From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

For the older generation in the Tang Sect, perhaps cultivating the Pill Devouring Technique is the thing they most want to do for the rest of their lives.

In this regard.

Jiang Liu admires him.

But it's certain that this is not a complete understanding of life and death, but simply a detachment from them.

They throw the poisonous Qi into the alchemy furnace as a monkey spirit, but they themselves do not have the life of a monkey spirit.

The monkey spirit had wreaked havoc in the Dragon Palace, obtained the Golden Lord, and returned to one body; it had also stormed the Underworld and crossed the Book of Life and Death. Although its nature was bad, which led to its later rampage in the Heavenly Palace, this did not conflict with its attainment of immortality and its understanding of life and death.

Only after he understood the meaning of life and death, when he was still a stone monkey, did he leap into the Water Curtain Cave, which other monkeys dared not jump into. Only then did he later sail alone across the ocean on a raft to seek immortality and the Dao.

Is the pursuit of immortality out of fear of death?

No.

Disregarding the dangers of potentially drowning at sea, dying in human-caused disasters, or being harmed by mountain demons on his quest for immortality, can we say that the stone monkey was afraid of death?

Considering these dangers, most people would give up the next day even if they packed their bags, or they would turn back and return to normal life after encountering some troubles as soon as they left their hometown.

Understanding the difference between life and death —

Right here.

Is it to be content with the status quo, to back down when faced with danger that could threaten one's life? Or to be resolute in one's belief and do that thing despite knowing the danger?

The reason why cultivating Dan Shi is a matter of life and death is that, apart from the fact that the method of using Qi Poison as a mind monkey to "refine pills" is too unorthodox, most people who choose to inherit Dan Shi only take life and death lightly, but have not truly understood life and death.

Those who have a profound understanding of life and death will choose to face danger head-on, but they will not allow their lives to remain in a precarious state.

In the past, those who chose to cultivate the Dan Shi method in the Tang Sect were like monkeys who had prepared flowers and fruits, built rafts, and were ready to set sail to seek immortality and the Dao.

pity--

None of them are like monkeys with restless minds.

Ordinary people can muster their ambition and venture out to explore. If they encounter danger or become afraid after setting off, they can turn back home and live and work honestly.

But there is no turning back once you start cultivating the Pill Devouring Technique.

Unsuccessful, they become benevolent.

Even if one regrets it, one can only wail in pain and beg others to end one's suffering, but others can only watch helplessly as one struggles and dies.

Even if they succeeded, Jiang Liu was certain that most of them hadn't truly grasped the meaning of life and death; it was just a fluke.

Tang Bingwen, Tang Jiaren, and other Tang Clan members who have successfully cultivated the Pill Devouring technique are all like this. As for when they transcended the cycle of life and death—

At least at this stage, it's still a bit lacking.

"It's a bit troublesome."

Tang Bingwen shook his head. "Although I am the sect leader, the Tang Sect is not ruled by me alone. The old guys of my generation will not agree to the public use of Dan Shi."

"Do you need my help?" Jiang Liu understood Tang Bingwen's intentions.

“That was what I originally thought too, but now I hope Zhao Yingkong will take action.” Tang Bingwen’s gaze fell on Zhao Yingkong, full of affection.

Without him.

Although this young girl is somewhat aloof, her talent is truly remarkable. Even disregarding the stealth of the pill, her assassination skills have already surpassed his!

He's a monster!

"Do you need me to secretly assassinate all those old fogies?" Zhao Yingkong asked in a startling way, her eyes indifferent.

"···unnecessary."

Upon hearing this, Tang Bingwen's face immediately darkened.

In other words, he was only Zhao Yingkong's "Master Yiyue". If this girl had been raised by her since she was a child, she would definitely have slapped her now!

How could someone say such a thing?

Outrageous!

# Chapter 451 The Inheritance of Dan Shi (Part 2)

"So, what favor does Sect Leader Tang want me to do?"

