my junior brother wouldn't allow it~ Besides, aren't you curious!"

That's all.

Within Zhang Zhiwei's layer of golden flames, streaks of blue and white electric arcs surged forth, but they only appeared for a moment before disappearing into his body. The layer of golden light that burned like flames also contracted back an inch from the surface of his body, turning from gold to white, with wisps of blue electric arcs still flickering around it.

"This is... a lightning spell?"

Jiang Liu watched this scene with great interest—

[He's walked the same path as some future junior!]

Who is this younger generation member?

Zhang Chulan.

During the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, when fighting against Zhang Lingyu, due to insufficient cultivation of life force, he had to use lightning magic to stimulate his meridians, thereby enabling his speed and strength to achieve a qualitative leap in a short period of time.

But Zhang Zhiwei is even more amazing!

It not only stimulates the meridians with thunder magic, but also stimulates 720 acupoints throughout the body, as well as the five internal organs and six bowels, and even the brain, the primordial spirit.

Even so, it only greatly improves his physical fitness. How could it form a form in which the power of thunder covers his entire body?