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

Chapter 3 Ruyi Jin and Minghun Shu

"Hahahaha...hiccup! Sorry, sorry, I heard a really funny joke."

Lu Qian clutched his stomach and laughed on the ground. Lu Ci's words made him laugh so hard he hiccuped.

"What did you say? That Lü Huan should carry on the Lü family line? Don't be ridiculous, do you even believe that yourself?"

"Yes, Lüjia Village allows sons-in-law to marry into the family. Putting aside the status of the sons-in-law, the women of the Lü family who marry into the family are no different from breeding machines. Their only responsibility is to give birth to offspring with the Lü family bloodline and the surname Lü."

"Undeniably, Lü Huan's talent is truly astonishing, and her future strength is definitely enough to inherit the Lü family. However, she is a woman, and doing this breaks the rules that oppress women within the Lü family village. In the future, Lü family women will become the most unstable factor within the closed-off Lü family village."

"I'm still here, old man!"

"Yes, with you here, you can naturally keep the situation in Lü Family Village under control, but you are almost a hundred years old, and how old is Lü Huan? Ten years old? It's a question whether you can live long enough for Lü Huan to get married."

Lu Qian smoothed his chest, suppressing the turbulent breath in his chest, and then spoke.

"Not to mention those far away, just look at Lu Huan's mother, Aunt Feng, and Aunt Ping. They haven't seen you treat them any differently."

"Furthermore, sir, I've noticed that although you admire the Mind-Clearing Technique, you don't allow its users to dominate the village. You always have to use the Ruyi Force users to suppress them."

Upon hearing this, Lü Ci raised an eyebrow, his long white hair concealing his sinister gaze.

Lu Qian felt a chill run down his spine. He rubbed his hands together, thinking he had just touched on the old man's secret.

Anyway, the old man never gave him a kind look from the very beginning.

But from an angle he couldn't see, Lü Ci's dark face was hidden in the shadows, his eyes looking at Lü Qian through the strands of hair on his forehead, his hands clenching and unclenching behind his back.

Just like one! A hedgehog-like temperament, and that clever head of his—another little hedgehog from the Lü family.

Lu Qian continued, "You have three sons and one daughter. Your grandfather, Zhongda, carries on two family skills. As a woman, Aunt Ping can only learn the Minghun Technique. My grandfather, Lu Yi, cannot cultivate Qi."

"Although Master Xiao Er did not awaken the Minghun Technique, his Ruyi Jin was personally trained by you, and in terms of skill, he can be considered the second best in the entire clan."

"Moreover, when handling family affairs every day, you always bring Master Xiao with you, but you ignore Master Zhong, who is proficient in both disciplines. It's quite puzzling."

As he spoke, Lü Qian felt the chill around him growing more intense. He glanced at Lü Ci, whose expression he couldn't discern, and instinctively changed the subject.

"Alright, enough of this small talk. Although I haven't awakened the Bright Soul Technique either, my Ruyi Force alone is already the best among my peers. As for whether you'll have a better grandson in the future, nobody can say for sure, but how many more years will your old bones be able to move around?"

"Although our Lü family is a powerful clan, to put it bluntly, we are just bandits who make a living by force, and we can't compare with the other three families."

"If we're talking about ruthlessness and fighting, our family isn't lacking, but we have no foundation or special methods for maintaining our skills. Can your abilities last until the next generation grows up?"

After speaking, Lü Qian scrambled to his feet, his eyes fixed intently on Lü Ci's tall frame.

He stood up straight with his hands behind his back, staring at Lü Ci's hidden face, his whole body radiating a ruthless energy.

Being a dutiful son and virtuous grandson for too long will eventually mask Lü Qian's inherent arrogance and the madness flowing in his blood.

This is the bloodline of Lü Ci, carrying his former arrogance and unruliness.

Inside the training ground, blue bricks and broken stones were scattered haphazardly on the ground. Two people, one tall and one short, stood facing each other, like looking in a mirror, both exuding the same ruthless aura.

After staring at each other for a long time, Lü Ci suddenly clenched his fist behind his back. He slowly raised his head, and a ruthless expression slowly appeared in the sunlight.

A gentle breeze blew, lifting the white hair that had been covering his forehead and revealing a complex look in his eyes.

"Heh, heh heh... Kid, very good, you're very good."

"A wolf cub with sharp teeth emerged from a flock of sheep."

He took two steps toward Lü Qian, and the image of another young man appeared before his eyes—himself in his youth.

"You're a lot like me, with a fierce streak. I knew you were pretty crazy ever since you started practicing Qi as a kid."

"Practice hard in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer. There used to be many people like that, because in those days, you couldn't survive without skill."

"For a child who has just attained Qi, the process of strengthening their muscles and bones is tedious and painful."

"Very few children in the entire village can persevere through this crucial stage of development. Compared to the pain of practicing Ruyi Jin, they are more willing to pursue the wonders of Minghun Shu."

"But you actually gritted your teeth and persevered, never slacking off, pushing yourself to the limit and constantly breaking through."

