Two days later.
White Water County.
Inside a tent at the Centurion Garrison.
Wang Xuan's consciousness gradually returned. He groggily opened his eyes and saw the white canvas of the tent above him.
"Mm... this is a military camp?"
Wang Xuan looked at the scene before him and frowned slightly.
"Brother Wang, you're awake?"
There was another man in the tent. Hearing the movement, he immediately came to Wang Xuan's bedside.
"Chief Banner Officer Wu?"
The person before him was Wu Shan.
Seeing that Wang Xuan had awakened, Wu Shan smiled.
"You've been unconscious for two days. You're finally awake!"
"How are you feeling now? Is there anywhere you feel uncomfortable?"
Wu Shan asked with concern.
Wang Xuan was still sorting through the memories in his mind and did not immediately react to Wu Shan's questions.
"Not for now..."
Wang Xuan moved his body. Other than some stiffness, he felt nothing unusual.
"That's good!"
"Lie down and get some proper rest first!"
"I'll go notify Lord Centurion!"
Leaving those words behind, Wu Shan immediately departed the tent.
Only after Wu Shan had left did Wang Xuan sit up and begin recalling everything carefully.
"I remember the Bewitching Envoy absorbed the flesh and blood of the Pity Life Sect's Demon-Humans, causing his strength to soar."
"I nearly died at his hands. Li Qingyi saved me, and then... I heard Yang Tianfeng's voice."
"It seems that after they dealt with the Bewitching Envoy, Yang Tianfeng arrived with his men and brought us back."
Wang Xuan murmured to himself. Recalling what had happened the previous day, he quickly understood the situation.
Under those circumstances, whether it was him, Li Qingyi, or the three Jiang Huai men, all of them had been at the end of their rope.
Yang Tianfeng must have been the one who brought them back.
Wang Xuan slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, then began carefully examining his body.
"To deal with the Bewitching Envoy, I forcibly used Copper Skin Iron Bones and the Blood Demon Pearl. It couldn't have damaged my body, could it?"
Wang Xuan murmured as he immediately circulated his Breathing Technique.
The moment he circulated it, he felt his qi and blood flow through his body with incomparable smoothness!
Moreover, the body that should have been wracked by tearing pain felt no pain whatsoever. Instead, it was even stronger and more robust than before.
"My injuries... have completely healed!"
Wang Xuan exclaimed in astonishment.
The previous day, he had forcibly refined the Blood Demon Pearl and pushed Copper Skin Iron Bones to its limit, leaving his body overloaded the entire time.
The muscles throughout his body had practically all been torn apart!
By all reason, it should have taken several months of recuperation before he could recover.
Yet only two days had passed, and all his injuries had healed!
"Could this be because of Crimson?"
Wang Xuan frowned and could not help looking at the Crimson Panel.
But when he saw the data displayed on the Crimson Panel, Wang Xuan froze instantly!
Name: Wang Xuan Strength: 15,300 kilograms Cultivation: Dragon Serpent Realm, Complete Cultivation Method: Frontier Army Basic Breathing Method, Complete. Can be enhanced for a minimum cost of 100 Attribute Points Martial Arts: Mountain Severing Saber Art, Complete (Ninth Grade); Heavenly Sun Ten Tribulation Saber (Sixth Grade): Minor Accomplishment, Progress/ Skills: Advanced Archery, Complete (can evolve for 300 Attribute Points); Tracking Art, Complete (can be enhanced); Sprint, Major Accomplishment, Progress 560/800; Basic Trapping... Effects: Copper Skin Iron Bones (threefold strength increase), Eye of Law Breaking, Light as a Swallow, Quintuple Star Shot, Soul-Chasing Arrow Attribute Points: 683
Looking at the data on the Crimson Panel, Wang Xuan's eyes widened, and for a moment, he could not react!
"Hiss!"
Only after a while did Wang Xuan draw in a sharp breath, his eyes flooding with intense delight!
"Good! Good! Good!"
