Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 264: Immortal Secrets
"Ah! Is this the art of transformation? This is the art of transformation! The ancestor is spiritual, the ancestor is spiritual. I never thought that I, Liu Mian, would be able to see the full picture of my own methods one day. Even if I die here now, I will rest in peace."

In Fengtian City, in a house some distance away from the Marshal's Mansion, Liu, the dough man who chose to stay outside the Great Wall, saw that the unique skill of bone pinching and skin painting that he was forced to teach to Wang Yi was now in Wang Yi's hands. With the help of the three realms of gathering and dispersing by the heart, he transformed it into a transformation technique that only the gods and great supernatural beings in myths and strange stories could perform.

There were tears on his face, because he had never imagined that one day, this art of painting bones and painting skins would not only be used for changing faces and disguising, but also for fighting the enemy by changing all things. This might seem like an art, but it was almost like Taoism. Who knew what kind of path it would lead to in the end?

While kowtowing to the ancestors in heaven, Liu the dough man seemed to remember something and hurried to Wang Yi.

"No matter how good this transformation technique is, you still have to study this bone-shaping and skin-painting technique well. This technique is our root!"

"Okay, Master Liu, don't get so excited. As far as I can see now, there may not be many people in the world who can perform the art of transformation as freely as me. And if I want to turn it into a method that can be learned from the simple to the advanced, it depends on you. How about it, you haven't lost your skills over the years?"

After hearing Wang Yi's explanation, the face-man Liu was not annoyed. He just smiled and looked at the eighteen disciples of the Trinity Sect who followed Wang Yi through the secret passage into Fengtian City.

With her hands behind her back and bent over, she carefully looked at the Sanyi disciples who had activated the second level of reverse life at Wang Yi's instruction.

From time to time, he would stretch out his hand, attach the true Qi to his hand, and check the path of the true Qi in the reverse state.

If Wang Yi had not been present for this rash act, the face man Liu would have been beaten to death on the spot, which would have been the least of his punishment.

Liu the face-man was not annoyed. Instead, based on the information he had just received from the reverse-life state of these Sanyi disciples, he also smiled, squinted his eyes, and pushed up his glasses.

"Not bad, not bad. Whether it's bone shaping or skin painting, or the art of transformation, they are all fine skills. Without fine skills, you can't deceive others. I didn't expect that rebirth is also a fine skill. Yes, without fine skills, you can't be so unrivaled in the world."

"Let's go! What do you mean by this? Do you want this Quan Xing demon to teach us the same transformation method you used before?"

A disciple was indignant and stepped forward to speak.

"Quan Xing is Quan Xing, don't just casually label him as a monster. And don't feel too good about yourself. Even if I want to teach you, you may not be able to learn. I let you get in touch with this person so that I can draw inferences from one instance to another. It may help you make progress. Don't forget the purpose of following me down the mountain to the outside of the pass this time.

Besides, although he is Quan Xing, he is just like my dead master in the end. He doesn't do big evil, but he does small evil all the time. Even if he is guilty, his crime is not punishable by death. He chose to stay outside the Great Wall and has stayed there until now. Isn't he also atonement for his past? Don't make it so serious. Sectarianism can exist, but there is a time for it, right? "

After a lecture, except for the older ones like Shuiyun and Changqing, the other disciples of the Trinity Sect who had gone down the mountain and cultivated to the second level finally reacted.

They almost forgot that their Sanyi Sect's first master in the world was the Ghost Hand King from the Quanxing Sect. After seeing his methods so many times, they almost forgot who his original mentor was.

Just when the topic became awkward because of the face-man Liu, voices were heard outside the hall where everyone was.

"Mr. Wang is right. If it weren't for Master Liu's methods in the past few years, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see Mr. Wang now."

The figure of the young marshal came towards the sound. When Wang Yi saw this young marshal who had both good and bad reputations in history again, he felt a little dazed.

