Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 353 - 211: Separation Fire and Ice Shatter the Seventh Heaven!
However, he could have the Heaven-Breaking Army send out spies to gather information for him.
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After Su Que arrived at the Heaven-Breaking Army Mansion, he met with Li Xuanji again.
It seemed that all these days, Li Xuanji had not gone out and was still staying in the mansion.
When Li Xuanji saw Su Que, his eyes flickered brightly.
During this period, although his troops were still lying low in the Southern Domain, he had begun establishing an intelligence network in the Central Plains.
In many key cities in the Central Plains, he had spies stationed.
Recently, among the reports from his spies, there was news about this mysterious individual in front of him.
The report mentioned a mysterious expert wearing a Rakshasa Mask, who at the Xiliang Cold Pool killed people from the Lin Family, Hidden Iron Manor, and even a general under the Nineteen Crown Prince.
Additionally, it mentioned another mysterious expert, with a face veiled in purple aura, who at the Great Celestial Fire Mountain killed the court’s Earth Evil Guard.
For a time, the court and various forces were all investigating this person, but to no avail.
Although Li Xuanji’s confidants knew that Su Que, this mysterious expert, had a deep connection with the Heaven-Breaking Army, he instructed them to keep their mouths shut and not reveal anything to others.
At this stage, his Heaven-Breaking Army was still developing. They were not afraid of ordinary soldiers in the Central Plains, but if the elite troops of the Nineteen Crown Prince, along with forces like the Lin Family, attacked the Southern Domain together,
the Heaven-Breaking Army would not dare to directly confront them and would have to abandon all cities in the Southern Domain and flee in haste.
’Have you entered the Divine Realm, sir?’
Li Xuanji couldn’t help asking upon meeting Su Que.
Su Que nodded.
Li Xuanji felt secretly pleased, thinking that it was not in vain to show Su Que those precious secret manuals from his family.
The Divine Realm is the highest level in the Liang Country Martial Arts.
At least, he had made a connection with a Divine Realm Martial Artist.
The Divine Realm martial artists in the Central Plains are mostly concentrated in the court, noble families, and great sects.
This power was something he greatly feared.
Without Su Que, he and his master initially planned to lie low and plot for thirty years before attacking the Central Plains.
But now with Su Que, he believed that this timeframe could be significantly shortened.
Because of this, he dared to practice the Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill, which was harmful to the body.
He thought that even if the Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill shortened his lifespan, with Su Que’s help, he should be able to restore the kingdom within his lifetime.
After restoring the kingdom, he would have the imperial power, enabling him to control all sects and noble families.
The resources of the world would be concentrated on him.
At that time, he would stop practicing the Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill and use some treasures of heaven and earth to repair the damage done to his body by the Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill, thereby extending his lifespan again.
Moreover, he could use the resources of the world to ask Su Que to protect the kingdom.
He noticed that the mysterious expert in front of him had no interest in imperial power, focusing only on cultivation.
However, if the whole world were preparing cultivation resources for him, his cultivation would be more focused.
Just like the Sect Leader of the True Profound Sect and the Abbot of the Great Buddha Temple, one reason they attached themselves to the imperial power was because the court could collect cultivation resources for them and provided convenience in building temples and preaching.
This allowed them to extricate themselves from various trivial matters and focus more on cultivation.
"What brings you here, sir?"
Li Xuanji clasped his fists at Su Que.
Su Que got straight to the point: "I came here to inquire about which Divine Realm experts in the Central Plains are proficient in Ice and Fire Dual True Qi."
Recently, Li Xuanji had read a lot of information sent back by spies from the Central Plains, gaining much understanding of the Liang Kingdom martial arts.
He lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment before raising them:
"Sir, there is a secret skill in the Great Buddha Temple called the ’Separation Fire and Ice Technique’."
"There should be monks in the Divine Realm who have practiced this secret skill to a deep level."
Upon hearing this, Su Que contemplated.
When thinking about how to cultivate the Seventh Heaven, he naturally thought of this ’Separation Fire and Ice Technique’.
He heard from the Eight Trigrams Sect Members while in the Wu Family that this ’Separation Fire and Ice Technique’ was a Great Buddha Temple secret skill and bore some resemblance to the Ice and Fire Seven Realms.
