Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 12 Visiting
The tenth year of the Republic of China, the year of Xinyou, the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year’s Eve.

In the small town in the south of the Yangtze River under the protection of Trinity Gate, the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year is also filled.

The world was in a difficult situation during these years. Although there were still wars in the country in the past two years, they were disputes between the Beiyang warlords and had not yet spread to the entire Chinese land. Under the protection of the Sanyi Gate, this small water town in the south of the Yangtze River was living a tight life, but it was still able to survive.

As the New Year is approaching, the whole town is decorated with lights and lanterns. Every household spends the money they have worked hard to earn this year at the end of the year, hoping to have a good year next year.

This is true for the town and for Trinity Gate on the mountain.

The composition of the disciples of Sanyi Sect was complex. Some were children of landlord families, while others were orphans who were brought to the mountains because of their good talents and good fortune.

Those who have families naturally take leave early and go back to reunite with their families, telling them stories about their practice in the mountains over the past few years. Those who regard Sanyi Sect as their home buy New Year's goods, and the whole family spends a happy new year in harmony in Sanyi Sect.

This was the case on the mountain, in the town, and naturally, also for Wang Yi, who settled in a small courtyard on the edge of the town under the protection of the Trinity Gate.

It's not like Lu Jin and Li Muxuan had not invited Wang Yi to their home for the New Year. After all, for Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, Wang Yi was a respectable elder besides their master Zuo Ruotong, both in terms of practice and cultivation. Although he was not much older than them, his cultivation was far beyond theirs. He also taught them the unique method of reversing the eight directions in addition to their own skills, making him half a master.

It is reasonable and logical that Lu Jin, who comes from a prominent family, and Li Muxuan, who comes from a merchant family, should both thank Wang Yi and give him the proper gift of passing on his skills.

But Wang Yi declined. What he passed on to Lu Jin and Li Muxuan was the unique method of reversing the eight directions from his cheap master, the Ghost Hand King Wang Yaozu, and it had not yet advanced to his human magnetic field. Although the unique method of reversing the eight directions of the Ghost Hand King was amazing, it was not a unique Xuanmen skill. Even if there was no Ghost Hand King, as long as the sect of reversing the eight directions was not cut off, with the development of the times, there would still be descendants who would evolve it into the reversing eight directions like the Ghost Hand King that mobilized the eight directions of heaven and earth.

He just let Lu Jin and Li Muxuan learn the new skill of Reversing the Eight Directions in the lower reaches of the times in advance. Not to mention, this opportunity of Reversing the Eight Directions should have been Li Muxuan's chance, but it was intercepted by a time traveler like himself. He was just returning the property to its original owner.

What's more, he is not spending the New Year alone this year.
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On the New Year's Eve of the 29th day of the 12th lunar month in the tenth year of the Republic of China, in the small courtyard where Wang Yi settled, Wang Yi was pouring wine for Ghost Hand Wang who had returned after being away for half a year. They were eating the hot dishes they had made on the table, and both of them had festive New Year's joy on their faces.

"Come on, come on, finish this cup, there are still three cups to go!"

At the table, Wang Yaozu was very happy, calling out to Wang Yi to pour him some wine. Wang Yi was also very happy to see Ghost Hand Wang, who had been away for half a year and looked like a completely different person after returning.

What can I say about the Ghost Hand King - Wang Yaozu? In the comic Under One Person, he is a supporting character who plays a connecting role in the past chapters of Sanyi Sect, because his appearance indirectly led to Li Muxuan's transformation from a possible naughty boy of Sanyi Sect into a completely evil boy. Later, he also caused Sanyi Sect, a mysterious sect that had been passed down for nearly a thousand years, to fall into decline and even cease to exist.

But to say that the problem lies with him is too arbitrary and biased.

After accepting Li Muxuan as his disciple, he taught Li Muxuan wholeheartedly. However, Wang Yaozu did not even know how to live. He taught Li Muxuan the means but did not teach him how to be a human being. He only repeatedly told Li Muxuan not to mention his name when traveling around the world, but did not tell him why. Coupled with Li Muxuan's bad character that had never been corrected or tempered, the subsequent tragedies happened.

