From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

The same reason.

The flow of Qi is mainly through two acupoints: "innate" and "acquired". Acquired acupoints are also formed innately, but they are responsible for forming a closed cycle and circulating Qi throughout the body, so that the Qi formation takes effect. Therefore, they are called "acquired".

which is:

There is no difference between the Qi formation and the Qi formation of a cultivator. Regardless of the complexity of the Qi formation of the human body and the Qi formation of heaven and earth, at least in terms of size, the Qi formation of nature is far more vast and numerous than that of the human body.

However, most places with inherent "qi" formations are formed through human intervention, and naturally occurring "qi" formations are extremely rare... To modify and actively utilize acquired qi formations, tools are needed.

The Book of the Sun and the Book of the Dead may have been tools used by the rulers of ancient Egypt to perform large-scale weather spells by leveraging the power of the atmosphere!

"It seems you two understand."

As Jiang Liu walked, he flipped through the Black Scripture of the Dead, infusing it with Qi and carefully sensing its power. He said, "This book is not only a key to communicating with the Qi formation, but also a small Qi formation generator, similar to a mobile Qimen device."

Holding this book, consuming one's vital energy, and reciting the incantation, one can unleash large-scale weather-related spells. The main principle is—

The Qi formation after the Qimen Dunjia pattern is unfolded is meant to amplify oneself and weaken the enemy, but to use it to directly unleash a calamity-level spell is a bit outrageous. Ultimately, it is due to the harsh climate in Egypt.

Most of the area consists of deserts and wastelands, with hot days and dark nights, extreme temperature differences, and harsh climates.

Thus, even a slightly stronger wind can trigger the dynamic climate system of the entire Egyptian region, thereby causing a storm.

With a little control, the direction of the storm can be manipulated during this process.

If one leaves Egypt, for the spells in this Book of the Dead to reach the level of a natural disaster, one would have to rely entirely on their own cultivation level, or the local climate conditions would need to be similar to Egypt's—large temperature differences and strong air currents.

"That makes perfect sense."

Chu Xuan nodded. "Energy cannot be generated out of thin air. The sum of all matter and energy in the universe is constant. If one can cast spells simply by learning incantations, then the reality of the world is questionable."

"so--"

Jiang Liu ignored Chu Xuan's speculation about the reality of the world and continued to search for the topic of the Sun Scripture. "The Necromancer's Scripture and the Sun Scripture are important tools used by the rulers of ancient Egypt to manipulate the acquired and innate auras of Hamunaptra!"

The Necronomicon corresponds to the acquired acupoint of this energy configuration.

# Chapter 540 Scorpion-Shaped Aura Formation —

"Why not the innate aperture?"

Zheng Zha understood some of it, and a hint of curiosity appeared in his eyes.

"What's the difference between innate and acquired traits?" Jiang Liu countered.

"Hmm... naturally formed, or created by humans?" Zheng Zha tentatively offered two answers.

"Now that you know, what advantages do man-made things have compared to naturally formed ones?" Jiang Liu asked again.

This left Zheng Zha dumbfounded. He scratched his head, unable to come up with a solution, and could only say, "Can things created by humans be considered inventions? They should be made more convenient for people to use, right?"

Zero touched the Gauss sniper rifle tucked behind his back and said, "Man-made things are more specific in their function. For example, a gun is used to shoot."

Zhan Lan pondered, “I am a writer, skilled in writing on paper. When I hold a pen and immerse myself in describing the plot, I can forget the troubles in life. Therefore, things created later in life can make people forget themselves.”

Zhang Jie brandished the Desert Eagle with unlimited ammo and said, "It lets me show off."

Qi Teng said, "Things created later in life contain human history... uh, they are the crystallization of wisdom passed down from generation to generation, that's all."

Xiao Honglu said, "In terms of advantages, I agree with Zero Point, as its functions are more specific."

Qin Zhuiyu said, "To make people more civilized."

Chu Xuan simply pushed up his glasses.

Zhao Yingkong remained silent.

Isaac, Hermione, O'Connor, and the Medgar warriors remained aloof, refusing to participate in the theoretical Q&A session that they couldn't understand at all.

In short, it can be summarized in one sentence: it possesses specific functions and roles that nature does not have.

Jiang Liu raised a finger. “Things created by nature do not have specific functions, or rather, the so-called functions are only relative to humans. They are essentially part of the entire natural cycle. But things created by humans are different. Their functions are specific and diverse, and they must serve humans.”

The distinction between innate and acquired factors is quite clear.

The universe is a macroscopic, complex, and open mega-system, ranging from the entire ecosystem of a planet to the life system of a single bacterium—complete, but not detailed.

The day after tomorrow, we will sort out and perfect this innate system, explore a single part or all of its talents, and bring them to fruition.

The result is that things created later in life, whether they are techniques or other inventions, are specialized, independent, singular, and diverse in terms of function, with a hundred flowers blooming and each displaying its unique abilities!

Therefore, we can conclude that the essence of cultivating one's life force is to gain complete control over one's own body—an open and complex megasystem. Simply put, it's about controlling the body's inherent energy (qi) and, in the process, continuously optimizing and transforming one's genes…at least, that's what I believe after learning about the gene lock.”

Before anyone could think, Jiang Liu continued, "Getting back to the main point, the contents inscribed in the Necronomicon are all about spellcasting, which corresponds to the acquired, allowing the holder to use it to cast various spells."

And corresponding to the innate Sun Sutra—

If I'm not mistaken, then it has only one function: to control the overall macroscopic flow of energy.

