From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Although the righteous spirit of my Kong family has dissipated, —

"Sage Jiang, I hope you understand that although my words may be unpleasant to hear, they are the truth: the people are inherently meant to be shepherded by their ruler!"

"At least he's been a bit more honest."

Jiang Liu smiled.

The fact that Kong Yuru dared to say these words proves that he has begun to truly confront his inner self.

This is the beginning of the Tao!

Although Kong Yuru came to cause trouble...

Despite the Kong family's previous disrespectful remarks towards Gao Huan...

Jiang Liu was just angry; he didn't intend to wipe out the entire Kong family. Besides, having one more friend was always better than having one more enemy.

The Confucian Association was never a true enemy of Confucius, Zhang Enpu, or even the Guo faction.

at present--

They can only be considered rivals.

"Farewell!"

Once the girl in red returned to the field on her motorcycle, the outcome of the contest for the character "御" was revealed.

Red Girl wins.

Therefore, Zhang Enpu, Kong Yuru and others no longer stayed in the central square of Cultural Street.

As night fell, Jiang Liu began his first sermon since returning from studying abroad, which was a dazzling display of eloquence and inspiration.

It wasn't that he deliberately created these "special effects," but rather that he cultivated both literary and martial talents, with the two energies accompanying the primordial energy. By cultivating the six senses, he resonated with all matter, energy, and spacetime in the world, resulting in golden sounds painting heavenly flowers and jade vibrations surging golden lotuses. These extraordinary phenomena naturally arose out of thin air.

However, none of the people in the arena who were listening to the Dao were misled by this strange phenomenon. On the contrary, they became even more focused, and their minds were more active than usual.

If someone happens to comprehend the Dao and Dharma spoken by Jiang Liu, they can resonate with the Heavenly Flower and Golden Lotus, achieving a complete transformation, but still undergoing a thorough cleansing and purification, making their own path of cultivation clearer and more steadfast.

Just as they were talking, one of the people in the room started dancing wildly and erratically.

Take a closer look.

It wasn't Zhang Zhiwei, but that Miss Liu.

“Sister Liu, if you don’t want to listen to me, fine. If you want to dance, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow. I’ll watch the shop for you for a day, and you can take my place as the young master of the opera troupe. Boss Cha has come up with a new play for us tomorrow.” Jiang Liu stopped talking and said to Miss Liu.

But Miss Liu was stunned for a moment and exclaimed, "That's not right! Shouldn't you ask me why I was dancing around in class, and then I answer 'I heard the wonder', and then you talk to me about the four words 'technique, flow, stillness, movement'? If I don't learn them, you can tap me on the head three times, and then I'll go to your room in the middle of the night to impart the great Dao?"

The crowd fell silent, but many surprisingly agreed with what she said...

That makes so much sense!

"You've really stumped me. For a moment, I don't know whether to say you're honest or that you're indecisive."

Jiang Liu chuckled, "I have cultivated wisdom and refined the eye of truth. Do you think I can't tell whether your madness is intentional or a spontaneous outburst of emotion after hearing something profound?"

"Furthermore—"

"If your cultivation level is high enough and you've reached the required level, even if you don't tell me, I will still teach you the next stage of cultivation. Why be so... humorous?"

"Hahaha!"

The rest of the listeners laughed.

Miss Liu blushed, but still exclaimed, "I've already mastered it! I've fully comprehended the four seasons and six energies. You'll see if you don't believe me!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Miss Liu straightened her back and activated her "Flash Time Skill," but instead of the usual gathering and dispersing of energy, she entered a state of invisibility.

It is invisible to the eye and untouchable to the hand, but when it moves, it will bring a fragrant breeze, not the exotic fragrance of a river, but the natural fragrance of Miss Liu herself.

"It's not bad at all."

Jiang Liu, with his discerning eyes, saw clearly. He pointed a finger, and Miss Liu revealed herself, saying, "Although you can hide and escape, your skill is not yet sufficient; it's a bit lacking."

Therefore, I will teach you the method of fixing the central palace, transforming the five internal organs into the central palace of the human body, with water and fire circulating throughout the body, and metal and wood harmonizing with one's nature.

"Because you are a naturally gifted individual, possessing exceptional talent and single-minded focus, your control over the body's energy structure is inherently easier than that of ordinary people who acquire it later in life. Furthermore, your understanding of the four seasons and six energies is nearly complete. You should be able to establish the five internal organs as the central palace within approximately three years, at which point you can begin learning the art of the microcosmic orbit."

# Chapter 1073 Lu Jin's Marriage

Regarding the "Dingzhong Palace" mentioned by Jiang Liu, all members of the Confucian Society understood the reasoning behind it.

If we compare the human body to Yin and Yang, the primordial spirit is Yin, the six internal organs are Yang, and the five internal organs, which are the masters of life, are the central palace of Yin and Yang!

Once the central palace is established, one can control Yin and Yang!

The principle is simple to explain, but without specific methods, how can one cultivate it successfully?

The Way can be easily passed on.

However, the law cannot be applied arbitrarily.

