novelraw Chapter 445 - 256: The Sunflower Manual Shakes the World! Dark Evil Fist Backlash! (Part 2)
Chapter 445 - 256: The Sunflower Manual Shakes the World! Dark Evil Fist Backlash! (Part 2)
He estimated it was already evening, so he put on a scholar’s robe and walked out of the cave.
He hadn’t gone to the tavern to taste fine dishes for several days.
Today, his cravings returned.
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"Hey, have you heard? The Great Buddha Temple, the number one temple under heaven, has begun a joint battle with the Court against the White Lotus Sect!"
"Hmm? Isn’t the Great Buddha Temple in a struggle with the True Profound Sect? How can it spare a hand to deal with the White Lotus Sect?"
"The Great Buddha Temple had the upper hand in the struggle with the True Profound Sect long ago."
"I heard even the Sect Leader of the True Profound Sect was injured by the Abbot of the Great Buddha Temple."
"Nowadays, the threat posed by the White Lotus Sect to the Great Buddha Temple is evidently greater than that of the True Profound Sect. Naturally, the Great Buddha Temple needs to allocate resources to deal with the White Lotus Sect."
Su Que sat on the first floor of the tavern, in front of him on the table lay eight cold dishes, five hot dishes — a colorful array, tempting in aroma and appearance.
To his left was a jug of wine, its clear fragrance overflowing, refreshing to the senses.
He picked up the jug and poured the amber wine into a pristine white porcelain cup.
Then, he drank the wine while savoring the dishes, listening to the conversations of martial artists in the tavern.
In recent days, he noticed that martial artists in Jiannan Prefecture City were becoming increasingly numerous.
From the conversations of some martial artists, he learned about the rampant activity of the White Lotus Sect in the Central Plains.
For the time being, the White Lotus Sect had not extended its reach to the Southern Domain.
Thus, compared to the Central Plains, the environment in the Southern Domain was much better.
As a result, not only martial artists but many common folks fled here from the Central Plains.
These martial artists and common folks brought with them much news from the Central Plains.
Su Que chose to dine on the first floor of the tavern instead of the private rooms to hear news from the Central Plains.
Su Que listened to the crowds’ conversations, drank wine, and ate slowly.
After about the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, he had drunk three jugs of wine and finished the dishes on the table.
"Waiter, check please!"
Su Que called over the waiter, who calculated the amount and stated a total.
Su Que retrieved from his clothes a small piece of silver and handed it to the waiter.
The waiter checked its quality and took it to the shopkeeper to weigh.
After weighing, the shopkeeper opened the cabinet, counted ten copper coins, threaded them with a red string, and handed them to the waiter.
The waiter immediately collected this string of copper coins and gladly presented it to Su Que.
Su Que took the copper coins, placed them in his clothes, and immediately stood up, moving toward the tavern’s exit amidst the waiter’s words: "Take care, sir."
Outside the tavern lay the city’s bustling streets.
Lanterns hung in rows along the street, illuminating the night like daylight.
On both sides of the street, many vendors were shouting.
The street pedestrians had increased significantly since he first arrived in Jiannan Prefecture City.
The gangs that originally controlled Jiannan Prefecture City had been subdued by the Heaven-Breaking Army.
Business had become much easier as a result.
Moreover, as some common folks migrated south to this place, Jiannan Prefecture City had become much busier and more prosperous.
Su Que bought two boxes of candied fruit from a vendor.
Eating while walking.
While walking, suddenly, he felt a surge of heat emanate from someplace within his body, spreading throughout his entire body.
Due to this surge, his flesh and blood became tougher and firmer.
Su Que knew this surge of heat was the reversal of the side effects of the Seven Heavens of Evil Fist.
Currently, his Dark Evil Fist was only cultivated to the First Heaven, gaining the power to halt time temporarily.
However, the Seven Heavens of Evil Fist, despite its defiance of natural order, was indeed a very sinister martial art.
This martial art constantly compelled the practitioner to continue cultivating.
If the practitioner lingered in a certain stage of the Dark Evil Fist without progress, the Dark Evil Fist Force would continuously backlash against the practitioner.
Su Que had lingered in the First Heaven of the Dark Evil Fist for a period.
Therefore, the Dark Evil Fist Force continuously produced side effects on him.
Due to these side effects, his lifespan increased by more than ten years.
It was precisely because of this reason he intentionally avoided advancing the Dark Evil Fist.
Thus, he spent this time holed up in Jiannan Prefecture, cultivating the Sunflower Manual.
’However, the side effects from lingering in the First Heaven grew increasingly lesser for me.’
Su Que felt that when the surge was released just now, it was no longer as intense as before. The increase in lifespan was less than one year.