At this point, Jiang Liu asked Chu Xuan, "Do you know about the Hetu and Luoshu?"

"know."

Chu Xuan had naturally researched this before, and replied, "If I am not mistaken, the Hetu represents the pre-heavenly arrangement, and the Luoshu represents the post-heavenly arrangement, which correspond to the pre-heavenly and post-heavenly eight trigrams respectively."

"Absolutely!"

Jiang Liu laughed and said, "In our East, the innate and the acquired correspond to the Hetu and Luoshu, while in Egypt, they correspond to the Golden Book of the Sun and the Black Book of the Dead."

When Imhotep was resurrected, his aura spread, and I sensed his form. In the darkness, I saw a scorpion.

Thus, it can be seen that the Qi formation of Guixu resembles a Kunpeng, while the Qi formation of Egypt resembles an insect or scorpion.

While the Black Book of Death is physically located at the feet of the Anubis statue, from the perspective of the macroscopic form of the aura, it actually corresponds to the scorpion's tail hook, which perfectly matches the meaning of words such as 'death' and 'dead spirits'.

Based on this reasoning, if the Sun Sutra wasn't taken away beforehand, it's highly likely that it exists within the scorpion's body or head in the Qi formation.

Upon hearing this, everyone was overjoyed.

Whether they understood or not, everyone was certain of one thing: Jiang Liu had deduced the location of the Sun Sutra... or at least its original location.

therefore!

You can't go wrong by following Jiang Liu!

At worst!

It's also definitely possible to obtain valuable clues...

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"Anshuna!"

Imhotep, who had escaped into the desert, followed the quicksand and the scent of "humanity" and encountered an expedition team of Americans. He intended to devour their innate Qi to evolve a complete physical body and complete his resurrection, but instead he met Rice, who looked exactly like Ansu-na.

Compared to before, Imhotep, who had devoured the innate Qi that had not yet completely dissipated from the warden's corpse, was still in the shape of a shriveled mummy, but he had grown a pair of eyes and was able to see.

Upon seeing Imhotep, Rice was startled, then shook his head and blurted out, "Imhotep!"

"It's really you!"

Upon hearing Rice's call, Imhotep was certain that the Rice before him was the reincarnation of Ankurina, only that her soul had not yet truly returned, and her memories of her past life were extremely vague.

But this also has its advantages.

Originally, to complete the process of resurrecting Anzulna, Imhotep needed to obtain the Book of the Dead and recite a spell in the City of the Dead on the day of the "Festival of the Winds" to borrow the power of the aura and bring Anzulna's mummy back to life.

But now it's not so complicated. Because a part of Ankur's memories from her previous life have merged with the innate Qi and she has been reborn, as long as she obtains the Book of the Dead and merges her "soul" into Rice, Ankur will have completed her resurrection!

Rice came to her senses and fully realized the identity of the mummy in front of her, but the mummy's appearance was really not flattering to her.

However, Rice was also a ruthless person. She approached Imhotep, hugged him, and said with tenderness in her eyes, "Imhotep, my memory is incomplete, but I can feel your love."

Hearing Rice's sweet words, Imhotep was also moved and wanted to stroke her cheek, but stopped abruptly just before he touched her cheek—

He realized that he was now a mummy and did not want to defile Ansuna's reincarnation.

His gaze then fell upon the panicked members of the expedition team, as well as Mitsui Michi and Shiro Jingu of the Tokai team.

Ansuna, naturally unwilling to look at Imhotep's ugly mummy-like face, pointed at the members of the American expedition team and said, "We've come here to rescue you and find the Amshe Oasis together, so you can challenge the Scorpion King, obtain his army, and bring Egypt under our rule!"

"Apart from Mitsui-dō and the Prince of Shōjū, everyone else is your sustenance for resurrection! They come from outside Egypt, yearning for our wealth, and I am using them to find you..."

Imhotep knew perfectly well what Rice meant.

They transformed into a gust of sand, enveloping all the members of the American expedition team. As the sandstorm raged, wisps of white and blue energy appeared on the Americans' bodies, disappearing into the sandstorm. Their bodies withered away at an extremely rapid pace, until only skin and bones remained.

Once the sand and dust settled, Imhotep was no longer a mummy; his skin was shiny and his muscles were full, and he had been completely resurrected!

"Spare me!"

The last member of the expedition was so frightened that he fell to the ground, pulled out a series of amulets from his collar, and began chanting incantations in various languages.

Imhotep was reluctant to let the man go, but when he heard him speak the language of ancient Egyptian slaves, he stopped and said to Rice, "Keep him alive, he might be useful. When we become the rulers of Egypt, we will need slaves to serve us."

Rice has no problem with it.

Imhotep then turned his gaze to Mitsui Michi and Prince Jingu...

# Chapter 541 Anka's Cross

Having witnessed Imhotep's bizarre ability to devour members of the American expedition team, Mitsui-michi and Kamiya-shita of the Tokai team exchanged bewildered glances. They both made up their minds, knelt on one knee, and submitted to him.

"You are also mages."

Imhotep's cultivation level is so high that he can judge the cultivation level of others.

Even though the enhancement abilities that Mitsui-do and the disciples of the Divine Palace exchanged from the main god are different from the Qi Refining and Alchemy systems, they are essentially the same in essence.

"I am far inferior to you, the great Imhotep!" Mitsui complimented.

"Great Imhotep, on your path to world domination, you need to deal with a host of enemies," the divine palace instructed.

"Who?"

Imhotep asked.

"Zhongzhou Team".

The priest made up a reason: "They are all mages, and their purpose is to destroy you."