From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Why can't I move? Did my physical body become a non-living entity after losing my primordial spirit?"

Has the heart stopped beating?

Can't breathe through your mouth and nose?

Has the brain stopped thinking?

Do the body's cells no longer carry out vital functions?

The first generation Jiang Liu spoke with great conviction, "If none of these apply, then why can't I move? I'm not one of those vegetative people who have congenital or acquired brain problems."

These words made perfect sense to Lu Jin for a moment, and even reminded her of Imhotep, whom she had met before, whose soul seemed to fly ahead while she was being chased by someone else.

Right now, Brother Jiang's situation is probably similar to Imhotep's. His primordial spirit has left his body and is trapped in the Demon Kingdom, while his physical body still has its own consciousness. However, he can no longer use supernatural powers and spells, but he still possesses a powerful and unreasonable strength.

Zhang Zhiwei temporarily dispelled his doubts about Jiang Liu's changed behavior, but he also chuckled and put his arm around the neck of the first Jiang Liu, teasingly saying, "So, you can say that you are now a walking corpse? A walking corpse that can talk, laugh, and think, just like an ordinary person, is the first time I've ever seen one."

"You should be secretly happy! If you cultivate your primordial spirit and can even separate it from your body, then we'll have to carry a burden on us."

The first generation Jiang Liu was not familiar with Zhang Zhiwei, but the memories of each generation Jiang Liu's past life were the same. In addition, this generation Jiang Liu already knew Zhang Zhiwei, so he naturally acted as if they were familiar with each other.

The reason he explained the situation in this way was to avoid Lu Jin and Zhang Zhiwei, his friends who knew him during the 1749th tribulation, becoming wary of him later and causing things to backfire.

"As expected, it's still you. Your mouth is still so unreliable, and it seems that because you lost your primordial spirit, you've become even more sharp than before."

Zhang Zhiwei laughed heartily, relieved, but then his expression turned serious again—

Are they capable of dealing with the guy who can trap Jiang Liu's primordial spirit?

"Don't worry, it's true that He has trapped 'me,' but in a sense, 'I' have also trapped Him. So we can be bolder in our actions afterward."

The first generation Jiang Liu looked relaxed. "As long as we find the altar in the city of Evil Luohai in the Demon Kingdom, we can summon my primordial spirit through a sacrificial ritual, and at the same time suppress the one in the bottomless ghost cave into our body, and then use the power of heaven and earth to completely refine it!"

For a moment, everyone relaxed considerably, feeling that this trip would surely be a success.

But the silver-eyed nun's expression changed.

Rather than believing the first generation Jiang Liu's claim of "spiritual astral projection," she prefers to believe that He bewitched and controlled Jiang Liu, wanting to possess his body and reappear in the world!

However, they dared not reveal themselves at this moment, and could only remain inactive for the time being, waiting for an opportunity...

And so, one team, two minds, together traversed the winding Bone-Hidden Gully. Though the stark white bones were terrifying, they could not deter their determination to move forward. They passed through the silent White Forest, where the icy snow was bone-chilling, but it could not extinguish their resolve to vanquish the demon.

In less than half a day, with everyone riding at full speed, they arrived outside the ruins of the Demon Kingdom.

Four towering mountains rose straight into the sky, like the Four Heavenly Kings guarding the Heavenly Court or the Four Vajras protecting the Buddhist Kingdom, standing for tens of thousands of years, eternally unyielding.

"The Shenluogou Glacier is located in the area surrounded by these four high mountains."

Looking at the four majestic mountains, Shiwu said to everyone, "It is said that each of the four mountain peaks has a lingzhi herb with eighty-eight flavors, which is thousands or even tens of thousands of years old and extremely precious."

"Eighty-eight flavors?"

Lu Jin was completely bewildered.

The word "taste" is a rather special category when it comes to medicinal materials. Generally speaking, it specifically refers to the number of different kinds of herbs in a prescription.

A single Ganoderma lucidum has eighty-eight flavors... Forgive his limited knowledge, but he cannot imagine what this thing actually looks like.

Moreover, Ganoderma lucidum is not a plant, but a fungus.

Theoretically, it cannot grow on ice and snow.

However, it is indeed possible for Ganoderma lucidum to grow for a thousand years. It's not that any particular Ganoderma lucidum crown can grow for a thousand years, but rather that, as a fungus, the mycelium and fungal community underneath it have a chance of lasting for a thousand years.

"There are indeed eighty-eight kinds of Ganoderma lucidum."

