From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Of course I'm going to the mainland with Dad!"

My father said it as a matter of course: "Japan is too small, so people born on that land have a very narrow mindset!"

Tru, if you want to completely get rid of the old woman personality like your mother in the future, you must live with your father on the mainland!

Once you have truly mastered your studies and become a monk of the new era, then you can return to Japan!

After all, Japan is your homeland.

Chen Long's lips twitched, and he asked his father in a low voice, "Dad, aren't you insulting the Japanese with what you just said?"

"Okay, sir."

Trudeau agreed.

The old man gave Chen Long a smug look and laughed, "Look, even Tru doesn't care, why are you making a fuss?"

Chen Long was speechless, but he knew that Tru had practically grown up in San Francisco and had almost forgotten his Japanese. In addition, one of the necessary conditions for becoming his father's apprentice was to learn Chinese.

Therefore, although Tru has the blood of a Japanese samurai flowing in his veins, from a spiritual perspective, he is more like a Chinese person.

"Well!"

"Let's go!"

"Heading to the New Divine Land!"

# Chapter 949: Human? Beast?

Egypt.

Cairo University.

The library basement.

A slight ripple appeared in the calm space, followed by waves, and accompanied by a white glow, Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, and Duanmu Ying quietly appeared.

"There's not even a speck of dust on the table?"

Duanmu Ying raised her finger and wiped it on the familiar conference table. Not a speck of dust was visible. She then glanced at the alarm clock hanging on the wall and exclaimed in surprise, "It really is relatively still."

"I don't know the specific reason either, but it's good for us."

Jiang Liu smiled and added, "But you two can't stay in other timelines for too long, otherwise you'll be teenagers when you leave, but old men and women when you come back."

Lu Jin said speechlessly, "What a lame joke!"

Duanmu Ying then asked, "Speaking of which, in our time and space, has your Primordial Qi been weakened?"

"How could it be weakened? Our spacetime also has primordial primordial energy, initial primordial primordial energy, and primordial primordial energy of all things. At most, it's just a little blocked."

Without hesitation, Jiang Liu said, "Our world also has a weekly weather bureau, but it is not yet perfect compared to the time and space of 'Little Jade's Adventures'."

To put it simply, Xiaoyu's Earth is already a Qi Refining Realm, while our Earth is just an ordinary person.

Although in ancient times, some people had the wild idea of ​​constructing a global celestial sphere based on the Earth, and erecting a celestial pillar centered on Africa... it was not sturdy and was destroyed by historical events such as Gonggong's anger at Buzhou Mountain, Nuwa patching up the sky, and Yu the Great controlling the floods.

When Zhou Qiqi Bureau was mentioned, Lu Jin recalled the scene when he looked down at Earth from space. The outline of the inner classic diagram on the first golden page of Brother Jiang's Hetu Luoshu was almost identical, which was a golden elixir embryo.

Lu Jin had also looked at the map of the West, which was centered on the African continent and resembled a four-legged beast.

If you take North America as the head, it looks like a four-legged cow or sheep, or a lion or tiger; if you take Europe as the head, it looks like a swimming fish; if you take the due north as the head, it looks like a bird spreading its wings and soaring high.

In short.

From any angle, it's difficult to discern any human form.

After Lu Jin's reminder, Jiang Liu took out a map centered on Africa and another centered on China and Australia. Comparing the two maps and pondering the Dao of Yin and Yang, he couldn't help but shudder at a possibility he had thought of.

"what happened?"

Noticing that Jiang Liu seemed to shudder slightly, Duanmu Ying asked, puzzled, "Is there some problem with these two maps?"

"I just thought of one possibility—"

Jiang Liu didn't hide anything. He took the map centered on China and stood it up; then he laid the map centered on Africa horizontally, which is the normal way to display a map. "One is people, the other is beasts. The former focuses more on imagery, while the latter focuses more on reality."

These two different maps actually show the differences in ideas and civilizations between the East and the West!

Throughout history, people in China, whether they are practitioners of Qi cultivation, rulers of various dynasties, or even ordinary people who may not even know many characters, have all practiced the unity of heaven and humanity on a macro level in order to educate and enlighten people, as humans are the most intelligent of all beings.

And what about the West?

Before the Industrial Revolution, its rule—

To put it nicely, it's freedom; to put it bluntly, it's disorganization.

Why do you think things are the way they are?

Lu Jin frowned, pondered for a moment, and tentatively asked, "Because the West did not produce a First Emperor?"

"...That is indeed one reason, but I don't really like to attribute the turning points of history to kings and generals."

