Under One Person: The Seeker of the Dao in the Lü Family

Chapter 311 The Predecessors and the Butterfly, A Moment of Proof

In the void of the inner world, Lü Qian marveled at Zuo Ruotong's rich experience of learning, but did not continue his discussion. Instead, he extended his right hand from his robe sleeve.

As he flipped his fingers, wisps of white energy emanated from his fingertips, and a color as pure as frost spread from his wrist to his entire palm.

Lu Qian looked at his right hand, which had transformed into a flow of Qi, then closed his eyes and uttered a mantra in a deep voice.

"First gather the light of wisdom to generate spiritual fire, then scorch the Niwan point to refine the evil spirits."

He sat cross-legged in the void with his eyes closed. Gradually, a hazy spiritual light gathered between his eyebrows, shimmering with a mottled glow, like a tangled mess of threads, impossible to cut or untangle, just like a person's hundreds of thoughts.

However, just as these chaotic thoughts gathered more and more, and the mottled radiance seemed to be filling the entire space between his eyebrows, a flash of fire appeared.

This tiny flame was inconspicuous amidst the chaotic radiance, but it was not overwhelmed or assimilated by the distracting thoughts. Instead, it seemed to have encountered kindling, suddenly igniting the tangled mess of thoughts.

Dry wood catches fire; it will ignite upon contact.

In an instant, the flame suppressed all distracting thoughts that had formed a ball of light. The mottled glow gradually dissipated in the intense firelight, transforming into strands of pure white, flawless light.

"Eliminate evil thoughts and retain your true nature, born from a touch of innate fire."

Strands of light wandered and danced in the raging fire. The flames were scorching hot, but they did not ignite these streaks of light. Instead, they gathered them into the flames, causing them to contract and shrink with the rise and fall of the flames.

"Truly worthy of being the first person in six hundred years."

Amidst the surging waves of the inner landscape, Zuo Ruotong's figure became increasingly illusory, as if he were about to be expelled from the inner landscape at any moment. However, he did not show the slightest worry. Instead, he looked at the flames pulsating between Lü Qian's brows, radiating a heartfelt joy.

He had only briefly explained the idea to Lü Qian, but had not explained the specific method of circulating qi. Unexpectedly, Lü Qian had comprehended the method on his own and seen through the principles behind it.

Today, Lü Qian is personally practicing this improved method, expounding the Dharma and preaching it to himself, the "Great Abundance Immortal".

Looking at Lü Qian's youthful figure, Zuo Ruotong's smile contained both surprise at his talent and understanding and relief at his performance.

"Although the paths of Tao are interconnected, people are vastly different."

Thinking of this, Zuo Ruotong carefully observed Lü Qian's condition, grasping the difference that this path of rebirth he had improved showed under others' feet.

This greatly helped him on his path of creating new methods.

"The mind is clear and bright, reflecting the ancestral nature; its radiance shines like the sun, illuminating all directions."

Lu Qian slowly opened his eyes, and a crimson-gold light flowed deep within his pupils, as if a long river of flames was flowing in his eyes.

No, it wasn't a river of flames flowing, but rather, like the sun and the moon, two great stars that originally hung high in the heavens were illuminated in his eyes.

As the sun and moon were illuminated in Lü Qian's pupils, the pure white light that had been gathering and converging in the flames between his brows completely condensed into one, transforming into a third dazzling star.

It is called "stars" but the light at the center of the brow is too dazzling, too pure, and too ethereal and ancient. Compared with the bright light of the sun and moon shining in the eyes, it appears even more desolate and ancient.

If those eyes, transformed into the sun and moon, were radiant, they were merely similar to the brilliance of the sun and moon, but with an added touch of human nature.

But the "stars" that were flashing between his brows, which were opposite his eyes to the sun and moon, were more like the eternal morning stars in the dark night sky and the boundless universe. They no longer contained human energy, but rather the eternity of the void.

Its radiance was pure and bright, just like real starlight, illuminating the past and present, disregarding time, space, and cause and effect.

"Innate ancestral traits!"