He reached out his tightly clenched hand from behind his back and patted Lü Qian's straight body.

"As long as your natural talent doesn't go astray, with proper training, you're definitely destined to become a grandmaster."

"Of course, my goal is not you, but that Celestial Master on Longhu Mountain. No, that Celestial Daoist is not my final destination either. I want to be the one who reaches the heavens."

Lu Qian dodged Lu Ci's slapping hand, cautiously moving away while pointing south and sticking his head out.

"I understand what you just said. You're saying we, the Lü family, are too poor, aren't you?"

"One local tyrant isn't enough for you, and now you want to change my Lü Family Village?"

Lu Ci smiled and withdrew his empty palm, putting his hands behind his back again. He looked towards Longhu Mountain in the direction Lu Qian was pointing, as if he could see the Taoist priest who he both respected and feared.

"The village rules of the Lü family cannot be broken lightly. If you want to leave the village, there are only two ways."

As he spoke, Lü Ci held up two fingers and gestured towards Lü Qian.

Hearing Lü Ci's relaxed tone, Lü Qian disregarded the tense atmosphere from before. He wiped his face, his hands covered in dust, and hastily wiped away the blood oozing from his nostrils. His once handsome face was now a mixture of blood and dust.

He paid no attention to the mess and listened intently.

"First, after I die of old age, you can suppress everyone and seize the position of family head. Then you can do whatever you want. Even if you squander the family fortune and become a monk, no one will care about you."

"I just want to be a better version of myself, so that I can create a better Lü family. Old man, what kind of person do you take me for?"

Lu Qian rolled his eyes and casually wiped his blood-stained hand towards Lu Ci, who was standing next to him.

Lu Ci looked down at the bloody handprints on his jacket, paused for a moment, and then continued.

"Second, show me now. I don't know what it's like at the top; I don't know how to reach the heavens, but I know who the Heavenly Daoist is, and I understand how powerful the Celestial Master is."

"Since you are determined to surpass the Old Master, you must do what he can do."

Lu Ci lowered his head, pressed Lu Qian's shoulder, stared at those still childlike eyes, and said earnestly.

"I choose option two!"

"Are you sure? I won't let you regret this. If you fail to reach your goal and waste your cultivation, I will personally cripple you!"

Lu Ci gripped Lu Qian's shoulder tightly, and a ruthless aura enveloped Lu Qian once again.

He stared intently into Lü Qian's eyes, making sure there was no hesitation or retreat in them.

"I'm sure!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

Upon hearing this, Lü Ci released his grip on Lü Qian's shoulder, stood up straight, and roared to the sky.

"The Lü family has a worthy successor!"

Crazy enough, and wild enough!

He's just like my fearless self when I was young, but he's even better than me.

Brother, this time I want to see a different Lü Ci.

A single, glistening tear welled up in Lü Ci's harsh eyes, but he abruptly tilted his head back, and the tear vanished.

"From now on, I'll be stricter with you. I want you to beat someone at the Lu family's birthday banquet in a few months!"

"Could it be some kid younger than me?"

"Don't worry, he's from your generation, but he's two years older than you."

Lu Qian watched Lu Ci's departing figure with a flicker in his eyes. He wiped his face haphazardly with his sleeve, removing some dried bloodstains.

He is a reincarnated person who lived an ordinary life in his previous life.

He went from being unwilling to be ordinary to gradually accepting his own ordinariness.

But one day, a sudden accident ended his peaceful life, and he was transported to a new world, a world in a comic book.

This world is different from the world of the previous one; this world possesses extraordinary power—Qi.

Fortunately, Lü Qian has a sense of Qi and a great talent for cultivating Qi, which means he has the potential to become extraordinary.

Having experienced a mediocre life that could be described as incompetent in his previous life, Lü Qian chooses to achieve something extraordinary in this life.

He immersed himself in the path of cultivation like a madman, verifying those fantastical ideas.

With his extraordinary talent and diligent training, Lü Qian had already become the number one among the younger generation in Lü Family Village and was deeply loved by Lü Ci.

But this is not enough; to be precise, the Lü family is not enough to realize Lü Qian's ambitions.

He wants to become an immortal! He wants to pursue the legend in this extraordinary world—ascension to immortality.

The easiest way to ascend to immortality is to join a sect that has members who have already ascended.

However, the isolation of Lüjia Village and Lü Ci's almost abnormal control were shackles on Lü Qianqiu's path.

Now the little madman is trying to persuade the big madman, and luckily, he succeeded!

Lu Qian looked up at the high-hanging sun, put his hands behind his head, hummed a tune, and walked home.

"Hiss—, this old man is really ruthless."

……

Wudang Mountain

Master Yunlong looked at Lü Qian, who was earnestly recounting the past with a strange expression.

Listening to Lü Qian's detailed yet concise account, he twitched his lips and asked.

"Is this why you slapped the Lu family head's top disciple until he cried at the Lu family's birthday banquet?"