Chapter 39

Name: Shen Changqing

Affiliation: Dazheng Exorcism Bureau

Identity: Yellow Rank Exorcist

Martial Arts: Thirteen Protectors' Horizontal Training (15th level, cannot be improved), Pure Yang Technique (11th level, cannot be improved), Heavenly Martial Aura (not yet initiated, cannot be improved), Seven Kill Blade Technique (2nd level), Iron Sand Palm (2nd level)

Kills: 0

Compared to the simple panel before, Shen Changqing's current panel has become much more elaborate.

He has five martial arts techniques.

Two have broken their limits, and two have also reached a certain level of mastery.

The remaining Heavenly Martial Aura, although not yet initiated, he is confident that he can officially enter the first level in a short time.

Focusing his mind,

Shen Changqing began to cultivate the first level of Heavenly Martial Aura according to the memory in his mind.

The minimum cultivation requirement for Heavenly Martial Aura is for a martial artist to generate true qi and enter the Meridian Realm.

The first level of Heavenly Martial Aura

is to convert true qi into Heavenly Martial True Qi.

After breaking through to the Innate stage, Heavenly Martial True Qi will derive a powerful aura called Heavenly Martial Aura.

This is also the origin of the name of the Heavenly Martial Aura martial art.

"I now have two types of true qi in my body, one is Pure Yang True Qi, and the other is the true qi from the Thirteen Protectors' Horizontal Training. However, the latter is just nourishment for the former and is immediately devoured by the Pure Yang True Qi as soon as it is generated."

Shen Changqing focused his mind. After breaking through to the Innate stage, he could already achieve internal vision.

In the dantian,

the Pure Yang True Qi is like a great sun furnace, emitting scorching heat.

Every time the true qi from the Thirteen Protectors' Horizontal Training is generated, it is immediately devoured by the Pure Yang True Qi.

After the Pure Yang Technique broke through to the 11th level,

the power of the Pure Yang True Qi is no longer comparable to what it used to be.

Although the Thirteen Protectors' Horizontal Training generates some true qi every so often, it does not have a significant effect on the Pure Yang True Qi.

Just like that single thread of true qi,

after being devoured by the Pure Yang True Qi, there was not even a slight increase.

Exiting the internal vision,

Shen Changqing gained some understanding of his own condition: "The Thirteen Protectors' Horizontal Training is ultimately too low-level. Even though it has broken its limits, it cannot improve much.

It no longer provides significant nourishment to the Pure Yang True Qi.

If I do not cultivate and only rely on the conversion of true qi to nourish the Pure Yang True Qi, it would take several decades to transform it to the next level."

Clearly,

external techniques have their benefits, but once a martial artist reaches a high level, the benefits of external techniques become negligible.

Unless it is a high-level external technique, but such martial arts are not easy to obtain.

In Shen Changqing's view,

there should be such martial arts in the library.

But since he cannot return now, he can only think about it.

Focusing his mind,

Shen Changqing sat motionless, only silently observing the changes in his dantian.

Time passed.

Another thread of true qi was generated.

He immediately had a thought, preventing the Pure Yang True Qi from devouring it, and then, according to the cultivation method of Heavenly Martial Aura, he manipulated that thread of true qi to leave the dantian and move towards a certain part of his body.

The true qi was like a silver snake.

Under the guidance of his will, it struggled to open a small meridian.

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One night passed quickly.

Shen Changqing exited his cultivation state. After a night of hard cultivation, he did not feel tired but rather was full of energy.

At this time, in the dantian, besides the Pure Yang True Qi, there was also the presence of Heavenly Martial True Qi.

However, compared to the Pure Yang True Qi, which is like a great sun furnace, the Heavenly Martial True Qi is much weaker and is forcibly squeezed into a small corner of the dantian, almost unable to move.

Regarding this,

Shen Changqing did not pay much attention.

As long as the Heavenly Martial True Qi is not devoured by the Pure Yang True Qi, that is enough.

From the panel,

after one night, the Heavenly Martial Aura has officially entered the first level, which is roughly as he expected.

For a powerful martial artist,

once there is a foundation, any martial art can be mastered without much difficulty.

The real difficulty

lies in mastery.

"Once the Heavenly Martial True Qi becomes stronger, I can directly convert the Pure Yang True Qi into Heavenly Martial True Qi. This way, the cultivation of Heavenly Martial Aura will be much faster, and the quality of the true qi will be much stronger than a single Pure Yang True Qi."

Shen Changqing thought to himself.

Converting true qi is a necessary process.

A dantian cannot simultaneously contain too many powerful true qi, otherwise, it will cause intense conflict. The current lack of conflict is because the Heavenly Martial True Qi is too weak and does not pose a threat to the Pure Yang True Qi.

Once it poses a threat,

the two different true qi will erupt into intense conflict.

Therefore,

he needs to retain one of the true qi when the conflict erupts and use the other as nourishment.

Because the Heavenly Martial Aura is of a higher rank,

Shen Changqing did not hesitate to choose the Pure Yang True Qi as the sacrifice.

"Converting the 11th level Pure Yang True Qi into Heavenly Martial True Qi, my Heavenly Martial True Qi will definitely be different from others'!"

Rising from his seat, he walked out of the study.

As soon as he opened the door,

he saw the clerk Shi Qingsheng standing there, holding a green robe with a black hat on top.

"Sir!"

"What is it, Clerk Shi?" Shen Changqing frowned.

"Yesterday, I forgot something. Although you are temporarily in charge of the county magistrate's position, you should have your own official robe. So today, I have brought the official robe for you."

Shen Changqing's gaze fell on the black hat, and he casually picked it up.

"You are thoughtful."

Shi Qingsheng's ability, he was not very clear about.

But in terms of attention to detail, he was already quite good.

"This is what I should do." Shi Qingsheng smiled and then asked, "Sir, you have not left the study all night, I assume you must be hungry. I have already prepared breakfast, please come with me."

"Lead the way!"

"Sir, please!"

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After a hearty meal,

the food was much more varied than when Shen Changqing was in the Exorcism Bureau.

Upon careful consideration, this was indeed not a problem.

After all, in the Exorcism Bureau, he was just a trainee exorcist, and the food could not compare to that of a county magistrate.

Throughout the process,

Shen Changqing ate, and Shi Qingsheng stood by his side.

After he finished eating, the other party bowed and asked, "Sir, where are you going next, or do you have any instructions?"

Wiping his mouth,

Shen Changqing's expression was calm: "Have Hong Cheng come to see me."

"Yes!"

Shi Qingsheng accepted the order and left.

Shen Changqing glanced at the mess on the table, did not pay much attention, and turned to leave.

After eating, he did not need to clean up himself; someone would naturally handle it.