Chapter 391: As Bait

"Could it be that the power of this fist technique is very ordinary?" Xu Yang was puzzled.

A true Heaven Origin martial skill shouldn't be weak, but when he was fighting Song Yushao, he hadn't seen Song Yushao use this fist technique.

But if one were to say the power was ordinary, it couldn't have been placed in the secret room together with the Canglang Sword Art and the Pure Yang Technique.

He hadn't heard of the Xuanwu Mountain-Suppressing Fist, but he knew that the Pure Yang Technique and the Canglang Sword Art were the strongest secret skills of the Song family, which could only be accessed and cultivated by the family core.

Carrying his doubts, he continued to flip through the cultivation manual.

Turning to the second page of the cultivation technique, what came into view was a picture of a Xuanwu carrying a mountain, carrying an ancient and wild aura.

"Xuanwu carries the mountain, ten thousand peaks return to the sect; one punch suppresses the earth, the four seas are calm."

"Those who cultivate this technique must first comprehend the Xuanwu Mountain-Carrying Imagery to enter the door, and those whose physical body is not strong cannot cultivate it, otherwise there is a danger of the physical body collapsing."

If the physical body is not strong, the physical body might collapse during cultivation?

Xu Yang felt solemn in his heart.

This technique was probably not weak, but very strong; Song Yushao should not have had the qualifications to cultivate it.

Song Yushao had been immersed in the Heaven Origin realm for many years, but in terms of physical body, he was not as good as him, who had just broken through.

And one had to comprehend imagery to enter the door; how could ordinary people comprehend imagery before the cultivation technique had even entered the door?

He tried to operate the fist technique according to the opening mental method, only to feel a terrifying pressure that his physical body was about to split.

"Even my physical body with the Ming King Immovable Body at Great Completion is a bit reluctant?" Xu Yang was greatly shocked.

His physical body at this moment, not to mention resisting spirit weapons with bare hands, but shattering half-spirit weapons was absolutely an easy thing. Just by operating the fist technique casually, it was actually a bit overwhelmed.

"Good!"

Xu Yang was not shocked but happy; the higher the requirement, the stronger the Xuanwu Mountain-Suppressing Fist meant.

He carefully read the Xuanwu Mountain-Suppressing Fist once, and the panel in front of him popped up:

[Xuanwu Mountain-Suppressing Fist · Not Entered (0/3000)]

Glancing at it casually, Xu Yang continued to comprehend, and before he knew it, a night passed.

The first thing he did when he opened his eyes the next day was to look at the panel.

[Kill Song Yushao, points +50]

[Obtain Vermillion Flame Fruit, points +50]

[Obtain Seven-Star Grass, points +10]

[Martial Dao Longevity Points: 2315]

There were too many prompts, and he looked directly at the back; the Martial Dao Longevity points were actually about to reach two thousand.

He remembered that his previous Martial Dao Longevity points were less than fourteen hundred.

That was to say, in this harvest, he had obtained over nine hundred points, which could be called the time he had obtained the most points.

Adding a point to his lifespan as usual to keep his body at its peak, he closed the panel casually.

This harvest was very large, and it would take a lot of time to finish digesting it.

After cultivating for a while, he got up and went to the dining hall.

By now, the matter of the Song family being wiped out was known to everyone in the Purple Sun Sect. In the dining hall, the disciples of the Separating Fire Peak were all discussing the matter of the Song family being wiped out.

One of the ten great families, and with a Heaven Origin ancestor sitting in town, all the masters were killed overnight. It could be called the biggest tragedy in the territory of the Purple Sun Sect in over a decade, even more sensational than the Su family matter back then.

"I really don't know who was so ruthless to kill so many people."

"It is said that the high-level sect members have paid attention, and the Peak Master went down the mountain personally to rush to Yunqi Manor to check."

"What was the result?" someone asked curiously.

"It is said that the Peak Master didn't say a word and returned to the Purple Sun Sect quickly. Some people guessed that the master who killed Song Yushao practiced the Separating Fire Technique."

