From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Perhaps it's because I've cultivated the Nine Levels of Reverse Life."

Jiang Liu made up an excuse for himself.

"You don't think I've forgotten the scene of your battle with that master disciple from Longhu Mountain, do you? Your innate abilities, the refining of essence into qi by the will and the refining of qi into spirit by the mind, plus the ability of your own primordial spirit to refine spirit and return to emptiness, truly make the human body the vast emptiness of heaven and earth. It's not hard to understand why your qi is so long."

Ren Jiating rolled her eyes, then suddenly noticed something and asked in confusion, "Nine levels of Reverse Life? So even if Master Zuo took you as his disciple, you must only know the third level of Reverse Life, right?"

“I applied the Qi transformation and reversal method to my fellow practitioners’ three gates and nine orifices, hence the name Ninefold.”

Without hesitation, Jiang Liu declared, "Reversing the eight directions and ascending to the ninefold heavens, once I comprehend the eight or nine mysteries, the method of gathering form and dispersing energy will naturally follow!"

"The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts? Awesome!"

Although Jiang Liu was indeed exceptionally talented, Ren Jiating did not believe that he could truly achieve the so-called "Nine Levels of Reverse Life". The second level alone had stumped most of the disciples of the Sanyi Sect for their entire lives, and even the Left Sect Master had only reached the second level and had not yet attained the third level.

Ninefold?

Jiang Liu was probably joking with him!

However, she still gave a thumbs up and said with a smile, "If you really master the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and comprehend the Seventy-Two Transformations in the future, you must broaden my horizons."

"That won't do!"

Jiang Liu, however, refused righteously, saying, "How can such skill be flaunted? A cultivator's spirit dissipates when he speaks, and trouble arises from his tongue..."

"You talk a lot."

This sentence left Jiang Liu speechless.

Seeing that he was speechless for a moment, Ren Jiating covered her mouth and laughed, "I thought Brother Jiang was always mature beyond his years, but I didn't expect him to still have a childlike side."

"This is the heart of a child!"

Jiang Liu stood tall and proud, feigning composure, and controlled the three hundred little monkeys to jump out of the window and hide in the flower beds and green plants outside the Ren residence.

The paper used to make the paper monkeys is specially made so that it will not be damaged unless it is burned or soaked in water.

Therefore, it is perfectly fine to get a little dew on your skin at night.

Moreover, the purpose of arranging these paper monkeys was mainly for defense, not for combat.

"Is there no problem with the consumption?"

Ren Jiating also put away her joking thoughts.

"good."

As long as these paper monkeys are not manipulated to move, the Water and Fire Yin-Yang Qi Pill will not consume the Qi within the river.

"I really envy your innate ability."

Ren Jiating joked, but she also understood that everyone has their own destiny. Jiang Liu might be the kind of person who is born to cultivate. With both innate and acquired talent, as long as he doesn't die, or encounters some event that drastically changes his personality, he will definitely be able to cultivate to a high level.

There's no use in envying people like that.

As night fell.

The Ren family home, however, was brightly lit.

Tonight is Ren Tingting's birthday, and all of Ren's relatives, wealthy businessmen in town, and people who have business dealings with Ren Fa have come to celebrate with her.

After all, they all knew perfectly well that Ren Fa sent Ren Tingting abroad to study because he didn't want his family's property to be inherited by his cousin Ren Wei. He wanted Ren Tingting to return after completing her studies, inherit the family business, and then find a son-in-law. With the help of Ren Jiating, who had become a disciple of Jiyun Society, this "East-meets-West" approach would also be able to protect the family business.

Therefore, they had to contact Ren Tingting in advance, and some even brought their sons along, hoping that Ren Tingting would take a liking to them.

But Ren Tingting is not the traditional lady from a wealthy family. Since returning from studying abroad, she has seen a lot and looks down on these people. Instead, she has become interested in the possible "superpowers".

Such as:

Jiang Liu and Ren Jiating are currently performing a magic trick together.

