Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 272 - 171: Trying to Plant the Talisman! Seven Sects, Eight Gangs, and Nine Clans Searching for Secret Manuals!

Chapter 272: Chapter 171: Trying to Plant the Talisman! Seven Sects, Eight Gangs, and Nine Clans Searching for Secret Manuals!

Su Que had previously practiced the Red Fiend Technique, which produced a Red Fiend True Qi capable of igniting objects.

He simply used the Red Fiend True Qi, combined with complex hand techniques, to remove the "Life and Death Talisman" from Wu Xingkong.

His hands instantly turned into a blur, patting a few times where Wu Xingkong had been struck by the "Life and Death Talisman." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

When he retracted his hands, Wu Xingkong stopped groaning.

"Friend, can you let me go now?" Wu Xingkong, seeing that Su Que had learned the "Life and Death Talisman," said.

In his heart, however, he planned that once he escaped, he would immediately report the matter to the Court and have them send people to capture this person.

The Liang Court was most wary of the Demon Sect or evil martial artists who were unruly elements.

After the founding of the Liang Kingdom, each emperor had issued a "Demon-Vanquishing Order" to eradicate the Demon Sect and hunt evil martial artists.

Wu Xingkong saw that the saber technique Su Que used earlier exuded an overwhelming demonic aura, undoubtedly marking him as an evil martial artist.

Moreover, his Martial Arts Realm had reached the Gang Condensing Realm, which the Court would certainly take seriously.

Even though there were bitter internal conflicts within the Court’s various factions, they would dispatch people to kill this evil martial artist.

’Although I can’t beat you, the experts dispatched by the Court will definitely be able to kill you!’ Wu Xingkong’s expression was calm, but his heart was filled with hatred for Su Que, he thought secretly.

Crack!

But the next moment, Wu Xingkong’s head was twisted off by Su Que.

Wu Xingkong’s expression was forever frozen in the shock before his death.

Su Que first used the Nine Yin Corpse Claw to absorb Wu Xingkong’s Death Qi.

He then activated the Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons, and the deep purple Myriad Poison True Qi spread over Wu Xingkong’s corpse.

In just a moment, it had completely eroded the corpse.

...

After losing track of Su Que, the leaders and deputies of those sects, clans, and gangs immediately dispatched their subordinates to search for a strong man wearing a Rakshasa Mask.

Because each leader and deputy had been implanted with a "Life and Death Talisman," they shared a common plight.

And having been managed by Wu Xingkong for years, there had been virtually no major conflicts between the forces.

So they were temporarily able to unite and discuss how to search for the strong man who took Wu Xingkong away.

In their discussions, they delineated the streets and alleys each force was to search.

The subordinates of a number of forces in Chuyun Prefecture City followed their leaders’ orders, searching street by street.

Chuyun Prefecture City was large, and it would take time to search.

After Su Que destroyed Wu Xingkong’s corpse, he did not meet with the searching subordinates.

As Su Que made his way back toward the center of the Prefecture City, he saw gang members with weapons hanging from their waists searching the streets.

Su Que had already guessed part of the situation and walked towards those gang members, asking, "Are you looking for me?"

The gang members were taken aback when Su Que appeared suddenly and saw that he was indeed the person they were looking for.

They didn’t answer, but from their expressions, Su Que guessed everything. He asked again, "Where’s your boss?"

The gang members knew that if Su Que could take even Wu Xingkong away, his strength was not to be underestimated. Fearing that they would be killed if they didn’t cooperate, they quickly said, "In Leqing Tower."

Upon hearing this, Su Que immediately kicked the ground, and in front of the gang members’ eyes, his figure suddenly disappeared, leaping towards Leqing Tower.

...

Although the leaders and deputies of various forces had dispatched their subordinates, they remained in Leqing Tower, choosing another closed room to discuss their strategies behind closed doors.

"That masked man took Wu Xingkong away. Even if Wu Xingkong is not dead, he is seriously injured. Shouldn’t we take advantage of Wu Xingkong’s serious injuries to subdue him together and force him to remove the ’Life and Death Talisman’ for us?"

"What if Wu Xingkong is dead, and that man has obtained the secret manual of the ’Life and Death Talisman’?"

"Perhaps Wu Xingkong’s home also has the ’Life and Death Talisman’ manual. Why don’t we search his home?"

One deputy from a force suddenly suggested.

"That’s right!"

The recent series of events had left everyone uneasy and unable to think clearly.

