## Chapter 450: Reversal of Eight Directions Acquired, Reverse Life Triple + Natural Energy = Innate Qi?
The newcomer was Xia Liuqing, an elder of Quansheng.
"Haha, Little Leo, you always manage to surprise people. Today, you're leaving the sect. It would be disgraceful if no one from our sect showed up. This is probably the last time an old man like me will have dealings with you."
"Who's that kid?"
Li Muxuan pointed to an old man in a military coat, about seventy years old, who was standing behind Xia Liuqing.
Given his own age of over a hundred, seventy years old indeed seemed like a kid.
"Yuan Tao, your Uncle Yuan Jingui's son."
"Oh! You've grown so big! You really do look like him. Hey kid, tell your Uncle Li the truth, do you have an asshole?"
Li Muxuan laughed heartily, addressing Yuan Tao.
"Yes!"
"No way! Uncle Yuan was even more of a scoundrel than me, and his son actually has an asshole? I guess God must have been blind then!"
"Enough, Uncle Li. I'm just here today to see which one of you two old geezers, you or Lu Jin, is going to die!"
Yuan Tao chuckled and sat down on the ground.
He and Lu Jin had a deep-seated feud, a vendetta for the death of his father.
Back then, to track down Wugensheng and Li Muxuan, Lu Jin and a group of Sanyi Sect disciples hunted down Quansheng members, which led to Yuan Jingui's death.
If Li Muxuan could kill Lu Jin here, then his grudge with Lu Jin would finally be settled.
After all, Li Muxuan's talent was also remarkable. Before he ran off, he had managed to best many young talents from various major sects. He was considered an outstanding figure among the younger generation at the time. Now, seventy years later, his strength must be extraordinary, possibly even on par with top-tier elders like Lu Jin.
Xia Liuqing and Mei Jinfeng also found a place to sit down.
Today was the day Li Muxuan was settling his affairs and leaving the sect. According to the established rules of the Anomalous Human World, any existing grudges could only be settled with Li Muxuan. Otherwise, the three of them from Quansheng wouldn't have dared to come.
After a short wait, Monk Jingan from South Shaolin and an old man named Liu Guanghua arrived to settle their grievances with Li Muxuan.
When Liu Guanghua was young, Li Muxuan had ruined his wedding, which shamed him for the rest of his life.
Jingan had also been beaten by Li Muxuan when he was a child.
The idea he proposed to Liu Guanghua was that if Li Muxuan was willing to kneel and lick the dirt off their shoes, they would settle their grievances with him. However, when Li Muxuan actually started to kneel to lick, Liu Guanghua simply kicked him twice.
He found it disgusting.
Afterward, Liu Guanghua took out his phone and represented some people whom Li Muxuan had offended in the past, who either couldn't come in person, or who had already died but had descendants alive.
He demanded that Li Muxuan kneel and kowtow eighty-one times towards the four directions of heaven and earth, apologizing to those people.
Li Muxuan complied with each request.
Then, Qingshui stepped forward.
With him was Huang Ninger from the Truth-Seeking Society.
"You two... did I offend your elders back then?"
Li Muxuan looked at Qingshui and Huang Ninger.
"No, I'm here for Elder Lu. Your Reversal of Eight Directions is a unique skill capable of founding a sect. It would be a pity if it wasn't passed down. If possible, I hope you can leave Li Muxuan, or at least, pass down this unique skill."
Lu Jin snorted coldly.
"Huang Ninger, your Truth-Seeking Society wants the Reversal of Eight Directions. I understand. If you can withstand three of my palms, I'll give you a chance. And you, Professor Zhuo?"
Lu Jin's attitude towards Qingshui was much better.
"I'm also here to ask for the Reversal of Eight Directions, but naturally, I'm asking for it from Li Muxuan. Elder Li, at Elder Liu's wedding banquet, my grand-master also stood up for Elder Liu and was beaten by you. He wasn't harmed, but a protective Magic Tool he spent years crafting was ruined. Now my grand-master is gone, and my master said this grievance should be settled by me. My method of settlement is to take this Reversal of Eight Directions as your compensation to our Mohist Sect."
Qingshui said to Li Muxuan.
"Fine, if you want it, I'll give it. It seems I, Li Muxuan, have lived a rather pathetic life, but since you all still value it, it means I haven't let my master down with this skill! During my time out, I've seen how the world has changed. Young man from the Mohist Sect, you're a brilliant and intelligent person. You certainly won't let this skill gather dust. As for young Huang, the fact that you're willing to stand up now shows you're clever. If you can withstand three of Lu Jin's palms, you can copy a copy of this Reversal of Eight Directions for yourself.
My only request is that future generations know that this Reversal of Eight Directions comes from the ghost hand Wang Yaozu, it is the Wang School's Reversal of Eight Directions!"
