After obtaining the hundred pattern blade, Chen Ping'an was quite fond of it.
When he used the Gongmen Thirteen Blades, even with surging Qi and Blood and explosive power, the hundred pattern blade could easily withstand it.
Swish swish swish!
Chen Ping'an's clothes fluttered, and his saber light was like lightning, incredibly condensed.
The Perfection-level Gongmen Thirteen Blades, when unleashed, possessed their own profound mysteries. The saber light cut through the air, flashing with graceful arcs. The sound of it tearing through the air seemed to rip and pull at space itself.
After a long while, Chen Ping'an sheathed his blade and couldn't help but praise, "What a good blade!"
Although his strength didn't significantly increase after acquiring this hundred pattern blade, at the very least, his overall destructive power improved by about half a level.
Chen Ping'an was naturally grateful for Mu Wanjun's gift. Mu Wanjun had previously given Chen Ping'an a token, allowing him to request an audience at any time.
On the same day he received the gift, he went to the Nancheng Suppression Office to personally express his gratitude to Mu Wanjun.
Mu Wanjun encouraged him with a few kind words.
"Ping'an, Cultivate diligently. If you can enter the Qi and Blood Fifth Stage, I will transfer you to the Nancheng Suppression Office."
"Yes, thank you for your patronage, honored one."
Chen Ping'an looked grateful, cupped his hands, and bowed.
Qi and Blood Fifth Stage...?
Currently, he still publicly displayed the Martial Artist with Qi and Blood Third Level Perfection Realm.
For the next period, Chen Ping'an's life returned to its usual tranquility. The various forces in Nanquan Lane balanced each other, calculating various interests. But no matter which force it was, they all had to hand over a share of their profits to the Nanquan Lane Garrison Office.
From this share of profits, after deducting what was handed over to the Nancheng Suppression Office, he and Tian Fuliang naturally took the lion's share.
Chen Ping'an tempered his Qi and Blood, practicing Golden Bell Cover three times daily. In a flash of more than ten days, his accumulated cultivation experience for Golden Bell Cover reached 60 points.
Name: Chen Ping'an
Realm: Qi Blood Sixth Stage
Martial Arts: Iron Cloth Perfection, Flying Locust Stone Perfection, Gongmen Thirteen Blades Perfection, Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Perfection, Golden Bell Cover Entry (60/60)
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"Breakthrough."
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Ping'an's expression was solemn, and his spirit focused as he clicked on the faintly visible plus sign behind it.
As the experience churned, Chen Ping'an felt a cool sensation in his glabella, and a large amount of knowledge and experience regarding Golden Bell Cover emerged in his mind, gradually being assimilated, as if he had spent countless days slowly comprehending it himself.
"Qi Blood Sixth Stage Perfection!"
With Golden Bell Cover reaching Minor Achievement, Chen Ping'an's Qi and Blood within his body were also pushed to a Peak. His entire body was filled with Qi and Blood, almost boiling, reaching the limit of the human body. His Qi and Blood shot straight to his Tianling Gai, almost transforming into a wolf smoke of Qi and Blood, soaring into the sky.
Chen Ping'an himself was like a furnace of Qi and Blood. Wherever Chen Ping'an stood, even the most insensitive person could feel his presence without needing to see his figure. If one saw his figure, they would feel the terrifying power contained within it.
However, this phenomenon did not last too long.
His aura receded, and the Qi and Blood around him gradually converged. Chen Ping'an once again became that harmless youth.
Combining with the Golden Finger panel, Chen Ping'an controlled the Martial Dao Realm he displayed to the outside world to be the Martial Artist with Qi and Blood Fourth Level.
However, his true Martial Dao Realm was Qi Blood Sixth Stage Perfection.
Qi Blood Sixth Stage Perfection!
Now, Chen Ping'an had already reached the Peak of the Qi Blood Realm, and even looking at the entire Wei River Southern City, he was a Martial Dao master.
Even the various section chiefs of the Nancheng Suppression Office might not possess his current strength.
It could be said that, apart from the Chief Warrant Officer, Deputy Total Affairs Office, Internal Energy Enshrinement, and a few others, no one in the entire Nancheng Suppression Office could truly threaten Chen Ping'an.
With Iron Cloth Perfection, Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Perfection, and the Minor Achievement-level Golden Bell Cover, Chen Ping'an's self-preservation ability had reached an extremely terrifying level.
It was likely that even if an Internal Energy Realm master appeared, Chen Ping'an could contend with them due to his incredibly powerful physique.
"My hard Qigong has reached Minor Achievement; I still lack a martial art with great destructive power!" Chen Ping'an thought to himself.
Given the extent of his current external and hard Qigong, what he truly needed was a close-combat martial art with great destructive power, as this would maximize his advantages.
It was just a pity that good martial arts were not easy to acquire.