At this moment, hearing the deputy’s words, the eyes of the thirty or so leaders and deputies lit up.

They immediately left the room and headed together towards Wu Xingkong’s mansion in the Prefecture City.

Wu Xingkong’s mansion was large, but because he had neither wives nor children or disciples, it was empty and lacked vitality.

Within the mansion, there were only five servants and three of Wu Xingkong’s subordinates.

Immediately, these forces captured the servants and subordinates entirely, interrogating them about whether there was a secret vault belonging to Wu Xingkong or not.

The servants and subordinates shook their heads, claiming ignorance, and even under torture, their answers remained the same.

Thus, these forces had no choice but to search Wu Xingkong’s mansion themselves.

They searched Wu Xingkong’s study and bedroom but found no manuals related to the "Life and Death Talisman."

"Could it be that Wu Xingkong doesn’t have the ’Life and Death Talisman’ manual?"

A gang leader questioned.

"That’s not right?" A sect leader suddenly thought of something and said:

"Have you all noticed, in Wu Xingkong’s study and bedroom, not only is there no manual for the ’Life and Death Talisman,’ but there are also no manuals for his Palm Technique, Ice True Qi, or any powerful martial arts?"

"The manuals in his study and bedroom are not even valuable to us!"

"Wu Xingkong might really have a secret vault!"

"Smash it!" A bald, thick-browed, toweringly tall gang leader shouted loudly: "Let’s tear down Wu Mansion, maybe we can find it!"

"Good!" The leaders and deputies from other forces agreed energetically, coordinated the areas they would destroy, and then dispersed.

These individuals were generally experts in the Meridian Opening Realm, with strong power and True Qi.

They gathered their True Qi, and with a powerful punch or stomp, the floor would break, creating a large pit.

In Wu Xingkong’s mansion, the sound of relentless smashing could be heard again and again.

Crack!

Before long, the people in the mansion heard a sound distinct from the rest.

Everyone’s eyes lit up, and they flew in the direction of the sound.

Soon they reached a dark hole in the backyard of the mansion.

These force members glanced at each other and then activated their Lightweight Skill, diving into the hole.

The crowd squeezed into the hole and sped down a sloping passageway.

After five breaths, they reached a spacious stone chamber with a semicircular ceiling.

A fine redwood desk decorated the chamber, with three antique-looking bookshelves beside it, holding various books and bamboo slips.

A sect leader was flipping through the scrolls on these bookshelves carefully.

This stone chamber was evidently discovered by him first.

"Sect Leader Chen, have you found the ’Life and Death Talisman’ manual?" a gang leader asked.

"Alas~" Sect Leader Chen stroked his chin’s beard, frowning, "I haven’t found it yet."

Some people, like Sect Leader Chen, were full of worry.

"Sect Leader Chen, did you pocket the ’Life and Death Talisman’ manual?" someone questioned.

"Sect Leader Zhang, why are you falsely accusing me? What is your purpose?" Sect Leader Chen looked at a rakish-looking man holding a paper fan and asked.

Zhang Sect Leader said, "I am not the only one with this suspicion. Sect Leader Chen, you could prove your innocence to dispel our doubts."

"Do you want me to strip?" Sect Leader Chen snorted coldly: "I am a dignified sect leader; how could I do such a thing?"

"Sect Leader Chen, you don’t need to strip, but could you let us search your body?" another leader said.

Sect Leader Chen looked at this leader, his eyebrows filled with anger: "I am a dignified sect leader, how could I let you frisk me? I swear on my sect’s ancestors that I did not take the ’Life and Death Talisman’ manual."

"We still need to search! If someone took the manual, what will happen if they control us in the future?" Nine leaders and deputies surrounded Sect Leader Chen.

Sect Leader Chen’s face changed: "How can you do this, Sect Leader Qiao, Sect Leader Li, Sect Leader Ye, help me!"

But given that there were eighteen people now willing to act, those three friends of Sect Leader Chen didn’t dare to move, and could only watch helplessly as the eighteen surrounded Sect Leader Chen.

Sect Leader Chen performed Lightweight Skill and activated his Palm Technique, trying to escape the encirclement.

But among the eighteen, there were several whose martial arts were not inferior to Sect Leader Chen’s. Under the siege, Sect Leader Chen was quickly injured by swords and knives, falling into a pool of blood.

A leader among the eighteen walked over to Sect Leader Chen, searched him, and found three manuals on Sect Leader Chen’s body.

Among them, one recorded the methods to perform and remove "Life and Death Talisman."