Chapter 973

"No surprises, just danger."

Su Guishan grabbed the small teapot, aimed it at his mouth, and gulped it all down in one go; he was truly thirsty.

Liang Qu poured hot water into his hand, cooled it with heart-fire, and listened attentively.

Xu Xu Yuelong explained: "We don't fear the local tigers, but we fear the mountain-raiding eagles; people who strike once and run are the most troublesome. Fortunately, with your news, we invited Perfected Form experts from Southern Zhili in advance to help set up an ambush.

Helplessly, the other side learned from their mistakes and were cautious, not showing their faces or making a move. They probed us openly and secretly for nearly a month, exhausting seven diviners. Lanzhou is a hub for the canal; only a few ships sank, and ninety percent of the cargo was salvaged. It's the greatest fortune amidst misfortune."

Simply listening to the process of the two engagements, Liang Qu slapped the table in admiration: "Brother Xu is high, Uncle is both high and tough!

Just, it wasn't the Ghost Mother Sect's 'luring the tiger away from the mountain,' was it?"

"Heh, if you can think of it, can't I? We were prepared long ago." Su Guishan picked up the teapot, just about to take a sip, when he was startled. "The water was just boiled, why is it ice cold?"

"A small trick." Liang Qu held up his index finger and thumb.

"Ice-attribute Myriad-Form martial arts?" Xu Xu Yuelong also picked up the teapot and shook it; there was a faint sound of ice shards colliding, which was very refreshing. "It couldn't be a divine ability, could it? Have you become a Grandmaster?"

"Neither." Liang Qu shook his head and extended his palm. In the center of his palm, scorching waves and cold winds flickered alternately. "It's heart-fire."

"Pfft!"

Tea sprayed out.

"Heart-fire! You can comprehend heart-fire?" Everyone was horrified.

"No, what's with these expressions? It's fresh, why can't I?" Liang Qu scratched his head. "There should be more people who comprehend heart-fire than those who reach the twenty-second Perfected Form, right?"

Everyone was silent.

Wei Lin's brows knitted tight.

Liang Qu can comprehend heart-fire?

None of the people in the room were ignorant.

The key to comprehending heart-fire isn't just talent; it actually has little to do with talent. Everyone's personality is different, and heart-fire mostly appears in those with a firm personality who have experienced twists and turns in life.

In short.

Bitter and deep-seated hatred, fighting heaven and earth.

Enemies everywhere they go, enemies everywhere they visit.

Hunted down every day, remembered at all times, unable to sleep well once in three days, habitually backstabbed every five days, never staying in one place for more than a month.

Liang Qu—

A fulfilling life, friends everywhere, a favorite of the Holy Emperor on the water, several Demon King backers under the water, successful wherever he goes, a local tyrant, respects teachers and the Dao, has a beautiful wife—he's the complete opposite extreme!

How can someone with such a happy life comprehend heart-fire?

Some say Liang Qu can reach the Melting Furnace, and Xu Xu Yuelong would believe it three-tenths, but you say heart-fire?

"How did you comprehend it?" Su Guishan asked.

"I went to Datong Prefecture, and the Hanging Temple opened a Six Desires Heaven for me, No-Abode Nirvana—"

"The Hanging Temple opened a Six Desires Heaven for you?" Xu Xu Yuelong gasped.

"Yeah."

"Never mind." Xu Xu Yuelong pinched the bridge of his nose. "Continue."

Liang Qu briefly talked about his thirteen years of training in the illusion, succeeding in Buddhism, coming out and being punched by Zhang Zhang Longxiang, and bursting with unyielding spirit in a desperate situation.

So it was a real illusion created by the Buddhist foundation; that's not surprising... as if!

Dead silence.

Gurgle, gurgle, the boiling water on the stove churned.

Buddhism, Hanging Temple, Zhang Longxiang Martial Saint, heart-fire... how does it feel like their month-long tug-of-war against the Ghost Mother Sect in Lanzhou wasn't as exciting as Liang Qu "sightseeing" in Datong Prefecture—

"Anyway, it's good that everyone is safe." Liang Qu broke the silence and poured tea for everyone one by one. "Cough, Viceroy, has the Great Merit for destroying the Ghost Mother Sect's elixir veins come down yet?"

