Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 128 - 104: Initial Insight into the Sunflower Manual

Then he walked outside.

The goateed man seemed to realize the gravity of the situation, his legs flailing in the air as he desperately struggled and begged Ou Haquan for mercy:

"Uncle Ou, my father Lin Si has had tea with you a few times!"

"Just now I spoke without a filter, I will punish myself! Please spare me!"

Amid the goateed man's shouts, two men carried him into the funeral procession.

The goateed man's figure was soon engulfed by other Ou Family servants dressed in white.

Quickly, the goateed man's voice vanished.

The people in the eatery were mildly startled by this scene, immediately lowering their heads, not daring to look at the Ou family's funeral procession.

The Ou family's procession moved slowly down the long street.

Along the way, there were vendors and shops ahead of them selling festive items like peace knots, red lanterns, clay figures, and rattle drums.

With a glance from Ou Haquan, several strong men trained in martial arts emerged from the funeral procession to order these stalls to close, or the shops to shut their doors.

If they obediently packed up and closed, the Ou Family's martial artists did not trouble them.

But any slight complaint, and the Ou Family martial artists immediately destroyed all the goods in the stalls and shops.

At this time, Su Que had already finished eating all the snacks on the table.

He paid the bill and walked out of the eatery.

He planned to buy some oilcloths to dig up the items he buried outside the city last night.

After wrapping them, he would bury them again.

As he walked, he saw soldiers from the Thunderbolt Army, just like the Ou Family, forcing shops selling festive items to close.

And demanding that every household hang up white banners.

The Thunderbolt Army was even more domineering than the Ou Family, wanting the entire city to mourn their fallen soldiers.

Seeing all this, Su Que couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

In this world, the strong thus lord over the weak.

However, he had no intention of siding with the weak.

He just wanted to live in this world without being lorded over by others, forced to do things he didn't want to do.

After buying the oilcloth, Su Que put it into a bundle, carried it in his hand, and walked out of the city.

At the city gate, the soldiers on guard scrutinized his appearance.

They had learned Lu Sheng's appearance and were checking passersby to see if Lu Sheng might be among them.

Seeing that although Su Que was handsome, he didn't resemble Lu Sheng, they asked for his name and occupation.

Upon hearing that Su Que was an official at the government office, the guards let him pass.

Su Que reached the forest where he had buried the items, used Lightweight Skill, and circled the area.

Seeing no one around, he mobilized True Qi, dug up the soil, and retrieved the buried items.

First, he untied a bundle, took out the "Sunflower Manual," two bottles of "Dragon Ascending Pill," and two bottles of pale green liquid found on Lu Sheng, placing them into the oilcloth bundle.

Then he wrapped the remaining items with oilcloth and placed them back into the deep hole.

After that, he pushed the soil back down, restoring the area to its natural appearance.

Having completed all this, Su Que carried the bundle containing the "Sunflower Manual" and other items through another city gate and headed home.

Upon returning home, he saw Su Jing standing on a ladder, on tiptoe, struggling to hang a white banner.

Beside the ladder were another white banner and two white lanterns.

"Who told you to hang these?" Su Que walked over and suddenly asked.

Su Jing was focused on hanging the white banner and hadn't noticed Su Que's arrival. Hearing Su Que speak, she was startled.

Her slender figure wobbled unsteadily on the ladder.

She quickly regained her balance, looked down, saw that it was Su Que, and exhaled softly, patting her chest with her delicate hands:

"You scared me. Earlier, some Thunderbolt Army soldiers came knocking and told me to hang them."

"I even had to buy these white banners and lanterns myself. They said they'd come back later to check if we had hung them."

"Let me do it."

Su Que called Su Jing down and then climbed up the ladder himself to hang the white banners and lanterns.

After hanging them, Su Que moved the ladder back inside the house.

Su Jing followed beside him and asked, "Xiao Que, where were you last night?"

Su Que immediately fabricated a lie about wandering outside yesterday and told it to Su Jing.

After hearing it, Su Jing said, "Xiao Que, it's not safe to stay overnight in a small town. At least in the city, there are soldiers patrolling."

Su Que just nodded in agreement, walked into the house, put away the ladder, and returned to his room.

