Chapter 364: [155] God and Buddha form, three births in one body_5
Han Lin’Er had always been merely a puppet for Liu Futong.
And when Han Lin’Er fell into Zhu Yuanzhang’s hands, he became Zhu Yuanzhang’s puppet as well.
In the year 1366, Han Lin’Er drowned in Gua Zhou. The White Lotus Society was well aware that the situation had changed and, with Zhu Yuanzhang’s nature, they were certain to face a reckoning.
The Jiang and Li families, being dominant voices within the White Lotus Society, immediately moved large amounts of gold, silver, and troops to the Korean Peninsula.
Among them, the patriarch of the Li family took something from the White Lotus Society’s headquarters in the Central Plains which had long been coveted by the Jiang family.
That was the "Formless Heaven".
The Formless Heaven is a peerless knowledge similar to scriptures, transcribed from the words inscribed on a cup that the Sect Leader of Manichaeism brought to the Central Plains.
Amidst the chaos and warfare that followed, the cup was lost due to Manichaeism being frequently banned.
Only the "Formless Heaven" transcribed from that cup became a treasured possession of the White Lotus Society.
It’s said that this supreme knowledge contains the universal truths of understanding the past, present, and future. If one could comprehend it, they could transcend to immortality.
For generations, the Jiang family had always yearned for the "Formless Heaven" that the Li family possessed, but due to social decorum, they hesitated to ask for it.
However, when Li Qionghao knelt before me, offering to present the "Formless Heaven" in exchange for sparing the lives of the Li family from Jiang Tianzhen’s wrath,
Jiang Tianzhen readily agreed and immediately pardoned the Li family’s rebellion without holding them accountable.
All that was required was for Li Qionghao to sacrifice himself to save the entire Li clan.
Yet, after Li Qionghao’s death, Jiang Tianzhen, who had obtained the "Formless Heaven," did not keep his promise and directly ordered the massacre of the entire Li clan, leaving only Li Jing’Er alive.
To save her life, Li Jing’Er resigned herself to becoming Jiang Tianzhen’s concubine.
The following events led to the secret liaison between Jiang Xuanhe and Li Jing’Er.
But today, Jiang Tianzhen never expected that Li Qionghao, whom he thought should have died years ago, was actually still alive.
Jinbao Eunuch was not Jiang Xuanhe’s man, but rather a piece on the chessboard laid out by Li Qionghao.
"Jiang Tianzhen, I watched you grow up, thinking I understood your character. By risking my life for atonement and offering you the ’Formless Heaven,’ I believed it could save the Li family,
but you have committed such an act of betrayal, making me want to skin you and eat your flesh!"
Li Qionghao stood up from the hollow pit, with only a pair of shorts and a skeleton-like frame, stripped of the animal hide blanket and mask.
What was particularly shocking was that on each side of Li Qionghao’s face, there were two different human faces.
From a distance, he looked like the legendary three-headed figure with three heads and six arms, extraordinarily imposing.
"Your three-bodied divine Buddha appearance, no matter how many times I look at it, still disgusts me, Li Qionghao. In the past, I could defeat you,
and now, in your old age and weakness, I could kill you effortlessly," Jiang Tianzhen laughed loudly, pointing and shooting out the White Lotus Thirty-Six Qi Swords with both hands.
They transformed into different arcs from different directions, vying to attack Li Qionghao’s various vital points.
"Jiang Tianzhen, today, I shall permanently keep you here, to accompany my deceased Li family,"
Li Qionghao’s arms trembled, and he bent his waist downward.
The skin clinging to his skeleton began to swell as if inflating.
His scant muscles swelled unnaturally, like air being pumped into them.
Within mere seconds, the once frail Li Qionghao transformed into a muscular man over two meters tall.
With his three-bodied divine Buddha appearance, he seemed like a Vajra Arhat descending to Earth, exuding an intimidating aura.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Gang Qi swords hit various parts of Li Qionghao’s body, leaving only white marks without even breaking the skin.
Jiang Tianzhen frowned. After many years of not seeing him, Li Qionghao’s strength seemed to have improved once more.
"Jiang Tianzhen, after all these years, it seems your strength hasn’t increased much." Li Qionghao’s six eyes fixed on Jiang Tianzhen, emanating a terrifying aura from head to toe.
Dimly, Jiang Tianzhen seemed to see wisps of golden energy emanating from Li Qionghao before him.
This golden energy gradually formed a huge phantom of a three-faced Vajra Arhat above Li Qionghao’s body.
The phantom was vivid and grand, causing Jiang Tianzhen’s pupils to contract with astonishment: "Is this... Heaven and Earth?!"
Virtually every Gang Qi Grandmaster capable of condensing a Condensing Pill spends their later years relentlessly studying human anatomy.
Everyone knows that the Three Elixirs and Four Resplendents are all related to the inner workings of the body, eliminating the need for common Martial Artists’ exercises and practices.
At their level, the routines and structures of Martial Arts are no longer necessary; a single Gang Qi from a Gang Qi Grandmaster is enough to rule the world.
How to condense the Upper Dantian is the unified goal of all Gang Qi Grandmasters.
In the theory of human Yin and Yang Five Elements, it explains what is Yin and what is Yang, and how the five organs correlate to Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.
If Yin and Yang and the Five Elements are balanced, then the body becomes a small world, achieving ’Unity of Heaven and Man’.
The small world gathers the Spirit of the body, which is the dwelling and repository of the Spirit. A powerful Spirit in the small world can manifest the body’s will and momentum.
Externally, one exhibits the ’spiritual mental state,’ a manifestation that is not visible to the naked eye.