This Fist Carries Thirty-Three Years of Cultivation!

"Brother Chen Fan, I'll escort you back."

Wang Chao walked up to Chen Fan and said.

The two returned to Chen Fan's residence one after the other.

"Captain Wang, if you have something to do, go ahead and attend to it. After all, you still need to handle the aftermath for our fallen brothers. I'll be fine here alone."

Chen Fan said.

This time, their Ninth Squad had suffered heavy casualties. Wang Chao was the Squad Leader of the Ninth Squad, managing ten brothers under him. He had already spent most of the day running errands for Chen Fan. As for the four brothers who had died, he needed to preside over their funerals, report casualties, and apply for pensions. All of this required him to network and pull strings.

The amount of pension directly affected the future lives of the families of these four brothers – their parents, wives, children, and other relatives.

"Alright."

"Then I'll come see you later!"

Wang Chao nodded upon hearing this and then left Chen Fan's residence.

"Thirty-three years of Demonkin Lifespan, I hope it doesn't disappoint me!"

After Wang Chao left, Chen Fan locked the door. The Attribute Panel appeared before his eyes. With a thought, he began to consume the Demonkin Lifespan to deduce the "Body Tempering Fist"!

The Demonkin Lifespan in the panel rapidly decreased, while his "Body Tempering Fist" proficiency and personal strength continuously increased.

[You diligently practiced the "Body Tempering Fist," achieving mastery in the tenth year. You ultimately reached the Bronze Skin realm, stepping into the second stage of the Divine Treasury Realm: Bone Vajra!]

[You continued to practice the "Body Tempering Fist," achieving perfection in the twentieth year. You ultimately reached the Iron Bones realm, stepping into the third stage of the Divine Treasury Realm: Sinew Bodhisattva!]

[You diligently practiced the "Body Tempering Fist" for thirty years, gaining new insights. You ultimately reached the Steel Tendons realm, stepping into the fourth stage of the Divine Treasury Realm: Blood Martial Saint!]

[You diligently practiced the "Body Tempering Fist" for thirty-three years. Your "Body Tempering Fist" has reached the stage of perfection. Your blood energy is also continuously improving, but you are still not satisfied. You feel that the "Body Tempering Fist" in your hands can be further deduced, but you failed to deduce it successfully...!]

["Body Tempering Fist" (Perfection)]

[Realm: Divine Treasury Realm (Fourth Stage: Blood Martial Saint)]

"This is Bronze Skin, Iron Bones, and Steel Tendons!"

"Of the five stages of the Divine Treasury Realm, I have perfected three and stepped into the fourth stage, Blood Martial Saint!"

"This is a realm that even Brother Wang Chao has never reached!"

"It is said that the two Chief Squad Leaders in Ping An County are both Blood Martial Saint level martial artists, and the Centurion is only at the fifth stage perfection, not yet having entered the next realm!"

"Does this mean I have suddenly become the fourth, or even the second, most important person in the Ping An County Brocade Guard Precinct?"

Chen Fan said with great emotion.

He felt the changes in his body. The wounds on his body had completely disappeared, and the demonic poison and yin evil energy within him were expelled by his powerful qi and blood.

Now he was full of vigor, feeling as if he could kill that tough Boar Demon with a single punch!

With thirty-three years of cultivation in this punch, how could it possibly withstand it?!

However, although "Body Tempering Fist" was the most versatile basic fist technique, capable of helping one break through the five gates and open the body's divine treasures, it was extremely difficult to use it to break through to the peak Divine Treasury Realm.

"Body Tempering Fist" was easy to learn but hard to master. Although it was highly versatile, even those with poor aptitude could get started with it, and it might only take ten years or so to cultivate it to Minor Accomplishment.

But now Chen Fan had already pushed "Body Tempering Fist" to the Great Perfection realm, yet after reaching perfection in "Body Tempering Fist," it still took him more than ten years to raise his martial arts realm to the fourth gate of the Divine Treasury Realm, the Blood Martial Saint level.

