Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 362 The Unity of Heaven and Man
The night passed.

It was already bright outside Yang Gong's treasury.

The underground storeroom was dark.

The eight wall lamps lit by Kankan last night had been extinguished for a long time. Only a unicorn fire bead scattered in the corner of the wall remained, providing a dim light for this open stone room with a radius of one hundred steps.

There are exhaust holes at the four corners of the ceiling to ensure indoor air circulation.

It is October now, and the room was originally quite cool. But after Huang Sixi dropped the Kirin Fire Pearl last night, the environment gradually warmed up until it became as warm and pleasant as spring.

Outside the round table, which was about ten feet in diameter, there was a circle of gauze curtain hanging.

At this time, Huang Sixi and Kankan were staying in the tent in love.

Last night, the two of them used the table as a bed and spent a wonderful night together.

Huang Sixi used the "Secret of Immortality" to fuse the essence of Kankan and found a quick way to refine the evil emperor's relics, but it also aroused the power of the immortal true qi, and he couldn't help but practice dual cultivation with Kankan.

Since Huang Sixi was in control of the luck, 60% of the essence in the evil emperor's relic was absorbed by him, while Kankan only absorbed 20%.

At present, there is still 20% of the essence left in the evil emperor's relic, but Huang Sixi is no longer able to continue refining it.

He was seen sitting cross-legged on a stone table, holding the evil emperor's relic in his hands. He made one last attempt to refine it, but it still ended in failure.

This was not because his method of refining was wrong, but because his internal strength had reached a certain limit. After he refined 60% of his essence last night, his self-cultivation internal strength and internal infusion internal strength increased simultaneously until they reached a perfect state, resulting in a bottleneck in his martial arts cultivation.

If he forcibly refines the evil emperor's relics, he can actually absorb the essence, but the essence's true energy will be integrated into his true qi, which will not cause his internal strength to continue to increase.

He couldn't help but think: "Xiang Yutian is the only genius in the Xieji Sect who has comprehended the method of extracting the essence, but he did not extract all the essence in the Xie Emperor's relic, but preserved a part of it. I guess he has also encountered a bottleneck in his internal strength!"

It should be noted that the Evil Emperor's relics have been passed down for six or seven hundred years. During this period, at least a dozen Evil Emperors have injected their own true energy into the relics. With such accumulation, the amount of essence in the relics must be incomparable.

Xiang Yutian couldn't finish it all by himself.

Huang Sixi was also unable to absorb all the essence.

However, Kankan's own internal strength was relatively weak. Even though she had absorbed 20% of it, she still had not reached the limit of her internal strength.

Huang Sixi planned to give all the remaining 20% of the essence in the evil emperor's relic to Kankan.

As he was thinking this, Kankan had already woken up from her sleep. She raised her charming and delicate body and laid on his shoulder.

A stream of true energy naturally surrounded Huang Sixi's head. When Kankan approached, the true energy instantly formed a cyclone, which made Kankan's beautiful eyes narrow slightly.

She quickly turned her head and pressed her fair cheek against Huang Sixi's back, and uttered a soft and delicate voice from her cherry lips: "My dear, there's wind behind your ears, it makes me feel uncomfortable!"

Huang Sixi had already turned around and embraced Qianqian in his arms. He felt Qianqian was as soft as a ball of cotton and was really lovable. "What's wrong with you?"

He reached out and gently stroked Kankan's eyebrows.

Xianxian blinked her long and beautiful eyelashes, revealing a lazy and comfortable look, and chuckled softly: "There are many places that are uncomfortable. My dear, please treat Xian'er well."

Kanan also raised her crystal jade hands to comb Huang Sixi's messy hair. Suddenly, she found that there was a gleam in Huang Sixi's eyes and a flash of lightning between his brows.

She immediately showed surprise: "My dear, have you achieved the way of heaven?"

After Huang Sixi refined 60% of the essence of the Evil Emperor's relic, he noticed that his body had shown miraculous reactions and his profound skills had reached a higher level, but he did not have a clear idea of what level it had reached.

