Chapter Ninety-Nine Exactly Seven

  An Qi's humanity was ultimately moved by the emotions of others, and his Taoist heart was completely lost. From then on, he could no longer cultivate himself. Although Xian Ze understood the Heavenly Way, no matter how bitterly he cultivated, it was difficult for him to make even a little progress.

  At that time, he was just a young boy, even if his mind was mature, but his cultivation was limited after all. Originally, on the day when there was no exit, who would have thought that he would become someone?

  With exceptional natural talent and extraordinary intelligence, having experienced five lifetimes as a human being, although his Dao heart was destroyed, he didn't have the slightest bit of despair.

  Unable to cultivate the Tao of Heaven, he began to cultivate the human world, with a single mind wanting to break through "The world is not enough, these seven words."

  Others all see through the world's impermanence and sever worldly emotions. From this, they gain insight into the Tao; but Ji An is different - he destroys his Taoist heart and enters the world as a human being, gaining insight into the ways of humanity! In the decades that follow, Ji An travels the world, pouring his heart into it, constantly using his insights into humanity to modify, perfect, and merge the memories of those Taoist techniques, ultimately succeeding in creating a terrifying divine ability: "Heaven and Humanity"

  The old devil spoke in one breath, saying a lot of things, his voice gradually sinking down, obviously somewhat physically exhausted, and had to slow down his speech, slowly saying: "In this life, short as it is, just over a hundred years, no matter how hard you try, when the end comes, you will still be filled with regret, hating yourself for doing something wrong, forgetting something, but everything is too late! Looking around the world, traveling through the human realm, who can escape these three words: "too late"?!

  Liang Xin also breathed a sigh of relief. The master's "come not in time" was actually not complicated, if put another way, it would be "too late for regrets".

  With a smile, he continued: "After I mastered the 'Heaven and Earth', I couldn't help but want to try it out on someone. At that time, the battle between good and evil was in full swing, providing me with plenty of opportunities to test my skills. To be honest, by then I wasn't considered a cultivator anymore, and the distinction between good and evil didn't matter to me. However, those old guys from the evil sect had helped me out quite a bit, and the little ones would all bow respectfully when they saw me. It wouldn't feel right to use them as practice targets. So, I decided to find someone from the righteous path to spar with instead!"

  The shore this "proof" right way people have fallen into a great calamity, a string of leaders and masters all died at his hands. Speaking to this point, the shore knocked on the tumor treasure from the inside, making a dull thud sound, followed by the old man laughing: "This treasure is exactly what was taken from the hands of a righteous high-ranking person."

  Moreover, I am now an ordinary person. Being able to live until now without dying is also because I seized a lot of spiritual pills and medicines.

  As he spoke, the old man's laughter suddenly grew louder: "When I was a monk, I thought it was okay to snatch things from ordinary people. Later, when I became an ordinary person, I snatched back to the true way of cultivation, and it felt great!"

  Jiang An's divine powers were on full display, and the evil path also turned back its decline. He was revered as a god, and countless evil cultivators yearned to worship him as their master. Among these people, there were both renowned masters and rising stars, but no matter how astonishing their talents or how brilliant their minds, none of them could learn Jiang An's divine powers.

  "The world's people" is not a monk's magical power, wanting to learn it can't have a mind of Tao!

  It's not that the people of the evil path can't bear to destroy their Dao heart, but rather they have lost touch with worldly emotions after cutting off worldly desires. Their Dao heart is too deep and heavy, and they simply don't know how to regain their worldly heart.

  In the pursuit of evil, a freak was finally found. This person had no moral integrity but managed to cultivate up to the third step, the realm of sound and color. He was the eldest disciple of Jiang'an, originally named Hu Ziguo, also known as Xia Jia, and later became the infamous Demon King "Xie Jia'er".

  Later events were roughly as Liang Xin had guessed, with Jiang being taught a good apprentice but himself falling into the belly of Tu Kuan, where he was trapped and could only survive by using the tumor law treasure to ward off the terrifying mud.

  Liáng Xīn finally finished listening to his master's story, knowing that this opportunity was rare in ancient times. He was overjoyed and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Master, how did you get swallowed by the earth?"

  "Shut up! This matter, I will never mention it again before I die!"

  He didn't mince words, directly sending Liang Xin back, and then took two deep breaths before speaking again. Finally, he brought up the topic of his own divine abilities: "I have grasped the human way, and my created divine abilities are all about dealing with this 'not having enough time'. I don't want to be in a rush, so I must find a way to deal with it! I am always thinking about how to avoid being in a rush. All of my research is for this purpose. Grinding the knife, I ask you, how can one deal with 'not having enough time'?"

  Liang Xins sunk into thought for a moment, then said with a serious face: "Disciple is foolish and doesn't know!"

  "Looking around the world, there is only one word that can deal with 'not having enough time' and that is... FAST!"

  The entire shore was excited, with a sharp and hoarse voice, almost screaming: "As long as you hurry up, only if you hurry up, will you not be too late! You hurry up, everything comes naturally on time, you hurry up, the enemy has no choice but to be too late! My magical power is called 'Heaven and Earth' because life is short, a hundred years pass in the blink of an eye, rather than waiting until old age to cry out 'too late', it's better to start early!"