Having experienced the loss of relatives, war, hardships and backstabbing, Wang Yi seemed to see the shadow of the old marshal who was jumping between the Russians and the Japanese the moment this young marshal, who was only four years older than him, came in.

But this son is different from his father, he is more decisive.

"Young Marshal, long time no see."

"It's been almost five years since we parted in Fengtian. Things and people have changed."

"I once heard that when the old marshal was still alive, he said this to the young marshal..."

"I remember that sentence. At that time, there was an internal conflict. My father wanted to fight with his brothers, so he said to me, Sixth son, go to sleep. When you wake up, Fengtian will still be Fengtian. I am not as good as my father. This foundation is ruined if it is handed over to me."

"Everyone, I am very busy with the affairs of the Marshal's Mansion and cannot stay for long. Could you please give me and Mr. Wang some space?"

Reminiscing about the past, the young marshal clasped his fists towards the extraordinary people brought by Wang Yi into the hall. Everyone looked at each other, and consciously left the room, taking charge of guarding the periphery.

Inside the room, the young marshal was still a little worried and winked at Wang Yi.

Wang Yi had no choice but to release his true Qi, forming a Qi wall around the two of them, isolating the inside and the outside once again.

"Young Marshal, are you so careful?"

"The Japanese have many capable people, and I don't want to make any mistakes. Mr. Wang, since you are here, I will make it short. I just have three questions."

As he spoke, the young marshal dipped his fingers in the tea and wrote three words on the table.

"The first question is, when we take back the border areas and win the support of the people, will they be the ones to rule the country?"

"Second, is this batch of supplies a sleight of hand?"

"Third, how long do you plan to stay outside this customs, Mr. Wang? How should I cooperate with you?"

Three questions, and when Wang Yi looked at the water stains on the table slowly fading away, he also looked at the young marshal in front of him.

Logically speaking, the young commander had this awareness, and it would take another four years for his good brother to participate in the first pajama mountain climbing and cross-country race. At this time, he realized who would win the world in the future? This shouldn't be the case. At this time, Lao Zhang is still with the master. If there is any movement on the master's side, Lao Zhang should have informed himself.

"Mr. Wang, don't you think about it? Even if I split up the 100,000 Fengtian troops into small groups and fled to the villages in the name of the Volunteer Army, there would still be someone to pick them up, right? My good brother has been implementing his bullshit policy of pacifying the country before resisting foreign aggression. However, the group that should have been suppressed publicly issued a statement to resist foreign aggression as soon as the Fengtian Incident broke out in September last year.

My father is right. You can never learn from others even if you teach them a hundred times. But you can learn from things once. At this critical moment, they were able to send some members to the north to cooperate with me. If it's not these people who will rule the world in the future, who will rule the world?"

So that's why four years later you decided to let your good brother go hiking in his pajamas in the middle of the night?

"Then, young commander, have you ever thought about how you would cope if they really took over the world?"

"Ha, so they will rule the country in the future, right? Mr. Wang is indeed far-sighted. Since they rule the country, I am not afraid to think too much about my current defense of the country against Japan, but it should not be difficult for the senior officials to leave a decent appearance for my Zhang family? You can come to the north to help me at this time, you are not narrow-minded."

Wang Yi really wanted to say in reply, if it weren't for his own interference, your reputation today would be no different from that of a street rat, and it was all thanks to you that you got your good brother to participate in the first midnight pajama mountain climbing race.

Complaining in his mind, Wang Yi had to respond with another sentence.

"That also depends on whether the young commander can put his knowledge into practice in the future."

The first question was solved through the charades between the two people. As for the second question, the fact that Wang Yi did not give a direct answer was already an answer.

"As expected, I knew that your overseas travels in recent years, Mr. Wang, were not without purpose. In that case, I won't ask any more questions. Please keep this list and map."

This is a map of several major strongholds and villages between the White Mountains and Black Waters left by the old commander before the 100,000 volunteers were split up and fled, as well as the names of several volunteer generals who only recognized the maps and not the people.

