From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Duanmu Ying spoke in a hoarse, mixed voice.

"I can't do anything else, this jar can only hold one piece of demonic energy." The old man shook the "vacuum cleaner" containing a piece of earth demonic energy with a flower pattern on it, and looked apologetic.

"I don't want to be a toad for the rest of my life!"

Duanmu Ying covered her already yellowish hair with her webbed hands and pleaded with Jiang Liu, "Please help me, you must have a way, right?"

"Misfortune and fortune are interdependent."

Jiang Liu squatted down and patted Duanmu Ying's head, "This may be your opportunity to settle one of your five internal organs in the central palace."

You take the lungs as the basis, the lungs are responsible for breathing, inhaling fresh air and exhaling stale air; while the howling wind demonic energy is associated with the Xun trigram, which represents wind, and human breathing is wind, with the lungs as the primary organ.

"Feel the rhythm of the howling wind demonic energy within your nine orifices, and control it. Use the eight or nine profound principles I have imparted to you to control it."

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Ying calmed down, closed her eyes, and sensed the rhythm of the nine orifices and eight meridians. She inhaled through her nose, her lungs expanded, and the clear air entered her blood. The air circulated throughout her body once with the blood and returned to her lungs. She then slowly exhaled the stale air through her mouth.

Between the alternation of clear and turbid energy, the nine orifices pulsed. The howling wind demonic energy was compressed into the lungs by Duanmu Ying with his mind, and then guided by Jiang Liu's external guidance. It was exhaled with his breath and quietly floated above his palm.

Let's look at Duanmu Ying again:

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, he circulated his Qi through the nine orifices and vibrated the eight meridians, thus establishing his lungs as the central palace of the Eight-Nine Mysterious Palace, taking his cultivation a step further.

Having comprehended the principles of the Howling Wind Demonic Qi and learned of Jiang Liu's method of transforming banana leaves with his lungs, she actually created her own unique Eight-Nine Arcane Arts—

The Iron Fan and Banana Leaf Method.

The shape of the lungs is like a palm-leaf fan or a banana leaf. They are responsible for respiration and regulating fluids. Because the lungs belong to the metal element in the Five Elements theory, they are also called "iron fan banana leaf".

Practicing this method, where one's breathing follows the natural flow of Qi and one perceives the changes in the four seasons and six Qi of heaven and earth, is actually much easier than for Lu Jin, who has already established the kidneys and liver as the central organs...

# Chapter 863 Iron Fan and Banana Leaf Technique (Part 2)

As Duanmu Ying opened her eyes, her breath flowed through her body and her Qi circulated throughout the body. Her breath and Qi merged naturally, and occasionally a glimmer of light would appear in her eyes, but it would vanish in an instant.

When the mind is focused, the energy naturally becomes strong; when the mind is clear, the spirit naturally becomes courageous.

By focusing on the lungs to stabilize the central palace, preserving purity and eliminating turbidity, one can cultivate life force and purify the primordial spirit with each breath, thus enabling Duanmu Ying to have strong qi, vigorous essence, and clear mind.

"How do you feel now that the central palace has been chosen?"

Jiang Liu asked with a smile.

"not bad."

Duanmu Ying slowly stood up, stretched her waist, and her skin had a faint glow under the sunlight outside. "I didn't expect that being appointed as the Empress would have a beauty effect!"

That's great!

Although the practice is arduous, it's absolutely worth it!

I'll call this technique the Iron Fan and Banana Leaf Technique!

I think I can faintly smell a fragrance emanating from you, a very peculiar scent, refreshing and invigorating... Is this what they call the unique fragrance of Taoism?

It is:

Her face was as red as a peach blossom in spring, and her body as yellow as a willow in autumn.

She talks a lot and is quite charming.

"Can you smell it? It seems that your understanding and practice of the four seasons and six qi and the timing of fire may catch up with Lu Jin in a short time."

Jiang Liu can now describe the so-called "Taoist charm and exotic fragrance" to some extent.

It is nothing more than cultivating and perfecting the body's life energy circulation, constantly controlling the body's energy field, so that the breath is in harmony with the energy of heaven and earth, and the body's energy field is unified with the energy of heaven and earth.

That is, the unity of man and nature.

This process requires constant attention. Once one becomes lax or changes their mind, it's like a demon falling into the mortal realm, losing all its auspicious energy and transforming into a monster.

Duanmu Ying was able to sense him not because her cultivation surpassed Lu Jin's, but because she was the first to establish her lungs as the central palace. The lungs govern respiration, and her sensitivity to the changes of the four seasons and six qi is much stronger than that of Lu Jin, who has already established his kidneys and liver as the central palace.

Besides, the second reason is that this realm is covered by the Zhou Qi Bureau, which has many mysteries.

Even before Chen Long, Tru, Xiao Yu, and others mastered Qi Refining, as long as they calmed their minds, they were able to sense the Qi of heaven and earth in the darkness and find the place they wanted to reach by following the guidance.

"Haha, little Lu Jin, I'm going to catch up with you."

Duanmu Ying smiled, put her arm around Lu Jin's neck, and teased, "Your older sister is still the best."

"You only have an advantage in the skill of controlling the fire, but in terms of life force and cultivation, you are far behind me."

