Path of Incarnate Sainthood

"I believe this has something to do with you using your own blood essence to aid in cultivating the Blood Fiend Art,"

"Of course, it's also related to your powerful physique, which far surpasses ordinary people, and your Innate Body with all its meridians unblocked."

"In short, these multiple factors mean that the Bloodfiend True Qi hasn't severely corrupted you. In fact, it's quite mild!"

"However, you can't be careless. As you use the Bloodfiend True Qi more and more in the future, its corrosion will become more severe until the blood fiend enters your body and you fall into a demonic deviation."

"Of course, reaching this point might take many years, but it could also happen in just a few. You absolutely must not let your guard down."

After Zuo Qianqiu finished speaking, Chen Fan remained calm because he knew his own body best. However, Wang Teng, who was standing beside him, was utterly astonished.

To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen someone who had cultivated the Blood Fiend Art to Grand Perfection, yet the Bloodfiend True Qi hadn't even fully corrupted the cultivator's dantian.

He truly admired Chen Fan to the highest degree!

"I wonder if Left Chiliarch has any brilliant insights. Can the hidden danger of the Bloodfiend True Qi within me be completely removed?" Chen Fan asked.

"Brilliant insights are a bit much, but because of your Innate Body, I do have a humble suggestion."

"I want to recommend you take the path of body refinement, forging your own Path of Incarnate Sainthood. Then, your physique will become incredibly powerful, and mere Bloodfiend True Qi won't be able to do anything to you."

"In fact, if you cultivate your body refinement realm to a certain level, it won't even be a problem to turn this Bloodfiend True Qi into nourishment for your body."

"However, walking the Path of Incarnate Sainthood is extremely arduous. You must endure the pain of body refinement and also withstand the loneliness of your physical strength being unable to break through for a long time."

"Actually, when walking the path of body refinement, it often comes down to two things: one is the innate talent of your own physical body, and the second is patience!"

"The early stages of body refinement have very low requirements for talent. Even in the mid to late stages, the requirements for talent and comprehension are much lower than those for orthodox martial arts cultivation."

"But this is a process of slow and steady effort, consuming time and testing endurance. For a genius martial artist like you, who progresses at lightning speed, this is also a significant test."

Zuo Qianqiu looked at Chen Fan and spoke with sincerity.

He hadn't held much hope for Chen Fan before coming to see him. He hadn't expected that after a brief examination, his attitude would completely change by 180 degrees.

This kid is a talent! He can still be saved.

If he also has high talent in body refinement, then it's not too late to mend his broken martial path and achieve new glory!

"Are you saying the path of body refinement has much lower requirements for talent and comprehension than ordinary cultivation methods?" Chen Fan seized the key point of Zuo Qianqiu's words, but Zuo Qianqiu was momentarily stunned by his question.

"Yes."

"Yes!"

"It just takes a lot of time, so you need to have patience." Zuo Qianqiu reminded him again.

"That's truly wonderful! I have plenty of patience!" Hearing this, Chen Fan couldn't help but exclaim, the smile on his face blooming, his previously composed demeanor vanishing.

This made Zuo Qianqiu and Wang Teng, master and disciple, exchange confused glances, unsure what Chen Fan was planning.

"My talent underwent a transformation when I reached the limit of the Divine Treasury Realm, evolving into the Innate Body with all meridians unblocked. That was a significant improvement, but my comprehension is truly very, very average. I'm just a mediocre person."

"This path of body refinement surprisingly has low requirements for talent and comprehension, only demanding time for slow progress. But I have so much time right now!"

"This is practically tailor-made for me!"

"Originally, I was planning to spend a vast amount of Demonkin Lifespan to deduce a harmless advanced version of the Blood Fiend Art to get rid of the current corrosion of the Bloodfiend True Qi."

"But if I were to suddenly create something like that, others might think I'm becoming the second Blood Demon. The impact of that would be too great."

