From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Lu Jin pondered for a moment, then finally took a breath and said, "Brother Jiang, why don't you just tell me directly? I really can't figure out what kind of cultivation this is."

In his mind, if one wanted to cultivate oneself, one should either meditate and regulate one's breath, or practice standing meditation and refining one's Qi. At the very least, one should practice basic skills by jumping into water and chopping wood.

Is street performance considered a form of self-cultivation?

# Chapter 34 Becoming an Immortal? Or Becoming Human?

"Why not?"

Seeing that Lu Jin was completely confused, Jiang Liu knew that it was impossible for him to "realize" on his own in a short time, so he could only slightly accelerate the process.

So he asked, "I told you about the nature of the ability to reverse directions yesterday, you haven't forgotten, have you? What is it?"

"Human magnetism".

Lu Jin had a good memory and naturally wouldn't forget, "Just like a magnet, the essence of attracting external objects by turning in all directions is to use its own 'magnetism' to attract the 'magnetism' of other things. Everything has 'magnetism'!"

Using the eight trigrams within one's body to draw upon the eight trigrams of heaven and earth is based on this connection of 'magnetism'.

Brother Jiang, am I remembering correctly?

"Your memory is quite good."

Jiang Liu nodded slightly. "But do you think this 'magnetism' is static or fluid?"

"this···"

Lu Jin was dumbfounded. Was this the kind of question he should be thinking about at this stage?

"Go and get a magnet and some iron powder."

Jiang Liu is preparing to conduct an experiment for Lu Jin.

Where am I supposed to look?

Lu Jin scratched his head.

"I don't care about that, figure it out yourself."

Jiang Liu shrugged, indicating that this was Lu Jin's own business.

resignedly.

Lu Jin had no choice but to go to a shop that sold odds and ends and buy a long, thin magnet out of his own pocket.

But true fans are hard to find.

However, since Jiang Liu had given the order, Lu Jin had no choice but to ask the pedestrians on the street. But communicating with people was not an easy task, especially since Lu Jin had taken off his San Yi Sect clothes and put on Jiang Liu's original clothes. Ordinary people would not give him face, and some even thought of teasing him because of his young age.

Fortunately, the residents of this town were quite simple and honest, and Lu Jin eventually found out where the blacksmith's shop was. He asked around along the way and finally managed to buy iron powder.

However, by the time he returned to Jiang Liu's side, two hours had already passed.

"That's so slow."

Jiang Liu joked, "Young master, you've never gone shopping by yourself before, have you?"

"I've bought it."

Faced with the teasing, Lu Jin, who was tired from running, also showed a slight dissatisfaction and her tone became a bit harsher, "It's just that my hometown isn't in this town, so I'm not familiar with it."

"Really? You've been in this area for two years and you still don't know this place? It seems you have absolutely no concept of cultivation," Jiang Liu said with a smile.

Lu Jin's eyes flickered, realizing that Jiang Liu was not teasing her, but she was unsure what he was trying to tell her.

Jiang Liu didn't keep them in suspense. He took the long strip of magnet and iron powder that Lu Jin had bought and said, "Go find me a piece of wood, something clean and smooth."

"Brother Jiang, you're really not kidding me, are you?" Lu Jin was a little uncertain.

"I don't have that kind of leisure or inclination."

Jiang Liu said it as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "If you had Li Muxuan's stubbornness, I really was planning to try and reason with you, but you're a good kid, I can't mess with you—"

It's boring.

Lu Jin's mouth twitched, suspecting that Jiang Liu was telling a dirty joke, but she was also relieved. She then spent another hour finding a carpentry shop in town and bought a square, smooth piece of wood about 30 centimeters long and wide from the carpenter.

"Not bad, an improvement from last time, an hour earlier."

Upon noticing Lu Jin's return, Jiang Liu also opened his eyes from his meditation and took him home.

"sit."

Jiang Liu brought out a table from his home and two stools. He sat down first and then gestured for Lu Jin to sit down.

Then.

He laid the wooden piece flat on the table, placed the long magnet that Lu Jin had bought on top of it, and then sprinkled some iron powder on it.

Iron powder fell, some of which was attracted by the magnet, but most of it was on the periphery, distributed in a very messy manner.

"What's wrong with that? Magnets attract iron filings, isn't that normal?"

Lu Jin was puzzled.

"Keep watching."

Jiang Liu didn't answer, but instead sprinkled handfuls of iron powder on the ground.

As the iron powder fell, Lu Jin noticed that the iron powder that had not been attracted to the magnet was no longer randomly distributed, but gradually connected the two ends of the magnet, forming arcs.

"This is... Brother Jiang, did you use the Reverse Eight Directions technique?" Lu Jin guessed.

“Although reversing the eight directions is about controlling human magnetism, it also requires circulating Qi to perform. If I circulate Qi, can you not sense it?” Jiang Liu said, pushing the wooden piece in front of Lu Jin, indicating that he should also do it.

Lu Jin naturally did as instructed.

However, the result was not much different from that of the river.

As the iron powder was sprinkled around the magnet, it gradually formed arcs from its initial irregularity, connecting the two ends of the magnet.

At this point, Lu Jin understood Jiang Liu's intention: that the invisible and intangible 'magnetism' was fluid, and that it flowed in a specific direction.