Lu Jin wasn't envious that Duanmu Ying had an easier time cultivating the four seasons and six qi than he did. After all, mastery of fire was mastery of fire, and cultivation was cultivation. In a life-or-death struggle, ten Duanmu Yings wouldn't be his match. "Also, when you call me by my name, don't add the word 'Xiao' (小, meaning 'little'), thank you."

"Don't be arrogant. In terms of cultivation, Sister Mu Ying is indeed no match for you. But if we really fight, and she uses the Iron Fan Banana Technique that she comprehended after turning misfortune into blessing, especially in this world, she might blow you away to 84,000 miles in one breath, circling the entire earth."

Seeing that Lu Jin didn't care, Jiang Liu reminded her.

"From now on, please call me Iron Fan Fairy!"

Duanmu Ying stood tall and straight, and with each breath, the acupoints around her body trembled slightly, as if connected to heaven and earth, causing the airflow to ripple.

"Oh dear! Don't try any magic in Dad's antique shop! Dad's antiques are all very valuable!"

The old man hugged the wobbly antique vase and exclaimed in surprise.

"Sorry, Dad."

Seeing her father's angry expression, Duanmu Ying quickly suppressed her inner energy, picked up a broom from the side, and said, "I'll help sweep the floor."

After the little incident...

Chen Long received a call from Blake, informing him that the Demon Dragon was going to space to search for the Cursed Blue Demonic Energy. He frowned slightly and said, "Space? I've already been there once... Okay, Sheriff Blake, I understand."

After hanging up the communication, Chen Long breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sheriff Black said that the next rocket to go to space is the Prometheus. Its purpose is to collect space station debris and plant and animal samples that have drifted to the Earth-Moon orbit after the space station was damaged. I think the blue demonic energy that the demon dragon is looking for must be in the lotus seeds among the plant and animal samples."

The Prometheus will be ignited after Halloween.

so--"

"So, we can set off after Halloween!"

With her hands clasped in a fish-like pattern, Xiaoyu danced with excitement, "That's fantastic! Halloween! I'm going to be the scariest person in school!"

"No, the scariest one is me!"

The small jade piece with the Yang fish pattern was not to be outdone.

For a moment, the two Xiaoyu started arguing again, giving Chen Long a headache.

"No, no, no! Jade girls, as everyone knows, only boys are truly frightening when they get fierce." Parker's figure appeared outside Daddy's antique shop.

"Parker?" X2

Yin Yuwen Xiaoyu: "I don't even need to guess, I know that your outfit will definitely look like a Mexican wrestler."

Yang Yuwen Xiaoyu: "And she will definitely be wearing a mask!"

"As expected of me!" x2

At that moment, the two girls bumped fists, their relationship instantly reconciled, completely ignoring Parker's declaration that he would definitely find the scariest mask...

···

Halloween?

Duanmu Ying and Lu Jin were unaware of this Western holiday.

"This festival originated in Western Europe. It is said that it was originally a festival to celebrate the harvest and the dead, a kind of ghost festival. But as the festival spread to America, it lost its religious connotations and became a festive holiday. It is said that on this day, children dress up as all kinds of cute ghosts and go door to door asking for candy, or they will play tricks on you," Jiang Liu explained to the two of them.

"I can't understand why a ghost festival would be associated with words like celebration or jubilation. It's practically the same as singing and dancing on a grave, but—"

Duanmu Ying changed the subject, "Just like you said, I choose to respect Western culture."

"Actually, we also have an ancient person dancing on their grave in our area," Jiang Liu said with a laugh. "It's quite similar to Halloween."

"Who?"

Upon hearing that the ancient people in their land had such advanced ideas, Duanmu Ying was completely dumbfounded.

"It's Zhuangzi."

The one who answered was Lu Jin, who, having followed Jiang Liu in his cultivation, often read the classics of the three religions. He leisurely said, "The story of drumming on a basin and singing originated from him."

As the saying goes:

Life and death are predetermined, and change occurs in the form and energy of the body.

Heaven and earth are like a vast chamber, where songs and cries resonate.

This song was sung by Zhuangzi in mourning for his wife, and it also contains the principle of "connecting with the heavens".

Upon hearing Zhuangzi's words, the old man exclaimed, "Oh my! This is a famous saying that even a great master couldn't utter! I must write it down!"

So, the old man immediately rummaged through the counter and found paper and pen to write it down.

But Duanmu Ying said, "This level of attainment is beyond the reach of ordinary mortals..."

She stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence, because Halloween seemed to be a large-scale carnival for the people of America, where they danced on graves.

of course.

Most Americans treat this as a festive holiday, not a day of mourning for the dead.

"I need to think carefully about what I should dress up as on Halloween." Duanmu Ying changed the subject, deciding to experience something new from the West, and began to think about her Halloween costume.

“I think your appearance after being transformed by the Howling Wind Demonic Energy is quite good,” Lu Jin suddenly said.

"Lu Jin!"

Duanmu Ying grabbed Lu Jin's ear, making him wince in pain. He quickly apologized, "I was wrong! I was really wrong! Sister Mu Ying! Don't do this! My ear is going to break! It's really going to break!"

Seeing the two arguing, Jiang Liu smiled wryly. Then he saw Parker run out of his father's antique shop, presumably angered by the two Jade girls…

# Chapter 864 Tara Reappears

Qi circulates throughout the body, allowing the mind and body to relax and roam.

With lives hanging in the balance, a sacred embryo can be expected.