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Hong Zhenxiang could have completely avoided all this, if only he hadn’t recklessly stood up against his own superior for the sake of Su Changkong.
Su Changkong had long etched this matter deep into his heart—Pang Shengwu was a man he was determined to kill! He would uproot the Life Extinguishing Association entirely!
However, Su Changkong was very rational. The strength of the Life Extinguishing Association was extraordinarily formidable, and this old demon, Pang Shengwu, was merely the Vice Master of the Association. It was uncertain just how powerful the true Master of the Association was.
If not cautious, not only would he be unable to make them pay the price, but he might also end up being in jeopardy himself.
Su Changkong planned to wait until his power was stronger, even perhaps after becoming a Martial Saint, before taking action. By then, he would be almost assured of victory.
But today, an unexpected event occurred—Kuoba Ming appeared at the Giant Whale Gang. Although he was slain by Su Changkong, it was likely to draw the attention of the Life Extinguishing Association. Su Changkong had no choice but to act ahead of time and launch an assault on the Life Extinguishing Association!
Even if he couldn’t deal a fatal blow to the Life Extinguishing Association, it would prevent them from suspecting that Kuoba Ming’s death was related to the Giant Whale Gang. They would only think that Kuoba Ming was unlucky to encounter "Dao Wufeng" while out on a mission and who had a grudge against the Life Extinguishing Association, and thus met his demise at his hands.
Thinking of this, Su Changkong said to Sikong Zhan and Sikong Huang, "Big brother, second sister, I have to leave tomorrow. There’s urgent business I must attend to. The events of today must not be mentioned to anyone else!"
"Mmm... we understand," Sikong Zhan nodded repeatedly. He was no fool and knew that the fearsomely powerful Kuoba Ming had his backers. If the news of Kuoba Ming’s death at the Giant Whale Gang spread, it’s likely that the Giant Whale Gang would be uprooted!
The next day, before dawn, Su Changkong departed from the Giant Whale Gang.
"We hope everything goes well for third brother."
Sikong Zhan and Sikong Huang understood that it was for the Giant Whale Gang’s sake that Su Changkong had taken the step to kill Kuoba Ming. Now that Kuoba Ming was dead, his backers in the Life Extinguishing Association would not let the matter rest. Su Changkong’s departure at this time was likely his attempt to eliminate future trouble.
Against such a vast entity, they could offer no help and could only pray for Su Changkong.
"Alas... The trees want to stay still but the wind continues to blow, just as Lian Tianlu said, no one can stay out of these great tides," Sikong Zhan mused softly.
Using White Crane Escapes, Su Changkong mounted the crane’s back, he too, sighed inwardly.
Originally, Su Changkong had planned to meditate in seclusion, quietly accumulating strength, but this accident forced him to take action!
"First, I’ll return to the Spirit Taoist Sect."
Su Changkong went back to the Spirit Taoist Sect, partially to check on the situation there, but of course, it was also for the True Qi collected by the hundred Innate Martial Artists. With the advancement of their Turtle Breath Technique, the quality of the Turtle Breathing True Qi they cultivated became higher and higher.
The True Qi produced over these two months should be enough for Su Changkong to condense another droplet of Mysterious Turtle True Essence.
To attack the Life Extinguishing Association, to have even a fraction more certainty was valuable!
Back at the Spirit Taoist Sect, Su Changkong saw Zuo Qiu and others. Over the past two months, the ten members with the best cultivation talent had used the Xuanming Secret Scripture to absorb others’ True Qi, storing it up for Su Changkong to extract at one go!
Su Changkong distributed the Pill Medicines he had refined at the Giant Whale Gang to the Innate Martial Artists of the Spirit Taoist Sect, and began to assimilate the collected True Qi.
Hu!
The Turtle Breathing True Qi cultivated by the hundred Innate Martial Artists over two months was immensely vast. Su Changkong continuously refined it, integrating it into his own four droplets of Mysterious Turtle True Essence.
When they reached their limit, the four droplets of Mysterious Turtle True Essence split off excess energy like cells dividing, condensing into a new droplet of Mysterious Turtle True Essence!
It took a whole half a year for Su Changkong’s Mysterious Turtle True Essence to increase from the initial three droplets to five. The rate of increase was quite slow, but it was accelerating!
"Five droplets of Mysterious Turtle True Essence... that should be almost enough, let’s set out!"
Su Changkong stood up, ready to go, and left the Spirit Taoist Sect.
However, Su Changkong’s destination this time was not any location within the Great Flame Empire, but rather towards the north outside the boundaries of the Great Flame Empire, where the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s stronghold, Corpse Poison Mountain, was situated.
"I’ll find Heavenly Corpse Old Man to help locate the base of the Life Extinguishing Association."
Su Changkong thought to himself.
Su Changkong did not know the whereabouts of the Life Extinguishing Association’s stronghold, but he had his considerations.
The Heavenly Corpse Old Man, a veteran powerhouse of the Evil Sect and the Demon Gate, had not shown his hand in recent years due to deep seclusion, but no one dared to underestimate this long-lived Heavenly Corpse Old Man.
Nearly a year ago, the Superior Xuanming, seeking revenge on Su Changkong, sought out Heavenly Corpse Old Man. Known for his tracking skills and his terrifying ability into Thousand-mile Soul Tracking, Heavenly Corpse Old Man had led Superior Xuanming directly to Su Changkong, who was then at the Huangquan Sect.
Su Changkong planned to have Heavenly Corpse Old Man help him, using Kuoba Ming’s corpse to find the base of the Life Extinguishing Association.
As for whether the Heavenly Corpse Old Man was willing to help... Su Changkong could only persuade him with reason!
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