From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Thank you for getting rid of this scourge for our hotel."

Catherine also expressed her gratitude, after all, before Jiang Liu and the others arrived, this anglerfish had been swimming in the maze of the hotel corridor, attacking and sucking the memories of guests who strayed into it... but she couldn't drive it away, so she could only leave it in the corridor maze.

Now it's all good!

With the anglerfish caught by the river, the hotel has one less threat, and it will surely have more guests in the future!

"Speaking of which, this fish could be considered to have been raised by your hotel. It's a bit unethical of me to take it without asking. Consider it a purchase. How much do I need to pay?" Jiang Liu asked with a smile.

“No, no,” Catherine said twice, but then changed the subject, “Anything will do, a hundred dollars will do.”

"I say, do either of you realize the seriousness of the problem?" The little devil's eyelids twitched; seeing Jiang Liu actually going into business, he was utterly speechless.

Even if he had caught the anglerfish that could absorb memories beforehand, Lu Jin and the others were still trapped in the corridor maze!

"Oh, I almost forgot about you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Demon Dragon's body uncontrollably crossed dozens of meters, only to be covered in the face by Jiang Liu's large hand, which slammed the back of his head to the ground with a loud "thud".

A rock at the back of his head shattered instantly, but his head remained unharmed.

That's a good head!

The little devil's head was in excruciating pain from the blow, and he could no longer move.

As a demon, although it has a human-like body, it does not have the five internal organs, primordial spirit, or brain in the true sense. Its will and soul rely on its aura to exist. Therefore, as long as the aura in its body is not destroyed, it will not die, nor will it faint like an ordinary living being.

However, due to Jiang Liu's casual strike, the demon dragon's aura was already in disarray. This was because its flesh and blood originated from the Holy Lord and could naturally connect with the aura of the surrounding world, allowing it to repair itself. However, it was difficult for it to move again in a short period of time.

Summon the evil dragons that the Holy Lord once kept?

Given the current state of the Demon Dragon, even if the potion were prepared, it wouldn't be able to be used!

We didn't kill him simply because we might need him later...

The demon dragon was also surprised by Jiang Liu's decisiveness, which was almost a sneak attack, leaving him no time to react. He gritted his teeth in anger.

But now he is so weak and feeble that he can hardly move and cannot even escape.

[The second time!]

This powerlessness... I need power strong enough to decide everything!

“Abaddon, or rather, the Mercury Clock.”

Afterwards, Jiang Liu's gaze swept over Abaddon, but he did not make a move. He simply spread his hand, and the seven demonic energies sealed within his body leaped into his palm and slowly floated. "I can understand your desire to break free from the shackles of your weak body, but do you really believe in the Demon Dragon?"

Seeing the little demon dragon lying on the ground like a dead dog, with the two little jades poking its face with wooden sticks, Abaddon showed no intention of helping it.

Firstly, without using the magic potion he concocted himself, he would truly be just a weak and powerless little boy, unable to defeat Jiang Liu.

Demons are not afraid of challenges, but they are not masochists either. Especially when their spirit and soul are sealed in a human body, getting hurt... really hurts.

Secondly, although he considered the little demon dragon to be his friend, now that this "friend" had been defeated and teased by a little girl, he found that he was not angry at all.

Jiang Liu, as an observer, also knew that Abaddon, who seemed to be talking to him, was actually focusing most of his attention on Esther, Benny, Catherine and others.

He had feelings for them that he himself couldn't quite explain.

“Even if we can’t escape this frail body, it would be good to make it more like a demon.” But Abaddon still made his stance clear.

"Alright then, let's make a bet."

Jiang Liu withdrew the seven demonic energies and said with a smile, "Demons all like to make bets, don't they?"

"What are you gambling?"

Abaddon's eyes lit up, and he took the bait.

"It's very simple. We'll bet on the final challenge of 'Man vs. Wild' – the water battle. The target is the lotus bud. Whoever crosses the floating bridge first and touches the lotus bud first wins."

Jiang Liu spoke eloquently, “If you win, the blue demonic energy inside the lotus bud, as well as the seven demonic energies on my side, are all yours; if I win, from now on, when you see me, just call me ‘Big Brother,’ how about it?”

Since you kidnapped Lu Jin and the others, you'll take their place in this final round.

"it is good."

Mercury clock is one of the wills nurtured by the earth. It considers itself noble, and even when trapped in the body of a weak boy and adopted by someone, it still does not feel gratitude.

But the river flows differently.

In Abaddon's eyes, he was one of the representatives of the will that was in harmony with him, or perhaps one that was born from the earth itself. In truth, the two of them might be brothers.

But who is the elder brother?

Perhaps we really need to have a showdown.

"Gentlemen, is this arrangement alright?" Seeing that Abaddon agreed, Jiang Liu's gaze swept over the staff of the "Man vs. Wild" program.

"No...no problem!"

"You can handle it yourselves!"

"..."

These staff members were either threatened or bribed by the Demon Dragon. Now that the Demon Dragon has been defeated in one move by this powerful man from the East, how could they dare to have any other opinions?

“To be fair, we’ll only send one person from each of our two ‘families.’ What do you think?” Jiang Liu then turned his gaze to Catherine.

The latter was taken aback and hesitated slightly, but then Esther stepped forward and said to Catherine, "Mother, I'll go! Abaddon is my friend, I might be able to persuade him."

Catherine pondered for a moment, sighed, knelt down, hugged Esther, and said, "Later on the pontoon bridge, please say 'I'm sorry' to Abaddon for your mother..."

