Secret Pavilion! Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine Formula!

Though there were quite a few Cunning Wolves, there were also many martial artists in the outer city. This chaos would not last long.

Somewhere in the outer city.

A Level 5 peak Cunning Wolf fought Qin Wuyang and several other inner-city geniuses alone. It was incredibly fast, but its attack power was still somewhat lacking.

Before long.

The Level 5 Cunning Wolf began to flee, hoping to escape. Yet Qin Wuyang was not slow either. He swiftly unleashed a powerful martial art and killed the Level 5 Cunning Wolf with a single blow, then cut open its abdomen and removed a box. Inside the box was none other than the Crimson Blood Treasure Vine.

"Qin Wuyang, we deserve a share of that Crimson Blood Treasure Vine too!"

The other inner-city geniuses came over as well, intending to seize the Crimson Blood Treasure Vine from Qin Wuyang.

But at that moment, a blood-red blade tore through the air. It was far too fast, vastly surpassing the limits of the Viscera Realm.

The assassin was dressed in black, and his cultivation was Above Viscera Realm.

Though Qin Wuyang was powerful, he had no power to resist such an expert.

"You mud-legged scum of the Evil Demon Society, you're courting death!"

A cold shout rang out. Immediately afterward, a burly figure appeared before Qin Wuyang and smashed the black-clad man into a mist of blood with one punch.

"Third Uncle!"

Qin Wuyang called out.

"Go back!"

Qin Wuyang's third uncle said.

"Yes!"

Qin Wuyang left with his third uncle. The other inner-city geniuses did not dare fight for it any longer. In this battle for the Crimson Blood Treasure Vine, Qin Wuyang had plucked the fruit.

That black-clad man was most likely the mastermind behind lighting the Demon Luring Incense. He had wanted to reap the benefits after drawing out all the demons, but he had not expected a major figure from the inner city to be hiding in the shadows. Facing that great figure, he was killed outright.

Half an hour later.

The demonic chaos in the city was completely quelled. All the demons had either been captured or killed.

Yet this time, far too many ordinary people had been caught up in it and killed. The losses were truly grievous.

Of course, no matter how severe the outer city's losses were, they could not affect the inner city.

Demon Suppression Division.

Li Changsheng came over and learned of the current situation, as well as an unexpected piece of intelligence.

"Lord Cao, what was that Evil Demon Society you just mentioned?"

Li Changsheng asked curiously.

Cao Jun explained, "The Evil Demon Society is an evil organization within the Great Qi Dynasty. They even cooperate with demons and actively fuse with Demonic Nature. If ordinary martial artists absorb too much Demonic Nature, they will undergo Semi-Demonization. Yet the martial artists of the Evil Demon Society actively absorb Demonic Nature, becoming demon martial artists. They seem to possess a special method for suppressing outbreaks of Demonic Nature, but there are still demon martial artists who become completely Demonized. They are determined to develop a martial art that can perfectly absorb Demonic Nature. In short, to research this method, they cooperate with demons and use countless people as test subjects. They are exceptionally cruel!"

"So that's how it is!"

Li Changsheng immediately became deeply wary of this so-called Evil Demon Society. Though many inner-city forces were detestable, they at least retained the faintest shred of a bottom line. But this Evil Demon Society had no bottom line whatsoever. If the Evil Demon Society set its sights on someone, it would be an absolute disaster!

Fortunately, he was merely a minor nobody now. The Evil Demon Society would not go so far as to target him.

Afterward, Li Changsheng returned to his residence.

Then, he opened his Dao Fruit data panel.

[Host: Li Changsheng]

[Cultivation: Copper Skin Perfection]

[Dao Fruits: Forging Lv2 (32%) Medicine Refining Lv3 (10%) Demon Slaying Lv3 (20%)]

"I killed four Level 2 Cunning Wolves, yet my experience only rose by 20%. A single Level 2 Cunning Wolf is worth just 5% experience. To advance to Level 4, wouldn't I need to kill twenty Level 2 Cunning Wolves? The difficulty really is enormous!"

