From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Zhang Zhiwei seemed to be deep in thought, nodded slowly, exchanged a glance with Lu Jin, and quietly went around to the back.

Jiang Liu transformed himself into a wandering Taoist priest who had entered the world.

Adorned with a star-studded crown, draped in brocade. The star-studded crown shines brightly, the brocade flowing like colorful clouds. Her feet tread on cloud-patterned shoes, a silk sash cinches her waist. Her face is as bright and intelligent as a full moon, her form as graceful as a celestial being.

Then, he took out a spiked club and a human seed bag from his storage ring. With a thought, he transformed the human seed bag into a water and fire basket, which he hung on his left arm. With a flick of his wrist, the spiked club transformed into a fish drum, which he held in his right hand.

Then, he blew a breath into the nine orifices and the heart of the girl, which seemed to make the two girls young again, shrinking to Jiang Liu's waist.

But these two women were seen:

Her bones were clear and her spirit refreshed, her face beautiful; her hair was tied in a topknot with short strands. Her Taoist robes seemed to be shrouded in mist, her feathered garments fluttering in the wind.

A sash tightly bound with a dragon-head knot, straw sandals lightly wrapped with silkworm-feather tassels. His extraordinary bearing sets him apart from ordinary people; he is none other than—

An ageless, carefree traveler dwells in the mountains; two little girls descend from heaven to earth.

"I've shrunk?"

Miss Liu touched her cheek, tugged at her clothes, and scratched her topknot, exclaiming in surprise, "It's amazing! I feel like I've truly become young again!"

The girl in red secretly channeled her inner energy and discovered that her energy flowed smoothly, her strength had not diminished in the slightest, and she still looked like a little girl, her transformation technique unbroken.

"Now, you two are my disciples, so don't give yourself away."

Jiang Liu laughed, "Sister Hong, your name is now Qingfeng; Sister Liu, your name is now Mingyue. Remember that?"

"Yes, Master."

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The two women made a show of bowing and making a gesture towards the river.

The ceremony is over.

All three of them burst into laughter.

With that laugh, Jiang Liu, carrying a water and fire basket and beating a fisherman's drum, sang: "Densely packed new leaves, climbing and pulling, fragrant and vibrant. Thorns and brambles stretch for hundreds of miles, the ancients paved the way, but later generations have left it desolate. How can one's cultivation be divided? One should be single-minded in reaching the West! We should remember the ancient aspirations and open a new path to true glory!"

# Chapter 970 Saving the Infant (Part 2)

The man who was resting with his eyes closed on the oxcart was startled by the laughter. Then he heard someone singing and was startled. He straightened up, threw off the straw hat that was covering his face, and saw a spirited Taoist priest leading two girls with unusual physiques and beautiful appearances walking towards him.

"who?"

He shouted and jumped off the oxcart, stepping forward to carefully examine the man and two women. He was immediately astonished by their extraordinary appearance—he had never seen such a handsome Taoist priest and adorable Taoist boy before.

"Good man!"

Jiang Liu shouted, stepped forward, and bowed, saying, "Greetings, this humble Taoist."

"I return the courtesy."

The man paused for a moment, then, adhering to the principle of "better to avoid trouble," he also bowed—at times like these, it's best to avoid conflict if possible.

At the very least, we should wait until his accomplice has finished defecating before making a decision.

"May I ask where you are headed?" Jiang Liu inquired.

"I'm going west to Hunan."

The man pondered for a moment and then said a place name.

“Oh? That’s perfect. My Taoist name is Zhen Yuanzi. These are my two attendants, one named Qingfeng and the other Mingyue. They are also going to Hunan to visit a Taoist brother surnamed Lin and a lay Buddhist surnamed Ren. However… alas, we have come from the east, traversing mountains and rivers, and our legs are really inconvenient. I wonder if you, kind man, could give us a ride?”

Jiang Liu didn't hesitate; his lies came out of his mouth effortlessly.

"this······"

Zhen Yuanzi, Qingfeng, Mingyue—

He had never read "Journey to the West" and didn't know the story at all.

The man squinted, suspecting that the Taoist priest had discovered something and wanted to find out.

Even if that's not the case, if they were to actually take these three people on their journey, they would inevitably discover the infants in those three cages—

We must hold them off!

[Damn it! Why is that bastard taking so long to poop?]

I don't know.

Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin had already circled around him, knocked him unconscious, and moved him to the pine forest outside the thorny thicket.

Upon turning back, Zhang Zhiwei saw a Taoist priest and two young girls and wondered, "Where did Jiang Liuren go?"

"That's them."

Lu Jin recognized Jiang Liu.

"Seventy-two transformations!"

Zhang Zhiwei had heard Mr. Ren mention it before, and now that he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice. He and Lu Jin then tiptoed to the back of the oxcart, picked up the three cages, and ran like the wind towards the distant woods.

Seeing that Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin had succeeded, Jiang Liu was still playing along with this man, and sighed, "As the ancients said: 'Be kind to others, and you will be kind to yourself.'"

