A Hundred and Twenty Thousand Jin of Strength

Return to the Soul-Calming Office.

Old Tang counted the number of people and found that no one had died, only three were injured.

"Let's call it a day. I'll let you know if anything urgent comes up."

"Yes," the crowd responded and dispersed.

Upon returning home, Lin Qing, with a thought, directly absorbed Song Heilong's remnant soul.

Many images flashed through his mind; they were memories of Song Heilong's entire life.

When Song Heilong was young, he was Eastern Shu Meng County in eastern Sichuan. He had seven brothers and sisters. Later, he suffered a great disaster. He forcibly killed a wealthy family in the county and stole their rice and grain. Later, his deeds were exposed, and he fled thousands of miles away, finally settling in the Prefectural City.

After that, Song Heilong went into hiding, mingling with various gangs in the Prefectural City, and also gained the opportunity to learn martial arts.

He was quick-witted and had remarkable martial arts Talent, which allowed him to quickly distinguish himself.

After that, Song Heilong established his own gang, during which time he committed arson, murder, robbery, and all sorts of evil deeds.

Because the Prefectural City was too large and the government offices couldn't handle everything, they turned a blind eye to gang feuds.

As long as things didn't escalate, no one cared if someone in the gang died, so Song Heilong lived peacefully in this world, and the gang grew bigger and bigger.

Later, Song Heilong somehow came into contact with the Yinyuan Sect and became an external member.

He then secretly searched for a baby for Deng Qianyu until he was targeted by Wang Ling and ultimately met a violent end.

When the image faded, Lin Qing opened his eyes, and his first thought was that this person's death was not unjust.

In just three months, no fewer than forty children were abducted and sent to the Yinyuan Sect headquarters outside the Prefectural City.

And this is only what he remembers; there are probably many more he hasn't seen.

"A person who will stop at nothing to become stronger, who has no sense of morality whatsoever, even if he gains great power? He's nothing but a demon in human skin, and he'll cause more innocent people to die. Such a person must die; living him will only bring disaster." Lin Qing murmured.

"The Luo Family? Spirit Descent ritual?" Lin Qing thought of other scenes, which contained a lot of valuable information.

First, the Luo Family also secretly colluded with the Yinyuan Sect, providing them with money, women, and infants.

Secondly, the Yinyuan Sect has been collecting infants on a large scale recently in order to set up Spirit Descent ritual, which allows the Spirit-Devouring Demon Child to briefly possess a Martial Artist, greatly increasing the latter's strength, but their mind will be completely controlled by the Evil Spirit.

"These two matters need to be reported as soon as possible." Lin Qing's expression was solemn, and a strong sense of life-or-death crisis arose in his heart.

He had also heard of events related to Spirit Descent, where Evil Spirit roamed the earth, devouring flesh and blood, and no one could stop them.

Every Spirit Descent is accompanied by a disaster, resulting in the deaths of anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people.

For example, Shu Region Dongyin County of Shu, a demon was born due to Spirit Descent ritual, which devoured the entire population of the county. It was only when experts from the Imperial Capital 'Soul-Calming Office arrived that the demon was finally killed.

"If Evil Spirit were to descend upon the world, the Soul-Calming Office would be completely unprepared, and the consequences would be unimaginable," Lin Qing murmured.

"Not enough. This world is too chaotic, and my strength is still too weak." A strong desire arose in Lin Qing's heart to become stronger.

The next moment, a lot of information appeared in front of him, all of which were Song Heilong's martial arts skills during his lifetime.

Lin Qing chose to copy one of the martial arts techniques, which he named the Mountain-Crushing Fist.

This martial art is the Pill Embrace Force training method, a high-quality third-tier skill, a unique martial art of Rogue Person. One can enter the Pill Embrace Force upon first learning it, and upon reaching Perfect Mastery, it can accommodate up to Six Force Types. The strength it unleashes is called Mountain-Breaking Force, which can gather momentum and strength on the fist. A single punch can kill the enemy's body and also intimidate their soul.

Compared to the Tathagata Fist Manual, this martial art is quite ordinary. However, Song Heilong, who frequents gangs, rarely comes into contact with high-quality martial arts. It is already extremely difficult for him to find a martial art Pill Embrace Force.

