From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Jiang Liu held the Heavenly Golden Rhinoceros Horn and expanded the bubble's range to twenty meters, encompassing the clam ancestor within it.

Perhaps sensing the disappearance of the seawater, the ancestral clam trembled slightly, and the closed, wave-shaped opening of its shell opened a crack.

Lu Jin seized the opportunity and quickly reached inside, using his great strength to grab and violently pry open the clam shell.

Click!

However, this Clam Ancestor is no ordinary creature either. Having grown to such a size, it is also a spirit that has obtained Qi.

Ordinary clams, due to their unique physiological structure, have such a strong closing force that they can snap a human finger. This clam ancestor, which has gained Qi and grown to the size of a small house, has an even more formidable closing force. Even though it can only use it instinctively, it still makes Lu Jin grit his teeth.

"Yo ho!"

Lu Jin grinned, took a deep breath, and surrounded himself with Qi. His hair and beard stood on end, and he stabilized his eight meridians, trying his best to improve his life cultivation. However, he could only barely pry open about twenty centimeters.

"Stop."

Seeing Lu Jin struggling so much, Jiang Liu spoke up.

Immediately, Lu Jin withdrew his hand, and with a "bang," the clam's shell closed, leaving not a single crack.

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing!"

Lu Jin clapped his hands, dispelling the white aura ribbons around his body, and shouted, "Killing this clam ancestor is actually not difficult. With a little effort, I can easily smash the clam shell. But the force with which it closes its shell is truly unparalleled throughout history. Even with a thousand pounds of strength, being clamped by it would cause severe pain!"

"I can't break this clam shell, otherwise I won't be able to fulfill the mermaid's request." Jiang Liu put down the conch shell coffin he was carrying on his shoulder, opened the closure, and revealed the corpse inside.

# Chapter 500 Corpse Hair Enters a Clam Shell

The moment the corpse-like creature was revealed, it connected directly with the sea air, and its entire body emitted a silvery halo.

Like the bright moon, like a jade plate, it is not dazzling, but it gives people a strange sense of gentleness.

In Jiang Liu's perception, this silvery halo was somewhat similar to moonlight, but it was not moonlight; it was merely a halo formed by the circulation of sea air throughout the sky.

In short, if this corpse-like creature is as lifeless as before, it can definitely be considered a special magical artifact!

The clam ancestor also sensed the silver halo. Regardless of whether the threat that had prevented its upper and lower shells from closing still existed, it slightly opened its mouth, revealing the clam meat inside, which was as white as winter snow and as clear as glass, resembling a tongue. With the help of the dragon fire light of the surrounding seawater, one could vaguely see the perfectly round moon pills inside, each one crystal clear.

Gu Dui picked up the short blade, leaned forward, felt around inside, found the location of the moon pill, raised his hand, stabbed, and with a slash and scrape, pulled out a handful of pearls.

Its color is pure white, like snow, with a misty aura; its interior is full of vitality and brimming with life.

Cut and having its pearl ripped out by the blade, the Clam Ancestor was in great pain, but it still opened its shell, afraid of missing the chance to absorb the moonlight.

But how could the ancestor of the clam know this?

There was no moonlight at all on the seabed, only a corpse with a silvery halo formed by the sea air penetrating the heavens, which lured the poor ancestor of clams to open its shell.

What does it matter if one lives for thousands or tens of thousands of years?

So what if you obtain Qi?

Living in the deep sea, even if one develops sentience, one remains utterly devoid of wisdom, utterly naive.

When Gu Dui took out 146 Moon Pills and was about to take more, Jiang Liu stopped him. Then he took out the 35 Moon Pills from his storage ring, put them in a bag, and said, "181 Moon Pills are enough. Take 16 more and share them with your people, two for each of you. After that, you can sell them and have enough to eat and wear for a short period of time. This will be enough for you to adapt to life on land."

Upon hearing this, Gu Dui nodded and then took out sixteen more Moon Pills, not one more and not one less.

Afterwards, Jiang Liu took out a leather bag, put all the Moon Pills into it, and handed it to Gu Dui. He then handed the Heavenly Golden Rhinoceros Horn to Lu Jin and said, "Lu Jin, you go with Gu Dui to the Stone Cauldron Iron Tree and embed the Moon Pills into the hundred orifices of the bronze man. After that, go ashore and supervise the foreigners who are moving the corpses with Gu Qian, Duanmu Ying and others. After they have moved all the corpses of the Peng tribe to the vicinity of the Jianmu tree and climbed up the Jianmu tree, embed the beads into the nine-legged eight-sided cauldron."

