From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"I know, but I don't understand how Jiang Liu did it so naturally? When I make up excuses, my parents can tell right away," Xiaoyu said, quite puzzled.

“Yeah, I can tell at a glance too,” Chen Long agreed.

"It's actually very simple to lie through your teeth. Just observe carefully, discover other people's habits and preferences, and say the same thing as them."

Jiang Liu placed the teacup and teapot in front of Xiao Yu. "The cup is warm and smooth, the teapot is piping hot, and the tea leaves are evenly distributed. This shows that your mother has some knowledge of antiques and has studied tea ceremony."

When ordinary people make tea for guests, they simply put tea leaves into the teacup and pour in hot water.

More particular families would boil the tea leaves and water together.

Go with the flow, and you'll find contentment.

"There's another prerequisite: you also need to understand tea and carry with you the best tea that will please your mother," Duanmu Ying added with a smile. "And that requires some serious study, otherwise you'll end up buying counterfeit tea."

"Oh my goodness, but schools don't teach these things."

Xiaoyu complained, then brandished her fists again, asking Jiang Liu, "I still prefer kung fu, whoosh, haha! Can you teach me... Qi cultivation?"

"Xiaoyu!"

Chen Long's gaze was serious.

“Refining Qi is not easy; it’s even a science in itself,” Jiang Liu said with a smile.

"No problem, as long as I'm interested, I can definitely learn it." Seeing an opportunity, Xiaoyu got excited and made a confident promise.

"Alright, before we deal with the eight demons, Sister Mu Ying will teach you medicine," Jiang Liu said.

"Yes, I will."

Duanmu Ying, who was already used to being called "Sister Mu Ying," smiled slightly and said, "I guarantee you'll have a basic understanding of traditional Chinese medicine."

"Oh my god, I want to learn Qi cultivation, not how to become a... doctor." Xiaoyu suspected that Jiang Liu and Duanmu Ying were fooling her.

"To cultivate oneself, one must have a thorough understanding of one's own body, including muscles, bones, skin, internal organs, spirit, brain, and meridian circulation. Even if you don't have 100% understanding, you should at least have 99% understanding. Otherwise, if you have a problem with your body, you won't know how to solve it."

Jiang Liu chuckled, "You know what? Science and magic are actually not that different. In fact, strictly speaking, anything that is defined, can be understood, and is systematic can be categorized as science..."

Upon hearing this, the old man was taken aback.

He firmly believes that magic is magic and science is science, and the two should never be confused.

But what is this immortal god from another dimension Earth saying?

Is science magic?

[The immortal god must be advising Xiaoyu to study hard... Otherwise, her father must be dreaming!]

The old man comforted himself in this way.

"so?"

Xiaoyu looked puzzled.

"So, I'll teach you how to do your homework first," Jiang Liu chuckled.

Suddenly, Xiaoyu felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and said to Chen Long, "Uncle Long, you should continue teaching me kung fu."

"No, I think Jiang Liu is right. You really should do your homework properly." Chen Long's lips curled up, seemingly quite pleased to see Xiao Yu's discomfiture, and his trust in Jiang Liu increased even more.

Possessing immense power, yet not acting recklessly, but instead showing compassion for ordinary people—one can only imagine how great one's parents must be to raise such an outstanding child.

But Xiaoyu was a cheerful person and immediately forgot her troubles. She then asked about Jiang Liu and the others' abilities: "Besides flying, breathing wind, and breathing fire, what other spells do you know?"

"How should I put it? I can probably do anything you can imagine. At my level of cultivation, understanding one thing leads to understanding everything; it's all commonplace. The key is how to achieve inner peace while also being considerate of others," Jiang Liu said with a smile.

“Although I don’t understand the meaning of your last sentence, I understand the first one. You also have the abilities of the Eight Great Demons, including the abilities of the Twelve Talismans of the Holy Lord, right?” Xiaoyu’s eyes lit up as she asked excitedly, “Can you become invisible?”

"can."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Liu's figure disappeared.

"Turn into an animal?"

"can."

Jiang Liu transformed into a sparrow, and then into the appearance of Xiao Yu, "and not just an animal."

"cool--"

Looking at Jiang Liu, whose appearance and voice were exactly the same as hers, and who even imitated the action of blowing air into his hair perfectly, Xiao Yu sighed from the bottom of her heart.

