From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Don't ask me!" Jiang Liu took a sip of tea, leaned back in his chair, and looked at Zhuge Yu. "Senior, please tell me."

When Jiang Liu arrived in the Beiguo area, he had already sensed the special nature of the local atmosphere by using his ability to shift stars and understand all things.

Using the four methods of "observation, listening, questioning, and palpation," it was determined that the mountain's energy veins converged at a point approximately ten kilometers away, and the energy flow also converged in that direction...

But as I said before, he can see, he can sense, and he has some understanding of the aura, but he is not as experienced as Chen Yulou.

The landscapes and customs he saw and heard were nothing compared to the famous mountains, rivers, lakes and seas of the entire land of China.

Besides, there are so many Taoists and Buddhists around, and there is also a sorcerer from the Wuhou School. Why should he be the one to "stand out"?

Let the "professionals" handle it!

And while we're at it, teach him some experience...

# Chapter 325 Aura: Survival of the Fittest

Seeing everyone's attention, Zhuge Yu also revealed what he knew: "Lanruo Temple was built on a part of the meteorite from that day."

The meteorite possesses the ability to contain spiritual entities; perhaps this is the origin of the ability to achieve immortality through alchemy using it, thus preserving one's spirit...

If one only cultivates one's nature and not one's destiny, one's spirit will find it difficult to attain sainthood even after countless eons.

Even those cultivators present, who had only heard of the legendary realm of "saint," still looked down on those who only cultivated "spirit," let alone those who relied on external elixirs to achieve immortality of spirit.

This is not even comparable to unorthodox methods; it can only be considered a crooked and heretical approach.

"This part of the meteorite has a natural ability to attract evil spirits, which ultimately made the evil spirits in that temple live on forever. In addition, it is very likely that the combination with the local energy field inspired the creation of divine paintings and secret paintings, causing the entire area to disappear into another space."

Zhuge Yu continued, "Nowadays, there are two most famous painting techniques in the world of extraordinary people: Divine Painting and Secret Painting."

Especially the Divine Paint, although it is not easy to use in battle, once it opens the gate and traps others inside, unless they have extraordinary abilities or understand the power of the Divine Paint, they can only return to the real world after the paint on their bodies evaporates.

When Lanruo Temple was first built, it was a place with excellent feng shui. Unfortunately, it was affected by a meteorite that day, which gathered spirits and turned it into a ghostly place.

The Ghost Realm is essentially a Qi field, but it is extremely cold and gloomy. In addition, the Qi of heaven and earth far exceeds the Qi of the human body, and it is integrated with nature. Therefore, it does not present a vivid picture like that of a divine painting, which means it is difficult for people to discover.

If we rashly venture into it, not to mention the negative energy of the ghostly realm affecting our circulation and causing a decline in our abilities, the clash of energy alone could potentially sever our destiny, leading to various unexpected deaths…”

At this point, Zhuge Yu's eyes narrowed, he took a deep breath, and said to everyone, "That smiling tiger probably found our current location in Beiguo County by following some information passed down from his ancestors, and thus determined that Lanruo Temple was in this area based on the 'Xiaoqian' chapter of 'Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio'."

Those two foreign individuals might also possess some special ability to sense the presence of an aura, but fearing the danger of rashly intruding, they chose to cooperate with the smiling tiger...

In short, whether they are exploiting each other or exploiting each other is not of great concern to us for now. Our main priority is to find out the situation in that ghostly realm.

The expressions of those present were solemn.

Even the Central Continent Team, which had absolutely no understanding of the Qi formation, was no exception.

They don't understand the concept of Qi, but they do know the meanings of terms like ghosts, space, and fate.

Zheng Zha, in particular, never expected that this "horror movie" would actually involve the levels of space and even fate!

I have two questions.

Chu Xuan broke the silence, ignoring everyone's gaze, and asked his own question, "First, what is the function of the Divine Paint?"

Secondly, what is "qi ju" (气局)?

Having developed a slight interest in Qi cultivation, Chu Xuan was no longer willing to die and had already begun to think about how to get through this "horror movie".

Furthermore.

He actually doesn't like being passive.

In other words, the main god hasn't lifted the restriction of "not straying more than one kilometer from the river," otherwise he would have already figured out how to arrange Zheng Zha and the others' actions.

At least Zheng Zha doesn't treat him as a complete outsider yet, so there's still room for further planning.

In addition, he also had the idea of ​​using the smiling tiger, a warlord leader—since he wasn't one of his own men, he didn't need to worry about their feelings, and with his rank of "senior colonel," it wouldn't be too difficult for him to control the temperament of a warlord leader.

Could Jiang Liu be killed using the military power of a warlord?

Chu Xuan even considered the possibility of completing Mission One... but he ultimately gave up on that plan.

There are three main reasons:

First, the military strength of warlords is not comparable to that of modern armies. If the number of casualties is too high, they are very prone to mutiny, and their margin for error is even lower than that of Zheng Zha and his group.

Secondly, compared to the two S-level side quests and 50,000 reward points, the long-term benefits of cooperating with Jiang Liu and his established forces may be greater.

The last major reason is something Chu Xuan himself can't quite explain. Perhaps, as Jiang Liu said, in terms of life and death, there is no problem with his "sex," but rather a congenital defect in his "life," which prevents him from expressing his emotions normally, rather than him being a monster born without feelings.

He also longed to make a friend, or rather, a kindred spirit.

"Divine Painting, a special ability in painting."

Jiang Liu explained to Chu Xuan, "I have never had any dealings with the Wang family. I have only heard a little about the specific effects... Since you have studied in the West, I will give you a rough description based on my knowledge of Western science."