Su Que pinched a piece of candied fruit and threw it into his mouth.
Tasting the sweet and sour spread in his mouth, he thought to himself.
’When these backlashes from the Seven Heavens of Evil Fist no longer affect me, only then will I advance.’
’The Dark Evil Fist, breaking all martial arts under heaven.’
’The advancement of the First Heaven breaks the Ice-Breaking Fire Evil Fist.’
’The advancement of the Second Heaven breaks the Daoist True Skill!’
’To breach the Second Heaven requires defeating masters proficient in Daoist True Skill.’
’In this realm, Daoist True Skill signifies the Nine Yin Scripture and the Indestructible Glazed Body of the True Profound Sect’s Sect Leader, Master Xuanxin.’
’When the time comes, I’ll visit the True Profound Sect, and perhaps borrow their Divine Realm cultivation manual for a read.’
’Yes, after defeating Master Xuanxin, I can plant a Demon Seed in his body.’
Su Que walked on, tossing another piece of candied fruit into his mouth.
Having seized the Essence Qi of Eastern Prison, he integrated Eastern Prison’s Demon Seed into his Lifebound Demon Seed.
Before Eastern Prison’s death, he had planted Demon Seeds in the Dantians of Li Xuanji and a Demon Dao master from the Demon Alliance.
As such, the emotional fluctuations of these two transformed into energy, affecting him.
A few days ago, while passing by the city gates, he noticed the secret signs left for him by Li Xuanji.
At that moment, he speculated that Li Xuanji wanted to ask if he could resolve the Demon Seed in his Dantian.
He initially intended to ignore it, but then recalled that Li Xuanji had brought him fortune during previous encounters.
Dragon Essence, Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique, all were obtained because Li Xuanji sought him out and informed him.
Thus, Su Que did not want to miss out on information and went to the Heaven-Breaking Army’s headquarters for a visit.
Sure enough, as he expected, upon meeting Li Xuanji, Li Xuanji asked if he had killed Eastern Prison.
After receiving an affirmative answer, he further inquired whether Su Que acquired any cultivation techniques from Eastern Prison, wondering if he could resolve the issue in his Dantian.
Su Que replied that he hadn’t obtained anything valuable from Eastern Prison and had no idea how to resolve the matter in his Dantian.
Upon hearing of Eastern Prison’s death, Li Xuanji felt much relieved, and although there was an additional matter in his Dantian, it no longer stressed him as before.
Su Que considered the Demon Seed in Li Xuanji’s Dantian as a potential means to manipulate Li Xuanji in the future.
As long as Li Xuanji remained sincere and did not harbor ill intents, Su Que wouldn’t extract the Demon Seed.
For the moment, Li Xuanji still behaved very properly toward him.
If Li Xuanji were to commit any misdeeds against him in the future, he would extract the Demon Seed and seize Li Xuanji’s Essence Qi.
As for the Demon from the Demon Alliance, since his Martial Arts Cultivation is still advancing, various emotional fluctuations arising during cultivation currently benefit Su Que’s flesh and spirit through the Demon Seed.
He plans to wait until the Demon can no longer progress in cultivation and the emotional fluctuations during cultivation can no longer influence him, then extract the Demon Seed and seize that Demon’s Essence Qi.
Su Que ate candied fruit, his mind racing, strolling slowly through the streets.
Unknowingly, he arrived at his doorstep.
Entering the residence, he gave an unopened box of candied fruit to Su Jing.
Su Jing happily savored the candied fruit.
He then went to boil water for himself, washed with hot water, and meditated on the bed to cultivate Withered Wood Divine Skill.
The Withered Wood Divine Skill was currently at 6th Realm Divine Skill 6%.
This realm was relatively low compared to martial arts like the Seven Injuries Fist.
Moreover, among the inner strength techniques he cultivated, the Withered Wood Divine Skill was comparatively less remarkable.
Therefore, his progress in cultivation was quite rapid.
The side effect of Withered Wood Divine Skill was that the deeper the cultivation, the more the practitioner’s skin and flesh gradually lost vitality, eventually becoming like bark of a withered tree.
But on Su Que, this side effect was reversed.
As he circulated the Withered Wood True Qi, his skin and flesh emanated robust vitality.
If he were injured, his recovery would be much faster than other cultivators.
Withered Wood Divine Skill (6th Realm Divine Skill 98%)
Withered Wood Divine Skill (6th Realm Divine Skill 99%)
Withered Wood Divine Skill (7th Realm of Divine Transformation 1%)
In less than the time it takes to brew a pot of tea, his Withered Wood Divine Skill ascended another realm.