From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 1222 He Xiangu's keepsake—the Lotus Flower

This is the response.

Not only was Bai Yuekui stunned on the spot.

Even the pleading Oden and many villagers had blank, unresponsive faces.

In fact.

Ao Deng is a reasonable person.

Seeing that Ran Bing was alive but Mai Duo was gone filled me with a deep sense of imbalance.

This is because although he has now embarked on the path of Qi cultivation, he has not yet started practicing the circulation of Qi from childhood. He has perseverance and ambition, but he has not yet cultivated the natural ease of a true cultivator.

"Can Maido really live?"

Ao Deng was overjoyed.

"I once collected a kind of material, but I didn't pay attention to it at the time. Now that I think about it, perhaps my purpose in coming here wasn't just to inherit Grandma Bai's estate..."

Bai Yuekui was speechless.

So you came to Dragon Bone Village just because you're after my inheritance?

"...Perhaps that material is exactly what needs to be used on Maido."

"This is fate."

After rambling on like a madman, Jiang Liu reached into the void, his hand disappearing into the storage ring currently held by Miss Hong. Under the breathless gaze of everyone, he took out…

A whole lotus plant, including the lotus bud, lotus leaves, lotus stem, and lotus root.

Unlike ordinary lotus flowers, this lotus flower originates from the world of "The Adventures of Xiaoyu". It once carried the demonic energy of the Moon Demon Zhou Lan and is a direct descendant of He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals.

Of the eight great demons, only Zhoulan is unique. He has six limbs and controls the moon, and can influence the Earth's ecosystem on a macroscopic level through gravity.

The fact that the mana ecosystem can wreak havoc to such an extent, replacing more than 99% of the natural ecosystem on Earth's continents, is not simply due to the underground construction of the mana ecosystem's central hub. The moon, which can influence Earth's macro-economy through gravity, must also be under the control of the mana ecosystem.

If we compare the Earth to the Golden Elixir and the Holy Embryo, then the Moon is the instrument used to assist in cultivating the Golden Elixir and regulating the Holy Embryo.

Whether we look at the Earth-Moon system from the perspective of modern science or observe the evolution of the Earth itself under the influence of the Moon's gravity from the perspective of spiritual practice, we arrive at the same conclusion through different paths.

The will behind the Mana ecosystem involves multiple timelines. The timeline of "Little Jade's Adventures" was most likely chosen by it, but the weekly weather pattern of that timeline had already been established and was under the influence of the law of yin and yang balance. Righteous energy and dark energy were in conflict, and even high-dimensional deities had to follow this rule to enter the arena.

Just like playing a game, people need to control game characters to travel in the game world, so they must naturally follow the rules of the game world. Even if it is possible to "cheat", the "cheat" itself must be compatible with the code of the game world.

If there is a conflict, either the game will crash, or the "cheat" will not work at all.

For a higher-dimensional will, what it wants is the process of "playing the game," rather than directly destroying the "game world."

That doesn't mean much.

Judging from the fact that Zhou Lan is the only six-limbed individual among the eight great demons, Jiang Liu can be certain that the higher-dimensional will behind Mana's ecology also made some arrangements in the timeline of "Xiao Yu's Adventures".

However, due to the perfect balance of yin and yang in that world's celestial geomantic system, Earth gave birth to too many strange and wondrous creatures. Even the Eight Immortals, born from that timeline, longed to escape the cycle of time, leave Earth, and never return...

The higher-dimensional will likely gave up after learning about the problems in that spacetime, in order to avoid being trapped within it.

However, it is estimated that part of the legacy He left on the moon was occupied and acquired by the combination of He Xiangu's yin energy and evil thoughts, so that the manifested form had six limbs.

Although the demonic energy within this lotus flower is gone, it was still able to contain the demonic energy, and this lotus flower itself formed its own unique energy field, which could be used to support the birth of life!

Because it once carried the demonic energy of Zhou Lan, if Mai Duo could use it as a foundation to complete her resurrection, she might even be able to control the wonders of gravity with her Qi.

"Boss Jiang, are you saying that Maiduo can be resurrected with this lotus root?" Ao Deng stared at the entire lotus flower and lotus root, trembling all over.

I felt both excited and bewildered.

He was excited because he had seen the movie "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King" shown in the central square of the village and knew that Nezha's master, Taiyi Zhenren, used lotus roots and lotus flowers to reshape Nezha's physical body; he was also worried because this was just a myth and legend, and he wondered if Maiduo could really rely on lotus flowers and lotus roots to reshape her physical body.

"Not necessarily, but I'm about 80% sure," Jiang Liu said, not giving a guarantee.

80%?

Ao Deng opened his mouth, thought for a long time, and finally agreed to let Jiang Liu give it a try.

Seeing how determined Ao Deng was, Jiang Liu sighed inwardly—he took out He Xiangu's token mainly to make Ao Deng back down.

And right now—

Jiang Liu had no choice but to perform a true resurrection.

"Alright, let's go to the clinic. I want to see how you revive someone using lotus roots and lotus flowers." Bai Yuekui was also extremely curious.

"No, we'll do it here by the pool."

Jiang Liu, however, chose the spot by the pool where the soul storage jar was kept to revive Mai Duo.

