Chapter 19

True Qi washes over the flesh.

The injuries on his body, under the impact of the vast True Qi, were recovering at a visible speed.

When the True Qi calmed down and returned to the dantian,

Chen Changqing discovered that

some less severe injuries had already recovered to a great extent.

Even for the more serious injuries, the cold and yin aura attached to them had been completely expelled. Although some remnants remained, they did not have a significant impact.

"Nine layers of the Pure Yang Art, I have now officially broken through to the peak of the Meridian Passage stage!"

Chen Changqing focused his mind, the True Qi in his dantian was robust, almost reaching a qualitative change.

Seeing this,

he was very satisfied.

"However—"

"The enhancement from the eighth to the ninth layer of the Pure Yang Art consumed five slaughter points. The remaining slaughter points won't be able to enhance much more."

Chen Changqing pondered.

Without a doubt,

the consumption for the Pure Yang Art to reach perfection is higher than that of the Thirteen Bodyguards' Hard Qi Art, because this martial art is inherently more powerful.

If martial arts were divided into levels,

the Thirteen Bodyguards' Hard Qi Art can only be considered a basic martial art.

The Pure Yang Art,

on the other hand, is an advanced martial art, a level higher than the former.

"By slaying the evil here, I will now return to the capital as an official Demon Exorcist. A Yellow Rank Demon Exorcist has the qualifications to enter the second floor of the library, where there must be records of even more powerful martial arts."

"But from the current situation, it might not be the best choice to save the slaughter points and wait to study more advanced martial arts before enhancing them."

Chen Changqing stood in place, lost in thought.

From the panel, he had ten slaughter points left.

Based on the current consumption of the two martial arts, he could roughly estimate that if he were to enhance a higher-level martial art, the consumption would also increase accordingly.

Even if each level only increased by one slaughter point,

then at most, he could enhance a high-level martial art to about the third layer.

One martial art,

regardless of its depth,

may not necessarily be more powerful than a lower-level martial art if it hasn't reached a very high level.

In other words,

the third layer of the Pure Yang Art would absolutely not be able to defeat the fifteenth layer of the Thirteen Bodyguards' Hard Qi Art.

Therefore,

instead of saving the slaughter points to study new martial arts, it might be better to go all the way with the current path, which could lead to unexpected gains.

"Moreover, if my strength improves, and I still carry out Yellow Rank Demon Exorcist missions, the safety factor will undoubtedly increase.

Given that Zhao Fang and others are colluding with evil, there might be some powerful figures behind them.

In this case, enhancing my own strength will provide more security!"

Chen Changqing made up his mind at this thought.

His mind focused on the panel.

The Pure Yang Art, after breaking through to the ninth layer, was still in a state where it could be enhanced.

"Enhance!"

Chen Changqing silently recited.

Instantly,

the dantian seemed to churn like a turbulent sea, as if a scorching sun was rising from within, a powerful and intense force swept through his entire body, while his qi and blood gradually depleted.

At that moment,

Chen Changqing's skin turned slightly red, as if something was about to burst out of his body.

Then,

the Thirteen Bodyguards' Hard Qi Art erupted.

The qi and blood vibrated,

a luster flashed on his flesh.

No matter how the scorching force impacted, it was forcibly suppressed.

After several repetitions,

the scorching force finally calmed down, circulating normally in his body and eventually returning to the dantian to remain still.

"Phew!"

After the Pure Yang Qi calmed down, Chen Changqing let out a long breath.

A simple breath caused a wave of air to break through the air, causing the withered leaves on the ground to fly up.

He calmed his mind,

and began to observe the changes in his body.

"The Pure Yang Art has broken through to the tenth layer. The Pure Yang Qi seems to be undergoing some transformation, its temperature is much higher than before. If my flesh wasn't strong enough, the enhancement might have failed, or I could have been injured.

In addition, my qi and blood have also depleted somewhat—"

Chen Changqing frowned.

He originally thought that as long as he had slaughter points, he could enhance without limit.

But now it seems,

some martial arts cannot be enhanced recklessly.

When enhancing martial arts, the body must keep up with the progress; otherwise, it cannot contain so much True Qi.

Moreover,

when enhancing the Pure Yang Art, the qi and blood also deplete.

It is evident that True Qi is not created out of thin air; it is converted from qi and blood.

This is different from the enhancement of the Thirteen Bodyguards' Hard Qi Art.

However,

the depletion of qi and blood has reached a noticeable level.

Of course,

the fifteenth layer of the Thirteen Bodyguards' Hard Qi Art has made Chen Changqing's body incredibly strong, so the tenth layer of the Pure Yang Art did not cause much impact.

Moreover,

it is far from reaching the limit.

At this moment,

five slaughter points have been consumed.

As he had expected, the consumption for the Pure Yang Art to break through the limit is higher than that of the Thirteen Bodyguards' Hard Qi Art. The latter consumes three points per layer, while the former consumes five points per layer.

Fortunately,

five slaughter points remain, enough to enhance another layer.

With this thought,

the slaughter points were completely depleted.

Immediately, the qi and blood began to deplete at a crazy speed.

As the qi and blood depleted, the Pure Yang Art in the dantian grew visibly.

This ebb and flow

left Chen Changqing in a weakened state, yet his body seemed to be filled with surging power.

In the next instant,

the Pure Yang Art completed its transformation.

Then, it uncontrollably surged through his body, breaking through one meridian and acupoint after another—

Boom!!

His flesh shook violently.

It was as if an ancient beast was rampaging within.

No matter how it rampaged, it could not break through the constraints of the flesh.

Gradually,

the impact weakened.

During the impact, countless meridians and acupoints were opened.

When the Pure Yang Qi returned to the dantian,

if one could see with the naked eye, they would notice that the opened meridians and acupoints now had a faint glow, gradually connecting with each other.

The moment they connected,

an intangible membrane was formed.

At the moment the membrane was formed, a sense of enlightenment arose in Chen Changqing's mind.

True Qi!

"先天罡氣！"

He softly uttered these words, as if relieved.

At the extreme of body tempering, True Qi naturally arises, allowing one to enter the Meridian Passage stage.

In the Meridian Passage stage, the focus is on nurturing True Qi and opening meridians.

When the meridians are opened to a certain extent and can complete a full cycle, the body will naturally form True Qi.

This True Qi,

is also known as Inner True Qi.

At this stage, a martial artist officially transcends from the Meridian Passage stage to the Innate stage.

PS: I forgot who mentioned Jiang Feng in this chapter, and I was misled. It's Jiang Zuo, the current manager of the Yellow Department Demon Exorcist Academy, not Jiang Feng!! I have corrected the errors (;′?????`)