Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start Chapter 19: Chapter 17 through Pulse Realm1

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After Wu Qian left, Gu Chen sat in the inner hall, his eyes slightly lowered, and with a thought, the mystical panel appeared before his eyes.

Na: Gu Chen

Martial Arts: Iron Shirt Technique (perfection), Thirteen Grand Protectors' Horizontal Training (perfection), Red Fla Palm (perfection), Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist (great achievent)

Inner Strength: Pure Yang Technique

Cultivation: Seventy-two years

Realm: Complete Great Perfection in the Containnt Stage

Power Points: 32

By slaying the demon lurking within the flower leader Yin Yin of Yi Xiang Building and absorbing the soul crystal thereafter, Gu Chen was awarded fourteen power points. Slaying the demon within the county magistrate Fang Yong and absorbing the soul crystal then earned him eighteen power points.

Therefore, Gu Chen's power points also reached thirty-two.

"Increase!"

As soon as Gu Chen thought it, eight power points on the panel vanished, transforming into eight years of inner strength cultivation and rging into his body.

At this mont, although Gu Chen's realm still remained in the Containnt Stage, his internal strength cultivation had reached a fearso eighty years.

No one at the Containnt Stage could possess such a level of internal strength. It should be known that even so martial artists in the Pulse-Connecting Realm might not have internal strength cultivation as profound as Gu Chen's.

Searching throughout the nine provinces and comparing with the ancient records, it would probably be very difficult to find a second person who could boast such profound foundations at the Containnt Stage like Gu Chen.

With Gu Chen's inner strength cultivation increased to eighty years, so changes appeared on the panel as well.

Na: Gu Chen

Martial Arts: Iron Shirt Technique (perfection), Thirteen Grand Protectors' Horizontal Training (perfection), Red Fla Palm (perfection), Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist (great achievent)

Inner Strength: Pure Yang Technique

Cultivation: Eighty years (not upgradeable)

Realm: Complete Great Perfection in the Containnt Stage

Power Points: 24

"It seems that eighty years of inner strength cultivation is the limit that can be achieved in the Containnt Stage," Gu Chen pondered as he looked at the information displayed on the panel.

At this mont, Gu Chen truly felt an overwhelming sense of fullness. His body was brimming with inner strength, which saturated every inch of his flesh and blood, leaving no more space for accommodation.

There is a limit to every realm, and even with the help of the panel, Gu Chen never thought it was possible to keep elevating endlessly within the Containnt Stage. That would be unrealistic.

"Since that's the case, then break through!"

The next mont, as Gu Chen willed it, the majestic eighty years of inner strength within his body coursed through, surging like a long river, charging towards a ridian in his body.

Boom!

It was as if thunder burst beside Gu Chen's ears as he breached the first ridian in an instant. Soon, the internal strength tumultuously filled the entire ridian.

But this was just the beginning.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With successive booming sounds echoing in his ears, ridian after ridian within Gu Chen's body were successively breached. With the profound accumulation from the Containnt Stage and his eighty years of inner strength cultivation, Gu Chen breached eleven ridians in a short span of ti.

When he reached the twelfth ridian, Gu Chen finally felt so fatigue and encountered substantial resistance.

Without hesitation, another ten power points disappeared from the panel, transforming into ten more years of inner strength cultivation. His already formidable inner strength grew by another asure.

When Gu Chen's inner strength cultivation reached ninety years, in an instant, two more ridians were breached, and then the pace of the breakthrough slowed down once more.

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"Again!"

Gu Chen silently roared in his heart, and the last remaining fourteen cultivation points on his panel vanished. Correspondingly, his inner energy cultivation within his body instantly increased by fourteen years.

As of now, the inner energy in Gu Chen's body broke through the hundred-year barrier, reaching a formidable one hundred and four years.

Boom!

With the final few thunderous sounds, Gu Chen made a determined effort, and several more ridians were unblocked. The inner energy surged through sixteen ridians like a tumultuous river, and Gu Chen felt an unprecedented level of power.

Afterward, Gu Chen tried to unblock the seventeenth ridian. However, it seed that the current sixteen ridians were the limit at this stage. After several unsuccessful attempts, he gave up.

He shifted his attention back to the panel.

Na: Gu Chen

Martial Arts: Iron Shirt Technique (perfection), Thirteen Grand Protectors' Horizontal Skill (perfection), Red Fla Palm (perfection), Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist (great success)

Internal Strength: Pure Yang Technique

Cultivation: One hundred and four years

Realm: Early Tongmai Stage

Cultivation Points: 0

"Sixteen ridians... Early Tongmai Stage?" Gu Chen pondered thoughtfully as he looked at the information displayed on the panel.

The Tongmai Stage is the fourth realm of martial arts. Upon reaching the limit of what their bodies can contain with inner energy in the Yunqi Stage, martial artists must unblock their ridians to further strengthen their physique, allowing for the accommodation of more inner energy.

And the Tongmai Stage has several levels depending on how many ridians one has unblocked.

This realm can be considered a watershed in the martial arts of the nine provinces because the more ridians unblocked in the Tongmai Stage, the more solid the foundation and deeper the accumulation of energy, giving one even greater potential for the future.

Typically, only by unblocking eighteen ridians can one externalize their inner energy, reaching the fifth realm of martial arts, the External Qi Stage.

In other words, eighteen ridians are the minimum threshold to break through the Tongmai Stage.

The limit of the Tongmai Stage is fifty-six ridians. Of course, this is a number that is aspired to but not attainable. It's rare for soone to reach this level, perhaps once in a hundred years.

To know, those who can unblock more than twenty ridians in the Tongmai Stage are considered to have so talent. If one can unblock more than thirty ridians, they are regarded as a genius throughout the nine provinces. Unlocking over forty ridians is even more terrifying; such individuals would undoubtedly beco renowned, ranking among the foremost in the nine provinces.

As for unblocking fifty ridians, it is rare for such a person to erge in an entire era.

For the ti being, Gu Chen having unblocked sixteen ridians in his body was rely the beginning.

Having been reborn and aided by the panel, Gu Chen naturally wouldn't settle for diocrity. His primary goal in the Tongmai Stage was to reach the extre number of fifty-six ridians.

While this might be difficult for others, it was not so for Gu Chen.

Moreover, the innate talents of this life's body were not inferior.

At this mont, Gu Chen stepped out of the inner hall and found that it was already broad daylight. He called over a constable and had him buy so food from the street. After washing up and having breakfast, Wu Qian arrived at the governnt office on ti.

Subsequently, as previously arranged, the two of them left the county office and made their way to the Fang family's residence.

At present, the Fang family's ho was draped in white, indicative of mourning. Sad cries could occasionally be heard from within.

It turns out that, after much deliberation the previous night, Gu Chen had Wu Qian transport Fang Yong's body back to the Fang family and provided a simple explanation.

Fang Yong had served as the magistrate of Ning City for twelve years, and the Fang family was a prominent local clan with many mbers. Fang Yong could be considered the absolute core of the Fang family, so his death was a colossal blow to them, akin to the sky falling.

At the gate, two servants dressed in mourning clothes were guarding the entrance. Their eyes hardened at the sight of Gu Chen and Wu Qian. They stepped forward to block the two n.

"Gentlen, please go back the way you ca. Today, the Fang family is closed to visitors and will not be seeing anyone."