The White Lotus Sect disciple walked forward while looking back.
Seeing that no one was pursuing from behind, a slight smile appeared on the White Lotus Sect disciple's face.
Su Que held his breath as he saw the disciple about to step into a beast trap area.
However, the disciple's steps avoided the beast trap and continued walking toward him.
"No worries, there's more ahead..."
Su Que continued to keep his eyes on the disciple.
A moment later, his gaze sharpened.
Because he saw the disciple was about to step into the grass where the beast trap was placed.
Sure enough, the next moment.
The White Lotus Sect disciple stepped into the grass, a slight cracking sound rang out.
The disciple's body trembled, quickly covering the foot caught in the beast trap with his right hand and covering his mouth with his left.
It seemed he feared making a noise that would alert the Cao Gang people.
Under intense pain, the disciple appeared unable to stand steadily and fell to the side.
And the disciple's head happened to bump into another patch of grass on the other side.
Su Que had also set a beast trap in that grass.
"Crack!"
The beast trap clamped onto the White Lotus Sect disciple's head.
Yet the disciple seemed very afraid of being discovered by the Cao Gang people, and even in such severe pain, he did not cry out.
This was exactly what Su Que wanted.
Although injured by two beast traps, with blood gushing from the wounds, the White Lotus Sect disciple remained conscious, gritting his teeth as he tried to pry off the beast trap from his body.
Taking advantage of the disciple's focus on the beast trap, Su Que quietly picked up a stone and circled around behind the White Lotus Sect disciple.
As he circled, he kept an eye on the disciple's reactions, watching to see if he had been discovered.
Fortunately, this White Lotus Sect disciple wasn't very skilled in martial arts and couldn't detect him.
...
"Ha!"
The White Lotus Sect disciple let out a low shout, painfully prying open the beast trap on his head.
Blood flowed like a stream from the wound.
"Rustle!"
After all, this White Lotus Sect disciple had practiced martial arts, his hearing was better than the average person's, and as soon as his attention shifted from the beast trap, he immediately heard the faint footsteps behind him.
Panic-stricken, he turned his head to look.
A dark shadow grew rapidly in his eyes!
Bam!
Su Que struck the disciple's head hard with a stone.
The disciple was knocked unconscious at once.
Su Que, due to exerting too much force, felt a tingling numbness in his arm, and the skin on his hand was rubbed raw.
Seeing that he succeeded, Su Que quickly bound the disciple's hands and feet with hemp rope, tying three Turtle Shell Bindings.
He left the beast traps he'd set behind and immediately carried the disciple up the mountain.
He found a hidden cave and laid the White Lotus Sect disciple down.
Su Que walked out of the cave, glanced around to make sure no one followed, then walked back into the cave.
At the entrance of the cave, he set a few beast traps.
He walked over to the unconscious White Lotus Sect disciple, lit a fire stick, and then slapped the man's face.
Slap slap slap...
After a while, the disciple slowly came to.
The unlucky disciple opened his eyes and saw Su Que wearing a monkey mask, holding a burning fire stick.
He struggled, finding himself bound, his face showing panic:
"Who are you, what do you want?"
Su Que immediately took out a candle, lighting it with the fire stick.
He heated a spot on the ground with the candle's flame, then set the candle on the ground.
Blowing out the fire stick, he took a dagger from his waist.
With a clanging sound, he drew the dagger.
He pressed the blade against the White Lotus Sect disciple's neck.
The coldness from the blade made the disciple shiver.
"Good... good man, what do you want?"
The White Lotus Sect disciple's voice trembled.
"What martial arts did you learn in the White Lotus Sect?"
Su Que asked.
"Only learned Seven Injuries Fist..."
The disciple answered.
"Seven Injuries Fist..."
Su Que's eyes lit up.
"Quick, explain in detail!"
...
Because the blade was against his neck, the disciple was terrified and told everything.
It turned out, Seven Injuries Fist was originally a martial art of the Kongtong Sect in the martial arts world.
But the White Lotus Sect had once attacked the Kongtong Sect, stealing all their martial arts secret manuals.
Among them was the Seven Injuries Fist manual.
Although Seven Injuries Fist is harmful to the body, it progresses quickly and is very powerful.
Thus, the White Lotus Sect usually assigns the lower-level disciples to practice.
Su Que ordered this disciple to explain the principles of the Seven Injuries Fist and how to practice it in detail.
Since he had already practiced the Five Animals Qigong for some time, he was quite familiar with the principles.
After more than two hours, Su Que forcibly memorized all the practices of the Seven Injuries Fist in his mind.
