Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 10 Teaching
"To turn the eight directions upside down, in short, is to use one person's strength to turn the eight directions of heaven and earth upside down... In layman's terms, when you are facing an enemy, no matter if the opponent is one person or a group of people, no matter which direction they attack you from, their strength will be used by you and turned into strength for you to counterattack and attack the opponent. It is similar to Wudang Tai Chi."

In the yard, Wang Yi changed into a short fighting suit and repeated the formula and key points that Wang Yaozu, the Ghost Hand King, taught him when he turned the Eight Directions upside down. In front of him sat a row of little radish heads.

The two leaders are naturally Li Muxuan, the Trinity Naughty Boy who is now officially a disciple of Zuo Rutong, and Lu Jin, the future head of the Lu family who is from the four famous families of Yiren and is later praised as having a flawless life.

These two are the biggest brats in the yard besides Wang Yi. Lu Jin was born in the first year of the Xuantong reign (1909), Li Muxuan was born in the thirty-third year of the Guangxu reign (1907), and Wang Yi was born in the first year of the Republic of China (1912) if we count back to the thirty-first year of the Guangxu reign (1905) when he was seven years old.

In terms of age, Li Muxuan is two years older than Lu Jin, but Li Muxuan still has to call Lu Jin "senior brother". There is no other way, who told him that he has been spoiled since birth, although because of Wang Yi's intervention, his true nature was exposed, and Zuo Ruotong, the Great Ying Immortal, had to hone his temper, and this is the reason for the change. However, it cannot change the fact that he entered late, and Li Muxuan can only admit defeat.

But Li Muxuan also made a bet with Lu Jin that one day when they both learned their skills well, they would compete and re-determine who were senior and junior brothers.

Lu Jin did not comment on this bet, and Zuo Rutong was happy to see it happen.

As for the bunch of little idiots behind Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, some of them were students of Dongshan Academy. Although they had not passed the inner gate assessment of Sanyi Sect, they were also fostered by their parents in Dongshan Academy on the side of Sanyi Sect. They learned some knowledge and some tricks, so it was not a waste of money. Others were, of course, the beggars adopted by Wang Yiban.

Adhering to the principle of "if you drive one sheep, you should let two sheep go", Wang Yi did not make any special arrangements for Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, but simply brought all the little guys from Dongshan Academy here.

Zuo Rutong had no objection to this, and Mr. Dongshan naturally had no problem with it either.

But it was different for these little guys. They were able to study in Dongshan Academy, and they had more or less seen the so-called Jianghu eccentrics at home. They also knew that Sanyi Sect was such a sect, but they did not expect that the senior brother who studied with them in Dongshan Academy was also a Jianghu eccentric. Moreover, it was not difficult to tell from Mr. Dongshan's expression that their senior brother was quite capable.

They are all children from wealthy families or beggars on the street. They may not know other things, but they must be able to read people's expressions. The former is family education, and the latter is for survival.

Now, there is a rare opportunity to get in touch with methods other than the Sanyi Sect, so how could these little kids with childlike minds let it go? They all came to Wang Yi's courtyard to listen to the class. And with the theoretical foundation laid by Mr. Dongshan, they were not in a daze when they listened to Wang Yi's retelling of the unique formula and key points of the Ghost Hand King's Reversal of Eight Directions.

Just as Wang Yi finished speaking, Li Muxuan, whose character was well-tempered, spoke first.

"Brother, what you are talking about seems to be your master Wang Yaozu's Reversing Eight Directions. I heard from Mr. Dongshan and Master that your master Wang Yaozu's Reversing Eight Directions seems to be different from yours?"

Under Zuo Ruotong's training, Li Muxuan is no longer the one who plays the role or behaves in front of others as he used to. Under Zuo Ruotong's guidance, Li Muxuan began to follow his heart and speak directly about what he thought, instead of trying to use his own cleverness. Although this approach may sometimes be a little unpleasant when getting along with others, at least once the words are spoken, it is good for both oneself and others, and at least they know whether each other is worthy of deep friendship. According to Zuo Ruotong's idea, after taking Li Muxuan out to hone his skills for two years, this seedling will be grown.

