From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Jiang Liu believes this is an exaggeration, and the relationship between these eight consciousnesses is more like a methodology for cultivating one's mind and combining it with practice to gradually improve one's wisdom through experience, rather than a true method of spiritual practice.

However, during the forging process, this iron rod may have been influenced by the concept of "the transformation of the eight consciousnesses is enlightenment" or by the Tang Xuanzang, and he may have used alchemical methods to influence himself while sleeping, thus achieving a state of mental tranquility and a state of mind free from external distractions.

This is also a good thing.

A thought arises, and a thought vanishes in an instant.

Jiang Liu carried the iron rod on his back, went out of the room, walked into the old man's courtyard, and began to practice the Tai Chi Thirteen Postures and Bajiquan.

The arts of Tai Chi bring peace to the world, while the arts of Bajiquan bring stability to the universe.

Jiang Liu had this good fortune; he first obtained Bajiquan in Goose City, and then Taiji in Renjia Town. Through his practice, he was able to improve his blood circulation and enhance his close combat skills.

However, practicing such close combat techniques can only strengthen one's life force; to improve combat skills, one still needs to engage in more combat with others.

After practicing the two sets of boxing once, Lu Jin and Li Muxuan also got up and practiced with Jiang Liu, and then practiced the Reversal of Eight Directions and Reverse Life Ninefold (threefold).

Watching the three finish their practice, especially seeing Jiang Liu exhale a breath of white air about nine feet long, Hong Guniang was dumbfounded and exclaimed, "You really practiced the Reversal of Eight Directions?"

Isn't turning things upside down in eight directions a form of object control?

How could someone possess such skill?

"I'm a free spirit, so naturally my knowledge is quite diverse," Jiang Liu casually remarked.

Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, Miss Hong did not ask any further questions.

After having breakfast at the old man's house, Jiang Liu carried the bamboo basket on his back, bid farewell to the old man's family, and stayed in Jin Feng Village for a morning. After helping many families repair their wooden beds and chairs, he and Hong Guniang left the village.

The angry-looking rooster in the bamboo cage was also well-behaved, lying quietly in the grass nest inside the cage, neither crowing nor squawking, yet its neck was still held high, truly extraordinary.

The four walked a distance and encountered a Miao girl walking alone, who looked to be about five or six years old.

Even for families who have lived here year-round, who would dare let a child walk alone on the mountain path?

Jiang Liu became suspicious, but didn't ask any further questions.

Lu Jin and Li Muxuan had also heard that in the martial arts world, anyone who travels alone, whether old, woman, or child, is not to be trifled with.

They were teenagers, or even children.

The Miao girl is even younger than them, so it's best not to cause any unnecessary trouble.

Hong Guniang shared the same idea.

They simply didn't want to provoke them, but the Miao girl stopped in her tracks, rolled her eyes, and shouted at them, "Stop! You bunch of chicken thieves!"

"Little sister."

Seeing that the other party had spoken first, Jiang Liu turned around and said with a smile, "You can't just say things like that. We bought this from that old man in Jin Feng Village. If you don't believe me, go and ask him."

"Who knows if you're lying to me so you can leave?" The Miao girl pouted, her bright eyes revealing a sly glint.

She's a mischievous girl who's precocious for her age.

Jiang Liu also quietly circulated his Qi and sensed that the girl's magnetic field was similar to that of a normal adult. He then knew that she had already obtained Qi, but had not yet opened up the Ren and Du meridians.

“Little sister is so smart, how could we possibly fool you?” Jiang Liuzun bent down, put down the bamboo cage behind him, and opened the lid.

Swish!

The angry rooster immediately opened its eyes, straightened its legs, spread its wings, and leaped out of the bamboo cage, landing steadily on Jiang Liu's outstretched arm.

"what!"

The Miao girl was startled and kept backing away. Even after she realized what was happening, she was afraid of the angry rooster and dared not look it in the eye.

However, upon seeing Li Muxuan's crooked, mocking expression, she became somewhat annoyed and cursed, "How dare you! You actually dare to scare me!"

Jiang Liu smiled and said to her, "I can tell from your aura that you are not weak. You must be a cultivator who has obtained Qi, right? I suppose you also recognize that old man. But he really sold this chicken to me, and this 'Pleiades Star Lord' was willing to follow me. Otherwise, its claws, which are comparable to metal and stone, would have torn my skin long ago. How could it be like this now, with even my sleeves intact?"

# Chapter 122 The Bet - Hundred-Day Red

Seeing the Angry Rooster looking down at her arrogantly, yet not harming Jiang Liu's sleeves in the slightest, the Miao girl didn't seem to care.

From the fact that the chicken stayed quietly in the cage without making a fuss, she knew that Jiang Liu was not lying. She had deliberately stopped him just to see what he was capable of.

But now that this person has spoken frankly, if she continues to argue unreasonably, it will seem like she is in the wrong. If this goes to her master, she might get a slap on the butt.