In this way, the Qi formation of the South China Sea can be activated, using the acquired to supplement the innate, and the innate to guide the circulation of Qi, so that the Jianmu tree can be launched, pass through the Qi formation space, and return to reality.

"Just keep an eye on those people then."

"Aren't you coming with us?" Lu Jin asked, puzzled.

"I need to put this thing inside the clam ancestor."

Jiang Liu lifted the corpse-like creature he was carrying and chuckled, "If I'm not mistaken, once the mechanism is activated, both the nine-legged, eight-sided cauldron and the stone cauldron and iron tree here will collapse and cease to exist—"

This 'Kunpeng's' vital energy channels have been blocked for thousands of years. Once they are opened, it will be extremely ferocious and destroy everything here!

"The space here will collapse? Wouldn't that be very dangerous?" Lu Jin asked worriedly.

"The space itself will not collapse; only the objects within it will be shaken to their limits."

Jiang Liu shook his head, then added, "Don't worry about me. After you go out, wait outside for a while, and I'll come out."

Staying here, besides fulfilling the 'mermaid's request,' is also to deal with that mermaid grandmother—

That thing is too strange. With the stone cauldron broken, it will definitely come out and swim towards the Jianmu tree! If what Gu Qian and the others said is true, the Mermaid wants to ride the Jianmu tree to the moon!

Although this is nonsense, if you try to get it near the Jianmu tree, all your previous efforts will be in vain!

Someone has to stay behind and hold it off.

After saying that, before Lu Jin could speak, Jiang Liu raised his hands and used his Qi to draw a talisman, creating a talisman that resembled both a fish and a bird. He then pressed it into Lu Jin's heart and said, "This is the Kunpeng Talisman. It can last for a period of time. I drew it based on the form of the Guixu Qi Formation. It can help you perceive the direction of the Guixu Qi Formation."

The moment the Kunpeng talisman entered his body, Lu Jin's body and mind trembled, as if he were one with the flow of sea air, and he clearly perceived the trajectory of the dragon fire.

"understood."

Lu Jin nodded, holding the Heaven-Reaching Golden Rhinoceros Horn, and led Gu Dui towards the Stone Cauldron and Iron Tree.

Afterwards, Jiang Liu entered the seawater, but it was as if he were walking on flat ground. Under the influence of the seawater, the corpse-like creature in his hand seemed to come alive.

Please put me inside the clam shell!

Upon hearing the message from the Corpse Demon again, Jiang Liu did not hesitate at all. With a flick of his hand, he threw her toward the Clam Ancestor.

Bang!

The moment the corpse-like creature entered the clam shell, the shell snapped shut with a loud bang and burst out with white bubbles.

Afterwards, the clam ancestor's whole body trembled with the flow of the Guixu Qi, causing the coral, rock layers, and seaweed on the clam shell to fall off completely, revealing a completely white clam shell!

The clam shell appears perfectly smooth, but upon closer inspection, it reveals fine grooves and patterns resembling waves. Under the glow of the dragon fire, it gleams with a faint golden luster, making it seem like a rare underwater treasure that tempts one to possess it.

Once the Clam Ancestor had calmed down, Jiang Liu used his mental energy to scan it, only to find that his mental energy was blocked and he could not penetrate it.

Is some kind of transformation taking place?

Jiang Liu suddenly realized that the method of making corpse-like creatures was most likely taught to the Hentian clan by the mermaid, rather than being figured out by the Hentian clan on their own.

To be honest, even if the Hentian clan relied on the Hetu Luoshu to supplement the innate with the acquired and used the power of Guixu to extract bronze, judging from the shape and furnishings inside and outside the bronze palace, as well as some divination tortoise shells, candles, jade bottles, tripods and other items left behind, the Hentian clan did not have much research on the human body.

If they really did concoct something that could soften the bones of the human body into something like beef tendon, how many lives would they have to lose?

Analyzing the deity statues with their heads chopped off inside the bronze hall, it's clear that after the Kun tribe defeated the Peng tribe, they killed them all directly, rather than using them as experimental materials.

