At a single thought.
Another ten taels of merit were deducted from the Merit Scroll.
At the same time, within Qin Zheng's body.
His five viscera glimmered faintly, beginning to take on the colors of the five elements.
The slight cracks that had appeared in his organs from overtaxing his strength rapidly recovered and healed at this moment.
A more vigorous vibration began to emanate from his five viscera.
Qin Zheng did not hesitate. With enough merit at hand, if he did not raise his internal cultivation to perfection now, then when would he?
With another thought, he raised the Five Viscera Internal Cultivation Art again!
Buzz!!
Another ten taels of merit were deducted from the Merit Scroll, and the Five Viscera Internal Cultivation Art was finally perfected!
In an instant, an immense change arose within Qin Zheng's body!
The light upon his five viscera suddenly flared brightly.
His five viscera seemed to have transformed, as though they had gained breaths of their own.
With every breath, rich Life Essence flowed forth from his five viscera.
Yet the transformation had not ended. The instant the essence spilling from his five viscera reached a certain level.
The five streams of essence instantly converged, melding together as though they had formed a grindstone.
As the grindstone slowly turned, it drew in the essence of heaven and earth, pouring it into Qin Zheng's body.
The pores across Qin Zheng's skin immediately opened, allowing the essence of heaven and earth to enter his body.
These essences of heaven and earth were like fish; after entering Qin Zheng's body, they began struggling violently.
Fortunately, as the grindstone turned, it crushed and ground down that essence of heaven and earth, tempering it until it became gentle before merging it in turn into his internal organs, sinews, flesh, and bones.
At that instant, Qin Zheng felt his fleshly body rapidly growing stronger!
In merely several breaths, not only had the hidden injuries from his battle against the Black Bear Demon healed, he had become several times stronger than before!
The cultivation art continued to circulate, and his five viscera continued to breathe out Life Essence.
The grindstone formed from that Life Essence also continued to absorb and refine the essence of heaven and earth!
A full quarter-hour later, Qin Zheng felt a sense of exhaustion rise from within his body.
His five viscera gradually calmed, no longer breathing out Life Essence. The grindstone consequently dispersed once more, returning to his five viscera.
The pores of his skin closed, and the essence of heaven and earth lost its pull, no longer entering Qin Zheng's body.
However.
Qin Zheng stood up, sensing his body.
So this was it. Truly perfected internal cultivation did not drive one's blood and qi to scour the body from within.
It directly drew in and received the essence of heaven and earth!
It directly absorbed the essence of heaven and earth to strengthen the body itself!
Under such circumstances, not only was there no need to eat meat to replenish the expenditure of one's blood and qi, its effectiveness had risen by who knew how much!
In only a short while, he could already feel that his realm had advanced by a great deal!
Cultivating in this manner, the four great hurdles of the first martial realm would not be a problem at all!
Qin Zheng secretly estimated that at this rate, in no more than seven days, he would perfect Sinew-Refining and step into the Bone-Refining Realm!
Furthermore, without relying on the flesh and blood of external things, using the omnipresent essence of heaven and earth as replenishment, he had saved who knew how much effort.
At that moment, Qin Zheng was certain that he possessed the confidence to gain a foothold in this world!
No matter how Gao Wusheng stirred up trouble, nor how powerful that half-demon monk's backing was.
At worst, he could carry his Ghost-Head Saber and turn to walk into the martial world, no longer remaining in Black Goose City.
With the world so vast, wielding a Ghost-Head Saber, he would not fail to find a place to shelter himself!
What was more, judging from this bandit suppression campaign and the experience of killing the half-demon's follower.
Qin Zheng was no longer content to peacefully serve as an executioner.
How much merit could he gain by beheading a few people each day?
If he took the initiative to seek out those steeped in sin, every fall of his saber would bring rolling waves of merit!
Back when he had first transmigrated here, weak and frail, he had wanted only a stable life.
Now, with a sharp weapon in hand and immense strength within him, there was nowhere under heaven he could not go!
A sharp weapon emboldened a man's courage!
Martial strength invigorated a man's heart!
Once one became powerful, one's essence, qi, and spirit naturally changed, and so too would one's thoughts and ambitions!
With that thought, Qin Zheng immediately looked again at the Merit Scroll.
The Five Viscera Internal Cultivation Art had reached perfection, and he still had more than thirty taels of merit left—enough to perfect the Great Sun Golden Cicada Skill as well!
With a thought, Qin Zheng raised this martial art, which seemed to temper the body but in truth tempered the spirit, to perfection!
In an instant, a warm current arose from nowhere and flowed windingly through his body, finally converging like a hundred rivers returning to the sea and surging toward the space between his brows.
A swelling sensation suddenly emerged.
Then, as the warm current continued pouring in, the swelling grew increasingly pronounced.
After it lasted for a while, the warm current gradually vanished, and the swelling sensation slowly subsided.
Qin Zheng frowned slightly.
He had thought that what was being nurtured between his brows would break free from its cocoon this time.
But it seemed that the degree of spiritual strengthening was still insufficient.
Qin Zheng's eyes narrowed, and his field of vision rapidly expanded as though through a magnifying glass, allowing him to see every minute detail in the room.
His spirit had risen, and his eyesight had soared!
Qin Zheng then slowly closed his eyes.
Relying solely on the feedback from his remaining four senses, the scene around him entered his mind.
And this time, the range was even farther. Everything within nearly twenty meters appeared in Qin Zheng's mind.
After his spiritual power increased, the enhancement to his five senses became increasingly obvious.
Likewise, his control over his body became ever more effortless.
Qin Zheng reached this conclusion inwardly.
The perfected Great Sun Golden Cicada Skill allowed Qin Zheng to make his gaze flash like lightning and perceive the smallest details.
It also allowed him to perceive everything within a twenty-meter radius around himself.
Qin Zheng was greatly satisfied with this ability as well.
Now, aside from the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill, all his other martial arts had been raised to perfection.
Qin Zheng's strength had once again been enhanced.
In fact, in only a few more days, Qin Zheng would be able to step into the Bone-Refining Realm, at which point his strength would soar by leaps and bounds!
Thinking of this, Qin Zheng felt even more assured.
Finishing his cultivation.
He walked out of the room and saw that savage, enormous bear head.
His gaze flickered slightly a few times.
Qin Zheng returned to the room to boil water, then took a bath, washing away the blood stench and mud covering his body.
He changed into clean clothes, wrapped the Ghost-Head Saber in coarse cloth, and slung it diagonally across his shoulder.
As dawn approached and the stirrings of people began to rise within the city.
Qin Zheng carried the enormous bear head in one hand, left the small courtyard, and headed toward the government office in the north of the city.
When he had acted yesterday, he had not concealed anything. Many people had seen him.
Thus, Qin Zheng had never intended to deny or hide the fact that he had acted.
And regardless of what deal Gao Wusheng had made with this Black Bear Half-Demon, or how deep the half-demon's backing ran.
So long as he carried this bear head to the government office.
And exposed that Wuchang the Monk of Rebirth Temple was a Bear Demon.
Then, even if he could not evade hidden arrows, he could at least avoid many open spears!
As Qin Zheng walked all the way without concealing himself.
Many townsfolk who had risen early stared in shock at the bear head in his hand.
By the time Qin Zheng reached the government office in the north of the city.
News had already begun spreading throughout Black Goose City that a demon within the city had been executed!
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