Chapter 94: Hot Potato

Outside Jiangdu City, in a bamboo forest. Yangzhou people all knew that this was the Shi Long Daochang.

The Shi Long Daochang was a martial arts dojo established by the number one expert of Yangzhou, Shi Long Daoren.

The dojo was in the front, and the secluded forest was in the back. In the secluded forest, there was a smaller dojo, which was the place where Shi Long lived in seclusion.

On this day, a young man came to the secluded forest.

"Who is outside?"

Shi Long, who was closing his eyes and resting his mind, suddenly felt an extreme sharpness appear outside, making his brow ache.

He couldn't help but shout in horror.

"When will the water go to the vast sea? The orchid is also fragrant in the secluded forest."

"Daoist Shi Long, you have good elegance."

In green clothes and long robes, with jade hair tied up, elegant and unique, what a "person in the world is like jade, a young master without equal." The young man who entered Shi Long's eyes was like a drifting immortal in the turbid world.

"I don't know the young master's honorable name, and what is the matter for finding Shi?"

Shi Long looked at Su Fan with a solemn expression. Su Fan gave him the feeling of both an immortal entering the world and a young master of the turbid world, but the sharpness that made his brow ache was also brought by this person.

It made Shi Long very shocked.

And he clearly didn't feel the Innate True Qi on Su Fan's body, so why did he bring a sense of threat to him?

Practicing physical martial arts, he had already reached this realm, and he had long since controlled his physical body, so naturally, he wouldn't be as strong and mighty as many martial generals.

The more this was the case, the more it could reflect Su Fan's control over his physical body, returning to simplicity and unity.

As for giving Shi Long the feeling of an immortal in the turbid world, it was also because Su Fan's spiritual power had broken through consecutively after his Blood and Qi surged.

With his current spiritual divine soul power, he had already reached the level of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and was even stronger than the spiritual power of a Foundation Establishment initial-stage cultivator.

This could also be considered an unexpected joy. He hadn't expected that the increase in his physical Blood and Qi would have a greater feedback on his spiritual power than internal energy nourishment.

Sure enough, the physical body and the soul are the closest. Daoist teachings say "only cultivate nature, not life, this is the first disease of cultivation." "Cultivating both nature and life" is the kingly way.

And the True Qi path is just an attachment to the essence and Qi of the physical body.

As for the magic power of the main world's immortal cultivation, there is also physical body cultivation. Every increase in magic power will drive the increase of the physical body.

Especially the breakthrough of great realms, such as breaking through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, there is a marrow-cleansing and meridian-cutting, but the focus is on magic power, with the soul as the main and the physical body as the auxiliary.

Su Fan now focuses on the physical body, with the soul as the auxiliary, but the breakthrough of the physical body has indeed increased the power of the soul.

The divine soul power of Foundation Establishment, placed in the world of mortals, to say it is a banished immortal is no problem.

After all, the lifespan has broken through the limit of mortals.

The martial artists of this world, even Grandmasters, have not broken through the limit of mortals. Indeed, Su Fan knows that the combat power of a Grandmaster might be comparable to the initial stage of Foundation Establishment, and if it is close combat, some Grandmasters can even win.

But their lifespan still has a limit. Even Grandmasters who preserve health in the Daoist sect can probably only live to over one hundred and fifty.

Unless your divine soul breaks through, just like Sun En of the Bianhuang world, who once broke the immortal gate.

Later, he shattered the void. Those who can shatter the void almost all have breakthroughs in their souls.

Su Fan's soul has now transcended the mundane. Of course, wanting to break the void, he still has some lack of strength.

He can feel the stubborn power of the void. Unless his physical body goes further, perhaps he can do it.

One person directly breaking the void indeed requires extremely strong power.

His current strength, Grandmaster limit is also fine, and against a Grandmaster, it is not a problem.

Su Fan's current state is very special, so naturally, he gives Shi Long a very peculiar feeling.

Shi Long's realm is too low. If it were Shi Zhixuan and the others looking at him, they would see at a glance that Su Fan's state at the moment is in an unstable state just after breaking through.

After a period of time

The bright moon hangs in the sky!

Su Fan slowly stepped into the middle of Shi Long's Daoist hall, his smile growing increasingly brilliant: "Daoist Shi Long, I have come to save your life."

"Save my life?"

Upon hearing this, a trace of displeasure immediately appeared on Shi Long's face; if it weren't for his wariness of Su Fan, he would have even wanted to blast him out.

To visit in the dead of night, not even coming in person, and starting with such a statement—it was only thanks to his many years of cultivating the Dao that he had developed such a good temper.

"Yes, that's right! I have truly come to save Daoist Shi Long's life."

Su Fan was serious, and he was not lying in the slightest; if one had to say, this Shi Long's days were numbered.

Who told him to harbor a treasure that invites disaster?

With the Secrets of Longevity in his hands, given his strength, he simply could not protect it.

Although many people have already abandoned Yang Guang, he is still the Emperor of the Great Sui, the sovereign of the world today; if he wants the Secrets of Longevity, then there will inevitably be someone to take it for him.

And the person who will take the book is the ruthless and vicious Yuwen Huaji.

As for these Secrets of Longevity, if it weren't for Yang Guang's need, Shi Long might have been able to live; after all, this strange book, although ranked as one of the four great strange books.

And it has even appeared on Su Fan's ranking list, but the truly major powers do not pay much attention to it.

Because those who know are clear that this thing is a trap, a trap that kills people without mercy.

Countless Daoist sages and Demonic Sect experts have died under this cultivation technique, not only because of fighting for it, but also because too many experts died from Qi deviation due to forcibly practicing this martial art.

As a result, in the end, everyone became afraid; even if it fell into their hands, they would either hide it tightly or throw it away.

It is a hot potato; if kept in one's own hands, it will be coveted by others.

It brings a hundred harms and not a single benefit.

So even though Su Fan brought out the ranking list, to tell the truth, in these years, the pursuit of the Secrets of Longevity has only been by those small sects and families who do not understand this thing.

Truly major powers, such as the Daoist and Demonic sects, those that have existed for thousands of years, and even many of the great clans, all understand.

With their abilities, they have long known that this thing fell into Shi Long's hands, but not a single person has come to take it.

Because it is a chicken rib.

This is also the reason why Su Fan has not moved; because he also understands that it doesn't matter if others know.

He even estimates that even Yang Guang is merely curious.

As a member of the Yang clan, how could he not know the secrets within? Moreover, he served as the superintendent in Yangzhou for so many years without pursuing it; if he wants it now, he is likely planning something.

Perhaps he wants to bring out this supreme technique to win over the Daoist or Demonic sects.

Of course, as for what Yang Guang actually wants to do, Su Fan does not care.

He came here, firstly for these Secrets of Longevity, and secondly for Shi Long.

This is, after all, an innate first-class expert; if he can be subdued, that would be quite good. He already has a few first-class experts under his command, but they all follow the path of the battlefield, and none of them follow the path of True Qi.

Subduing an innate first-class True Qi expert would be quite good, even if just to serve as an instructor.