Kill Me More Times, Chapter 234:

Chapter 234:

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"Hai Wuya, what do you think? If the Xumi Mountain King Sutra and the Long Life Fist Sutra are practiced together, can they complent each other?"

Realizing the complentary potential of these two martial arts techniques, Qiao Mu, whose injuries had slightly improved, visited Hai Wuya at the first opportunity.

Hai Wuya is the ancestor of the "Xumi Mountain King Sutra".

This cultivation thod focuses on cultivating one’s qi and blood, and it has two characteristics.

The first is that it has very low requirents for one’s aptitude, even those who are less intelligent can still practice it, they would just need more ti to cultivate.

The second is as long as one’s proficiency in the cultivation thod keeps up, there is hope for a martial artist to maintain an increase in qi and blood even in their later years, thereby achieving a certain effect of prolonging their life, leading to a unique state of aging gracefully.

As for how long the effects last…Qiao Mu really didn’t know, he didn’t feel anything.

If we categorize using the four paths of power from martial artists, "Xumi Mountain King Sutra" undoubtedly belongs to the path of strength, focusing on training the body’s energy rather than spiritual developnt.

Strengthening the body’s energy and blood makes one stronger and faster, improving physical strength and speed.

However, human bodies are too weak, only as strong as steel, unable to withstand magical techniques, and their lifespan seems short compared to cultivators.

Although Qiao Mu practiced the Xumi Mountain King Sutra, while his energy and blood greatly increased, they also decreased due to aging.

With gains and losses balancing each other out, maintaining a slow upward trend, it could also be seen as a way to stay "ageless".

But by adding the "Long Life Fist Sutra," this delicate balance of slowly increasing energy and blood might be disrupted.

Hai Wuya looked at the "Long Life Fist Sutra" in his hands, carefully flipping through the pages, lost in thought.

He didn’t give a clear conclusion, but instead asked:

"Among all martial artists in the world, forty years ago Earth Sword Immortal was the leader, and forty years later Martial Saint beca the leader."

"As the top martial artists of the last two generations, even when they were still alive their age had already exceeded eighty years, well into old age… I wonder how these two individuals have dealt with the decline of their strength in their old age?"

It’s common sense that aging brings weakness, but for Hai Wuya, the question raised by Qiao Mu was too difficult, so he couldn’t answer right away and could only say he would first look at the senior’s answer.

And indeed Qiao Mu could answer, as he had dealings with these two individuals.

Earth Sword Immortal had no way to deal with the decline of strength in old age…. he simply had no solution.

When Qiao Mu t Earth Sword Immortal in the desolate town, he was no longer as strong as he used to be.

Due to aging, his energy and blood had severely declined, as for internal strength…. he practiced the Pure Yang Wuji Skill which weakened his internal strength, and after years of idleness in the desolate town, he had long neglected martial arts, thus he always fell short of his forr self.

Qiao Mu felt that if he didn’t make a big mistake, thirty years later, he might not need to turn into a sword to make a breakthrough with the Earth Sword Immortal, and he could also possibly compete with Elder Qingzhuo.

And being a Martial Saint is a different matter altogether.

"Heyang City’s Qiao Family was wiped out, and the Martial Saint took away the Long Life Fist Sutra… this might be the Martial Saint’s way."

Rembering the first encounter with the Martial Saint in Nan Province, the Martial Saint looked like a strong martial artist with gray hair but no signs of aging on his face, which indeed matched the achievent of the Long Life Fist, showing "aging gracefully" outwardly.

"Martial Saint, perhaps relies on the Long Life Fist," Qiao Mu pondered.

But the Martial Saint didn’t practice the Xumi Mountain King Sutra.

Because the ergence of the Xumi Mountain King Sutra is a recent event.

Hai Wuya practiced until the fourth level, while Qiao Mu reached the sixth level. The others had less experience and lower skill levels.

Even though they knew the "Xumi Mountain King Sutra" was extraordinary, without practicing it themselves, it was difficult to fully understand this martial art.

In this world, only Qiao Mu has been able to master both of these martial arts to such a high level.

Hai Wuya started to ponder again and after a long ti, he slowly said:

"Perhaps these two martial arts can complent each other… but it’s just a possibility, not necessarily as perfect as Elder Lao imagines."

"The ‘Xumi Mountain King Sutra’ is already an imperfect martial art. Combining it with another martial art may not complent each other, but instead, they could clash and lead to danger… there is a high possibility of that."

