From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Hearing this, Lu Jin felt a little relieved.

Li Muxuan, on the other hand, was much more casual. As long as it could help him catch up with Jiang Liu and didn't conflict with his own Reverse Life Triple and Reversal of Eight Directions techniques, he would practice it without hesitation!

Jiang Liu then opened the small bag, which contained about ten silver dollars and a black arm sleeve.

The sleeves are entirely black, with a soft and delicate texture. They come with a fingerless glove, and the back of the hand is decorated with fine, fish-scale-like patterns, inscribed with strange runes, as if they were creations of talismans and mechanisms.

Jiang Liu examined it for a moment, but did not immediately put it on his left hand to experiment. Instead, he put it back in his bag, intending to ask Lin Jiu about it later.

Finally, Jiang Liu pulled back the scroll.

The scroll is about 60 centimeters long. It depicts a cliff with a monkey sitting on its summit, gazing at the starry sky and the not-so-round moon.

"A waning crescent moon?"

Jiang Liu was slightly puzzled.

Although he didn't know much about traditional Chinese painting, he knew that if you wanted to capture the essence of a scene, you should paint a full moon instead of a crescent moon.

This refers to the idea that fullness leads to deficiency.

But why do the monkeys in this painting have such bright and piercing eyes, showing no sign of revealing anything?

# Chapter 107 Paying Homage to the Mountain Leader —

Puzzled by the mystery in the painting, Jiang Liu looked up at the moon and saw that it was a waning gibbous moon.

Is there any connection between them?

Jiang Liu looked at the waning moon in the painting again and decided to wait a few days until the night of the waning moon to see what the moon in the painting looked like.

Jiang Liu may not understand painting, but he knows about "Painting of Oxen".

This painting depicts a blue ox grazing on a meadow during the day, but at night, the ox disappears from the meadow, and the painting shows the blue ox returning to its pen to sleep.

The Song Dynasty monk Zan Ning once said: "Sometimes the wind blows and ripples the rocks on Wojiao Mountain, and suddenly a stone falls to the shore. If you get it, you can use water to polish and stain things, and it will be dark during the day and bright at night."

Simply put, this painting uses two different types of paint, one of which is visible in dim light at night.

Therefore, Jiang Liu believes that this painting of monkeys gazing at the moon may have been painted using a variety of pigments that are extremely sensitive to changes in light.

"Hey!"

Just then, another Qiu Sheng ran down the street.

"Is this for real this time?"

Lu Jin rolled up the animal hide and asked Jiang Liu.

"real."

He put away the monkey-gazing-at-the-moon painting, tied it to his waist, circulated his qi, and used the magnetic field of others to confirm Qiu Sheng's identity. He nodded, walked up, and asked, "Brother Qiu Sheng, what brings you here?"

"I... uh!"

Just as Qiu Sheng was about to speak, he saw Dong Tianbao lying on the ground and was startled. However, he quickly realized that Dong Tianbao had a large hole in his chest and was lying in a pool of blood. He widened his eyes and exclaimed, "You killed this feng shui master?"

“He impersonated you to deceive us; he deserved to die.”

Li Muxuan said nonchalantly, "By the way, you've come at the right time. We were just wondering what to do with this body. Could you help us deal with it?"

Qiu Sheng was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Let's not talk about that for now. Master sent me to find you. That corpse demon is truly like a celestial being descended to earth. He can't hold on much longer!"

"Lu Jin, you stay here and guard the Ren family. Work with Ren Jiating to dispose of the body. It would be best if Ren Tingting could come with you too."

Jiang Liu's expression changed. "Li Muxuan, you come with me!"

"Don't order me around!"

Despite saying that, Li Muxuan's actions betrayed his words. He followed Jiang Liu and went with Qiu Sheng to find Lin Jiu.

On the way, Qiu Sheng also explained the general situation.

He was bewitched by the female ghost, but fortunately Lin Jiu arrived in time and subdued her. However, he was moved by compassion and released her.

But the female ghost hadn't been gone long when a scream rang out—

The corpse demon appeared, seized Dong Xiaoyu, tore her apart and devoured her, completely completing the unification of her eight souls and greatly increasing her strength.

Qiu Sheng was ordered by Lin Jiu to go to the Ren family to find Jiang Liu, but he was knocked unconscious by a stick on the way. After waking up, he continued to rush to find Jiang Liu.

"So, the person who knocked Brother Qiusheng unconscious was that Dong Tianbao."

Jiang Liu was surprised—

That Dong Tianbao didn't kill Qiu Sheng!

He is a vengeful person who will repay even the smallest debt tenfold, but he will hold back against those who do not harm his own interests...

However, Jiang Liu also considered another possibility: that Dong Tianbao might not dare to offend the entire Zhengyi lineage.

Shangqing Maoshan is a branch of Zhengyi.

If he really kills Qiu Sheng, Lin Jiu will never let him go, and the Maoshan Shangqing lineage behind Lin Jiu will certainly not let him go.

In addition, since the major branches of the Zhengyi sect are closely connected, the other branches will certainly not sit idly by.

