Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons (7th Realm of Divine Transformation 2%)
Just now, the Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons broke through from the 6th Realm Divine Skill, leaping to the 7th Realm of Divine Transformation.
The poison sac in his Sea of Qi beca larger, and the Myriad Poison True Qi within it grew purer, with its toxicity naturally strengthening.
He glanced at the attributes again.
Longevity: 489
Talent Value: 95
Other martial artists cultivating the Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons would suffer damage to their ridians and flesh.
But this side effect reversed in Su Que, strengthening his ridians and flesh, making his physique more formidable.
Thereby increasing his longevity, and his Talent Value increased accordingly.
At this mont, Li Xuanji and Fan Gushan both ca over.
Su Que glanced at the piles of corpses in the pool, then quickly looked away, saying to Li Xuanji: "Let’s bury them first."
"The dead are supre" — these four words, whether in the past life or this one, held true for Su Que.
Most on the pile of corpses were innocent civilians killed.
Not the soldiers of the slaughterfield.
Su Que did not wish to absorb the death qi from these civilians as they lay exposed, which would be disrespectful to innocent victims.
He planned to wait until these civilians were decently buried, after which he would go to the graveyard to absorb the death qi.
He of course did not absorb the death qi from these civilian corpses in vain.
These civilians were killed by Miaojiang Gu Masters, victims of the chaos in Miaojiang.
After entering Miaojiang, he would kill those leaders of Miaojiang forces, considering it as vengeance for these innocent civilians.
Li Xuanji was advised by Fan Gushan to refine these bodies into corpse gu.
Upon hearing Su Que’s intent to bury the bodies, he felt at a loss, looking to Fan Gushan for guidance.
Fan Gushan, catching Li Xuanji’s gaze and understanding his thoughts, said: "Let’s bury the civilians and soldiers."
As he said this, Fan Gushan thought to himself they would temporarily bury the bodies, digging them up later to make them into corpse gu.
Following Fan Gushan’s words, Li Xuanji ordered soldiers to move the bodies from the pool and carry them to the mountains near the city for burial.
Li Xuanji left fifty soldiers to handle this task and took the rest to another city.
He intended to first kill the Miaojiang Gu Masters occupying the city before leading troops into Miaojiang.
He also provided Su Que with a fine horse.
Although martial arts experts in the army could travel faster using lightweight skills even over long distances,
not all in the army were strong martial arts experts.
Thus, horse riding remained an effective thod for fast marches.
The Miaojiang Gu Master, captured by Su Que to serve as a guide, was bound to a horse, following the army.
Nightfall was approaching, with the world bathed in the last glimr of light.
Just as they prepared to leave through the city gates, many undulating musical notes suddenly rose up.
Su Que, not knowing musical instrunts, could vaguely discern flute sounds, reed pipe sounds, and shell sounds among them.
There were other sounds he couldn’t distinguish.
Soon after, a buzzing noise grew louder and closer.
In the next mont, under the night sky, swarms of flying insects, dense as clouds, rose from a forest, pressing towards them like enormous dark clouds.
"Such Gu Skill!" Fan Gushan looked at the flying insects and listened to the music coming from one direction, saying:
"It must be three Village Chiefs from the Twelve Miao Villages!"
Just after he spoke, vague shadows appeared amidst the forest.
Then over twenty individuals dressed in Miaojiang attire erged from the woods.
Fan Gushan wasn’t wrong, among these over twenty Miao people, three were indeed Village Chiefs of the Twelve Villages.
Even among them, the one with the lowest martial arts realm was a "Tenth ridian of the ridian Opening Realm" martial artist.
Moreover, confident in their formidable gu skills and high martial arts realms, they needn’t fear exposing their location.
"The Cave Master was right, hanging around in the city we occupy might really lead to encountering Li Xuanji checking things out."
Tian Longteng lightly set aside the flute in his hand and said.
This statent was heard not only by his companions but also by Su Que and the others.
Among the three Village Chiefs present, Tian Longteng possessed the highest martial arts realm and gu skill expertise.
The martial arts realm of a Gu Master greatly influences the potency of gu insects.
Higher martial arts realms equate to greater True Qi, allowing control over more gu insects at greater distances.
