From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

In this situation, even Zhang Chulan had no choice but to follow.

"Brother Jiang, how do you know the switch for the footprint is at the Yongquan acupoint, and not somewhere else?" Wang Zhenqiu asked as he walked.

"It relates to the answer to what it means to be human."

Jiang Liu said, "The Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley can enable one to control the Small Heavenly Circuit. The Small Heavenly Circuit is the foundation, but it is also the most difficult step. If this step is not mastered, let alone releasing supernatural abilities, one cannot even be considered to be cultivating Qi."

The best way to circulate Qi throughout the body is to keep the spine in a straight position.

That is, standing tall and upright.

The purpose of spiritual cultivation is to connect with the heavens. The human body has two acupoints, Baihui and Yongquan, one above the other, symbolizing the yin and yang of heaven and earth. If these points can be connected, one can reach "heaven and earth," circulating yin and yang, clearing the meridians throughout the body, and achieving harmony between humanity and nature.

"So that's how it is. The answer to the questions of what it means to be human and to be honest is the way of being human: to stand tall and upright."

Wang Zhenqiu was well-versed in various arts and could be considered proficient in them, at least able to articulate some of the principles. "The foundation of reaching for the sky is standing on the ground! Therefore, there must be a secret passage under that pavilion! The owner of this place is truly remarkable, actually testing later visitors in this way?"

As they spoke, the group had already descended the spiral stone steps to the bottom, where a stone gate came into view—simple and unadorned, with the four characters "人身难得" (human life is precious) inscribed above it.

“Jiang Liu, have you been here before?” Xia Liuqing suddenly asked. “You also said the phrase ‘human life is precious’ before.”

"This is mainly for the two of you, and it's the last piece of advice: leave Quanxing."

Jiang Liu said calmly, "Next time I meet you, I won't speak to you so politely."

"Hey, you bastard, this is the sect leader's territory!" Xia Liuqing shouted.

"He was merely the discoverer."

As Jiang Liu stepped into the cave, he immediately sensed an extremely faint breeze flowing within. He closed his eyes for a moment, letting his thoughts travel with the wind, traversing the entire twenty-four sections of the Tongtian Valley, before returning to himself. He invigorated himself, his physical form trembling slightly, his mind filled with the faint fragrance of a pagoda.

"It smells good."

Feng Baobao twitched her nose, as if she had caught a whiff of the exotic fragrance emanating from Jiang Liu. She stared at Jiang Liu and asked, "Have you hidden something?"

"A fragrance? I can't smell anything."

Xia Liuqing suspected that Feng Baobao had misheard.

He wasn't the only one who thought so; everyone else did too.

Upon entering the secret chamber, Zhang Chulan found it empty except for a stone table. He breathed a sigh of relief, then wondered, "It seems that the things here have been taken away by the people who kidnapped Granny Mei."

"No, it should be that there was never anything placed here to begin with."

Wang Zhenqiu walked to the stone table, stretched out a finger, wiped it, and judged the thickness of the dust. He then gave his guess, "The people who kidnapped Granny Jin Feng probably didn't crack the mechanism, otherwise the ash on the opening and closing of the Tai Chi diagram outside wouldn't be so even. You agree, Chu Lan?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes!"

What else could Zhang Chulan say? He couldn't very well make up an excuse, saying that those people had carefully scattered the ashes back afterward, could he?

That doesn't make sense!

"Look at the writing on the wall." Xia Liuqing made a discovery and ran to the wall, where she saw the five large characters "Nine-Bend Winding Cave".

The handwriting was different from the four characters "人身难得" (human life is hard to come by) on the outside.

"Sect Leader! It's the Sect Leader's handwriting!" Mei Jinfeng had been a fan and follower of Wugensheng since she was young, so she knew his handwriting and was extremely excited.

