Chapter 30 of 100

Chapter 30

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Du Qian wanted to enter the Imperial Network Library. Firstly, there really wasn't much to do, and four hours was a long time to kill. His home was bare, not even a TV or radio. Apart from the bed, table, chairs, and the box under the bed, he only had his mobile phone.

Secondly, Du Qian felt that the little he had learned at the orphanage school was far from enough. He wanted to look up some information to enrich himself.

Being a fourth-class citizen was quite enjoyable, with significantly more rights. The amount of information available was naturally much greater. He quickly searched for the spiritual martial arts section.

Martial cultivators are a crucial human resource in any country, and books about martial cultivators are vast. After spending a full one and a half hours, he finally found what he was looking for—“The Later Utilization Value of Spiritual Martial Arts.”

Martial cultivators, spirit beasts, spirit fish, and spirit plants all share a common feature: their combat power exceeds ten thousand, reaching the species' limit for absorbing spiritual energy. At this point, they trigger the creation of a spirit pool, storing the spiritual energy that cannot be absorbed and converted.

When the quantity reaches a certain level, through specific methods, the spiritual energy in the spirit pool can be condensed into a tangible form, known as a spirit weapon.

While the martial cultivator is alive, the spirit weapon is the most important combat tool, with the majority of the martial cultivator's combat power coming from the spiritual energy armor.

When the martial cultivator dies, the spirit weapon can remain for a considerable time before it dissipates, depending on the species. Generally, a human martial cultivator's spirit weapon can last from three to seven days, closely related to the cultivator's combat power.

Other species have similar durations, but they usually last longer than humans, ranging from ten to fifty percent longer.

Spirit weapons are formed by condensed spiritual energy and have their own characteristics. While the host is alive, the spirit weapon is supplied with spiritual energy and is closely linked to the spirit pool. After the host dies, it can temporarily absorb the residual spiritual energy from the host's spirit pool, maintaining its form.

When the host's spirit pool collapses and can no longer provide additional energy, the spirit weapon slowly releases the spiritual energy, reverting to a state of spiritual energy particles.

Du Qian nodded and shook his head. Some of this knowledge he had learned before, but most of it was glossed over. The orphanage school did not believe that the orphans would have the opportunity to use this knowledge in the future, so there was no need to teach it.

Spiritual energy armor is formed by condensed spiritual energy, which is very pure and has attributes related to the host. After the host dies, it loses its attribute support and becomes attribute-less spiritual energy.

In summary, when the host dies, the spiritual energy armor becomes attribute-less pure spiritual energy and will revert in a short time. How to better utilize it is one of the essential courses for martial cultivators.

After thousands of years of research, a significant breakthrough was made nine thousand years ago. When combat power exceeds one million, one can use spiritual energy to form a spiritual energy power furnace in the body. This furnace can directly absorb and convert attribute-less spirit weapons, a process known as the Battle Master Furnace Effect.

The Furnace Effect cannot fully absorb and convert the pure spiritual energy contained in attribute-less spirit weapons. Numerous experiments have shown that the absorption and conversion rate of the Furnace Effect varies from person to person and is directly related to combat power. The higher the combat power, the more pronounced the effect.

When first entering the Battle Master level, the most common Furnace Effect is between one and three percent. For top-tier Battle Masters with five million combat power, the Furnace Effect can reach up to thirty percent, providing a shortcut for martial cultivators to enhance their combat power.

Seeing this, Du Qian's eyes widened. The book was prepared for martial cultivators, many of whom have excellent talent but not high academic qualifications. They rarely spend time learning knowledge, as their knowledge system is very different from ordinary people. Therefore, such books are usually written very straightforwardly.

Du Qian found it easy to understand. The spirit horn is an attribute-less spirit weapon. He didn't know why attribute-less spirit weapons were valuable before, but now he understood. Attribute-less spirit weapons can be directly absorbed by martial cultivators, though the absorption rate is not high, even low, but it can still be directly absorbed, making it far more effective than cultivation.

Du Qian started practicing martial arts when he entered the orphanage school and continued until graduation, a total of ten years. His talent was average, neither the best nor the worst.

By graduation, he had increased his combat power to 5,980, making him a top student in the orphanage school. As for the five non-humans who exceeded 10,000 combat power before graduation, they were talking about talent. Du Qian, on the other hand, achieved this through hard work, spending several times, even ten times more time on cultivation than others.

Even if his math was taught by a physical education teacher, he could easily calculate how difficult it was to increase combat power. On average, he increased his combat power by just over one point per day, less than two points.

How powerful is absorbing attribute-less spirit weapons? The spirit horn he absorbed increased his combat power from 5,980 to over 6,000, a gain of more than sixty points, equivalent to one and a half months of hard cultivation. The subsequent spirit fragments were less effective but still increased his combat power by about fifty points.

