158: Chapter 18 Human Butchers and Traffickers (Thanks to the Sovereign Arrogant Feather!) 158: Chapter 18 Human Butchers and Traffickers (Thanks to the Sovereign Arrogant Feather!) Phew!
With a contraction of the lungs, An Jing exhaled a Sword of Blood Qi, a streak of Sword Light flashed by, adding a crack to the door.
As this congested injury Qi was expelled from his body, the Taibai Fiend Qi within him started to circulate and evolve smoothly, quickly reaching as many as thirty-nine strands—aside from the three strands representing An Jing’s life essence, the ‘Lifebound Essence Qi’, the other thirty-six strands could be used at will!
At that mont, the Subdue Evil Sword Spirit also spoke with admiration, “Innate Dao material…
An Jing, congratulations on grasping the true intent of Mystery Skill.
From now on, the eighteen prohibitions of Spirit Awakening and Qi Refinent will be a smooth path for you!”
“Is that so?”
An Jing didn’t quite understand; to him, it just seed like running the Mystery Skill step by step, Condensing Qi and Refining Fiend, and lting Magic Prohibition that’s all…
This ease already felt sowhat unreal to him, he hadn’t anticipated doing better than he had imagined.
“Of course,” the Subdue Evil said as a matter of course, “You’ve completely understood the essence of Taibai Forbidden Seed and have begun to rebuild your foundation, attracting the favor of Great Dao Spiritual Light…
Even with Heavenly Mandate upon you and Destiny’s protection, this is still an extraordinary accomplishnt!”
In the eyes of the Sword Spirit, with the help of the Great Dao Spiritual Light, An Jing’s soul and spirit had refined a thread of Geng tal True Fiend converted from the Taibai Forbidden Seed, a step that should only occur after the ninth and tenth prohibitions, when one begins to lt the Magic Prohibition into the soul.
Yet An Jing had comprehended this profound subtlety ahead of ti, and henceforth, with each Condensing of Magic Prohibition, his soul and spirit’s strength would be enhanced, already stepping into the threshold of the Peak of Qi Refining for cultivators who were preparing to refine Divine Sense from Divine Intent to lay the foundation.
An Jing’s originally very solid soul and spirit would also beco even more tenacious!
Although Subdue Evil knew early on that An Jing would face no obstacles at this stage, the smoothness of the process also brought an imnse surprise to It.
“It feels like, aside from the Heavenly Mandate Feedback, this is also due to the reinforcent you’ve given , Subdue Evil,” An Jing said, having sowhat realized—while he indeed had talent, a true genius, he wasn’t monstrously talented to this extent.
Even with Heavenly Mandate’s blessing, it only played a part in inspiration, and without a solid enough foundation, it wouldn’t be achievable.
It was because Subdue Evil, the once Immortal Sword, resides within him, and with the reinforcent of Subdue Evil’s Dao Spirit and the Heavenly Profound True Talisman that he could freely command these evil Qi and Sword Qi, allowing his path of cultivation to be smooth and making rapid advancents in the Sword Immortal thod.
However, this was also the reward for risking his life in battle and overcoming nurous obstacles!
In other words, this was indeed the talent he deserved!
“The body…
feels so light!”
At this mont, An Jing, experiencing the progress he had made, was also extrely surprised.
After Condensing the Third Prohibition, the body that had been getting heavier due to practicing Taibai Luminous Godly Ban now beca much lighter—his weight didn’t decrease but his strength increased considerably.
With this greater strength, even performing Mysterious Steps beca a lot easier—while not necessarily nimble, at least the speed was fast; strength was paramount.
Now, with Martial Arts Essence Qi surging like tides, An Jing’s speed of Taibai Fiend Qi recovery improved, almost matching an average Qi Refinent cultivator.
Previously, he needed to cultivate for four hours to recover a strand of Taibai Fiend Qi, but now, he could recover two in one hour.
Even if all thirty-six strands were used up, it would only take eighteen hours, that is, a day and a half, to recover.
