From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Wu Man paid no attention to Wu Gensheng's words. Instead, she looked at Yuan's mother and revealed a sinister smile. "Are you going to live with Yuan Jingui's deceased wife? All things arise from causes and conditions, all are predestined! Congratulations! Congratulations to you!"

"Haha, you're so funny. But I'm not going to live with her, I just want to do her a favor." Wu Gensheng then extended an invitation to Wu Man, laughing, "Coincidentally, we're also going to Yuhang to find Jiang Liu. Why don't we go together?"

"it is good!"

Wu Man agreed.

# Chapter 1048 Clay Sculptor - A Mind with Seventy-Two Faces

That's how it is.

After Wu Man joined the team, Wu Gensheng asked Liu, the clay figurine artist, to help them "make up" their appearance.

Master Liu, the dough figurine maker, is a seemingly kind old man with the skill of "sculpting people." He can use Qi to mold other people's bodies into dough figurines, changing their height, weight, and even their clothes. As long as the corresponding talisman is not torn, the figurines can be preserved for a long time, and he can also use Qi.

After receiving the money, he followed Wugensheng's instructions and sculpted Wugensheng, Wu Man, and Yuan's mother into the appearance of five or six-year-old children, even shrinking their clothes as well.

"That's amazing!"

Wu Man laughed heartily, praising Liu's cooking skills repeatedly, "The Surangama Sutra says: the mind has seventy-two aspects."

Therefore, Sun Wukong has seventy-two transformations, and Master Liu, your skill in shaping people—isn't that a combination of the seventy-two aspects of the mind and your hands?

"It's just a family skill; how can it compare to Sun Wukong's magic?"

Liu the dough figurine chuckled, “If you want to learn, that’s fine too. Calm down and learn to make dough figurines with me. After about twenty years, you’ll be able to grasp some of the tricks. Making a sculpted person is no different from making a dough figurine.”

Upon hearing that she had become an apprentice, Wu Man remained silent.

Wugensheng also fell silent.

It was only when he was experiencing Liu Shi's skills that he discovered his body had instinctively memorized the way the other man's Qi flowed within him. With just a thought, he could change his appearance, thus achieving the possibility of altering his bones, meridians, skin, hair, and other external features.

The Source and Flow of Qi!

The Body Rejuvenation Elixir cultivates the Dharma Image, and can replicate the Way of Heaven and Earth, let alone a mere "dough figurine" technique.

Rootless life has come to life.

What is the Mind-Bound Ape Cultivating?

Mindset?

Or is it spirit?

It is currently unknown...

After bidding farewell to Liu the clay figurine maker, Wu Gensheng led Wu Man, Yuan's mother, and four-year-old Yuan Tao to Yuhang.

Why dress up as a child?

The main reason was that Wugensheng had already inquired about it and found that the Confucian Association would hold a sermon at the center of Cultural Street on the fifteenth of every month.

During Jiang Liu's studies abroad, this "program" was preserved, with members of the Confucian Society taking turns to speak about various arts and crafts, as well as learning to read and write, essentially providing free enlightenment to the people on the street; they also spoke about various famous works from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, such as China's "Journey to the West," "Water Margin," "Dream of the Red Chamber," "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," and "The Scholars," as well as Western works such as "War and Peace," "Childhood," and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."

Sometimes they even pull up the screen and show movies!

It can be said that this has become a tradition of Yuhang Cultural Street.

of course.

The day after this day ends, which is the 16th of each month, the teachers and students of Mingxin Academy will visit the orphanage to see the children who are still in the early stages of learning and to observe them. If a child already knows two hundred commonly used characters and can do arithmetic, he/she will be admitted to the preschool class to audit the first grade of Mingxin Academy.

The first step of the "Rootless Life Plan" is to join the orphanage before the 15th and demonstrate "outstanding performance" on the 16th, thus entering the preschool class.

Why go through all this trouble?

Yuan's mother questioned him.

"if not?"

Wugensheng countered, "Should we go directly to Jiang Liu and issue a challenge?"

“We can pretend to be someone he knows!” Yuan’s mother’s idea was simple: pretend to be someone Jiang Liu knows, get close to Jiang Liu, and kill him in one blow.

No matter how powerful an extraordinary person is, they are still just a mortal. As long as they patiently lie low and find an opportunity, they will surely succeed.

"Back then, members of the Tang Clan also attempted to assassinate Jiang Liu, but failed. Do you think the Tang Clan's efforts were ultimately in vain?"

Few outsiders knew that Jiang Liu had subdued the Tang Clan through sheer strength, but Wu Gensheng had friends all over the world. He learned from a Tang Clan disciple named Xu Xin what happened after the Tang Clan's first failed assassination attempt on Jiang Liu—

Assassinate Jiang Liu?

Even the Tang Clan couldn't do that!

Therefore.

If you want to get close to Jiang Liu, pretending to be one of his acquaintances is the worst possible choice, like an old man eating poison—you're asking for trouble!

The only possibility is to pretend to be a child.