The lifelike paper monkey leaped on the ground, its two paper arms rotating freely, manipulating the twenty-four small round beads that flew up and down like snakes and dragons, traversing in all directions—truly wondrous!

# Chapter 98 The Corpse Gu Takes a Turn (Part 1)

Charity home.

When the moon was high in the sky, Lin Jiu felt that it was about time, so he called Lu Jin to carry the coffin to the center of the courtyard.

"Good weight!"

After setting the coffin down, Lu Jin shook his arm, somewhat surprised.

Since he mastered the first level of Reverse Life, his strength has far surpassed that of ordinary people. Now, he has switched to learning Jiang Liu's method, cultivating nine levels at the same time, and also practicing Reversal of the Eight Directions, making his strength even greater than before.

However, moving the coffin was quite strenuous.

He was puzzled.

If the coffin is really that heavy, how could it have been pulled out when it was first dug out during the day?

"The weight of the coffin has not changed, but the yin energy emanating from it has become stronger."

Seeing that Lu Jinzhen didn't understand, Lin Jiu didn't doubt that the Sanyi Sect's inheritance was different from the two major sects, Zhengyi and Quanzhen. He just assumed that Lu Jinzhen was young and that the Left Sect Master hadn't taught him about talismans, inner alchemy, or related content. "The primordial spirit, five internal organs, six bowels, meridians, and dantian of the human body are just like a spiritual talisman. Cultivating oneself is cultivating talismans."

Ordinary talismans will become ineffective when exposed to external energy.

The same principle applies to talismans worn on a person's body.

As night fell and the stars appeared, the corpse-eating worm within Old Master Ren's head inside the coffin became active, undergoing its final transformation. The yin energy grew increasingly dense, affecting the body and disrupting the flow of qi, hence the feeling that the coffin was heavy.

After finishing his sentence, Lin Jiu continued, "I don't know much about the Reverse Rebirth Triple Level, but since your body hasn't fully developed, even if your skill is not weak, you shouldn't have been able to persist for so long... Besides the Reverse Rebirth method, you must have cultivated other methods to stabilize your eight extraordinary meridians, right?"

"Uncle Jiu is truly a master!"

Lu Jin sighed, "I've fixed the Eight Directions Reversal."

"Reversing the eight directions? That's Wang Yaozu's method? He's not stingy, but his method mainly involves seeking externally, right?" Now, it was Lin Jiu who was puzzled.

"Senior Wang's Reversal of the Eight Directions does indeed emphasize the external control of objects, but what I learned from Brother Jiang's Reversal of the Eight Directions, in addition to controlling objects, also focuses more on internal cultivation in order to stabilize the eight extraordinary meridians, prevent them from being shaken by external forces, and protect the five internal organs."

Jiang Liu didn't mind that this was known to others, so Lu Jin didn't hide it either. "Moreover, I found that this method of reversal and the method of rebirth complement each other."

"That's really good luck."

That's all.

Lin Jiu handed a stack of talismans and a ball of red thread to Lu Jin, instructing him to string the red thread around the coffin according to the Bagua directions and hang the talismans there.

Lu Jin nodded, took the red thread and talisman, pulled out eight threads, and pasted a series of corpse-suppressing talismans on them. He thought to himself, "Fortunately, I learned some Qimen principles from Senior Brother Zhuge in the sect. Otherwise, I really wouldn't be able to handle it with the sect's basic theories about Yin and Yang and the Eight Trigrams."

After he finished, Lin Jiu looked bewildered and asked, "In terms of formations, are the methods of the Sanyi Sect closer to those of sorcerers?"

"what?"

Lu Jin was stunned, then realized she had pulled the wrong one and hurriedly said, "No... um, Uncle Jiu, why don't you do it? I might really not be able to handle it!"

[The Trinity School never taught these things!]

Suddenly, he realized that what Jiang Liu had said when he complained about the Three Ones Sect's techniques made a lot of sense:

Aside from its external effects, the San Yi Sect's techniques are rather complicated. They are more like martial arts training than cultivation of profound mysteries!

