Elder Qingxuan heard Su Que's words and knew that Su Que was unwilling to reveal his identity in front of him.

Immediately, he pondered on his words:

"This humble Daoist believes that your Excellency is powerful and hopes you can help with a certain matter, hence I wish to know your identity."

"What matter?" Su Que asked.

"It's a significant matter. If the Layman won't reveal your identity and show your true appearance, then I'm afraid I can't disclose it," Elder Qingxuan replied.

Su Que said, "Daoist Qingxuan, forgive me for not wanting to disclose my identity, but about that extra alchemy furnace..."

Elder Qingxuan immediately said, "Releasing one alchemy furnace is certainly possible."

"If the Layman is willing to reveal your identity and show your true appearance, I can provide you with better elixirs than the Dragon Ascending Pill at a low price in the future."

"Then I thank the Daoist for letting me have an additional alchemy furnace," Su Que said:

"As for acquiring better elixirs than the Dragon Ascending Pill, I'll need to consider it."

He certainly wouldn't show his true face.

The Dragon Ascending Pill's effect is decent now. Although there are elixirs with better effects than the Dragon Ascending Pill, he just needs to refine a few more each day.

He didn't give a definitive answer as to give Elder Qingxuan a bit of hope.

So this elder wouldn't refuse to do alchemy for him in a fit of anger.

Conversations reached this point, and Su Que immediately took out Silver Coins from his clothes and paid for the materials for refining seventy-two Dragon Ascending Pills.

He then agreed with Elder Qingxuan to come and collect the pills every three days, taking eighteen Dragon Ascending Pills each time.

Elder Qingxuan accepted the Silver Coins, agreed, and personally saw Su Que out of the Pill Palace.

Seeing Su Que walking away, Elder Qingxuan immediately ordered a Daoist to rush to Li Yujing to invite her.

The Daoist received the order, immediately executed a body technique, utilized lightweight skill, and dashed away.

...

After about a stick of incense's time.

Li Yujing and the household general arrived at the pavilion of the Pill Palace.

Li Yujing, after hearing the information Elder Qingxuan shared, her gaze dimmed slightly, after asking for more details, hurriedly left with the household general.

...

An hour later, Li Yujing and the household general applied lightweight skills, swiftly running to a county town under Jiannan Prefecture, Celestial Water City.

This was a city occupied by the Heaven-Breaking Army.

Currently, it serves as the secret headquarters of the Heaven-Breaking Army.

The leader of the Heaven-Breaking Army, King Qin Li Xuanji, was in the city.

After Li Yujing and the household general entered the city, they headed straight for a rather inconspicuous residence.

The guards at the residence, upon seeing Li Yujing and the household general, immediately gave way.

Li Yujing and the household general entered the residence, proceeding directly to a hall within.

They saw Li Xuanji, who was contemplating while looking at a map.

As the leader of an army, Li Xuanji was only twenty-seven years old this year.

But his appearance was even younger than his age.

His forehead was full, his jaw defined, his double brows slanted sharply to his temples, his eyes bright and sharp like an eagle surveying the world.

"Sister, Brother Yuan!"

Li Xuanji greeted Li Yujing and the household general upon their arrival.

"What news do you bring?"

Li Yujing said, "About the mysterious martial artist I told you about before, who might be more formidable than Uncle Dan Yang. He refuses to give his identity."

She informed Li Xuanji of this news, allowing him to make a decision.

Previously, Li Xuanji had sent people to seek allies.

He dispatched people to Jiannan Prefecture City to assign the task to the Tang Sect.

The task reached the head of the Tang Sect, Zhou Yinseng.

And the response they received was that the Jiannan Prefecture Tang Sect would not accept this task.

Clearly, the head of the Tang Sect wasn't confident about killing Li Tunshan.

Moreover, they feared that failing to kill Li Tunshan would provoke him to take action against the Tang Sect.

Making it difficult for the Tang Sect to establish themselves in Jiannan Prefecture City.

He also sent people to find the Master of the Zaiyang Sect, Gui Risheng.

Yet, they couldn't meet him and were told by those remaining in the sect that Gui Risheng was in seclusion, but upon learning of Lu Sheng's escape, he became furious and personally went out to search.

Thus, Li Xuanji lost the anticipated assistance from Tang Sect and Zaiyang Sect.

Currently, those willing to cooperate in assassinating Li Tunshan were the Sub-Branch of the White Lotus Sect in Jiannan Prefecture, and a notorious mountain village "Black Dragon Village" under the jurisdiction of Jiannan Prefecture.

Within the Heaven-Breaking Army, including Li Xuanji, there were five people in the Meridian Opening Realm.

The strongest being Li Xuanji, who had opened twelve meridians.

However, they feared that sending out all Meridian Opening Realm experts would leave their defenses thin, thus needing two to remain behind.

Hence, only three could be dispatched.

In the White Lotus Sect Sub-Branch, there were three Meridian Opening Realm experts.

They were Sub-Branch Leader Master Baiyun and the left and right hands of the Sub-Branch.

However, the Sub-Branch Leader would only act himself, leaving the left and right to stay behind.

In the Black Dragon Village, there were two Meridian Opening Realm experts.

The chief and the deputy chief.

But only the chief, Zhou Heilong, would take action.

The deputy chief stayed to guard the mountain village.

Therefore, those going to assassinate Li Tunshan numbered only five.

Among their martial arts realms, the highest was Master Baiyun, who opened thirteen meridians.

Next was Li Xuanji, who opened twelve meridians.

Following him was Zhou Heilong, the chief of Black Dragon Village, who opened eleven meridians, along with Elder Dan Yang from the Purple Sun Temple, who opened ten meridians, and another household general who opened five meridians.

Though after two centurions of the Thunderbolt Army were killed, there were still three Meridian Opening Realm centurions remaining.

Furthermore, Li Tunshan was a formidable expert who had opened fifteen meridians.

The other three centurions had less than ten meridians opened each.

Altogether, they didn't have a full guarantee of successfully assassinating Li Tunshan.

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