Seeing that Lu Jin did not believe him, Fifteen hurriedly explained, "When I was a child, I climbed to the top of one of the mountains with my father and saw the Ganoderma lucidum. It was crystal blue all over, the same size as a person, like a natural bed, with water-like patterns inside that would ripple!"

I wanted to pick some, but as soon as I got close, I fell asleep. My father carried me home afterwards.

The villagers all say that I grew taller than everyone else in the village because I smelled the fragrance of those eighty-eight kinds of Ganoderma lucidum.

Hearing what Fifteen said, Lu Jin fell silent.

This place is the summit of Kunlun Mountain, a place of great energy, and also contains something that can trap Brother Jiang's primordial spirit. It's not surprising that some strange plants grow here.

However, he still believed that if there really were Ganoderma lucidum on those four mountains, it definitely wouldn't be a fungus, but rather some kind of unusual plant adapted to the cold...

# Chapter 1017 Perfecting the Zhou Tian Xing Su Fire Control Technique

"Eighty-eight kinds of Ganoderma lucidum?"

The first generation Jiang Liu, however, had an idea. He checked the contents of his storage ring, found a lead box, handed it to Zhang Zhiwei, and instructed, "Brother Zhiwei, you know how to use the Golden Light of Earth..."

"It's the Golden Stream Light!"

Zhang Zhiwei corrected him, but still took the lead box and asked, "Do you need me to go and pick those four Ganoderma lucidum plants?"

"What I want isn't the Ganoderma lucidum, but the 'eighty-eight ingredients'! To be more precise, it's not the number 'eighty-eight,' but the 'eighty-eight,' which corresponds to all sixteen hexagrams of the day!"

The first generation Jiang Liu grinned and chuckled, "Compared to the 'Taoist charm' it contains, pursuing its medicinal effects is putting the cart before the horse."

After saying that, he explained how to pick them.

Zhang Zhiwei noted it down, and bathed in golden light, he leaped up to the top of the mountain directly in front of him. Sure enough, he saw a Ganoderma lucidum about the size of a human body. It was crystal blue all over, with water-like patterns rippling inside, and it emitted a strange fragrance. Just smelling it made him feel refreshed and his innate Qi in his body became stronger.

"For me, eating this stuff still has the greatest effect." Zhang Zhiwei muttered, not feeling any "Daoist charm". He suspected that only Jiang Liu, who had cultivated a true primordial spirit, could enjoy the benefits. So he stepped forward and used golden light to stimulate the Ganoderma lucidum.

Instantly, the crystal-blue crown of the Ganoderma lucidum rippled, creating patterns similar to water waves. Then, it continuously shrank and condensed, transforming from the size of a human head to the size of a human head, like a crystal, clear and transparent. Within it, countless star points rose and fell, vaguely forming a beast-shaped creature, but it was not clearly visible.

Grasping the handle at the bottom, Zhang Zhiwei pulled it up and saw countless tiny tentacles wriggling underneath. They then sank into the ground and disappeared without a trace. He didn't think much of it and put it into the lead box. He then immediately leaped to the top of another mountain and repeated this process three times. After picking all four Ganoderma lucidum herbs, he put them into the lead box, and then, riding on golden light, returned to Jiang Liu.

Taking the lead box, he opened it and examined the four Ganoderma lucidum herbs that looked like crystal carvings. The first generation Jiang Liu nodded in satisfaction and praised, "Well done!"

"Brother Jiang, have you seen these peculiar 'Ganoderma' before?" Lu Jin examined the four "crystals" with a hint of doubt.

“I’ve never seen it before. Although I have lost my primordial spirit, it doesn’t mean I can’t sense the information here. On the contrary, my sense of this place has become even more acute.”

Since it concerned his own tribulation and rebirth, the first generation Jiang Liu would not reveal it. So he made up an excuse and glossed over it in one sentence. Then he took out the Ganoderma lucidum from the lead box one by one, and with the help of the unified primordial energy, he imprinted the "Daoist rhyme" in it into the golden core of his body and mind.

What is Daoist rhythm?

The laws of nature, and all things that exist in accordance with the laws of nature, are manifestations of the Tao!

Everything in the world is in motion, from quarks to the universe.

When the motion between particles forms a regular pattern, it can be defined as "Taoist rhythm"!

Just like Jiang Liu's so-called Daoist charm and exotic fragrance, it is essentially that when one cultivates to a certain level, one's control over the body's energy reaches the cellular level, which is equivalent to infinitely approaching the perfect control over the laws of life movement of the human body, thereby completely controlling the "Daoist charm" and taking control of creation!

