Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

Name: Gu Chen

Martial Arts: Dragon Roar Tiger Howl Horizontal Training, Red Flame Palm (perfection), Seal Meridian Finger, Phantom Traceless Step, Astonishing Swan Swordsmanship Skills

Internal Technique: Pure Yang Technique

Cultivation Age: 124 years

Realm: Mid-stage Meridian Opening

Skill Points: 35

With the successful deduction of martial arts techniques, the information on the panel was renewed, becoming much tidier.

At this moment, Gu Chen's heart skipped a beat as he noticed the skill points at the bottom had been reduced to thirty-five.

In other words, the recent deduction of martial arts had cost Gu Chen a full eighteen skill points, even more than what it took to raise Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Fist to perfection!

"This... These skill points really don't last..." Gu Chen shook his head inwardly, his urgency to slay demons rising significantly once more.

Not long ago, he had eighty-nine skill points, nearing the hundred-point milestone, yet in such a short time, only thirty-five points remained, the consumption was truly too rapid.

Gu Chen had a premonition that as his strength continued to increase, the need for skill points would become ever greater.

Gu Chen also understood that he had committed himself to the path of slaughtering demons.

To this end, Gu Chen did not feel any burden because the demons were the primary enemy of the Human Clan in the Nine Provinces, and their instinct was to devour living beings. In killing demons, Gu Chen felt no sense of guilt whatsoever.

Because, the more demons he killed, the more members of the Human Clan could be saved.

Of course, Gu Chen's goal was not so lofty at the moment. He slew demons mainly to enhance his own strength and to survive better in this world.

Currently, his cultivation had reached 124 years. Weighing the remaining thirty-five skill points, Gu Chen decided not to increase his cultivation just yet. He wanted to see what was so extraordinary about this superior-grade martial art deduced from the panel.

After all, it was his first contact with a superior-grade martial art, and curiosity filled Gu Chen's heart.

Thus, with a thought, eight skill points disappeared from the panel, and the Dragon Roar Tiger Howl Horizontal Training reached the realm of initial understanding.

Buzz!

At that moment, Gu Chen's entire body shook. He felt every piece of flesh, bone, and even every vein humming and trembling. This transformation covered his whole body, including his skin which began to shed, old skin falling away. In just moments, a large amount of black impurities seeped out from the pores of his skin.

Since the Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Fist had been perfected, his body underwent transformation once again, and the process was not much weaker than when the Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Fist had reached perfection.

Moreover, compared to Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Fist, the enhancement of the body by the deduced Dragon Roar Tiger Howl Horizontal Training was more comprehensive.

Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Fist improved physical quality by strengthening muscles and bones, but the Dragon Roar Tiger Howl Horizontal Training changed Gu Chen's entire body, including every piece of flesh.

It could be said that the enhancement brought by the Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Fist was too one-sided compared to the Dragon Roar Tiger Howl Horizontal Training.

Furthermore, as a horizontal training technique, Dragon Roar Tiger Howl Horizontal Training not only improved physical quality, but as the martial level increased, the body's defensive power would also be greatly enhanced. This was the advantage inherited from Iron Shirt Technique and Thirteen Grand Protectors' Horizontal Skill.

A superior-grade martial art was indeed much stronger than a mid-grade one, Gu Chen silently marveled in his heart.

Looking at the remaining twenty-seven skill points on the panel, Gu Chen moved his thoughts, and the remaining twenty-seven skill points all disappeared, transforming into twenty-seven years of internal breath cultivation, emerging inside his body.

This time, Gu Chen did not choose to enhance Dragon Roar Tiger Howl Horizontal Training further. The current initial realm was already sufficient, and the skill points needed to enhance a superior-grade technique once more were too many. It wasn't economical with limited skill points.

Therefore, Gu Chen converted the remaining twenty-seven skill points entirely into cultivation.

Boom!

A full twenty-seven years of internal breath cultivation manifested within his body, and Gu Chen's internal breath instantly increased to 151 years.

At that moment, Gu Chen felt his body was at its limit, with a massive amount of internal breath filling his body, the meridians all packed, and his body swelling intensely, as if it would burst in the next second. Fortunately, as the physical strength had been enhanced by both the Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Fist and Dragon Roar Tiger Howl Horizontal Training, his body did not explode immediately.

The surging internal breath rolled like rivers within him, and in just an instant, ten meridians were opened.

With a focused mind, Gu Chen ignored the sensation of fullness and did not choose to stop. Instead, he continued to maneuver the surging internal breath to flow through the meridians. With persistent efforts, three more meridians were opened by him.

By this point, Gu Chen had opened up thirty-five meridians in the Meridian Opening Realm, yet his realm remained in the mid-stage of the Meridian Opening Realm.

Even among the entire Nine Provinces, thirty-five meridians qualified him as a genius, because eighteen meridians were already the limit for most martial artists in the Nine Provinces.

