"Rip!"

Chen Yuan's clothes were instantly torn apart, revealing a well-built physique.

A faint, dark golden light shimmered and flowed over his body, creating a sense of powerful beauty.

That ethereal Heaven and Earth spiritual energy poured directly into his body from above, the violent energy colliding within him like a breached dam.

Beads of cold sweat formed on Chen Yuan's forehead.

Breakthrough!

To be honest, this was unexpected. Chen Yuan's original plan was to memorize the Grand Profound Scripture and then find a quiet, secluded place to slowly guide the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy into his body.

But, after those glowing tadpole-like characters entered his flesh, the surrounding Heaven and Earth spiritual energy was stirred, even forming a vortex above his head.

Now, Chen Yuan couldn't stop even if he wanted to.

If the process of guiding the spiritual energy was interrupted, Chen Yuan would definitely damage his foundation, so he had no choice but to go all the way.

Following Zhao Nanshan's guidance, he slowly tried to control that violent spiritual energy.

Gradually...

The Heaven and Earth spiritual energy within Chen Yuan began to be tamed, guided by him along the Grand Profound Scripture resonating within, spreading through his limbs and bones.

The Vajra Glazed Body was pushed to its limit, enduring the baptism of this power.

From afar, Chen Yuan looked like a golden statue!

The veins on Chen Yuan's body bulged, his golden bones were as still as mountains, allowing the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy to flow freely within, and the faint golden blood coursed like streams.

Finally,

After who knows how long, a trace of coolness seeped into Chen Yuan's dantian.

That was the tamed and refined Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, extremely gentle within him.

A strand,

Two strands,

Three strands...

The Heaven and Earth spiritual energy within Chen Yuan increased, gradually becoming bloated. Chen Yuan frowned, knowing that his body had reached its limit and he couldn't refine any more spiritual energy.

He didn't pursue more, however. He had already surpassed most initial Qi Absorption martial artists.

According to Zhao Nanshan, ordinary martial artists could only refine about one-fifth of Chen Yuan's current amount of spiritual energy when they first started absorbing Qi before reaching their limit.

He was able to refine so much spiritual energy because his body had been tempered to an extreme degree.

His foundation was incredibly solid.

Although he spent a lot of time tempering his body in the early stages, it was all worth it.

The body is like a container. The stronger the container is built, the more Heaven and Earth spiritual energy it can hold, surpassing ordinary Qi Absorption martial artists by several times.

His strength naturally soared.

Sensing his limit, Chen Yuan began to follow the insights of the Grand Profound Scripture, gathering the spiritual energy filling his dantian into a Qi cyclone, allowing it to rotate slowly and self-sustain.

In this way, the spiritual energy in his dantian would not dissipate. Then, Chen Yuan would be a true Condensing Gang martial artist.

The most dangerous moment during the Qi Absorption process is when Qi enters the body, but this is only true for others; it wasn't so difficult for Chen Yuan.

His body, if not invincible among his peers, was definitely superior to most.

As for forming the Qi cyclone, it could be difficult, or it could be simple. Eighty percent of martial artists wouldn't fail in this process, and Chen Yuan certainly wouldn't.

Soon, after about a hundred breaths of time.

Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing within. He had finally stepped into the Qi Absorption and Condensing Gang Realm, the sixth realm of martial arts!

He was now able to gain a foothold in the martial world, and with enough merit, becoming a county magistrate would be easy!

Feeling the spiritual energy cyclone slowly rotating within his body, constantly absorbing Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, Chen Yuan was slightly stunned, a hint of joy on his face.

Even without refining external Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, he was still cultivating!

How was this possible?

According to Zhao Nanshan, the Qi cyclone in the dantian needed to be constantly refined with Heaven and Earth spiritual energy to grow and fill the dantian, but now, his cultivation technique was automatically cultivating?

Was it because of those tadpole-like characters entering his body?

Was this the terror of the Grand Profound Scripture?

Although the refinement was very slow, he was indeed absorbing and refining Heaven and Earth spiritual energy through his body at all times!

Cultivating while sitting, cultivating while sleeping, truly like a Qi Refiner.

And once Chen Yuan officially began to cultivate, it would be equivalent to double the speed, or even higher.

He would also reach higher realms faster.

At this moment, Chen Yuan was truly delighted.

Now, the spiritual energy cyclone in his body filled about one-fifth of his dantian. When would it be complete, and after washing through his internal organs, he would be able to start condensing evil energy into his body.

During the Qi refining process, the internal organs would be gradually cleansed, so this level of Qi Absorption only required cultivation.

The green stone wall in front of Chen Yuan had completely lost its light. Now, it was just an ordinary stone wall. After investigating it, Chen Yuan lost interest.

Looking at the torn rags around his body, Chen Yuan let out a long breath, and the golden light on his body slowly began to recede into his flesh.

Opening the stone door, Chen Yuan stepped up the stairs.

At the entrance, several Patrol Guards exchanged glances. Seeing Chen Yuan come out, they quickly said:

"Patrol Guard Chen!"

