Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 163 - 119: Sunflower Manual Versus Sunflower Manual! Dragon Spirit Tree!
Li Xuanji advanced towards Gui Risheng while asking Su Que.
But before he could finish his sentence, the soil beneath Su Que’s feet suddenly exploded, and his figure abruptly blurred, transforming into a flurry of shadows.
The pupils of Li Xuanji and the others sharply contracted.
This was the first time they had witnessed Su Que’s speed.
Qiu Yu had previously acted with Su Que but had only witnessed Su Que’s immense strength and ruthless strikes, unaware of Su Que’s body technique speed.
Gui Risheng was slaughtering wildly within the ranks, having just used the embroidery needle in his hand to slit a soldier’s throat.
Suddenly, he heard a sharp explosive sound.
He quickly turned towards the sound and immediately saw a blurred shadow rushing toward him, causing a chill to run down his spine.
Since arriving in the Southern Domain, it was the first time he had seen such speed!
Confronted with a formidable enemy, Gui Risheng shifted his focus from the others, concentrating intently on Su Que.
The next moment, Su Que’s figure plunged into the army, dodging the soldiers, charging towards Gui Risheng.
"Chh!"
As Su Que was about to reach him, Gui Risheng let out a sharp shout, pinching the embroidery needle with his right hand and thrusting it forward fiercely.
This thrust was executed with the full power of the Sunflower Manual, the move akin to lightning and thunder, extraordinarily swift.
He anticipated Su Que’s movement, and as long as Su Que advanced, this embroidery needle would pierce into Su Que’s throat.
The embroidery needle tore through the air, producing a deafening explosion.
’Too slow!’
Su Que also utilized the martial arts from the Sunflower Manual.
His advancing form suddenly twisted subtly and inexplicably.
Just this minuscule deviation caused the embroidery needle to strike the empty space to the right of Su Que’s neck.
Simultaneously, Su Que pressed his right thumb against his palm, four fingers slightly bent and joined, forming a pointing gesture aimed at Gui Risheng’s throat, and thrust fiercely!
The right hand suddenly vanished into a blur.
Immediately after, the blurred red shadow of Gui Risheng abruptly paused, and a jet of blood shot out from his throat!
The scalding blood sprayed diagonally towards the sky, then fell.
Several soldiers who hadn’t reacted in time were instantly drenched in blood.
Gui Risheng fell backward, dropping the embroidery needle.
With both hands tightly clutching his throat, he poured True Qi into the wound, desperately trying to stop the blood flow.
At the same time, his eyes, gradually dimming, were fixed intently on Su Que.
For just now, in their exchange, he had recognized the martial arts of the Sunflower Manual from Su Que’s body technique.
He couldn’t help but think, the male servant who had stolen his Sunflower Manual, whom he had been searching for these days, must have fallen into this mysterious person’s hands!
However, he also thought to himself.
Even if this mysterious person had obtained the Sunflower Manual on the night the male servant escaped, it had only been a few months.
Yet, judging by this person’s body technique speed, his mastery of the Sunflower Manual was much higher than his, which he had cultivated for decades!
What is going on...
Gui Risheng couldn’t figure it out for a moment.
He couldn’t think anymore, as his consciousness was already fading.
The wound in his throat was too severe; even with his hands tightly covering it and infusing True Qi continuously.
The blood still gushed out like a spring.
Furthermore, Su Que’s finger strike not only severed his blood vessels, but also cut his windpipe. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
With severe blood loss and inability to breathe, Gui Risheng’s pupils soon became unfocused, and he died.
’If only I had come earlier.’
Su Que sighed inwardly. After the exchange, he realized Gui Risheng’s insight into the Sunflower Manual was only at the early stage of 4th Realm Elite.
To think he had considered Gui Risheng formidable, prompting him to practice the Sunflower Manual day and night for the past half month, without sleep.
As Su Que mused, he squatted down, his hands swiftly searching Gui Risheng’s body.
But finding nothing, he had to stand up.
Meanwhile, Li Xuanji and the others had yet to recover from the shock of Su Que defeating Gui Risheng in an instant.
"There shouldn’t be any more experts in the Zaiyang Sect, right?" Su Que asked Li Xuanji.
Li Xuanji snapped back to reality, shifting his gaze from Gui Risheng’s corpse: "No, sir."
"Then please, Mr. Li, lead the army to attack the mountain." Su Que said.
