144: The magical power increases greatly and the physical body armor (asking for monthly tickets)

After Liu Qing left, Chen Yuan swept his sleeve across the table in the front hall, then gave an order.

"This General is going into seclusion; no one is allowed to disturb him."

A response quickly came from outside.

"Understood!"

Only then did Chen Yuan go to a quiet room in the inner courtyard specifically for Cultivating. It was arranged with Restrictions, empty on all sides, with only a few futons made of a certain hard reed.

He sat down cross-legged, his eyes flickering slightly, and silently recited the Taishang Laojun's Quiet Heart Sutra to remove distracting thoughts, calm the agitation brought by days of continuous fighting, and gradually achieve peace of mind.

"Whoosh."

He exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi.

Chen Yuan lowered his gaze slightly, shook his sleeve in front of him, and several items flew out.

Three small jade bottles, about a foot high and of different colors, and two balls of light wrapped in golden light.

The three small bottles contained the essence blood of the Ní, the Feiyi, and a bottle of Devil essence blood collected from the White Tiger Treasury.

The two balls of light, confined by golden light, were the spirit essences of the Ní and Feiyi, these two Heavenly Gate Devils.

From the Demonic Path Dao Fruit Assembly to the battle at Baidi City, and then the dispatch of troops to Tianxiong Pass, these seven or eight days were almost non-stop, day and night, and although he was physically and mentally exhausted, he gained a lot.

He killed several Heavenly Gate Devils, obtaining their flesh, essence blood, and spirit essences. He also raided the Demonic Path's lair and the Li family's, plus the rare treasures and unknown amounts of gold and silver sent by those people to save their lives. The Geng Gold for forging Dao soldiers also increased by five or six pieces.

Of course, his Luck points also surged, allowing him to exchange for a Pot Heaven Divine Ability with extremely strong growth potential. This Divine Ability had contributed significantly in several battles, and even in its rudimentary stage, it possessed considerable power. Chen Yuan looked forward to the effects when this Divine Ability reached Major Achievement in the future.

The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Arts are indeed a treasure trove of Divine Abilities, each one more formidable than the last!

Gathering his thoughts, Chen Yuan's gaze sharpened. He decided to first refine these Devil essence blood and spirit essences to upgrade the Demon Nine Transformations Divine Ability.

Although this Divine Ability is not as good as the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Arts, it can refine a strong Physical Body and allow him to borrow other Devil Divine Abilities. Accumulating these, it is also a profound method.

With turmoil everywhere and undercurrents surging, he could not remain aloof. Chen Yuan would not miss any opportunity to strengthen himself.

Thinking this, he gently exhaled a breath.

"Crack!"

The Restriction on the White Tiger essence blood dissipated with a tiger's roar, and a blood-red liquid mass full of violent vital energy swept out, but before it could expand with the wind.

Chen Yuan's Dantian furnace roared, and his Golden Core trembled.

"Puff!"

A wisp of golden fire line spewed from his mouth, enveloping the egg-sized, blood-red, diamond-like splendid Devil essence blood.

Then, Chen Yuan took a deep breath, swallowing the fire line into his body.

When the Devil essence blood, following the layers, entered the Physical Body's black water, it let out a tiger's roar, then burst open, transforming into streams of blood Qi, like wild horses, raging through the Physical Body's black water, darting wildly between flesh, meridians, and bones.

But immediately after, inside his Dantian, the Golden Core, like a great sun suspended in the sky, spun, emitting a brilliant golden light. Wisps of true fire flew out, chasing the Devil blood Qi, transforming into fiery birds, like eagles pecking snakes, devouring them and beginning to frantically refine them.

Streams of extremely pure, light golden vital energy were refined, transforming into torrents that scoured the meridians, bones, flesh, and Profound Apertures along the way.

Within the Physical Body's black water, a blazing furnace in an opened Profound Aperture revealed a black striped tiger spirit, roaring, seemingly extremely excited. It opened its mouth wide, frantically devouring wisps of light golden blood Qi.

