From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

These methods—

Shouldn't it be destroyed?

It's no wonder that the Taoists of the Zhengyi and Quanzhen schools had absolutely no liking for these kinds of spirits.

The Meishan Sect went even further, preserving the methods of shamans and becoming orthodox, even directly capturing and controlling these spirits.

Unlike the shamanic practices of Northeast China, the Meishan sect does not cooperate with spirits but unilaterally exploits them. They destroy the physical bodies of spirits that establish lewd shrines and bewitch people, only capturing their souls and taking them into the Five Witches' Army Jar. They then establish a connection with the Qi of the five internal organs of the sect and use it for their own purposes, which is a one-sided "master-servant" relationship.

The Taoists of the Meishan School believed that to cooperate, one must at least be a person.

They're not even human beings, what kind of cooperation are we talking about?

Their status was naturally on par with livestock such as cattle, horses, pigs, and sheep.

The reason Wang Ming chose the Five Immortals associated with Northeast China is because his hometown is in the Northeast. When he was a child, his elders forced him to worship the Yellow Immortal, which he resented. Later, he joined the Meishan Sect and spent nearly ten years traveling all over the place. Finally, he found the fox, yellow, white, willow, and gray foxes that had harmed people, destroyed their physical bodies, took their spirits, and forged the Five Wraiths into soldiers. This allowed him to vent the anger he had felt in his childhood.

These five sworn soldiers of Wang Ming are: Zhang Dalang, the Fox Fairy, who is in charge of collecting souls; Zhang Erlang, the Yellow Fairy, who is in charge of attracting wealth; Zhang Sanlang, the White Fairy, who is in charge of destroying temples; Zhang Silang, the Willow Fairy, who is in charge of magical battles; and Zhang Wulang, the Gray Fairy, who is in charge of reporting matters.

With a flick of the five-colored command flag in Wang Ming's hand—

The gray-haired rat, with its cunning eyes, could discern Liu Wei's location.

The white hedgehog, which guards a dilapidated temple, and the human body, which also has temples for the five internal organs, rolled into a ball and, following the direction determined by the gray fairy, suddenly crashed into Liu Wei's heart.

Wave!

In an instant, Liu Wei's internal organs were thrown into disarray, his steps faltered, and he could no longer run.

The fox spirit, the fox master, used a bewitching spell to capture Liu Wei's soul, thus disrupting his mind.

Following closely behind, the weasel spirit solidified its soul and walked upright. When it reached Liu Wei, it spoke in human language and asked Liu Wei, "Young man, do I look like a human or a god?"

This is to demand an official title.

In folk traditions, especially in Northeast China, the story of weasels asking for blessings is often told in great detail. It is said that if you encounter a weasel asking for blessings and you say that it doesn't resemble a human, you will be punished afterward; if you say that it resembles a human, you will receive some benefits, but your own good fortune will be reduced.

In fact.

The story of the weasel seeking a title is true, but it's not as fantastical as it's portrayed. It's simply that the weasel, having obtained Qi, wanted to use it to establish connections with humans, so that it could borrow their innate Qi for convenience and more easily cultivate a human body.

Animals, once they acquire Qi, progress much faster than humans due to their simple minds. However, without guidance from a master, it is extremely difficult for them to cultivate a true human body.

Therefore, these kinds of beings will cooperate with humans in their cultivation, which can be considered a shortcut that is not really a shortcut.

This is the case with shamans in Northeast China.

However, over the course of their long collaboration, the relationship between humans and elves has become increasingly complex...

at the moment.

The "Yellow Immortal" that Wang Ming subdued asked Liu Wei for a title in order to establish contact with him and thus extract his Qi and weaken his strength.

This is another manifestation of "attracting wealth".

The Qi within the human body is also a form of "wealth"!

"I think you...you look like a human being." Liu Wei was bewitched by the fox spirit and unconsciously uttered the phrase "looks like a human being."

Instantly, most of the Qi in his body dissipated.

of course.

It will not have any impact on cultivation, but you will need to recover through meditation, breath regulation, and other methods. This is equivalent to being exhausted after a great battle.