Tian Longteng’s martial arts realm had reached the "Fourteenth ridian of the ridian Opening Realm."
Before arriving at the Central Plains, they had inquired about Li Xuanji, knowing him to be a young, handso general.
Thus, upon seeing a young general at the forefront of the group, they recognized him as the commander of the Heaven-Breaking Army, Li Xuanji.
"Killing Li Xuanji would spell the end for the Heaven-Breaking Army."
After Tian Longteng finished this sentence, the subordinates of the three Village Chiefs began controlling a sky full of poisonous insects, bearing down on Su Que and others.
These poisonous insects, not particularly dangerous gu insects, could be killed using martial arts by Su Que, Li Xuanji, and so martial artists in the army.
However, most soldiers in the army, with weak True Qi, could not fend off these poisonous insects.
Yet, Fan Gushan was prepared.
Upon learning of the upheaval in Miaojiang, Fan Gushan first went to the Purple Sun Temple to find Elder Qingxuan, asking him and other alchemists in the army to expedite the refining of "Insect-Repelling Pills."
Having lived for centuries, Fan Gushan also practiced alchemy, achieving great proficiency in the art.
Elder Qingxuan learned alchemy from Fan Gushan.
However, since Elder Qingxuan was just a retainer of Li Xuanji and Fan Gushan was Li Xuanji’s master,
Fan Gushan and Elder Qingxuan could not officially have a master-disciple relationship.
"Insect-Repelling Pill" was a recipe Fan Gushan ca up with based on the characteristics of Miaojiang insects.
The required herbs weren’t precious, easy to collect, allowing for mass production of the pills.
If soldiers hold one in their mouth, ordinary Miaojiang poisonous insects can’t approach.
However, the Gu insects controlled by expert Gu Masters were beyond its capabilities.
Nevertheless, these expert-controlled Gu insects were difficult to refine and rare, manageable by martial arts experts.
Shortly after eting Li Xuanji, Elder Qingxuan, together with the alchemists, produced the first batch of "Insect-Repelling Pills."
Then, martial arts experts using lightweight skills delivered them to Li Xuanji first.
Seeing the sky full of poisonous insects, the soldiers beside Li Xuanji quickly took out an "Insect-Repelling Pill" and held it in their mouth.
Imdiately, most insects attempting to land on them stopped three feet away.
Only a few formidable Gu insects defied the pill.
Li Xuanji promptly ordered the martial arts experts in the army to join him in dealing with these formidable Gu insects.
Seeing that most insects couldn’t approach the Heaven-Breaking Army, Tian Longteng’s eyes narrowed, saying:
"Seems Li Xuanji commands many experts, no wonder he dares to raise an army!"
Then, he told others: "Ignore the soldiers, kill Li Xuanji first."
Li Xuanji drew the treasure saber from his waist, slashing a swarm of gu insects into powder.
Then, he looked at the over twenty Miaojiang Gu Masters in the distance.
Thinking it better to kill the Gu Masters controlling the insects than to keep battling the insects,
the army needed martial arts experts to deal with formidable Gu insects, and only three Gu Masters had the ridian Opening Realm.
He believed he and Su Que could handle them together.
Just as he intended to discuss this with Su Que, he noticed Su Que’s saddle was already empty.
Turning his head, he saw a dark figure breaking through the swarm, shooting toward the Gu Masters.
Su Que considered his ti too precious to waste here.
If left to the Heaven-Breaking Army, it was uncertain how long it would take to deal with the Gu Masters.
Thus, he leapt off the horse and swept towards the Gu Masters.
"An expert is coming, kill him first!"
Seeing a dark figure approaching, Tian Longteng quickly gave the order.
The others imdiately maneuvered the sky full of poisonous insects to converge on Su Que.
In no ti, a thick wall of insects ford before Su Que.
Su Que activated his True Qi, a glow of blood and gold shining, and the Exotic Golden Bell Shield engraved with a ferocious beast face manifested around him.
He kept his speed, crashing into the insect wall.
The thick wall of insects was shattered by the Exotic Golden Bell Shield.
The power of the Exotic Golden Bell Shield crushed the insect bodies to pieces.
The shattered bodies of the insects scattered in all directions, like explosive charges in the sand suddenly detonated.
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