There are things that I know, but there are even more things that I don’t know. It was these people’s resistance that never gave up that prevented the area outside the Great Wall from completely becoming a private domain of the Japanese.

"In the coming days, I will use the supplies you sent, Mr. Wang, to create the illusion that I will disperse them and send them to the Volunteer Army. Of course, the Volunteer Army will also cooperate with me to attract the attention of the Guandong Army as much as possible. As for where the real supplies are and how to get them, you will need to go there in person, Mr. Wang, and inform them." "I will naturally do my best in this regard, but I am revisiting the old place. I only know that the defeat outside the pass is inevitable, but what exactly is the situation? Please enlighten me, young marshal."

"There's nothing to be confused about. We can't win the battle, and the battle line is always retreating. If it weren't for the fact that my Zhang family still has some support from the people outside the Great Wall, the Japanese devils would not dare to act too recklessly because they are not yet firmly established. Now I'm afraid that Mr. Wang and I won't be able to chat in Fengtian City. This is the case on the front battlefield, but as for the battlefield of the aliens, since Mr. Wang has chosen to stay outside the Great Wall for a while, let Mr. Liang explain. At present, the battlefield of the aliens around Fengtian is mainly led by Mr. Liang. If he explains, Mr. Wang will understand better."

"Young Marshal, are you leaving?"

"I am taking some time off now. Now that my uncle is not here, I have to take charge of the entire Fengtian Army. I really can't get away. This is the burden my father gave me. Even if I can't bear it, I can only carry it with all my strength. I hope that I can bring these soldiers and generals home one day."

The war, hardships and human nature have made this once-dissolute playboy finally understand how difficult his father's life was.

While expressing his emotion, he bid farewell to Wang Yi again. Wang Yi also removed the Qi wall and allowed the young marshal to leave quietly under the escort of a special person.

After the young marshal left, Liang Ting and others who had been on guard outside returned to the house.

Due to the shortage of manpower, Liang Ting had no choice but to send people to protect the Fengtian Army generals and their families who did not choose to betray the country at the time to prevent them from being persecuted.

"How is the Gao family doing?"

"They have a deep hatred for the Japanese. In order to prevent the young marshal from being affected, the Gao family immediately broke up into small groups and fled to the White Mountains and Black Waters with the Volunteer Army."

"What about the immortals? Although there are good and bad people outside the pass, it is still the territory of the immortals after all. What is the situation of the immortals?"

Hearing Wang Yi ask this question, Liang Ting hesitated and looked at the only disciple in his team, or rather, at the gray-haired mouse following beside him that was almost as big as a yellow dog.

Wang Yi also followed Liang Ting's gaze and looked at the man who had stood up. A pair of equally innocent eyes were also staring at Wang Yi.

The man and the beast were also looking at each other at this time.

"I heard that the former Qing emperor had an agreement with the immortals outside the Great Wall that the immortals would not cross Shanhaiguan. Now everyone knows whether this Manchukuo is a continuation of the former Qing Dynasty. If the immortals choose to abide by the agreement, I have no objection. But now that foreign races have invaded the border and occupied the ancestral land of the former Qing Dynasty, the ancestors of the five families of Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui just turned a blind eye? Since you have chosen to stand on one side, you should also help me solve my doubts, right?"

"Hey, little thing, you are young, but you are quite accomplished and know a lot."

As if he was certain that the gray-haired mouse could speak, when Wang Yi mentioned the five ancestors of the Five Immortal Families outside the Great Wall, the gray-haired mouse spoke human words for the first time, which shocked everyone present.

This is also true for the disciples who are in charge of offering sacrifices.

"Mr. Gray, you?"

"You are a child who has never seen the world. Isn't it reasonable that I, your master, can speak since I was awakened in the Ming Dynasty? I don't talk to you because I am your worshiper. If there is anything, I can solve it with just a thought. Why do I have to speak?"

"Then you should at least let me know. After all, you have watched me grow up."

"You didn't ask me, did you?"