Of course, the testing device was not very accurate, so there might be some error, but the error wouldn't be too large.

So, the question is...

The book clearly states that only when combat power reaches one million, reaching the Battle Master level, can one form a power furnace. With a spiritual energy power furnace, one can absorb and convert attribute-less spirit weapons.

Even if Du Qian was as narcissistic and shameless as possible, he wouldn't think he was already a Battle Master. Hell, he didn't even have the basic spirit pool of a martial cultivator, let alone the spiritual energy power furnace of a Battle Master.

How could he absorb attribute-less spirit weapons without anything?

Du Qian was not a martial cultivator, but he was a graduate of the orphanage school, with a diploma. He knew the basic common sense. If anyone could absorb attribute-less spirit weapons, martial cultivators would be everywhere, and buses would be full of Battle Master-level martial cultivators.

Looking up, he saw no dazzling halo. He was still the same Du Qian, a war orphan, with no protagonist's fate.

In the room, Du Qian was in a dilemma.

To the southeast of the Pingchuan City Police Bureau, there was an independent compound, quite large, with over a dozen small buildings, a large parking lot that could accommodate hundreds of vehicles, and six open training grounds. This was the Pingchuan Flying Tiger Corps, a quasi-military violent organization under dual management.

Yao Jing's car was parked at the gate. She placed her identity card in the upper left corner of the car window, and the distant scanning device confirmed her identity without her needing to get out of the car.

The car was not hers but was provided by the Flying Tiger Corps. Compared to Du Qian's miserable patrol officer life, the life of a Flying Tiger Corps member was much better.

After parking the car, Yao Jing walked into the main building, swiped her card again, and ignored the two high-speed machine guns that had just retracted on both sides. The Flying Tiger Corps, which appeared peaceful on the surface, was actually heavily guarded. If they couldn't even protect their own base, it would be a laughingstock.

"Identity? What's the matter?" A team member on duty asked as she entered the main building. The Flying Tiger Corps were always understaffed, and the entire Pingchuan City, including the small teams in the sub-bureaus, had fewer than three hundred members. Therefore, it was rare to see strangers.

"Yao Jing, I want to see the captain."

"Are you Yao Jing?" The duty team member, who was clearly familiar with the name, looked her up and down and tapped a few times on the terminal. Yao Jing had already swiped her identity card when she entered, and the information was recorded.

"Yes."

"Yao Sister, the captain is in the office. I'll ask for you." The duty team member was in his thirties, much older than Yao Jing.

Yao Jing's originally calm face turned frighteningly dark, filled with intense anger: "Don't call me Yao Sister." She emphasized the words "Yao Sister" heavily.

Yao Sister? Prostitute?

Damn, what a high-level flattery. The guys in the monitoring room must be laughing their asses off.

"Sorry, Sister Jing, I was drunk last night. I'll take you to the captain's office." The duty team member's face turned red.

A day ago, he didn't even know who Yao Jing was. Even if she was someone the captain personally recruited, the Flying Tiger Corps didn't care about such things. They valued strength. As long as your combat power was high enough to make others look up to you, even if you were a baby, everyone would kneel and sing "Conquer" for you.

That couplet, placed in a school, business, or factory, was just a couplet. In military, city guard, or Flying Tiger Corps, it was a royal decree. Or rather, it had a higher priority than a royal decree, the highest.

These violent maniacs often made exaggerated boasts: "When I have a hundred billion combat power, sweeping the three major countries is nothing. Playing with a few planets is the real deal."

It must be said that boasting is endless. The top Battle Masters have combat power within ten million. Those with combat power exceeding ten million are called Divine Masters. Divine Masters are the highest level of martial cultivators and are strategic figures in any country.

A mature and stable Divine Master is said to have combat power in the tens of millions. These bastards talk about a hundred billion combat power as if it's nothing. Try to cultivate one billion combat power and see how it goes.

The captain's office of the Pingchuan Flying Tiger Corps was not comparable to the patrol police station. It was absolutely high-end, luxurious, and prestigious. The secretary's office outside was even more luxurious than the bureau chief's office.

"Sister Jing, the captain said you can go in directly." The speaker was Captain Fei Xue's female secretary. Yao Jing had heard of her, though she had only been in the team for a short time.

Rosy face, slender waist, fragrant, and alluring. Milk-like skin, fine, white, and long legs. Her nickname on the surface—The Flower of the Flying Tiger Corps.

Privately, she had many nicknames, the most common being "Demoness." This was the third time Yao Jing had seen her, and she still felt her scalp tingle. The rebellious Flying Tiger Corps members, a small half of whom were not afraid of the captain, but none were not afraid of the Demoness.

Just standing there, she could make male Flying Tiger Corps members reach a state of arousal as if they had taken some kind of drug.

Unfortunately, they could only look, who dared to act?

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