From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin immediately followed, activating her Reverse Life state, her skin becoming like that of an ordinary person, with a Qi belt draped over her shoulders, and followed behind Li Muxuan.

The two stood one in front of the other, with Li Muxuan in front. He used his magnetic field to wrap around Qiusheng's hands, preventing him from making hand seals or chanting incantations.

Lu Jin then took the opportunity to leap over Li Muxuan's head and punched Qiu Sheng in the face.

Snapped!

"Qiusheng" flew backward again, his face distorted, revealing an old man covered in wrinkles, with few good teeth, gray hair, but his eyes were still relatively bright.

"cough!"

The old man spat out a mouthful of dark red blood, ignoring Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, and stared at Jiang Liu, sneering, "Impressive! In this day and age, a young punk as capable as you has actually appeared! Indeed! The ancients were right, troubled times produce heroes! You're even comparable to the leaders of those major sects!"

"I wouldn't call myself a hero."

Jiang Liu smiled faintly, "Compared to the leaders of those righteous sects, I am still far behind."

"Heh, you're quite modest. If your skills are still considered insignificant, then everyone in this world is useless!"

The old man sneered.

"I'm not talking about cultivation level," Jiang Liu said, his smile fading.

"Character? Humph! Hypocritical rhetoric of the righteous path! Cough cough!"

The old man scoffed, clutching his abdomen and coughing up another mouthful of bloody phlegm. Recalling the force of that palm strike, he coldly asked, "Are you from Wudang?"

"No, but I did spar with a Taoist priest from Wudang, experienced Tai Chi, and learned a little bit of it," Jiang Liu said without hiding anything.

"I think so too. That palm strike just now relied more on your profound cultivation."

Having confirmed that Jiang Liu was not from Wudang, the coldness in the old man's eyes lessened somewhat. "So you also have some guesses about my identity?"

"That feng shui master whose corpse-raising treasure land was taken away by Ren Fa, Dong Tianbao."

Without hesitation, Jiang Liu brought up another topic, "Speaking of which, I also learned something from Master Ren. It seems that your Dong family has some grudge against Zhang Sanfeng, and the name 'Dong Tianbao' has been passed down through generations... Is it to cause trouble for Wudang?"

"You know quite a lot."

Dong Tianbao readily admitted it, a smile playing on his lips, "My ancestor and Zhang Sanfeng were originally like brothers, but due to differing stances, they parted ways. In the end, Zhang Sanfeng hypocritically spared my ancestor's life and even passed on the Tai Chi he had comprehended..."

This is an insult to our ancestors, saying that even if my ancestors learned his methods, they could never surpass him!

That's inhuman!

I, Dong Tianbao, will surely fulfill my ancestors' dying wish and destroy the Wudang Sect!

Jiang Liu: "..."

This hatred has actually persisted from the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties to the present day.

This is truly a concrete manifestation of the saying "even a feud spanning ten generations can be avenged"!

No wonder his punching motion looked so familiar; it really was Tai Chi!

"Boy! I don't hold a grudge against you for slapping me. Get out of my way, I'm going to wipe out the entire Ren family!" Dong Tianbao said viciously.

“We have no enmity, but I will remember your impersonation of Qiu Sheng and your deception of us.”

As Jiang Liu spoke, a layer of white, translucent Qi membrane covered his body, his eyes slightly cold, "You have some grudges with my master, Wang Yaozu."

It was indeed my teacher's fault back then; he was disciplining you on behalf of Ren...

I came to Renjia Town on behalf of my master to find you and apologize, which is why I held back my strength.

now--

"I'll give you a chance too. Give up your revenge against the Ren family, hand over that corpse demon so we can burn it, swear you'll never do evil again or practice evil magic, and then apologize to the two daughters of Master Ren. After all, lives are at stake. I'll spare you then, how about it?"

Upon hearing this, Dong Tianbao was taken aback. Then, as if remembering something, his eyes turned cold instantly, and he burst into laughter: "No wonder Wang Yaozu wanted to leave Quanxing!"

It turns out it was all for you!

"But I won't be a dog! Those prestigious sects serve the emperor like dogs, and rogue cultivators serve wealthy merchants and tycoons, but we of Wild Maoshan are not! Whoever displeases us, we'll kill them!"

"I see--"

Jiang Liu took a step forward and instantly arrived in front of Dong Tianbao, a golden aura appearing on his right hand.

Hiss!

It pierced Dong Tianbao's heart!

"Forehead······"

Dong Tianbao stared in disbelief at the pierced chest.

"Then I must apologize to my master when I get back."

# Chapter 106 The Thirteen Postures of Tai Chi

"You... are too strong, cough cough, even among the superhumans, you are an anomaly among anomalies."

Dong Tianbao lay on the ground, his chest soaked in blood, but he was laughing loudly, "The world is really going to change! Hahaha!"

"Cough cough!"

After saying that, Dong Tianbao coughed up another clump of dark red blood, his eyes glazed over, and he fell silent.

"He's dead?"

Li Muxuan stepped forward, finding it too easy—

The mastermind suddenly appeared and was then suddenly killed by Jiang Liu. Everything happened so fast that he hadn't even had time to react!

"if not?"

Jiang Liu could guess that Dong Tianbao had disguised himself as Qiu Sheng to lure them away so that the corpse demon could attack the Ren family.

Discovered...

Dong Tianbao must have considered this possibility, but he probably thought that the prestigious sects were rather "hypocritical" and wouldn't kill him immediately, or he was confident that he could escape if he was discovered.

but.

