Demon Suppression Division External Staff!

Xu He seemed to have believed Li Changsheng's explanation. In any case, he had already told him how difficult the path of full-body Stone Skin was, and he also believed Li Changsheng would not continue down that path.

"I do indeed have Skin Polishing Martial Arts for other body parts. Which area do you want to cultivate a Skin Polishing Martial Art for?" Xu He asked.

"The chest!"

Li Changsheng replied immediately.

The chest was extremely important. If all the skin across his chest could be tempered into Stone Skin, his heart would be protected. Moreover, many attacks struck directly at the front of a person's chest. If the chest was weak, one could easily be killed.

"I do have a Skin Polishing Martial Art for the chest. It is a Low-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art—the Mighty Chest Skill. It is a defensive type of Skin Polishing Martial Art that can temper the entire chest into Stone Skin, but it cannot properly temper the abdominal area," Xu He said.

"Master, I'll learn the Mighty Chest Skill!"

Li Changsheng said hastily.

He was not picky, anyway. As long as it was a Skin Polishing Martial Art he did not possess, he would cultivate it.

"Fine. I will now teach you the contents of the Mighty Chest Skill."

Xu He explained the Mighty Chest Skill to Li Changsheng piece by piece, demonstrating a series of movements and the Breathing Technique as well.

Li Changsheng's memory was not bad, and he memorized it quickly.

After returning to his small courtyard, Li Changsheng began cultivating the Mighty Chest Skill. At first, he needed to sense the qi and blood in his chest. He directly used high-quality White Spirit Secret Medicine as assistance, and in just one day, he successfully sensed the qi and blood in his chest. Afterward, he began cultivating the Mighty Chest Skill.

Batch after batch of high-quality White Spirit Secret Medicine was consumed, and the Mighty Chest Skill progressed at an astonishing rate. In only a few days, it broke through to the Skin Grinding Realm. This was not merely the effect of his powerful physique; more importantly, it was the effect of the high-quality White Spirit Secret Medicine.

After exhausting the high-quality White Spirit Secret Medicine, he continued refining more.

Another five days passed. The Stone Skin on his chest broke through to Stone Skin Minor Accomplishment, but the Mighty Chest Skill itself was still only at the Beginner Realm.

His comprehension was rather ordinary, and his attainments in martial arts were not high, but having plenty of high-quality White Spirit Secret Medicine allowed him to rapidly raise his Skin Grinding Realm.

If his Skin Polishing Martial Art realm were very high as well, then combined with high-quality White Spirit Secret Medicine, his progress would be terrifying. But he could not achieve that yet.

After cultivating the Mighty Chest Skill for a month, he successfully cultivated it to the peak of Minor Accomplishment, and the Stone Skin on his chest reached Stone Skin Perfection.

At this point, his qi and blood had increased considerably, his physical constitution had improved by a great deal, and his overall strength had risen significantly again.

Both hands, both legs, and his chest—these three areas had now all become Stone Skin at the Perfection Realm. He needed to find more Skin Grinding Realm martial arts.

"Master probably can't get me any more Skin Polishing Martial Arts. If I ask him for more, he definitely won't give them to me. Besides, I've advanced too quickly in such a short time. Even if I claim to have befriended an Alchemist, it would be too absurd. I still need to acquire Skin Grinding Realm martial arts through other channels!"

He decided to try his luck at the Black Market and see whether he could obtain Skin Polishing Martial Arts for other areas.

Black Market.

Li Changsheng arrived here once again. There were quite a few stalls selling Skin Polishing Martial Arts, but many of them were incomplete or flawed. He did not dare cultivate such martial arts.

Suddenly.

He saw the stall owner who had sold him the Cangyuan Pharmacy Record manual before. Today, the man had changed locations.

"Little brother, you're here again!" The stall owner smiled when he saw Li Changsheng. "What are you looking to buy this time? Everything I have is genuine!"

