50: Soul Realm

For the next five days, Jiang Chen spent most of his time Cultivating at home.

In the mornings, he would go to the yamen to check the situation and see if there were any operations.

After all, he had taken on their assignment, so he couldn't just stay at home all day.

However, these past few days, there had been no news of any impending action.

Clearly, everything was still in the intelligence gathering phase.

It seemed Chu Yun had anticipated this, which was why she had let him get a feel for things that day; otherwise, Jiang Chen might have actually thought Chu Yun had run off.

At noon, he would go to the Huayi Workshop store to guide Yang Shishi's Cultivation.

In the afternoon, he would return home to Cultivate Martial Skills and Alchemy, and in the evening, he would help Cheng Yurou and the Xia Sisters refine Medicinal Pills.

With Jiang Chen's help and the aid of Medicinal Pills, the three girls' cultivation improved rapidly.

Cheng Yurou's cultivation had already advanced to the sixth level of the Body Tempering Realm.

Xia Si柠 was at the fifth level of the Body Tempering Realm, and Xia Sixuan was at the fourth level of the Body Tempering Realm.

Jiang Chen even suspected that Xia Sixuan often slacked off and only Cultivated when he was around.

After all, in Jiang Chen's opinion, Xia Sixuan's talent didn't seem to be any worse than Xia Si柠's.

However, Jiang Chen didn't demand too much.

Teaching them to Cultivate was only to give them a little self-preservation ability.

It wasn't that Jiang Chen intended to reach the Peak by Dual Cultivation with them.

But after a few days of Cultivation, Jiang Chen's Spiritual Qi cultivation had truly entered the third level of the Acquired Realm!

At this time, as dusk approached, Jiang Chen stood in the backyard, holding a hunting bow.

His gaze narrowed slightly, locking onto a target ten zhang away.

After adjusting his Qi, he raised his hand and shot an arrow.

Spiritual Qi was attached to the flying arrow.

Just as it was about to hit, the Spiritual Qi on the arrow automatically peeled off, transforming into two Spiritual Qi arrows.

“Puff! Puff! Puff!”

Three arrows easily pierced through the target.

Joy filled Jiang Chen's eyes.

“Profound Rank Low Grade archery Martial Skill, Cloud Piercing Light Splitting Arrow!”

“It's at Minor Perfection.”

Being able to split one arrow into two was considered 入門 (Beginner).

One arrow splitting into three was Minor Perfection.

One arrow splitting into five was Great Perfection.

If it was a Breakthrough, then one arrow would have to split into at least ten arrows to be considered a Breakthrough.

This was not a simple transformation; the divided arrows all possessed the same power and could accurately land in the pre-set positions.

As an archery Martial Skill, practicing the Cloud Piercing Light Splitting Arrow was relatively difficult.

Jiang Chen's Teng Snake Step had also broken through to the second level, Minor Perfection.

He could achieve very high-speed movement within a fifty-zhang range.

Using it with full power would consume a lot of physical strength.

Unfortunately, Jiang Chen had abundant physical strength; his ninth-level Acquired Realm Physical Body made his Qi and blood rich, his physical strength ample, and even his recovery speed quite fast.

Crushing Cauldron Fist, however, had been Cultivated to the Breakthrough level.

But after all, the power generation method of Crushing Cauldron Fist was relatively basic; being able to unleash five hidden forces at once was already the limit.

However, the power of these five hidden forces alone was enough to make Crushing Cauldron Fist reach the Yellow Rank Medium Grade level.

Four Severing Palms had also been Cultivated to the third Realm, the level of shattering bones.

Shattering blood, shattering tendons, shattering bones, shattering souls.

The hidden force unleashed by a single palm strike could, through flesh and blood, shatter the enemy's bones.

Crushing Cauldron Fist relied more on the 霸道 (overbearing) nature of the Physical Body, while Four Severing Palms was very suitable for girls to Cultivate.

After all, this gentle yet destructive force was easier for women to master.

Jiang Chen also taught this palm technique to the three girls.

Otherwise, the three girls would only have cultivation but no corresponding Martial Skills, making it difficult to unleash their power.

Yesterday, when he went to the yamen, Jiang Chen specifically brought two roasted chickens to visit Wang Fusheng.

He consulted him about knowledge regarding the Mental Energy Realm.

In Jiang Chen's opinion, Wang Fusheng was the most likely person in the entire Dongfeng Town to know about this aspect.