He said to Kankan, "After absorbing the relic this time, I found that my body is more sensitive to the power of nature. I couldn't see the spiritual energy in the air before, but now I can clearly see it, and the spiritual energy will gather outside my body on its own. Just now, I felt a gust of wind behind my head, which was the spiritual energy penetrating into my body. My body seems to have transformed into a medium that can absorb the essence of heaven and earth. Is this the way of heaven and man?"

The essence of the last palm of the Dragon Subduing Palm that he created was to borrow the power of nature, but he was unable to peek into the mysteries of nature before and could only blend the natural weather into his palm power.

Now that his cultivation has broken through to the way of heaven and man, he can begin to explore the origin of nature. Even in a calm climate without wind or rain, he can call on spiritual energy to fight, and the power of the last palm will be multiplied.

Wan Wan nodded vigorously: "Wind behind the ears, lightning in the empty room, these are all visions of the Way of Heaven and Man! According to my master, in the Demon Sect, only the Evil Emperor Xiang Yutian has cultivated the Way of Heaven and Man, and has reached the perfect state of unity between heaven and man. This is already the pinnacle level in the martial arts. There is no stronger master than him in the world!"

In the martial arts realm of the Tang Dynasty, cultivating innate true energy is a small achievement, and if the spirit is subtle, one can be among the ranks of masters. If one goes one step further, it is the legendary way of heaven.

If one cultivates the Way of Heaven and Man to perfection and reaches the unity of Heaven and Man, one can break through the void and escape the shackles of this world. Xiang Yutian has cultivated to this level.

Huang Sixi had just begun to glimpse the way of heaven and man, but he felt that his inner strength was not necessarily weaker than Xiang Yutian's.

However, Xiang Yutian has been studying "The Great Method of Cultivating Demons in the Heart of Tao" for more than two hundred years, and his cultivation in the spiritual realm has reached a superb level. His mental power is definitely stronger than Huang Sixi's.

However, once Huang Sixi finds the original volumes of "The Heavenly Demon Strategy" and "Cihang Sword Canon" and combines the four great books, he should be able to surpass Xiang Yutian in all aspects.

Thinking of this, Huang Sixi placed the evil emperor's relic in front of Wan Wan and asked her, "Wan Wan, you said before that we can find the whereabouts of the original volume of "Heavenly Demon Strategy" through the evil emperor's relic. How do we find it?"

Xianxian smiled bitterly: "My dear, Xianxian was just guessing that day! Because the evil emperor's relics are as old as the original volume of "Heavenly Demon Strategy", I thought that the evil emperor's relics might contain clues to the original volume!"

She didn't understand Huang Sixi's behavior, and asked again: "My dear, why do you have to find the original volume? If you go to the Six Paths headquarters of the two sects, you can also collect all the martial arts in "Heavenly Demon Strategy" without having to practice from the original volume!"

Huang Sixi shook his head at her: "I must find the original scroll! But there is no rush for this matter. There are no clues on the evil emperor's relic. I will look for it somewhere else. It doesn't matter!"

After saying this, he handed the evil emperor's relic to Wan Wan and said, "There is still 20% of the essence in this relic. I can't use it anymore. You can absorb it slowly!"

Wan Wan did not answer: "My dear, you helped Wan Er to integrate some of her essence and true power last night. The "Heavenly Demonic Art" that I have been practicing since childhood has made a breakthrough and reached the eighteenth level in one fell swoop. I am now a martial arts master! Since the founding of the Yin Kui Sect, besides the founder of the sect, I am the second disciple to reach the eighteenth level!"

Huang Sixi asked, "Is it difficult to practice the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Demonic Art?"

"It's definitely not difficult for you, my dear, but it's much more difficult for others! My master has warned me many times that if I can't keep my pure Yin body, I will never be able to practice to the eighteenth level. It was because I lost my virginity to Shi Zhixuan that my master's "Heavenly Demon Art" stopped at the seventeenth level and could no longer improve! It's strange, last night with my dear..."