Now, Wang Yi cut off Li Muxuan's beard and took the responsibility for the cause and effect between the Ghost Hand King and the Sanyi Sect. With his mediation, Li Muxuan, the Ghost Hand King, and the Sanyi Sect all had an explanation, and the bad karma between them should be gone. The Ghost Hand King also got a blessing in disguise. After seeing that his unique method of reversing the eight directions had an excellent successor like Wang Yi, he seemed to have figured something out. He left for half a year to atone for the stupid things he did when he was young. Wang Yi understood the reason. He just wanted Wang Yi to pass on his unique method of reversing the eight directions to others in the future without causing any more trouble.

It is said that the Ghost Hand King does not commit great evil, but he does small evil constantly. However, if he does too many small evils, they will become great evils. The Ghost Hand King did not understand before, but after seeing Wang Yi's methods that were better than his master, the Ghost Hand King understood and naturally wanted to make Wang Yi's life easier in the future.

He is already an old man with his chest buried in the earth. His only wish is to have a good successor to pass on his skills. Now that he has a good successor, he naturally has to consider the future for the successor.

After being confused for most of my life, it is a blessing to finally figure things out when I am old.

"Master, your travels over the past six months have really changed you a lot."

Seeing the changes in Ghost Hand King today, Wang Yi was happy for him, and calling him "Master" became more familiar to him.

"Who can blame me for being so lucky? I didn't expect that I, the Ghost Hand King, had been so foolish and messed up for most of my life. When I was old enough to be buried in the earth, I found out that the good successor I had always wanted to pass on my skills to was right next to me. He helped me to expand my business so quickly and passed on my skills to two other good guys. God has been very kind to me."

The Ghost Hand King drank three cups in a row. He was not angry at all about the fact that Wang Yi passed the Eight Directions Reversal Technique to Lu Jin and Li Muxuan without his consent. Instead, he was very happy.

He knew what kind of a jerk he was. If he really wanted to teach Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, with his status as a Quanxing disciple, the famous Lu family behind Lu Jin and Zuo Ruotong, the head of the Sanyi Sect on the mountain, would not let him go. Moreover, although Ghost Hand King had some resentment towards Zuo Ruotong, the Great Ying Immortal, he still admired Zuo Ruotong's cultivation and vision. Asking him to teach would only mislead the students. Now that Master Wang was teaching, and Zuo Ruotong, the head of the Sanyi Sect, was guiding him, he knew that the inheritance of the Eight Directions that he had always dreamed of would not be broken. Such a good thing was a great revelation to Ghost Hand King, who had been running around for half a year just to atone for the bad things he had done before.

"Since God has treated you well, don't hang around outside after the New Year. Although we can't say that there is a war or chaos now, the world is not peaceful after all. You are old, so just stay here. Although I can help you teach your skills, the method of reversing the eight directions is a new style developed by you. I am definitely not as deep as you in some of the principles and experience. I am just talented and took some shortcuts. When the two guys come back after the New Year, you can also help and give them some advice. Anyway, the left sect leader is watching over them and will not mislead the students."

He filled Ghost Hand King's glass with wine again, and Wang Yi was also giving suggestions.

There was also a selfish motive behind this suggestion, because Wang Yi knew that the Ghost Hand King didn't have much time left.

On the one hand, it was because of his age. On the other hand, the Ghost Hand King had traveled a lot over the years, committed some stupid things, and did not practice well on his own. Although he had mastered the skill of reversing the eight directions, he did not pay much attention to the practice of his own "life", and fell ill early on. In the past, he relied on his youth and cultivation to treat it as if nothing had happened, but as he got older, these diseases that he did not pay attention to when he was young were also quietly eroding the Ghost Hand King's body.

If Wang Yi remembered correctly, the Ghost Hand King was suffering from tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis, also known as pulmonary consumption, is also known as a disease of affluence.

