Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 303 Hu Yunqian was beaten to death

The five elders of the Hu family visited him several times and even wanted to invite him to a banquet at their home.

Sun Yanwan claimed that the fierce battle with King Harsha had severely depleted her inner energy, and she needed to recuperate, so she could not go out.

The Mirror Flower Sword Boat also extended several invitations, and even Duanmu Xianling and Lu Chaoxiu came despite their injuries, but Sun Lingdie politely declined them all.

Sun Lingdie said, "Sister Shi Si doesn't allow him to attend banquets with many female guests."

Lu Chaoxiu almost coughed up blood again on the spot.

Sun Yanwan's reputation for being "henpecked" gradually spread from then on.

He's been living a comfortable life these past few days and really doesn't want to socialize with the five elders of the Hu family or the people from the Mirror Flower Sword Boat.

Sun Yanwan was too young when he transmigrated. Now that he has finally "experienced" sex, with Yang Diao'er, the most beautiful woman in the martial arts world, and Sun Lingdie, a little fairy in the martial arts world who has followed him for a long time, he doesn't even want to get out of bed unless absolutely necessary, let alone go out.

After working so hard for so many years, can't I even have some fun?

However, Sun Yanwan wasn't idle. During this time, he focused on mastering the twelve beast-shaped hidden meridians and had already opened up five of them: the Savage Serpent, the Tyrant Elephant, the Ba Scorpion, the Fighting Spider, and the Arrow Butterfly.

Among them, the Scorpion, the Spider, and the Butterfly are also known as the Three Poisonous Hidden Veins, which are essential hidden veins for those who practice secret poison skills in the martial arts world.

The venom of the scorpion is fiery, the venom of the spider is the most potent, and the venom of the arrow butterfly is cold and venomous.

Yang Diao'er's Xuanming Yinsha Gong includes the Arrow Butterfly Hidden Meridian, which is of the Yin and cold nature. When combined with the extremely Yin and cold true energy, it can create "cold poison," which is extremely difficult to cure after injuring someone, and its effects are deeply ingrained.

The Ice Silkworm Transformation of the Great Snow Mountain has been involved in both the Fighting Spider and Arrow Butterfly hidden meridians. The Fighting Spider has the most potent venom and can refine all kinds of deadly poisons. Combined with the cold poison of the Arrow Butterfly hidden meridian, the palm force of the Ice Silkworm Transformation is actually extremely vicious.

The Xuanbing Treasure Mirror of the Songyang Sect does not cultivate the Three Poisons Hidden Meridians. Although it is also an extremely yin and cold true qi, it does not have the attribute of cold poison. Therefore, the Xuanbing Treasure Mirror of the Songyang Sect has a vast internal force that can be converted into Xuanhuang true qi, and the backlash of power is also less.

The other two schools of Yin and cold cultivation techniques can cause extremely fierce backlashes if not practiced properly. In particular, the Ice Silkworm Transformation can cause true energy to go astray in the meridians if one is not careful, resulting in paralysis at best and rotting of the body at worst.

Although Sun Yanwan had mastered these beast-shaped hidden meridians, she would not cultivate the related techniques. In fact, most martial artists rarely cultivate internal energy cultivation, and even if they do, it is only two or three types. Even with just two or three types, it is extremely difficult to integrate their power.

To integrate the Withered Glory Blade into the Xuanhuang Scripture, Zhang Yuanqiao must have scratched his head countless times and pondered for countless days and nights. This was only because the Xuanhuang Scripture originally contained the transformation of the Taiyi Qingling Pill; otherwise, Grandmaster Zhang might not have achieved any results even after decades of seclusion.

After reaching the Innate stage, the connection of the Hidden Meridians is only for the sake of the inherent characteristics of the Hidden Meridians and to store more True Qi, unless required by the cultivation method. It is no longer about focusing on a particular Hidden Meridian to cultivate special True Qi.

Sun Yanwan's carefree days didn't last long before a major incident occurred.

Hu Yunqian, the seventh son of the Hu family, was beaten to death.

Now, Sun Yanwan and the people from the Mirror Flower Sword Boat had no choice but to come to the Hu residence to offer their condolences.

Sun Yanwan naturally wouldn't bring Yang Diao'er, but he did bring Sun Lingdie. In the main hall of the Hu family mansion, he saw Hu Yunqian, who had been punched in the chest with such force that his bones were broken and his flesh was mangled, and he was slightly taken aback.