Therefore, she could only glare fiercely at Jiang Liu and say, "I've always wanted to subdue this Angry-Eyed Rooster so that Grandpa Jin would give it to me, but I didn't expect you to beat me to it!"

Jiang Liu: "..."

Ok!

So it turns out I beat her to it, which is why this girl came to me.

"How about we make a bet and have a contest? If I win, you give me the chicken; if you win, I don't want it."

The Miao girl offered her suggestions.

"Dream on."

Jiang Liu flicked his arm, causing a wisp of his Heart Monkey Fire Qi to rise, which made the Angry Rooster sense it and obediently fall into the bamboo cage. "I bought this with real money. You want to bet with me without paying anything? Is there such a good thing in the world?"

Although the girl was young, she understood some things and realized that Jiang Liu was subtly mocking her for trying to get something for nothing. She puffed up her cheeks.

That huffy face actually looked kind of cute.

"Then what do you want?"

The girl asked.

"I really can't answer your question right now. Let's talk about it later," Jiang Liu said with a smile.

"No, tell me now, or where will I find you later?"

The girl was being a bit unreasonable, but she didn't whine or act coquettishly; her eyes revealed a strong sense of determination.

What do you need this chicken for?

Seeing her like this, Jiang Liu also had a headache, so he asked her why she wanted the Angry Sun Chicken and prepared to find her a substitute.

"eat."

The girl answered without hesitation.

Jiang Liu: "..."

"But it's not for me to eat, it's for me to use as a poison."

The Miao girl studied the art of Gu poison and was a Gu master.

For Miao Gu masters, there can be multiple Gu worms, but there is only one natal Gu. It is a symbiotic Gu worm that is cultivated with one's own blood essence or through a special medium, and it is closely connected with one's own life.

Nourish yourself with poisonous insects, and feed poisonous insects with your own body.

This is the traditional training method of the Miao Gu Masters.

However, to refine a natal Gu, theoretically, it cannot be done at the age of five or six. At the very least, one must have opened up the Ren and Du meridians.

But this girl seems to have just obtained Qi?

"I haven't even started refining my natal Gu yet, let alone created it." Seeing that Jiang Liu had some knowledge of Gu techniques, the girl didn't mind and told the truth. "I plan to subdue the Earth Dragon King in that mountain in the future, then tame it using a special method to make it my natal Gu, and then feed it with this Angry Sun Chicken to refine the 'Heavenly Dragon Gu'!"

Jiang Liu didn't understand much about Gu techniques, let alone what Heavenly Dragon Gu was.

But the term "Earth Dragon King" stirred his memory—Wei Shufen, one of the Thirty-Six Thieves, had captured the Earth Dragon King when she was young.

The so-called Earth Dragon King, judging from the comics, seems to be a centipede that is about two or three meters long, but in the end it seems to be used to refine medicine, rather than to refine his natal Gu worm.

"What's your name?"

Jiang Liu decided to ask the girl's name.

"Me? Wei Shufen."

The girl gave her name and then asked, "Speaking of which, what's your name?"

"Me? The Traveler."

After learning the Miao girl's name, Jiang Liu confirmed his guess and, mimicking her manner of speaking, announced his own name.

"I am Pigsy."

"I am a bad boy."

The two of them followed suit.

But Wei Shufen only glanced at them twice before turning her attention back to Jiang Liu and bringing up the matter of the Angry Sun Chicken again.

"In that case, let's make a bet."

Jiang Liu said, "If you win, let the Angry Sun Chicken choose for itself and see who it wants to follow; if I win, you tell us about the Earth Dragon King."

Centipedes that are two or three meters long—

Just hearing the description of the river would give me goosebumps.

This has nothing to do with cultivation level. If it were a tiger that was two or three meters long, he wouldn't care. But for insects or arthropods to grow that big, it's a bit creepy.

Centipedes, in particular, with their thousands of legs, are a godsend for those with trypophobia!

Upon hearing the details of the bet, Wei Shufen thought for a moment and then agreed.

[Being too young, he didn't notice the trap in the "traveler's" bet.]

Red Girl shook her head at the sight.

Jiang Liu lost, so he let the Angry Rooster choose for itself.

This chicken definitely wouldn't choose Wei Shufen.

"Since you've agreed to the terms of the bet I proposed, then you can decide the terms of the bet; that would be fairer." Jiang Liu didn't want to take advantage of a little girl.

"it is good!"

Wei Shufen readily agreed and proposed the terms of the bet: "testing poison with Gu."

In short, she poisoned Jiang Liu with a kind of Gu poison. He would be fine for an hour, but if more than an hour passed, he would experience dizziness, vomiting, and fainting. However, this Gu poison was not fatal. Even a superhuman would need a month to recover if it was not cured.

For ordinary people, it would take 100 days of recuperation to recover from this type of poison.

Furthermore, those who are poisoned by this Gu will have slightly red skin, hence the name "Hundred Days Red".