"But now, I can cultivate the path of body refinement while simultaneously deducing the Blood Fiend Art, improving my martial arts realm. I also need to find a concealment art to hide my aura and play the role of a pig to eat the tiger."

"In normal combat, I'll just use my body refinement skills. After a long time, I'll say that my physical body suppressed the Bloodfiend True Qi within me and that I've found the future path of the Blood Fiend Art. Then, I'll slowly reveal my strength, so as not to arouse suspicion."

Chen Fan thought to himself.

His golden finger absolutely could not be exposed. However, if he appeared too abnormal, people would likely suspect he had been possessed or something similar, which could bring him a series of troubles.

Therefore, at critical moments, it's best to lie low. Once his overall strength surpasses Zuo Qianqiu, and he's even considered a notable figure in Cloud Province, even if others find his rapid improvement in strength strange or abnormal, who would dare to question him?

Who would dare to press him for the method of rapidly increasing his strength?

"Since you have perseverance, that's truly for the best." Zuo Qianqiu looked at Chen Fan's confident demeanor and didn't know what else to say.

"May I ask, Left Chiliarch, does our Chiliarch's office have any body refinement techniques?" Chen Fan inquired.

"I recall we should have some, but they are all for the Divine Treasury Realm. Their effect on your current strength improvement isn't very significant."

"Techniques are hard to find, and niche ones are even rarer. The difficulty of creating body refinement techniques is greater than that of ordinary techniques, but very few people are suitable for cultivating them. Therefore, throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, body refinement techniques are not very numerous."

"However, I remember that the Myriad Household Garrison in Cloud Province has several body refinement techniques for the Divine Aperture Realm, some complete and some incomplete."

"Now that you've been promoted to Vice Chiliarch, you can go to the Brocade Guard's Myriad Household Garrison in Cloud Province's armory and claim a main cultivation technique for free."

"Additionally, because you saved tens of thousands of civilians in Ping An County and killed hundreds of demons, I have requested a reward of one million merit points for you."

"Generally speaking, 200,000 merit points can be exchanged for a Divine Aperture Realm cultivation technique. With your one million merit points, you have enough to exchange for five Divine Aperture Realm techniques."

"Of course, you don't need that many cultivation techniques if you're following the Path of Incarnate Sainthood. You can also exchange them for various cultivation resources in Cloud Province, or for armor and weaponry to improve your strength."

"I once saw a Divine Transformation Realm body refiner, clad in top-tier armor and wielding a transcendent weapon, charging through a million-strong army. With his own strength, he cut through the entire army and took the general's head!"

"Body refinement combined with top-tier armor is equivalent to double defense, and its combat power is immeasurable. Our Dragon Abyss Prefecture Brocade Guard Myriad Household Garrison doesn't have such precious armor, but the Cloud Province Myriad Household Garrison does."

"If you are fortunate enough to go to the Northern Border Brocade Guard Commandery, you will be able to witness the most top-tier weaponry in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, the most perfect armor, the most powerful cultivation techniques, as well as the most terrifying demons and the most monstrous prodigies!"

Zuo Qianqiu said with great emotion.

He had actually been to the Northern Border Brocade Guard Commandery once and had seen peerless evildoers there. They were truly terrifying and unmatched; a single glance from them made one tremble uncontrollably. Even now, he still felt lingering fear when he thought about it.

Unfortunately, at that time, he was just a Divine Aperture Realm Centurion running errands and delivering messages, so he didn't have the qualification to stay there for long.

Later, he was promoted to Chiliarch of the Dragon Abyss Prefecture Brocade Guard Myriad Household Garrison, stationed at Purple Mountain, and had even less time to visit the Northern Border Brocade Guard Commandery.

Let alone the Northern Border Brocade Guard Commandery, he basically doesn't go out anymore, except for his annual report to the Cloud Province Brocade Guard Myriad Household Garrison.

Sometimes, when the demon threat in Purple Mountain was severe, he wouldn't even go to report in person, sending a Centurion disciple would suffice.