Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 145 - 111: Ten Meridians of the Meridian Opening Realm

Chapter 145: Chapter 111: Ten Meridians of the Meridian Opening Realm

’Damn it, where did Li Xuanji find such masters!’

Li Tunshan was extremely frustrated, and couldn’t help but clench his fists, the joints crackling loudly.

After suppressing the anger in his heart, Li Tunshan continued to inspect the camp to see if there were any other losses.

While checking, the sound of hooves approached; it was the cavalry he had sent to help defend the city returning.

Li Tunshan looked towards the direction of the hoofbeats and saw that his troops hadn’t been reduced much.

But he noticed that all the soldiers had worried expressions on their faces, and upon closer inspection, he realized that Centurion Lv Song, whom he had dispatched to lead the troops, was missing.

Though Lv Song had only opened six meridians, significantly weaker than himself,

he was the third-ranked martial artist in the Heaven-Breaking Army.

"What happened to Lv Song?"

Li Tunshan felt a premonition of something bad and asked.

A Centurion rode forward, dismounted when he was close, and ran up to Li Tunshan.

Kneeling on one knee, he cupped his fists and said, "General Li... Centurion Lv... was ambushed by two black-robed men from the Heaven-Breaking Army and died in battle."

Upon hearing this, Li Tunshan became even angrier, clenching his fists tighter.

The veins on his forearms bulged like little snakes.

Lv Song’s ambush was indeed orchestrated by Li Xuanji.

Li Xuanji had surmised that when the Heaven-Breaking Army attacked the city, Li Tunshan might send a centurion to defend it.

So, he had a master of only the Qi Blood Realm lead the troops, while two experts of the Meridian Opening Realm lay in ambush outside the southern gate of Jiannan Prefecture.

When the Thunderbolt Army’s formation slightly dispersed, the two experts jointly charged forward into the formation, reaching the centurion with lightning speed.

With a close-range assault, the surrounding soldiers found it difficult to intervene.

Tonight’s arrangement was a gamble for Li Xuanji.

Because he only had five Meridian Opening Realm experts in his army, all of whom were deployed tonight, leaving the defense of his army vulnerable.

Had other forces attacked his Heaven-Breaking Army tonight, he would have suffered heavy losses.

But fortunately, Li Xuanji won his gamble tonight.

Not only did he rescue Elder Qingxuan, but he also killed a centurion from the Thunderbolt Army.

The attacking soldiers retreated safely when they saw the fireworks released by Qiu Yu. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Besides these two arrangements, Li Xuanji had made another plan this evening.

Days earlier, he instructed Prefect Duan Han to secretly arrange for martial arts experts of the Heaven-Breaking Army to enter the city and hide there.

When the Heaven-Breaking Army attacked the city that night, these experts stormed the prison in Jiannan Prefecture City,

rescuing all the Daoists from the Purple Sun Temple who were imprisoned there.

They then escorted these Daoists and forcefully broke out of the city.

In fact, among the more than one hundred Daoists at the Purple Sun Temple,

only about twenty were part of the Heaven-Breaking Army.

They were the direct disciples of Elder Dan Yang and Elder Qingxuan.

The other Daoists mostly came to the temple to study, do odd jobs, and pass the time.

But the Thunderbolt Army was naturally unaware of these facts, so when they interrogated people, they harshly interrogated even these Daoists.

These Daoists were unfortunate, suffering this unwarranted disaster for no reason.

Moreover, even after being interrogated, the Thunderbolt Army couldn’t determine whether they were true Daoists or rebels.

Their future identities would naturally be tarnished.

The Heaven-Breaking Army, after rescuing these Daoists, acted according to Li Xuanji’s instructions, promising that they could take their families to live in the territories occupied by the Heaven-Breaking Army and would be given some assistance.

These Daoists, though feeling unlucky, considered this arrangement the best possible option and had no choice but to agree.

The news of the Daoists being rescued from prison naturally reached Li Tunshan’s ears.

Upon hearing it, Li Tunshan was furious.

He had intended to have his men further harshly interrogate the Daoists in prison.

Yet unexpectedly, all of these individuals had been rescued!

So he could only instruct his men to organize the information obtained from previous interrogations and investigate who, and what forces in Jiannan Prefecture City, might be connected to the Heaven-Breaking Army.

Su Que had anticipated that Li Tunshan would quickly uncover the ties between the Mo Jin Commerce Association, Duan Han, Li Yujing, and the Heaven-Breaking Army.

But this was the worst-case scenario he foresaw.

The actual situation turned out better than Su Que had expected.

The two fake Daoists from the Heaven-Breaking Army, tortured under severe interrogation, didn’t know much about the secrets of the Heaven-Breaking Army due to their low rank.

They had no idea about the connections between the Mo Jin Commerce Association, Duan Han, Li Yujing, and the Heaven-Breaking Army.

They could only tell the Thunderbolt Army about people they remembered seeing frequently with Elder Dan Yang and Elder Qingxuan.

These were the wealthy merchants Landlord Luo, Landlord Mo, Landlord Jin, and Landlord Lu from Jiannan Prefecture City.

Landlord Mo was none other than Mo Lin, the manager of the Mo Jin Commerce Association.

Li Tunshan, holding the scroll of paper and reviewing the organized information records, pondered.

These four were indeed financially capable, which gave them the means to support the Heaven-Breaking Army.

However, it didn’t necessarily mean they were connected to the Heaven-Breaking Army.

After all, Elder Dan Yang was known for his white hair and youthful face, his three long whiskers flowing and usually dressed in Daoist Robes. He had an ethereal demeanor.

Moreover, he had profound insights into the "Dao," often discussing it with other monks, Daoists, and Confucian scholars.

If Elder Dan Yang hadn’t been exposed that night, Li Tunshan would have still believed him to be a revered Daoist.

He had, on several occasions, like those landlords, specifically visited Elder Dan Yang.

But little did he know, outwardly he seemed ethereal, yet inwardly, he was a rebel!