However, the Great Buddha Temple is beside the Capital City, and the Abbot of the Great Buddha Temple is said to be the foremost martial artist under Emperor Jing of Liang.
If he went to the Great Buddha Temple to seek out a Divine Realm monk to practice the Evil Fist Ice and Fire Seven Heavens,
he feared that even before achieving anything, he would have drawn out the Abbot of the Great Buddha Temple along with the court’s experts.
As Su Que was about to share his thoughts with Li Xuanji, he heard Li Xuanji continue:
"Actually, the Great Buddha Temple is the Liang Country Buddhist Sect Commander, also appointed by the court to oversee Buddhist affairs in the Liang Country."
"Some of the most thriving and renowned temples in the Liang Country have abbots assigned from the Great Buddha Temple’s monks."
"In the Central Plains’ Hang City, there is a grand temple named ’Three Rock Temple’, which is very prosperous, influencing the surrounding martial arts community."
"The one stationed there is a junior disciple of the Abbot of the Great Buddha Temple, named Kong Sheng, who is said to have entered the Divine Realm less than twenty years ago, with a skill level not far from the Abbot."
"Some people have seen him duel with other martial artists, using the ’Separation Fire and Ice Technique’ to freeze an entire lake in Hang City."
"Then, using the fire aspect of the ’Separation Fire and Ice Technique’, with a wave of his hand, the entire lake was engulfed in flames, and the frozen lake melted as a result."
’Is that so?’
Hearing this, Su Que’s eyes brightened.
This junior disciple of the Abbot of the Great Buddha Temple was precisely the key to mastering the Seventh Heaven of the Evil Fist Ice and Fire Seven Heavens.
Three Rock Temple was far from the Capital City, and although this monk, Kong Sheng, was strong, he wasn’t overwhelmingly so.
Immediately, Su Que bid farewell to Li Xuanji and darted out of the Heaven-Breaking Army Mansion.
He first returned to the cave where his belongings were kept, picked up the Rakshasa Mask, and donned a mask.
Then, using his full lightweight skill, he charged towards Central Plains’ Hang City.
He intended to first test Kong Sheng’s strength in Hang City, then decide whether to rely on him to practice the ’Separation Fire and Ice Technique’.
If Kong Sheng’s ’Separation Fire and Ice Technique’ was too strong, beyond the bearing capacity of the Evil Fist Ice and Fire Seven Heavens,
That is, if he could not withstand Kong Sheng’s ’Separation Fire and Ice Technique’ with just his body and Ice and Fire Force,
then the side effects it caused would be irreversible.
However, he hoped that Kong Sheng’s skill would be innately strong. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
Even if his body might not be able to withstand Kong Sheng’s ’Separation Fire and Ice Technique’ directly,
he could first cultivate in Hang City for some time, strengthen his physique, and seek Kong Sheng’s assistance once his body was ready to endure the ’Separation Fire and Ice Technique’.
With his exceptional lightweight skill, it took Su Que just over an hour to reach Hang City.
Hang City was a charming, large city, far more prosperous than Jiannan Prefecture City.
A river, like an emerald green ribbon, flowed through the city.
In the city was a large lake that gleamed like jade.
The streets of the city were lively with calls of vendors, and tourists were endless.
Su Que stopped a passerby to ask for the location of Three Rock Temple.
The passerby immediately pointed to a distant nine-story tall tower: "The tall tower on that mountain is a famous Buddhist Pagoda within Three Rock Temple."
Su Que had already noticed the tower, and was wondering if it belonged to Three Rock Temple.
Now, with the passersby’s confirmation, he was sure.
He immediately broke away from the throng of tourists, slipped into an alley, leaped onto a rooftop, and with full lightweight skill flew towards Three Rock Temple.
He streaked over several rooftops; several times he crossed streets, but he was so swift that the pedestrians below didn’t even notice anyone passing over their heads.
Soon, Su Que reached the mountain gate of Three Rock Temple.
He did not plan to inform, instead directly entering through the mountain gate.
He was so fast that the Guest Monk receiving visitors at the mountain gate couldn’t even perceive his figure.
Once deep within Three Rock Temple, he stopped a monk, his voice cold and harrowing through the mask:
"Where is your Abbot?"