However, even the general principles of Qi cultivation are invaluable to most practitioners in the Confucian Society and Cultural Street.

After learning the method of fixing the center of the body, Miss Liu happily sat down and immediately tried it. In no time, she fixed her heart as the center of the body.

Her innate ability was a superposition of gathering and dispersing energy, which itself involved Qi transformation and human magnetism. After setting her center, she was overjoyed and immediately began to try it out. Just then, a stray, slender-waisted dog got up from nearby, and she took it as her target. She said "Transform," and her head transformed into a dog's head, growing a long snout.

"Wang Wang!"

Only his head changed, but his body remained the same, still resembling a human. However, he could no longer speak human language, and his eyes were anxious. He ran to Jiang Liu and kept calling out to him.

It can't be turned back!

"You've only just established your central palace, and haven't even settled in yet, and you're already making changes, especially to a being that can form its own aura. I really don't know whether to say you have high talent or just an impatient temperament."

To put it jokingly, Jiang Liu simply snapped his fingers.

With a "snap," Miss Liu's dog head returned to its original shape.

I touched it!

Arrested!

Once she was sure her beautiful face had returned, Miss Liu breathed a sigh of relief. Then she grabbed the filthy, thin-waisted dog and cursed, "It's all your fault! You almost turned me into a dog-headed man! Whose dog is this?"

The entire room fell silent!

No one answered.

"Nobody wants it? Then it's a stray dog, and it's mine!"

With a carefree attitude, Miss Liu carried the slender-waisted dog, who was no more than a year old, around her waist and returned to her original seated position to continue experiencing the Dao of "Concentrating the Central Palace".

After the little incident with Miss Liu, Jiang Liu continued his sermon, then stood up and gave his seat to... a white curtain—

During Jiang Liu's time studying abroad, this day for preaching and expounding doctrines also became a day for other members of the Confucian Society to teach people to read and write, impart various arts, explain famous works from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, or show movies to enlighten people's minds and wisdom.

It was the day a movie was supposed to be shown.

The movie, "Havoc in Heaven," was brought back by Jiang Liu from the "Parallel Universe of Under One Person." Its prototype is the scene in "Journey to the West" where Sun Wukong wreaks havoc in Heaven, but the principles of cultivation are all hidden, and the Monkey King's rebellion is given a sense of legitimacy.

how to say?

For the vast majority of people in this era, this spirit of rebellion was far more important than any doctrine of spiritual practice.

It's just a little bit of a letdown for the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, which is nearly forty years later... But Jiang Liu believes that they will definitely be able to produce films with even greater artistic conception in the future!

Believe it!

There's no need for a reason to believe!

"President, is this a moving shadow puppet show?"

Many children, carrying lotus root cakes, peanuts, melon seeds, and bean cakes, gathered around the river, watching the movie and asking the river questions.

"To be precise, it should be called an animated film, a moving picture," Jiang Liu said with a smile. "But you can treat it like a shadow puppet show if you like."

"Is the president Sun Wukong?"

A five- or six-year-old child innocently asked, "You seemed to have a golden cudgel with you before."

"Not only me, but you are too. Every person with a heart is born with the potential to become a Monkey King. But whether you can live up to the nature of an infant and be named 'Sun', or whether you can understand the essence of the world and become the true Monkey King, depends on your choices."

Jiang Liu laughed heartily, patted the children's heads, seemingly casually, yet also with deep meaning.

"Brother Jiang, you really know how to charm the kids." Lu Jin walked up to him and said enviously, "Why don't any of the children play with me?"

"Maybe you're being too serious," Jiang Liu shrugged and smiled casually.

"Isn't it easy to play with kids?"

Wang Baoling walked over, her words as fierce as ever. She wrapped her arms around Lu Jin's neck and pulled him into her embrace, saying, "Just have one with me."

Under Wang Baozhi's almost helpless gaze, his daughter dragged Lu Jin, who was being suffocated and had her head covered, away from the crowd, clearly intending to force the issue tonight.

In all respects, his family is the one who is marrying above their station!

According to Duanmu Ying, a new member of the medical association, Lu Jin was quite the womanizer while studying abroad and was a "time management master." They had to finalize the marriage as soon as possible, otherwise Lu Jin would fall in love with another girl, which would be a pity for their daughter's infatuation.

So he went to Jiang Liu.

"Also."

Jiang Liu, with his discerning eye, realized that Lu Jin and Wang Baoling did indeed have feelings for each other, and decided to lend a hand, saying, "I'll talk to Lu Jin tomorrow about what happened tonight..."

We practitioners don't pay much attention to such rules, so let's not disturb you any further.

"..."

Wang Baozhi had nothing to say.

If Lu Jin had taken his daughter into the house, he, as her father, could have said something, but it was clearly his daughter who had hit her... what could he say?

Silent all night.

Day two.

Lu Jin had just come out of Wang Baoling's house when she ran into Jiang Liu, who was there to eat steamed buns. She looked embarrassed and said, "Brother Jiang, you're still the same as always."

"But you, you got up late today and missed your morning exercise. Why didn't you get up late when you were abroad..."

"Big brother!"