After comforting this disciple who had been worshipping him since childhood, the gray fairy also jumped onto the table, touched and dug with his five toes, hooked his tail, and moved the dry tobacco hanging on the dough man Liu in front of himself, then made a very human gesture and took a puff.

After exhaling a mouthful of smoke, Huixian looked at Wang Yi who was sitting in front of him with neither humility nor overbearance.

"Your name is Wang Yi, right? Not bad, you are quite a character. You have reached the state of returning to nature at such a young age. Your grandfather has been practicing for so many years, and you are the first one he has seen who has such a level of practice at your age. My last name is Hui, and our family doesn't have so many common names like other families. I am the thirteenth in the family, so you can just call me Hui Shisan."

"I dare not, Master Thirteen. I just don't understand. Let alone the fighting between the extraordinary people and the worldly disputes. The earliest ancestors of the five families who achieved enlightenment can be traced back to the great powers during the Shang Dynasty. Even if they are not human, they are also descendants of the Yanhuang lineage?"

The call of "Master Thirteen" brought a human-like comfortable expression to the face of the gray fairy, and it was obvious that he enjoyed the way Wang Yi addressed him.

But then there was also a sigh.

"Young man, I have something to say to you for calling me Thirteenth Master. Don't you humans say that you can't be a family elder if you are not deaf or dumb? Our ancestors can suppress this kind of thing for a while, but not forever. It is extremely difficult for alien species to cultivate. After they succeed in cultivation, they are not allowed to do this or eat that. There are always some who refuse to obey and will not listen no matter what you say or teach them. And you think that once we embark on the path of cultivation, we can be like you people, and just start fighting if we don't listen?"

"Appreciate further details."

After hearing the explanation from Master Gray Thirteen, Wang Yi finally understood how difficult it was for the immortals or other animals that were practicing as aliens to cultivate.

Humans are the most intelligent creatures in the world and are born with intelligence, knowing right from wrong, good from bad.

Even if you embark on spiritual practice, whether to do good or evil is all up to your own thoughts. For practitioners, there can be many factors that hinder practice.

But elves are different, because they are born simple, it is difficult for them to open their wisdom and practice cultivation. Once they become wise, because of their simple nature, they do not have as many problems in practice as humans. They do not have any inner demons or external factors.

It can be said that as long as they can open their wisdom and start practicing, the path of practice will be a smooth journey for these elves.

However, everything has its pros and cons. The reason why the elves can have an easy path in spiritual practice is that they are naturally simple in nature. However, as their practice progresses, the simplicity that helps them to have an easy path in spiritual practice actually becomes a hindrance.

The so-called simplicity of nature can be called the innocence of a child for humans, and it is nature for animals.

What is nature? It is that when a wolf is hungry, it eats sheep; when a bear is hungry, it attacks people.

The practice of immortals, after all, is to go against their animal nature. They must ensure that their minds are clear at all times and not be clouded by the evil spirit of blood.

This kind of practice of suppressing one's nature was fine in times of peace, but in times of war, the scene of corpses everywhere constantly stimulated these spirits who had obtained Qi.

Let them want to release their nature and have a feast.

In order to release or alleviate this emotion, the elves will choose to sign a contract with the disciple, allowing their spirit to reside in the disciple's acupoints.

By using the spirit method, he can vent his own nature while fighting against the enemy through the body of a disciple.

Some people think that it is better to suppress their own nature and practice like this, and they don’t know when the practice will end.

It would be better to just do it like this. Even if you cannot achieve enlightenment in the end, it will be worth your practice.

Some people think that practicing different kinds of cultivation is against the will of heaven and naturally goes against one's own nature. If one indulges himself like this, then is he still the immortal worshipped outside the Great Wall? Wouldn't he be a monster?

At this time, the five ancestors of the Five Immortal Families did not show up, allowing their descendants to split into two factions.

One faction pursues the path of demons, the other pursues the path of immortals, and they have been fighting for more than a year.

　I had a toothache all day yesterday and couldn't stand it, so I asked for leave. Sorry.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)