The noise on Martial Training Ground gradually subsided with the departure of Pang Song.
Chu Bai stood quietly on the spot, ignoring the adoring gazes of the surrounding guards, but slowly closed his eyes, feeling the surging energy Spell Power in his body that was like a big river.
These six months of hard training have brought him not only a qualitative change in his realm, but also into Qi Refining Sixth Layer, Spell Arts and "Subtlety".
His thoughts moved slightly, and Divine Sense, which was originally concentrated in the depths of the sea of consciousness, was now like a torrent that broke a bank, expanding crazily in all directions with him as the center.
Ten feet, thirty feet, fifty feet...
It wasn't until it reached a full hundred feet away that the wave of Divine Sense finally stopped.
[Secret Technique: Keep One Scripture (Mastery)]
At this moment, what appeared in Chu Bai's mind was no longer the Martial Training Ground seen with the naked eye, but an all-round, three-dimensional and detailed miniature.
Within a hundred feet, you can see everything clearly.
He could sense the frequency of two sparrows vying for feathers under the eaves a hundred feet away, could hear the rustling of earthworms deep underground, and even the nervous heartbeats of several guards at the edge of Martial Training Ground were as clear as thunder.
"This sense of control..." Chu Bai revealed a deep arc at the corner of his mouth.
Divine Sense Cultivation is extremely difficult, Qi Refinement Realm is almost unattainable.
And Chu Bai relied on secret methods to break through to Proficient Level. Baizhang Divine Sense is enough to compare with most specialized investigation Spell Arts.
In the previous sparring session, Pang Song's every move, every muscle tremble and Spell Power's flow, shrouded by Chu Bai's hundreds of feet Divine Sense, were as funny as slow motion.
As long as Chu Bai is willing, he can predict all the opponent's moves before he even raises his hand.
"This is the real battlefield advantage."
Chu Bai slowly retracts Divine Sense. This kind of coverage can be called an eye in the sky when used for daily patrols.
In the past six months, Anping County has ushered in a rare era of peace and prosperity.
Under the almost terrifying patrol efficiency of Chu Bai, those nascent evil spirits were accurately targeted before they had time to breed resentment in the city, and were quickly extinguished by the wolf-like and tiger-like Demon-Slaying Squad.
The rich and powerful have shrunk, and the evil spirits have fled.
Today's Anping County people live and work in peace and contentment and never close their doors at night.
As Chu Bai's reputation has stabilized over the past six months, it has been pushed to an unprecedented height among the public.
He opened his eyes and looked at the bloody setting sun on the horizon.
With the double breakthroughs of Divine Sense and Kung Fu, I have accumulated a lot in Qi Refining Mid-Stage.
"We can try to take it a step further."
At the end of this year, the wind and snow in Anping County are tighter than in previous years.
Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty's Law Net swallows light and death in the sky. It is the supreme imperial power that is reckoning with the cause and effect and merits and demerits of all living beings.
For Chu Bai, this year has been extremely peaceful. After Demon-Slaying Squad cleared away the accumulated Great Demon in Anping, the entire county ushered in a rare period of rest and recuperation.
Chu Bai lives in seclusion most of the time, sitting in charge of Clearwind Courtyard, building this pond into an airtight cultivation fortress.
Lü Qing from Merit Office sent a private message again, with a hint of helplessness between the lines.
This year's Merit Assessment grade, Chu Bai is rated as "good".
In official circles, this is not a step back.
Last year's "excellent" was because he defeated the strong with the weak, killed False God, and reshaped the Yamen. This was a real "game-breaking achievement."
But this year, Anping County stayed open all night under his management. In Merit Office's evaluation system for this kind of stability, it would have been extremely difficult for Prefectural City to win consecutively without the heinous murder that shocked Prefectural City.
Lü Qing warned in the letter, "Junior brother, Liangshi is already the best among officials. Prefectural City has a very high opinion of it. Don't let this create any rift in your heart."
Chu Bai smiled indifferently, he didn't care about the false reputation.
As long as the financial rewards issued by Merit Office are not reduced, these titles are meaningless to him.
This time, in addition to Spirit Stones within the limit of three hundred taels, there is an additional bottle of [Qi-Transforming Pills] produced by the Astronomical Bureau Alchemy Room in the reward.
This kind of Pills is round in color and contains pure energy. It is specially used by Qi Refining Late-Stage monks to stabilize their foundation when sprinting to the small realm. Although it is not as rare as Earthly Treasure, it just fills the current gap of Chu Bai.
"You can save it for the sprint Qi Refining Seventh Layer and take it together..."
Chu Bai rubbed the jade bottle with his fingertips, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
Spring passes and autumn comes, and cold and heat alternate.
Anping County city, Clearwind Courtyard.
More than four hundred days and nights have quietly passed since the original New Year's Eve forest farm pest control battle.
After Martial Training Ground's sparring session a year ago, Chu Bai rarely appeared in front of others.