In ancient times, it was basically considered a terminal illness, because although this disease can be cured, it also has early and late stages. In the early stages, wealthy families are willing to spend money to hire famous doctors, and then use various expensive medicines to slowly recuperate, and it can be cured. As for ordinary people, the only way left is to wait for death, so it is called a rich disease, because if you have no money, you can only wait to die.

Even in the modern and contemporary Republic of China period when productivity was developing, tuberculosis was considered an incurable disease both at home and abroad. Wang Yi vaguely remembered that tuberculosis was not completely suppressed until around the beginning of the 21st century, and was no longer a terminal illness that people were afraid of.

So at the moment, the Ghost Hand King's life is actually counting down, so in the original timeline, the Ghost Hand King doted on Li Muxuan, who dared to disobey Zuo Ruotong's words and resolutely became his disciple, even though he knew that it was a decision made by Li Muxuan in a moment of anger, he was willing. There was no other reason, because he knew that he would not live long, and now the bad fate between him, Li Muxuan, and the Sanyi Sect was severed by himself. Wang Yi naturally did not want to see this old man who pulled him out of the pile of dead bodies in the first year of the Republic of China die in a foreign land, on the road outside.

Upon hearing this, the Ghost Hand King, who was drinking, suddenly put down his glass and fell silent.

"In the next few days, I will write down my experience and best tricks of reversing the Eight Directions Sect. You can use these to teach those two guys. If you don't understand something, go ask Sect Master Zuo Ruotong. He is a master of his generation, and you are in his eyes, so he will help you answer..."

"Are you asking someone else to do this?" Wang Yi was puzzled.

But the Ghost Hand King raised his head and looked at Wang Yi deeply, and Wang Yi stopped talking.

Why did he have to rely on others? Ghost Hand King knew it in his heart, and Wang Yi knew it in his heart. It was nothing more than the same question. He, Ghost Hand King, was a disciple of Quanxing! This identity doomed him to commit sins behind the back of Quanxing disciples. If he wanted to stay, of course he could, but this would attract Quanxing disciples. Let alone the Quanxing disciple who had been hanging out with him before, Yuan Jingui, nicknamed Changming Yegan, had a mouth that led the rhythm and spread rumors. If he was asked to publicize the fact that his Ghost Hand King Wang Yaozu was teaching the methods of Lu Jin, a descendant of the famous Lu family, and Li Muxuan, a disciple of the Sanyi Sect, then the public opinion would melt gold. This was an era in which the Internet was not well developed and rumors were spread entirely by mouth.

Wang Yi could naturally stay out of it, after all, he was only the disciple of Ghost Hand King, not a disciple of Quan Xing. But Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, who had learned the unique method of reversing the eight directions from Ghost Hand King, and Ghost Hand King himself, who was a disciple of Quan Xing, had to give an explanation to Quan Xing and the righteous path.

But if there was no Ghost Hand King here, and only Wang Yi, the guy who was passing on skills on behalf of his master, it would be a different story.

Therefore, the Ghost Hand King was very clear about his position. He should not have come. He just left for half a year. He missed Wang Yi and saw how big the world was. However, he found that he had nowhere to go, so he appeared in front of Wang Yi again by some strange coincidence.

The old man and the young man just held their wine glasses and looked at each other in silence, while outside the door, a voice was heard that should not have appeared here at this time.

"You, Ghost Hand King, have a good plan. Let me teach your disciples for you. Why didn't I realize that you, Ghost Hand King, are such a shrewd person before?"

When the voice sounded, Ghost Hand King stood up and looked at the closed door with a surprised expression. Wang Yi, on the other hand, did not have so many thoughts. He walked forward quickly and opened the door. He saw the head of Sanyi Sect, Daying Immortal Zuo Rutong, wearing red clothes and barefoot, followed by a disciple holding a gift box, standing at the door.

"Happy New Year, Zuo Menzhang."

Looking at the highly respected Immortal Daying, Wang Yi showed respect as a junior and expressed his New Year wishes.

(End of this chapter)