Later, Wang Zhenqiu discovered other writings on a nearby wall. After careful examination, he read them aloud: "This method is truly wondrous, all because I am unique among people. I know that the reversal is due to the trigrams Li and Kan, but who can discern the distinction between host and guest in floating and sinking? The golden cauldron desires to retain the cinnabar mercury, while the jade pool first releases the silver from the water. The divine power of manipulating fire is not a matter of a single day, but will reveal a full moon in the deep pool."

"The Book of Enlightenment!"

Xia Liuqing, however, also recognized this lawsuit and pointed out that it originated from Zhang Boduan.

Who is Zhang Boduan?

Mei Jinfeng was puzzled.

"Golden Phoenix, Golden Phoenix, you innate cultivators are truly...tsk tsk." Xia Liuqing introduced her, "Zhang Boduan is the founder of the Southern School of Golden Elixir, known as the Ancestor of Elixir. He was learned from a young age, dabbling in the classics of the three religions, medicine, divination, military strategy, and mathematics..."

Xia Liuqing stopped abruptly, looked at Jiang Liu, and hurriedly asked, "Did you already know that this place was built by Zhang Boduan?"

Zhang Chulan, however, recalled that Jiang Liu had come with him to help, which was to find the aura left behind by Zhang Boduan—

and so.

Did Jiang Liuzhen know about the existence of this place from the very beginning?

The Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley itself is a unique energy pattern.

"know."

Jiang Liu walked to the wall, looked at the erased writing, and sighed, "Why do you think Wugensheng erased Zhang Boduan's copy of the Wuzhen Pian?"

# Chapter 630 The Enlightenment Chapter (Part 2)

"Is Wugensheng denying Zhang Boduan?"

Wang Zhenqiu did indeed have some guesses: "The Nine-Bend Cave is a story from 'Journey to the West,' and it is the cave of the Nine-Headed Lion."

The Nine Spirits signify nine thoughts; through nine thoughts, one can attain sainthood.

When it comes to the word "sage," the most famous one is none other than Confucius, the most revered teacher. However, even he had to take a teacher from someone else, the Duke of Zhou, who was respectfully called the Primordial Sage. Thinking of Journey to the West, in this episode, Tang Sanzang's three disciples passed on their skills to three princes, which in turn attracted a den of lions. The Heavenly King also pointed out that the lions were attracted because they wanted to be teachers, thus admonishing people not to arbitrarily become teachers.

Thinking about it, is Wugensheng negating Zhang Boduan's hasty approach to passing on the torch?

After all, ordinary people can obtain Qi simply by passing through that canyon, which is truly mysterious... The main problem is that obtaining Qi is too easy, which would have a great impact on a person's character, hence Wugensheng's denial of Zhang Boduan's claim.

"Hahaha!"

Xia Liuqing suddenly burst into laughter, "As expected of the sect leader, he even denied the Pill Ancestor, truly remarkable!"

“If Zhang Boduan is to be denied, he should destroy this place instead of erasing the Wuzhen Pian inside the cave. He didn’t even erase it completely, and he added fine lines to the sides of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley and the ground outside.”

Jiang Liu sighed and asked Mei Jinfeng, "After Wugensheng added finer lines to the rough lines, what will happen to ordinary people who enter the valley after they obtain Qi? You come here often, so you should know their ultimate fate, right?"

"what happened?"

Zhang Chulan thought of the ordinary people outside who had been knocked unconscious by Jiang Liu.

"He will die with blood flowing from all seven orifices."

Mei Jinfeng pushed up her reading glasses and stated a fact: "After the sect leader added fine lines, ordinary people who enter this place can circulate their Qi, but they don't know how to disperse their Qi. In the end, they will all break their meridians because they cannot withstand the high load."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Only Jiang Liu spoke up, saying, "Wu Gensheng...has he changed? Or rather, has he betrayed Quanxing?"

In an instant.

Mei Jinfeng and Xia Liuqing's aura surged like a cat with its fur standing on end or an angry tiger, and they asked in unison, "Who exactly are you?"

Why did Wugensheng betray Quanxing?

In Mei Jinfeng's view, it was because he had sworn brotherhood with thirty-six people.