Although he hadn't had much contact with Lin Jiu, watching him set up the altar, draw talismans, and burn incense, and recalling how Jiang Liu had mentioned the forms of the Golden Light Mantra and Thunder Magic of Longhu Mountain when teaching him the Reversal of Eight Directions, and even vividly described how Zhang Zhiwei used his body as a talisman to perform Thunder Magic—

Comparing the three levels of Reverse Rebirth, it becomes clear that the San Yi Sect's method is indeed significantly different from the methods of other sects. The Qi Transformation Reverse Rebirth is actually a cultivation method that works from the outside in.

Other esoteric methods involve cultivating both internal and external aspects, simultaneously working to improve one's life force.

Even at the very least, it's from the inside out.

In other words, Jiang Liu was the first to apply the Qi Transformation and Reversal Method to the Three Passes and Nine Apertures at the same time, while Lu Jin was the first disciple of the Sanyi Sect to try this method.

"Is that so? It seems that Master Zuo hopes that his disciples can quickly master a skill that can make a living." Lin Jiu thought carefully and came up with a possibility.

That means the current situation is not good. Don't be fooled by the fact that Renjia Town, where he is located, and the towns in the territory of Sanyimen are relatively peaceful. Who knows if someone will attack tomorrow?

Rather than focusing on the continuation of tradition, it's better to ensure that disciples and their descendants have the ability to protect themselves.

However, no matter how skilled one is, there will be a time when one runs out of kung fu against modern guns and cannons.

Can fight—

But times are indeed changing.

Thinking of this, Lin Jiu suddenly sighed and stopped bringing up the topic. He dismantled the "Bagua Formation" that Lu Jin had drawn up and redrawn the lines.

Unlike Lu Jin, who only drew eight red lines, Lu Jin drew dozens of red lines centered on the coffin, which intersected with each other, resembling a sparse spider web.

After that, he pasted talismans on the places where the red lines intersected.

The so-called Bagua Formation does not actually involve creating an external shape resembling the Bagua. Instead, it involves adjusting the Bagua positions based on the terrain.

It can be said that even the same formation can be arranged differently in different locations and at different times.

The location of the mortuary is characterized by an external yin and an internal yang energy pattern. The purpose of setting up this Bagua formation and attaching the corpse-suppressing talisman is to use the Qi to temporarily borrow the energy pattern of this place to generate yang energy and suppress the corpse demon in the coffin!

After setting everything up, Lin Jiu glanced at the moonlight and realized that it was almost time. He then took out a silver needle about twenty centimeters long and beckoned Lu Jin to follow him to the coffin, where they opened the lid.

"Where should I put it?"

Lu Jin looked at the red lines and talismans around her and made sure she couldn't press them down directly.

"Just throw them outside the mortuary."

Lin Jiu said, "Anyway, after dealing with the corpse worm, we'll have to find a new coffin for this old master."

"Oh."

Lu Jin used his "Reversal of Eight Directions" technique to throw the coffin lid out into the woods outside the mortuary.

Then, Lin Jiu held the silver needles and observed Old Master Ren's face, seemingly trying to pinpoint the exact location of the corpse gu so as to achieve a perfect hit.

However, the Corpse Gu had indeed become quite powerful. It could instinctively sense danger. Even though it was suppressed by the Bagua Formation and was unable to move due to the critical moment of its transformation, it still used some means to make Old Master Ren's skin suddenly wrinkle, especially his face, which was wrinkled so badly that it revealed two pairs of long canine teeth and his mouth protruded slightly, just like a hairless blue-faced wolf!

"trouble!"

A bead of cold sweat dripped from Lin Jiu's forehead. Without a normal human face, it was impossible to pinpoint the acupoints and thus locate the corpse worm.

If it were a corpse prepared by an ordinary corpse driver, it would be easy to determine; the cerebellum would be at the back of the head.

However, the corpse worm inside the old man's skull had already devoured his original brain, and then transformed and grew inside the empty skull, forming a brain shape that was no different from a human brain.

Only by hitting its heart before the corpse worm has completely transformed can the mission be accomplished!