Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 90 - 87: Tang Sect Assassin Search! Refining the Dragon Ascending Pill!

Chapter 90: Chapter 87: Tang Sect Assassin Search! Refining the Dragon Ascending Pill!

When they arrived at Qingfeng Town and asked a passerby, they learned that Su Que had already left some time ago.

Upon hearing this news, the three of them couldn’t help but shake their heads in silence.

The Tang Sect was tightly organized, with information being relayed layer by layer.

Although this made them less likely to be exposed, it also slowed down the speed of information transfer.

After arriving late, they could only follow some traces of fights to look for Su Que.

Near Qingfeng Town, there were not just one but several places where fights had happened.

Many people bought good items or obtained money at Qingfeng Town, and often encountered robberies after leaving, leading to fights.

"There are so many traces of fights; who knows which one is from the guy selling hidden weapons?"

Dark Rat sighed and said.

"Let’s keep looking."

Thorn Skull said, and the three figures blurred once more, moving in a different direction.

The three searched for quite a while and found traces of two more fights, but the three people they found were not Su Que.

The information they had was of a tall person wearing a ghost mask, dressed in gray martial attire, with several bundles tied to his back.

The physique and attire of these three people didn’t match the information at all.

They searched for a while longer and suddenly saw some bloodstains not far away.

Following the trail, they found Li Wanjing and his two companions.

Li Wanjing and the others were heavily wounded, and their walking had slowed significantly.

Suddenly, they heard the sound of wind coming from three directions, making their hearts skip, and they stopped to look back.

They immediately saw three masked figures in black martial attire of varying heights and builds.

At a glance, the three of them couldn’t help but feel fear.

The attire of these three figures hardly made them look like good people.

Already severely injured, Li Wanjing and the others couldn’t help but be frightened.

"Have you seen a tall person with a ghost mask and bundles on his back?"

A sharp voice came from Dark Rat’s mask.

Li Wanjing and his two companions were immediately stirred.

Wasn’t the person he described the one who had just saved them?

"There was one." Li Wanjing pretended to be uncertain.

"Where did he go?" The three were eager.

"He went that way." Li Wanjing pointed in the opposite direction from where Su Que had gone.

Before the three from the Tang Sect left, the assassin code-named "Thorn Skull" suddenly said:

"Hand over all the silver coins you have!"

Noticing that the inner armor the three were wearing was of high quality, he thought they must be wealthy.

Dark Rat and Zhong Xie also stared at Li Wanjing and his companions.

The Tang Sect assassins often spent a lot of money and were frequently short on cash.

Seeing that the three before them were wealthy, they decided to rob them since they had come across them.

Li Wanjing and his companions immediately revealed their clothing to show the three Tang Sect assassins.

Li Wanjing sighed, "We were stripped clean by the person you mentioned earlier."

The three from the Tang Sect glanced at each other, then swiftly moved in the direction indicated by Li Wanjing.

The three assassins from the Tang Sect searched again but still failed to find any trace of the person they were looking for.

"Hmph, this guy is lucky; he managed to survive today."

Dark Rat said to the other two when they found no clue of Su Que.

The other two nodded. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

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By this time, Su Que had changed into a different mask and clothes, walking through an alley in Jiannan Prefecture City.

After destroying the bodies of Lin Hao and Tian Ming, he used his Lightweight Skill to hurry back to Jiannan Prefecture City.

By the time the three assassins from the Tang Sect met Li Wanjing and his companions, Su Que had already entered Jiannan Prefecture City.

Su Que made his way swiftly towards Zhang Bengen’s residence.

His movement was so quick that as long as he was fifty meters away from ordinary people, they couldn’t see him pass by.

Su Que lightly leaped into Zhang Bengen’s residence, then opened the guest room door and slipped inside.

After closing the door, Su Que lifted the carpet and removed the stone slab.

He first placed two crossbows and the Silver Snake Sword into the secret compartment.

Then, he took out all the silver coins he had, counted them, and found there were more than 47,000 taels.

He hadn’t expected that just going to the Ghost Market would yield such income.

He decided to carry 20,000 taels with him, planning to buy the Elixir Recipe for the Dragon Ascending Pill and to go to the Purple Sun Temple to have Elder Qingxuan perform alchemy.

The remaining twenty-seven thousand taels were placed by him into the hidden compartment.

Also, the jade pendant worn by Li Wanjing was taken by him.

He needed to visit some shops for appraisal.

If he sold it at Li Wanjing’s mansion later, he wanted to see if the silver coins offered by Li Wanjing matched the appraised price.