Before this.

to be honest.

Everything Wugensheng did was to help the Quanxing demons find their way.

But it's just a push.

As for whether the road ahead leads to life or death, Wugensheng neither cares, nor is concerned, nor does he try to dissuade him.

His principle is to convert as many people as he can, and not to interfere in anything else.

In short, Wugensheng wouldn't interfere with the choices made by the Quanxing sorcerers who had found their path based on his personal morality. He would only encourage them, not advise them, regardless of whether they chose this path to atone for their sins or to continue their arson, murder, and looting. Jiang Liu's attitude towards life was not much different from Wugensheng's, but unlike Wugensheng, he would interfere if something didn't meet his moral standards. That is, if they didn't listen to his advice, he would advise them. If they still didn't listen and continued to do evil according to their own nature, he would kill them.

And what happens after they become sworn brothers?

In that era, sworn brotherhood was not just a matter of words. Even if there was no kinship, once a sworn brotherhood was formed, the bond between them was unbreakable.

Before the sworn brotherhood was formed, Wugensheng was free from all attachments and could be described as having no beginning in the past and no end in the future, and could calmly face all the actions of Quanxing.

Because he has no selfish motives.

After swearing brotherhood, he had something to worry about: what if his brothers and sisters later stood against the Quanxing Sect?

Was Wugensheng helping the Quanxing Sect, or his brothers?

Therefore, in the eyes of the Quanxing demons, Wugensheng's transformation from "rootless" to "rooted" was a betrayal of Quanxing!

Mei Jinfeng still cannot understand Wugensheng's sworn brotherhood with thirty-five people.

In her view, Wugensheng was not heartless, but he would never be controlled by his own feelings, and would even be willing to give up the title and the way of the Quanxing Sect Leader for it!

"Granny Jin Feng, Master Xia, please calm down and stop your Qi." Wang Zhenqiu stood on Jiang Liu's side, confronting Xia Liuqing and Mei Jin Feng.

Without hesitation, Zhang Chulan also stood on Jiang Liu's side—as an employee of Na Du Tong, he believed he had to distance himself from Quan Xing.

Baron stood with Feng Baobao on the other side of the river.

"Hey foreigner, which side are you from?"

Xia Liuqing cursed.

"Sorry," Baron said with a smirk, "I side with the strong."

"A fence-sitter!"

Xia Liuqing was furious.

But to no avail.

"When I met Wugensheng, he hadn't joined Quanxing yet. He was a good person, but a bit muddle-headed."

After joining the Quanxing Sect, he immediately began to act as a saint, seeking a path for the Quanxing's demonic members and giving them a push... I saw him once after he joined the Quanxing Sect, and I spared him that time, but I haven't seen him since.

Jiang Liu said, half-jokingly, "It's fortunate that he met me that time, instead of Zhang Zhiwei. Otherwise, given Zhang Zhiwei's personality, he would have commented, 'He's not a bad person,' and then just raised his hand and killed him."

At this point, Jiang Liu ignored the ugly expressions on Mei Jinfeng and Xia Liuqing's faces and casually asked, "Do you think there's a possibility that Wugensheng has changed, that he has realized that he used to be a bastard who liked to preach?"

Is it possible that the inscription at the Nine-Bend Cave was simply Wugensheng's self-mockery?

A person doesn't change suddenly unless they experience some major ups and downs. During this period, it's logical for their mindset to be affected and for them to become a little neurotic.

After all, even superhumans are human.

Just like Wugensheng's collection, although it had been stolen beforehand, based on my understanding of him, he wouldn't collect things like Taoist scriptures, Buddhist scrolls, martial arts manuals, or elixirs to enhance his skills. Instead, he would collect novel things based on his own interests.

For example: a camera, an oil painting, a copy of *Jin Ping Mei* (a Chinese novel), or even a stone picked up casually from a stream. Like an innocent child, they might collect bottle caps that others wouldn't want. Whether it's a hobby or simply finding it amusing, as long as it pleases them, they don't care about others' opinions.