Jiang Liu remained silent for a moment, affirming the heroic view of history, but as a time traveler, he naturally understood the importance of the common people's view of history.

Ultimately, it stemmed from a divergence in the two sides' perceptions of the world at a certain point in time, which led their thought processes and the development of their civilizations down two completely different paths over the years!

Upon hearing that they had different perceptions of the world, Lu Jin and Duanmu Ying were surprised, but then suddenly understood.

Isn't it just a difference in how we perceive the world?

China has always followed the path of inner sagehood and outer kingship, while the West has followed the path of Darwinism.

"Do you remember my conjecture that the mounts of immortals and Buddhas are all evil beasts?" At this point, Jiang Liu asked the two of them another question.

"of course."

Lu Jin answered without hesitation.

Duanmu Ying also blurted out, "One Qi transforms into Yin and Yang. Pure Yang Qi in the body, combined with one's own consciousness, is the essence of an immortal or Buddha; while Yin Qi combines with one's own many filthy and vile thoughts, manifesting outwards as mounts or the like, namely—the nine worms in the Three Corpses and Nine Worms."

You once said that, according to the theory of nine insects, in Journey to the West, the lion-like monster of Manjushri Bodhisattva, the nine-headed insect of Jisa Kingdom, and the nine-spirited sage of Yuhua Prefecture all refer to the nine insects transformed from the yin qi of the nine orifices.

At this point, Duanmu Ying was taken aback. She and Lu Jin exchanged glances, and as they looked at the two maps again, an extremely bold idea came to her.

Could it be?!

"What you think is exactly what I think."

"Perhaps this is the real reason for the severing of the heavens and earth! It is not to destroy the great world of cultivation, but because someone has considered from a longer-term perspective that the acquired Zhou Qi pattern is very likely to cause everyone's understanding of the world to fall into an abyss, to the point of no return!"

At this point, Jiang Liu recalled Gonggong's angry collision with Buzhou Pillar. Whether it was out of selfishness or to vent his anger, his collision truly gave future generations of mankind a broader future!

How to prove it?

Humanity will naturally bestow civilization upon the years!

Thinking of this, Jiang Liu looked at the map that resembled a human-shaped holy embryo, and then at the map that resembled beasts, birds, and fish. He said leisurely, "Although the celestial sphere of our Earth has not fully evolved and we have not embarked on the path of cultivation, the human and animal forms have already evolved."

Is it a golden age where humans control beasts and conspire to achieve scientific and spiritual enlightenment?

Or is it that beasts enslave humans, leading humanity toward a morbid trend of social Darwinism?

Perhaps it all depends on the choices we, and everyone in China, make in the future.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin and Duanmu Ying both became serious, but then Jiang Liu changed the subject, patted his stomach, and said, "I'm a little hungry. Let's go eat."

In an instant, both of them were dumbfounded.

We were just discussing such serious topics, as if the world would inevitably descend into an abyss if the West were to rule China...

But now they've suddenly brought up eating again...

Seriously?

Why are you looking at me like that?

Seeing that the two of them were still stuck in the mindset of "I will shoulder the world's responsibilities," Jiang Liu smiled casually and said, "As the ancients said: 'The road ahead is long and arduous, but I will persevere in my pursuit.'"

The burden is heavy.

But we need to eat our fill before we dare to be bold, right?

Furthermore,

The three of us have been in the 'Jade Adventures' world for three years, where time seems to stand still. We need to adjust to the time difference, right?

Upon hearing this, the two laughed and left the basement with Jiang Liu, heading to the cafeteria to get their food.

"By the way, Brother Jiang, since the world where Xiaoyu lives is named 'Xiaoyu's Adventures,' shouldn't our world also have a code name?"

"It's definitely necessary. How about we name him 'Under One Person'? What do you two think?"

Jiang Liu did not hesitate.

Lu Jin scratched his head and asked, "Why not 'above ten thousand people'?"

Duanmu Ying asked, "Does it mean that as long as someone is still a human being, their cultivation level and realm are all below yours?"

"No, what I mean is that we are all cultivating under the protection of this 'one' Earth."

What reason is there, really?

It's just the lingering effects of memories from a past life.

Since the two had asked, Jiang Liu could only come up with an explanation that fit the saying, "Heaven gives birth to all things and man, but man gives nothing to Heaven."

"That explanation isn't bad."

"but--"

Duanmu Ying looked helpless. "If this 'person' gets sick, how can I cure him?"

"It all depends on human effort."

Seeing that Duanmu Ying's ambitions were actually leaning towards such a grand direction, how could Jiang Liu deny it?

This is certainly encouraging.

Whether it succeeds or not is one thing.