Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 228 - 149: Slaying the Commander Amidst Thousands! Questioning Rakshasa Kui Again! (Part 2)

Just now, as that kick sent his Heaven-piercing Halberd flying out, it also took the flesh from his palm along with it.

Ma Kuanglong's back was immediately drenched in sweat.

At that moment, as he engaged Su Que, he finally realized.

His own power was not even in the same league as the mysterious person before him!

"Spare... ah!"

Recognizing his own strength, Ma Kuanglong brought his damaged palm together in front, pleading for mercy.

However, he had just uttered the word "spare".

Su Que's left foot executed another Celestial Deformed Foot technique, the force entering through Ma Kuanglong's opened mouth.

With a "bang," Ma Kuanglong's head exploded.

The helmet with one plume on it spun towards the sky.

After turning countless circles, it finally hit the ground with a "clang."

Ma Kuanglong's headless corpse, which was still mounted on the horse, was about to fall backward.

Su Que tapped his right foot on his left foot and leaped forward a short distance, landing on Ma Kuanglong's horse's back, and grabbed Ma Kuanglong's chest armor.

He activated the Nine Yin Corpse Claw, and Ma Kuanglong's corpse emitted a chilling white aura, converging onto his hand.

In no time, Ma Kuanglong's headless corpse dried up and turned black.

Li Xuanji, leading the Heaven-Breaking Army charge, constantly monitored Su Que's situation.

Seeing Ma Kuanglong was dead, he rejoiced inwardly, immediately channeling Qi into his dantian, and shouted:

"Your commander is dead, surrender your weapons and you won't die!"

The voice rippled with invisible waves, spreading across the battlefield.

Hearing this, many of the Red Dragon Army soldiers turned to look at Ma Kuanglong's previous location.

Sure enough, the high-headed warhorse that Ma Kuanglong usually rode on, no longer had Ma Kuanglong's figure.

And the soldiers beside this high-headed warhorse all had despondent expressions, looking like defeated roosters.

Upon seeing this scene, those soldiers felt a chill in their hearts, thinking Ma Kuanglong might truly be killed.

Suddenly, the Red Dragon Army's morale greatly diminished.

Originally, the Red Dragon Army was not weak.

Even if Ma Kuanglong died, those Red Dragon Army soldiers stubbornly resisted, Li Xuanji leading the Heaven-Breaking Army would have to expend great effort to completely annihilate the Red Dragon Army.

However, most soldiers joined the army for Silver Coins and martial arts resources, unwilling to truly fight to the death.

Knowing Ma Kuanglong was dead, many dropped their weapons and surrendered.

After Su Que absorbed all the Death Qi of soldiers and generals he killed along the way, he was about to leave.

Suddenly, Li Xuanji approached on horseback: "Sir, may I ask you to stay?"

"What is it?" Su Que asked.

Afterward, Li Xuanji dismounted and walked into the forest on the battlefield's edge with Su Que, letting his subordinates clean the battlefield.

Once Li Xuanji and Su Que stood still in the forest, Li Xuanji immediately said: "Sir, I want to ask you for one thing."

"About your Claw Technique that absorbs human corpses, is it possible to pass it to me?"

"I am willing to exchange it with other things."

Su Que had demonstrated the Nine Yin Corpse Claw in front of Li Xuanji multiple times.

Li Xuanji was deeply impressed with this Claw Technique.

First, he believed the power of this Claw Technique was quite formidable.

Second, he guessed that progressing with this Claw Technique required absorbing some unknown aura from corpses.

He often waged wars and walked through heaps of corpses and seas of blood, feeling that this Claw Technique suited him well.

He never imagined that cultivating this Claw Technique would come with a huge price.

Since seeing Su Que's body intact, he thought there should be no such price.

In his heart, he even considered that even if this Claw Technique had a price, it wouldn't be greater than his Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill.

Upon hearing Li Xuanji mention this, Su Que immediately thought of the "Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill" Li Xuanji had used before.

Of course, he didn't know this martial art was named "Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill."

He only knew after using this martial art, it could force cultivation techniques and potentially cause side effects to the user.

After battling Noble Family's Lin Yu, Su Que gained a profound impression of forced power cultivation techniques.

He thought if he obtained this martial art, he'd have a trump card when facing Noble Families in the future.

"I wonder if Mr. Li is willing to exchange the martial art you used to force your cultivation power before?" Su Que immediately said.