Kankan's beautiful eyes were fixed on Huang Sixi, with a slight blush on her face. Last night, she and Huang Sixi practiced together to transform the evil emperor's relics, and she offered her pure Yin body to Huang Sixi. As a result, the profound skills she practiced actually produced a surprise: "My "Heavenly Demon Skill" not only did not stop, but also achieved a breakthrough. Do you know the reason, my dear?"

"It's very simple!" Huang Sixi revealed to her, "The 'Eternal Life Art' that I practiced and your 'Demon Art' originally came from the same source, and the two kinds of true qi complement each other. Last night, I transferred the 'Eternal Life Art' into your body, which had the effect of increasing your Demonic True Qi, and that's how you made the breakthrough! If I hadn't practiced the 'Eternal Life Art', you would have stopped at the seventeenth level like your master, and would never have been able to make any further progress."

Xianxian joked, "My dear, don't be too modest. Even if you don't have the Secret of Immortality, you must have other ways to help Xian'er break through, right?"

Huang Sixi did not comment, but lifted up the evil emperor's relic and said, "Put the relic away!"

However, Qianqian shook her head and said, "Qian'er doesn't need this relic anymore, you should give it to Sister Xuan! The three of us came to Chang'an together, we can't let Sister Xuan get nothing!"

After she finished speaking, she put on her clothes, jumped off the stone table, walked barefoot to the corner of the wall, picked up the Qilin Fire Pearl, and after returning, she said to Huang Sixi in a sweet voice: "Sir, can you give this pearl to Xian'er? In the future, when the weather is cold, Xian'er will no longer be afraid of the cold!"

When she was alone with Shi Qingxuan, she once heard Shi Qingxuan talk about her first meeting with Huang Sixi. At that time, Shi Qingxuan specifically mentioned the Qilin Fire Pearl, so she kept it in mind and prepared to find an opportunity to borrow it from Huang Sixi to see.

Unexpectedly, Huang Sixi took out the fire bead last night to avoid the cold, so she took the opportunity to ask Huang Sixi for it as a token of love.

Huang Sixi naturally agreed to her request.

This trip has taken quite a while for him to stay in Yang Gong's treasury. Li Jing is going to introduce him to the interrogation of Yang Wengan and Jingzhao Lian. Shi Qingxuan may also ask him for news about Fan Qinghui at any time, so he decided to return to the inn first.

On the round table where he stayed last night, there was a map of the treasure house with pictures and texts. The map also showed the connection between the treasure house and the passage of Chang'an City on the ground.

He asked Kanan to use the fire beads to illuminate the round table and began to look at the map.

There are four entrances and exits marked on the map.

Three of them are located in the city, and the last one is located on a hill more than ten miles south of the city.

Seeing him studying the route on the map, Qianqian asked, "My dear, are you planning to transport the gold, silver and weapons in the treasury? There are too many of them. If we transport them out of the city at once, the mule and horse team will stretch for several miles and it will be impossible to conceal our whereabouts. Even if we take the water route, we will need to prepare more than a dozen super-large cargo ships in advance!"

Huang Sixi read the captions next to the map. "This secret passage leading out of the city is designed with sliding tracks and cargo carts. By turning the ropes, gold, silver and weapons can be quickly transported out of the city. But no matter how fast it is, it will take at least one or two days! It is indeed easy to expose your whereabouts!"

Huang Sixi had no manpower in Chang'an City. Even if he moved all the gold, silver and weapons out of Yang Gong's treasury, he had no way to transport them to other places.

However, he had a Qiankun Yiqi bag with him, which could be used to carry away the treasure in batches.

He looked at the other three entrances and exits on the map.

The first entrance and exit is located at the Xijiyuan Well, which is the route Huang Sixi took when he came here. But now it is daybreak, and there must be frequent water fetching in the garden. He absolutely cannot take this route back, otherwise his whereabouts will be exposed.

