From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Jiang Liu felt it was really unnecessary.

The four families were equally famous and engaged in open and covert competition, but in reality, they were located in different places, had different family traditions, and ran different businesses.

I really don't know what they're arguing about!

Just for a "name" in the world of supernatural beings?

Why not take a gamble and join either the Guo faction or the Gong faction? If you succeed, your "fame" will last for eternity, which is much greater than the "fame" of the supernatural world.

However, when it comes to mundane matters, all four families become "aloof" again.

The Lu family is somewhat better; they don't restrict their disciples too much and let them make their own choices.

Old Master Lu, despite his advanced age, had truly come to terms with things. He simply wanted to watch the younger generation compete and enjoy the excitement, rather than having such ulterior motives as others.

However, to achieve this goal, Lu Jin had to take the initiative to challenge Lü Ci. After that, Jiang Liu personally demonstrated his supernatural abilities, which made everyone present put aside their own petty thoughts and allow their juniors to engage in a relatively pure martial arts competition with their peers, without being mixed with too much family or sect interests.

After calming down, Zhang Jingqing saw the lively exchange among the younger generation and understood Jiang Liu's intentions. She sighed inwardly, "Truly, heroes emerge in chaotic times!"

Seeing how enthusiastically the younger generation competed, and knowing that they were not unreasonable and would humbly apologize to each other afterward, the head of Qingzhuyuan and Si Chong understood Jiang Liu's intentions. They both felt a pang of shame.

The practitioners are the same person!

These words were spoken by Lu Jin earlier, but they also originated from Jiang Liu.

What an open and generous mind this is!

Perhaps, to cultivate to such an incredible state, one must be single-minded, eating when eating, sleeping when sleeping, and focusing on longevity... without any other thoughts, only then can one cultivate such supernatural powers.

At this moment, Li Muxuan stepped onto the stage, intending to challenge Lu Jin to a duel. Just then, Lu Xuan and Lu Guangda returned and reported to Old Master Lu, Jiang Liu, and the others: "The arsonist has been identified. He didn't take the gold and silver, but instead stole the baby!"

"Human trafficker!"

Zhang Jingqing sighed, for many of his disciples on Longhu Mountain were orphans who had been lost and wandered away. "Have you caught them yet?"

"They've already escaped; there's not a trace of them."

Lu Xuan was helpless.

"That must have been done by those deceitful people!"

Without hesitation, Lu Jin affirmed, "Ordinary human traffickers could never escape your discerning eyes, Father."

“If he is truly an extraordinary person, then there is indeed nowhere to search for him.” The head of the Wang family shook his head.

The head of the Lü family sighed, "Since the other party came prepared, they must have already fled far away, making it impossible to investigate them."

Even in peaceful times, there are traces of human traffickers, let alone now?

The head of Qingzhuyuan sighed, but then brought up another matter, "Ordinary people, even those from Quanxing, don't dare to steal or abduct people in the territory of our sects and families."

Only the poorest families, unable to survive, resort to child trafficking...

However, a month ago, a family in the village where my Qingzhu Garden is located also lost their baby.

"There have also been cases of babies going missing in the towns outside our Lü Family Village," the Lü family head said after hearing the head of Qingzhu Garden mention the matter.

"Coincidentally, a newborn baby was also stolen by human traffickers near my village."

The head of the Wang family also spoke up.

In a short time, many families in the vicinity of the various supernatural forces present reported that their children had gone missing. Upon discussing the matter, they discovered that the missing children were all infants who had only recently been born.

“Two months ago, a case of a missing baby also occurred in Yuhang, where the Confucian Association is located. However, it was discovered by our Nadutong Security Team and the baby was arrested on the spot. The slave trader was beaten to death on the spot.” Hong Guniang also mentioned an incident that happened two months ago.

This is in contrast to what the people present said.

Good guy!

There must be an unknown reason for this!

Otherwise, why would they steal so many babies?

therefore.

After the Lu family's birthday banquet came to a complete end, the families and sects that had come to offer their congratulations returned to their respective homes and discussed paying close attention to the recent cases of missing infants.

In the end, only Jiang Liu and his group, along with Zhang Zhiwei, remained at the Lu family residence.

The latter asked Zhang Jingqing and Zhang Huaiyi to return to the mountain first, intending to discuss some matters with Jiang Liu before returning to Longhu Mountain.

"Old Master Lu, I have made some progress regarding the missing baby. I may send the lost baby to the Lu family later."

Jiang Liu has already decided to resolve the case of the missing babies. "I hope that Mr. Lu will take care of them for the time being, and once the real culprit who destroyed the family is found, they will be returned to their biological parents one by one."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Lu hurriedly ordered Lu Xuan, Lu Guangda, and others to go to town to purchase the necessary items for the infant so that he could settle the baby.

Seeing this, Jiang Liu nodded secretly, then called out to Lu Jin, and together with Miss Hong and Miss Liu, they left the Lu family and followed the trail to find the thief who stole the baby.

Zhang Zhiwei followed suit.

"Aren't you going back to Longhu Mountain?" Jiang Liu asked with a smile.

"Knowing you're going to catch the mastermind behind the baby abduction, how could I stand idly by?"

