Chapter 178
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Chapter 178: Master Has Turned Traitor
Seeing Su Lengyun’s shy expression, Fang Yu’s heart trembled.
At that moment, he suddenly realized.
This girl was no longer the little kid who used to quietly eat candy while following him around.
“Can I… stay here for a few more days before going back?” Su Lengyun asked cautiously.
Years ago, Fang Yu had left her at Frost Cold Palace for twenty years, turning away without hesitation despite her tears.
Now seeing Fang Yu again, she wanted to stay by his side a little longer.
She feared that if she left today, their next meeting would be another ten or twenty years later.
Fang Yu was stunned and replied: “Of course you can, but I only have three rooms, so you might have to sleep on the couch.”
“That’s fine… I usually don’t sleep, I meditate and practice at night,” Su Lengyun said softly.
“That works then, let’s go home.” Fang Yu had already infused quite a bit of true qi into Su Lengyun.
Su Lengyun felt her dantian was almost full.
“Brother Yu, you don’t seem to be affected by the Spirit Suppression Formation?” Su Lengyun asked with widened beautiful eyes.
“Yes, my dantian and meridians are quite solid, the true qi inside can’t be drawn out,” Fang Yu said.
“Solid?” Su Lengyun was confused.
“Yes, this is actually a kind of ability. If the meridians and dantian aren’t solid enough, problems can easily arise,” Fang Yu explained.
“Then how can one make their meridians and dantian solid?” Su Lengyun asked.
Fang Yu glanced at Su Lengyun and said: “Body tempering. Body tempering isn’t just about refining the physical body, it’s also about refining the internal meridians and dantian. The more times you temper your body, the stronger your physical body becomes, and the more solid your meridians and dantian become – you could say they become more resilient.”
Body tempering…
This theory was something Su Lengyun had never heard before, but she believed anything Fang Yu said.
Before reaching the Martial Sovereign realm, she had only tempered her body twice – once when entering the Master realm, and once when entering the Martial Sovereign realm.
But truthfully, most martial artists dislike body tempering.
Because the process of body tempering is extremely painful.
Every inch of flesh is compressed and torn, often causing pain so severe it leads to fainting.
One experience is enough – no one wants to go through it a second time.
“Brother Yu, how many times does one need to temper their body to be like you, unaffected by the Spirit Suppression Formation?” Su Lengyun asked again.
“Good question. Recently, I just completed my hundredth body tempering,” Fang Yu answered.
“…” Su Lengyun was stunned.
“Of course, you don’t necessarily need a hundred times to resist the Spirit Suppression Formation. I guess about ten times should be enough?” Fang Yu said.
Seeing Fang Yu casually mention ten or a hundred times of body tempering, Su Lengyun was dazed.
She had spent twenty-two years at Frost Cold Palace, studying diligently and learning much about martial arts.
But in less than an hour of interaction with Fang Yu, what he said made her question everything she had learned before.
It turned out true strength relied not on true qi, but on the physical body.
It turned out that ten times of body tempering was an easy thing…
…
Fang Yu put the other two wooden tokens in his pocket and then leisurely headed home with Su Lengyun.
The Spirit Suppression Formation was worth studying.
If he could figure out its mysteries, Fang Yu might be able to develop a spirit-absorbing technique even more powerful than the Spirit Devouring Art.
After returning home, Liu Liansha kept secretly observing Fang Yu and Su Lengyun.
“Did you handle what I asked you to do?” Fang Yu asked.
“Actually, after news spread about you defeating Gu Rulong at Moon Heart Lake, many assassins left voluntarily… There probably aren’t many assassins who dare to cause you trouble now,” Liu Liansha said.
“Oh? That incident spread too?” Fang Yu asked.
“Yes, someone posted about what happened at Moon Heart Lake on the dark web…” Liu Liansha paused, then said, “Also, that anonymous post offering a hundred million dollar bounty has been deleted.”
“Deleted?” Fang Yu frowned slightly.
Liu Liansha nodded.
Now probably only those masters ranked in the top ten of the Dark Rankings would dare to challenge Fang Yu.
However, these masters were usually elusive and might not care about their Dark Rankings reputation, let alone specifically come to cause trouble for Fang Yu.
“Then what was the deal with Cobra Modesa yesterday?” Fang Yu asked.
“Cobra? He’s ranked around thirteenth on the Dark Rankings… He came after you yesterday!?” Liu Liansha asked with widened eyes.
“This Cobra could rank thirteenth? Too weak. I felt he wasn’t even as strong as that superhuman from last time,” Fang Yu said, raising an eyebrow.
Those ranked in the top twenty of the Dark Rankings were all killing gods whom everyone feared.
Only Fang Yu would so casually call them weak.
Su Lengyun and Liu Liansha stayed for dinner at Fang Yu’s home.
After dinner, seeing that Su Lengyun showed no signs of leaving, Liu Liansha couldn’t help but ask: “Master, it’s almost ten o’clock, aren’t we leaving?”
