Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 302 - 186: Old Mountain Cat! Red and Black Two Faces!
"Once the Qilin is released from the Wu Family, you don’t need to catch it, just block the Wu Family members and let the Qilin escape."
"After the Qilin runs a hundred miles away from the Wu Family’s territory, we’ll go and capture it."
The Old Mountain Cat first roughly outlined the direction of the operation, then carefully detailed its specifics.
He stretched his right hand out from under his cloak.
The right hand was wearing a black glove, holding a piece of yellowed paper.
He unfolded the paper, revealing a map drawn with simple lines.
According to him, this was roughly the terrain occupied by the Wu Family.
The Old Mountain Cat pointed on the map.
"Because the Wu Family’s disciples are very tight-lipped, seldom leaking information."
"This map was drawn based on information I inferred from the Wu Family’s servants."
"From the information deduced from the servants, I guess the Qilin Cave of the Wu Family should be in one of these two locations."
With about eighty people present, the Old Mountain Cat raised the map high for everyone to see.
Most martial artists had sufficient eye power to see it.
Only a few weaker Qi Blood Realm martial artists couldn’t see regardless of how hard they tried.
However, they didn’t mind because they were there to test their luck.
As Qi Blood Realm martial artists, they didn’t expect to really acquire Qilin flesh.
To them, acquiring it would be nice, but not obtaining it didn’t matter; staying alive was most important.
Thus, they didn’t need to know the map route, they would just follow behind.
The Old Mountain Cat held the map, explaining in detail which direction they should enter from and the route they should follow inside.
And how to respond if they encountered Wu Family members.
Su Que listened to the Old Mountain Cat, thinking that this person was quite organized, seemingly giving orders quite often.
He speculated that this person was likely a high-ranking figure in some faction.
’But I wonder which faction he’s from?’ Su Que thought:
’Others say that the noble families and sects in the Central Plains are openly and secretly struggling fiercely, an example of which can be seen now.’
After about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the Old Mountain Cat finally finished sharing all the details he could think of.
"Let’s begin the action!" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Said the Old Mountain Cat, folding the map and tucking it back into his clothes.
Then he took the lead, using Lightweight Skill to head toward the Wu Family territory.
The Wu Family territory was vast, with mountains, water, and fields, much like a town.
The large mansion in the center of the town was where the main Wu Family lived, with a segment of the mountain range within the territory.
The Qilin Cave of the Wu Family was naturally within this segment of the mountain range.
However, this segment of the mountain range within the Wu Family territory stretched for three hundred miles.
It was not easy for the Old Mountain Cat to pinpoint the Qilin Cave to two locations.
The Old Mountain Cat, One Cut Red, and Hei Jianglong deliberately slowed down their lightweight skills to wait for other martial artists.
After all, they were acting together.
Even though the Old Mountain Cat and One Cut Red could distract the Wu Family’s Divine Realm martial artist, the Wu Family still had martial artists below the Divine Realm that needed to be distracted by the remaining martial artists.
Su Que was positioned toward the rear-middle of the group, using lightweight skill at a steady pace.
In his heart, he devised various scenarios that might occur and pondered how to fish in troubled waters to obtain the Qilin Essence.
He looked at the others in the team, thinking that not everyone might want to act alongside the Old Mountain Cat, estimating that they all had private motives.
Although the Old Mountain Cat had clearly explained the details of the action earlier.
However, the specifics of dividing the Qilin were quite vague.
Since none of them revealed their identities, with almost everyone concealing their faces.
As long as someone secretly took the Qilin away, others could very likely never find them.
Su Que reckoned that when they released the Qilin from the Wu Family.
The Hunting Dragon Alliance would likely start fighting over the Qilin.
After about half an hour, they entered the Wu Family’s territory.
By this time, night had fallen deeply, and everything was silent.
Not only people but it seemed like everything in the world had fallen asleep.
All eighty or so martial artists kept their footsteps light and followed the route previously described by the Old Mountain Cat, heading toward the depths of the Wu Family’s territory.
Their route passed by two possible locations of the Qilin Cave.
With the best luck, the first place they pass would be the Qilin Cave.
They flew along, passing through farmland, small towns, herb fields, and more.
These were all Wu Family’s assets; most of their daily supplies and martial arts resources were self-sufficient.
After flying for a while, they saw a large mansion built against a mountain.
Su Que perceived the mansion, with high walls and rows of yellow-tiled houses, as very majestic.
As they approached the mansion, they exerted force with their feet, and their bodies soared upward, crossing over the high walls of the Wu Family mansion, entering it.
The Old Mountain Cat, One Cut Red, and Hei Jianglong always led ahead.
They were the first to jump into the Wu Family mansion.
As one of the Nine Great Noble Families of the Central Plains, apart from numerous disciples, the Wu Family also employed many nursing homes and servants.
The high wall they leapt down from below was guarded by about ten nursing homes.
Before these ten nursing homes could react, the Old Mountain Cat, still airborne, had a cloak fluttering around him.
His palm hidden within his cloak suddenly turned, striking lightly with a palm force.
Immediately, fine palm forces, like flying stones, shot out from under the cloak, hitting the acupoints of these nursing homes below.
These nursing homes’ bodies softened and collapsed.
The Old Mountain Cat landed, extending his gloved hands from the cloak, supporting upwards.
A gust of wind arose from the ground following his upward motion, catching the falling bodies of the nursing homes.
The Old Mountain Cat controlled the wind more gently, causing the nursing homes to land softly without making a sound.
Su Que saw this as he leaped down the wall.
He thought that the Old Mountain Cat, having passed the Gang Condensing Realm, was extremely adept at using Qi.
’I wonder what a Divine Realm’s strike would be like?’
Su Que was curious.
Martial arts involved enhancing one’s "essence, qi, and spirit," aiming for their unity and transcendence.
The Qi Blood Realm, Meridian Opening Realm, and Gang Condensing Realm primarily focused on training "essence and qi," with little involvement of "spirit."
Upon reaching the Divine Realm, one began cultivating how to use "spirit" in martial arts.
Now everyone had entered the Wu Family mansion.
The Old Mountain Cat took the lead, silently taking down the mansion’s guards.
As they penetrated deeper into the Wu Family mansion, going towards the mountain in the mansion’s depths, getting closer and closer to the first potential Qilin Cave location, everything appeared smooth.
However, as they went deeper, animal growls suddenly came from part of the Wu Family, sounding like wolves or dogs, indistinguishable.
"These are mystical beasts kept by the Noble Families with heightened spiritual sense, used specifically for alerting."
The Old Mountain Cat used ventriloquism to communicate with everyone.
"Whenever outsiders they hadn’t sensed enter certain ranges, they will alert."
"Friends, don’t panic; sooner or later, we’ll face the Wu Family. Just follow my plan!"
Everyone nodded, continuing to follow the Old Mountain Cat towards the first possible Qilin Cave location.
The beastly growls had long awakened the sleeping Wu Family members.
Houses in the Wu Family mansion lit up with fire.
Soon, two figures appeared from different directions, jumping onto rooftops.
As if skipping stones, they bounced from roof to roof, accelerating rapidly, reaching above Su Que and the others momentarily.
Seeing these two figures, Su Que felt a slight stabbing pain in his glabella.
He speculated that these two were the Divine Realm martial artists of the Wu Family mentioned by the Old Mountain Cat.