Therefore, in theory, everything visible in the universe, from a grain of sand to a planet, contains the essence of Tao.

The Tao is in excrement and urine—

Beyond its philosophical implications, it can also be a perfectly objective and concrete description.

But the "Tao" is everywhere. Ordinary people, even those with extraordinary cultivation, find it difficult to truly comprehend the "Great Tao" that has any practical effect on their own cultivation from a stone or a drop of water.

To comprehend the Great Dao, one must allow the Dao contained within water droplets, stones, or other things to manifest.

That is, the law that drives the primordial energy of all things to move!

Generally speaking

Mastering Qi, completing the cycle of Qi, refining the elixir, and cultivating the sacred embryo are the best ways to manifest the Dao!

Jiang Liu is the best example.

These four Ganoderma lucidum plants were planted and carefully tended by the first Ghost Mother on these four mountain peaks at the beginning of the Demon Kingdom. She selected various precious medicinal herbs, ground them into powder, and mixed them in a certain proportion to serve as fertilizer.

Therefore, it is not wrong to call these four Ganoderma lucidum plants "eighty-eight flavors".

But the most crucial element is the aura of Kunlun Mountain!

This place is the Dragon Peak of Kunlun's Heavenly Ridge, the root of the earth, which perfectly matches the image of the sixteen hexagrams of the heavens. Moreover, because these four mountains are towering into the clouds and soaring straight into the sky, they absorb the essence of the sun by day and the radiance of the moon by night. This not only caused these four Ganoderma lucidum to undergo rebirth and transformation, but also reflected the scenery of the stars in the heavens.

If divided according to the Twenty-Eight Mansions, these four Ganoderma lucidum symbols respectively correspond to the Azure Dragon of the East, the White Tiger of the West, the Vermilion Bird of the South, and the Black Tortoise of the North.

The same applies to the Daoist philosophy!

Jiang Liu, the first generation, had already imprinted the Daoist essence of the Four Symbols with the effect of the Primordial Qi. After Jiang Liu's primordial spirit returned and completed the Zhou Tian Star Array, he would also have a complete grasp of the skill of controlling the fire of the Zhou Tian Stars!

The phrase "seizing the creation of heaven and earth and invading the mysteries of the sun and moon" does not simply refer to the ability to absorb the essence of the sun and moon for cultivation.

What is "creation"?

The essence of Tao is creation itself!

But creation does not disappear just because it has been taken away.

Take Jiang Liu as an example. He has already cultivated to the point where he possesses Daoist charm and can emit a unique fragrance. If others want to comprehend some Daoist charm from him, will his own Daoist charm disappear?

will not.

The same reason.

The first generation Jiang Liu used the Primordial Chaos Qi to imprint the Daoist essence within these four Ganoderma lucidum herbs. As long as these four Ganoderma lucidum herbs are not eaten, the Daoist essence will continue to exist.

"It has such a wonderful use!"

Upon hearing that these four Ganoderma lucidum herbs actually contained the Daoist essence of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, Lu Jin clicked his tongue in amazement.

"At its core, it's just that plants and animals that haven't obtained Qi and haven't developed intelligence are more sensitive to the movement of the four seasons and six Qi, and the movement of the stars in the celestial sphere."

The first generation Jiang Liu closed the lead box, put it into his storage ring, and explained, "In addition, these four Ganoderma lucidum grow on the mountaintop, soaring into the clouds. They are not very sensitive to the changes of the four seasons and six qi, but they have recorded the movement of the stars in the sky one by one!"

“Using these four Ganoderma lucidum as medicinal materials or for alchemy is the worst choice. Moreover, if one becomes obsessed with the transformation brought about by their medicinal effects, one has entered a heretical path.”

"To comprehend the essence of the Dao, to gain its benefits, and to integrate it into one's own cultivation, thus completing one's practice, is the true path to long-term success."

Zhang Zhiwei comes from the Zhengyi sect and highly agrees with this principle. Those who use external alchemy to increase their cultivation are like wild beasts in nature and behave much like birds, beasts, fish, and insects. They are all incomprehensible.

But there was a hint of resentment in the silver-eyed nun's eyes—

Those four Ganoderma lucidum herbs were supposed to be part of her plan, to make her stronger later on, but she never expected that Jiang Liu would get them!

Daoist charm...

She doesn't understand.

Alchemy...

She wouldn't either.