This is also one of the predicaments that led to the annihilation of the Trinity Clan in the original work.

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The Taoist Xuanmen is divided into two major schools: Zhengyi and Quanzhen. Each of these two major schools has its own branches. If one branch is damaged, the other branches can come to help, since they are all one family in essence.

They came from the same school.

The Sanyi Sect is neither Quanzhen nor Zhengyi, but forms its own lineage. Even though it has a good reputation, and major orthodox sects are willing to help it when it is in trouble, these orthodox sects cannot interfere if the disciples of the Sanyi Sect do not want others to help them. After all, these disciples of the Daoist sects and the disciples of the Sanyi Sect are not truly from the same sect. They all belong to the general category of "orthodox sects" rather than being one family.

Helping other forces that are also on the righteous path requires considering many issues: Is it justified? Are they willing to accept help? How can we ensure they don't feel like they are being pitied, etc.

It can help branches of the same lineage—

What reason do you need to help your own family?

Just fight!

Unless one's own family members are truly at fault first, and even unwilling to admit it!

Taking Zhengyi as an example, there are Longhushan Tianshi Mansion, Lingbao, Shangqing Maoshan, Jingmingdao, Qingwei, Shenxiao, Tianxin, Lushan, etc.

If one branch encounters difficulties and can resolve them independently, the other branches will not interfere; this demonstrates trust and respect for one's own people.

However, if they cannot solve the problem themselves, even if the Taoists of that branch do not want other branches to get involved for the sake of their own dignity, the other branches will not give them face and will directly get involved!

Because once a matter becomes so serious that it cannot be resolved by a single branch, it is no longer just a problem of that branch alone, but a matter concerning the reputation of the entire Zhengyi lineage!

If things get any more serious, disciples from various branches of the Quanzhen School of Taoism will also get involved!

This is why, although the world of supernatural beings seems to be jointly dominated by many sects and families, in the final analysis, there are only two major forces that control the situation in the world of supernatural beings.

Road!

And Buddha!

Most other families are born and die, die and be born again. Even if a family can continue for a thousand years, it is only to survive between these two. Even their own methods are more or less influenced by the ideas of these two.

As for the last category among the three teachings:

Confucianism--

"In the past" refers to a certain type of people: dynasties and their officials.

These people may not be as powerful individually as extraordinary individuals, but when they unite, both Taoism and Buddhism have had to yield or even submit to secular dynasties throughout history, resulting in a certain degree of change.

After all, there have been many instances of the suppression of Buddhism and Taoism throughout history.

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From a practical standpoint, spiritual practice also requires patronizing certain sects, especially the major sects of Taoism and Buddhism. Once you've patronized them, your path of spiritual practice is generally considered secure.

Even in the original story, when the Eight Extraordinary Skills were involved, others only dared to cripple Tian Jinzhong, but dared not take his life.

Although crippling the strange man is more painful than killing him, Taoism values ​​life and cultivates the mind. If Tian Jinzhong's life is truly taken, the entire Celestial Master's Mansion will not let it go!

Just as after the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, Tian Jinzhong died and Zhang Zhiwei descended the mountain, aside from that secret, Jiang Liu was willing to believe that his personal feelings were absolutely driven by a desire to avenge his junior brother.

Of course, Jiang Liu estimated that Quanxing was an exception, because most of the people inside were crazy, muddle-headed, doing whatever they wanted, not caring about any mountain faction or not afraid of offending any Taoist or Buddhist sects.

Therefore, the major sects in the world of supernatural beings have a real headache dealing with Quanxing.

Conversely, unorthodox figures like Dong Tianbao from the Maoshan sect, whose conduct surpasses even that of many members of the Quanxing sect, ultimately still consider the future…

"arrive!"

Qiu Sheng stopped in his tracks.

The three arrived at the county government office!

boom!

Hearing the commotion inside, Jiang Liu temporarily set aside his question about why the corpse demon had come to the county government office, and led Li Muxuan inside. They saw a figure flying backward toward the door.

Jiang Liu saw the figure clearly and quickly reached out to catch it, but felt a strange force. His expression changed, and he hurriedly circulated his Qi to dissipate the force, but his body still couldn't stop retreating.

"Li Muxuan! Stay away!"

As he spoke, he tossed Li Muxuan something that looked like a small stick.

# Chapter 108 Five Thunder Talisman

This time, Li Muxuan was very obedient and didn't argue with Jiang Liu. He caught the "little stick," dragged Qiu Sheng along, and ran towards the county government office without looking back.

"You're trying to run away?"

Qiu Sheng couldn't pull it up, and remembering that his master was still inside, he couldn't help but call out.

"Don't be silly!"

Li Muxuan glared fiercely at the restless Qiu Sheng before turning his gaze to Jiang Liu, who, along with Lin Jiu, had subdued the corpse demon—which now resembled a monster from a children's book—and pressed it into the county government courtyard. He unconsciously clenched his fists. "I often argue with him, but I know what's important—"

That thing is very powerful!