"I've also heard about the Tang Clan's assassination attempt on Jiang Liu. According to rumors, it was he who broke the Tang Clan's Dan Shi technique?" Wu Man had heard a little about this, but she didn't really believe it.

The Tang Clan's Dan Shi technique is legendary in the world of supernatural beings!

Silently!

Destiny is inevitable!

Even Taoist masters and Buddhist monks who are poisoned by the elixir will only face death.

Seeing the two singing in unison, Yuan's mother had no choice but to grant Wugensheng's wish and send him to the orphanage in Yuhang.

When the director of the orphanage saw the four of them standing at the gate, he led them inside and prepared food for them, such as soy milk, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, and even corn.

Looking at the plump, golden corn kernels, Wugensheng was stunned for a moment, then he and Yuan Tao enjoyed them with relish.

Wu Man and Yuan's mother, however, were somewhat reserved.

The dean observed the four people's reactions and determined that Wu Gensheng and Yuan Tao were carefree types, while Wu Man and Yuan's mother were more cautious.

"Have you gotten separated from your parents?"

After the four had finished eating, the dean inquired.

“No, we have no parents. We wandered all the way here. We heard that they were giving out food for free, so we came here.” Seeing that Wu Man and Yuan’s mother were stammering, and Yuan Tao was just eating corn, Wu Gensheng was the only one who could answer.

"We don't give out food for free here..."

Hearing Wugensheng say this, the dean was both amused and exasperated, but he also realized that he had misjudged the boy—this kid was not only carefree, but perhaps also the leader of the four children. So he said, “However, if you have no father or mother, then you are orphans and can stay here. I will teach you to read.”

“We can stay, but we don’t need to learn to read.”

Wugensheng picked up another ear of corn, munching on it as he spoke, enunciating each word clearly.

"Oh?"

Seeing that the boy was somewhat mature for his age, the dean became interested and asked, "Why don't you want to learn to read?"

"Because we already know each other."

Wugensheng argued confidently, "It was an old Taoist priest from my hometown who died of illness who taught us this."

"Oh? Then let me test you?"

The dean took out a book of the Thousand Character Classic and pointed to the characters on it, asking the four of them to recognize them. Wu Gensheng, Wu Man, and Yuan's mother naturally recognized all the characters.

But Yuan Tao didn't recognize a single word, and she burst into tears, hugging her mother and calling out "Mother".

This terrified Yuan's mother, who was afraid that her own son would expose her identity.

Fortunately, the orphanage director didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just children playing house. He said, "The three of you do know how to read, but he still needs to receive early education..."

By the way, what are your names?

Wugensheng said loudly, "My name is Shihou, his name is Muzhu, her name is Lanxiang, and his name is Yuantao."

“You little rascal, you seem to be precocious, but you probably know that literate orphans here can join the preschool class, right?” the director revealed the truth.

"You can't hide it from the Dean!"

Wu Gensheng flattered him.

“The three of you can join the preschool class, but Yuan Tao can’t. He can’t read, so it’s no use for him. He can learn to read with the other children first.” Seeing Wu Gensheng’s ingratiating expression, the headmaster sighed and showed a hint of pity.

If the world weren't in such chaos, how could a five or six-year-old child be so "mature"?

# Chapter 1049 The Little Gardener Who Was So Happy She Didn't Want to Go Home

After gaining the trust of the orphanage director, Wu Gensheng, Wu Man, Yuan's mother, and Yuan Tao successfully joined the orphanage and spent a day learning about its layout and the orphans' situation.

The orphans in the orphanage either had lost their parents, were disowned by their relatives, or, like Wugensheng and others, had wandered here from other places, been rescued by the Confucian Association, and then sent here to be raised.

This orphanage is also one of the properties of the Confucian Society.

The orphans are of varying ages.

The younger ones are still infants in swaddling clothes, and are carefully cared for by wet nurses.

The older children, around twelve years old, were receiving early education while also taking care of other children aged three to ten.

After less than half a day, Wu Man and Yuan's mother were already going crazy because children between the ages of three and ten are completely unreasonable.

She can cry on cue!

The tears flowed like they were free. Sometimes, without doing anything, they would inexplicably burst into tears, as if it were a concentration camp of troublemakers!

Even Wugensheng found it hard to bear...

Only Yuan Tao, a true four-year-old child, was able to truly integrate with the other children his age, playing with building blocks, moving stools together, singing together, and crying together.

Seeing that her son was just like these little brats, Yuan's mother glared at him and was about to pull him over when she heard Wugensheng say, "If you insist on bringing your son with you, then we'll have to stay here for at least a year and a half until he's fully learned common characters and basic arithmetic."

In fact, the timeframe of a year and a half is only possible if Yuan Tao is a smart child and can settle down. If Yuan Tao is not very bright, it would take at least two or three years.

Immediately, Madam Yuan stopped in her tracks, gritting her teeth as she said, "Did you plan this all along? To leave my son here temporarily?"

"if not?"

Wugensheng countered, "If we really take him along, our operation plan near Jiangliu will be aborted."