From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

# Chapter 52 Retracing the Journey to the West?

"He didn't hit me! He didn't hit me!"

at this time.

The vendor selling cold noodles hurriedly spoke up, his face beaming with smiles at the bearded man.

Although he was saved by a passing young swordsman, he knew that the bearded man wouldn't be imprisoned for life over something so trivial.

But the young heroes will leave!

At that point, this bearded man will only cause trouble for me and make my life even worse.

"you!"

Li Muxuan was furious.

They were all about to stand up for him, but the jelly vendor gave up? And he even smiled obsequiously at that bearded man?

Utterly cowardly!

Seeing this, the bearded man also laughed out loud: "You see, even the person involved says I didn't hit him. And—"

That's all.

He shouted at the shirtless onlookers around him, "Did you see me beat Sun Shouyi?"

"without!"

"I didn't see it!"

The onlookers shook their heads.

"Did you see me make a move to hit Sun Shouyi?"

The bearded man asked again.

"without!"

"No!"

The onlookers answered again.

Without a doubt, they are all lying through their teeth.

"You, you all..."

Li Muxuan gritted his teeth, feeling that this group of people were beyond saving.

Lu Jin opened her mouth, but didn't know what to do.

So, in this whole affair, the ones who were wrong were those who stepped in to help those in need?

[The backbone of these onlookers is broken. How much perseverance and courage would it take to believe in them and put them back together?]

Jiang Liu was filled with mixed emotions, yet he had also made his decision...

"How about it?"

The bearded man, ignoring his tattered clothes, said smugly, "Seeing as you're young, I'm a magnanimous adult and won't hold a grudge against a child. I'll let bygones be bygones that you hit me for no reason, so as not to suffer another setback, hahaha!"

"Damn it! If I don't beat you to death today, I'm not Li Muxuan!"

Li Muxuan's eyes burned with rage, his brows furrowed, his face contorted in a ferocious expression, like an angry Vajra with a menacing look.

Snapped!

Jiang Liu placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Ok?"

Li Muxuan wanted to resist and teach the bearded man a lesson, but he felt an immense force on his shoulder. No matter how he tried to circulate his qi, it was no use. He could only curse, "Jiang Liu, are you such a coward?"

“It’s not that I’m cowardly, it’s that this matter needs to be considered carefully. What if you rush in and cripple him? You’ll be the one in the wrong.”

Jiang Liu lowered his voice and warned, "Outside, you're not a young master anymore. People aren't your father or your master. They won't indulge you, and they certainly won't let your evil intentions run rampant!"

"Yes, Junior Brother Li, don't be impulsive."

Although Lu Jin was extremely disappointed by the defection of the onlookers and the man selling cold noodles named "Sun Shouyi," they were, after all, upright people who had to walk the right path. They could not side with this bearded man, nor could they act recklessly according to their own whims.

Otherwise, it's a small matter if you take the wrong path, but if you can't correct it and just act recklessly according to your own whims, that would be terrible!

"But I just can't stand it!"

Bloodshot veins appeared in Li Muxuan's eyes.

The other party must be relying on Huang Silang's backing to act arrogantly and domineeringly in Goose City. Judging from his behavior of beating Sun Shouyi at the slightest disagreement, he must have been arrogant and domineering in the past, and must have even killed many people on his hands!

This bearded man is not Quanxing, but he is even better than Quanxing!

"It's just that the world is in chaos."

Ren Jiating sighed, "If the world were peaceful, even rogue cultivators who worked as retainers for wealthy merchants would rarely do such a thing as directly bullying ordinary people and damaging their reputation."

Undoubtedly, in chaotic times, all sorts of strange and bizarre things happen.

Especially among independent cultivators, their minds are not steadfast, and for fame and fortune, their bottom line is much lower than that of prestigious sects, making them more prone to producing scoundrels.

Jiang Liu took a deep breath and said to Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, "Are the people selling cold noodles and those onlookers truly on the side of that bearded man?"

