Chapter 112 : Chapter 112

Chapter 112: The Demon-Slaying Dao Canon's "Longevity and Origin-Replenishing" Chapter!

If you all surrendered, then I would not need to make a move, would I?

After voicing his brilliant idea, Dan Qingzi looked at them expectantly.

Zuo Hong had just been besieged and beaten until he was covered in wounds. Now that Ma Minnong had stepped in, he had finally managed to snatch a brief moment of rest. Yet when he saw this scene, confusion appeared on his face.

What was this supposed to be?

Could a phantom made from talisman ashes really frighten living martial artists?

Dream on!

The few early Seventh-Rank martial artists from Prince Qing's line frowned.

They had indeed been badly startled just now by Dan Qingzi's name. After all, he was the number one expert on the Earth Ranking, a Ninth-Rank master.

If he had truly appeared here in person, handling the few of them would have been effortless.

But they quickly came to their senses.

It was only a phantom. What could it possibly do to them?

And who knew whether this Dan Qingzi was even real?

One of them snarled viciously, "Stop putting on this act. A bluff like this won't scare us!"

Some inexplicable old man had produced some inexplicable phantom.

If they got scared by that, they would become a complete joke!

Dan Qingzi lowered his head helplessly. "Sigh, it seems reconciliation is impossible after all... all the merit this poor Daoist worked so hard to accumulate."

"Owing someone a karmic debt truly is a helpless thing. Senior Brother, don't forget what your junior brother has done for you. You have so much merit already, so why not let this one be counted against you too...?"

When the martial artists from Prince Qing's line saw Dan Qingzi muttering to himself, the last bit of doubt in their hearts vanished.

That phantom had just been bluffing from the start!

No longer bothering with him, they coldly turned their eyes toward Ma Minnong and Zuo Hong.

"If the two of you know what's good for you, then stop struggling and offer yourselves as sacrifices for our great Heavenly Fate cause!"

Before the words had even finished falling, three powerful surges of Vital Blood erupted together and fused as they struck out in unison.

Ma Minnong's eyes widened. He hurriedly shouted at Dan Qingzi, who was still muttering, "Stop babbling! If you don't make a move now, both this old man and that fellow will be finished!"

"No, no, no!"

Dan Qingzi finally panicked. He formed hand seals and began chanting under his breath as Dao Resonance drifted out around him.

"More tricks!"

The three martial artists from Prince Qing's line let out cold snorts and paid him no mind at all, charging straight at Ma Minnong.

But in the very next instant, something utterly unexpected happened.

One of them suddenly froze in place, his powerful Vital Blood abruptly stalling.

"Big Brother! What's wrong with you?"

The other two had their Vital Blood fused together with his, so they were dragged down by him and could only stop with frowns on their faces.

Just as they were about to ask what had happened—

They saw that the stopped martial artist's face had turned black, and blood was pouring from all seven of his orifices.

His body convulsed as he collapsed to the ground.

"Big Brother, what's wrong with you?!"

The other two saw this, and their pupils shrank. They hurried over to check on him.

When they discovered black blood seeping from his seven orifices and saw him lying on the ground, neither dead nor alive, their hearts were instantly filled with terror.

Could it be that Dan Qingzi had not just been talking nonsense?

If that was true...

Then they would be next!

"Ah!"

As if in answer to that thought, the two of them suddenly let out miserable screams. The circulation of Internal Energy throughout their bodies instantly fell into chaos.

Without Internal Energy to sustain the powerful flesh they had forged through years of Hard-Body Training, they collapsed to the ground and began convulsing.

When Zuo Hong and the others saw this scene, their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Three early Seventh-Rank martial artists had just been dealt with like that?!

The phantom Dan Qingzi that Ma Minnong had called out actually had real power behind it?

The moment they remembered that they too had opposed Divine Physician Ma earlier, cold sweat began running down their backs without stop. They even looked at Prince Qing's Remnants with a hint of gratitude.

If those people had not jumped out first, then the ones suffering this bizarre method would have been them!

By sheer luck, they had escaped death.

The martial artists of Jiannan Circuit looked at Dan Qingzi with lingering fear, only to discover that something seemed off about the phantom made of talisman ashes.

Dan Qingzi floated in front of Ma Minnong, laughing. "Hahaha, they really were steeped in evil, so no merit was deducted... wait, where did my ten years of lifespan go?"