Li Muxuan seemed to have prepared in advance, taking a cowhide-bound book from his pocket and handing it to Qingshui.
"Okay, I agree."
Qingshui nodded slightly.
It was just adding "Wang School's" before Reversal of Eight Directions.
Huang Ninger said:
"I agree too, Professor Zhuo, please wait a moment. After I take three palms from Elder Lu, I'll come back to copy this Wang School's Reversal of Eight Directions."
At this moment, Lu Jin also stood up from his chair.
"Are you ready, young Huang?"
Lu Jin, dressed in white, asked Huang Ninger.
"This junior is ready, please proceed, Elder!"
Huang Ninger took a deep breath and stood before Lu Jin.
He had to take three blows, not receive three blows.
In other words, Lu Jin's three blows had to be endured by him without fighting back or attacking.
Huang Ninger was quite confident about this.
As a prominent figure in the Truth-Seeking Society, his body-hardening techniques were a cut above Chai Yan's, and his overall strength was perhaps not inferior to outstanding mid-generation masters like Feng Zhenghao of the Tianxia Association or Chen Jinkui of the School of Techniques. He had the potential to compete for a spot among the Ten Elders. Against a veteran top master like Lu Jin, winning was highly unlikely, but he was somewhat confident he could exchange a few blows and block a few moves.
After the first blow, Huang Ninger's clothes ripped, and the ground beneath his feet cracked.
Lu Jin immediately knew that Huang Ninger's body-hardening level was significant and that a slightly heavier blow wouldn't kill him so easily. So, he activated Reverse Life Triple, his eyes glowing, and unleashed another palm strike with full force.
This time, Huang Ninger dared not be overconfident. The moment he was struck, he actively retreated backward to dissipate the force, stumbling back a dozen steps, his legs sinking into the earth up to his knees.
For the third blow, Huang Ninger retreated again. This time, both his legs almost gave out, nearly kneeling on the ground, and he ended up half-kneeling.
Qingshui keenly noticed Huang Ninger's throat bob, clearly having suffered some internal injuries, but to show his toughness, he swallowed the blood with a stiff upper lip.
However, under the perception of the Transparent World, Huang Ninger's injuries were not severe, just minor. With his life cultivation, he could easily suppress them, and his overall aura had not significantly weakened.
Body-hardening martial arts make the practitioner's body extremely tough. At the level of Chai Yan or Huang Ninger, there wasn't a single weak point on their body's surface; the only weakness was their internal organs.
Even though they had practiced from external to internal, using internal refining methods to strengthen their internal organs, making their internal strength greater than other Anomalous Humans, it was still far inferior to their robust external body.
Lu Jin's palm strike penetrated directly through skin, flesh, tendons, and bones. Few people in the Anomalous Human World could take such a blow, and Huang Ninger only suffering minor injuries already made him a noteworthy master, capable of ranking among the top few masters in the entire Anomalous Human World.
"Excellent, the younger generation is formidable. If you have time, you can come visit this old man for a chat," Lu Jin said, waving his sleeve and looking at Huang Ninger.
"Indeed, good mind, good skill. The Wang School's Reversal of Eight Directions, you should learn it too," Li Muxuan chuckled, his eyes carrying a smile but also scrutinizing Lu Jin.
Meanwhile, behind the chattering crowd, Ding Daoan and Na Ruhuo stared intently at Huang Ninger.
The two exchanged a tacit glance, then quickly got up and went to help Huang Ninger.
"Brother Huang, do you know us?"
"Come, come, come, don't go back! Come here, let's all three of us sit together!"
"Oh, right! We love making friends, especially tough guys like you who can take a beating… no, I mean, you're a tough guy!"
"Come, Old Man Lu's palm isn't easy to take. Brother, let me check you out!"
These two, with their boisterous nature and body-hardening skills that could withstand a beating, were the perfect punching bags for Na Ruhuo and Ding Daoan, who were both martial arts fanatics.
Huang Ninger was dragged away by the Two Heroes, looking utterly bewildered.
"Um... I still need to talk to Professor Zhuo…"
At this moment, Lu Jin and Li Muxuan had also started fighting fiercely.
Both were top-tier combatants just below the absolute peak. Lu Jin's life cultivation was very high; his speed and strength could steadily suppress Li Muxuan. Activating his Reverse Life state not only boosted his stats further but also allowed him to turn most of his body parts into Qi. Even if an arm was severed, it could instantly regrow.
Li Muxuan's physical conditions, however, were not as good as Lu Jin's, who came from an orthodox Xuanmen background. But the Reversal of Eight Directions, in his hands, had become an art form.
A technique originating from street carnival tricks, it transformed into a powerful art of attack and defense with strange methods in the hands of Wang Yaozu. And with Li Muxuan, who possessed extraordinary talent and nearly a century of cultivation, the Reversal of Eight Directions far surpassed Wang Yaozu's application, transforming this trick into a divine skill of force field control.
