From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Jiang Liu was stunned this time, and asked again, "So, you don't know that you are circulating your microcosmic orbit?"

At that very moment, Jiang Liu sensed something, tilted his head to dodge a black, spherical object, and in the instant he turned around, grabbed the iron rod behind him with his right hand and swung it at the head of the little girl whose palm had three golden dots.

There was a loud "snap".

The little girl's head shattered instantly, turning into a puddle of paste that fell to the ground, resembling a pile of broken tofu pudding.

This sudden scene stunned Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie. They were only jolted awake when the headless little girl's body fell to the ground with a loud "bang".

Zhang Zhiwei reacted immediately and said to Lu Renjia, "You've been tricked!"

Looking at the puddle of "tofu pudding," Zhan Lan came to her senses and asked, "Is there something wrong with Nie Xiaoqian?"

"Definitely!"

Zhang Jie cursed viciously, "That young lady actually made a move! There's definitely something wrong with Nie Xiaoqian! Damn it! We were actually fooled by her!"

At that very moment, the fallen young woman's body stood upright, and three golden points of light appeared on her chest. As they spun to form a ring, the scattered tofu-like substance and skull came together and were restored to their original state.

"This method is really similar to talismans, and even more convenient!" Zhang Zhiwei exclaimed, suspecting that this was a different kind of "connection to heaven".

It has reached the "heaven" of this ghostly realm!

Jiang Liu, however, clearly saw that when the little girl was repairing herself, the three golden points of light that existed based on her heart were connected to a certain place inside the Black Mountain.

The situation is different from that of the Black woman!

The three black dots of light belonging to the Black Lady are connected to fifteen locations within the Black Mountain!

Speaking of which, the giant centipede that "resurrected" after the white-clad woman was shattered by Zheng Zha is in the same situation as this little woman, connected to somewhere inside the Black Mountain...

and so--

The special light controlled by the hearts of the Black Woman, the White Woman, and this little woman is connected to the radiance of the two spiritual realms of Heaven and Earth.

The Ten Kings of Hell and the Five Ghost Emperors must have controlled the radiance of the earth's spiritual realm!

After recovering, the young woman shook her head. Upon seeing Jiang Liu, she instinctively stepped back, three golden dots appearing in each of her palms. Her eyes were wary as she coldly said, "You're not allowed to speak ill of my mother!"

"sorry!"

Zhang Zhiwei, Zhan Lan, Zhang Jie, Chu Xuan, and even Lu Renjia were all ready for battle, but Jiang Liu bowed deeply and apologized to the young lady, saying, "Please forgive me!"

"Okay, I forgive you!"

But to Zhang Zhiwei and the others' surprise, the young woman actually chose to forgive them and even dispersed the golden light in her palm.

"No way! Are you two putting on a show?" Zhang Zhiwei was about to test the young lady's skills, but who knew that a simple "sorry" would be enough?

Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie also had some doubts about life.

Only Chu Xuan remained expressionless, simply saying "Interesting." He had already realized that the young woman's temperament was similar to that of a minor; an apology and a formality would suffice, and the matter would be over.

[Perhaps we can make use of this!]

Skillful.

Jiang Liu and Chu Xuan shared the same idea!

As for Lu Renjia—

No one at the scene cared about his presence anymore.

"Don't get excited, Zhiwei. She's a girl, you should be polite."

Seeing Zhang Zhiwei's "→_→" expression, Jiang Liu chuckled, not minding at all, and asked the young woman, "Are your two older sisters called Black Lady and White Lady?"

"Yes, they should live here... Can you tell me what happened here?" The young woman's heart tightened, realizing that something might have happened to the woman in black and white.

"Previously, the White Lady had a conflict with one of our companions, was killed, and eventually turned into a 'giant centipede'..."

Jiang Liu analyzed the information about the little girl he obtained from Zhan Lan and concluded that the little girl had never left the southern area before and probably did not know that the black and white woman lived here.

But this young woman clearly knew the location of the woman in black and white's residence—

Therefore, he only told half of the story before asking, "Do you know what happened?"

# Chapter 372 Xiaoqian's Origins

Upon hearing that the White Lady had been killed and resurrected as a giant centipede, the young woman clenched her fists, took a deep breath, stared at Jiang Liu for a long while, and asked, "Can I trust you?"

Is there more to the story?

The same thought simultaneously popped into Zhan Lan's and Zhang Jie's minds.

Nie Xiaoqian really has a problem!

But it seems that this young lady and Nie Xiaoqian are not of the same mind?

"I've already demonstrated my strength," Jiang Liu said, simply stating a fact—he could kill her in an instant!

Can the little girl be resurrected?

That's true.

But the young woman is not a robot; she also feels pain. The only result of continuing to drag things out with Jiang Liu is experiencing pain again and again until she becomes numb.

Furthermore, to prevent the reappearance of something like the "centipede," if the young lady chooses the "endurance" path, Jiang Liu will only shatter her head each time, instead of destroying her entire body.