After my brother, your uncle, passed away, I took over the hotel...

They were annoyed by the ghosts in the hotel that would scare the guests, and also by Abaddon, who would occasionally cause a big commotion.

But I don't dislike Abaddon; at least he'll guard the door. It's just that sometimes he kidnaps fellow hotel and inn owners, claiming he's going to eliminate the competition…

"Never mind that. I actually wanted him to participate in this event, but we really have no blood relation. I'd never thought about getting an adoption certificate before. And to get an adoption certificate, he's not an orphan from an orphanage; he's an 'old rascal' who's lived for who knows how many years. It would take at least half a year to get the adoption certificate..."

"Mom, I know."

Esther interrupted Catherine, "Besides, I also have something to apologize to Abaddon for; we've been having disagreements..."

Where does the conflict originate?

It is related to the river.

He told Esther that the eight demonic energies would not free Abaddon, but would only transform him into the ninth demon and cause all the ghosts in the haunted hotel to vanish.

At that time, Esther immediately told Abaddon about it, but unfortunately the two did not get along. Now, Abaddon is throwing a tantrum because Catherine, the "patriarch" of the haunted hotel, did not take him along. Even though he knows that the eight demonic energies cannot truly separate him from his human flesh and blood, he still wants to change his current weak physical condition.

So Catherine's family sent Esther.

And what about the "Jiang Liu family"?

Neither of the two Jade girls wanted to miss this "water battle," but they were no longer as competitive as before, and they didn't want Esther, their new friend, to laugh at them, so they both yielded to each other.

Xiaoyu said, "You go ahead."

Xiaoyu said, "No, you go first."

Seeing this, Jiang Liu laughed and said, "In that case, you two go up together, one person, don't be modest."

Upon hearing this, the two Xiaoyus were delighted and smiled at each other. Xiaoyu with the Yangyu pattern removed the Potara earring from her left ear.

"Is this alright?"

Da Yu touched the two Potara earrings that were faintly overlapping on her left ear, slightly worried, "I haven't passed on my understanding of demonic energy to them yet, and I haven't grasped Zhou Lan's demonic energy either. Can the fusion be perfect?"

"It's alright, the fusion is imperfect, it will only last for an hour."

The Potara earrings have been tested by Ah Fen, La Su, Zhou, and Ah Fu. If a person's aura is different or they are not naturally complementary, the time limit is only one hour.

However, things took an unexpected turn for the better!

After Xiaoyu with the fish-shaped earring put it on her right ear, the two Xiaoyu's bodies uncontrollably drew closer, transforming into two dazzling orbs of light...

This is still normal.

But Da Yu's body was also uncontrollably pulled in, turning into a stream of light and merging into it.

The speed was so fast that Jiang Liu could hardly react. He hurriedly looked at Shi Yin, whose eyes blossomed like lotus flowers, opened her wisdom eye, saw the truth clearly, and although her eyes looked strange, she was relieved.

Da Yu is Xiao Yu's future incarnation. Originally an illusion, it only gains a sense of reality because the timelines of this world are connected. Although she has crossed time and space to return to the "present," she still retains the characteristics of a combination of the real and the illusory—the best proof being that both Xiao Yu wear Potara earrings on their left ears, and Da Yu also has two overlapping Potara earrings on her left ear.

now.

Under the influence of the Potara earrings, the two Jade sisters merged into one. Although one controlled the Fish Talisman Soldier, representing the shadow, and the other wielded the Dragon Seal Soldier, representing the light and shadow, the union of yin and yang was ultimately imperfect. Theoretically, the combined state would only last for one hour.

However, there was also a little jade from the future at the scene. When the little jade with the Yang fish pattern put the portara earring on her right ear, the big jade's left ear also moved to her right ear. In addition, the big jade also controlled the natural energy flow of the other seven of the eight trigrams of the innate Bagua except for the Li trigram, which could just make up for the defect of the two little jades being one.

Besides this, this is another function of the Potara earrings.

It was only when Dayu suddenly merged into the combined body of the two Xiaoyu that Jiang Liu discovered that—within the same timeline, the runes in the Potara earrings were extremely unique; once paired, they were unique!

If another parallel universe were created, two pairs could exist simultaneously.

In the timeline of "Little Jade's Adventures", the timeline is connected end to end. Traveling through time cannot create a new parallel universe. Big Jade and the two Little Jades are essentially the same person, rather than parallel universe counterparts.

Therefore, when the pair of Potara earrings on Da Yu's left ear were no longer stacked and were completely separated into two, this mechanism was triggered, bringing her back into one.

[I just don't know if Xiaoyu will be a child or an adult in this situation... I hope Uncle Long won't blame me.]

As I was pondering, the light faded, revealing a figure.

In terms of appearance, she is no different from Xiaoyu, with her hair parted in the middle, big orange eyes, and a pointed chin that is also quite round.

In terms of height, he is taller than Xiaoyu, reaching 1.2 meters.

As for her attire, Xiaoyu's favorite style is the classic look: a white long-sleeved shirt, an orange hoodie, white socks, and sneakers.

no doubt.

This is Chen Xiaoyu!

"I'm finally back!"

As "form" and "emptiness" merged into one, Xiaoyu excitedly raised her arms high, unconsciously gathering her Qi, guiding it through the nine orifices and flowing through the eight meridians. With this rhythmic movement, her body grew taller, and her clothes transformed into a well-fitting black outfit—

"Dayu?"

Jiang Liu was surprised.

"Well, it's me."

Compared to Xiaoyu's lively and carefree nature, Dayu is much more composed.