Profound Heritage Skyrockets

Shen Che walked to the courtyard wall, where several bluestones left over from building the house were piled up.

He punched again.

This time, the force of his fist was no longer contained. Instead, it transformed into a condensed spear light, ready to unleash at any moment.

Vajra Zen Fist, Zen Spear!

A bluestone, half a person's height, had a fist-sized hole blasted directly through its center, sending碎石 flying.

This power was even a notch stronger than his Black Tiger Saber Technique when he used it with all his might.

Shen Che was very satisfied with the power of this martial art.

He walked to the open space in the center of the courtyard and struck a pose.

Dragon Elephant True Qi surged through his meridians, and his entire body's bones emitted a series of fine popping sounds.

He punched towards the empty air.

With this punch, he compressed all the force into a spot one inch from his fist, then detonated it fiercely.

Vajra Zen Fist, Zen Thunder!

A muffled clap of thunder echoed in the air.

A visible wave of energy spread outwards from his fist as the center.

The fallen leaves in the courtyard were swept up by this wave of energy, swirling and dancing.

What a domineering martial art.

Shen Che withdrew his fist and stood, giving his trip to the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion a perfect score in his heart.

After finishing his practice, he returned to his room and sat down cross-legged.

Twenty-four jade bottles filled with Meridian Opening Pills were lined up in front of him.

It was time to break through to new meridians.

Without hesitation, he picked up eight jade bottles and swallowed the pills inside.

The potent medicinal power instantly dissolved in his abdomen, like a breached dam.

Shen Che immediately circulated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, guiding this medicinal power to scour the barriers of the Lesser Yin Hand Heart Meridian.

At the same time, he had a thought.

"System, accelerate the nurturing."

[Nurturing Lesser Yin Hand Heart Meridian, estimated Time Value consumption: 150 points. Confirm?]

"Confirm."

Time Value was deducted.

A mysterious power descended, taming the violent medicinal power and nurturing the third True Meridian at an efficiency hundreds of times faster than normal.

The meridian, which originally required months of painstaking effort to open, was connected piece by piece under the combined effect of his system cheat and a massive pile of pills.

Less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Shen Che's body trembled.

A brand new, pale white True Qi light band appeared on the surface of his body, shining alongside the previous two.

The third True Meridian, Lesser Yin Hand Heart Meridian, was opened!

A more powerful force surged from his limbs and bones.

His single-arm strength once again increased by ten thousand jin, reaching a terrifying level of sixty thousand jin.

Shen Che did not stop.

He picked up another eight Meridian Opening Pills and swallowed them.

"System, continue."

[Nurturing Lesser Yin Hand Heart Protector Meridian, estimated Time Value consumption: 300 points. Confirm?]

"Confirm."

Another incense stick's worth of time passed.

The fourth True Qi light band successfully appeared.

Single-arm strength: seventy thousand jin!

He looked at the last eight jade bottles before him and, without any pause, swallowed them all.

"System!"

[Nurturing Hand Triple Burner Meridian, estimated Time Value consumption: 600 points. Confirm?]

"Confirm!"

As the fifth True Qi light band began to swirl around his body, the Dragon Elephant True Qi within Shen Che seemed to have reached a critical point.

The surging True Qi emitted sounds like rivers rushing.

His physical strength once again leaped forward.

His single-arm strength broke through the 80,000 jin mark!

Shen Che slowly exhaled a breath of stale air; the arrow of qi was like frost, leaving a long white trail in the air.

The twenty-four Meridian Opening Pills were completely depleted.

Time Value also only had 300 points left.

The price for this cheat was indeed a bit steep.

The remaining Time Value was not enough for him to open another meridian.

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Shen Che didn't force it.

In the following days, he completely went into seclusion, not stepping out of his door, and began a monotonous, arduous cultivation in his own courtyard.

If there wasn't enough Time Value, he would make up for it with time and sweat.

Half a month later.

He was meditating in the courtyard when a faint dragon roar echoed from within his body.

Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, fifth layer, complete.

Another month passed.

Late one night, the sounds of dragon roars and elephant bellows erupted from within Shen Che's body, causing the windowpanes of the room to hum.

Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, sixth layer!

Middle three layers, perfect!

Shen Che's eyes snapped open. He could feel that his physical strength had once again ascended to a new level.

He stood up and walked to the bluestone in the courtyard that he had punched through. He casually threw a punch.

The half-man-tall bluestone, along with three or four surrounding stones, exploded into dust.

Single-arm strength officially broke through 100,000 jin!

"The seventh layer of Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill is a watershed."

Shen Che knew very well that the later stages of this skill were increasingly difficult. The seventh layer required the cultivation of the Primordial Qi Realm as a foundation. Each subsequent layer would increase his immense strength by 100,000 jin.

He wouldn't be able to achieve it in a short period.

He brought up the system panel, wanting to check his current attributes.

[Host: Shen Che]
[Realm: True Meridian Realm Fifth Level]
[Skills: Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill (Sixth Layer), Vajra Zen Fist (Sixth Layer), Black Tiger Saber Technique (Perfect), Golden Bell Shield (Fourteenth Layer), Iron Shirt (Eleventh Layer)...]
[Time Value: 300]

His actions stopped.

Behind the skills Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt.

At some unknown time, a shining "+" sign had appeared.

Shen Che was stunned at first, then reacted.

His foundation had changed.

With the five True Meridians connected and Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill cultivated to the sixth layer perfect, his physical foundation was already vastly different from before.

This profound foundation met the conditions for these two external skills to break through their limits again.

But the number in the corner of the panel was a cold reality.

[Time Value: 300]

Not enough, far from it.

The last time he upgraded these two skills, it cost a thousand points each.

This time, it would only be more.

This feeling was like someone drawing a delicious-looking cake in front of you and then telling you that you couldn't afford it.

Pure torture.

He needed more Time Value.

He needed to hunt Demonic Beasts.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The sound of knocking on the courtyard gate interrupted his thoughts.

A guard from the Demon Suppression Division's voice came from outside the door.

"Lord Shen, there's someone outside who claims to be a fellow townsman from your Inkstone Town and wishes to see you."

Inkstone Town.

Shen Che's movements paused for a moment.

That was his hometown.

He hadn't heard this place name in a long time.

"Have him wait for me in the reception hall."

He tidied his clothes and walked out of the courtyard.

In the reception hall, a man was rubbing his hands, pacing back and forth.

The man was about forty-something, travel-worn, his face etched with anxiety, and his cloth clothes covered in dust.

"Uncle Liu?"

Shen Che recognized him.

The man, Liu Ye, suddenly turned around. The moment he saw Shen Che, his anxious face instantly showed a complex expression mixed with joy and disbelief.

"Little Che... no, Lord Shen!"

As Liu Ye spoke, he was about to bow, but Shen Che quickly stepped forward and supported him.

"Uncle Liu, what are you doing? Please sit."

Shen Che remembered this man.

When he was young, he was obsessed with practicing martial arts, and his family's conditions were poor. Liu Ye's wife would often bring him a bowl of rice with a few extra pieces of meat, muttering, "Practicing martial arts is taxing on the body, eat more."

He hadn't forgotten this kindness.

"Uncle Liu, you've come all the way from Inkstone Town. Did something happen?"