205: Chapter 205 Harvest, Inner Strength Technique

It was not until Chen Ran finished his set of movements that he spoke: "Iron Body Art, Eagle Claw Skill, Cold Star Pierce..."

In that brief set of movements, Lin Sheng saw the shadows of at least dozens of martial arts.

There were not only fist techniques, leg techniques, sword techniques, and movement techniques... it could be described as all-encompassing.

"Does such a person with extremely poor bone structure yet Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability really exist in this world?"

Lin Sheng whispered to himself, his interest in Chen Ran increasing slightly.

As expected, his younger sister Lin Wan could not have just picked anyone at random; the talent displayed in this short sequence alone was enough to warrant his attention.

Seeing the other party finish his practice, Lin Sheng let out a cold snort and commented: "So-so, crude and unbearable, only these common Cultivation Techniques."

"In a few days, I will take you to the Armory to pick a few. Don't let it spread that my Lin family cannot afford to provide Cultivation Techniques..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ran knew that the matter was likely settled.

Exposing a bit of his ability in the prison this time was not necessarily a bad thing.

After all, with his current rate of progress, one day someone would notice something unusual.

It was better to lay the groundwork for his talent in advance, revealing that his bone structure was extremely poor but his Comprehension Ability was very high... After all, a small cheat doesn't really count as cheating.

Sure enough, not long after, Lin Sheng waved his hand and dismissed Chen Ran.

In the silent night, faint, scattered firelight illuminated the surroundings.

Lin Sheng looked at the airtight prison, his gaze slowly fixing on the direction where the young man had left.

"Under 20 years old, yet having reached the Inner Breath Realm just by guarding the prison—this Comprehension Ability and talent are truly terrifying."

"But time is running out, and it might eventually become a handle for others to use against us."

Lin Sheng's expression became sluggish as he thought about how his family had been targeted in court a few days ago.

Ever since that earthquake shocked the Emperor, the atmosphere in the imperial court had become much more oppressive.

The ministers in the cabinet, having received authority from unknown sources, had issued several decrees targeting them one after another, and the current environment in the capital was becoming increasingly worse.

If Chen Ran had continued to perform as he did before, he would still be considered quite ordinary, but with his current talent, if other aristocratic families were to find out, he would likely be seen as a thorn in their side.

"Forget it, let him go to the Demon-Slaying Squad for some advanced training for a while."

"During this time, don't let the waters of the capital ruin my sister's happy event."

Lin Sheng sighed heavily, and his figure disappeared.

...

Gurgle, gurgle.

The sound of boiling water echoed in the quiet courtyard.

Chen Ran lay quietly in a bathtub, surrounded by a dark brown medicinal soup emanating a rich life force.

He had just returned from the prison and couldn't wait to start tallying his harvest.

This accident happened suddenly, and even he hadn't expected to record Shen Jixuan ahead of schedule.

As a former Innate Martial Artist, even if his strength had declined after being imprisoned for so long, the rewards brought by his settlement were extremely terrifying.

Furthermore, before leaving, he had also liquidated all the prisoners on the fourth floor.

"heavenly book of prison suppression."

Chen Ran whispered in his heart, and a ray of light emerged in his Sea of Consciousness.

A scroll radiating an ancient Aura appeared before his eyes, and a series of information record prompts appeared on the panel.

[Prisoner Chen Jiayi is dead, settlement in progress]

[Prisoner Xing Junqi is dead, settlement in progress]

...

[You have guarded the prison for one day, reward: one year of internal strength]

[You have slain a prisoner, reward: three years of internal strength]

[Based on your reward settlement, you have gained massive cultivation experience in common martial arts]

Chen Ran flipped through nearly two pages before he saw the entire scroll.

The Aperture Condensation Realm prisoners he killed didn't have any good loot, but they were advantageous in that they gave a lot of basic internal strength.

Coupled with the twenty years of internal strength rewarded for killing Shen Jixuan earlier, he had harvested nearly thirty-five years of internal strength from this trip alone.

"It seems I still need to find Martial Artists of a higher Realm to satisfy my needs." Chen Ran muttered to himself.

Although the rewards from these prisoners in the Jia Ward were not small, they didn't add up to as much as the reward given by Shen Jixuan alone.

Feeling the increasingly rounded and abundant internal strength in his Dantian, Chen Ran's mind stirred.

"heavenly book of prison suppression, break for me."

The next moment.

The thirty-five years of internal strength he had just obtained gathered in one direction.

After the massive amount of internal strength touched his Dantian, it began to violently compress the True Qi in his body, attempting to compress it into True Essence.

This time was different from usual.

At first, the True Qi wanted to resist, but facing the continuous infusion of internal strength, it eventually had to give in.

Chen Ran felt the True Qi in his body gradually begin to boil, and the Bottleneck of the Middle Stage of the Return to Truth Realm seemed to loosen a little.

Accompanied by a leak of Aura, the bathtub beneath him shattered with a snap.

Chen Ran stood up, ignoring the spilled medicinal water around him.

He clenched his fists and sighed with some emotion: "Late Stage of the Return to Truth Realm."

Thirty-plus years of internal strength, if it had been before, would have at least been enough to raise him by a major Realm.

But as his Realm increased, thirty years of internal strength now could only break through one minor Realm.

A year of hard cultivation for an ordinary person was indeed not enough to look at when it came to the Late Stages of the martial path.

Only now did Chen Ran understand that Lin Sheng's remark about his extremely poor bone structure was not a joke.

If this were on a top-tier Genius, with so much internal strength, they would probably have already stepped into the Grandmaster Realm.

"Forget it, flowing water does not compete for the lead; this speed is enough."

Chen Ran was not a greedy person.

From when he started to Cultivate until now, it had only been about half a year.

He had already walked more than half of the martial path.

This "slow" was just an exclamation compared to his lower Realm days before.

Chen Ran did not focus too much on this Breakthrough.

As his internal strength continued to rise, the Breakthrough of minor Realms was already a matter of course.

The most terrifying function possessed by the [heavenly book of prison suppression] was actually not the small internal strength rewards, but the ability to explode unique abilities from prisoners.

Chen Ran calmed his heart and slowly focused his attention on the newly appeared technique.

[Nether Soul Heart Sutra]

It was a proud method that Shen Jixuan had Cultivated and carried forward; it was a Cultivation Technique that primarily cultivated the Divine Soul.

He was very curious about this Cultivation Technique.

The mortal world primarily focused on the martial path, and Divine Soul power was niche and rare, let alone a Cultivation Technique specifically for the Divine Soul path.

Chen Ran, following the remnants of Shen Jixuan's cultivation memories, quietly began to operate this Cultivation Technique.

Accompanied by a humming sound in his Sea of Consciousness, the whole world seemed to quiet down, and faint purple flames lit up along his eyes.