Chapter 183: Black Sun Subduing Demon Fist

Azure Prefecture.

Flying snow filled the sky.

Shen Qing had been sitting motionless for three days.

Falling snow settled on Shen Qing's shoulders, gradually building up a thick layer.

And the remodeling of the Great Sun Subduing Demon Fist was also entering its final stage.

In this desolate snowy plain, a donkey's bray slowly sounded, and in the distance a donkey cart slowly appeared—it was an old donkey pulling a grandfather and grandson across the snow.

The old man was named Xu Yin, and the child was named Xu Yun.

The child Xu Yun played carelessly with the snowflakes in his hands, completely unaware of the old man Xu Yin's lingering worry between his brows.

Xu Yun's voice was full of excitement: "Grandfather, when will we arrive?"

Xu Yin rubbed the child's head and brushed off the snow on his body: "We still have a ways to go, don't rush."

Xu Yun's voice sounded ethereal: "Grandfather, why don't we stay where we were before? That place was quite nice."

"Because bad people are coming, and they don't want us to stay there."

Xu Yun nodded as if he understood, though he actually didn't—just like a child, he didn't want to ask further.

Suddenly, Xu Yun's eyes lit up as he gazed at an open space in the snow.

"Grandfather, look, there's a snowman over there."

All that could be seen was Shen Qing sitting upright in the snow, his body covered with a thick layer of snow, which at first glance truly resembled a snowman.

"A snowman? Who would come here to build a snowman." Xu Yin rubbed his cloudy eyes, startled.

"Oh dear! That's not a snowman—it's a person. How could someone be out here in this wilderness?"

Xu Yin hastily stopped the cart and rushed toward the snow.

"How is it still a young man? Why is he out here in such heavy snow?"

"What a sin, what a sin."

Being a child, Xu Yun had fewer inhibitions and poked Shen Qing.

"Grandfather, this older brother feels warm."

Xu Yin grabbed Xu Yun, clasped his hands together, and kept muttering.

"Children speak without restraint, children speak without restraint."

But at that moment, Xu Yin also noticed Shen Qing's chest rising and falling slightly.

"Huh?"

"He's actually still alive."

Xu Yin also had some cultivation, though only at the Body Tempering Realm; he immediately understood that Shen Qing must have some cultivation, and a rather high level at that.

"No wonder he's still alive."

"But even high cultivation won't help much—at his young age he could at most reach the Postnatal Realm, and even staying long in that realm in this environment would eventually kill him."

Saying this, Xu Yin stepped forward, grabbed Shen Qing's waist in one motion, intending to lift him onto the donkey cart.

But with his Body Tempering Realm cultivation, he could not possibly budge Shen Qing, who had trained the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to the tenth layer.

Xu Yin gave an embarrassed laugh: "Good grandson, Grandfather's old—come help me."

"Okay!"

But the result was that both grandfather and grandson turned red-faced, while Shen Qing didn't budge an inch.

Xu Yun panted heavily: "Really, he's old—can't even move a young man."

Saying this, Xu Yun lifted his head and glanced at the gradually darkening sky.

"Anyway, the weather's no good for traveling tonight—let's just spend the night here."

"Yun, go gather some firewood around; I'll bring the donkey cart over to block the wind and snow—we'll be spending the night here."

Not long after, a bonfire was lit, and Xu Yin pulled a piece of cloth from the donkey cart and draped it over his head, barely covering Shen Qing and the grandfather-grandson pair.

Time passed slowly, and Xu Yun lay in Xu Yin's arms and gradually fell asleep.

But in the middle of the night, Xu Yun suddenly woke up, because the body of the Xu Yin holding him was growing colder and colder.

Xu Yun sat up abruptly, pushed at Xu Yin, and cried, "Grandfather! Grandfather! What's wrong with you?"

Xu Yun was at a loss, tears streaming down, he clung to Xu Yin with his small body, trying to warm his grandfather with his own warmth.

But in the place he wasn't noticing, the surroundings grew darker and darker, even the bonfire's light being gradually swallowed.

But behind him, Shen Qing slowly rose to his feet.

"Child, move aside."

Xu Yun turned his head somewhat dazedly, as if clutching at the last straw, and tightly gripped Shen Qing's pant leg.

"Brother, please save my grandfather, okay? My grandfather is freezing."

A violet flash flickered in Shen Qing's pupils as his Eye of Breaking Illusions instantly activated, seeing through every flaw in Xu Yin's body.

Then he pointed a finger at Xu Yin's chest; a surge of domineering true qi swiftly dispelled the yin cold within Xu Yin's body, and before long his temperature began to rise.

He then waved his hand, forming a ball of true qi that enveloped them, shielding them from the outside wind and snow.

Shen Qing lowered his head to look at Xu Yun: "Child, your grandfather is fine."

Xu Yun hurried over, grasped his grandfather's hand, felt the gradually warming temperature, and wiped away his tears.

Immediately afterward he turned back to look at Shen Qing; clearly well brought up, his first instinct was to thank Shen Qing.

"Thank you, brother, for saving my grandfather—I will surely repay you in the future."

Shen Qing rubbed Xu Yun's head: "Child, what's your name, and where do you live?"

"I'm Xu Yun; I used to live with my grandfather in Jiuling Town, but now bad people have come, and my grandfather told me we need to move elsewhere."

Xu Yun considered for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed in a direction.

Shen Qing glanced and said, "Xu Yun, close your eyes later; I didn't tell you not to open them."

Xu Yun nodded firmly, closed his eyes, and chose to trust Shen Qing.

Soon, Shen Qing's voice rang out.

"Alright, open your eyes."

Xu Yun opened his eyes and his mouth fell open, because the surrounding scenery had completely changed; they had arrived at a small house.

In this direction there is only this house, and it's in the wilderness; even the nearest village is several li away.

"Brother, what kind of trick is this?"

"This is a wonderful trick; you'll be able to learn it too."

"But right now, hurry and move your grandfather into the house—it's freezing outside."

The child's attention is easily diverted; in an instant he stopped obsessing over how Shen Qing had brought them here.

Shen Qing walked into the house, then a thread of true qi probed out, blowing away the dust inside, and then he placed Xu Yin on the bed that was still fairly intact.

Shen Qing released a burst of true qi, lightly knocking Xu Yun unconscious, and placed him beside Xu Yin; after pondering a moment, Shen Qing walked out of the house.

After about the time it takes to finish half a cup of tea, when Shen Qing re-entered the house, he was already holding two black bear hides.

One black bear hide was laid beneath the two of them, the other covered them.

Having done all that, Shen Qing stepped out of the house onto an open clearing; his whole body surged with overbearing true qi, countless black mist billowed out, and behind him a faint black great sun appeared.

Shen Qing threw a punch, instantly dispersing the wind and snow filling the sky.

This is Shen Qing's improved version of the "Great Sun Subduing Demon Fist."

But now calling it the Great Sun Subduing Demon Fist is no longer fitting; first, this great sun is pure black, and his strike is overwhelmingly overbearing, while the spreading black mist devours all surrounding light.

Compared to the original, this fist technique is now more rigid and forceful, his strikes are faster, and it suits Shen Qing better.

Shen Qing decided to name it the "Black Sun Subduing Demon Fist."