Jiang Liu, through intuition and understanding, and through inner observation and freedom, returned to his true nature without any magical effects, revealing his true form naturally, leaving everyone speechless.

"If I learn Qi cultivation, can I also be as versatile as you?" Xiaoyu asked excitedly.

"Oh, no, it's not possible."

Jiang Liu said in a serious tone, "Qi cultivation is only for cultivating one's life force, giving people the foundation to actively control their own destiny."

After that, you must study Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and the Eight Trigrams, and determine the central palace within your body. Only by using your mind and body to sense the changes in all things in the universe can you achieve the function of circulating the universe.

Besides this, you must also study all the knowledge in the world—science, magic, and so on.

"oh···"

When the topic of studying came up, Xiaoyu seemed uninterested, but then suddenly said, "By the way, I'm going to participate in an exhibition match in seven days. Can you perform with me? That would be really fun!"

"no problem."

Jiang Liu readily agreed.

# Chapter 799 [Main Character]

Brother Jiang, you seem to be... spoiling this girl a little too much?

Lu Jin looked slightly puzzled.

He demonstrated invisibility, showcased the power of the universe's transformations, and even agreed to cooperate with her performance—

She's treated like a beloved daughter!

I couldn't resist a little girl with big, bright orange eyes.

After making a small joke, Jiang Liu replied, "However, the more crucial factor is that Xiao Yu's talent is indeed quite good!"

You, Isaac Taber, and even Zhang Zhiwei, are all inferior to her in terms of cultivation talent alone. If it comes to internal cultivation of life force, she is very likely to have established the central palace of the five internal organs earlier than you.

Such a gem, it's truly hard for me not to be tempted...

Furthermore, observing Shiyin, with my discerning eye, I also glimpsed a future; this girl might be the...protagonist of this world.

[The protagonist? Is it really that mysterious?]

Duanmu Ying was surprised.

Jiang Liu joked, "Aren't we the main characters?"

Lu Jin: 【······】

Duanmu Ying: 【······】

Okay, let's get serious.

Defying fate and changing destiny—

This is a false proposition.

Fate is what we are born with.

Luck is cultivated through practice.

Therefore, only by accepting one's fate, that is, acknowledging and understanding one's origins, talents, etc., can one change one's destiny through hard work.

Change your fate?

No.

It means taking control of one's own destiny.

Anyone who can accept their fate, change their destiny, and completely control the course of their own life is a protagonist!

But there is a major premise to this:

All things under the frosty sky compete freely!

In other words, the will of Heaven will not interfere with an individual's choices.

However, in this spacetime, the Zhouqi Bureau exists, and it has also evolved laws such as the balance and confrontation between righteous qi and black qi.

When the demon representing the dark energy dies, an even more powerful demon will appear.

Similarly, the same applies to righteousness.

The two are engaged in an endless struggle, with humans, demons, and other races all playing a part in the "play" between righteousness and darkness.

Therefore.

Such a world definitely has a "script," written by both the dark and the righteous, with each era having its corresponding "protagonist."

Whether they are immortal gods, Saint Seiya warriors, demons, or dark wizards, they are all swept up and propelled by righteous and dark energies, thus embarking on the path of confrontation between good and evil, staging one epic battle after another, or a farce, so that the evolution of the world is constantly improved in the spiral confrontation between righteous and dark energies.

But this model clearly has a flaw—intelligent beings.

All sentient beings, even demons, experience joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, not to mention humans, whose emotions and desires are as rich as a cake sprinkled with icing.

Protect the Earth, safeguard the environment —

can.

But it has become a "consumable" material for global advancement.

Fuck off!

The Eight Immortals abandoned their duties, sealed away the demon, and "ran away," abruptly halting the rapid evolution of the world.

Lopez went even further, directly exploiting the bug in the balance between good and evil, extracting the source of Shendu's magic, and turning him into a statue, making him occupy the position without actually using it.

The remaining amount of dark energy occupied by dark wizards, vampires, monsters, and the like is too small to affect the overall development and growth of humanity.

Even so, the struggle between righteousness and evil continues, albeit on a smaller scale. In every era, people, demons, and wizards are chosen to represent evil and righteousness respectively, and they contend and fight against each other.

Chen Long, Old Man, Tru, and Xiao Yu are all main characters. Among them, Old Man is protected by righteous energy because he was the disciple of the previous Grand Master and will not be chosen by the dark energy.