If he continued to cultivate "Body Tempering Fist," it might take him more than ten years, or even longer, to break through to the fifth gate of the Divine Treasury Realm, the Marrow Asura level.

Fortunately, this was just a simulation using Demonkin Lifespan. If this were reality, he might not be able to break through to the peak Divine Treasury Realm before his death.

Because under normal circumstances, he was sixteen years old now and could live for another seventy years, reaching the age of eighty-six. This age was not considered young.

However, once a martial artist in the Divine Treasury Realm reached the age of forty, their body would begin to decline. If they couldn't reach the perfect Divine Treasury Realm before forty, it would be very difficult to break through to the next realm.

Therefore, unless one's aptitude was exceptionally monstrous, it was almost impossible to break through the five gates and reach the peak of the Divine Treasury Realm with just one "Body Tempering Fist."

"No wonder the Chief Squad Leader and the Centurion chose other cultivation techniques. If they had stubbornly stuck to 'Body Tempering Fist,' it probably wouldn't have taken them three to five decades to break through to the peak Divine Treasury Realm."

"And by then, even if they broke through to the peak Divine Treasury Realm, they would have already passed their physical peak. Breaking through to the next realm would be a distant dream!"

"But I have the Attribute Panel. As long as I have enough lifespan, I can easily use 'Body Tempering Fist' to raise my realm to the peak Divine Treasury Realm!"

Chen Fan thought excitedly in his heart.

The life-and-death crisis from before had long since vanished.

A dense forest on the outskirts of Ping An County.

A demon with the body of a human and the head of a toad, covered in green pustules, sat on a smooth stone. It crossed its legs and looked askance at the masked man in night-blooming clothes standing not far away.

"I've already done what you told me to do. When will you bring me the pair of virgin boy and virgin girl I asked for?"

"Master is already starving."

The Toad Demon rolled its big, round eyes, stuck out its tongue, and directly wrapped around a sparrow flying in the sky, swallowing it whole.

"I told you to kill all five of them. Why did you leave one alive?"

"And the one you left alive is precisely the one I wanted you to kill?"

"Are you deliberately trying to oppose me?"

The Masked Man in Black's eyes glinted fiercely as he spoke in a deep voice, a hint of anxiety in his tone.

"You never told me who you wanted me to kill?"

"Besides, once he's poisoned by me, even a Terrestrial Immortal can't save him. He won't live long!"

The Toad Demon was stunned for a moment, then stated with certainty.

"I know he won't live long, but I'm afraid he might say something he shouldn't before he dies."

The Masked Man in Black sighed heavily.

"Don't worry, old friend. He might not even know about our business. And even if he did, who would believe him?"

"Why can't you control your lower half? Was the County Magistrate's concubine that good?"

"She's just blood food!"

The Toad Demon said with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

"She was my informant by the County Governor's side. How could I have known that Chen Fan, that blockhead, would be hunting demons and stumble into my private villa, just as I was being intimate with that slut."

"Harboring demons in a private villa and having an affair with the County Governor's beloved concubine. These are the only two stains on my otherwise spotless life, and he happened to witness both. He truly deserves to die!"

The masked man said fiercely.

"Hehehe."

The Toad Demon chuckled at this, but inwardly he found the man utterly shameless.

These two stains alone were enough to leave him with no place to be buried, yet he claimed his life was spotless. Bah!

I've never met such a thick-skinned person!

And it seems he has more than just these two stains!

"Didn't he also not know it was your villa?"

"And didn't you say it yourself?"

"He was driven away by you before he even entered your room, so all he knows is that there's a Martial Arts Master in that villa, but he doesn't know your identity."

"Even if he investigates, he won't be able to trace it back to you. After all, the owner of this villa is a Rich Merchant from Dragon Abyss Prefecture, not you."

"You, you're just too cautious!"

The Toad Demon shook his head and said.