From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Uncle Jiu, what method did that corpse demon use to escape?"

Jiang Liu thought of the corpse demon escaping underground and asked Lin Jiu.

"Earth-walking Immortal".

Earthwalking Immortal is one of the Five Elements Escape Techniques. It involves attaching Qi to the body, causing the soil and minerals in a certain range to liquefy, allowing the person to move among the land and rocks as if swimming in water.

Lin Jiu was certain that the corpse demon itself did not understand this method. It was probably because it had merged with the seven Yin souls, thus enabling it to use the abilities of those seven people in life.

"So, besides its own inherent characteristics, that corpse demon also possesses the abilities of seven extraordinary beings?" Lu Jin asked incredulously. "That's too outrageous!"

"It's just borrowing the power of a ghost."

Lin Jiu said, "The people who are most skilled in this art are in the Northeast, especially the lineage of shamans who worship mountain spirits and wild monsters as deities."

But for us, life is the key.

Just like that corpse demon, its life force couldn't compare to Jiang Liu's, which was enhanced by his cultivation techniques. No matter how many abilities it possessed, it could only be beaten.

Lu Jin suddenly realized.

Li Muxuan also began to ponder – is the cultivation of life force the key?

"Let's go back first."

Jiang Liu pondered for a moment, then looked at Ren Jiating, "The feng shui master behind that corpse demon will definitely not let this go, so we have to keep an eye on Ren Jiating."

"Oh right, my sister!"

Ren Jiating then remembered her younger sister!

# Chapter 103 Helping Others is an Obligation

"Thank goodness you're alright!"

Seeing Ren Tingting sitting blankly in front of the deceased Ren Fa, Ren Jiating breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at her silent father, a look of sorrow appeared in her eyes.

Ren Jiating already understood the cause and effect.

Although the feng shui master was an unethical person, in the end, it was his own father who was superstitious. He insisted that the other party's ancestral corpse-raising site looked beautiful and was a feng shui treasure, and that's why he had to forcibly buy it, which led to this calamity.

But Ren Jiating doesn't intend to just accept it like that.

As someone who practices spiritual cultivation, how can you be so shameless?

And look at the corpse demon's actions of breaking into the Ren family with the methods of an earth immortal. It not only wanted to kill her father, but also wanted to exterminate the Ren family's bloodline!

For self-preservation!

To protect Ren Tingting completely!

Ren Jiating was also unwilling to let the matter rest!

"Brother Jiang, can you help me?"

With red eyes, Ren Jiating made a request to Jiang Liu, "I am willing to give you all my wealth as a reward!"

"There's no need to exhaust your entire fortune."

Jiang Liu agreed, but refused any reward, saying, "To help those in need is the duty of a cultivator; why should I be thanked?"

What happened here?

Ren Wei arrived with his officers and soldiers.

The intense white light and the huge commotion from before also reached the town.

As the head of the soldiers in Renjia Town, Ren Wei had no choice but to put on his clothes and lead his men to investigate, no matter how unwilling he was.

It wouldn't have been a problem if they hadn't come, but their arrival was quite a surprise—

His cousin's husband is dead!

"What happened? Who did this?"

Ren Wei glanced at Jiang Liu and the others, then hurriedly went to help Ren Tingting up. He then looked at Jiang Liu and the others present and said, "Speak quickly, or I'll have someone shoot you all dead!"

"It wasn't them."

When Ren Jiating saw Ren Wei, she also felt a headache coming on, but she could only patiently say, "He's the feng shui master who sold the land to my father back then."

Because he was dissatisfied with his father's forced sale, he devised a plan to turn my grandfather's corpse into a zombie, and even became a corpse demon on the day when Kui Xing was on duty.

Uncle Nine knew what was going on when he opened the coffin and suggested that my father cremate the body, but my father refused no matter what... And that zombie, having become a demon, deceived Uncle Nine, who possessed profound Taoist magic, and infiltrated my house by burrowing underground, killing my father!

"So that's how it is!"

Ren Wei noticed that Li Muxuan was staring at him, and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. He immediately spoke up, giving himself a way out, and said righteously, "Ladies, don't worry, as a respected officer captain in Renjia Town, I will definitely give you justice and catch that feng shui master! Then I'll drag him to the center of town and execute him!"

thereafter.

Ren Fa's body was transported to the mortuary.

Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, and Li Muxuan took turns keeping watch inside and outside the Ren family home to prevent the corpse demon from returning and harming Ren Tingting.

Silent all night.

early morning.

Jiang Liu went to the mortuary to inquire with Lin Jiu about the examination of Ren Fa's body.

Although Ren Fa was poisoned by the corpse demon and died after having his blood sucked, he would not turn into a "zombie" as a result.

Controlling a corpse with Qi without planting the corpse Gu is an extremely laborious and thankless task.

However, just to be on the safe side, Lin Jiu still examined Ren Fa's body and confirmed one thing: Ren Fa's vital energy was completely drained after he was captured by the corpse demon.

