From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Having cultivated the ability to reverse the eight directions and control the human magnetic field, Lu Jin and Hong Guniang will not need much time to control the opening of the first and second order gene locks based on this understanding.

Furthermore—

"It feels somewhat similar to the Sun and Moon Spring and Autumn Technique and Sun and Moon Refinement Technique that you gleaned from the Monkey Observing the Sun and Moon Diagram, Brother Jiang, but it's more... intuitive?" Lu Jin pondered for a moment and realized that this gene lock system was more efficient than the Sun and Moon Refinement Technique, but it was also more harmful to the human body.

"Therefore, unlocking the gene lock needs to be combined with the refinement of the body by the sun and moon. The moon contains the Jade Rabbit to unlock potential, and the sun contains the Golden Crow to replenish vitality. Otherwise, even if refining Qi can alleviate the side effects, it will still greatly consume the innate Qi."

Jiang Liu cautioned, "Therefore, before attempting it, it's best to first master the Sun and Moon Refinement Cultivation. Otherwise, it's better to treat the Gene Lock as an unconventional means of self-preservation."

Zheng Zha and the others were able to open it because no matter what kind of injuries they suffered, even if they died with only their heads remaining, as long as they retained a relatively clear consciousness, they could be completely repaired by the Main God after returning to the Main God Space.

However, Lu Jin and Hong Guniang did not have such convenience. Although the Qi Refining method could alleviate the side effects, the vitality consumed in unlocking the gene lock could not be replenished.

Therefore.

Before cultivating the Sun and Moon Refinement Technique to the point where one can absorb the essence of the sun, it's best to treat the Gene Lock as a last resort for explosive power.

Subsequently, Jiang Liu presented the high-vibration particle cutting dagger to Hong Guniang.

Without him.

Of those present, only the Red Girl knew how to throw knives. Since the size of a throwing knife is similar to that of a dagger, it was perfect for the Red Girl to use.

Jiang Liu kept the Reincarnation Watch on his waistband, carrying it with him at all times, just in case.

Afterwards, Jiang Liu found Wang Yaozu and prepared to treat him.

"What? You can cure my illness?" Wang Yaozu exclaimed in surprise.

"Trust your son."

Jiang Liu led Wang Yaozu into the courtyard, chuckling, "I had quite a haul this time when I went to the Jinhua area with that smiling tiger."

"Tell me about it first."

Wang Yaozu hurriedly got up from the recliner, coughed, and asked Qian Dui to pour a pot of tea.

"It's nothing much, just a trip to the underworld and a little disturbance in the Heavenly Palace..."

Seeing that Wang Yaozu was interested, Jiang Liu told him about the whole ordeal.

He ventured into the underworld, stepped into the Black Mountain, and battled the Emperor of the Underworld.

He ventured twice into the demon realm, entered the heavenly palace, and destroyed the false Buddha Guanyin.

"And the third time?"

Wang Yaozu was listening intently when he saw the river suddenly stop, and he couldn't resist the urge to watch.

“There’s no third time! It was resolved in two tries!” Jiang Liu had his own reasoning. “Things don’t happen more than three times.”

“Hey, what’s the limit? If there’s a third time, your experience will become a perfect classic! Three battles with the White Bone Demon! Three visits to the thatched cottage! Three offerings of shoes at the Yiqiao Bridge!” Wang Yaozu exclaimed.

“Where in the world is there perfection? Don’t you see that Guanyin deliberately pursued the ultimate truth, which caused Tang Sanzang’s obtained scriptures to be flawed?” Jiang Liu didn’t mind and began to treat Wang Yaozu.

# Chapter 408 The Black and White Lady Reappears—"We're not dead at all!"

Jiang Liu's treatment of Wang Yaozu was very simple, consisting of only three steps.

Step 1: Use mental scanning to examine Wang Yaozu's lungs and determine the location where Mycobacterium tuberculosis has accumulated.

The second step: Make contact with Wang Yaozu and use the methods of the Beast Master to communicate with the tuberculosis bacteria in Wang Yaozu's body through Qi, and control them to prevent them from dividing.

Step 3: Mobilize the Qi and breath to vibrate Wang Yaozu's eight meridians and lungs, causing him to cough up the dead germs.

"It's that simple?"

Before Wang Yaozu could react, his nose suddenly itched, he sneezed, and coughed up a palm-sized amount of yellow-green phlegm, which made his breathing much easier.

"It's that simple."

Mental scanning skills can completely replace the function of a microscope. Combined with the methods of a beastmaster, manipulating prokaryotes can naturally inhibit the proliferation of pathogens.

Once the proliferation of pathogens is suppressed and they stop dividing, they can only wait to die.

With just his mental scanning ability and the Beast Master's skills, Jiang Liu can already be considered invincible. Even Zhang Zhiwei would lose a tenth of his strength if the bacteria in his intestines proliferated rapidly.

Can practicing the Golden Light Mantra and Thunder Magic guarantee that one's body is free from insects?

Think more!

Unless one cultivates a method like the "Six Treasures Immortal Thief" that allows direct absorption of life force from heaven and earth, let alone the young Zhang Zhiwei, even the elderly Zhang Zhiwei possesses gut bacteria that aid in digestion and nutrient absorption. If he relied solely on his gut for absorption—

Malnutrition!

The cultivation of Qi must also follow the principle of cycles; neither energy nor matter can be generated out of thin air!

"With your current abilities, you're practically invincible, aren't you?" Wang Yaozu exhaled deeply, greedily inhaling the fresh air, and laughed heartily.

"Invincible in the world? Not a chance!"

There are heavens beyond heavens.