"Certainly not."

Lu Jin shook her head.

"That's right. It would be strange if they liked this beard. They're just afraid! They don't see the strength in us to defeat Huang Silang. They're afraid we can only uphold justice for them temporarily, not forever!"

Who says ordinary people don't have a long-term vision?

Have!

They just need one or more people to lead them.

As a time traveler, Jiang Liu clearly understood this point!

But Li Muxuan remained silent.

Because he knew very well that they couldn't stay in Goose City forever to uphold justice for the people here.

"What should we do now?" Li Muxuan asked.

"The best approach is to go along with him and let it go for now. Then, as Brother Jiang suggested, we should plan for the long term. The key is to find a way to make Zhang Mazi and Huang Silang fight each other..."

"Do not."

Ren Jiating was interrupted by Jiang Liu halfway through her sentence, "What I meant by taking it into consideration is not this."

"what is that?"

Ren Jiating was puzzled.

"As you said before, in this chaotic world, all sorts of demons and monsters exist, and the abilities of extraordinary people can be displayed in a relatively open and aboveboard manner in front of ordinary people."

Jiang Liu grinned, revealing a smile. "The code names I chose before, besides reflecting our respective cultivation and personality traits, also have other meanings."

"What's the meaning?"

Li Muxuan felt that this might be related to Jiang Liu's next move.

"It's just the surface meaning."

"after all--"

Jiang Liu stepped forward, his body surging with fiery energy, forming the shape of a fire ape. A dragon's roar also emanated from his kidneys, and a dragon roar soared out, startling the shirtless onlookers around him.

"The greatest truths are the simplest!"

Immediately, the jade dragon transformed into a dragon horse, accompanying Jiang Liu.

As Jiang Liu breathed, golden energy burst forth, forming a gleaming golden chainmail armor on his mind ape. With a flick of his hand from beside his ear, he pulled out a golden staff.

This is the primordial Qi that is cultivated along with the primordial spirit.

Naturally not.

Instead, it was transformed by Jin Gong.

In "Journey to the West", when Wukong obtains the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff), it's like the Monkey King obtaining the Golden Cudgel, allowing him to have his wishes fulfilled and unleash his divine power.

The weight of 13,500 jin also carries a symbolic meaning.

The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic and the Difficult Classic state:

With each exhale, the pulse travels three inches; with each inhale, the pulse travels three inches; when breathing is steady, the pulse travels six inches. In a day and night, a person takes 13,500 breaths, and the pulse travels fifty times, circulating throughout the body.

One must circulate one's breath for 13,500 breaths, then circulate it for 50 cycles through the body, submerge it underwater for 100 quarters of an hour, travel through 28 constellations in a day, and when the water drains away and the pulse ceases.

Those who have achieved success in spiritual practice can open up the acupoints throughout the body and attain embryonic breathing.

However, ordinary practitioners still rely on the breathing of their lungs to maintain their life activities. Jiang Liu is the same. Only the lung qi of the Golden Master, which belongs to metal and is also a breath, can be combined with the mind and monkey, and obtain a trace of the Golden Master's intention. It can form its own temperament, and then it can have the great energy of the universe and the small size of a mustard seed.

Afterwards, wisps of white cloud drifted behind Jiang Liu's waist, forming ribbons that undulated behind him, making him appear like a celestial being.

"It's the Monkey King descended to earth!"

In an instant, the onlookers shouted!

# Chapter 53 Further Understanding of Zhang Mazi

This is Jiang Liu's purpose!

Without donning this robe, how could the world know that I have severed all worldly ties and dried up the golden sea?

Many "intellectuals" in the 21st century are constantly criticizing this statement!

But during the Republic of China era!

This statement is an indisputable fact!

Some people wear cassocks and pretend to be monks to make money.

But Jiang Liu wanted to use the guise of "The Monkey King" to gain the trust of the people of Goose City!