In this way, in a safe environnt, An Jing no longer needed to waste Jade Cutting Steel and the Five tals—of course, with those, the recovery would be even faster.
In the aspect of Qi Refinent, he condensed a pair of Magic Prohibitions in both arms and legs, achieving a qualitative leap in pure strength.
At this point, An Jing, advancing equally in Martial Arts and Immortal Cultivation, now had no fear of the Inner Strength individuals from Embracing the Void realm, unless they had four or five Divine Abnormalities, he could fight and win against them confidently.
This level of power ant he could now walk sideways, so to speak, in Ming City which was currently without the back of its Martial ridian Guardian Grandmaster.
The next step was to begin the preparation for external harvesting and internal refining, to condense the Divine Abnormality, and to officially advance to Inner Strength.
“It’s ti to go.”
Lifting his head, An Jing looked toward the seam of the ditation room door; although it was still dim, there was already a sliver of light.
The night had passed, and it was the dawn of the following day.
An Jing, feeling refreshed and clear-headed, opened the door of the ditation room and walked out of the Youde Garden gates.
Along the way, all the servants and maids could see that his cultivation had made a breakthrough and congratulated him successively, while An Jing modestly waved in response.
Although he seed sowhat arrogant, he also handed out quite a few copper coins, which delighted everyone, and they showered him with complints and congratulations.
“Things have been a bit unsettled in the city lately, Xuan, you should be careful as well.”
Walking back to the inn, the steward of Youde Garden had intended to send soone to escort An Jing, but An Jing declined.
As the guest had made up his mind, Steward Li naturally couldn’t say much more, but still gently reminded him: “There have been Heavenly Demons lurking around, and there’s been so movent from the Demon Sect in the mountains…
Although the city itself is safe, one must be vigilant—who knows if the Demon Sect will take the opportunity to cause trouble?”
“I understand.”
An Jing kept this in mind, though outwardly he appeared nonchalant.
The Guardian Grandmaster of Kanming City, known as ‘Wei Yang Quan’, An Jing hadn’t reacted to the title before, but upon recalling and pondering lately, he had so vague suspicions.
The Grandmaster of the Demon Sect who had rushed to the depths of the Western Mountain at the first sign of trouble, inflicting heavy damage on the Evil Born Demon and forcing it to reveal its trump card, employed Martial Skills that seed to be of Yang Attribute?
If not unexpected, Wei Yang Quan Shuzheng, as Instructor Li had said before his death, was a Demon Sect Grandmaster lurking within Da Chen!
With such an important frontier land being eroded by the Demon Sect, An Jing found it hard to judge Da Chen’s level of governance—knowing that after this Grandmaster of the Demon Sect left, Kanming City actually beca more chaotic.
However, if one had to say, it was not surprising at all.
The reason for the frequent unrest in the northwest borderlands was because this was the arena where Heaven’s Will Cult clashed with Da Chen, and since Shuzheng was both a Demon Sect Infiltrator and a Da Chen official, he could naturally suppress local families openly and eradicate threats in secret using the thods of the Demon Sect.
Moreover, spies tend to be more diligent and attentive than their genuine counterparts; thus, Kanming City counterpart was actually more peaceful.
Therefore, he did not agree with Steward Li’s point about the Demon Sect causing chaos, because the Red Armored Guards and Heavenly Demons had already purged the Demon Sect’s influence nearby, and the most deeply hidden Grandmaster had already died at the hands of a Heavenly Demon.
At this ti, the Demon Sect should still be licking its wounds, lacking the energy to stir up trouble again.
So, who was currently stirring up trouble?
Walking back to the inn, An Jing was still pondering this question.
But soon, he realized he didn’t need to think about it any longer.
Because he suddenly beca aware of a wave of malice targeted specifically at him.
Complex, greedy, and rather than murderous intent, it was more like a craving for so precious object.
A kind of pure malice, viewing people as pigs and dogs, as re goods.
The malevolence of a human butcher, a trafficker of humans.
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