This punch had four layers of force, each more domineering than the last. As far as he knew, only one person in the world displayed such signs after injuring someone—that was Ba Tianmo's Four Symbols Yuan Gong. Although Sun Yanwan had also deduced the mental techniques of the Four Symbols Yuan Gong, he had not practiced it. After all, the Four Symbols Yuan Gong consisted of four mental techniques, especially since it was based on the Dragon Elephant Returning to the Source Palm of the Northern Beggar Clan. He didn't want to switch his cultivation method, so naturally he wouldn't practice it.

In other words, the murderer is practically obvious.

However, Sun Yanwan had no connection with the Hu family, but she had some connection with Ba Tianmo, so of course she wouldn't reveal this matter.

The four elders of the Hu family were filled with grief and indignation. They never expected that just a few days ago, they had gone to pay their respects to Elder Taishi of the Mirror Flower Sword Boat, and now someone in the Hu family had died. The martial arts used by the person who made the move were fierce and domineering, but no one knew their origin.

Hu Yunshou glanced at Sun Yanwan and couldn't help but say, "Scholar Sun, you must stand up for the Hu family in this matter."

"After all, the seventh brother also died because of this. Our Hu family has already backed down and given up the sword manual, but there are still people who refuse to let it go."

The people from the Mirror Flower Sword Boat were not having it. Elder Xu Kaitian, who had brought people to offer condolences, couldn't help but retort, saying, "Your Hu family has lost someone, don't try to blame our Mirror Flower Sword Sect. Our sect specializes in swordsmanship, we don't have such fierce fist techniques."

The fifth brother, Hu Yunji, couldn't help but say, "I've never heard of your Mirror Flower Sword Boat having the Suspended Realm Listening to Flowers Subduing Demon Sword before. What if you're hiding some kind of martial art specifically for assassinations?"

Neither side would back down, and they immediately started arguing.

The Hu family didn't necessarily want to frame Jinghua Sword Boat, but since their seventh brother, Hu Yunqian, was ambushed and killed, they needed to find a murderer. Wouldn't Jinghua Sword Boat be the best candidate for murderer?
The Hu brothers had considered that even if it wasn't someone from the Mirror Flower Sword Boat who committed the crime, it could be an accomplice they had hired.

As for the people from the Mirror Flower Sword Boat, they never considered why they wanted to kill the seventh brother, Hu Yunqian.

The people of the Mirror Flower Sword Boat, of course, refused to bear this unjust accusation.

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Sun Yanwan had no choice but to say, "This matter still needs to be investigated, Elder Xu! Although I absolutely do not believe that the people from the Mirror Flower Sword Boat are the murderers, things have come to this point, so I can only ask for your help, firstly to find out the murderer, and secondly to clear your names."

Xu Kaitian was quite helpless and could only reply, "The Mirror Flower Sword Boat will certainly not stand idly by in this matter."

Duanmu Xianling and Lu Chaoxiu, who came with them, did not dare to speak, for fear of getting into trouble. The seventh brother, Hu Yunqian, was also a veteran innate realm cultivator, and the Hu family's Hunyuan Sword Qi was a unique skill in the martial arts world, known as indestructible. Even ordinary grandmasters might not be able to kill him easily. Yet he was killed with a single punch. Moreover, the other members of the Hu family did not even see the shadow of the murderer. How could they dare to get involved?

Duanmu Xianling couldn't help but think to herself, "I originally thought that my martial arts skills were already quite good, and Chaoxiu was the most talented woman in the world with extraordinary wisdom. If the two of us joined forces, we could go anywhere in the world, and there would be very few things that could stump us."

"But unexpectedly, we have encountered a series of dangers during this period."

“King Harsha is only at the Innate Realm, but his staff technique is almost invincible. If Sun Yanwan hadn’t arrived in time, King Harsha might have killed us all.”

"Hu Yunqian... Could it be that King Harsha made a move?"

"He killed Elder Taishi to steal the sword manual, but why did he kill Hu Yunqian?"

Inside the makeshift mourning hall, everyone was puzzled and full of doubts. Sun Yanwan disliked the atmosphere and immediately took her leave. On her way back, she kept thinking, "Why did Ba Tianmo want to kill Hu Yunqian?"

(End of this chapter)