Having already cultivated superior martial arts, he truly didn't think much of ordinary mid-grade martial arts.
"After accumulating for a period, I'll go to the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion to take a look."
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After entering Qi Blood Sixth Stage Perfection, Chen Ping'an still diligently practiced Golden Bell Cover every day. After these days of cultivation, the number of times he practiced Golden Bell Cover each day was also slowly increasing.
As a Petty Officer Candidate of the Nanquan Lane Garrison Office, in most situations, he didn't have too many administrative tasks to busy himself with. Even if he did, he could let his subordinates handle them.
In recent days, apart from cultivation, Chen Ping'an's focus was mainly on two things.
One was helping Chen Er'ya inquire about a suitable school to see if he could send Xiao Yatou there.
Xiao Yatou's enthusiasm for learning was extremely high, and she recognized more and more characters. The books she read were not like those of other young girls who loved biographies of heroes and romance; instead, she preferred to read books on kingly and domineering strategies, such as formation records, military strategies, and battle tactics.
Chen Ping'an naturally strongly supported his sister's hobbies.
His income was now considerable, and his family was well-off, so he bought many books for Xiao Yatou to read. Shaoyao also taught her any characters she didn't recognize at home.
The second matter was that his current Martial Dao Realm was already Qi Blood Sixth Stage Perfection, and one step further would be the Internal Energy Realm, which others dreamed of. Therefore, he needed to gather and understand more information about the Internal Energy Realm in advance. In the process, he also collected many biographies of Internal Energy masters.
These days, Chen Ping'an had also made many gains. The school in Southern City Alley gradually became clear.
He had also collected some information about the Internal Energy Realm.
Compared to the Qi Blood Realm, the Internal Energy Realm could already project power, causing immense destructive force beyond fists, feet, and weapons.
The Internal Energy Realm is divided into three levels. Apart from the last level, for which he only knew the name of the Realm and didn't understand it very clearly, he had basically mastered the detailed information for the first two levels of the Internal Energy Realm.
The first level of the Internal Energy Realm is the initial formation of the Qi Sea.
This step requires the cultivator's Qi and Blood to condense, with Qi as abundant as hair, gradually gathering to open up a Dantian Qi Sea within the body. The Qi Sea stores Internal Energy, and the more Internal Energy stored, the stronger the sustained ability during combat.
For example, some Internal Energy Realm masters, during intense combat, if their Internal Energy is completely depleted, they may not be much stronger than a Martial Artist with Qi and Blood Sixth Level Perfection.
Therefore, in classic plots within some biographies, the protagonist often takes advantage of an Internal Energy Realm master's significant depletion, defeats them from a lower level, and gains immense benefits.
The main cultivation direction for the first level of Internal Energy is to refine and gather turbid Qi and transform it into pure Internal Energy within the body.
When the first level of Internal Energy reaches Perfection, and the Internal Energy in the Dantian can no longer increase, that is the Bottleneck of the first level.
Generally, when refining and gathering turbid Qi to transform it into pure Qi, some turbid Qi will inevitably be brought in.
Therefore, the Internal Energy in the Dantian is often mixed with clear and turbid elements, not pure enough. So, to continue to Breakthrough, one needs to purify the Internal Energy.
The purer the Internal Energy in the Dantian, the greater the power it can unleash.
However, purifying Internal Energy is far from simple. The process is complex and difficult, and most Internal Energy masters are blocked at this level.
The Internal Energy masters often spoken of by people are usually at this level: the first level of Internal Energy, initial formation of the Qi Sea.
If a cultivator can summon clouds and mists within their Dantian, returning the clear and turbid Qi to their origin, then they are considered to have officially entered the second level of the Internal Energy Realm, Clear Turbidity Returning to Origin.
The power unleashed by Internal Energy masters at this level is incomparable to that of the first level. They often possess extremely terrifying destructive power, such as lightly raising a hand and severely injuring someone several zhang away, which is absolutely not an exaggeration.
Above the second level of Internal Energy is the third level, Tianlin Descends Peak.
Chen Ping'an did not know many specific details. He only knew that for cultivators at this step, the power of their strikes and palm forces, in addition to Internal Energy, had another name: Protective Aura.
Protective Aura protects the body, making it impervious to swords and spears.
On this day, a wanted notice, issued by the Outer Town Envoyship of Weishui County and forwarded by the Nancheng Suppression Office, was sent down to the Nanquan Lane Garrison Office.
This notice appeared before the various Squad Leaders, Chief Constables, and Yamen Runners of the Nanquan Lane Garrison Office, causing a great stir.
Zuo Wumei, a renegade disciple of the Shadowless Saber Sect from Canglong Province, infiltrated the Fang Family in Weishui Inner City a few days ago with the intention of molesting someone. He was discovered by an Internal Energy clan elder of the Fang Family, and after an intense struggle, Zuo Wumei was severely wounded and escaped.