The second entrance and exit is located in the house of Yang Su's relative-in-law. This relative has long been in decline, and the house has changed hands for many years. It is currently owned by the Sha family.

The Sha family is the richest family in the Eastern Capital Luoyang, specializing in the trade of minerals and weapons. Not only do they do business, they also intermarry with powerful families for generations. The current head of the Sha family, Sha Tiannan, is the cousin of Dugu Feng, the head of the Dugu clan.

Huang Sixi had never been to the Sha family mansion, and had no intention of leaving by this route.

His eyes fell on the last entrance and exit, which was opened under a stream behind the Wulou Temple. This stream was connected to the Yong'an Canal. The route was completely hidden in the canal water and was very safe.

Huang Sixi patted the table and said to Qian Qian, "We will leave the treasure house through the Yong'an Canal!"

The two took some waterproofing measures before looking for a way out according to the route drawn on the desktop map.

When the two emerged from the stream behind Wulou Temple, they first saw a small hill standing in front of the stream, and the surrounding area was lush green and full of bamboo forests.

When Lu Miaozi was opening the reservoir, he specifically chose a secluded place on the back hill of the temple. When Huang Sixi and Kan Kan jumped onto the bank of the canal, they did not encounter a single figure.

But the sound of fierce fighting came from inside the temple.

Hearing the noise of the crowd, Qianqian casually said, "Did the monks here offend any enemies? They actually caused a fight in the martial arts world!"

Huang Sixi told her: "The great Zen master of Wulou Temple is the disguised identity of the evil king Shi Zhixuan. He has been living in seclusion in this temple for more than ten years. Ordinary people in the world can't make any waves in the temple!"

"Shi Zhixuan is hiding here!"

Kankan was not particularly surprised, because Shi Zhixuan had once pretended to be a monk to ask the Buddhists for advice on magical skills in his early years, and created the "Immortal Seal Method". Shi Zhixuan already had a history of impersonating a monk.

Wan Wan looked around the surroundings and said, "Wuluo Temple is not far from Yuema Bridge. The stream behind the temple is located above Yang Gong's treasure house. If Shi Zhixuan lived in seclusion in the temple, he should have sensed the spiritual energy of the evil emperor's relic leaking out!"

When the two men left the warehouse, they had already put the evil emperor's relic back into the copper jar. Even if they were to walk around the city with the copper jar now, no one would notice.

No one can trace the source of spiritual energy.

In fact, when Huang Sixi entered the capital the day before yesterday, he had searched Wulou Temple several times but did not find any trace of Shi Zhixuan. A few months ago, after Shi Zhixuan fought with Huang Sixi in Bieshan, he had promised to retire to the mountains and should have left Wulou Temple.

Huang Sixi couldn't help but wonder who the gangsters fighting in the temple were.

He and Kankan climbed up a hill and looked down at the temple from the top.

In the courtyard in front of the main hall, there were hundreds of people gathered, some of them were monks, some were officials from the capital, and the rest were various gangsters, who were watching a evenly matched martial arts competition.

The two parties in the martial arts competition are a man and a woman.

The man had white beard and eyebrows, and had the air of an immortal who had descended to earth. He looked to be in his seventies or eighties.

The woman was a middle-aged nun with an extraordinary appearance.

Xianxian recognized the two people at a glance and introduced them to Huang Sixi: "That nun is the head of the Fanzhai of Cihang Jingzhai. She has returned to the city! Look, my dear, Sister Xuan is also in the temple. She seems to be treating Li Jing's injuries!"

Li Jing was half-sitting among the crowd, with a bloody handprint on his chest. Shi Qingxuan was treating him with a needle in his hand.

Hong Funu held up her whisk and stood in front of the two men, obviously protecting them. She stared at the old man with white beard and eyebrows, her eyes full of hatred. This old man should be the culprit who injured Li Jing.

(End of this chapter)