Continuing Our Demon Slaying Endeavor

[Cloud Rolling Saber]: Forged from flowing cloud iron, it is tough and sharp, capable of cutting through iron and slicing gold without resistance. 10 Contribution Points.

[Shadow Severing Step]: A light body technique. When mastered, one's form becomes like a ghost, moving beyond shadows. 3 Contribution Points.

[Eagle Claw Technique]: Fierce and brutal, it dances wildly and tears. With a unique mental method, it condenses the hands. Upon mastery, one can tear through demon flesh with their bare body. 30 Contribution Points.

Besides the Meridian Unblocking Pill, there were many other items on the list.

Weapons, martial arts, and Shen Lin even saw a unique reward.

[Youzhou Demon Suppression Bureau Vice Commander makes one move. 1000 Contribution Points.]

After thinking for a while, Shen Lin sighed and said, "When the information comes from the Demon Suppression Bureau, help me select two Meridian Unblocking Pills and the Shadow Severing Step martial art. If there's any leftover, it's yours."

"Yes!"

Sun Zhi nodded and got up to leave.

Watching his retreating back, Shen Lin mused and softly murmured, "Whether it's to exchange for martial arts or Meridian Unblocking Pills, a lot of demon essence is needed. Head Constable Sun, don't disappoint me..."

After a night of toiling, the sky gradually brightened. Shen Lin, however, did not rest. Instead, he took out the Meridian Unblocking Pill that Miss Zijing had given him earlier.

He studied it carefully, comparing it with the Meridian Unblocking Pill he had obtained from Sun Zhi. After confirming there were no issues, Shen Lin took a deep breath and began to deduce again.

He had already deduced the Qingqiu Body Tempering Art to perfection, and its effects were indeed good.

His strengthened physique could even withstand a direct blow from an iron sword.

Now, it was time to break through the two meridians associated with the Qingqiu Body Tempering Art.

[Year 1: With the help of two Meridian Unblocking Pills, the Qi and Blood Force within your body surged forward like a broken dam, directly opening the sixth meridian. Even the seventh meridian was half-opened.]

[Year 75: Without the help of Meridian Unblocking Pills, you could only rely on slow, painstaking effort, gradually using your Qi and Blood Force to impact the blocked meridians. Finally, in this year, you successfully opened the seventh meridian.]

[Year 100: You continued to deduce the Qingqiu Body Tempering Art and suddenly had a flash of enlightenment. You seemed to understand what kind of energy was needed for the next stage of body tempering. It was a special aura present everywhere between heaven and earth. If you could draw it into your meridians, you would undoubtedly break through your current realm and discover a new world. However, just as you were about to break through, you had a sudden realization. You canceled the process.]

Seventh Meridian, Open!

[Shen Lin]

[Mastered Martial Arts: Blood Battle Saber Technique (Perfection), Wild Wind Sword Technique (Perfection), Qingqiu Body Tempering Art (Perfection)]

[Mastered Techniques: None]

[Remaining Lifespan: 1 Year]

[Demon Lifespan: 187 Years]

Another hundred years of demon lifespan were consumed, but Shen Lin was exceptionally excited at this moment.

The insights from a hundred years flooded his mind, causing his cultivation comprehension to soar.

This deduction not only allowed him to open the seventh meridian and elevate his internal Qi and Blood Force a step further, but it also allowed him to understand how to break through to Xiantian.

Now, as long as he focused and carefully sensed, he could feel the subtle special aura between heaven and earth. With a single thought, he could draw it into his meridians and smoothly break through.

But during the previous deduction, he decisively stopped the process.

He could feel that if he broke through to Xiantian directly like this, his internal meridians would become fixed. Except for the seven meridians he had opened so far, no other meridians could be opened again.

Even though Shen Lin came from an ordinary background and didn't know, like Sun Zhi and the others, that the more meridians opened before breaking through to Xiantian, the better, after hundreds of years of deduction, he had developed his own insights into martial arts cultivation.

The more meridians opened, the more martial arts one could master.

This was an insight he gained from the depths of his being.

Since he could now break through to Xiantian at any time and extend his lifespan, without the pressing crisis, it was naturally better to open as many meridians as possible.

Shen Lin took a deep breath, stood up, and stretched.

His next goal was already very clear.

Acquire more martial arts and explore the locations of the remaining five meridians.

Slay demons to obtain demon lifespan and, at the same time, exchange for Meridian Unblocking Pills from the Demon Suppression Bureau.

For the next week, Shen Lin became extremely diligent, spending all day at the county yamen waiting for cases.

Unfortunately, none of the cases involved demons.

The biggest case he encountered was a dismemberment case.

Shen Lin had initially thought it was the work of a hidden demon within the county town.

But after painstakingly solving the case, he discovered a serial killer who had committed several murders.

Previously, with the cracking of countless cold cases, the county yamen had been full of praise for Shen Lin.

After receiving the rewards from the county yamen, Shen Lin returned to the duty room, brewed a pot of tea, and sighed.

As expected, demons were not something that could be found easily.

Otherwise, Sun Zhi wouldn't have cooperated with demons before.

Shen Lin, on the other hand, knew of a place where demons gathered.

This was the location of the Black Wind Stronghold, obtained from the wolf demon Opening Meridians Realm.

However, the Black Wind Stronghold was the largest demon den in Qiulin County.

It was filled with countless powerful demons. If Shen Lin went alone, he'd be walking into a trap, delivering himself as takeout.

Reporting it to the county yamen and gathering everyone from Qiulin County to slay the demons was also unrealistic.

Putting aside the issue of how many Demon he could claim if they cooperated, based on what he'd seen so far, many people in the yamen had private dealings with those Demon.

He suspected that as soon as he reported the location of the Black Wind Stronghold, the demons would have already moved elsewhere.

This sort of thing had happened before.

Shen Lin remembered an incident where a Head Constable from the yamen accidentally discovered the location of the Black Wind Stronghold and reported it.

But what was the result? When the main force arrived, all they found was an abandoned stronghold.

Not long after, that Head Constable was found dead, having committed suicide with thirteen stab wounds to his back.

There were definitely individuals colluding with those Demon within the yamen's higher echelons.

Lost in thought, Shen Lin's ears twitched. He turned his head towards the door.

Soon, a gentle knock echoed.

"Brother Shen..."

"Head Constable Sun, please come in!"

Before the other party could ask anything, Shen Lin spoke first.

He had already identified the visitor as Sun Zhi based on the sound of his footsteps.

Sun Zhi pushed the door open and entered.

Upon seeing the wooden box in his hand, Shen Lin's eyes lit up.

"Demon Suppression Bureau's rewards have been issued!"

Sun Zhi's words confirmed Shen Lin's guess. He eagerly opened the wooden box.

The Meridian Unblocking Pill and Shadow Severing Step were finally his!

Seeing Shen Lin's excited expression, Sun Zhi tactfully bowed and began to back away, but Shen Lin called out to him.

"Head Constable Sun, wait a moment."

Shen Lin looked at him with a smile and said, "You've been recuperating for some time now, so your injuries should be mostly healed, right? Can our demon-slaying endeavors continue?"