“The division of Mental Energy Realms?”

“Why are you researching this, kid? Do you want to become an evil Cultivator?”

“But it doesn't hurt to tell you.”

“When cultivation reaches the Spirit Martial Realm, one can open a Divine Palace in their mind and primarily Cultivate the Divine Soul.”

“However, there are also those with extraordinary talent who open their Divine Palace early, possessing powerful Divine Soul power, which is Mental Energy.”

“Those who Cultivate Mental Energy are called Soul Cultivators.”

“The Divine Soul Realms are divided into Firefly Realm, Star Realm, Bright Moon Realm, and Sun Realm.”

“You don't need to know anything beyond that for now; the Mental Energy released by a Soul Cultivator expert at the Sun Realm alone is comparable to scorching sun on the body, which even a Martial Emperor might not be able to withstand.”

Jiang Chen was greatly shocked when he heard this at the time.

He hadn't expected Mental Energy to be so terrifying; just four Realms could threaten Martial Emperor experts, and even potentially win against them.

Of course, Wang Fusheng also said that before Mental Energy enters the Firefly Realm, there is also a certain Realm that indicates the strength of Mental Energy, which is the ability to control objects with Mental Energy, with a three-thousand-jin heavy cauldron as the boundary.

Being able to lift one cauldron with Mental Energy is the One Cauldron Realm.

The most basic is one cauldron, up to nine cauldrons, and after nine cauldrons, it is the Firefly Realm.

Although those who Cultivate the Martial Dao cannot project their Mental Energy outwards, they can strengthen themselves; they cannot kill enemies, but they can defend against them.

As long as one consolidates their own defense, then Soul Cultivators will also find it difficult to break through.

When Jiang Chen understood this point, he found that a new Divine Soul cultivation column had appeared in his panel.

【Physical Body Cultivation: Acquired Realm Ninth Level】

【Spiritual Qi Cultivation: Acquired Realm Third Level (3/300)】

【Divine Soul Cultivation: Less than One Cauldron】

“It's about time to try out the Soul Devouring Ring.”

Jiang Chen touched the bone ring in his hand, a glint flashing in his eyes.

Recently, the public security in Dongfeng Town had been unstable; every night, there were many chaotic incidents.

A few days ago, Jiang Chen had accompanied Cheng Yurou and the others and guided their cultivation; once they were on the right track, he could leave with more peace of mind.

Just like tonight.

Jiang Chen took out a bounty order he had torn from the Verification Hall.

“Thief Song Biao has recently committed continuous acts of theft, home invasion, robbery, and murder of the old and young in Shuidong Street and Shuiwei Street, with a reward of eighty taels of silver.”

Jiang Chen not only received rewards for slaying demons.

As long as he killed an enemy, and the enemy's Realm was not two levels lower than his own, he would receive a reward.

The only regret was that cultivation value could only be obtained from demons.

After explaining to Cheng Yurou and the others, Jiang Chen headed to Shuidong Street to stake out.

Shuidong Street was located in the Middle Third District.

Historically, the worst public security was in the Outer Third District.

The Inner Third District was closer to the core government area, so petty thieves didn't dare to cause trouble there.

He hadn't expected that recent rumors and turmoil would embolden some thieves to commit crimes in the Middle Third District.

While maintaining public order, he would also collect the three remaining enemy kill points he needed from these thieves.

Jiang Chen's figure landed on a tall building.

Then he closed his eyes tightly, releasing his hearing.

Listening to the sounds coming from the street.

Finally, a series of light footsteps, coupled with the sound of tiles being moved, entered Jiang Chen's ears.

Jiang Chen immediately opened his eyes.

He executed the Teng Snake Step, his figure darting out like lightning.

Thump!

His figure leaped high.

At this moment, the dark clouds dispersed, and moonlight fell, shining directly on a black-clad man who was squatting on the rooftop, removing tiles and preparing to scout the situation below.

The black-clad man suddenly felt a shadow cover him, his heart startled, and he immediately turned his head.

But he only heard a whistling wind.

“Puff!”

A headshot.

He didn't even need to use a Profound Skill.

An arrow was embedded in the black-clad man's head; his body instantly stiffened, then rolled off the rooftop.

“Ding... Enemy Kill Value +1.”

Jiang Chen's figure landed on the eaves.

He secretly worried, “Still two points short.”

“Third Brother!”

“Big Brother, Third Brother was shot dead by him!”