There are three main reasons:

"Firstly, I am performing the resurrection using the methods of a cultivator, which requires me to be in harmony with the energy of heaven and earth."

Although more than 90% of this world has been replaced by the Mana ecosystem, the Earth's own will has not been extinguished, and we need to sense the life rhythm of the Earth.

There are too many metal objects in Lao Xia's room, which will affect my connection with heaven and earth.

Secondly, I'm not going to shape Maido's bones by grinding lotus root into lotus root powder.

The lotus is a rather unique plant. Its roots have holes, its stems have fibers, its leaves have veins, its flowers have fibrous structures, and its fruits have seeds. Qi flows through it, forming a self-circulating system, which is a primordial energy system.

During the revival process, this lotus needs to remain active, and the best place for it is by the pond.

Thirdly, I need the power of faith to stabilize the harmony between Maido's life essence and this precious lotus.

Faith, or rather, willpower, is essentially an untransformed spiritual force. This is the fundamental reason why some organs and cells in awakened individuals undergo mutations, involving the level of genetic locks...

In short, the villagers who hope for Mydo's resurrection need to offer their prayers.

The first two reasons are understandable; Bai Yuekui, Ao Deng, and others who have already entered the Qi Refining stage and have some understanding of Qi formations can comprehend them. But the willpower—

Can it still be charged?

"Of course we can collect it."

Jiang Liu said, “However, faith, a spiritual force formed by the collective thoughts of all beings, is actually very dangerous. I am going to tell you the specific method, but you are messing around and it is easy to cause problems, especially now that the Mana ecosystem is rampant. The will behind it may use your faith to become an evil god... This is much easier than Him painstakingly cultivating an incarnation.”

"So what should we do?"

As for methods to gather willpower and faith, Ao Deng doesn't ask for much; he only thinks about how to generate willpower that benefits Maido. "All we need to do is keep the concept of 'Maido's resurrection' in our minds?"

"Pretty much, but just thinking about it isn't enough. Like your research on the power of will, you think it's the strong outburst of emotion, the desire to protect someone or something, etc. So you need to get everyone's emotions running high..."

Chapter 1223 Presiding over his own Source Essence Returning Ritual

High spirits?

In an instant, all the villagers of Dragon Bone Village came up with a solution—singing.

Singing? Rainbow Voyage?

Jiang Liu raised an eyebrow, then relaxed, because he knew that Mai Duo usually liked to sing a song called "Rainbow Voyage".

Unexpected!

This would unexpectedly become the link connecting Maido with all the villagers.

“That’s right, this is Maiduo’s favorite song.” Ao Deng nodded vigorously, but a hint of apprehension appeared in his eyes. “Will it work?”

"It will work!"

Jiang Liu comforted Ao Deng, "All I want is your desire for Mai Duo's resurrection. As long as you can achieve unity of belief because of this, your will might even transform into a light of the soul, with even better results."

"Understood!"

Ao Deng took a deep breath, his sharp eyes sweeping over the hunters and the others, and said, "We're about to hold a ceremony, so you'd better behave yourselves, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

The hunters remained silent.

They were all prisoners of war, and all their weapons had been confiscated. Moreover, these people were all capable and strong, so how could they dare to escape?

Besides, they also wanted to see how Jiang Liu would use an ingredient that only a small portion of them had ever seen in books from the old world to revive a dead person, so why would they want to miss it?

Kun Jie, Mo Chen, Fei Xue, and Erica exchanged glances and quietly moved to the perimeter of the hunter team to ensure everything was in order.

"Then let's begin."

When summer arrives, Jiang Liu will bring the highly biomimetic carbon-based biomaterials from the clinic. He nodded slightly, broke open the lotus root, and pieced it together into a roughly human shape.

Water chestnuts are the bones, lotus roots are the flesh, silk is the sinew, flowers are the brain, stems are the spine, and leaves are the clothing.

"mark."

Jiang Liu called out.

Mark understood immediately. He sat cross-legged on the ground, channeled his Qi into his nine orifices, and let his consciousness sink into the Spirit Seed, carrying Maido upwards until they reached the heart that had merged with the eye tumor.

hum-

In an instant.

Ripples spread across the surface of the pool, and a figure composed of golden lines slowly rose from the center of Mark's chest, only to be captured by the force field of the river, preventing it from dissipating into the air.

"Duo'er! My Maiduo!"

"younger sister!"

Upon seeing Maiduo's life essence, Ao Deng and Hai Sang could no longer contain themselves. They looked up at Maiduo's life essence, some excited, some crying out.

The hunters were shocked to see a life essence that was almost materialized for the first time. They couldn't believe that the dead could exist in such a form.

After Ao Deng, Hai Sang, and Mai Duo's life essence interacted for a while and their out-of-control emotions subsided somewhat, Jiang Liu said "Om Lan".

In an instant.

An invisible force field spreads out from the river.

Maido's life essence rippled, no longer golden, but reverting to its original form.

She had rosy skin, a beautiful face, and wore a festive yet capable red outfit, a leather breastplate, earrings and a necklace, a ribbon tied around her forehead, and short black hair.

"father!"

"elder brother!"

Maido felt the scenery before her eyes change; it was no longer a black and white world, but one with color.