His eyes widened all of a sudden, and his neck craned forward.

"Old Man Ma, you tricked me! Who exactly are these people? Their identities are not ordinary!"

Ma Minnong blinked his old eyes as well. "They are the descendants of that rebellion-loving Prince Qing..."

Regret was already rising in his heart too. He had tricked Dan Qingzi!

Prince Qing's Remnants at least carried ties to the imperial line, so within the karmic web of Govern Fate, they were not the same as ordinary people.

After that whole round of methods, Dan Qingzi had suffered quite a serious backlash.

He immediately wilted and began muttering to himself again. "Senior Brother, you really did your junior brother dirty. I incurred karmic debt to save you, and now even my lifespan has been paid out..."

"If I had known the interest would be this steep, I should never have let you hide your wine with me when we were children..."

On the other side, Cheng Fang was completely dumbstruck by everything he had just seen.

How was this possible?!

Madam Wu had once been a dignified expert on the Earth Ranking, so how had she ended up being suppressed so miserably by that mysterious old swordsman here in Jiannan Circuit?

And as for Dan Qingzi's name, it had long thundered in his ears.

The number one expert on the Earth Ranking!

And now he had emerged from a single talisman and directly crippled three martial artists on their side!

Had it not been said that the strongest martial artist in Jiannan Circuit was only Zuo Hong at Late Seventh Rank?

How had things turned into this now?

Cheng Fang's heart began to pound wildly as fear rose within him.

Once that mysterious old swordsman and Dan Qingzi fully freed up their hands and turned their attention to him, everything would be over no matter what he said.

Cheng Fang took a deep look at Cheng Yu, then looked at the struggling Xiao Qian in his hand.

After drawing a deep breath, he clenched his teeth and turned to flee at once.

As he ran, he shouted, "Madam Wu, there are too many ambushes! We have to retreat first!"

Getting away first was the wisest move!

"But my Young Princess!"

The old hag Wu had already been tormented miserably by Jian A's fighting style and did not dare let her guard down for even a moment.

Only when she heard Cheng Fang's voice amidst her total concentration did she finally notice how disastrous the situation across the battlefield had become.

Their people were dead! Xiao Qian had been captured!

And in the instant her mind wandered, another slash of sword wind swept past her. Unable to block it in time, she suffered yet another wound.

By then, Cheng Fang had already sped to the wall of the Circuit Yamen and shouted, "Stop worrying about all that! If we don't leave now, we'll all die!"

But before his words had even finished, he suddenly heard the sound of wind tearing through the air by his ear.

Before he could react, a searing pain exploded in his shoulder.

He had been hit by a hidden weapon!

Grinding his teeth, he had no choice but to keep urging the old hag Wu onward despite the pain.

Madam Wu was furious beyond measure. Desperately, she lashed her spiked whip and conjured two bloody dragon phantoms, blocking Jian A's attack and seizing the chance to withdraw.

As she fled, she left behind a shrill curse. "Anyone who kills members of my Heavenly Fate Lineage will repay a blood debt with blood!"

She turned back and fixed Cheng Yu with a deep, hateful stare.

"If anything happens to my Young Princess, or if she leaves Jiannan Circuit, then my Heavenly Fate Lineage will exterminate your entire clan!"

[The host has crushed the Rebels, captured an evildoer, and rendered great service. Reward granted: the Demon-Slaying Dao Canon's “Longevity and Origin-Replenishing” Chapter!】

As the system's voice rang out, Cheng Yu's understanding of the Demon-Slaying Dao Canon suddenly increased. At that moment, a new chapter was filled into its all-encompassing catalogue.

If cultivating the Demon-Slaying Dao Canon before had been a matter of continuously refining his Internal Energy and sensing profound Dao principles,

then the "Longevity and Origin-Replenishing" Chapter was far more concrete!

It guided the practitioner to sense the flow of Internal Energy and, through a unique method of breathing and circulation, draw the pure spiritual essence of heaven and earth into the body.

It nourished the organs, meridians, and marrow, repaired subtle impurities and hidden depletion, replenished the origin of heaven and earth, slowed aging, and led one toward the realm of longevity.

Once the replenishment of origin reached fullness, one could attain longevity!

And in the end, it pointed directly toward the next chapter, "Defying Fate and Altering the Origin," through which one could obtain the Govern Fate path of the True Martial Inheritance!