Why can't you be flexible, man?

"..."

The man was speechless, and even began to doubt whether the person in front of him was really a Taoist priest.

Which Taoist priest is being so unreasonable?

Hearing this, his feigned good temper vanished instantly. His face darkened, and he cursed, "Get lost! I won't give you a ride! Not even if you pay me!"

“ε=('ο｀*))) Sigh!”

Jiang Liu sighed again and said quietly, "Take a look back."

"Ok?"

He paused, about to turn around, but caught a glimpse of the two children beside Jiang Liu with smirks. He immediately stopped turning his head, a burst of green qi flame erupting from his body, and sneered, "A trick to fool children! How could I believe it? You must be trying to ambush me while I turn around!"

Without further hesitation, he transformed the green Qi flames into a ferocious long snake and lunged at Jiang Liu's neck.

In terms of appearance, it is similar to the transformed Qi poison of Tang Jian of the Tang Clan, but in essence it is a kind of Gu poison.

Jiang Liu chuckled twice, and the fish drum in his hand transformed into a spiked club. With a single, powerful strike, he shattered the long snake, and the aftershocks continued to blast towards its chest.

Just as the spiked club was about to strike the chest, it shifted downwards and hit the opponent's thigh instead—they had to keep him alive.

Click!

The spiked club struck his legs as if it were an iron rod hitting tofu; with just a light blow, his entire right leg cracked with a sound, and the bones shattered.

"what!"

The man fell to the ground, unable to get up. Due to his broken limbs and damaged meridians, he could no longer circulate his Qi and had become a cripple.

"Be kind to others, and you will be kind to yourself."

Jiang Liu picked up the water and fire basket again, shook it, and it turned into a carrying bag. He pointed it at the man and said, "If you don't treat me well, then I can only refuse to treat you well."

"Spare me! Spare me! I'll tell you everything!"

The man shouted.

But Jiang Liu ignored him and simply urged the human-seed bag to move.

In an instant.

The man with the missing leg kept shrinking until he was put into the human race bag.

"What kind of magical artifact is this?"

at this time.

Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin approached with three cages containing babies and asked Jiang Liu.

"Race bag".

Jiang Liu shook the satchel draped over his arm, from which two pouches hung, and then took out a short, soft spiked club and a golden cymbal, saying with a smile, "This is transformed from a nine-eyed dzi bead from Tibet. I think Brother Zhiwei understands what it symbolizes. Why don't you go into this golden cymbal, clash head-on with this spiked club again, and then be put into this seed bag once more—"

It may help you escape the cycle of birth and death!

Oh, and maybe we'll have to find you a 'Kang Jinlong' to be your father... That's a bit difficult though.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhiwei's lips twitched. He realized that the "Liu" in Jiang Liu's name truly lived up to its reputation as a rogue, as he could tell a whole set of dirty jokes.

Is the ordeal at Little Thunder Temple in Journey to the West about this kind of thing?

Forehead--

It seems that's really true!

and many more!

"Escape from the cycle of reincarnation?"

Zhang Zhiwei just didn't understand what the ordeal at Xiaoleiyin Temple had to do with "escaping the cycle of reincarnation."

"Reincarnation is not just the cycle of the six realms, or the process of the primordial energy in the universe circulating repeatedly, but also includes the tools that drive reincarnation."

At this point, Jiang Liu asked Zhang Zhiwei, "What do you think is the tool that drives reincarnation?"

Before he could answer, Jiang Liu gave his answer: "Naturally, it is a combination of these three things: matter, energy, and faith. As long as living beings in the world need to reproduce and thrive, these three things will continue to operate."

Even with extraordinary cultivation, as long as one hasn't truly escaped the cycle of reincarnation, facing these three magical treasures... aside from having any power to resist the spiked club, the other two—the golden cymbal and the human seed bag—will only be absorbed into them, either turning into pus or having their innate energy extracted.

After saying that, Jiang Liu released the man from the human seed bag. The man was weak and his muscles were numb, and his body was wrinkled, as if he had been soaking in water for a long time. A kind of innate energy was constantly being injected into his body, which made his broken leg heal.

However, consuming innate Qi to heal wounds is not a natural recovery; it nearly cost the man his life, turning his black hair white.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhiwei was shocked and had no more doubts about the human seed bag, spiked club, and golden cymbal in Jiang Liu's hands—they really were the "tools" that could drive the cycle of reincarnation!

Lu Jin had already witnessed the power of these three treasures, so he wasn't too surprised. He simply pointed to the three cages and asked, "Brother Jiang, should we send these three babies to my hometown first?"

"nature."

Jiang Liu smiled, took out a piece of white paper, folded it into a paper dragon, blew on it, and made it take flight. It grabbed three cages and snaked its way towards the Lu family's location.

When the paper dragon returned, the paper returned to its original state as sheets of white paper, which Jiang Liu then stored in his storage ring. He then woke the two men and began the interrogation...