Moreover, you should know that even for some genius individuals who reach this level, they are usually nearing their limit in the Meridian Opening Realm, but Gu Chen clearly still had more potential to open up even more meridians.

The vigorous and majestic internal power surged wildly through the thirty-five meridians, and Gu Chen felt an unprecedented strength. There was still a hint of that feeling of his flesh being overly full, but this wasn't an issue.

Name: Gu Chen

Martial Arts: Dragon's Roar and Tiger's Howl Horizontal Training (rudimentary), Red Flame Palm (perfection), Seal Meridian Finger, Phantom Traceless Step, Astonishing Swan Swordsmanship Skills

Internal Skill: Pure Yang Technique

Cultivation Age: One hundred fifty-one years

Realm: Mid-stage Meridian Opening Realm

Contribution Points: 0

Looking at the reset contribution points, Gu Chen exhaled deeply. With this, his current advancement was considered complete.

At the moment, although he was still in the mid-stage of the Meridian Opening Realm, he possessed one hundred fifty-one years of internal power cultivation age and had opened thirty-five meridians within his body.

Although the newly acquired Seal Meridian Finger, Phantom Traceless Step, and Astonishing Swan Swordsmanship Skills had not even reached the stage of preliminary understanding, there was no hurry for that.

Given Gu Chen's current situation, there were very few people in the Meridian Opening Realm who could be his match.

Leaving cultivation aside, not everyone could master an upper-grade martial art in the Meridian Opening Realm like Gu Chen had.

With his enhanced physical condition, Gu Chen's five senses became increasingly sharp. Smelling the foul and pungent odor on his body, he quickly cleaned himself to remove all the unpleasant smells.

The next morning, Gu Chen rose early, or rather, he hadn't slept at all through the night.

For him at this stage, unless he was as mentally drained as he had been in Ning City, which required sleep to replenish his spirit, going for several days and nights without sleep didn't affect him at all.

At this moment, Gu Chen was practicing in the garden of Gu Mansion in the morning. Although the martial arts experience would be directly infused into his mind through the panel, experience was just that—an experience—it still required persistent training to increase proficiency, to get the body accustomed, and to turn that experience into instinct.

Otherwise, when facing an enemy, your mind might react, but your body could fail to keep up.

After practicing for a while, as the sun slowly rose in the east, Gu Chen came to his uncle Gu Chengfeng's room after the latter had awakened, as usual, to help him regulate his body.

With the treatment over this period, medication, and the fact that Gu Chengfeng was also a warrior in the Meridian Opening Realm, his recovery was swift. Now, he didn't need anyone to support him anymore.

While Gu Chen was helping Gu Chengfeng regulate his body, Gu Chengfeng suddenly raised his eyebrows with a look of surprised suspicion and said, "Eldest son, how do I feel that your internal power compared to yesterday seems much more profound?"

Gu Chen nodded and replied, "I've made some progress."

Seeing Gu Chen's nonchalant manner, Gu Chengfeng was left speechless. This wasn't just some progress; Gu Chengfeng felt that Gu Chen's internal power had not only surpassed him but by more than just a little bit.

Furthermore, this was merely after one night. If this was just 'some progress', what did Gu Chengfeng's lifetime of cultivation amount to, marking time?

At that moment, Gu Chengfeng even doubted if his nephew might be an unprecedented genius?

Or perhaps, had he had an epiphany because of the previous events?

Of course, there were some things that were Gu Chen's own secrets. If Gu Chen didn't keep them from him, it meant that Gu Chen trusted him, but Gu Chengfeng knew his boundaries, and he wouldn't pry too much into his nephew's secrets.

Thus, three days passed. During this period, aside from familiarizing himself with martial arts and helping his second uncle Gu Chengfeng regulate his body, Gu Chen also submitted an assessment application to the Jing Tian Department.

On this day, in the early morning, news came from the Jing Tian Department. After helping his second uncle with his body regulation, Gu Chen immediately rushed to the Jing Tian Department.

The outer city's Jing Tian Department was comprised of patrolling officers. Only a first-rank patrolling officer who had reached the Meridian Opening Realm and passed the assessment could advance to become a Metropolitan Procurator and enter the inner city's Jing Tian Department headquarters.

In the outer city Jing Tian Department, aside from the patrolling officers and some staff, the overall management was handled by a Commandant assigned from the inner city Jing Tian Department headquarters.

The Commandant of the outer city Jing Tian Department was rotated every three years, designated by headquarters. Any first-rank patrolling officer wishing to apply for assessment to be promoted to Metropolitan Procurator needed the Commandant's consent to proceed.

Gu Chen arrived at the Jing Tian Department, passed through many buildings, and came to the front of a three-story pavilion. After showing his token, he entered and met the Commandant in charge of overseeing the outer city's Jing Tian Department.