He closed the door, opened the bundle, and took out the "Sunflower Manual."

'Finally, I can begin cultivating the "Sunflower Manual."'

Su Que felt quite anticipatory as he opened the pages of this old book.

...

Kitchen.

The sound of metal grinding on stone echoed.

Su Que was sitting on a small stool, holding a kitchen knife, sharpening it repeatedly on a whetstone.

As he sharpened, he scooped water from a bucket to rinse the stains off the knife.

With each pass on the whetstone, the blade became sharper and more polished.

'Almost there...'

Seeing the knife was sharp enough, Su Que scooped another ladle of water to wash away the stains on the knife.

Then, he stood up and gripped the knife firmly.

His eyes focused, he swung the knife down furiously at the object below!

The knife fell, the chicken's head was severed.

Immediately, Su Que chopped swiftly on the cutting board, dividing the chicken breast, thighs, wings, and other parts into pieces.

He prepared a white-cut chicken platter.

One stick of incense ago, he was reading the "Sunflower Manual," when Su Jing came outside to tell him that Li Yujing was coming over for lunch. Su Jing wanted to cook herself and asked if he could help.

Su Que thought that since his official position was secured with Li Yujing's help, he agreed to help Su Jing with the preparations.

After Su Jing parboiled the chicken, it was up to Su Que, who had practiced "Five Animals Qigong" and was physically strong, to chop the chicken into pieces.

After having lunch with Li Yujing, Su Que helped Su Jing with the dishes.

He then returned to his room, closed the door, and continued reading the "Sunflower Manual."

After about half an hour, he thoroughly grasped the entire "Sunflower Manual."

The "Sunflower Manual" is mainly divided into four parts: General Maxims, Inner Strength, Techniques, and Medicine.

The first two lines of its General Maxims state: "To master Divine Skill, one must self-castrate."

The reason for "self-castration" is that if not done, a scorching heat rises in the body during cultivation.

This scorching heat, like a blaze of toxic fire, rushes through the body, causing significant damage to the practitioner!

Even if the practitioner knows this heat is harmful and stops midway, the damage caused by this heat is hard to heal.

To prevent the heat, "self-castration" is just the first step.

Subsequently, "medication" is needed.

Practitioners who self-castrate initially feel no heat.

But eventually, the castrated region may regrow, causing heat and Qigong Deviation, leading to severe bodily harm.

Thus, the practice of "Alchemy and Medicine" helps completely eliminate the gender traits.

After medication, combined with the Inner Strength of the "Sunflower Manual."

If the cultivator is male, male gender traits like the Adam's apple and beard gradually disappear.

And there's no concern about the castrated region regrowing.

According to the "Sunflower Manual," if cultivated to the top level, the cultivator will transform into a legendary Celestial Human Transformation, neither male nor female.

'To master Divine Skill, one must self-castrate...'

'I'll show you it's possible to succeed without self-castration!'

Su Que thought gleefully, immediately placing the secret manual aside and sitting cross-legged on the bed.

Following the Qi Circulation Technique described in the "Sunflower Manual," he began cultivating.

Soon, a wave of heat surged within his body.

'This should be the scorching heat mentioned in the "Sunflower Manual"...'

Su Que ignored the heat and continued cultivating.

Soon after, the heat coursed up and down his body.

Yet, Su Que felt no discomfort.

Instead, he felt utterly comfortable.

It was as if a warm spring was flowing through his body, nourishing his blood and meridians.

—The side effect of "scorching heat harms the body" was reversed to "scorching heat nourishes the body" on him.

'Not bad!'

Su Que silently praised himself and continued focusing on his cultivation.

Entering the "Sunflower Manual" would not create much commotion.

For the next two days, Su Que stayed home to cultivate.

By the second night's eve, Su Que was sitting cross-legged on the bed, maintaining the posture for cultivating the "Sunflower Manual."

Suddenly, he felt a surge of energy rise from his Dantian, then flow toward his right kidney.

'It seems I've fully entered the initial stage...'

Su Que felt a stirring in his heart and called forth his Attributes.

Sunflower Manual (1st Realm Initial Insight 1%)