Of course, the specific cultivation methods still need to be slowly pondered.
After asking, Su Que knocked this disciple unconscious again, then rolled up a sweat cloth into a ball and stuffed it into his mouth.
Afraid of returning too late and worrying his sister Su Jing, he planned to go home first.
If there is anything unclear, he can come back to ask this White Lotus Sect disciple.
Su Que picked up a candle and set up seven beast traps near the cave entrance.
One is to prevent wild animals from coming in and eating the White Lotus Sect disciple.
The second is to prevent the White Lotus Sect disciple from escaping.
After leaving the cave, he followed the original route back and retrieved all the beast traps he had previously set up.
Then he cleaned up the traces on the ground.
Although the White Lotus Sect disciple he captured was not strong, with a low status, it's possible no one from the sect would come looking for him, but caution is the parent of safety.
...
After returning home, Su Que started practicing the Seven Injuries Fist in the courtyard.
Su Jing saw Su Que suddenly practicing and curiously asked,
"Xiao Que, what are you doing?"
Su Que replied, "Lately, I've been feeling weak, so I learned a set of Five Animals Qigong to practice often."
"Oh, oh." Su Jing nodded, "Do you want me to get some herbal medicine for you from the clinic?"
"No need." Su Que replied.
Hearing this, Su Jing did not pursue the matter further.
Su Que calmed his heart and started practicing the Seven Injuries Fist.
According to that disciple, the Seven Injuries Fist consists of seven techniques.
They are the [Heart-Damaging Technique], [Lung Injury Technique], [Liver and Intestine Destruction Technique], [Hidden Separation Technique], [Essence Loss Technique], [Mental Confusion Technique], and [Seven Injuries General Technique].
Practicing all seven techniques, when the fist technique is initially formed, one punch will release seven different forces.
Either fierce or soft, hard with softness, soft with hardness, sideways strike, straight delivery, or internal retraction.
The enemy, unable to withstand the continuous force, will suffer serious internal injuries.
At the same time, practicing this fist technique will also harm the body's Yin Yang Qi and the Five Viscera.
In the Jianghu, there's also the saying, "Practicing the Seven Injuries, all seven will be injured."
Su Que recalled the Seven Injuries Fist techniques that the disciple mentioned while contemplating the movements.
He clenched his fists and slowly swung them in the courtyard.
At first, his movements were still immature, but gradually they began to take shape.
...
For the next month, Su Que taught during the day, and after class, he brought some food to feed the disciple, so that the White Lotus Sect disciple wouldn't die before he fully mastered the Seven Injuries Fist.
At night, he practiced the Seven Injuries Fist in his home courtyard.
He clenched his fists, stepped with his foot, and threw fist after fist in the courtyard, his arm bones and power flowing, making a cracking sound.
Name: Su Que (17 years old)
Life Expectancy: 13
Talent Value: 1
Martial Arts: Seven Injuries Fist (Entry 99%), Five Animals Qigong (1st Realm Initial Insight 1%)
Although the Seven Injuries Fist has not fully entered the gate, the punching posture is already extremely fierce, quite like a Martial Artist.
"Ha!"
Su Que let out a loud shout!
He felt a force stirring within his body, as if it were about to surge out.
He knew this was a sign of a breakthrough in the Seven Injuries Fist.
"I wonder if practicing the Seven Injuries Fist will really benefit me?"
In his heart, Su Que felt both anticipation and a bit of fear.
But he did not stop swinging his fists.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, that force erupted within his body!
In an instant, he felt his Five Viscera warm up, and his whole body felt as if it were soaking in a hot spring, extremely comfortable.
Quickly, he willed his heart, and called out the attributes.
Name: Su Que (17 years old)
Life Expectancy: 20
Talent Value: 2
Martial Arts: Seven Injuries Fist (1st Realm Initial Insight 1%), Five Animals Qigong (1st Realm Initial Insight 1%)
His short life expectancy was due to being overly exhausted, having damaged Yin Yang Qi and the Five Viscera and Six Bowels.
After practicing the Seven Injuries Fist to the First Realm, the damage healed somewhat, and his life expectancy suddenly increased by seven years.
Moreover, his Talent Value increased by one point, becoming two points.
The Talent Value becoming two points meant that his cultivation speed became twice that of before.
"It worked!"
Su Que felt thrilled in his heart, and continued swinging his fists in the courtyard.
"Huff, huff, huff...!"
With the Seven Injuries Fist beginning to enter the gate and reaching Initial Insight, he felt a qualitative change in the strength of his punches.
Every punch he threw was accompanied by a fierce gust, its power swift and incomparable to before.