"So you want to learn my technique of turning all directions upside down?" Wang Yi was not angry at Li Muxuan's frankness, but asked back with a smile.

"Mr. Dongshan said this. Although Wang Yaozu's Reversing the Eight Directions is commendable, it is ultimately not as talented as yours, Senior Brother."

As he spoke, Li Muxuan also looked at Mr. Dongshan who was listening on the side. This good gentleman who was well-versed in both Chinese and Western learning was now honestly memorizing the key points of Wang Yi's formula, preparing to take it back to Sanyi Sect for his master to read. Who would have thought that he would be called out by name? He was almost forty years old and sat on the side, watching a group of little rascals focusing their eyes on him, feeling very uncomfortable.

"Haha, you are a good thinker. But if you want to learn from me, you have to lay a good foundation first. A tall building starts from the ground. First understand my master Wang Yaozu's concept of reversing the eight directions, and then learn mine. But since you have asked this, I will show you the difference between my master's reversing the eight directions and mine." After saying that, Wang Yi put his hands behind his back and signaled with his eyes to the pebbles placed under the feet of Lu Jin, Li Muxuan and the group of little rascals, "Pick up the pebbles next to you and throw them at me as hard as you can."

This display method is very ostentatious, but it is indeed practical.

At least for these uncertain little kids at the moment, nothing is more convincing than seeing it with their own eyes, and throwing stones is not a dangerous thing in their opinion.

As soon as Wang Yi finished speaking, an excited little guy picked up a small stone and threw it towards Wang Yi. With the first one taking the lead, naturally, the rest of them didn't care. For a moment, a dense rain of stones covered Wang Yi. Compared with the small stones thrown by these little rascals, Lu Jin and Li Muxuan threw them with more force. They also wanted to see what the difference was between Wang Yi, who was taught by Wang Yaozu, and Wang Yaozu's Reversal Eight Directions.

Wang Yi was well aware of the little plans in Lu Jin and Li Muxuan's minds, so he stood where he was and quietly activated the Reversal Eight Directions technique inherited from the Ghost Hand King Wang Yaozu, and an invisible force field unfolded with him as the center.

Then, the bunch of little rascals who were throwing stones at Wang Yi found that the stones they threw were bounced off in front of Wang Yi. Not only did they bounce off, they collided with each other in the air, and then flew around the yard. From time to time, some of them hit them. Fortunately, the force was not too strong, and they were fine as long as they protected their heads.

"My old man Wang's Eight Directions Reversal is like this. Just like I said before, once you have mastered it, no matter whether you are facing a one-on-one fight or a group fight, the opponent's force hitting you will be turned into your weapon and returned to you. But although both are Eight Directions Reversal, mine is different from my old man Wang's. It's still the same throwing of stones, come on."

Show off your skills, Wang Yi continued talking, inviting these little rascals to launch a second wave of attack.

The pebbles that had just been deflected by his invisible force field now appeared under the feet of these children again, causing them to throw them at him again.

This time, it was the same invisible force field, but with a different change. The dense rain of stones fell towards Wang Yi, but strangely stopped three inches in front of Wang Yi, neither bouncing off nor falling, just sticking firmly in the air. Under the gaze of many people, they began to move around Wang Yi irregularly, as if wrapping a layer of barrier around Wang Yi at this moment, and then slowly fell to the ground under Wang Yi's control.

"Wow!!"

A simple routine of showing off caused a group of little kids in the yard to exclaim in surprise. This kind of strange trick witnessed with their own eyes is most likely to win people's hearts, at least that's the case for them at the moment.

"Do you understand?"

After demonstrating the two methods, Wang Yi also spoke. This question was not asked to these little rascals, but to Lu Jin and Li Muxuan in the front row, and Mr. Dongshan who was listening.

The so-called insiders look at the door, while laymen look at the excitement.

Mr. Dongshan, Lu Jin, and Li Muxuan are all experts. They can better understand that Wang Yi's two ways of dealing with the rain of stones thrown at him seem simple, but in fact they are full of hidden secrets.