Hai Wuya spoke with caution, not wanting to make any promises.

Now, he and Qiao Mu were at the forefront of martial arts in the Jiu Province. Although the "Xumi Mountain King Sutra" seed to pave the way for a new martial art, whether it led to success or failure was still unknown.

To find out if this path led to success, there was only one option – to explore it firsthand.

Hai Wuya said. Exploring new martial arts is not easy. It requires many practitioners to dedicate years of training and exploration to gradually find a perfected path.

Qiao Mu listened thoughtfully.

Many practitioners, a lot of ti?

I wonder if there are enough mbers in the Qiao family. Are their lifespans long enough?

"But aren’t these two martial arts techniques both inherited skills of the Qiao family? Why does Elder Lao ask ?" Hai Wuya wondered.

The Long Life Fist is indeed a martial art passed down in the Qiao family, but not in Qiao Mu’s branch of the family.

Previously, as "Qiao Shuanglin," Qiao Mu had shared martial arts techniques with Hai Wuya under the guise of family traditions and taught him the perfected "Xumi Mountain King Sutra" that he had refined in his dreams.

Qiao Mu nodded in agreent, "Yes, these two Qiao family martial arts techniques, one yin and one yang, are the two thods our family has to address ‘aging and declining strength.’"

"I just had a wild idea, wanting to rge the two…"

"If this can happen… I wonder how far away the ‘Human Path Sutra’ that we have been thinking about is."

Just the ntion of the Human Path Sutra made Hai Wuya feel excited.

He actually saw a possibility of the ‘Xumi Mountain King Sutra’ evolving into the ‘Human Path Sutra’ in his lifeti?

Ti!

After reading the ‘Long Life Fist Sutra’, Hai Wuya felt that the most important thing now was ti.

If he were given another ten or twenty years to complete the entire ‘Long Life Fist Sutra’, perhaps he really had hope of deducing the long-awaited ‘Human Path Sutra’…

No, twenty years wouldn’t be enough, maybe it would take fifty years, a hundred years, or even several hundred years to deduce and perfect it!

"There is a faint hope in the martial arts world now. I really wish I could live another five hundred years…" Hai Wuya coughed lightly, but his face was glowing with a healthy blush.

Eldest son Hai Siyuan returning from the battlefield after forty years was already a pleasant surprise, and now being able to see such hope only made him feel that his life was fulfilled.

Next, Qiao Mu copied a version of the "Long Life Fist Sutra" to give to Hai Wuya as a way of returning the favor.

After leaving the Hai family’s mansion, he imdiately prepared to do sothing… that didn’t involve practicing martial arts.

Why bother practicing martial arts in life, when you can do it comfortably in the afterlife.

Although the "Long Life Fist Sutra" was good, his body was injured from the Heavenly Demon Disintegration thod, his ridians were damaged, and it would take several days for him to recover. Practicing new martial arts with a damaged body was like asking for trouble.

Several days for recovery was already exaggerated… After all, in Wang Songhe’s eyes, it would take ten years or even several decades to recover from the ridian injury caused by the Heavenly Demon Disintegration thod.

……………………………

"Dad, is your hand healed? When are we going to the Great Qin Prefecture? To expose the true face of the inhuman Great Dao Sect?"

In a small house in the Imperial Capital, Hu Wan was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, while also reminding Hu Han beside her.

Hu Wan seed very energetic, ever since the day she encountered the Copper Body Arhat on the street and faced a life-threatening situation for the first ti, she had changed almost completely.

These past few days, knowing that he was not strong enough, he practiced diligently every day while also reminding Hu Han to do the sa.

This left Hu Han feeling puzzled and amused.

His daughter had a lot in common with him when he was young, being straightforward, quick-tempered, and causing so trouble with her sharp tongue and impatience.

A few days ago, she tried to stop Copper Body Arhat from chasing Qiao Mu in the street, but was scared silly on the spot by a stone thrown by Luohan.

At first, Hu Han was worried that his daughter might be traumatized by the incident, but he was surprised to see her bounce back so quickly, maybe even a little too quickly.

"Dad, I’ve learned my lesson, I’m not the sa as before… I won’t make the sa mistake again. So, when are we going to Great Qin Prefecture?" Hu Wan urged once again.

She clenched her fists, the embarrassnt from a few days ago fresh in her mory. She silently vowed never to back down again.

Hu Han could only smile wryly.

"Child, too much of anything is not good," he said with a wry smile.