Jiang Liu tapped Zhao Yingkong's head three times, eliciting a resentful look from her.

For the past month, Jiang Liu had been staying at the Tang Clan, watching Zhao Yingkong learn the Tang Clan's unique skills and having her test them on him. If she failed, she would be hit on the head three times.

It won't cause much damage, but it will cause her internal energy to fluctuate, leading to disordered breathing and mental tremors.

This is actually a method to stabilize her spirit. By tapping and connecting the light points with spiritual light, the vibration and humming allow her to better control the circulation of Qi, which she can use to cultivate her life, and to cultivate the thoughts, spirit, and mind that are unique to her personality.

At that time, the main personality will be revived. With the opening of the gene lock, she can perfectly control the cultivation level cultivated by this personality. However, because the main personality itself has not experienced true Qi refining cultivation and lacks the understanding of Qi circulation, its cultivation level in terms of mind and nature will never be as good as Zhao Yingkong's personality.

Although she is only a secondary personality, with her increased familiarity with body control, the growth of her experience, the growth of her mind, and the cultivation of her character during Qi cultivation, her personality is growing at an extremely fast pace. It is not impossible for her to catch up with the primary personality, achieve balance with it, and even take a dominant position.

However, this time, the three taps gave Zhao Ying a different feeling, and she even hid the hand that had tapped her behind her back...

"It's not a big favor, I just hope that tomorrow you will personally be hit by my Dan Shi in front of the older generation."

It's not really a big problem, though.

The older generation is somewhat stubborn.

Just like Tang Bingwen, after learning from Tang Jiaren that Jiang Liu could break the Dan Shi technique, even though he was willing to believe his senior brother from the bottom of his heart, he still had to personally confirm it.

The same reason.

Even if the older members of the Tang Clan who were of the same generation as the sect leader genuinely believed that he wouldn't lie, they still needed substantial evidence.

This is being responsible to the Tang Sect.

"Okay, I agree."

Jiang Liu agreed.

That night.

It was around midnight.

Zhao Yingkong got up furtively and went to Jiang Liu's residence. Seeing that the door was half open and the candle was still lit, she was speechless. Ignoring that Jiang Liu was still half-lying on the bed, she said, "Are you really going to imitate Patriarch Bodhi?"

"Sure enough, guys with the character 'Kong' in their names are all pretty smart. Last time I tapped someone on the head three times, that person didn't understand what I meant."

The person Jiang Liu was referring to was Peng Qizi.

Originally, seeing that his situation was not much different from her own, both of them were pretending and hiding, she had some thoughts and wanted to have a late-night talk with him to discuss things properly, but unfortunately he didn't understand.

Fortunately, the final outcome wasn't too bad, and it was incorporated into the Cultural Street.

But Zhao Yingkong was different.

For the past month, Jiang Liu had knocked her head three times almost every day to try and save her life, but she still managed to come back this time, which shows that she is truly insightful.

I just lack patience...

Can't we wait for him to "wake up naturally"?

"Speak, what did you call me here for?" Zhao Yingkong pulled out a chair, plopped down, crossed her legs, and got straight to the point.

"I will impart to you the methods of pill refining and the internal alchemy of the Golden Elixir." Jiang Liu didn't keep them in suspense, and had Zhao Yingkong lean close to his ear as he recited a poem:

The nine orifices of the human body converge into the Great Void, while the eight extraordinary meridians refine the Tai Chi. The primordial spirit is forged into a single point of clarity, and the six internal organs refine essence into spirit and energy.

The Great Void and the Great Ultimate are the cauldron; merely burning the restless mind is insufficient. Metal and wood are needed to solidify water and earth; the five elements must be reversed to condense the Great Unity.

Only when one's life force is stable and the elixir is flawless can one be on par with the earth and the heavens. Further cultivate one's mind and strengthen one's primordial spirit, then overcome one's inner demons and find peace of mind.