Zhang Zhiwei replied with a smile, then asked, "By the way, do you know who the mastermind is?"

# Chapter 969 Saving the Infant (Part 2)

Jiang Liu did not answer Zhang Zhiwei's question, but instead asked Miss Liu, "After the banquet, you talked with people from your hometown, right?"

"Ah."

Miss Liu stretched and looked relaxed. "It's all thanks to you, President, for showing off your skills. Otherwise, I don't know how long I would have been arguing with my family."

At this point, Miss Liu brought up the matter of the baby being abducted again, saying, "According to my family, if it was an extraordinary person who committed the crime, and the target was a baby, it is most likely an extraordinary person from the Miao region."

Because of the practice of Gu poison and the use of venom, and because many people throughout history have combined the content of Taoist cultivation texts with Gu techniques to some extent, many people have gone astray and created evil arts.

Among the more famous are the Man in the Jar, the Flying Head Barbarian, and the Gu-bodied Saint Child.

Man in a Jar:

Take a jar, inscribe runes and symbols on it, place an infant inside, add secret medicine, and nurture it until the infant grows up and the jar becomes part of its body. It becomes incredibly strong and has amazing defense. It is usually a guardian spirit cultivated by evil sects in the Miao region.

However, because this method was too cruel, more than 500 years ago, a strange man named Wu Cheng'en destroyed a Miao sect that relied on this method and erased the method.

Flying Head Barbarian:

It first appeared in the "In Search of the Supernatural".

However, according to Miss Liu, this is not just a rumor, but also an evil magic technique. The infant is soaked in a specially made secret medicine and nurtured with Qi, which drives the circulation of the infant's innate Qi and gathers it all into the head. Then the head is cut off, thus completing the separation of the body and head.

Gu-body Saint Child:

Forty-nine infants were selected, and at regular intervals, a corresponding proportion of mixed Gu poison was injected into them to allow the children to adapt and for the Gu poison in their bodies to influence each other. The individual who survived in the end was the Gu-body Saint Child!

We are human!

It's also a form of poison!

"Such laws must indeed be eradicated!"

Just hearing Miss Liu's introduction sent chills down Lu Jin's spine.

There is no distinction between good and evil in cultivation methods, but this kind of practice is like experimenting on the lives of infants!

It's the wrong path!

Just like a tree, if a branch is infected with pests or diseases, the best way is to prune it, rather than leaving it out of misplaced compassion.

Otherwise, the pests and diseases will spread to the rest of the branches!

Upon hearing the name "Wu Cheng'en" again, Jiang Liu was able to remain calm, for he had opened his eyes of wisdom, observed the vast world, and confirmed Wu Cheng'en's identity.

Wu Cheng'en...

It's a pseudonym.

His true identity is himself!

A version of myself from a past life!

The 1748th reincarnation of myself!

Now, he is experiencing his 1749th time of rejuvenation, with only memories from before his transmigration remaining, while the memories of his first 1748 transmigrations and rebirths are sealed away.

Even though his spiritual light, Huiyuan, had been completely integrated into the Qi circulation system and achieved Hunyuan Yiqi, the sealed memories were still inaccessible.

of course.

With Jiang Liu's current abilities, he can directly use his wisdom eyes to observe the information left in the world and see the past lives of 1,748 of himself.

There's just one problem—

The main world he inhabits has undergone the "severance of heaven and earth," which most likely means that the celestial sphere he built in the past has been destroyed, while the Earth's innate celestial sphere has not yet fully evolved. Therefore, even if he opens his wisdom eye to understand all his past experiences, it will take a considerable amount of time.

Therefore, the river flows slowly and doesn't dwell too much on the past self; it focuses only on the present.

"Stop talking and stick close to me."

After leaving the town, Jiang Liu found a trail and quickened his pace.

Lu Jin, Hong Guniang, Liu Guniang, and Zhang Zhiwei hurriedly circulated their inner energy and followed closely behind Jiang Liu. In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, they left the woods, walked across cliffs, leaped over ravines, and traveled nearly fifty miles before arriving near a thicket of thorny bushes.

Directly ahead was an oxcart, with one person sitting on it taking a nap with their eyes closed, and another person relieving themselves behind a clump of thorns. Behind the oxcart were three large cages covered with blood-red cloths, from which came several hoarse, childish sobs.

"That's the baby who went missing from Lujia Town."

Jiang Liu stopped and instructed, "Hongjie, Liujie, and I will distract the people in the car; Zhiwei and Lu Jin, you two go around to the back, take care of the one who's defecating first, and then move those three cages away."

"Is it really necessary to go through all this trouble?"

Zhang Zhiwei asked in confusion, "With our abilities, wouldn't it be simpler to just take care of those two bastards?"

"Infants are different from us; they have not yet developed self-awareness and only have instincts. However, these instinctive feelings are the key to the formation of their personality later in life."

Sensation, memory, thinking, consciousness, ideas, spirit, and mind—theoretically, even without cultivating Qi, everyone can construct such a system for the growth of the primordial spirit.

I don't want to negate the future of those three children.

Infants are extremely sensitive to their surroundings; even covered by a large red cloth, they can sense the atmosphere of someone's death.

Jiang Liu explained his reasoning: "Therefore, it is inappropriate to kill animals in front of infants."