The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 389 - 201 Harvest Time

Chapter 389: Chapter 201 Harvest Time

"Sky Mountain Escape."

With one strike that burst Duan Ran’s heart, Qing Yu didn’t delay and immediately withdrew.

Monk Shi Jue did the same, swiftly grabbing the Precepts Blade embedded with Nirvana Relics, not caring to conceal his identity, he stepped on the Golden Lotus and sped away.

Moments later, Divine Sense from the Dharma Temple swept through the air, crossing several miles to probe this area.

By now, Duan Ran’s Farmer’s Courtyard, having suffered the ravages of "Ze Feng Da Guo" and "Heaven and Earth Refusal," had been leveled to the ground. If not for some remnants of wood and building stones, nobody would imagine that just moments ago, there had stood a Farmer’s Courtyard here.

"Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi roils, someone is using techniques that manipulate Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi."

"It’s traces of Taoist Martial Arts."

In midair, several formless and intangible Divine Senses exchanged words.

"Some are also employing Buddhist Martial Arts; aside from our Dharma Temple’s ’All Laws are Only Consciousness,’ there are other Buddhist methods as well."

"Five Poisons and Eight Sufferings, summoning a Sea of Suffering, along with the Path of Annihilation."

"Small Mahayana," someone said lightly.

"That person must be following the path of ’Three Turns and Twelve Forms’; undoubtedly, it’s Small Mahayana."

"Although the murderer left in haste, he didn’t forget to erase his presence, making him untraceable. But having killed a disciple of our temple, we cannot just let this go."

"I recall that it should be Tong Yin, the disciple who died here. Tong Yin had befriended Duan Ran, a lay disciple from Yuan Shan Temple, and often discussed Buddhism with him here."

"If that’s the case, we’ll use Duan Ran as a lead to start our investigation."

The Divine Senses interacted and reached a consensus before sweeping away again.

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Fifteen kilometers away from the murder scene, Qing Yu stopped, breathing heavily.

After killing Duan Ran, a strong sense of alarm arose in Qing Yu’s heart, prompting him to retreat immediately without a word.

Using every ounce of his strength, even burning some of his essence blood, Qing Yu covered an entire fifteen kilometers using Qinggong in a brief span before finally stopping.

"That was really dangerous..." Qing Yu gasped heavily.

It truly wasn’t easy to take the flesh relic from Monk Shi Jue. Although he hadn’t suffered much injury from killing the monk from Dharma Temple and Duan Ran, that was because Monk Shi Jue had borne the brunt of the Great Annihilation Saber.

If Monk Shi Jue hadn’t been desperate to seize the Nirvana Relic, showing his trump card, this expedition might have ended in failure.

Nevertheless, to escape, Qing Yu had also burnt a portion of his essence blood.

"It’s truly..." he gasped again, the aftereffects of burning essence blood making it difficult for Qing Yu to recover quickly.

"It’s laughable, not much harm in killing the enemy, but in escaping, I sustained serious injuries."

Muttering to himself, Qing Yu’s True Qi divided and merged ’Circulating Earth Power’ with ’Circulating Thunder Force,’ transforming into refined Primordial Energy to restore his depleted essence blood.

The thunder and earth restored.

Above Kun and below Zhen, as One Yang rises again, all things prosper, masculinity returns, and the Way of the Gentleman is born. This move was similar to the One Yang Finger in the Golden Book and was quite effective in healing both internal and external injuries.

"Master, you really can run fast!"

Panting rapidly, Monk Shi Jue, gasping for breath, appeared not far away.

Compared to Qing Yu, Monk Shi Jue looked even more powerlessly close to death at this moment. His face was pale, and he looked completely drained, his body thinner than before, having suffered severe loss of Essence Qi.

But on his face, there lay a joyful smile, for after a desperate struggle, he had finally reaped some rewards.

Monk Shi Jue’s right hand clutched a Precepts Blade tightly, which at that moment was interacting with Monk Shi Jue’s Essence Qi, communicating with each other.

In Qing Yu’s eyes, despite Monk Shi Jue’s decayed appearance, his spirit was unprecedentedly perfect.

Perfect, not full — though Monk Shi Jue had depleted a lot, these Nirvana Relics had replenished what he had lacked before.

"Indeed, the Silent Annihilation Inheritance is related to Monk Shi Jue’s Martial Arts journey," Qing Yu reflected silently upon seeing Monk Shi Jue’s condition.

With the help of the Nirvana Relics, and the Essence Qi from the meat relics he had absorbed earlier, Monk Shi Jue’s path in the Divine Origin Realm was unobstructed.

"Young among our peers, Monk Shi Jue might be the one most likely to keep up with my pace of advancement."

As Qing Yu pondered, a small wooden box was suddenly handed in front of him. The box was made entirely of sandalwood, with densely carved Buddhist mantras on it, designed to prevent any leakage of scent from inside.

"Master Yu, as per our agreement, this meat relic is yours," said Monk Shi Jue, handing over the wooden box with a smile.

"With this relic, my trip here was not in vain," Qing Yu eagerly took the wooden box into his embrace.

With this meat relic, left by a Divinity Realm powerhouse of the Vajra Temple, his physical strength would surely make great strides. Perhaps, in the future, he might also have the chance to face others in strength.

However, to maximize the use of this meat relic, it would be best to cultivate a set of Buddhist Body Refining Skills.

Qing Yu quietly glanced at Monk Shi Jue, "Great Zen Temple’s ’Heart Zen Immortal Skill’, truly enviable!"

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Inside the Yunlai Inn in Divine Capital.

This base of the Six Gates, which was destroyed during the great battle in the Divine Capital, was fortunately rebuilt by the financially robust Six Gates shortly after the combat concluded.

In the topmost room of this Yunlai Inn, the innkeeper was now standing bowed before a dark figure, reporting in fear and trepidation, "Lord Meng Wuchang, after repeated verification by myself, indeed no traces of Gong Ziyu have been found in the Divine Capital. The last time the Azure Dragon Association was seen here was at the beginning of the year when the Oiran of Tianyue Workshop and Lingxian Pavilion was assassinated by the Azure Dragon Association’s assassins right on the spot, leaving no intact corpses."

"Is that all?"

Meng Wuchang’s voice was devoid of joy or anger, but the innkeeper trembled as he heard it, clearly terrified.

In fact, this innkeeper had just started his job three days ago; the previous innkeeper had been slapped to death by Meng Wuchang under a similar tone. After his death, the current one, who was an assistant at the time, was promoted.

Thus, the current innkeeper was really nervous. This situation was eerily similar to what had happened three days ago.

"What about the situation with the Sixth Prince, Feng Chaonan?"

Fortunately, Meng Wuchang still had questions. This made the innkeeper breathe a sigh of relief; having questions was good, it meant he might still survive.

"Feng Chaonan has been busy building his power base, aiming to ascend to the role of Imperial Prince soon; he has not shown any signs of contact with the Azure Dragon Association."

"Is that so?" Meng Wuchang said slyly. "It seems that cunning rodent is hiding well then! If that’s how it is, I will force you out, destroy your control over Northern Zhou, and see if you don’t show yourself."