That Profound Aperture was also slowly expanding, and the furnace fire within it burned brighter and brighter, carrying a faint golden hue.

Evidently, the Mountain Lord's spirit essence, which was originally only at Body Profound Perfection and was melted within it, was now rapidly increasing in aura and undergoing some kind of transformation after devouring the White Tiger's vital energy from the Fourth Heavenly Gate.

And this process was like a raging fire burning the Physical Body, with continuous waves of stinging and burning sensations.

At this moment, outside his body, Chen Yuan's Dantian golden light permeated his body, the furnace burning brighter and brighter, and on the surface of his skin, tiny, wheat-awn-like golden glows were spewing out, with visible changes occurring.

It was clearly visible that the outermost layer of his skin seemed to have dried up, forming raised white patches.

Then, it cracked and fell off, revealing skin that shimmered with a light golden hue and had a metallic luster.

And this was not yet complete.

The areas covered by these white patches became more and more widespread, forming large sections, and the dead skin began to peel off in large areas, revealing more new skin that resembled bronze or iron.

After one stick of incense, this change stopped. At this point, more than half of the old skin had shed, with other parts remaining, making him look somewhat grotesque.

At this moment, Chen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and exhaled two Qi arrows from his mouth.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

The Restrictions on the essence blood and spirit essence belonging to the Devil "Ní" were opened.

Chen Yuan repeated his previous actions. The spirit essence, enveloped by true fire, spun rapidly, letting out a ferocious roar, jumping left and right, trying to break free.

Chen Yuan swallowed it whole.

Soon, both above and below, there was movement.

Above, in the Mud Pill Palace, a Ní with five tails materialized, letting out a skyward roar, and Devilish Qi surged.

Below, in the Physical Body's black water, blood Qi, several times more violent than the White Tiger's essence blood, surged through his Physical Body.

Chen Yuan's expression remained unchanged. Even the Ní, which had been previously slaughtered, leaving only a simple will after death, could not cause any trouble now.

For a time, his Dantian went into full power, the violent vital energy surged, his Physical Body hummed, and like a whale swallowing clouds, it absorbed all the vital energy, every cell seemingly cheering.

And this time, the changes in Chen Yuan's Physical Body were even more intense.

All the old skin peeled off, transforming him into a golden copper man, as if cast from brass.

But this was not over yet. After the new skin emerged, as the light golden vital energy continued to scour, the new skin became thicker and thicker. The light golden vital energy moved and outlined, actually producing hexagonal translucent keratin, which increased and rapidly spread throughout his body.

Soon after, with a muffled sound from within his body, Chen Yuan's actions did not stop. He swallowed and refined the last Feiyi spirit and essence blood, all in one go.

As time passed, with the massive influx of vital energy, his entire body shimmered with a light golden hue.

About an hour and a half later, Chen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, and a blazing golden light, like two large lamps, illuminated the dim quiet room. Then, his Physical Body hummed, his arms suddenly thickened, and between his double ribs behind him, there was a crackling sound of bones, and something protruded outwards, his clothes splitting open, and a pair of ferocious wings suddenly appeared.

Then his body rapidly expanded, looking as if it was about to burst through the ceiling.

Chen Yuan snorted, the golden light in his eyes receded, and the next second, there was a sound like firecrackers within his body, and he returned to his normal size, his ferocious wings retracting between his double ribs.

Chen Yuan carefully sensed the changes in his Physical Body. He had successfully fused the spirit essences of two Heavenly Gate Devils into two Profound Apertures, completing the Demon Four Transformations.

At this moment, he clenched his hand, and the air crackled within the small space. Feeling the power within, he felt that his own strength had increased by three to four layers compared to before.

One must know that he Cultivated the Danshan Eight Pillars, a Divine Ability of the Earthly Fiend, and his arms already possessed the might of Mountain Carrying. His strength had already reached a monstrous level, making it difficult for ordinary Cultivation to progress further. He never expected that completing the Demon Four Transformations this time would result in such a surge on top of that foundation.