Its power was considerable, its attacks bizarre. It could protect the user's body with a force field, providing a defense no less effective than the Golden Light Mantra. It could also be used to break free from gravity and fly, and even release large-scale force field barriers to comprehensively suppress enemies within the barrier's range.
Lu Jin only needed to protect his three Dantians—the upper Dantian at the glabella, the middle Dantian at the chest's Tanzhong point, and the lower Dantian three inches below the navel at Guanyuan. With no other vital points and high stats, no matter how bizarre Li Muxuan's Reversal of Eight Directions was, he could never defeat him. If this continued, it would only devolve into a war of attrition.
"Reverse Life Triple, inverting internal Qi, transforming the entire body into Innate Qi. And Innate Qi is connected to the body's life essence. The Sanyi Sect's founder believed that achieving this step would allow one to continuously absorb nutrients from the outside world, refine essence into Qi, and then reverse Qi back to its innate state, thus achieving immortality and ascending to immortality."
Below, Qingshui watched intently as the two centenarians fought at the foot of the mountain.
The Reversal of Eight Directions was now in his hands. This force field technique held significant research value, and Li Muxuan was currently demonstrating how to use this art.
But he wasn't just observing Reverse Life Triple.
Qingshui took his hand out of his pocket and made a gesture of resting his chin on his hand, pressing a finger against his nose bridge, applying a volatile substance from the Sacred Tree Golden Branch.
The natural energy indeed didn't converge on Lu Jin.
More than seventy years ago, after Zuo Ruotong, at the peak of Reverse Life Second Stage, broke through to the Triple stage under the pressure of Wugensheng's Divine Spirit, he said that Reverse Life Triple couldn't reach heaven. This was likely why.
Reverse Life Triple could transform the entire body into Qi, virtually ignoring all physical attacks, allowing for infinite regeneration and rejuvenation, transforming oneself into an energy body, uniting spirit and flesh. However, the Qi in their body was still not Innate Qi, but ordinary Qi, albeit more refined, capable of transforming between energy and physical form.
But what if he could use this volatile substance to merge the Breathing Style, Demon Slayer Mark, and Reverse Life Triple?
What would the final result be? Would it be Sage Art, or as the Sanyi Sect founder envisioned, reversing to the innate state, becoming immortal and indestructible, and ascending to immortality?
Or perhaps, was this the ultimate path to heaven that Sage Art cultivation led to?
At least the animals from the three great sacred lands, like the toads from Mount Myōboku, could live for hundreds or thousands of years, breaking through their racial limits. That must be, as the Sanyi Sect founder thought, by increasing the amount of Innate Qi in their bodies, significantly extending their lifespan.
Given this, was it necessary for him to learn Reverse Life Triple?
That would still have to start with the Lu Family, because after the Sanyi Sect's demise, only Lu Jin remained. And even though Lu Jin had become a top master, one of the top five and aspiring for the top three in the country, a renowned figure in the Anomalous Human World known for his Flawless Life, he had never thought of rebuilding the Sanyi Sect due to his unavenged sect's destruction.
Thus, seventy years later, only the three members of the Lu Family—grandfather, son, and grandson—had inherited this unique skill.
Just as Qingshui was plotting how to obtain Reverse Life Triple, the situation on the field changed again.
Li Muxuan seemed intent on dying, or perhaps wanted to force Lu Jin to reach the same level as Zuo Ruotong back then. Thus, he repeatedly provoked Lu Jin with words, humiliating Lu Jin and Zuo Ruotong and other Sanyi Sect members. He even paid the price of severe injury to break through Lu Jin's middle Dantian.
And at this moment, Lu Jin finally broke through this critical step as Li Muxuan wished, reaching the peak of the Second Stage.
This was the realm Zuo Ruotong had reached before his fight with Wugensheng, capable of reconstructing the three dantians and becoming nearly immortal.
At this point, Lu Jin could be considered to have stepped into the threshold of the peak tier. If Zhang Zhiwei hadn't existed, Lu Jin would have been at the absolute peak, no less impressive than monsters like Zhang Huaiyi, who, among his peers, had mastered the Eight Unique Skills and possessed exceptionally high cultivation.
After all, over seventy years ago, Zuo Ruotong and Zhang Jingqing were considered the peak Anomalous Humans of their era.
Li Muxuan ultimately died, his temple pierced by a single jab from Lu Jin's finger.
At this moment, everyone knew that facing Lu Jin, who was now comparable to the Great Abundance Immortal of yesteryear, Li Muxuan, though a top expert himself, absolutely could not win. Continuing the fight would inevitably lead to his death.
Lu Jin had originally intended to let go, to have Li Muxuan sever ties with Quansheng and Wugensheng. He was even willing to let Li Muxuan help him rebuild the Sanyi Sect.
However, Li Muxuan still refused.
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