The other party miscalculated something.

That is because Jiang Liu was not from a prestigious family. When he realized that the other party was Dong Tianbao and that he was going to kill everyone in the Ren family, he had already made up his mind to eliminate him.

The reason I asked him so many questions before was not to stall for time, but to satisfy his personal curiosity about the Tai Chi Master.

That's it.

"Brother Jiang, what about Uncle Jiu and the others?"

Lu Jin, however, became worried about the safety of Lin Jiu and Qiu Sheng.

"Don't worry, Uncle Nine is from Shangqing Maoshan after all."

Jiang Liu gave Lu Jin a reassuring look, "Although Dong Tianbao knows how to play Tai Chi, I reckon he mainly focuses his energy on the crooked ways of Yemaoshan."

His cultivation level is not bad, but his physical body is too weak. Compared with Uncle Nine, there is still a gap.

However, on the other hand, regarding the so-called cultivation of both body and spirit, the human body itself has its limits in terms of 'life'. The extraordinary abilities of those with superhuman strength rely on Qi (vital energy). Excessive consumption of Qi means our bodies are only slightly more robust than those of farmers who toil in the fields year-round.

In short, the older a superhuman is, the stronger their skills become, but their physical body will inevitably age as their innate Qi dissipates.

Therefore, in terms of physical strength alone, an old person with superhuman abilities is absolutely no match for one in their prime.

But for extraordinary individuals, discussing physical strength without considering cultivation level is like asking a eunuch to strip naked and run through the street—

Nonsense!

Dong Tianbao was indeed too old. He had the right path to cultivation, but he chose to practice unorthodox methods, which made his vital energy weaker than that of ordinary people.

Fortunately, he also practiced Tai Chi, so his life force was not weak; otherwise, he wouldn't have lived to this age... Well, having met him, he could only live to this age.

"So, what's next?"

Li Muxuan asked.

"Collect the bodies, guard the Ren family's residence, and wait for dawn."

After Jiang Liu finished speaking, he waved his hand and took the items from Dong Tianbao's body: a small bag about the size of a palm, a scroll about forty centimeters long and two centimeters wide, and an animal skin depicting various standing postures with textual explanations.

Focusing on the patterns and characters on the animal skin, Jiang Liu was surprised to discover that it was Tai Chi Chuan created by Zhang Sanfeng, which contained the Thirteen Postures of Tai Chi.

These are respectively: starting stance, holding the ball stance, single push stance, probing stance, supporting stance, pouncing stance, carrying stance, separating stance, cloud stance, transforming stance, double push stance, descending stance, and closing stance.

The Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams constitute the Thirteen.

In addition, the animal skin is marked with three Taoist internal cultivation techniques: breathing exercises, tonifying and nourishing, and primordial meditation.

The Thirteen Postures can exercise the eight extraordinary meridians of the human body, which are connected to the five internal organs, collectively known as the five internal organs and eight meridians.

In summary, this Tai Chi method has five steps and eight methods on the outside, as well as thirteen combinations of attack and defense, and incorporates Taoist health cultivation techniques. It is a first-class and wonderful method!

"This is a righteous path."

After noting down the contents of the animal hide, Jiang Liu complained, "It's a pity that Zhang Sanfeng's painstaking efforts for Dong Tianbao were wasted. Instead of cultivating Tai Chi, he chose to go down the evil path. Tsk, in cultivation, even a feud from ten lifetimes can be avenged, but it's unacceptable. How much of a feud did Zhang Sanfeng have with Dong Tianbao? It was just that Dong Tianbao wanted to compete with him, but it caused his descendants to suffer step by step down the road of no return."

As he spoke, he handed the Tai Chi Thirteen Postures to Lu Jin.

"Brother Jiang, is this the legacy of the Wudang School?"

Upon unfolding it, Lu Jin recalled that his cousin, who had joined the Wudang sect, had once performed Tai Chi in front of him, and the stance movements on the animal skin were almost identical.

This is the true essence of Wudang!

"Judging from Master Ren's account and Dong Tianbao's own account, this is indeed the Thirteen Postures of Tai Chi, and it is the first generation of Tai Chi Chuan created by Zhang Sanfeng."

As Jiang Liu spoke, he said to the two of them, "You can also learn this method. It cultivates both internal and external aspects and conforms to the principles of alchemy. It can enhance your close combat ability, but most importantly, it can make the Qi of your internal organs more continuous, which is helpful for cultivating the Reverse Life Method and the Human Magnetism Technique."

But Lu Jin had some doubts.

It's one thing to get Bajiquan from the family of a martial arts master in Goose City, but Tai Chi is, after all, a legacy of Wudang, right?

"Don't overthink it. These Thirteen Forms of Tai Chi didn't come from Wudang. Besides, even the Venerable Zhang Sanfeng was willing to pass them on to his 'enemy,' so why wouldn't he?

Jiang Liu reassured Lu Jin, "Furthermore, this Tai Chi Thirteen Postures is primarily used for cultivating both body and mind, harmonizing the five internal organs and the eight extraordinary meridians. The aim is to cultivate the two energies of softness and hardness in Tai Chi, and to evolve them into countless forms of power—"

It all depends on one's comprehension.

I reckon there are other training methods there, and if you really want to develop Tai Chi power, you two will probably have to divert a large portion of your energy from the methods of reversing the eight directions and generating energy in reverse.