"You used to be a good child, you used to do heroic and kind deeds."

"The good deeds you did before won’t lose their shine just because you feel more aware now."

"Once you have a realization, feeling that you were too naive and silly before is a good thing, but you don’t have to be so extre about it, or completely separate yourself from the past."

At that mont, an old voice could be heard from outside the door.

"Well said."

"Only a little devil would keep saying ‘I’ve grown up’, ‘I’m more aware now’, ‘I’m different from before’."

Going to a new and unfamiliar place, starting a new chapter in life, feeling like you’ve grown, wanting to draw a line between your old self and the present… these are all things young people like to do.

"So, Hu Han, when are you planning to go to Great Qin Prefecture?" the old voice asked slowly.

Hu Han looked surprised, then Qiao Mu entered by pushing the door.

And behind Qiao Mu, there were also several older soldiers including Hai Siyuan.

"Elder Lao?" Hu Han asked in surprise.

It didn’t surprise him that Qiao Mu could find his residence in the Imperial Capital… he was just curious about the reason for Qiao Mu’s visit.

"I heard you ntion before, that behind Great Qin Prefecture, it seems like there are cultivators up to mischief?" Qiao Mu asked.

When he went to Great Qin Prefecture this ti, it wasn’t just to deal with a simple King Qin.

Qin Shiqing was a Taoist soldier trained by the Immortal Gate, so if there are Taoist soldiers, there must be cultivators as well.

Great Qin Prefecture is a newly established city, so it is quite vast. Instead of rushing in like headless flies, it’s better to make so preparations first.

"Exactly," Hu Han said solemnly.

"Before the mountain torrent broke out in Cangshe County of Great Qin Prefecture, I once encountered what seed like inhuman beings from the Great Dao Sect…"

"One female cultivator, known to others as… Immortal Master Dao Xu."

Dao Xu?

Qiao Mu was shocked. He had once saved this nun at the market in Imperial Capital, which was a life-saving favor between them.

Qiao Mu values loyalty a lot, so he felt obligated to repay the favor.

But soon, Qiao Mu realized sothing was wrong.

"After the Inhuman Disaster at the market in Imperial Capital, I rember that the Immortal Gate Great Dao Sect had punished Dao Xu by making her reflect on her actions facing a wall for ten years. Is that correct?" Qiao Mu asked.

Hu Han smirked awkwardly and chuckled twice, without saying a word.

Seeing Hu Han’s reaction, Qiao Mu fell silent.

Perhaps the ten-year reflection punishnt by the sect was just a show for the public? Or to give so respect to the Great Yan Imperial Court?

"Elder Lao, that day in Cangshe County, not only the strange Dao Xu appeared, but also a martial artist called ‘Iron Wolf’ who is at the 2nd level of Spiritual Refining Period," explained Hu Han.

"’Iron Wolf’ is a notorious thief wanted by the governnt, skilled in lightness skills and claw techniques. He used to be my rival before he reached the 2nd level of Spiritual Refining Period. We fought several tis," Hu Han shared.

"To get rid of Iron Wolf, I made so preparations… Elder Lao, please look," Hu Han said.

Hu Han took out a small bottle from the cabinet in the room, which had a small hole for air to pass through. Inside the bottle was a tiny insect the size of a fingernail.

"This is called a ‘Fragrant Insect.’ The place where this strange insect stays for a long ti will have a scent that no one can sll, not even sensitive martial artists, only the Fragrant Insect can detect it," Hu Han explained.

"Iron Wolf’s body was sabotaged with powder made from Fragrant Insect. This scent won’t go away for a month or two, so once in the Great Qin Prefecture, it would be easy to track Iron Wolf using this Fragrant Insect," Hu Han elaborated.

"If we find Iron Wolf, we might also find Dao Xu," Hu Han added.

Qiao Mu pondered. Iron Wolf? Dao Xu always looks down on martial artists. How can this 2nd level Spiritual Refining Period Iron Wolf qualify to be with Dao Xu, who is a senior disciple?

Most likely, Iron Wolf is like the Copper Body Arhat, also a Taoist soldier of the Martial Arts League, probably at the 2nd level of the tough Taoist soldiers.

The Copper Skin Soldier is made from Cloud Patterns Mountain Copper, a type of material used for making 2nd rank Taoist soldiers. Perhaps it is made from another kind of immortal material.

Qiao Mu also wanted to stop and focus on practicing the Spiritual Refining Chapter of the "Long Life Fist Sutra