"So, Ren Fa's Qi and blood weren't taken away by anyone before?"

Jiang Liu was puzzled. "There was definitely someone manipulating things behind the scenes! But I didn't sense any other supernatural beings nearby at the time..."

There are two possibilities.

First, the person controlling the corpse demon is among them.

Um--

I have reservations.

If this possibility truly exists, then I, Lu Jin, and Li Muxuan can be completely ruled out, leaving only Lin Jiu and Ren Jiating.

Thinking in a darker direction, it's not impossible that Lin Jiu might not be the Uncle Jiu he imagined. Having spent so much time in this area, he might have harbored other intentions… As for Ren Jiating, she might feel jealous because her father favors her younger sister more. Furthermore, given that she mentioned the innate talisman came from a mass grave, it's possible she also obtained the secret technique of corpse transportation and used it to her advantage against Old Master Ren…

of course.

The likelihood of either of these is extremely small!

Another possibility is that the feng shui master's corpse-driving technique has reached its peak, allowing him to precisely control the corpse even outside Renjia Town.

Furthermore, the corpse inside Old Master Ren's body had become one with the Corpse Gu, turning into a demon, gaining intelligence, and its memories all originated from those seven Yin Souls—the Dong family.

The corpse demon must also be close to the feng shui master named Dong Tianbao, making it easier to control.

"I don't know either. Perhaps it's because the corpse demon is special."

Lin Jiu was also encountering a corpse demon for the first time and couldn't give a definite answer. "Why don't you go to the county office and interrogate that Sister Hua? Wen Cai has already sent her back there."

I still have something bothering me.

"Sister Hua?"

Jiang Liu felt that this was indeed a breakthrough, but that person had a lot of grievances against him and had no ties to him, so it would be difficult to get information out of her.

So he asked Lin Jiu about her troubles.

"It's also because of my other troublesome apprentice: Qiusheng."

Speaking of Qiu Sheng, Lin Jiu was furious. He sighed, "Yesterday he was bewitched and actually lost a portion of his vital energy. His essence is insufficient, and his microcosmic orbit is broken. I don't know how much effort he'll have to put in later! He's simply audacious!"

Essence can be either innate or acquired.

The acquired essence is used for procreation, while the innate essence is called "original yang". Those who cultivate qi connect the Ren and Du meridians and circulate through the microcosmic orbit. The so-called "refining essence into qi" is what they are cultivating.

A person whose primordial yang energy has not been depleted has a long and continuous flow of qi, which refers to the fact that the qi in the human body, a microcosm, forms its own cycle without leakage or loss.

If one's vital energy is depleted, it's like a leaky ball. Even if it happens once or twice, the energy won't be completely depleted, and the circulation of energy in the body won't be completely dissipated. However, cultivation is a process of replenishing oneself. Only with a long and continuous flow of energy can the circulation be smooth. If one's vital energy is depleted, the "balloon" will deflate, and it will have to be replenished again, which is quite troublesome.

If Qiu Sheng were a cultivation prodigy, it wouldn't matter if he lost his essence once or twice. But at such a young age, he had just opened up his Ren and Du meridians and embarked on the path of Qi cultivation. Yet, he suddenly became infatuated with women and lost not only his acquired essence but also his innate essence. It would be difficult to replenish it!

This innate essence is unique to those who cultivate Qi. Ordinary people do not cultivate Qi and do not have the aptitude for it, so they cannot release it even if they want to.

Why do these demons and monsters, who transform into beautiful women like fox spirits and snake spirits to seduce scholars, specifically target scholars?

In ancient times, learned people often knew some methods of cultivating Qi, but most of them could not develop any special abilities and could not be considered extraordinary. However, most of them could develop some Qi sensations by practicing this for many years, which could be used to strengthen their bodies.

Only those who can display extraordinary abilities can be called extraordinary people.

There are plenty of people in this world who possess Qi.

“Uncle Jiu, don’t be too angry. It’s quite normal for Brother Qiusheng to want women at his age,” Jiang Liu comforted him. “I think he will learn from this experience.”

"hope so."

Lin Jiu sighed, deciding to nip the problem in the bud and eliminate the "female ghost" completely.

He guessed it too; the female ghost must be Dong Xiaoyu!

# Chapter 104 Dean Dai's Talisman

"Going in broad daylight?"

Upon learning that Lin Jiu intended to eliminate the female ghost, Jiang Liu was slightly taken aback, but before Lin Jiu could answer, he realized that he had asked a stupid question.

In this world, ghosts are not afraid of sunlight and can appear in broad daylight.

When the old master was first dug out, he was actually able to move, but the corpse worm in his skull was at the most critical moment of its transformation, so he didn't want to move for the time being.

"Could you take me with you to broaden my horizons?"

To avoid embarrassment, Jiang Liu pressed for an answer.