  Speed is inviolable, it's a timeless principle. It's not just Liang Xin, even a three-year-old kid can understand that being fast and actually becoming fast are two completely different things.

  "Let the shore continue to wither and sink into the fields!" Of course, it's not that simple. Only when you truly understand what is unjust will you have the opportunity to comprehend the subtleties of "fast". This is a subject of study, not some kind of technique or skill. Having a master's guidance is certainly important, but the key lies in your own enlightenment!

  Liang Xin understood what he meant: "You always say that your skills, I'm not sure if I can learn them or not."

  "However, your conditions are not bad. Three True Primes, no Dao heart, and you're still quite clever. Even if you can't comprehend everything, at least you can learn some superficial skills. Ha! The superficial skills of the world are enough to dominate the world!"

  Liang Xin also smiled along with him, but in his heart he muttered: Let's wait for the two of us to get out alive first.

  Jiang finally finished telling his story, rested for a while, and then spoke again. The old man had the ultimate skill "Tian Xia Ren Jian" but this divine ability required comprehension. Distant water cannot quench present thirst, and the earth's strange insects can only sleep for two months before regaining their powers. In such a short period of time, Liang Xin couldn't even comprehend the first layer of "Tian Xia Ren Jian", let alone increase his cultivation level.

  So what Anshi had prepared was another set of methods that could rapidly increase his degree and help Liang Xin strike out a linked star array.

  Liáng Xīn only then realized that what he was about to learn wasn't the ultimate skill in the world, and his heart felt a slight sense of disappointment, but even more so, curiosity. Mastery isn't achieved overnight, and he wondered what kind of good methods this new teacher would have.

  He smiled slightly and said faintly, "The seven star souls in your body control the seven forces, but you only have two fists. Using two fists to wield the power of seven forces will naturally lead to a great discount, this is one reason!"

  Ah! Liang Xin couldn't help but let out a low cry, this principle is simple enough, but if no one with insight comes to break through this layer of window paper, I'm afraid I'll never understand it in my lifetime. Jiang An didn't pay attention to his exclamation and continued: "And the seven forces, taking turns in sequence, even if you're extremely skilled, will still waste time, that's the second point! As long as you overcome these two points, with your current level, forming two star arrays is no problem!"

  "These two points, easy to say, but also need to work hard to achieve!" Jiang's voice was low and solemn. What he valued most was the inheritance of the Taoist doctrine, so when he first met Liang Xin, his tone was polite and kind, but after becoming a disciple, even if it was just a nominal one, he became strict and serious: "In the human body, the most flexible joints are the hands, elbows, shoulders, hips, knees, and feet, plus one more brain!"

  Liang Xin calculated it once and was overjoyed, laughing: "Exactly seven!"

  "Fart!" This time it's not Zhang Shan's fault. Anyone would be furious: "Except for the head, all other joints come in pairs!"

  Liáng Xīn's face turned bright red, he himself didn't know how he could say something so stupid. At first, he was so embarrassed that he couldn't show his face, but after a moment, he finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Xin Lao Bei smiled and then continued to lecture: "Among these joints, if you want to use them to cast the Star Array, the most suitable order is: head as Tian Shu, shoulders as Tian Xuan, Tian Jie, fists as Tian Quan, Yu Heng, knees as Kai Yang, Yao Guang! From top to bottom, it's a smooth and natural movement! If you use seven joints to cast the Star Array, it will naturally be much faster than just using your fists to cast the Seven Stars!"

  The remaining things, don't need to say Liang Xin also understood, under the urge of heart thoughts, began to allocate star souls to corresponding joint positions. Advance the corresponding star soul power to the position, at that time, as long as it moves, it's good, no need to temporarily swap or call again, will also save time.

  An Qi let Liang Xin prepare for a while before speaking: "First use my method to try and form a star array."

  Liang Xin responded with a nod, his body moving mechanically like a marionette, occasionally shrugging his shoulders or twisting his neck. In his mind, he silently recited the Big Dipper's one-month array position. With a loud roar, he pounced on the Tumor Treasure, and all that could be heard was a dull thud. Liang Xin seemed to have transformed into a fearless toad, with his limbs splayed out, his head tilted at an angle, and his entire body sprawled across the "Tumor".

  He could feel something was off outside and couldn't help but take a deep breath of cold air.

  There wasn't even a star pattern, except for the double fists' positions being spot on, the head, shoulders and knees were all off.

  Moreover, there is an important condition for the formation of the star array, that is, the order of the strikes. The first strike must be at Tianxu in the Big Dipper, the second strike must be at Tiān Yuán, and as for Yaoguang, it must be the last strike.

  Liang Xin this time "frog jump" not only missed five positions, but also the order of the shots was seven out and eight in, completely off track.

  He originally thought it was good, but as soon as he pounced out, everything went completely awry. Upon reflection, no matter how flexible other joints were, they still couldn't compare to the dexterity of both hands working together. In their first "coordinated attack", they ended up in a complete mess.

  As expected, Teacher An became enraged, and almost spat on Liang Xin's face across the peerless treasure. After a scolding, he let out a mouthful of foul air and said again: "Practice! The more you practice, the more skilled you'll become. Don't come to disturb me, can't even let me have peace. When practicing, go disturb insects instead."