“I’m staying here for a few days,” Su Lengyun answered.
“Stay, stay for a few days?” Liu Liansha was completely stunned.
She even doubted whether the woman before her was really her master!
“Yes, you can either find a place to stay nearby and wait for me, or return to Frost Cold Palace to continue your seclusion,” Su Lengyun said calmly.
“I, I’ll wait for you of course!” Liu Liansha definitely didn’t want to go back into seclusion!
“Alright, I’ll probably stay for three or four days,” Su Lengyun said.
Liu Liansha looked at Su Lengyun, her beautiful eyes full of surprise.
But she knew it wasn’t appropriate to ask more questions now, as this was Su Lengyun’s personal matter.
However, Liu Liansha was really curious about how Su Lengyun, who rarely left Frost Cold Palace even once a year, came to know someone like Fang Yu who seemed completely unrelated.
“I must find a chance to get to the bottom of this!” Liu Liansha stood up, preparing to leave.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered something important.
“Master, since you know Fang Yu, can you ask him to remove the curse mark from my body?” Liu Liansha asked.
“Curse mark?” Su Lengyun smiled and said softly, “Liansha, don’t worry, Brother Yu… Fang Yu won’t harm your life. As for when the curse mark will be removed, you’ll have to ask him yourself.”
Liu Liansha looked pitifully at Su Lengyun, her fox-like eyes glistening with tears, and said: “Master, I’m your personal disciple… please help me, with this curse mark, Fang Yu can know what I’m thinking and what I’m doing anytime, I have no privacy at all… even when I’m bathing…”
Su Lengyun glanced at Liu Liansha and said: “Don’t worry, Fang Yu isn’t that kind of person, he won’t deliberately invade your privacy.”
Seeing Su Lengyun’s attitude, Liu Liansha felt very hurt.
She knew that her master had completely changed sides.
Su Lengyun would rather trust a man than her own personal disciple!
“Master, I’m leaving!” Liu Liansha said angrily and turned to leave.
Su Lengyun sighed softly without saying anything.
The reason she didn’t ask Fang Yu to remove the curse mark was not only because she trusted Fang Yu but also because she wanted to use Fang Yu’s influence to discipline Liu Liansha.
She knew Liu Liansha wasn’t bad at heart, but she was too clever and profit-driven.
With such a personality, one could easily go astray if not careful.
At night, Wang Yan and Yu Yueyue wanted Su Lengyun to rest in their rooms, but she declined.
Su Lengyun sat on the couch meditating.
Meanwhile, Fang Yu was in his room, studying the wooden tokens and talismans obtained from the Zheng family’s guardians.
The wooden tokens weren’t made of ordinary wood, but rather a type of spirit wood containing spiritual energy.
“The content drawn on this talisman seems somewhat familiar,” Fang Yu sat at his desk, frowning in deep thought.
After thinking for a while, his eyes lit up, and he quickly took out the draft papers he had used when studying the Spirit Devouring Art.
After flipping through several pages, Fang Yu found one particular draft.
This draft contained a diagram Fang Yu had drawn when deducing the relationship between human meridians and acupoints.
The content on this diagram was extremely similar to what was on the talisman.
“So that’s how it works!” Fang Yu had a breakthrough.
The wooden token was the carrier!
And the talisman contained the incantation needed to operate the carrier!
Simply put, the so-called Spirit Suppression Formation was actually an enhanced version of the Spirit Devouring Art!
The Spirit Devouring Art required a person as the carrier and direct contact with others to absorb their spiritual energy.
But the Spirit Suppression Formation used three spirit wood pieces as carriers, operated through talismans, and combined with formation principles to create linkage. This allowed it to absorb others’ true qi without direct contact.
After understanding this point, Fang Yu’s eyes lit up with excitement.
If he could modify the principles of the Spirit Suppression Formation and apply them to the Spirit Devouring Art, wouldn’t that mean…
Fang Yu stayed up all night.
…
In Huaibei, at the Zheng family residence.
The three guardians who were sent out had completely lost contact.
The last time they made contact, they said they had confirmed Fang Yu’s location and were preparing to capture him.
But there was no news after that.
Obviously, Zheng Rong’s plan had failed.
“How is this possible? Could even the Spirit Suppression Formation not deal with Fang Yu!?” Zheng Rong said with a gloomy expression.
Zheng Xiuchen and Yang Yinzhu were sitting nearby, also looking troubled.
Yang Yinzhu in particular had eyes full of hatred.
“I think these three guardians probably didn’t get a chance to activate the Spirit Suppression Formation,” Zheng Xiuchen said.
Having witnessed Fang Yu’s skills firsthand, he was certain that if the three guardians were exposed early, Fang Yu would have had enough time and ability to kill them.
Zheng Rong remained silent, his expression dark.
“If this Fang Yu is truly someone our Zheng family must deal with, then let this old man meet him.”
At this moment, an elderly man with white hair but a youthful face walked in from outside the hall.