"It has." Su Guishan let out a breath, suppressing his aching head, and pulled a booklet from his sleeve and slapped it on the table. "Including the information you provided on the Ghost Mother Sect's attack this time, back and forth, a total of fifty-eight Great Merits,

and twenty White Apes."

Hiss!

His heart thumped, blood rushing to his head.

Liang Qu picked up the booklet and flipped through it. Under his own name, along with the ten left over from before, the dense golden patterns were dazzling.

Sixty-eight!

Plus twenty White Apes.

Eighty-eight!

Powerful!

How many things, how many treasures can this exchange for? If he exchanged it all for precious medicine, he could at least exchange for hundreds of thousands of essence! That's another huge chunk of fusion, and the Water Ape Great Saint is just around the corner!

"So happy, is there something you want to exchange for?" Su Guishan asked.

Liang Qu thought for a moment: "Nothing particularly desired, just some water-attribute precious plants. If there are similar but different water-attribute ones, that would be best."

"Then don't be in a hurry. I have some good internal circulation stuff here that you can't find in the exchange book right now." Su Guishan smiled mysteriously, untied a small pouch slightly larger than a fist from his waist, and threw it on the table with a dull thud.

"Good stuff?"

Liang Qu looked at the pouch. The pouch was brown all over, covered in golden embroidery, and not very conspicuous.

He picked it up; it was heavy, at least a hundred jin.

It was so small, what was inside?

"Open it and see."

Liang Qu untied the rope and opened the bag, surprised to find the bag was pitch black, and he couldn't see the bottom at all!

"Viceroy—this is—"

"Divine Ability Order, reach in."

Divine Ability Order?

Not afraid of any ambush, Liang Qu reached in, and it was actually empty. He could fit his entire forearm in, and only then did he touch the bottom. He felt around—there were stones, medicine bottles, clothes, mostly daily necessities.

No.

A bold thought struck his mind, and he blurted out.

"Qiankun Bag?"

"Not bad, you've read your fair share of storybooks." Su Guishan picked up the small bag and tied it back to his waist.

"How was it made?" Liang Qu's eyes glowed with infinite curiosity, and he wanted it ten thousand times more.

A Qiankun Bag!

An essential item for home and travel, so convenient, but it involved something too complex—spatial application!

What martial arts could be cultivated to create a space that could be large or small? Currently, Liang Qu had only glimpsed the prototype in Perfected Form divine abilities.

"Didn't I say it? Divine Ability Order, naturally made with divine abilities."

Combining the imperial court's collection of Perfected Form corpses, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind.

"Grandmaster remnants?"

"Correct." Xu Xu Yuelong nodded.

Liang Qu looked at the waists of Xu Xu Yuelong and Wei Lin again; they all had a small golden-patterned bag hanging there.

Everyone had one.

It wasn't expensive, he could get one!

"It's a new method of the imperial court. The River Terrace official came up with the idea, and they led the Ministry of Works to research it for nearly twenty years to create it. It can strip away the divine abilities of a Grandmaster who hasn't been dead for long, and drive it with our own Qi Sea, equivalent to having an extra small divine ability. Thanks to the River Terrace official, I'm tagging along and can get some things that aren't in the exchange book at all."

River Terrace official!

The highest official of the River Patrol Office!

No wonder.

Liang Qu was incredibly excited: "Can any divine ability be made?"

"Naturally impossible, how could it be that simple? The loss involved is unknown. Currently, only five types have been made. The golden-patterned bag is considered cheap, but you have many Great Merits, so you can choose for yourself." Su Guishan took out another small booklet.

Liang Qu couldn't wait.

"Half-stone golden-patterned bag, ten Great Merits—"

"One-stone golden-patterned bag, fifteen Great Merits—"

"Red Firmament Thunder Strike, one hundred Great Merits??"