Li Xuanji nodded immediately, then used the treasure saber in his hand to cut off Gui Risheng’s head, lifting it in his left hand.
Leading his soldiers, he attacked the mountain.
"Gui Risheng is dead! Those who join my Heaven-Breaking Army shall not be killed!"
Li Xuanji held Gui Risheng’s head high, channeling Qi into his Dantian, and shouted out.
The sound echoed layer upon layer across Hongyuan Mountain, reaching the ears of almost every believer in the Zaiyang Sect.
With their leader Gui Risheng dead, most believers in the Zaiyang Sect chose to surrender and join.
Only a small portion of resistors was killed by the Heaven-Breaking Army.
The Heaven-Breaking Army virtually took over the Zaiyang Sect without shedding blood.
Su Que and Li Xuanji, along with other experts, were led by the Zaiyang Sect disciples to the deep palace where Gui Risheng resided.
These individuals wanted to see if Gui Risheng had left behind any valuable items.
Su Que wanted to see if the Zaiyang Sect had left any other sinister martial arts secret manuals besides the Sunflower Manual.
He and Li Xuanji searched Gui Risheng’s deep palace, finding no secret manuals.
Instead, Elder Dan Yang found several elixir recipes.
Su Que stepped forward for a glance and immediately lost interest.
These prescriptions were transcribed from the Sunflower Manual.
Consuming the elixirs refined from these prescriptions could shrink the Adam’s apple, suppress beards, and other male characteristics.
"Gui Risheng escaped from the palace; these recipes might be from the palace, and could be useful. I’ll take them back for my junior brother to see."
Said Elder Dan Yang, putting the elixir recipes into his possession.
Though both he and Elder Qingxuan were fellow disciples, one focused solely on martial arts, the other on alchemy.
Elder Dan Yang knew little about alchemy, thus unaware that using these medicines to refine elixirs could indeed increase power, but would also suppress male characteristics.
After searching for a while, Li Xuanji found no secret manuals and called over a handsome Zaiyang Sect servant to ask, "Do you know if Gui Risheng had any martial arts secret manuals?"
The Zaiyang Sect servant bowed low and responded, "There were, sir. One day, a servant stole Gui Risheng’s secret manual, and he was furious."
Li Xuanji asked, "Was the manual ever found?"
"No." Answered the Zaiyang Sect servant.
Since Su Que defeated Gui Risheng almost instantly.
And only used the Sunflower Manual martial arts for a moment, with only Gui Risheng, very familiar with the manual, noticing nuances in Su Que’s body technique.
Li Xuanji and the others had never exchanged blows with Gui Risheng and were seeing him for the first time today, hence unfamiliar with Gui Risheng’s martial arts.
They only observed Su Que’s body technique speed was faster than Gui Risheng’s.
Without noticing the similarity in Su Que’s body technique to Gui Risheng’s.
Su Que searched Gui Risheng’s deep palace for quite a while, not finding any manuals.
He discovered a hidden compartment and, upon opening it, found two white porcelain bottles inside.
He picked one up, removed the stopper, and was immediately greeted by a refreshing fragrance.
Inside the bottle was a light green liquid he had once obtained from the servant who stole Gui Risheng’s manual.
"What is this?"
Su Que called over a Zaiyang Sect servant and asked.
"It’s Dragon Spirit Tree Juice." Answered the servant.
"Dragon Spirit Tree?" Su Que inquired further.
He initially thought it was a concoction brewed by the Zaiyang Sect, but hadn’t expected that merely a tree’s sap could rival an elixir’s effect.
"The Dragon Spirit Tree is right next to the herb field in the back mountain." The servant responded.
"Take me to see it." Su Que commanded.
Though the Dragon Spirit Tree Juice had minimal medicinal power for him in a single intake now.
Drinking several bottles would accumulate medicinal power enough to rival the Celestial Essence Pill.
Though he controlled the herb field of the Zaiyang Sect, Elder Qingxuan wouldn’t be able to refine Celestial Essence Pills from the herbs for three days.
During that time, he could drink Dragon Spirit Tree Juice.
Furthermore, if just the Dragon Spirit Tree Juice had such medicinal power.
If the Dragon Spirit Tree bore fruit, perhaps the fruit’s medicinal power would be even greater.
"Oh, so Hongyuan Mountain grows a Dragon Spirit Tree; no wonder rare medicinal herbs can be cultivated here."
The conversation between Su Que and the servant was overheard by Li Xuanji.
He walked over to join the conversation with Su Que.