The West seems to use the word 'dimension' to describe space.

A single point represents one dimension; connecting points to form a line gives us length and width, which is two dimensions, like a flat sheet of paper; and adding a vertical axis to this plane creates three dimensions, giving us space.

The space we live in is three-dimensional.

The effect of the Divine Paint is roughly that it can pull any three-dimensional object into a two-dimensional space, and this two-dimensional space is infinitely large. As long as the paint covering the object or person has not completely evaporated, it can remain in that two-dimensional space indefinitely.

Chu Xuan wasn't unaware of the concept of dimensions, but after learning that a certain type of cultivator in this world had the ability to travel between two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces, his hope that Qi Refining could cure his congenital ailment increased.

Chu Xuan also understood the concepts of "Qi" and "Primordial Qi". In traditional Taoism, all things are evolved from Primordial Qi.

Assuming this theory holds true, then the process of cultivating Qi is most likely a process that helps the practitioner control the rules of the universe.

Therefore, if one cultivates this path to a certain degree, it may indeed change his innate defects.

"As for the theory of Qi formation, I cannot be considered a master. I am still figuring it out on my own based on the Buddhist and Taoist books I have collected so far, but I can still talk about the general theory."

Jiang Liu raised a finger, “The human body itself is a complex and intricate energy field. With each breath, the natural energy is inhaled through the nose and exhaled through the mouth. It seems to only pass through the lungs, but in fact it circulates throughout the entire body.”

This is the most direct contact between humans and nature.

Using this as an analogy—

Similar situations exist in some natural mountains and rivers. Whether formed naturally or modified by humans, they can create a special atmosphere and produce a specific effect.

Walking in these places with their specially modified energy patterns, one must follow a certain path, just as a normal person can only breathe through their mouth and nose, but not through their eyes and ears.

Once you enter through an unspecified path, your personal energy will clash with the energy of heaven and earth, disrupting your constant state within the universe. This will cause you to be no longer recognized by the entire universe, ultimately leading to your death and the dissipation of your spiritual essence.

The moment a person comes into this world, every breath is an interaction with the natural energy of the entire universe, acknowledging your existence and recording all the information about your arrival in this world.

Once your own aura is disrupted by an artificially created aura, it's equivalent to severing your connection with this world, which is also equivalent to cutting off your past. Once a person loses their past, the 'fate' bestowed upon them by nature will be taken back by heaven and earth. The result is that this person will die due to various, even seemingly absurd, accidents.

Zheng Zha shivered, his expression filled with surprise and doubt: "Is it really that mysterious?"

Isn't this just like "Final Destination"?

"Then why are we alright?" Chu Xuan asked this question—he was certain that Jiang Liu had already guessed that they were from another world.

But why are they recognized by this world?

The Supreme God?

Or there is another reason.

"In my view, only the energy field that has been artificially modified can influence a person's past, future, and present. The energy field generated by pure nature in the world only follows one principle in its influence on mankind: adaptation."

Jiang Liu said.

"I see! Survival of the fittest!"

Chu Xuan fully understood the concept of aura.

A natural environment that has been artificially modified to achieve a certain purpose, perhaps to set up an array or a barrier...

Without the ability to massively disrupt the terrain, and by entering without following the designated route, a person's past information will be severed from the universe, or rather, from some fundamental force, thus rendering them unrecognizable...

This compares human destiny to a line. If the world of horror movies is a parallel universe of Earth, then we and others are traveling between different parallel worlds, jumping from one world to another. The line of destiny is not actually severed, but rather it is equivalent to human ancestors leaving Africa to explore new "environments".

At this point, the principle of "survival of the fittest" applies to us.

However, if one were to venture into unusual places and sever their own destiny, theoretically they would be rejected by the entire world or even more fundamental rules, essentially entering a horror movie like "Final Destination"...

The Main God Space can isolate all external influences and heal all injuries. Does this mean that it anchors the fate of us reincarnators?

Even if it's broken, it can be reconnected as long as you return.

So, the reason why God cannot fix the problems in my genes is not because God believes my genes are fine, but because God cannot change my past?

Interesting theory...

"What Chairman Jiang said is quite accurate." Zhuge Yu affirmed Jiang Liu's definition of the Qi formation, his face full of worry. "And the ghost realm we are about to face is more dangerous than ordinary Qi formations, because it is a place where Yin spirits gather, and the direction of the Qi formation is ever-changing!"

Although there are clues to follow, the complexity of the patterns of change is directly proportional to the number of evil spirits contained within them!

Nalanruo Temple was built during the Southern Song Dynasty; how many spirits does that place still hold today...?

I can't imagine it!

# Chapter 326 Against One's Own Will, Against One's Will—The Reincarnator

"In short, the danger of the Ghost Realm lies in what happens after you enter it!"

There are three main ones:

The yin energy in the ghost realm can affect our performance.

An aura whose exact patterns of change are almost impossible to find can disconnect us from the universe, which is equivalent to having our names marked in the Book of Life and Death by the King of Hell, not knowing when we will die unexpectedly.

And the vengeful spirits and evil ghosts that may exist within them.

Jiang Liu summarized it.

"That's exactly right!"

Zhuge Yu affirmed, turning to the crowd, "Besides that, we also need to consider another issue: after finding the Ghost Realm, should we try to bring it into reality?"

The reason for bringing the ghost realm into reality is simple.

Once the ghost realm enters reality, even if its internal energy is stable, it will be completely integrated with the real space and will naturally dissipate over time.