Chapter 308

"Senior Brother, I came to see Xiao Qing and, by the way, to invite you to dinner. Are you free?" Xu Yang said with a smile.

Everyone looked at Sun Tao in shock; being invited to dinner by Xu Yang was a huge honor.

"Of course I am!" Sun Tao smiled.

Amidst the envious eyes of everyone, he left with Xu Yang.

"Senior Brother seems a bit unhappy?" Xu Yang said.

Sun Tao looked like he was smiling, but Xu Yang still caught that his state wasn't right, carrying a hint of sadness.

"Wan Hai and Wang Weihua are both dead," Sun Tao said softly.

Xu Yang suddenly realized. It turned out that more familiar people had died.

"They both died? How did they die?"

When he and Sun Tao moved into this courtyard, there were ten people in total. Now, less than four years later, only three of the ten were left.

He, Jiang Fan, and Sun Tao; the other seven had died one after another.

"They took a task to escort medicinal herbs and were killed by people from the Blood Lotus Sect."

Xu Yang felt a bit emotional. He didn't know if there were thirty of the sixty disciples from their batch in Qingyuan County who had ascended the dragon still alive; he feared there weren't.

He hadn't seen many faces for a long time.

The three of them soon found Qiu Wenjie and Tian Li, whose cultivation had also improved significantly, breaking through to the minor success stage of Gang Qi.

However, at this cultivation speed, it was very likely they wouldn't even reach the major success stage of Gang Qi by the end of the three-year period, and their hopes of entering the inner sect were slim.

However, both of them had already given up, only seeking to safely finish their ten years as outer sect disciples and return to Qingyuan County alive to be local tyrants.

Only Sun Tao wouldn't give up, still wanting to see the scenery of the inner sect.

After eating, when Xu Yang returned to Li Huo Peak, it was already dark.

He entered the secret room and took out the few secret manuals he had obtained from Autumn Water Villa. He had been busy with socializing these past few days and finally had time to look at these manuals today.

The one on top was the Blood-Transforming Palm he was already familiar with, the unique palm technique of the Blood Lotus Sect, which was the most sinister.

"It's best not to practice this kind of demonic art."

After thinking for a while, he put down the Blood-Transforming Palm, not intending to practice it.

It wasn't that he had any righteous or demonic thoughts in his heart, but practicing the Blood-Transforming Palm did more harm than good. Not only could it not be used openly, but if someone discovered it, being treated as a member of the Blood Lotus Sect would not be worth the loss.

He had already cultivated the Bear King Palm, which had martial arts imagery, so there was no need to get involved with demonic things and get himself into trouble.

"Blood Slave Seal!"

The second one was also a demonic art. Xu Yang originally didn't have much interest, but just looking at the name, he couldn't tell what type of technique it was, so he patiently flipped through it.

After reading for a while, Xu Yang's eyes lit up.

It turned out that this Blood Slave Seal was a secret technique, a secret technique specifically used to control people. Combined with special methods and drugs, it could control others' life and death.

Even if a martial artist at the major success stage of Marrow Cleansing was controlled by the Blood Slave Seal, they would have to obediently bow their heads and submit. Unless the caster personally took action, even a Heaven Origin expert couldn't undo it.

The Blood Lotus Sect used this Blood Slave Seal to control their members, making them work for the Blood Lotus Sect and not dare to betray, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

"This technique can be learned; it might be useful in the future!"

[Blood Slave Seal (0/500)]

[Blood Slave Secret Drug (0/100)]

The panel in front of him flickered. While the secret technique was recorded, he also obtained a prescription.

Without hesitation, Xu Yang's Gang Qi burst forth, shattering the secret manual in his hand into pieces.

Picking up the last secret manual, he saw the words "Immovable Body of the Bright King" written in vigorous and powerful characters on the cover.

"Could it be a body-tempering technique?"

Xu Yang's heart stirred.

In the battle at Autumn Water Villa, the one who left the deepest impression on him was that Li Ye, whose physical body was incomparably overbearing, actually fighting Gao Lin, who possessed a semi-spiritual weapon, with his bare hands, his defense being extremely terrifying.

In the end, it took Gao Lin and Lu Chuping, two experts holding semi-spiritual weapons, joining forces to surround and kill him.

He actually hadn't practiced any body-tempering techniques. The reason his physical body was strong was only because his Golden Gang Qi was too overbearing, tempering his physical body to exceed that of martial artists of the same rank.

The main focus of the Golden Gang Technique was actually Gang Qi.

Once he reached the major success stage of Marrow Cleansing, he might not be able to resist a semi-spiritual weapon with his physical body like Li Ye.

Unable to wait, he flipped through it and found that this was not a demonic art, and just as he had guessed, it was indeed a body-tempering technique.

"Immovable Body of the Bright King: Initially, use Gang Qi to temper the body. When reaching the major success stage, comprehend the 'Bright King' imagery and use the imagery to temper the body. When perfected, offense and defense are integrated, immovable as a mountain, indestructible."

Xu Yang watched with excitement. Techniques with martial arts imagery were undoubtedly top-tier techniques.

This technique even took a different path, using martial arts imagery to temper the body; it was likely the top of the top-tier.

According to the description above, Li Ye, who resisted a semi-spiritual weapon with his physical body, had only cultivated the Immovable Bright King Body to the minor success stage and hadn't reached the major success stage at all.

Once this technique reached the major success stage, shattering a semi-spiritual weapon with his physical body would be a piece of cake. With long-term practice, reaching the perfection stage, his physical body would be indestructible, and resisting a spiritual weapon would be like child's play.

[Immovable Body of the Bright King - Not Yet Entered (0/400)]

The numbers shown on the panel also told him that the Immovable Body of the Bright King was indeed a true top-tier technique, not much weaker than the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture.

"Another technique to practice."

Swallowing an Origin-Gathering Pill, Xu Yang sat cross-legged and began to practice. In just two days, he had entered the Immovable Body of the Bright King and began to use Golden Gang Qi to temper his body, increasing his defense and strength.

For the next few days, he stayed behind closed doors, practicing the Bear Sutra and Golden Gang Technique in the morning, the Immovable Body of the Bright King at noon, reading books on weapon forging, and the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture at night.

Except for the dining hall, he didn't even go to the Weapon Forging Pavilion.

This day, a piece of news spread in the inner sect: Li Songhe had revised the Top Ten List, and the new Top Ten List was released.

Xu Yang, who hadn't been on the list before, was now on it, ranked fifth on the Top Ten List, second only to Du Chuan.

Ye Qiuling, who was originally fifth on the Top Ten List, became sixth, and Xiong Kun, who was tenth, had stayed on the Top Ten List for a month before being squeezed out, directly off the list, and his treatment as a Top Ten genius was canceled.

"Actually fifth on the Top Ten List!"

"Isn't it said that after the Top Ten List is released, it will take a year before re-challenging for rankings? Why was it changed?"

"It is said that Elder Huoyun personally went to find the Sect Master and Li Songhe, forcing them to change it. Who told them to miss a genius like Xu Yang?"

Once the new Top Ten List came out, it caused a sensation throughout the Purple Sun Sect.