Boom!

After his Qi was mostly depleted, Liu Wei was awakened by a feeling of weakness, but there was nothing he could do. He knelt on the ground and had no choice but to admit defeat.

Liu Wei was familiar with the Five Witches Army spell, but each Meishan Sect Taoist's Five Witches Army was different, known as "25 routes in total". Not to mention that Wang Ming's Five Witches Army consisted of fox, yellow, white, willow, and gray.

Gray solidifies the body, white disrupts the internal organs, foxes cloud the mind, yellow attracts vital energy...

After this combo, not only Liu Wei, but also Lin Shirong and Partridge Whistle, would fall if they couldn't break through the Five Paths of Rampant Gods.

Fortunately, Liu Wei was too exhausted to fight after being attacked by the gray, white, fox, and yellow spirits; otherwise, Wang Ming would have used the willow spirit to possess him and launch a thunderous attack on Liu Wei.

"Brother Wang, I admit my inferiority."

Liu Wei forced himself to stand up and clasped his hands in greeting.

“Brother Liu, don’t be modest. It was my skill that gave me the advantage. With your abilities, you are not suited to perform in such an open space. If we were in the mountains or in a bustling city, even if I were incredibly skilled, I would have no chance of catching you.” Wang Ming was not being modest; everything he said was objective.

If Liu Wei were to engage in a magical duel with him in the forest, Liu Wei would certainly find it difficult to handle the situation so easily as he moves about.

"President Jiang, your campaign has had a bad start," Zhang Jingqing said with a smile.

"Let's make friends through martial arts, and stop when we've reached a point," Jiang Liu replied casually, then asked, "Which faction will be participating in the second match?"

"Taiyi Sect".

The second match began immediately after the first match ended.

As Zhang Jingqing finished speaking, a Taoist priest with a goatee stepped into the room and said, "Zhang Qianzhi of the Taiyi Sect. May I ask which esteemed member of the Confucian Association wishes to offer me guidance?"

Compared to Wang Ming, Zhang Qianzhi was much more arrogant.

Jiang Liu thought for a moment and said, "You go kick it in the ground."

Upon hearing the sound, Dili Chui immediately jumped into the field, clasped his hands and bowed, keeping a distance of less than a meter, and said with a smile, "Brother Zhang, I, Dili Chui, greet you."

# Chapter 1092 Kicking in the Ground VS Zhang Qianzhi

"Ha ha!"

Seeing the way he was kicking in the ground, Zhang Qianzhi laughed loudly, "Someone as short as you, barely three feet tall, how dare you come up here to compete with me?"

When his height was brought up, he didn't get angry. He just squinted, chuckled, and said, "As the saying goes, 'A person may be short, but their ambition is not.'"

Don't let my short stature fool you; I'm quite capable. You might be in for a world of hurt later.

"I can't tell if he's skilled, but he certainly has a big mouth." After saying that, Zhang Qianzhi took the lead and made a move, walking steadily and leisurely to the front.

He dared not be careless while kicking the ground, took a deep breath, and plunged downwards.

A ripple appeared on the blue brick, and the foot stomped into the ground as if a fish had entered the water, disappearing without a trace.

In the past, to burrow underground, one had to burrow into the ground and come into contact with soft soil. Now, however, one can directly penetrate gold and stone, just like Gu Qian and others swimming underwater, without any restraint.

Zhang Qianzhi pressed one hand on the ground, breaking a blue brick, but he couldn't force him out, so he frowned.

The core technique of the Taiyi Sect is called the Taiyi Sanyuan Method, which focuses on internal cultivation. The strength of one's life force is comparable to that of the Quanzhen School. When fighting an enemy, one usually relies on one's life force to overwhelm the enemy.

However, the underground kicking technique was giving him a headache.

Swish!

A kick emerged from the bricks and stones behind Zhang Qianzhi and struck his ankle.

But the latter was incredibly resilient. With his ankles slightly bent, he immediately straightened up, twisted his waist violently, and slammed a palm down on the ground, striking the forehead of the person who had been kicked in the ground.