Upon seeing this, Zuo Ruotong, who had initially suppressed his surprise, suddenly stood up from his cross-legged position. He took two quick steps to stand in front of Lü Qian, but only stopped in front of him.

"I can't believe it actually works!"

"It's done! It really can work!"

Even Zuo Ruotong, who was usually calm and composed, and unmoved by anything passing by, was somewhat out of control at this moment, and her ever-changing appearance and demeanor became even more erratic.

It is not easy to remain in the inner realm with a pseudo-realm body, as one can be knocked down to the mortal world at any time. But at this moment, Zuo Ruotong's aura suddenly surged and dropped. The Qi flow that was about to dissipate seemed to be suppressed by a large stone, firmly nailed to this inner realm void.

"This is the moment, right now! This is all I need!"

Zuo Ruotong stood resolutely in front of Lü Qian. The surging Qi around her was like a turbulent tide, but it did not disturb Lü Qian in the slightest. He was firmly suppressed behind Zuo Ruotong.

At this moment, the inner void seemed to have become two separate worlds. On Zuo Ruotong's side, the Qi waves surged and dispersed, while Lü Qian's spiritual light became increasingly pure and powerful, like a newly rising star in the boundless void.

This is Lü Qian helping Zuo Ruotong verify the path of cultivation, using his own realm to simulate Zuo Ruotong's modified Reverse Rebirth Triple Realm.

No one can reside in the Great Luo Heaven for long without being a saint. He and Zuo Ruotong are still on the mortal path at this time, and they don't know when they will meet again. He can only help Zuo Ruotong continue her path of rebirth in this way.

An invisible force from the void pressed down on Zuo Ruotong from all directions, as if it had discovered this illegal intruder, and the force driving it away became increasingly powerful.

However, Zuo Ruotong was like a stubborn reef facing a raging sea. No matter how the invisible repulsive force from the surroundings kept breaking his pseudo-innate Qi state, he just stood there silently reshaping himself.

Dissipating again and again, reconstructing again and again...

He was once like that, operating the "invisible path ahead" triple rebirth technique, groping in the dark on the road called "rebirth," walking with his head down for a lifetime.

For decades, Zuo Ruotong had mastered the Reverse Life Triple Cycle instinctively.

Yes, instinct, the triple rebirth technique has become his instinct to survive.

He had seen and deduced in the inner vision the situation where he had not encountered Lü Qian. As expected, when the lie of the Reverse Rebirth Triple was exposed and the myth of the Sanyi Sect, which had been passed down for hundreds of years, was shattered, he chose to die.

There was no hysterical questioning of ancestors or predecessors, no resentful cursing of peers or others, and no regret for persisting on the path of defying death...

He calmly accepted this answer he had long anticipated, then easily let go of his instinctive obsession, and in the final moments of his life, he smiled as he fulfilled the wish of the seeker named "Zuo Ruotong".

Yes, it was "Zuo Ruotong" who was fulfilled, not "the head of the Sanyi Sect", not "Daying Immortal", not "Kanglong Master", but simply "the seeker of the Dao" who was tired from walking the path of reversing life.

In the end, after abandoning the path of "reverse rebirth," he did not try to take on the responsibility of leading the sect again.

Over the decades, he was tired, but he also believed that he had done his best, neither deceiving himself nor the world. He chose to trust "those who come after him," leaving what should be left to future generations for the future, and leaving what should be ended in the present for the past.

Now that he has met Lü Qian, it's like a butterfly that has been deviated from its original trajectory by a gentle breeze, but a butterfly is still a butterfly, and Zuo Ruotong is still Zuo Ruotong.

He remains the same pure seeker of the Way. The previous "Zuo Ruotong" fell on the path of reversing life, and he became the successor, continuing the path of that "Zuo Ruotong".

But Zuo Ruotong is no longer groping in the dark on a path where there is no way forward and no one to accompany her.

This time, he had a fellow Daoist to accompany him. At this moment, Lü Qian, who was shining brightly in the inner void, was the guiding light that accompanied him on his Daoist journey.