"I never expected my trip to Chillshadow Gulch to yield such enormous gains!"
"Archery at Complete mastery, Sixth Grade archery..."
"Dragon Serpent Realm, Complete, and several hundred Attribute Points!"
"This is faster than cultivating alone for an entire year!"
Wang Xuan could not help bursting into laughter.
When he had headed for Chillshadow Gulch, his Martial Path cultivation had only been at Iron Skin Realm, Complete.
But after just one trip, not only had his cultivation surged tremendously, his archery, saber arts, and more had all improved enormously!
And he still had more than six hundred Attribute Points remaining!
This trip to Chillshadow Gulch had truly left him with a full basin and overflowing bowl!
"Moreover, my strength has actually reached 15,300 kilograms. That already surpasses an ordinary Entangling Serpent Realm martial artist!"
"But why... hasn't my cultivation broken through?"
Wang Xuan was puzzled once more.
An ordinary Entangling Serpent Realm martial artist possessed powerful blood and sinews throughout the body and could exert ten thousand kilograms of force.
At the middle stage of the Entangling Serpent Realm, that rose to fifteen thousand kilograms!
By all reason, he should have broken through to the Entangling Serpent Realm. Yet he remained at Dragon Serpent Realm, Complete!
Furthermore, Wang Xuan could feel that his blood and sinews could still grow stronger, and his strength could rise substantially again!
"Could it be because I broke through to the so-called Golden Body Realm that my strength exceeds that of half the martial artists?"
Wang Xuan recalled how, when he had first refined the Blood Demon Pearl, the Crimson Panel had informed him that he had broken through to the Golden Body Realm—the limit-breaking level of the Iron Skin Realm!
"It seems I'll need to learn more about the basics of the Martial Path when I get the chance!"
Wang Xuan murmured.
When he had first stepped onto the Martial Path, it had largely been because of Shi Yong. He had learned some Martial Path knowledge from the Mountain Severing Saber Art.
But clearly, the Mountain Severing Saber Art's records concerning the Martial Path were incomplete. It contained no record whatsoever of the Golden Body Realm.
"It seems that when I have the opportunity, I really need to learn more about the Martial Path!"
Wang Xuan murmured.
He could not help raising both hands and clenching them, feeling the surging power within his body. It made his heart heave like the tide.
"As expected... strength is everything!"
"If not for Li Qingyi this time, I would likely have died in Chillshadow Gulch as well!"
Wang Xuan had not let his newfound power go to his head.
No matter how strong he was now, his strength was ultimately limited!
Before an expert of the Bewitching Envoy's level, he was still as insignificant as an ant!
"Next time, I absolutely can't let this happen again!"
Just as Wang Xuan was thinking, a series of footsteps sounded outside the tent.
Immediately after.
A figure walked in.
It was not Yang Tianfeng, but Li Qingyi!
The moment Wang Xuan saw the newcomer, he immediately got out of bed.
"So it's Young Master Li!"
"I thought it was Lord Centurion."
Wang Xuan cupped his hands slightly toward Li Qingyi.
Li Qingyi looked Wang Xuan up and down. Seeing his rosy complexion and that he did not appear weak in the slightest, she could not help feeling somewhat astonished.
"Your injuries... are healed?"
Li Qingyi asked in disbelief.
She had personally examined Wang Xuan's injuries!
They had definitely been extremely serious, serious enough to affect the very foundation of his Martial Path!
Yet only two days had passed!
And he had already recovered completely!
Wang Xuan nodded and smiled. "I've recovered more or less. After resting for another day, I should be completely fine."
Hearing this, Li Qingyi silently called him a monster.
At the same time, she grew even more curious about what kind of special bloodline or special physique Wang Xuan possessed.
"I came to find you because there is something extremely important. I wonder what you think of it."
Li Qingyi spoke with a solemn expression.
At this, Wang Xuan frowned.
"Please speak, Young Master Li."
"I want to invite you to join our Demon Slayer Division!"
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