Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 218 - 144: Celestial Deformed Foot Achieves Divine Transformation! Vigorous Force Empowered!

In addition, later the Thunderbolt Army strengthened the management at the city gates, requiring everyone entering or exiting to report their identity information.

He reported his information, claiming he was an official from the government office, so the gate-keeping Thunderbolt Army allowed him to enter and exit the city freely.

If he had been an unemployed vagrant at the time, reporting such an identity would certainly have led to a body search and tracking investigation.

And now, the mysterious masked figure is already a Martial Artist at the Gang Condensing Realm.

There is none other like him in the entire Southern Domain.

Moreover, even the sons of noble families in their twenties have not reached the Gang Condensing Realm.

No one could have imagined that a twenty-year-old Confucian Scholar like him would be a master of martial arts at the Gang Condensing Realm.

The second reason is that being an official comes with a decent salary.

Although he has killed many believers of the Evil Cult and gang members, gaining a considerable amount of illegitimate wealth, such fortune cannot be revealed openly.

However, the salary of an official is entirely transparent.

Because he's an official, he has legitimate earnings, allowing him to discreetly take some from the illegitimate wealth to improve his and his sister's standard of living.

And now, he has been an official for over a year and received a salary for that duration.

From an outsider's perspective, he should have some savings by now.

Even if he quits his official title, he could still live for another year or half a year.

Moreover, during this past year, he pretended to enjoy poetry and painting, becoming somewhat knowledgeable in elegant things.

In his sister's eyes, he is quite familiar with these matters.

Even if he resigns, he could justify that he earns through the buying and selling of antiques and artworks, writing for others, creating poems, thereby gaining income.

Thus, he can still take out some of the illegitimate fortune, claiming it came through legitimate channels, to support the family.

Now that these two problems are resolved, whether he holds the official position or not makes little difference.

...

The next morning, Su Que went to sign in as usual.

After all, although he knew he would no longer be an official, things should be done properly from start to finish.

He had to wait for Duan Han to come find him, explain after meeting him, then leave.

Sure enough, after signing in, the wealthy-looking Duan Han came over with his big belly.

"Ah Que, come with me for a moment." Duan Han said to Su Que.

Su Que nodded, following Duan Han to the study.

After Duan Han sat down, he let Su Que sit on the other side.

Then he said, "Ah Que, you now know that Jiannan Prefecture is occupied by the Heaven-Breaking Army."

Although Duan Han is a member of the Heaven-Breaking Army, he has never disclosed his identity.

Outwardly, he is still a court official, merely continuing to manage Jiannan Prefecture under the threat of Heaven-Breaking Army towards his family.

Duan Han continued, "Now the leader of Heaven-Breaking Army, Li Xuanji, demands that only two clerks remain under the 'Inspector' position." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"In this way, the official position is no longer a spare job. After signing in, you must stay and work."

"Thanks to Prefect Ruo for his care, I'm stepping down." After listening to Duan Han, Su Que immediately clasped his hands and said.

"What?"

Duan Han's eyes widened slightly, unexpected that upon finishing his words, Su Que promptly decided to quit.

Yesterday Li Xuanji mentioned wanting to cultivate Su Que, and he was hoping to have Su Que working in the government office.

So he could observe Su Que's character, and then bring Su Que into the Heaven-Breaking Army.

But he didn't expect Su Que to quit just like that.

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now."

After speaking, Su Que didn't wait for Duan Han to respond, clasped his hands again, and left the study.

Leaving only Duan Han, sitting still in the chair, digesting his inner astonishment.

...

Su Que walked out of the government office, looked at the winter sky, and felt a sense of relief.

Actually, he has another reason for quitting this official position.

It's because he hopes their family would completely separate from the Heaven-Breaking Army.

After all, during the previous conflict between the Heaven-Breaking Army and Thunderbolt Army, he was cautious. If the Thunderbolt Army discovered Duan Han was with Heaven-Breaking Army, thus implicating their family because he was under Duan Han's command.

Now, though the Thunderbolt Army is gone, the Liang Court still exists.