We are all of the same origin, so naturally we will give you a quick death rather than torture.

Therefore, the only way to create a corpse demon is to obtain it from other people or from an elf who has obtained Qi!

The mermaid is the most likely candidate!

"Mermaids, half-human and half-fish, and their appearance is more in line with human aesthetics than that of merfolk... Are they fish that have only partially transformed? Or do they have a different origin?"

Transformation—

Jiang Liu directly denied this possibility.

Human life is precious.

If it were truly in human form, why would it only take half its form?

Isn't this just making things difficult for your future spiritual practice?

But to say that mermaids are a species that evolved naturally—

Not right either.

Given Earth's environment, how could mermaids with upper bodies almost identical to humans have evolved?

Unless mermaids are born with their body's energy channels open to achieve a state of embryonic breathing, they would drown from seawater the moment they are born without gills...

# Chapter 501 Riding the Jianmu Tree, Leaving the Ruins

"It's all set up!"

the other side.

Lu Jin and Gu Dui had already embedded a hundred Moon Pills into the protruding "hundred apertures" around the bronze statue, and then, relying on the water-dividing ability of the Heavenly Golden Rhinoceros Horn, they quickly reached the shore.

Inside the bronze hall.

The passengers and sailors of the Alexander had already moved two-thirds of the Peng tribe's remains to the side of the Jianmu tree.

Once the remaining third of the remains had been moved over, Lu Jin urged them to climb the Jianmu tree.

Although Jianmu is a large ancient tree, it is hollow inside, with many spaces and platforms where people can settle down. Furthermore, the dragon fire condenses within it with the sea air, forming a thin membrane that is both real and illusory. People who enter it can then "ascend," leave the Guixu space, and enter the sea, ensuring that those riding Jianmu will not be affected by seawater.

After everyone had climbed onto the Jianmu tree, Lu Jin handed sixteen Moon Pills to Gu Qian and the others, and ordered them to climb onto the Jianmu tree as well. He then took the remaining eighty-one Moon Pills to the Nine-Legged Eight-Sided Cauldron.

After the Moon Pills were inlaid one by one into the eighty-one apertures of the cauldron, the Qi of Guixu trembled in an instant. The stone cauldron at the bottom of the sea and the bronze cauldron in the palace, the acquired to supplement the innate, and the innate to lead the Zhou Tian, ​​the dragon fire followed the sea Qi to penetrate the entire space, forming a Zhou Tian cycle. The tall bronze statues surrounding the Jianmu also started to rotate, and then carried out the final power accumulation.

As the Jianmu tree slowly rotated, the seawater inside Guixu surged in an instant, flooding into the bronze palace.

Even with the Heaven-Piercing Golden Rhinoceros Horn, which possesses the power to part water, Lu Jin could not withstand the onslaught of such a fierce ocean current.

Fortunately, Jiang Liu had anticipated this and placed a Kunpeng talisman in Lu Jin's heart, which allowed him to sense the Guixu Qi formation. Relying on the Qi in the sea, he moved like a fish and quickly swam towards the location of Jianmu.

However, as seawater flooded into the entire bronze palace, the merfolk from the bottom of the water also emerged and rushed towards the Jianmu tree.

Seeing this, Lu Jin didn't say a word. He unleashed his magnetic field, quickly entered the Jianmu tree, and threw out a nine-foot nail that broke through the waves and pierced through the heads of the merfolk.

But the number of merfolk was far more than a hundred. Lu Jin couldn't take care of everyone, so Gu Qian and the other eight people all went out to shuttle back and forth around the Jianmu tree to intercept the merfolk. This caused the surrounding seawater to turn green, and also allowed dozens of merfolk to burrow into the Jianmu tree and attack the passengers.

However, merfolk are ultimately aquatic species. Once they enter Jianmu and leave the sea, their strength is reduced to less than one-tenth. They are like ordinary people. If they muster their courage and strength, the three of them working together can kill them.

"Help!"

"Monster! There's a monster!"

But the passengers of the Alexander had never seen a merman before. They were instantly terrified by the merman's ferocious head and body.

Even though the old captain, the old security chief, and the sailors on board wanted to aim their guns, the panic of the other crew members prevented them from getting a clear shot.

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