Anping County The power struggle within the yamen and the intrigues between wealthy families seem to be isolated from this quiet courtyard.
At this time, the scene at Clearwind Courtyard was comparable to the paradise of cave heaven.
Due to the overload operation of Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Array for one and a half years, and the continuous production of heavy earth energy by Earthly Treasure [Mountain-Pacifying Platinum], the air above the courtyard was filled with an almost substantial layer of colorful mist.
These mist reflect dreamlike light and shadow in the sunlight, but each ray is as heavy as lead.
If a mortal stepped into this place, they would probably explode due to lack of replenishment if they took just one breath; even if it were a monk from Qi Refining Early-Stage, if he stayed here for a while, his meridians would be aching from the high concentration of spiritual pressure.
In the practice room, Chu Bai was sitting cross-legged, and the acupoints all over his body were like miniature whirlpools, wildly swallowing the inspiration from all around.
[Subtlety]-level "Origin Return Formula" operates to the extreme.
Every ray of colorful spiritual mist that poured into the body was forcibly dismantled by Chu Bai's powerful Divine Sense the moment it touched the meridians.
Five completely different energies perform their own duties in the long river of meridians, and they are constantly changing in the law of mutual generation and mutual restraint.
"Tick tock... tick tock..."
On the four walls of the practice room, spiritual energy condensed into crystal droplets, flowing along the corners of the walls.
Spiritual energy liquefies!
This is a vision that can only occur in the secret cultivation realm of Foundation-Building Cultivator, but now it is actually happening in this quiet corner of the county courtyard.
However, such an extreme speed of cultivation also caused Chu Bai's body to endure unimaginable pressure on his body.
Chu Bai opened his eyes suddenly, colorful streams of light swirling crazily in the depths of his pupils, and a tiny trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
He slowly lowered his head and looked at his arms.
Under the skin, dark golden lines are looming, and with the rhythm of breathing, it is the performance of [Iron-Bone Body-Tempering Method] operating at its peak.
This secret method is extremely overbearing. Each time the body is cast, it means squeezing, breaking and reorganizing the original bones and muscles.
As his practice deepened, Chu Bai discovered that the spiritual herbs bought by ordinary Cultivator Market, and even the high-quality Spirit Cuisine specially supplied by the Treasure Pavilion, could no longer satisfy the black hole-like hunger of this physical body.
His monthly salary of one hundred taels has long been reduced to nothing in the face of such horrific consumption.
Fortunately, he did not just meditate in the past six months.
Through Enforcement Office's mission of slaying foreign wandering souls and exterminating wandering evil spirits, his Demon-Slaying Token was stained with countless demon blood.
Those Demon Beast fangs, claws, and Demon Core fragments continuously flowed into the Treasure Pavilion through Wu Household, and were replaced by massive water and earth high-level auxiliary materials that supported his body training.
This year and a half of silence is the longest hibernation since Chu Bai became an official.
At this time, Spell Power in his meridians surged like thunder, Divine Sense covered a hundred feet like palm lines, and his body was as indestructible as black gold.
Qi Refining Sixth Layer(100/100).
The accumulation has been completed.
Night falls at midnight.
Chu Bai is sitting in the center of the stone couch, surrounded by five colors of rays of light.
At this time, his skin showed a dark black-gold color, especially his exposed arms, his muscle lines were like steel bars, and every inch of his pores was spraying with tiny colorful haze.
In his eyes, this natural chasm spanning between Qi Refining Mid-Stage and the later period was just a thin dam that was about to be washed away by the torrent.
"One and a half years of dormancy, costing more than two thousand taels of silver, and being dipped in demon blood a hundred times..."
Chu Bai slowly opened his eyes, the whites of his eyes were not visible in the depths of his pupils, only the five-color vortex was spinning rapidly.
He raised his hand and the jade bottle containing [Qi-Transforming Pills] flew into the air.
The moment the bottle cork was removed, three Pills, as bright as stars, fell into the palm of my hand.
This advanced qualification specially issued by Merit Office exudes a fragrance that directly penetrates Divine Soul.
Chu Bai raised his head and swallowed it without any hesitation.
Pills entered the abdomen and instantly turned into three scorching torrents.
This power was not violent, but extremely pure. Like three red-hot sharp blades, it instantly cut through the Spell Power that had already been filled in his meridians.
In the practice room, the originally liquefied spiritual energy was pulled by an invisible force at this moment, turning into a huge whirlpool and pouring down hard towards the heavenly spirit above Chu Bai's head.
If it were an ordinary Qi Refining monk, faced with such a massive spiritual energy initiation, his meridians would burst and die.
But Chu Bai is different.
The "Origin Return Formula" in his body had already broken through to the state of [Subtlety] a long time ago.
From his perspective of Divine Sense, what is pouring into his body is no longer the aura of Chaos, but countless tiny Five-Element Spiritual Power that shine with different lustres.
