50: Chapter 50 Late Stage of the Five Organs

The time reached the Hour of Zi.

The Pei Family compound.

Unlike modern times, where people would still be clubbing or pulling all-nighters at this hour.

At the Hour of Zi, the vast majority of people had entered their slumber.

Martial Artists could go several days without sleep, but in normal times, their routine was not much different from ordinary people.

The reason Pei Qingyun had not yet slept at this hour was not because he was particularly diligent.

After the agreement with the Wang Family was reached, Pei Qingyun noticed that in the attribute panel, the Family Luck limit column had directly increased by three hundred points.

A one-time increase of three hundred points of Family Luck was his largest harvest of Family Luck to date.

At the same time, his usable Luck had also become one hundred and ninety-three.

This instantly brightened Pei Qingyun's mood.

The only fly in the ointment was that these one hundred and ninety-three points of Family Luck were not enough to raise his cultivation.

After several days of cultivation, the Family Luck required for him to break through to the Late Stage of Five Viscera had decreased, dropping from two hundred to one hundred and ninety-nine.

Although it was only a one percent progress, Pei Qingyun was still quite satisfied; this meant that even without using Family Luck to add points, he could still achieve a Breakthrough on his own.

It would just be a bit slower.

Of course, compared to his predecessor, this speed was like a rocket.

In his memory, his predecessor was only fifty years old when he broke through to the Early stage of Five Viscera Realm.

But in the following thirty-two years, he hadn't even touched the threshold of the Mid stage of Five Viscera Realm.

This showed that the attribute panel allowed him to directly add points while also changing his Aptitude.

To complete the Breakthrough at the first possible moment, Pei Qingyun specifically waited until the Hour of Zi.

"Wait a bit longer, the next day should be arriving soon."

As time passed second by second, Pei Qingyun felt for the first time that time was dragging on.

Suddenly, in his gaze, the usable Family Luck column jerked.

"Two hundred points of Family Luck." Pei Qingyun showed a look of joy.

In the next moment, Pei Qingyun placed his finger on the cultivation column. Immediately after, a familiar window popped up in the top right corner.

[To raise cultivation to the Late Stage of Five Viscera, 199 points of Family Luck are required. Does the host wish to upgrade?]

[Yes!]

[No!]

Without any hesitation, he tapped his finger on "Yes"

above.

In an instant, countless memories flooded into his mind, and his eyes reflected numerous images.

At this moment, his consciousness seemed to be pulled into a mysterious space.

In the images, he sat cross-legged, circulating his Qi and blood over and over again.

One day, two days, three days...

One month, two months, three months...

...

Pei Qingyun didn't know how long he had been immersed, but when he came back to his senses, his cultivation had reached the Late Stage of Five Viscera.

A second later, Pei Qingyun slightly circulated his Qi and blood; he found that his total amount of Qi and blood was nearly double what it was before.

A two-fold difference wasn't exaggerated, but it was enough to crush those in the Mid stage of Five Viscera Realm.

"If I were to fight Director Chen now, I don't know who would be stronger, but Director Chen is likely still more powerful. In the last battle, Director Chen probably didn't use his full strength. Besides, I've only just broken through, and I have no advantage in terms of Cultivation Techniques," Pei Qingyun thought to himself.

After some comparison, Pei Qingyun had a sense of his standing. This also instantly doused the arrogance that had begun to swell within him.

But Pei Qingyun wouldn't belittle himself either; he still had plenty of room to improve.

"However, if I were to face Ling Ziwen, I alone would be enough to defeat him. But he has the Blood Demon Evasion Technique; I still wouldn't be able to kill him by myself."

Thinking of this, Pei Qingyun gave up the idea of fighting alone. Since he was going to strike, it had to be a certain kill; he couldn't give Ling Ziwen another chance to escape.

Of course, if his strength could advance further before Ling Ziwen appeared, fighting alone wasn't out of the question.

It was just that the possibility was quite small.

He had tried to break through to the Perfection of the Five Viscera Realm, which would require three hundred points using Family Luck.

Three hundred points of Family Luck would take him at least a month under normal development.

A month wasn't long, but Pei Qingyun judged...

...that Ling Ziwen would definitely not wait that long.

"Forget it, it's late, I should sleep." Pei Qingyun closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

...

The next day.

As the morning light spilled through the window, Pei Qingyun stretched.

Sleeping one hour less didn't have much of an impact on him.

At this time, Pei Qingyun also remembered his agreement with Wang Gang.

Not letting Wang Gang announce it earlier was also for the sake of being cautious.

"Now that my cultivation has broken through, it's time to announce the relationship between the Wang Family and the Pei Family. Perhaps there will be some unexpected gains." Thinking of this, Pei Qingyun didn't linger.

Just as he walked out of his room, he ran into Pei Tianlin coming toward him.

Just as he was about to ask Pei Tianlin why he was here so early, Pei Tianlin spoke up hurriedly, "Old Ancestor, the Evil Suppression Bureau just sent word asking you to go there personally; they say there's an urgent matter."

"An urgent matter at this time?" Pei Qingyun was somewhat surprised.

But on second thought, he had a general idea. For Chen Yuanba to summon him now and with such urgency, it likely had nothing to do with Demons but was very possibly because they had found traces of Ling Ziwen.

"Yes, the situation is very urgent. The Evil Suppression Bureau repeatedly emphasized that I should notify you to head over as soon as possible. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to disturb you so early in the morning," Pei Tianlin said.

"I'll head to the Evil Suppression Bureau now. Notify the other Elders that the Demon suppression operation is temporarily suspended; we'll act together when I return. Also, there's no need to hide the matter of the contract anymore; the Wang Family can announce it at any time."

Pei Qingyun glanced at Pei Tianlin, and after arranging various matters, he strode quickly toward the Evil Suppression Bureau.

...

The Evil Suppression Bureau.

Inside the main hall.

Chen Yuanba sat in the main seat, listening to reports from the Evil-Suppressing Guards from various places.

"Reporting to the director, at the Hour of Zi yesterday, Laojiu Village was attacked. Men, women, young and old—not a single survivor."

"Reporting to the director, at the Hour of Wu yesterday, our Pingwen Village was also attacked. Like Laojiu Village, corpses litter the ground, and there are no survivors."

"Reporting to the director, at the Hour of Shen yesterday, Datong Village also encountered an attack. Fortunately, great commander Ning Mo arrived in time to prevent the criminals from succeeding."

...

Listening to the reports from the various branches of the Evil Suppression Bureau, Chen Yuanba furrowed his brows.

If it were bandits raiding a village, it would mostly be for food, wealth, or women; they wouldn't slaughter a village indiscriminately like this, leaving no one alive, regardless of age or gender.

Therefore, the answer was obvious.

"It's definitely Ling Ziwen. To attack eight villages in just a few days—he's too insane. It seems his previous injuries were even more severe than imagined, forcing him to resort to Blood Sacrifices to recover." Thinking of this, Chen Yuanba felt some regret.

If he hadn't failed last time, they wouldn't be in such a passive position.