Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 387 - 228: Central Plains in Turmoil!

"This woman is indeed decisive!"

Su Que watched from a distance as the islanders, under the lead of a bronze-skinned woman, hurriedly loaded some essential items onto several ships.

He had left the sect ruins but had not left the island.

He wanted to see if there were any remnants and artifacts of the ancient sect in other parts of the island.

After wandering for a while and returning to this place, he saw the bronze-skinned woman leading others away from the island.

The islanders left in such a hurry that they couldn’t even pick the herbs on the island and all boarded the ships.

"It seems the Martial Artists on this island really don’t intend to practice martial arts anymore."

Su Que thought to himself, took another look at the ships gradually moving away, and then walked towards the mountains in the island’s center.

He planned to cultivate here for a while before going back.

For now, regardless of his Martial Arts Cultivation or Martial Arts Mastery, both were already very high.

If he were to completely let go and cultivate, it would cause a huge commotion.

To hide his identity, if he were to cultivate in the Liang Kingdom, he would not only need to find a vast and empty place but also hold back the power of the techniques during cultivation to avoid causing too much commotion.

But on this deserted island, he could cultivate freely without any worries.

The pleasure of cultivating here was incomparable to that in the Liang Kingdom.

Moreover, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi on this island was ample, which was beneficial for his cultivation.

Although he didn’t bring Elixirs with him, the effect of the Dragon Essence was still present.

Additionally, the remaining potency of the Dragon Essence was far greater than the Qilin Pill he consumed.

Su Que found a place with abundant Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi on the mountain and sat down cross-legged.

He recalled the three sets of Divine Intent Diagram he memorized from Li Xuanji, intending to integrate the Divine Intent into his organs and apertures.

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Liang Imperial City, Eastern Palace.

This was the residence of the Ninth Prince, who was also the current Crown Prince of Liang, Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng’s brothers either died of old age or perished in the struggle for the position of Crown Prince.

Only five years before Emperor Jing of Liang closed his doors, was he appointed as Crown Prince.

However, the people of the Court were not particularly concerned.

Everyone was watching to see when he’d die of old age or be killed in the struggle for the position of Crown Prince.

Over the years, Xiao Feng both diligently practiced martial arts to accumulate strength and sought various longevity methods.

Although the Imperial Palace had the Four Great Auspicious Beasts, only Emperor Jing of Liang could consume their flesh.

No one except Emperor Jing of Liang could touch these Four Great Auspicious Beasts without his decree.

Even though Emperor Jing of Liang remained secluded for over a decade, Xiao Feng didn’t know whether his father was alive or dead.

Yet, the majesty of Emperor Jing of Liang still enveloped the entire Imperial City.

Even Xiao Feng and a group of princes, eunuchs, and high officials dared not touch those Four Great Auspicious Beasts.

Moreover, even when Emperor Jing of Liang was not secluded.

Emperor Jing of Liang showed little concern for his sons.

Usually, he would reward Auspicious Beast Flesh to meritorious generals and rarely gave it to princes.

So, in the more than three hundred years of Emperor Jing of Liang’s reign, most of his sons died of old age.

Fortunately, Xiao Feng had good luck, with a long-lived constitution like his father.

After all, some people consume Treasures of Heaven and Earth and Exotic Beast Essence and don’t necessarily extend their lifespan.

By intermittently finding suitable Treasures of Heaven and Earth and Exotic Beast Essence, he extended his life.

By this year, he was already two hundred and thirty years old.

He not only outlasted his brothers but even some of his younger brothers died before him.

Although his lifespan was long, his talent in martial arts was indeed quite low.

After over two hundred years, he only reached the Second Stage of the Divine Realm.

In terms of strength alone, he merely surpassed the heads of some noble families and large sects.

In the Liang Kingdom, there were still several martial arts experts more powerful than him.

This meant, not only could he not defeat his father, but his Martial Arts Cultivation might also be surpassed by his brothers.

Even now, if he were alone, he could be attacked and killed by martial artists commanded by his brothers.

He also wished to tell his two currently prominent brothers, Nineteen Prince and Thirty Prince, that to become Emperor, they should not kill him to become Crown Prince but should first kill their father.

But he dared not say it, fearing that after voicing such heretical thoughts, his brothers would refuse to join forces with him.

Instead, that heretical statement might cost him his life.

Compared to his two brothers, who were less than a hundred years old, his lifespan was the longest, and his accumulated power was the greatest.

The intelligence network of his influence nearly spread nationwide.

Therefore, the Heaven and Earth anomaly in Luo City was quickly reported to him.

He anticipated new longevity methods overseas of Luo City, and sent Murong Family’s Murong Ling and his general Xue Shenrong along with martial artists under his command.

At that time, he was practicing martial arts in a vast garden.

Suddenly, a small servant reported that the martial artists he dispatched to find opportunities had returned.

His eyes brightened, and he rushed out of the garden to inquire about the situation.

However, he could never have expected that the returning martial artists would bring bad news.

"Xue Shenrong is dead!?"

Xiao Feng’s heart shook greatly.

Divine Realm masters were few and far between and extremely hard to cultivate.

Besides loyal noble families, he controlled only two Divine Realm masters. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Now, by losing Xue Shenrong, his martial force had significantly declined.

He knew that the Dragon’s flesh and essence might have been acquired by the mysterious person.

By previous standards, he definitely would have sent forces to find that person and reclaim the Dragon’s flesh and essence.