However, even though the quality was ordinary, it was still at the Pill Embrace Formation Realm level. After copying the equipment, Lin Qing would still gain a significant boost.

Moreover, Song Heilong doesn't have any high-value Talent attributes, so he can only learn the Mountain-Crushing Fist.

With this in mind, Lin Qing added the Major Mastery Mountain-Crushing Fist to his Equipment Slot.

In an instant, the blood and qi surged, rushing towards a certain acupoint on the back.

The first, second, third, and fourth impacts finally opened the acupoints, unleashing a surge of energy that flowed throughout the body, nourishing the limbs and bones, and causing a physical transformation.

Lin Qing felt his qi and blood being consumed rapidly, but his physical strength also increased dramatically, and the Arm Strength surged.

He swallowed three Essence-Replenishing Pills in a row before his depleted Qi and blood were replenished, and the feeling of weakness subsided.

As time passed, this force suddenly converged towards the dantian, determined to condense into a pill.

However, the Tathagata Fist Manual of such high quality that it suddenly absorbed this force.

About an hour later, the transformation was complete. Lin Qing calmly felt the changes in his body and realized that his strength had increased by another 20,000 jin.

Moreover, the Tathagata Force in the dantian has been integrated with the Mountain-Breaking Force, greatly increasing its strength. On the panel, the Tathagata Fist Manual practice method has progressed from beginner to Minor Mastery.

Lin Qing got up first and took a hot shower, then went out into the courtyard and suddenly threw a punch, creating a gust of wind that swept up fallen leaves.

"This punch has the force of 120,000 jin. An ordinary Martial Artist in the Pill Embrace Formation Realm simply cannot withstand it. They would probably die if they were hit by just one punch!" Lin Qing was extremely confident.

Compared to an hour ago, he felt that his combat power had increased by at least 30%. His physique had improved, Tathagata Force level had also increased. The combination of the two had greatly increased his combat power.

The next day.

Lin Qing arrived at the Tiger Roar Hall for his routine report, and Tang Ping gathered everyone together.

"Yesterday, in the battle at Wanghai Restaurant, many members of our team performed exceptionally well. Among them, the most outstanding was Lin Qing, who killed Song Heilong and was awarded a reward of one thousand taels of silver and Grade A Merit."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to Lin Qing, their eyes filled with envy and admiration.

"Brother Lin has only been with the Soul-Calming Office for three months and he's already earned Grade A Merit. He's truly the envy of everyone!"

"Yes, but Brother Lin is indeed very strong. Killing Song Heilong was like killing a chicken. I admire him!"

"Wow, Brother Lin Qing is amazing!" Lin Shurou exclaimed with a smile.

Lin Qing remained calm, thinking to himself that he had passed the test this time.

The merits of the Soul-Calming Office are divided into four grades, with Grade A being equivalent to three times Grade B and nine times Grade C.

The vast majority of Constable would not receive Grade A Merit even once in ten years in the Soul-Calming Office, which shows how difficult it was.

According to the rules, one must kill an important leader of the Yinyuan Sect; both strength and luck are indispensable.

As for the Special Merit, which is above Grade A, it can only be awarded to those who save the Soul-Calming Office and even the entire Shichuan Prefectural City in a life-or-death crisis. It has only happened once in the entire history of the Prefectural City, and it is extremely rare.

While merit points cannot be converted into actual benefits, they can be used to advance one's rank.

For example, second-class and Grade C Constable can be promoted one rank immediately after obtaining a Grade A Merit, while Grade A Constable have the opportunity to compete for Constable Chief.

"Wei Dong, Luo Baiwan, Song Jinhe, you three are hereby awarded Grade B Merit."

"Wang Dong, Nie Xiaoxin —you nine people have been awarded Grade C Merit twice."

"The remaining personnel will be awarded a Grade C Merit!"

"The Soul-Calming Office has posted notices detailing the Constable and reasons for those who participated in this mission. If you have any objections, you can go to the Cautious Conduct Hall courtyard of the Soul-Calming Office to check!" Tang Ping announced loudly.