After the battle with the noble family son Lin Yu, he feels Li Xuanji's hopes of restoring the kingdom in the short term are slim.

Perhaps, over time, under Li Xuanji and his mysterious master's meticulous planning, the restoration might succeed.

But it's likely the court will deploy sufficient forces in the short term to eliminate the Heaven-Breaking Army completely.

Now that he is no longer an official, he's nearly disconnected from the Heaven-Breaking Army.

Su Que walked out of the city to a sparsely populated area. Seeing no one around, he immediately used his Lightweight Skill, flying toward the cave where he usually practiced martial arts.

...

Three months passed unknowingly. As long as Su Que was awake, he was almost always cultivating.

He occasionally gave Silver Coins to his sister Su Jing.

Su Jing asked where the money came from.

According to his previous plan, Su Que said it was earned from writing, composing poems, and painting for others.

Since Su Que had been dealing with these matters before, plus the money wasn't particularly large, it seemed reasonable as income from such activities.

Thus, Su Jing didn't think much of it.

Therefore, although Su Que had resigned, their family life remained good.

Three months passed, and through his dedicated practice, his True Qi could instantly condense into a zhang of Gang Qi.

Moreover, this Gang Qi can change shape according to his will.

He found a mountain, stood a zhang away from a mountain wall, and stretched his right palm forward.

With a thought, he didn't use martial arts, merely activated his True Qi, instantaneously condensing it into Gang Qi, then released it from his palm.

Immediately, a cloud of stone dust exploded on the mountain wall.

When the dust cleared, a palm print appeared.

Then he released more Gang Qi.

This time, he shaped his True Qi into a fist-shaped Gang Qi in his mind.

Again, with a "poof," stone dust burst outward.

Beside the palm print on the mountain wall, a fist print emerged.

This is merely the effect of releasing Gang Qi.

The true power of Gang Qi is realized by combining it with martial arts.

Throughout these three months, he also spent some time cultivating several powerful martial arts he knew.

He continued to develop the Celestial Deformed Divine Skill.

Three months ago, his Celestial Deformed Divine Skill was at the 6th Realm Divine Skill 99%.

Through further development, he figured out the next cultivation method for the Celestial Deformed Divine Skill.

Therefore, he practiced a bit, breaking through the 6th Realm to reach the 7th Realm of Divine Transformation.

'Since being able to condense a zhang of Gang Qi, I haven't tried integrating Gang Qi into the Celestial Deformed Foot. Today, let's give it a try!'

Su Que then executed the third move of the Celestial Deformed Foot.

The third move involves kicking out a massive invisible foot-shaped Qi Force bursting from the foot, injuring opponents.

Now, supporting with his left leg, the right leg suddenly blurred, like a whip, kicking into the air towards the mountain wall ahead!

Simultaneously, he infused Gang Qi into this move.

Instantly, Gang Qi combined with Foot Force, turning into Vigorous Force.

Next, as he swung his right foot hard.

His right foot instantly lit up with a green-colored force glow.

A huge water bucket-thick foot-shaped Vigorous Force, glowing green, burst forth from his right foot, sweeping through the void, creating a whistling sound, shooting straight towards the mountain wall!

Boom!

The mountain wall shook.

It was as though explosives were buried within, a large cloud of stone dust blasted out.

Fragments abruptly crumbled down, rolling along the mountain slope.

Once the dust had settled, what appeared was a gigantic footprint on the mountain wall.

'With the addition of Vigorous Force, the power of the martial arts is indeed incomparable.'

Su Que felt amazed looking at the huge footprint on the mountain wall.

'Now, I wonder what the effect would be of using Gang Qi in Exotic Golden Bell Shield?'

With this question in mind, Su Que immediately retracted his foot, dismissing the stance of the Celestial Deformed Divine Skill.

Afterward, his left foot slid to the right with a slight squat, assuming a horse stance.

This was the starting pose of the Exotic Golden Bell Shield.

Then, with a thought, a hint of red glow appeared within his body.

A gigantic blood-red golden bell, two persons tall, suddenly emerged, enveloping him completely.