To put it simply, once the bow is drawn, there is no retrieving the arrow. Once the bowstring is loosened, you cannot decide where the arrow will go and who it will hit. However, reversing the direction can break this common sense.

To put it more clearly, the folk supernatural's reversal of the eight directions is to point east and hit west, to control the force of the throw, and let it change direction according to one's will. But human power is limited, you can't control the force of the throw endlessly, so when it comes to the ghost hand king Wang Yaozu, there is a new idea, I don't need to control my own force, can't I control the force of others?
Inspired by such thinking, the Ghost Hand King Wang Yaozu became famous for a while. Although he did not commit major crimes, he was constantly committing small crimes. However, when he was in Zuo Rutong's hands, seeing the Ghost Hand King's unique ability to turn all directions upside down, Zuo Rutong began to cherish his talent and gave the Ghost Hand King three chances to survive in his hands.

Later, when it came to Wang Yi, because of the aura of a time traveler and the vision and pattern of standing at the downstream of history, the reversal of all directions in Wang Yi's hands turned into the human body's magnetic field.

He neither borrowed his own power nor the power of others, but truly achieved the concept of reversing the eight directions, using human power to reverse the power of the eight directions of heaven and earth for his own use.

The two ways of dealing with the two waves of stone rain just now could not be distinguished in the eyes of the little rascal who had not practiced Qi, but in the eyes of these three people, the routes of Wang Yi's true Qi running twice were completely different. The first time they could still see the trajectory of the true Qi, but the second time they only saw the omnipresent true Qi building an invisible force field that revolved around Wang Yi and blocked the second wave of stone rain for him. This cannot be explained by a simple reversal of the eight directions.

So when Wang Yi asked the three of them if they understood it, Mr. Dongshan, Lu Jin and Li Muxuan were all confused.

Only then did Lu Jin and Li Muxuan understand what kind of benefits their master and Mr. Dongshan had fought for them. This unique skill was not much worse than the third level of reverse life that they were learning now.

Thinking of this, Lu Jin and Li Muxuan raised their heads, looked at each other, and then knelt down deeply and kowtowed to Wang Yi who was standing in front of them.

But Wang dodged and avoided their kneeling, and a force also prevented Lu Jin and Li Muxuan from kneeling.

"I don't accept that here. The emperor is gone. Apart from your parents and mentors, no one is worthy of your kneeling. Well, I have explained the concepts and basics. As for how to build a foundation and how to polish yourself, you can go to Master Dongshan. In this regard, there is no difference between learning from me and learning from Sanyi. You should study hard on your own. When you get started, come to me and I will slowly teach you the next lesson. Dismissed."

After saying that, Wang Yi didn't stay any longer and turned around and walked into the house.
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"Senior brother."

Just as Wang Yi entered the room, Lu Jin called him.

"What's the matter?"

"You said that we should polish the basics and hone our roots, but forgive my stupidity. During all these days of getting along with you, why have I never seen you honing your roots? Could it be that reversing the eight directions is a skill that only cultivates the nature, not the life?"

Hearing this, Wang Yi also smiled and looked at the future head of the Lu family and said with a smile.

"The fact that you can ask this question shows that you have really thought about it. Brother, I can also tell you that the previous reversal of the eight directions, even in the hands of my master Wang Yaozu, focused on cultivating the nature and then cultivating the life. Although my master Wang is not very good at cultivating the nature, but in my case, it is the skill of cultivating both nature and life. Every move I make every day is to hone my foundation and strengthen my nature and life. It's just that my method is not suitable for you for the time being, so I didn't say anything. Okay, go practice, I'm going to sleep."

Wang Yi smiled and pointed at Lu Jin, then turned around, closed the door and went to sleep.

Mr. Dongshan was left alone. He bowed to Wang Yi's house with a thoughtful look on his face. After leaving a booklet at its location, he took Lu Jin, Li Muxuan, and a group of little rascals out of the yard.

(End of this chapter)