"Patrol Guard Chen!"

"How long was I down there?"

Chen Yuan asked, frowning.

The sky outside was already completely bright, so a long time must have passed.

It was still dark when he went down earlier.

"You were down there for about six hours..."

Someone replied.

Six hours, which is about twelve hours. Chen Yuan cultivated for a whole night. He shook his head and sighed:

"Cultivation truly knows no time."

Time flies quickly, especially when it comes to cultivation.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Chen Yuan said, encouraging them.

He had been cultivating for six hours, and these Patrol Guards had been guarding here all night without leaving.

"Where are Yang Wanlou and Yang Qingan?"

"They have been taken back to the Patrol Division and should have been handed over to the Prefecture Office."

"What about the silver?"

"The silver was kept by Patrol Envoy Zhang."

"Did Lord Zhang ask about me?"

"I have reported to Patrol Envoy Zhang that you are pondering the case. Patrol Envoy Zhang instructed that you should go see him immediately after you come out. He didn't say anything else."

A Patrol Guard said very respectfully.

"Okay, I understand."

Chen Yuan nodded, ordered someone to find a clean set of clothes in the Yang residence, put them on, and hurried to the Patrol Division.

Although the Patrol Guards were curious about how Chen Yuan had pondered his clothes away, they didn't ask much. They knew that Chen Yuan was not on the same level as them.

They all seemed to be Patrol Guards, but their status was vastly different.

......

......

East of the city.

Patrol Division Office.

When Chen Yuan walked in with a calm expression, all the idle Patrol Guards, including a Patrol Envoy, looked at him with shocked expressions.

The first big news they heard today was that Zhang Xuan had invited Chen Yuan, who had just joined the Patrol Division, to solve the case of the embezzled silver that had not been found before.

They had raided the home of Sima Yang Wanlou, who was in charge of grain transport.

More than a dozen people from top to bottom had all been thrown into prison.

Tens of thousands of taels of silver were now displayed in the Patrol Division, which was shocking to them.

They all marveled at Zhang Xuan's sharp eyes, who had found a subordinate with such strong capabilities, and had made a great contribution. Lu Yang, the Patrol Envoy who had gone to Ping An County before, regretted not having taken Chen Yuan under his wing.

Who wouldn't want to have a subordinate with such strong capabilities?

Moreover, it was said that he was extremely strong. Not only had he defeated the three experts who had ambushed him alone, but he had also killed a Bone Refinement martial artist in the Yang residence with one slash, shocking many people.

Chen Yuan also announced his debut with a near-perfect answer sheet.

Of course, this was just a coincidence. Chen Yuan's original purpose was not this. He just wanted to obtain the Grand Profound Scripture in the Yang family ancestral hall to enter the Condensing Gang Realm.

"Patrol Guard Chen."

"Brother Chen."

"Chen..."

Along the way, most people who saw Chen Yuan would take the initiative to greet him. They had a hunch that Chen Yuan's future was limitless,

provided that he didn't die prematurely.

Chen Yuan also responded to everyone with a calm expression, his tone neither arrogant nor impetuous.

Passing through several doors, Chen Yuan arrived at the official office where Zhang Xuan was located.

The guards at the door, Yue Shan and the others, were very enthusiastic and greeted Chen Yuan when they saw him appear.

"Chen Yuan, you have completely made a name for yourself this time. It is said that Lord Qing Envoy praised you a few times, saying that you are a rare talent in our Patrol Division."

Yue Shan laughed heartily, genuinely happy.

After all, he was the one who introduced Chen Yuan to Zhang Xuan.

He knew that Chen Yuan's ability was strong. He had already proved his ability in Ping An County, but others didn't know that before. Many people had said that Chen Yuan had gotten lucky and gained Zhang Xuan's favor.

Now, who would dare to say that?

He had only joined the Patrol Division for a few days, but he had successfully solved the troublesome case that had been left over from before. Who wouldn't say that Zhang Xuan had good eyes?

Of course,

Zhang Xuan's contribution was also very great. He was the first to discover some irregularities in Yang Wanlou's files, so he ordered Chen Yuan to investigate. But it had to be said that Chen Yuan was very capable of completing the task so well.

Zhang Xuan also thought so.

"Not bad."

Yang Feng said very briefly, but the meaning was self-evident.

"Well done."

"Brother Chen is indeed extraordinary..."

Yan Qing, Han Jun, Chen Ping and others echoed.

Now, they really looked at Chen Yuan with new eyes and admired Zhang Xuan's vision.

"You are too kind, Chen is just lucky..."

"Okay, enough small talk, Lord Zhang is waiting for you inside."

Yue Shan pointed.

Chen Yuan nodded, smiled at the others, and then pushed the door open and entered the room.

Zhang Xuan was holding a file in his hand, and the corners of his mouth were hooked in a smile as if he was very satisfied. Seeing Chen Yuan come in, he put down the file in his hand and was about to praise him, but suddenly sensed the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy fluctuating around Chen Yuan.

He was slightly stunned and asked in disbelief:

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"Where are your monthly votes?"