Separating Fire Technique?

Everyone was shocked. Didn't that mean that the person who killed Song Yushao might be an elder of the Purple Sun Sect, or more accurately, the Peak Master of the Separating Fire Peak or one of the four elders?

Because only the disciples of the Separating Fire Peak had the qualifications to practice the Separating Fire Technique, and people from other peaks couldn't touch the Separating Fire Technique even if they had more contribution points.

"It’s a pity I wasn't in Qingyang City yesterday," someone sighed.

Once these words were spoken, many people were curious.

Only hearing this person say: "A few fellow disciples happened to be nearby yesterday. They participated in the looting of the Song family, and some people snatched half-spirit weapons in the Song family treasury, and some people snatched hundreds of taels of gold."

Everyone showed looks of envy; this was simply a windfall from heaven.

At that time, the Song family was in chaos, and it was simply like picking up money. Those who participated in the looting all had gains, and they only hated that they weren't on the scene at the time.

While listening, Xu Yang swept his gaze across the dining hall, and he could no longer see Song Wending, who had been monitoring him.

"Junior Brother Xu!"

Gao Lin waved in the distance, and Xu Yang sat over after getting his food.

"You can sleep soundly now."

Gao Lin smiled: "The Song family acted arrogantly and domineeringly, provoking masters they couldn't afford to provoke, and they were almost wiped out yesterday."

Xu Yang had been in seclusion recently, and he thought Xu Yang didn't know about this, so he hurriedly told Xu Yang the matter.

"It’s good that they were wiped out!"

Xu Yang smiled: "Does Senior Brother have any inside information? Do you know who did it?"

As the eldest disciple of Elder Huoyun, Gao Lin had status and should know some things that others didn't.

In an instant, all eyes looked at Xu Yang.

What they were talking about was hearsay, belonging to following the crowd. With Gao Lin’s status, he might know some things they didn't.

"What inside information could I have?" Gao Lin smiled dryly, his expression slightly unnatural.

Xu Yang’s heart moved. Looking at this, Gao Lin seemed to really know some different things, but was unwilling to say them.

"The Peak Master suspects that it was Master who killed Song Yushao for your sake, but Master said it wasn't him," Gao Lin transmitted his voice.

Elder Huoyun was made a scapegoat?

No wonder Gao Lin was unwilling to say it in public.

Elder Huoyun had the strength and motive, so being a scapegoat wasn't unjust.

"But Junior Brother, you have to be careful; that Han Yingjie might come back," Gao Lin said again.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Gao, for the reminder!" Xu Yang’s eyes were solemn.

Being able to enter the Heavenly Strategy Academy, Han Yingjie’s talent was beyond doubt. After several years of cultivation, he might already be at the second or third level of Heaven Origin.

After all, the Heavenly Strategy Academy was a place far higher than the Purple Sun Sect, and it had everything.

He still couldn't be careless and had to continue hiding.

After eating, Xu Yang returned to the courtyard and took out the Vermillion Flame Fruit.

The Vermillion Flame Fruit was a supreme treasure for cultivating supreme Yang cultivation techniques. The Song family spent an unimaginable price to capture a Crimson Flame Tiger alive and raise it, just to be able to drain the Crimson Flame Tiger’s blood every day to cultivate this Vermillion Flame Fruit, so that Song Yushao would have a chance to step into the second level of Heaven Origin.

Among all the items he snatched from the Song family, the most valuable was this Vermillion Flame Fruit.

It was a pity that it was only eight years old. If it could reach ten years, the value of this Vermillion Flame Fruit would be even higher.

Of course, if the Vermillion Flame Fruit had reached ten years, Song Yushao would have already taken it.

A rich fragrance entered his nose, and Xu Yang took a bite. In an instant, he felt his whole mouth was fragrant, and the taste was actually quite good.

The Vermillion Flame Fruit melted in his mouth, and soon turned into a scorching hot current like molten iron, radiating through his whole body and penetrating into his limbs and bones.