Refining Qi and cultivating the mind illuminates one's true nature; the sacred embryo is born naturally, containing the Three Treasures. With a comfortable body and a free mind, one can witness the creation of the universe!

Speak like a human.

After listening to Jiang Liu's long explanation, Zhao Yingkong secretly made a mental note of it, but rolled her eyes and said, "I don't understand."

Jiang Liu was taken aback and retorted, "I even wrote a hymn on cultivation, and you didn't understand it? Looks like you don't like reading much."

"Who said that?" Zhao Yingkong didn't believe it; she loved reading the most.

“I don’t like reading books on alchemy,” Jiang Liu added.

Instantly.

Zhao Yingkong lost her temper, but still stubbornly said, "I didn't believe in alchemy before. Who knew it was a technical term? Tell me about Dan Shi."

"In my opinion, Dan Shi is to refine Qi poison as a mind ape, completely integrating it into the Qi circulation system, achieving a state close to the unity of primordial chaos, so that ordinary people cannot detect it."

Jiang Liu didn't bother with any abstract concepts. He directly instilled the simple and direct concepts of "Qi Poison = Mind Monkey", "Meridian Circulation = Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace", and "Qi Circulation = Six Ding Divine Fire" into Zhao Yingkong, and said leisurely, "This is also the reason why the failure rate of Dan Shi is extremely high."

If you are not careful, you will be poisoned.

Moreover, even if one controls the Dan Shi, one can only use this ability to combine the Qi Poison with one's own body to condense bubbles that are invisible, inaudible, and undetectable to ordinary people. Once these bubbles enter another person's body, they will destroy the meridians of that person's entire body. Just like Sun Wukong who broke out of the furnace, even the Dao Ancestor Taishang would have to fall head over heels. If it weren't for Tathagata's ability to subdue demons and save the emperor, the human body and the three realms would have been turned upside down and returned to chaos.

That is, if you are bitten by the elixir, you will die. "

"That analogy is indeed very apt." Zhao Yingkong recalled "Journey to the West," saying that if it were considered a book of cultivation guidance, it would indeed be so.

"The method I'm passing on to you will greatly reduce the danger of your cultivation of the Pill Devouring Technique, and allow you to continuously refine the Qi Poison within the cauldron in your chest and abdomen."

Jiang Liu's idea was simple: to let Zhao Yingkong completely master the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, using the six internal organs as furnaces to refine essence into qi; using the five viscera as pills to refine qi into spirit; and using the primordial spirit as the controller to refine spirit into emptiness and take control of everything. "In short, I will teach you a different way of cultivating the Pill Devouring Technique than the Tang Sect."

The Tang Sect integrates Qi poison into the circulation of Qi throughout the body in a single instant, creating a unified 'elixir'.

What I will give you is the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, but this method is only for you to cultivate your life force. The Qi transformation and human magnetism principles within it are for you to apply to your five internal organs.

That is, only the five internal organs are allowed to transform into Qi, but the human body is fixed in shape by magnetic field, so that the five internal organs are in a superimposed state of 'gathering form and dispersing Qi'.

In this way, the Qi toxins can circulate among the five internal organs. Because the Qi of the five internal organs is transformed, the Qi toxins naturally cannot affect your life. Furthermore, because the form of the five internal organs is stabilized by the human body, they can maintain normal functions, so your life activities will not be affected.

The only troublesome thing is that you'll have to practice your internal energy constantly from now on, even while eating and sleeping.

"Is that so? I accept!"

Zhao Yingkong nodded in agreement. In her view, the so-called constant practice of internal energy cultivation was simply treating cultivation as an instinct, like breathing, and that was how it should be.

Therefore, Jiang Liu passed on this method to Zhao Yingkong.

[The character Jiang Liu teaches the cultivation method: Five Elements Elixir Formation, created based on the Eight-Nine Arcane Technique. It allows one to gather the five elements within the chest, condense them into one, and combine it with energies of various attributes to form a physical elixir...]