Jiang Liu dared not be arrogant, but he also would not belittle himself. Otherwise, how could he dare to establish the Confucian Society and think about changing the world, and even want to bring the group of "outsiders" back into the great collective of "humans"?

"Hey, I won't ask that old man anymore, but—"

Wang Yaozu pointed at the two women behind Jiang Liu, "Who are they? Are they trying to kill me? Am I about to die? Ever since you treated me, these two seemingly fertile girls have been wandering around the yard."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu turned around and indeed saw two women:

Black woman and white woman.

"You two are still alive?"

Jiang Liu was quite surprised to see the two women. Logically speaking, after the Ghost Realm dissipated and Xiaoqian was killed, the two women's figures should have disappeared as well.

How come it's reappeared now?

"We're friends!" The woman in black casually rested her elbow on Jiang Liu's shoulder and said with a grin, "How could you curse us to die?"

The white-clad woman put her hands on her hips, snorted (`へ'*)ノ, and retorted, "We're not dead at all!"

“Strictly speaking, neither of you can be considered living people.” The moment the woman in black touched his body, Jiang Liu understood the reason.

Because he had granted the Black Woman and the White Woman the permission to use the "spiritual realm" once again.

In the realm of ghosts, the power of these two originates from the radiance of the two spiritual realms of heaven and earth.

now.

These two radiant spiritual realms became part of his life and were bestowed by his innate abilities as the Jade Emperor of the Golden Palace of the Azure Heaven and the Earth Goddess of the Earth, respectively, to govern the Nine Heavens and the Nine Netherworlds of his mind. They evolved and perfected the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, and together with the five gods in his body, they corresponded to the primordial spirit, the five internal organs, and the six bowels of the human body, thus constructing the prototype of the "Three Realms System of the Human Body".

Therefore, whenever the river flows with Qi, the physical and mental landscapes will instinctively overlap, creating a peculiar space within the body that resembles a ghost realm.

The Ghost Realm exists by relying on a Qi pattern similar to the circulation of Qi in the Small Heavenly Circuit.

Similarly, when Jiang Liu bestows the titles of Heaven and Earth, whenever he autonomously circulates his Qi, the physical and mental landscapes spontaneously overlap, which is equivalent to creating a unique space based on the human body's meridian circulation system.

With the emergence of this space, the Black Lady and White Lady, who had been granted a spiritual realm by Jiang Liu, were essentially empowered by the power of the Heavenly Emperor and the Earthly Queen, thus completing the manifestation of their physical forms.

Because their life information was recorded in the "spiritual realm," as long as Jiang Liu did not actively retract it, no matter how many times they died, they could reconstruct their bodies the moment Jiang Liu channeled his Qi. Furthermore, their bodies were no longer constructed based on the Yin Qi within the Ghost Realm, but rather on Jiang Liu's innate Qi, so they appeared no different from ordinary people.

Moreover, the ability of "spiritual realm" can also be effective in reality, except that the energy source is no longer the Great Black Mountain of the Ghost Realm, but rather Jiang Liu's cultivation.

However, Jiang Liu himself is indeed unable to use the power of the spiritual realm. Although this power is similar to innate talismans, it seems to be designed for ghosts and spirits, and living people cannot directly control it.

But if the Black and White Lady is in control, does that mean she is in control herself?

Give it a try!

With a thought, Jiang Liu snapped his fingers, and the black-clad woman's figure shrank instantly, transforming into an infant of about one or two years old. A layer of black flames surged from her body, forming a black trench coat.

"Is it similar to using the power of spirits?"

This reminded Jiang Liu of the shamanic families in Northeast China and the Feng family, whose abilities all required the assistance of a spiritual body to unleash their power.

In terms of the capabilities of these families alone, they are not particularly powerful.

What did you do to me?

The woman in black transformed into an infant, not by proportional reduction, but by a "rejuvenation" of age, sitting on Jiang Liu's left shoulder. "You shrunk me?" she asked.

"more or less."

Jiang Liu returned the power to the woman in black, restoring her to her original girlish form and causing her to fall back to the ground. "Your lives are now bound to mine. As long as I circulate my Qi and my mind and body become one, you will be able to take on physical forms and walk in reality, but you should not be able to leave my range."

How much exactly?

"I don't know, but we can give it a try." Jiang Liu told the woman in black to stay as far away from the Ghost Hand Wang Cai Opera Troupe as possible.

The woman in black did as instructed.

Finally, when the woman in black had run 300 kilometers, her body vanished with a "bang," and her primordial energy, under the influence of the spiritual realm, returned entirely to Jiang Liu's body.

"It cannot exceed three hundred kilometers with my radius as the limit."

The river flow determined the distance.

This value is also the radius that Jiang Liu can reach when using his mental scanning skill.

When Jiang Liu first acquired this skill from Zhan Lan, his normal range was 100 kilometers. After experiencing the Ghost Realm, he gained the radiance of the two spiritual realms of Heaven and Earth, and was granted the title of Emperor Heaven and Empress Earth. His physical and mental landscape systems were further improved, increasing his scanning range to a radius of 300 kilometers. If the distance is in a straight line, it can reach 3,000 kilometers.

[Is it related to my mental power? If I take a straight-line distance, can I use the Black and White Lady as a "magic weapon" to take someone's head from a thousand miles away?]

Jiang Liu also voiced this idea, wanting the Black and White Lady to cooperate with him in the experiment.

"Fuck off!"

"Is this how you treat a friend?"

The woman in black and white refused with remarkable speed.

# Chapter 409 First Step: Striving for the Right to Speak

"That's a real shame—"

Seeing that the woman in black and white disagreed, Jiang Liu looked regretful.

Although he has the initiative, he doesn't need to offer incense or anything like a shaman would, and he can forcibly summon the Black and White Impermanence.