He couldn't care about tasting the flavor, and hurriedly ate the rest, activating the Separating Fire Technique.

Majestic strength swept through his whole body, merging into his Gang-Origin, and began to condense and improve his Gang-Origin.

Xu Yang’s whole body glowed, his momentum rose, and his muscles and bones emitted a crackling sound.

His Gang-Origin was very pure, and it seemed that the Vermillion Flame Fruit didn't have much effect, but under the medicinal power of the Vermillion Flame Fruit, the heat of his Gang-Origin rose rapidly, as if it were about to ignite directly.

The temperature of the entire quiet room began to soar, and he seemed to have turned into a furnace, emitting astonishing heat waves without stopping.

"There is also some slight body-tempering effect."

Under the scorching heat like molten iron, his whole body was like being calcined in a furnace fire, some impurities were burned away, and the toughness and strength of his physical body appeared to have a great improvement.

Of course, the most essential ability of spirit medicine, the ability to improve cultivation, didn't disappear. Every time the Separating Fire Technique operated, his Gang-Origin became a bit more majestic.

The Separating Fire Technique operated over and over again, and Xu Yang’s aura became stronger and stronger.

Several hours later, as all the medicinal power of the Vermillion Flame Fruit was refined, his whole person had a great change.

Xu Yang opened his eyes, feeling refreshed all over.

[Separating Fire Technique First Level (1322/10000)]

The progress of the Separating Fire Technique had also been raised to thirteen hundred, equivalent to four or five months of bitter cultivation.

"The improvement of cultivation is secondary; the main thing is Gang-Origin."

Xu Yang spread his five fingers. His Gang-Origin was like burning golden flames, emitting astonishing high temperatures, and the domineering aura filled the entire quiet room.

He took a piece of spirit iron, and his Gang-Origin soon burned the spirit iron red.

"Iron-Refining Hand!"

He activated the Iron-Refining Hand mental method, and the temperature of his Gang-Origin increased further. The spirit iron was burned red, and there was a trend of turning into molten iron.

"Find an opportunity to kill Liu Qingyuan again."

Song Yushao was dead, but there was still a Liu Qingyuan who hadn't been solved. This was the hardest one to kill and the one hardest to find an opportunity for.

"I can only use myself as bait," Xu Yang pondered.

In the following time, he continued to stay behind closed doors. Except for going down the mountain to send some Leopard Fetus Tendon-Changing Pills to Xu Qing, he almost didn't go out.

Separating Fire Technique, Ming King Immovable Body, Eight Evils Dragon-Subduing Power, Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture, Xuanwu Mountain-Suppressing Fist, Canglang Sword Art—there were too many things he had to cultivate, and he also had to refine the spirit medicines he got from the Song family.

In the blink of an eye, two months passed, and all the spirit medicines obtained from the Song family were refined.

[Separating Fire Technique First Level (3761/10000)]

The progress of the Separating Fire Technique had reached an astonishing level, having completed one-third.

In his original estimate, it would take about a year and a half to reach this level.

[Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture · Great Completion (3144/15000)]

[Ming King Immovable Body · Great Completion (3857/12000)]

[Eight Evils Dragon-Subduing Power · Introductory (3625/10000)]

[Canglang Sword Art · Introductory (822/4000)]

[Xuanwu Mountain-Suppressing Fist · Not Entered (1984/3000)]

[Remaining Lifespan: 200]

[Martial Dao Longevity Points: 2475]

Several martial skills were also steadily improving, only the Xuanwu Mountain-Suppressing Fist hadn't entered the door. This cultivation technique not only had extremely high requirements for the physical body but also consumed comprehension. In two months, he still hadn't entered the door.

Of course, it was also mainly because his mind wasn't entirely on the Xuanwu Mountain-Suppressing Fist. With so many martial skills to comprehend, the time he spent on the Xuanwu Mountain-Suppressing Fist wasn't much.

Closing the panel casually, Xu Yang stood up.

"It’s time to solve Liu Qingyuan. If it drags on for too long, he might not take the bait."