But he kicked his feet into the ground and leisurely sank down, causing his move to miss.

"Slippery mud loach!"

Zhang Qianzhi frowned, took out a Five Thunder Talisman from his sleeve, pressed it to the ground, and infused it with Qi.

In an instant!

The yellow talisman unleashed bolts of lightning as thick as a hair, covering the entire area and surging up and down, vaguely transforming into a small pool of lightning.

"go with!"

Zhang Qianzhi pressed down with his palm, and the thunderous power that filled the area quickly drilled downwards.

The lightning force only penetrated about five meters before dissipating.

"Using lightning magic on the land is not a wise choice."

Jiang Liu knew perfectly well that although thunder magic had the true nature of natural thunder, it was ultimately processed from qi. Being too dispersed, it was more easily affected by natural energy fields and magnetic fields and transformed into pure qi, not to mention injecting qi thunder into the earth.

Zhang Zhiwei was able to summon thunder magic from the ground because he had planted thunder seeds underground during the battle and maintained a constant connection with his own Qi, which allowed them to erupt at crucial moments.

otherwise.

They either break apart due to the soil itself or explode the moment they are planted, so they can't achieve the purpose of harming people at all.

Zhang Qianzhi's use of thunder magic relies on the Five Thunder Talisman he drew after birth. He cannot control the strength of the thunder magic through Qi, nor can he perform detailed manipulation. In this process, Qi merely provides the corresponding energy to the Five Thunder Talisman.

Therefore, after summoning the thunder, one must clap again to drive the thunder into the ground.

pity.

The idea is good, but the research in physics doesn't seem very profound.

After noticing his hair standing on end, Di Li Chui guessed that Zhang Qianzhi might have used lightning magic, so he dived nearly twenty meters deep to avoid the lightning.

After that, he quickly swam upstream, leaping out of the ground to breathe, bringing with him streams of gray-black mud that clung to his body, enhancing his defense and ensuring he remained connected to the ground at all times. He leaped up and down like a dragon turning over, causing the sparring ground to tremble slightly.

Bang!

Zhang Qianzhi was dazzled by the "earth dragon" flying up and down, and his body froze. Then, he was grabbed by the ankle by the ground kick and burrowed into the ground.

After entering the ground, Zhang Qian knew that even with his strong life force, he would find it difficult to exert his power, simply because he had not cultivated to the point where all the orifices of his body were open, and he could not achieve fetal breathing, so he could not directly draw air from the cracks in the earth.

Although Taoist kung fu focuses on the length of breath, the Earth Immortal technique relies on the "earth," so how can it not emphasize breath-holding skills?

Not to mention that Dili Chui is naturally gifted at holding his breath, and through his practice, he can now hold his breath for about ten minutes at a depth of thirty meters.

Three minutes later, Zhang Qianzhi, whose face was purple and whose eyes were almost rolling back, emerged from the ground and waved to Jiang Liu, saying, "President, I won!"

When Zhang Qianzhi came into contact with the air again, he suddenly straightened his back, gasped for breath, spitting out saliva, and the purple color on his face quickly faded.

Upon learning that he had lost, Zhang Qianzhi looked extremely frustrated.

Without him.

In terms of cultivation and combat strength, let alone one person kicking him, even ten people might not be his match. But they dragged him into the ground, making it difficult for him to breathe. He was also squeezed by the surrounding soil, and his breath was being depleted very quickly. As a result, even though he was carrying a lot of talismans, he could not use them.

Therefore, he could only sigh, get up and bow to the ground, and said with emotion: "My master often said that one should not judge a person by their appearance. I also know how to read faces, so I tell fortunes for people down the mountain to earn some money to feed my stomach."

Judging from your appearance, you seem like a thief or a scoundrel, hence my initial somewhat impolite words. I hope you won't take it to heart, brother.

"Brother Zhang, you guessed right. I used to be a lowly henchman who followed the big boss to raid tombs. Fortunately, I received guidance from the guild leader and trained together, which is why I have the skills I have today." Di Li Chui Dao wasn't angry. He just laughed and revealed his past identity.