Chu Bai let out a low cry in his heart.
Five Phases creates each other, and the cycle continues.
Under the control of this Subtlety level, his body is like an extremely precise oven.
Every ray of spiritual power's route in the meridians was directed to the pinnacle.
"Speed up!"
As Divine Sense moved, the flow of spiritual power in Chu Bai's body instantly accelerated by 30%.
At this speed, if it were an ordinary monk, the meridians would have been on fire due to friction and broken every inch.
But [Iron-Bone Body-Tempering Method], who Chu Bai has been practicing every day for a year and a half, showed his true power at this moment.
His bones were groaning, but they made a clear sound like a bell. His flesh and blood was trembling, but they were as tight as Refined Steel that had been polished a thousand times.
"Come again!"
Chu Bai not only did not stop, but took the initiative to remove the protection around his body, allowing the liquefied spiritual energy from the outside world to directly penetrate into every pore.
Severe pain swept through his whole body.
It was an inhuman torture in which the soul was crushed on a millstone and the marrow was burned in the fire.
Chu Bai's mouth constantly had black blood stains overflowing from it, which was a sign that impurities that could not be refined were forcibly squeezed out.
He could hear the thunderous Spell Power rushing sound in his meridians, and could feel that the membrane was becoming thinner and more transparent under the impact of Spell Power.
"Now!"
Chu Bai is so blessed that his soul is suddenly stimulated with spiritual power all over his body.
He had already drank all the spiritual liquid in Jade Gourd, and the spiritual power in the meridians actually showed a special luster due to excessive condensation.
A crisp sound that only Chu Bai could hear sounded deep in his Dantian.
The original Spell Power cyclone expanded outward in an instant and doubled in size.
The Spell Power in Chu Bai's body was like a river bursting its banks, rushing wildly in a new meridian circuit. Every time it circulated, his aura increased by one point.
Qi Refining Seventh Layer!
This is not only an increase in the total amount of spiritual power, but also a qualitative leap.
"This feeling..."
Chu Bai stretched out his right hand, and in the palm of his hand, a colorful lotus flower composed entirely of liquid Spell Power slowly bloomed.
At this time, even if he didn't activate any Spell Arts, just standing here, the spiritual pressure he exuded was enough to make his previous self feel depressed.
But this is not the end.
As his cultivation level reaches Qi Refining Late-Stage, [Iron-Bone Body-Tempering Method] seems to have also ushered in the final transformation.
Chu Bai The dark golden light on the surface of the body began to converge into the body.
His skin gradually returned to normal whiteness, but if you look closely, you will find that there is a layer of texture under the skin that is as delicate as porcelain but indestructible.
Return to Simplicity.
Now, he can defeat the ordinary Qi Refining Mid-Stage Demon Beast by relying solely on his physical strength. Even a monk of the same level as Qi Refining Seventh Layer may not be able to catch his casual palm if he gets close.
Chu Bai slowly opened his eyes, and a solid five-color light shot out, leaving two shallow scorch marks on the thick stone wall of the practice room.
He restrained his breath, and the rioting spiritual energy in the practice room instantly subsided.
[Name: Chu Bai]
[Realm: Qi Refining Seventh Layer(1/100)]
[Exercise method: Origin Return Formula(Subtlety 459/???)]
[Secret Technique: Keep One Scripture (Proficiency 370/500)]
[Iron-Bone Body-Tempering Method(Mastery 190/500)]
His thoughts moved slightly, and Divine Sense, which had already reached a hundred feet, was pushed outward again.
One hundred and ten feet, one hundred and fifty feet, two hundred feet...
In the end, Divine Sense stopped at the extreme distance of two hundred and twenty feet.
Anping County The half of the city on the east side of the city was as clear in his mind as the lines on the palm of his hand.
He saw the night watchman yawning, saw the lights in the County Commandant Zhang Cheng room were still on, and even saw Locust Elder among Great Locust Alley bowing slightly in his direction.
This feeling of being in control made Chu Bai feel an inexplicable sense of calm.
"Qi Refining Late-Stage, it's finally done."
He stood up. Due to the increase in the density of his body, the floor tiles in the practice room actually made a slight cracking sound when he started.
Chu Bai shook his head helplessly. It seems that this sudden surge in power will take some time to adjust.
Go to the window and open it.
The glimmer of morning light is rising from the eastern sky, giving the snow-covered county town a faint golden glow.
After a year and a half of dormancy, today I finally emerged from my cocoon and became a butterfly.
Qi Refining Late-Stage's cultivation, combined with his Subtlety level Spell Arts and the terrifying Divine Sense, he can be regarded as the number one figure in the entire Anping County.
Chu Bai looked at the rising red sun with a calm expression, "There are still one year and seven months until Heavenly Examination."
"I will compete with various monks at that time. Fortunately, I can keep up with the progress now."
"This last stretch of the road, Chu will have to walk for more than a year to show to the talents in the world."