Su Que changed into the outfit he wore to the Mo Jin Commerce Association.

After checking to ensure he had the silver coins and items, he gathered his things from the guest room, left the residence, and set off for Mo Jin Commerce Association.

At the Mo Jin Commerce Association, he once again met Mo Lin, the manager.

He first asked whether the Mo Jin Commerce Association had received an elixir recipe better than the "Dragon Ascending Pill."

Mo Lin said they hadn’t, so he spent eight thousand taels to buy the "Dragon Ascending Pill" recipe.

Afterwards, Su Que also inquired whether there was anything for quick mastery or some exotic martial arts recently.

Mo Lin still said there was none.

Su Que promptly left the Mo Jin Commerce Association.

On the way, he visited several jade shops, asking them to estimate the price of Li Wanjing’s jade artifacts.

After obtaining a general price range, Su Que found a shop, bought paper and a pen, and borrowed the store owner’s ink to copy the "Dragon Ascending Pill" recipe.

This recipe was intended to be presented to Elder Qingxuan at Purple Sun Temple shortly.

After copying the recipe, Su Que returned the pen to the shopkeeper and headed towards Purple Sun Temple.

It was nearing evening, with the sunset slanting in.

Purple Sun Temple was about to close its gates, but there were still quite a few devout worshippers inside.

Most of the worshippers were elderly, with some women accompanying their elders.

Upon seeing Su Que’s attire, those people merely glanced and dared not look further.

Most of the worshippers were ordinary people, unfamiliar with martial arts matters.

However, having visited the temple often, they had heard that the Observatory Master of Purple Sun Temple was a martial arts expert closely related to the martial arts world.

They looked at Su Que’s attire and suspected he might be a martial artist, perhaps even an enemy of the Observatory Master.

These ordinary people would never dare to get involved in disputes among martial artists.

Su Que left the crowd and walked towards the depths of Purple Sun Temple until he reached the Pill Palace.

Once again, Su Que felt the heat emanating from the Pill Palace.

"May I ask if this layman has come seeking Master Qingxuan for alchemy?"

This time, two different Daoists stood guard outside the Pill Palace compared to the previous times Su Que visited.

"Yes." Su Que replied, "I have come here for alchemy before."

Saying this, he handed the copied recipe to the Daoist.

Upon seeing the paper, the Daoist knew it was a recipe from Su Que.

He immediately accepted it, said "please wait a moment," and turned to enter the Pill Palace.

A while later, the Daoist emerged from the Pill Palace and said to Su Que:

"Master Qingxuan said he has a ninety percent probability of pill formation for this elixir."

’Ninety percent... although not insignificant, it’s considerably less than the ninety-nine percent pill formation probability of the Essence Enhancing Pill.’

’Could it be that the efficacy of this Dragon Ascending Pill is much stronger than that of the Essence Enhancing Pill?’

Su Que contemplated after hearing this.

The Daoist asked, "The ingredients for this Dragon Ascending Pill are available here. Would you like to prepare them yourself or purchase them directly from us?"

Su Que replied, "I’ll use what you have here."

He wasn’t inclined to search for ingredients elsewhere.

Upon hearing this, the Daoist nodded and continued, "Master Qingxuan said that for making this Dragon Ascending Pill, the cost of ingredients plus the alchemy fee for one pill would be eight hundred taels."

"The pill formation time requires at least three days."

’Eight hundred taels... that’s more than twice the two hundred and fifty taels for the Essence Enhancing Pill...’

’It’s uncertain whether the efficacy of this Dragon Ascending Pill exceeds the Essence Enhancing Pill by twofold...’

Su Que said, "Then please refine one pill for me first."

The Daoist was briefly bewildered, then said, "For this elixir, a minimum of three pills can be refined in one batch; refining only one isn’t possible."

"Then refine three pills for me," Su Que said.

The Daoist nodded, "Please pay the ingredient fee first; the cost for ingredients for one pill is six hundred taels."

Su Que immediately took out a silver note worth a thousand taels.

Most of the silver notes he had were of one thousand taels; the hundred-tael notes were fewer.

With many incense offerings daily and Elder Qingxuan’s alchemy, Purple Sun Temple was quite wealthy.

The Daoist calmly accepted Su Que’s silver note, uttered "please wait a moment," then entered a small room beside the Pill Palace.

Shortly, he returned with four hundred-tael silver notes, handing them to Su Que.

Su Que scrutinized each silver note, carefully examining their motifs, patterns, and seals, ensuring they were genuine before tucking them into his tunic and turning to leave the Pill Palace.