Even though Su Que didn't mention the martial art name, Li Xuanji still knew Su Que referred to his Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill.

Li Xuanji remembered his master's words, absolutely not to pass this martial art to others, so he said:

"Sir, this martial art is indeed passed down from our Li Family ancestors, extremely important, not to be passed outside."

Su Que said: "Then does your Li Family have other items that could be exchanged for this martial art."

He suspected that the Li Family where Li Xuanji belonged actually had two libraries, external and internal.

The one he was taken to by Li Xuanji for inspection before was external.

Because in the library Li Xuanji took him to, he didn't see the forced power cultivation technique Li Xuanji used, nor did he see the "Jade Maiden Heart Scripture" which Li Yujing and Su Jing cultivated together.

Li Xuanji said: "I have a martial art here, called One Hundred And Eight Forms of Heaven-Defying Cloud-Grasping Hand."

"Its techniques are complex, ever-changing."

"For others, mastering this martial art would be extremely difficult."

"But given sir's talent, mastery of this martial art must be very simple."

Hearing this, Su Que was dismissive.

He simply disliked such complex martial arts.

He preferred simple, powerful martial arts with side effects.

"Does sir possess any powerful Evil Techniques?"

Having repeatedly used such evil martial arts as the Nine Yin Corpse Claw before Li Xuanji's eyes.

Others viewed him as an Evil Martial Artist, unsurprisingly.

Without further hiding, he straightforwardly asked.

This stumped Li Xuanji, leaving him silent for quite some time.

It seemed only his Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill met Su Que's requirements.

But Fan Gushan warned him that Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill should never be passed outside.

"Sir, let's leave it at that for now." Li Xuanji said.

Su Que immediately no longer brought it up, but in his heart, he was considering the martial art Li Xuanji used to force his cultivation power seemed extremely important to Li Xuanji.

...

After parting ways, Su Que immediately flew back to Jiannan Prefecture City.

Li Xuanji remained and led the Heaven-Breaking Army to continue cleaning the battlefield.

All other scattered Red Dragon Army, morale drastically dropped without Ma Kuanglong, were thoroughly swept away by Li Xuanji.

Soon, Celestial River Prefecture also fell into Li Xuanji's hands.

As agreed, Li Xuanji consolidated the Red Dragon Army, further enhancing his power.

According to Su Que's instructions, he formed three teams.

One team was in Jiannan Prefecture, gathering Elixir Recipes, checking if there were any omissions in Jiannan Prefecture.

Since Jiannan Prefecture was his own territory, the likelihood of conflict while gathering Elixir Recipes was minimal.

Therefore, this team's strength was the weakest.

Another team was to explore the Central Plains, gathering as many Elixir Recipes as possible.

Although Li Xuanji and Elder Qingxuan possessed Elixir Recipes.

The recipes in the Southern Domain area were of lower grade, not suitable for Su Que's current power stage.

So, to replace the current Celestial Essence Pill, and the Fire Spirit Pill which had dispersed ingredients in the Central Plains, new Elixir Recipes were sought.

This team's strength was not the greatest, but its members must be clever enough.

The last team was as per Su Que's request, transporting medicinal materials needed for refining Fire Spirit Pills in Central Plains.

The medicinal materials for Fire Spirit Pills involved three government offices, a sect, an evil cult, and a mountain village in Central Plains.

Hence, transaction information on medicinal materials was easily spread.

On usual days, due to few medicinal purchases, they were rarely robbed on the way back.

However, daily medicinal materials were not much, so they weren't enough for Elder Qingxuan to completely replace Celestial Essence Pill with Fire Spirit Pill.

This time, Li Xuanji dispatched additional manpower, attempting to transport more medicinal materials from the Central Plains back to the Southern Domain.

Three days later, these three teams departed from the Southern Domain towards Central Plains.

...

Su Que sat cross-legged deep within the cave, continuing to condense Gang Qi.

He held his breath and focused, maneuvering the True Qi within his meridians.

The thick True Qi, under his will, gradually condensed into extremely lethal Gang Qi.

Under the boost of Gang Qi, all his techniques would have significantly increased power.

An unnoticed month passed, and his Gang Qi had already condensed to a width of two zhang.

Currently, as his cultivation elixirs ran out, he planned to go to Purple Sun Temple to obtain more elixirs.

And to inquire if there was any news returned by the three teams dispatched by Li Xuanji.