Chapter 17: Yang Muzhi Achieved the Rank of Jinshi
Word Number：364
Author：闲穿径竹
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Release Time：2025-06-26
Su Sixu, by birth a member of the Su family, was gifted from a young age with extraordinary strength and a talent for decisive action in matters of life and death. However, fate dealt him a cruel hand, and after his family fell into ruin, he was taken in by a eunuch surnamed Yang. In gratitude, he not only adopted his benefactor’s surname but also followed in his footsteps, entering the palace to serve as a lowly eunuch. Su Sixu had devoted himself from a young age to mastering the Asura Sramana Blade Technique, a martial art of staggering power. Yet, its practice came with a perilous caveat: without the counterbalance of profound Buddhist teachings to temper its ferocity, the practitioner’s heart would grow increasingly ruthless with every stroke mastered. True to his nature, Su Sixu cared only for the martial discipline itself, showing no interest in the Buddhist wisdom interwoven into the technique’s foundational scrolls. As a result, he became a man of unspeakable cruelty, delighting in violence. His favourite acts of savagery included flaying the faces of captives while they still drew breath or peeling back a victim’s scalp from the hairline with chilling precision. He would then display the grisly trophies as grim warnings to all who dared oppose him. By the time Su Sixu reached the ninth level of mastery in the Asura Sramana Blade Technique, his savagery knew no bounds. He developed a monstrous habit of carving flesh from his victims while they were still alive, consuming it piece by piece. His gruesome acts ensured that his enemies met their end only after enduring unimaginable agony, their torment drawn out to the bitterest conclusion. One fateful day, as imperial troops and the Annamese forces faced each other on the battlefield, Su Sixu took command with grim authority. Dividing the Tang army into three divisions—left, center, and right—he personally led the central force and positioned himself boldly at the forefront. Raising his voice, he roared across the field, “Black devils! Traitorous scum! Come forth and meet your death!” Before Su Sixu’s taunt had fully echoed across the battlefield, Mei Shuluan spurred his horse
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