"Whether yours are genuine or not, wouldn't I know? Let me ask you: do you have any genuine Skin Grinding Realm martial arts? I don't want martial arts for the hands, legs, or chest," Li Changsheng said.

Upon hearing Li Changsheng's words, the stall owner's expression changed in shock. Li Changsheng did not want Skin Polishing Martial Arts for those three areas, which meant he had certainly cultivated martial arts for all three.

Then Li Changsheng's goal had to be full-body Skin Grinding!!!

How powerful were martial artists of the full-body Skin Grinding Realm? Without sufficient backing, who would dare walk the path of full-body Skin Grinding?

If it were anyone else, he would dare to fool them however he pleased. In the Black Market, no one would dare come looking for trouble with him anyway. He had also cultivated a speed-type Skin Polishing Martial Art, making him extremely fast, and his cultivation had reached the Iron Skin Realm. Even an Iron Skin Great Accomplishment martial artist would not easily catch him.

But a genius powerhouse like Li Changsheng, who walked the path of full-body Skin Grinding—he truly did not dare offend him.

"Little brother, I really don't have the Skin Grinding Realm martial arts you need. Besides, the most common Skin Grinding Realm martial arts are nothing more than those for the hands and legs. Skin Grinding Realm martial arts for other areas are exceedingly rare. Even if someone sold you such a martial art here in the Black Market, would you dare cultivate it?" the stall owner said with a smile.

"Then do you know where I can find guaranteed genuine Skin Polishing Martial Arts?" Li Changsheng asked again.

The stall owner held out his hand. "One hundred taels of silver, and I'll tell you!"

Li Changsheng frowned. "Don't tell me to join some gang or aristocratic family. I don't want to be bound by other forces, and I already have my own faction. I simply don't want my elders to know that I wish to cultivate other Skin Polishing Martial Arts!"

"I understand, but the method I'm talking about can absolutely get you other types of Skin Polishing Martial Arts!" the stall owner assured him.

"Fine!"

Li Changsheng took out one hundred taels of silver and gave them to the stall owner.

After receiving the money, the stall owner immediately smiled. He suggested, "Little brother, you can choose to become External Staff of the Demon Suppression Division. This does not count as truly joining the Demon Suppression Division. You may freely accept missions issued by the Demon Suppression Division, and once you complete them, you can receive Merit Points. You can use those Merit Points to exchange for some Skin Grinding Realm martial arts from the Demon Suppression Division."

"The Demon Suppression Division!"

Li Changsheng had naturally heard of this organization. It was a force independent of Baiye City's City Lord's Mansion. Baiye City was a major city of the Great Qi Dynasty, while the Demon Suppression Division was an institution under the Great Qi Dynasty's imperial family.

Of course, Baiye City was a city in the Barren Land, where the imperial family's reach had difficulty extending. Even the Demon Suppression Division could only suppress everything in the outer city and had no authority over the inner city.

In other words, the Demon Suppression Division's position in Baiye City was quite awkward. It was clearly an official institution, yet it could do nothing about the inner city. However, its duty was to kill demons, and it would not take part in struggles for power.

If he merely became External Staff of the Demon Suppression Division, he could selectively accept missions and would indeed be quite free.

But completing missions required taking risks.

Yet the path of Martial Dao was itself filled with danger. Even if he did not accept missions, he could still encounter demons. In order to increase his strength, becoming External Staff of the Demon Suppression Division was not impossible.

Afterward.

He asked around about the Demon Suppression Division some more. Once he confirmed there were no issues, he left the Black Market and headed for the Demon Suppression Division in Baiye City.

Before long, he arrived at the Demon Suppression Division and directly stated his purpose.

The Demon Suppression Division was severely short-handed. So long as one was not a demon, they would accept them.

Therefore, Li Changsheng merely gave a simple account of his identity and underwent a test of his cultivation, then successfully became External Staff of the Demon Suppression Division.