Indeed, quantitative change leads to qualitative change!

Thinking this, Chen Yuan calmed the surging blood Qi within his body, then lowered his head, raised his hand, and stroked the light golden scales that covered his arm, resembling Devil scales.

Then, Sword Qi sharply emerged from his fingertips, and he forcefully clawed at the light golden scales.

"Clang!"

A piercing sound of metal clashing resounded.

On the scales, golden light flowed, but only a faint white mark was visible.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan's eyes flashed with brilliance, and his brows lifted in delight.

An unexpected pleasant surprise!

He never thought that devouring Devil essence blood and spirit, and Cultivating this Divine Ability, could refine his Physical Body to such an extent.

This way, he had gained another means of survival.

Devils above the Fourth Heavenly Gate are indeed treasures all over their bodies!

It seems he would have to work harder in the future!

He must Cultivate this layer of Physical Body armor to a higher Realm.

Thinking this, Chen Yuan's mind stirred, and the light golden scales covering his entire body instantly burrowed into his flesh.

At this moment, clean and smooth, he immediately changed into a fresh set of clothes, then continued to silently sit and meditate for a while to familiarize himself with his state after the great increase in Divine Ability, so as not to accidentally tear his clothes apart.

After another half a stick of incense's time,

Chen Yuan adjusted his state, his gaze flickered, then he raised his hand, held it across his chest, and with a flash of light, a Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Spear appeared.

Then, with a flick of his sleeve, several streams of light of various colors flew out.

These were six pieces of Geng Gold, of different colors and sizes, shimmering with dazzling treasure light.

Chen Yuan threw the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Spear in front of him, then exhaled roaring true fire from his mouth, enveloping it.

Then he raised his hand and threw a piece of Geng Gold into the golden flames.

He began to further refine the Dao soldier!

He felt that his Dao soldier was reaching some kind of limit!

...

Time passed like this.

Soon, the night receded, and the sun rose among the mountains.

In the morning, in the Inner City, Zhonglang Hall, Local General of the Guard Wei Zhong, Fourth Mountain Zhonglang General Colonel Chang Shan, and Jiange Pass General Wu Sheng gathered to discuss matters.

Wei Zhong sat in the main seat, holding a scroll of black text on white paper, and sighed, "This Deputy General Chen truly has excellent methods!"

"Not only are the Divine Abilities he Cultivates far beyond those of his peers, but his methods of managing people are also extraordinary."

"You two see, these are all confessions from some forces related to the three families yesterday. Deputy General Chen used a trick of 'beating the bush to scare the snake' and 'killing the chicken to warn the monkeys.' Haha, these people couldn't sit still and ran to Deputy General Chen to plead, even sending many gifts. But Deputy General Chen has good methods; he didn't show up and pulled off this stunt, making them confess, thinking they could clear themselves, but it turned into a dog-eat-dog situation."

Wei Zhong laughed heartily.

Colonel Chang Shan and General Wu Sheng looked at some of the content written on the paper, nodded, and smiled.

"Indeed, how to deal with these people, Zhonglang General Wei must have an idea, so we don't need to worry about it," General Wu Sheng said, then asked,

"Why isn't Chen Yuan here?"

"I went to invite him this morning, but his subordinate said that Deputy General Chen went into seclusion overnight and instructed his subordinates not to disturb him," Wei Zhong replied.

"Seclusion? It seems he has gained something, so it's truly not appropriate to disturb him," General Wu Sheng nodded.

At this moment, Fourth Mountain Zhonglang General Colonel Chang Shan's eyes flickered with a hint of surprise, and his tone carried some astonishment,

"This Chen Yuan, I don't know how he Cultivates, his Divine Abilities are astonishing, and you all have witnessed it several times. Ordinary cultivators of the same Realm cannot last ten rounds against him. I have to admit, even we are the same!"

"Especially that Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Spear, its power is unmatched and makes one's heart pound!"