The Forging Dao Fruit and Medicine Refining Dao Fruit were also improving very slowly. Presumably, the weapons he forged and the Secret Medicines he refined were all of too low a grade, making it difficult to gain much experience.

He closed the Dao Fruit data panel and resumed his arduous cultivation. He wanted to break through to the Silver Skin Realm. Once he attained silver skin across his entire body, his strength would rise enormously again.

Thus, over the following days, he used one flawless Secret Medicine after another to assist his cultivation of the Golden Bell Shield. After consuming a great quantity of flawless White Spirit Secret Medicine, his fourth skin grinding was nearly complete.

Furthermore, his Level 3 Demon Slaying Dao Fruit had brought him considerable progress in cultivating martial arts. The Golden Bell Shield had naturally been cultivated to the peak of the Entry level, but reaching the Minor Accomplishment Realm would still require quite some time.

After some more days passed, Li Changsheng's fourth skin grinding was finally complete.

Boom!!!!

The copper skin across his entire body underwent a transformation at once, turning into silver skin. A faint silvery radiance emanated from his body, while his surging qi and blood formed wave after wave of air currents that swept through the surroundings.

At this moment, he was far more powerful than before!

"Full-body Silver Skin Realm. The Golden Bell Shield truly is extraordinary. This kind of High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art capable of tempering the skin across the entire body is precious. Though it has little offensive power, a High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Art that can temper the skin of the entire body suits me perfectly. Many High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Arts cannot achieve full-body tempering. To me, the Golden Bell Shield is more precious than other High-grade Skin Grinding Martial Arts!"

In the days ahead, he only needed to cultivate the Golden Bell Shield to the Perfection Realm, then cultivate his full-body Skin Grinding Realm to the Silver Skin Perfection Realm. That would be his current limit.

However, he still did not know whether there were other Skin Grinding Realms above silver skin.

Additionally, he discovered a problem: flawless White Spirit Secret Medicine was no longer as effective on him. Though his progress was still rapid, reaching the Silver Skin Perfection Realm would take a long time.

"White Spirit Secret Medicine is a rather ordinary Secret Medicine among those for the Skin Grinding Realm. If I can refine flawless Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine, its skin-grinding effects will increase severalfold."

Li Changsheng wanted to obtain the formula for Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine, but it would not be easy to acquire.

There was no point hoping for it from his master, Xu He. He certainly did not possess Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine. The Demon Suppression Division surely had the formula for Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine, but the Demon Suppression Division did not allow one to exchange for it.

"I can only go to the Black Market!"

Li Changsheng knew that the Black Market had everything for sale, though authenticity was not guaranteed. Still, there were certainly places that guaranteed genuine goods—he would simply have to pay a great deal of silver.

At dusk.

Li Changsheng went to the Black Market. After spending some silver, he learned of a Secret Pavilion that sold Secret Medicine formulas. The Secret Pavilion sold many manuals, formulas, weapons, and various treasures, but the origins of these goods were unknown, and their authenticity could not be guaranteed one hundred percent. Still, it was much better than other places.

Soon, he arrived at the Secret Pavilion and immediately asked to purchase the formula for Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine.

"Do you have the formula for Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine here?"

Li Changsheng asked.

"Yes! Two thousand taels of silver. Are you buying?" the Secret Pavilion's shopkeeper said.

"I'm buying!"

Li Changsheng agreed.

Afterward, he took out two thousand taels of silver and purchased the Secret Pavilion's formula for Hundred Refinement Secret Medicine. He gave it a simple look-over. Based on the alchemy knowledge he had mastered, there was over a ninety percent chance that this formula was genuine.

When Li Changsheng left the Secret Pavilion, he discovered that he was being followed.

"They probably aren't from the Secret Pavilion!"

Li Changsheng believed that he had only been targeted after leaving the Secret Pavilion.

The Secret Pavilion's goods were expensive, with almost nothing sold cheaply and severe markups everywhere. Anyone daring to buy something there would surely not lack money. Since he was only in the Skin Grinding Realm, that was why he had been targeted.