Chapter 051: Secret Tales
Martial Arts Card plus Golden Body Card!
The abilities of these two cards, when combined, seem to offer a solution to this problem.
The effect of the Golden Body Card is not limited to defense—it also strengthens the entire physical body. Otherwise, if the body isn't strong enough, the shock from external attacks would shatter all the internal organs.
Therefore, after using the Golden Body Card, Su Jingxing's physique is sufficient to practice the "Threefold Blade Technique." Although the effect only lasts ten minutes, once inside the Martial Practice Space, time outside is no longer an issue.
Time within the Martial Practice Space is completely independent.
Once the consciousness and body enter, they are only affected by the laws of the space.
That is to say, whatever state one is in upon entering, that state remains unchanged inside.
Ten minutes with the Golden Body Card would allow Su Jingxing to spend ten or even twenty years continuously practicing inside the Martial Practice Space.
Three Golden Body Cards should be more than enough to master the "Human Tier" chapter of the Threefold Blade Technique to an extraordinary level.
Thinking of this, Su Jingxing clenched his fist, joy lighting up his face.
As expected, what Chen Xiaodao and Fan Chungang could not achieve, he could!
Now, he only needed to acquire a Martial Arts Card, and he could begin his cultivation.
The only problem was: how to obtain a Martial Arts Card?
So far, Su Jingxing had only picked up Martial Arts Cards from the corpses of corpse puppets or barbarians.
If he wanted a new one, he would have to start from these two sources.
Where could he find barbarian corpses?
That force which destroyed both the Xiaodao Society and the Black Tiger Gang’s branch strongholds!
But how to find them?
“…”
Su Jingxing sighed softly.
As expected, good things never come easy.
He would have to wait for another opportunity to pick up a Martial Arts Card.
The key issue was that even if he found a barbarian corpse, there was no guarantee of obtaining a Martial Arts Card!
In the end, it all depended on luck.
“Hoo—”
Taking a deep breath to steady himself, Su Jingxing suppressed the irritation in his heart.
No matter what, he was prepared—far more so than others.
Even if he never picked up another Martial Arts Card, it would be fine.
He would simply wait until his body was strong enough!
The Strength Pill, a medicine produced from the Power-Enhancing Card, was a treasure unique to Su Jingxing. He popped one every day like candy, steadily tempering his physique.
This method of body refinement was gradual and without hidden dangers.
Day by day, the improvement was subtle—so much so that cautious Su Jingxing sometimes felt as if he really were just eating sweets.
Yet each morning upon waking, he felt himself growing stronger.
When the strength in his hands finally surpassed one hundred thousand catties, his body’s toughness would have reached an unimaginable level as well.
By then, cultivating the Threefold Blade Technique would be as easy as turning his hand!
For this, he needed to calm himself and wait patiently.
…
Having sorted out his thoughts, Su Jingxing put away the manual and prepared to leave.
Just then, the secret technique “Perfect Hearing” that he had activated picked up a noise from a room downstairs.
First, someone opened the door, then closed it, and three people entered.
Upon entering, one of them immediately spoke in a low, stern voice: “Duan Feihong! This is all your fault! If you hadn’t acted on your own initiative and reactivated the barbarian soldiers to wipe out the Black Tiger Gang’s branch, how would the university’s underground base have been exposed?”
Duan Feihong?
Duan Feihong!
A flash of light appeared in Su Jingxing’s eyes as he paused mid-step, surprise blooming across his face.
Wei Jiajia’s senior brother, Duan Feihong, had actually returned!
And it seemed he was in charge of the assault on the Black Tiger Gang?
To have wiped out two branch strongholds—could it be that Duan Feihong had suffered abuse or humiliation at the hands of the Black Tiger Gang back in Qinghe City?
…
“Xia Ye’an, you have no right to lecture me. If not for me, you’d have died in a roadside ditch long ago.”
“Hmph, as if I haven’t saved you before! Don’t forget how you broke through to the sixth rank!”
Duan Feihong is sixth rank now?
Listening to their exchange, Su Jingxing’s gaze flickered.
After eight years away from Qinghe City, he had snuck back with a group of people and, in the meantime, advanced to the sixth rank.
Duan Feihong was indeed impressive.
But if he was back, why hadn’t he sought out Wei Jiajia?
Even if he hadn’t met her, he’d still helped resolve the trouble at the Wei Family Martial Hall.
To outsiders, it appeared that the Xiaodao Society had been exterminated because they were implicated by the Black Tiger Gang.
Now that Su Jingxing knew the truth about Duan Feihong, he realized that the destruction of the Xiaodao Society was solely due to Chen Xiaodao’s own actions.
Though Duan Feihong did not show himself, he had indirectly helped Wei Jiajia out of a difficult situation.
…
“All right, enough from both of you. What’s done is done—arguing won’t change anything. The most important thing now is to make sure Li Linzhou doesn’t use the university’s underground base to track down our factory.”
“Relax. Once the barbarian soldiers were killed, everything in the base was moved to the factory. If Li Linzhou wants to find the factory, he’ll need a third eye!”
“Even so, we can’t let our guard down. The university is now under close surveillance. You’re to stay here and keep watch, and be extremely careful not to be discovered by the Martial Control Division.”
“Do you really need to tell me that? I’m not a child.”
“You—”
“I said enough, especially you, Xia Ye’an! If you don’t want a beating, keep your mouth shut!”
“…Why so fierce? If you ask me, we should just abandon this observation point. The university’s underground base is already exposed, so what’s the point of watching it any longer?”
“It’s just a precaution. Anyway, you’re on duty today, I’ll take tomorrow, and Duan Feihong the day after.”
“…Fine.”
…
The conversation dwindled after that.
Su Jingxing listened quietly, analyzing which people and forces Duan Feihong was connected to.
After some deduction, he realized that the main reliance for their infiltration into Qinghe City was Duan Feihong himself!
Listening further, he learned that Duan Feihong had been back for almost a year.
During this time, he had been preparing for his organization’s entry into Qinghe City.
Including bribing the university president!
Qinghe City University of Science and Technology had no martial arts program, focusing solely on the liberal arts and technological development.
Such a university was valued, but hardly on the same level as Xuantian University or other martial arts academies.
The president, an ordinary person, had been bribed and threatened—something within the realm of understanding.
By comparison, Su Jingxing was more curious about their true master.
Yes, from their conversation, he learned that above Duan Feihong and the other two, there was a mysterious boss.
This boss was neither from Qinghe City nor from Changyang Prefecture; it wasn’t even clear if he was from the Yu Kingdom.
Who was this person?
Capturing barbarians, making them into puppets, arming them with mechanical armor, and slaughtering underground gangs—for what purpose?
According to “Xia Ye’an,” the destruction of the Black Tiger Gang was just the beginning. Next would be the Flying Cloud Sect!
Their real goal was to wipe out all the underground forces in Qinghe City!
As for the boss’s ultimate motive, no one knew.
Hearing these secrets, Su Jingxing couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement.
It was all too complicated!
Twists and turns everywhere, with danger lurking beneath the surface.
Such major events were best left to Li Linzhou, Pan Biming, and other big names to worry about.
As for him, a lowly corpse handler at the crematorium, he would just focus on his own affairs.
So, when Duan Feihong and the third person left the room downstairs, Su Jingxing quietly followed them without drawing any attention…