Comparing the cases of the Little Girl and the White Girl, as long as their bodies are not destroyed to the point where only their hearts remain, they will not lose their self-awareness after being "resurrected".

A broken skull is irrelevant.

Qi Refining Cultivation —

The five internal organs are the masters of life!

Perhaps the same applies to those who are half-human and half-ghost?

"Then I'll try to trust you this once." Thinking about how her sneak attack was instinctively dodged and that her head was even shattered in that instant, the young woman made a decision.

"If that's the case, then tell me about your mother's purpose?" Jiang Liu asked.

“Aunt Nie wants to take revenge on her other self within the ‘Heavenly Palace,’ and to do that, she needs to overthrow the Great Black Mountain,” the young woman said.

"The Heavenly Palace?"

Zhang Jie didn't understand.

"Another space inside Daheishan Mountain..." Jiang Liu explained the existence of the "Heavenly Palace" inside Daheishan Mountain to Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie.

Zhan Lan exclaimed in surprise: "So the 'Heavenly Palace' actually exists!"

No wonder I always thought the gods in those supernatural novels were pretty much the same as 'ghosts,' just a bit more sacred. Turns out they really are 'ghosts'!

Is a clear mind the same as that of a celestial being or Buddha?

That's exactly the point!

Zhang Zhiwei laughed and said, "As a Taoist priest, I must correct you. Immortals and Buddhas do not live in the heavens, nor do they need incense."

And I can tell you with absolute certainty that only gods and ghosts need offerings, not immortals and Buddhas.

Think about it carefully!

The reason is very simple.

A pure mind becomes a god, and a turbid mind becomes a ghost. But neither a god nor a ghost can stay in the human world for long; one dwells in the heavens, and the other on the earth.

In ordinary times, one does not linger in the mortal realm.

Is it that you don't want to?

Do not!

No, it's impossible!

If gods and ghosts come to the human world, they will vanish into thin air if they have nowhere to hide.

But immortals and Buddhas are different.

Immortals and Buddhas both have the radical for "person" in their names, indicating that they are people who cultivate themselves, not ghosts or gods.

Of course, not all practitioners can be called "immortals or Buddhas." Only those who continuously cultivate their mind and character can be. Those who only cultivate magic, supernatural powers, and martial arts but not virtue are demons.

For example: completeness.

"You know about the Heavenly Palace?"

The young woman was slightly surprised, but didn't dwell on it, continuing, "It's better to know! Aunt Nie was a spirit that entered the Ghost Realm after the Great Black Mountain took shape. In a hazy state, she regained her senses and, like other ghosts, longed to transcend life and death and no longer suffer the cycle of reincarnation..."

She succeeded.

A wisp of pure consciousness entered the Heavenly Palace, while the remaining 'soul shell' remained inside the Black Mountain.

Originally, a 'soul shell' that has lost all its pure consciousness would merge into the Great Black Mountain and become one with it. However, at that time, Aunt Nie had a friend named Peony, who was my birth mother. She was originally with Aunt Nie, but because Aunt Nie ascended to the Heavenly Palace first, she noticed the soul shell left behind by Aunt Nie in her dazed state and felt a sense of fear, so she did not intend to ascend.

Afterwards, she protected Aunt Nie's soul shell, not wanting it to merge with the Black Mountain and become fertilizer for the evolution of other ghosts and monsters.

But it was precisely this action of hers that led to the birth of 'Xiaoqian'...

"Aunt Nie and Nie Xiaoqian are not the same person?" Zhan Lan asked in surprise.

"No, Aunt Nie's original name was Nie Luoli, while 'Xiaoqian' is a completely new consciousness that was born from the soul shell that Nie Luoli left in the outside world."

The young woman shook her head. "This is unprecedented in the history of Daheishan! In the past, after the pure consciousness in a spirit body 'ascended' to the Heavenly Palace, the soul shell would merge with Daheishan. But Aunt Nie's soul shell, under the protection of my mother, escaped a calamity and, over a long period of time, actually regained consciousness."

At first, she was confused, but my mother was happy and took her to the murals on the east side of Dahei Mountain, where she was given the name 'Xiaoqian'.

Xiaoqian may have been born from Nie Luoli, and was able to share Nie Luoli's pure consciousness, thus seeing a glimmer of spiritual light within the Heavenly Palace, which was called: the radiance of the spiritual realm of Heaven.

Xiaoqian borrowed Nie Luoli's help to perceive that spark of inspiration and created a technique called 'Spiritual Realm,' which is the three points of light in my palm.

As she spoke, the young woman demonstrated the functions of the light spot to Jiang Liu and the others: it could control the movement of objects, create things, rotate and cut, create black holes, and erase things.

Zhan Lan stared in astonishment.

Zhang Jie was speechless.

Even Chu Xuan slightly adjusted his glasses.

Only Jiang Liu and Zhang Zhiwei were able to remain calm.

"Gradually, Xiaoqian realized that she was an impurity 'abandoned' by Nie Luoli and wanted to take revenge on the pure consciousness in the Heavenly Palace."