"You've figured it out? It seems you do have some insight."

A smart and well-behaved child is always likable.

Jiang Liu was no exception.

As you can see—

"Magnetic fields are invisible and intangible, yet they flow. The same applies to human magnetic fields. The key to cultivating the ability to reverse the eight directions lies in this flow!"

After Jiang Liu finished speaking, he activated his magnetic field, forming a thin, white, transparent force field film at his fingertips. "Just as the magnetic force of a magnet needs iron powder to produce a visible trajectory, my force field, which reverses in all directions, is presented as a white, transparent shape that you can see, which is an external manifestation under the influence of Qi."

Everyone possesses a magnetic field, but only those who have cultivated the ability to reverse the eight directions can actively control this power.

The purpose of taking you to perform and busk before, and then asking you to find magnets, iron powder, and wood chips, was mainly to encourage you to interact with more people.

Because everyone possesses a personal magnetic field, using the method of "reversing the eight directions" to perceive and understand the magnetic field of others in your interactions will greatly benefit your spiritual practice.

Lu Jin was dumbfounded.

Jiang Liu then pulled over the wooden piece containing the magnet and iron powder, grabbed all the iron powder, and then scattered it all over the place.

Because the iron powder was applied all at once this time, it did not produce those arcs.

But as Jiang Liu continued to tap the edge of the wooden piece with his fingers, the iron powder on the piece vibrated up and down, drawing closer to the magnet, and it once again revealed those curved shapes.

"Did you see that?"

Seeing that Lu Jin was still in a daze, Jiang Liu woke him up. "Cultivating the Reversal of Eight Directions is to make one's magnetic field flow. It is not only about actively controlling the flow of one's own magnetic field, but also about finding ways to make one's own magnetic field flow with the magnetic fields of thousands of people."

From disorder to order, it is like turning the world upside down!

My master emphasized the power of reversing the eight directions and exerting it outwards, so the cultivation method was equivalent to sprinkling iron powder onto a magnet. But the cultivation method I teach you is to let you control the flow of human magnetism, then walk among people, feel the human magnetism of everyone, and find that order.

Once you find that order, you, who control the magnetic field of people, may even be able to pinpoint your desired target based on your observation of the magnetic field of people.

However, I haven't reached that level either.

After a long while, Lu Jin came to his senses and murmured, "If the goal of the Reverse Life Triple Stage is to cultivate the innate Qi in reverse in order to become an immortal, then this path of reversing the eight directions, or rather, the goal of reversing the eight directions that you, Brother Jiang, have come to understand, is to be a human being?"

# Chapter 35 Extraordinary Methods

"Snapped!"

Jiang Liu clenched his fist and tapped Lu Jin on the head, chuckling, "Becoming an immortal? Becoming a human? According to cultivators, it's more like transcending the world and entering the world, but the two are not actually opposites."

"How can we not be confrontational?"

Lu Jin rubbed his head and asked the question that had been bothering him.

"Isn't that 'immortal' from your Sanyi Sect who lives on the mountain also subject to the necessities of human life?" Jiang Liu used the Great Ying Immortal as an example.

I can't argue with that.

Lu Jin stopped talking about that and instead asked about the cultivation of Reversing the Eight Directions: "So, I need to cultivate Reversing the Eight Directions while communicating with people?"

"That's natural."

Jiang Liu affirmed, “The power of human magnetism lies in its flow. In my view, Hinayana is merely about flowing on one’s own; Mahayana is about flowing with others; Mahayana is like the magnet on this piece of wood, making others flow with you as the center! Of course, if you reach Mahayana, you must make sure you haven’t gone astray, otherwise you might become a great demon.”

Lu Jin blushed and said, "Brother Jiang, how can you slander me for no reason? My Lu family has always been upright and selfless. How could we become demons?"

"It's because I know the Lu family's traditions and have personally learned about your personality these days. Otherwise, do you think I would be willing to tell you this? I would have just taught you the specific method of reversing the eight directions, just like my father taught Li Muxuan, and let you practice it on your own."

Jiang Liu rolled his eyes at Lu Jin, then had him practice the Reverse Life Technique to check his progress at the first level. He said, "You can continue to practice the Reverse Life Technique at the third level, but before you fully master the Reversal of the Eight Directions, do not practice the Qi Transformation Technique again, so as not to increase the degree of your Qi Transformation of the flesh."

"clear."

Lu Jin knew very well that if he were to perform the Qi Transformation Method within the Three Stages of Reverse Life again and completely complete the first stage, he might find it difficult to cultivate the three stages simultaneously—no, it should be the nine stages.

In the days that followed.

After completing his necessary cultivation at the Sanyi Sect each day, Lu Jin would change his clothes, go down the mountain to find Jiang Liu, and together they would perform on the streets, interacting with all sorts of people. He had thoroughly explored the towns within the Sanyi Sect's territory, and even became familiar with the surrounding villages and nearby small towns.

In addition, Lu Jin often sought out his senior brother surnamed Zhuge from the Sanyi Sect to learn the basics of Qimen Dunjia.

The senior brother Zhuge from the Sanyi Sect was happy to teach him, as long as Lu Jin didn't ask about the specific cultivation methods of the Wuhou Qimen, the rest didn't matter.