19: Breakthrough

Chen Yuan had not expected to see his own portrait here, and his eyes flickered with surprise.

He drew the portrait to him with a grab and then asked.

At this moment, Wu Shan, the Master of the martial arts hall, recovered from his fright.

He quickly bowed with clasped fists, lowering his body, and said with a solemn expression:

"Many thanks, Senior, for your timely assistance; otherwise, we would all have become food for that monster!"

He believed that if this Senior had been even a little later, he would have surely died by the increasingly terrifying monster.

After his tense nerves relaxed, there was the relief of surviving a calamity.

After speaking, he raised his head, ready to answer the Senior's question.

But when his gaze fell on the scroll in Chen Yuan's hand, it looked more and more familiar.

Then, with a sudden shock, his expression became wonderful.

The person in the painting, wasn't it the Senior standing before him!

"Is this... is this painting of you, Senior?"

Chen Yuan looked up at him.

"I believe I'm the one asking you!"

Wu Shan quickly explained:

"A monster riot occurred in Yunlu County early this morning, and the situation was very bad. Even the County Magistrate Xiang Yuntian turned out to be a monster. He sealed off the county town. To save our lives, when we Juniors fought our way out of Yunlu County, we encountered a female hero. That female hero's martial arts were exceptional; she managed to entangle that powerful monster County Magistrate, carving a bloody path for us."

"This was dropped from her sleeve when that female hero was fighting the monster. We Juniors, grateful for her kindness, picked it up, but we never opened it to look."

"I think, since that female hero treasured Senior's portrait so carefully, it must be very important to her. Senior must be acquainted with her."

"Your great kindness, both of you, we Juniors will never forget."

When Wu Shan spoke of the female hero, his expression was full of admiration, then he looked at Chen Yuan with a searching gaze, naturally filling in the blanks in his mind.

Chen Yuan listened to the whole story, but his mind was full of question marks.

What are you talking about?

He didn't know any female hero!

However, he hadn't expected that the County Magistrate of Yunlu County was actually a monster.

From the human monster he had just killed and the official's uniform on its body, he quickly connected the information he had gathered.

If he was not mistaken, the Feixian Sect's branch was the overt force.

The County Magistrate was the covert one.

It seemed that Yunlu County had long been targeted by these inhumane individuals.

And this, like pulling one hair, moved the whole body.

Large numbers of common people fled for their lives, rushing into the mountains and rivers, which attracted the Essence Spirits in the mountains, who smelled blood and appeared frequently.

From afternoon until now, he had traveled hundreds of miles, slaying monsters and patrolling, without a moment's rest.

If it were an ordinary Qi Refining Perfection, his Dantian True Qi would probably have already been depleted, leaving him willing but unable.

Fortunately, every time he slew a monster, he would immediately add the Luck points he gained.

Only then could he barely maintain the chaotic situation in Langdang Mountain.

At this moment, he did the same, immediately adding the three Luck points he had obtained.

Soon, Dantian True Qi spontaneously generated.

However, this time, Chen Yuan's expression changed.

Then, he quickly sat down cross-legged on the spot.

Closing his eyes, he entered a meditative state.

It turned out that during his journey and battles, without him realizing it,

the progress bar of the Internal Scripture Diagram had reached ninety-nine percent.

It was just one step away from the final Breakthrough.

And the three Luck points from just now finally triggered a qualitative change from a quantitative change.

At this moment, his clothes moved without wind, flapping loudly.

The wind speed grew increasingly strong.

As if he had become the eye of a storm!

The pure Qi between heaven and earth frantically drilled into his pores, being refined and circulated.

It transformed into a surging river in his Meridians, passing through the three gates, the small heavenly cycle, and flushing the twelve-story pagoda.

Breaking through!

From the outside, his body was emitting a white glow about an inch long, and inside, it was as if rivers were roaring, buzzing loudly.

And the momentum grew larger and larger.

Directly stirring the Qi of heaven and earth.

The violent wind surged, causing the river beneath the boat to churn up a thousand piles of snow.

And when Wu Shan saw this scene, his mind was greatly shaken.

Even a fool would know that this Senior was undergoing a Breakthrough!

But the increasingly turbulent and terrifying Qi caused his mind to waver, and his eyes widened.

Soon, he thought of something.

His heart instantly surged with excitement.

Body Profound!

It was Body Profound!

That was the Realm he had pursued his entire life, a distant and unattainable one.

He had not expected to witness it with his own eyes at this moment.

This was a great Opportunity for him!

And at this moment, he absolutely could not disturb him.

"Quick, everyone get off this boat."

He led the remaining Disciples away, moving to other boats, and ordered a retreat.

"Master, is that Senior..." A Disciple couldn't help but be curious, feeling flustered by the pressure of that Qi.

"Shut up, watch carefully. This might be your Opportunity in the future," Wu Shan reprimanded, cutting him off, then stared intently at the figure.

Meanwhile, Chen Yuan's internal Qi surged, continuously flushing the twelve-story pagoda.

As time passed,

the barrier became weaker and weaker.

And the Qi between heaven and earth became increasingly fierce.

The boat, several zhang long, swayed in the strong wind and rain, but Chen Yuan remained as steady as a mountain.

Finally,

True Qi surged through, breaking through the twelve-story pagoda.

Immediately after, Chen Yuan's mind boomed.

His Mud Pill vibrated greatly.

A profound and mysterious Qi directly struck his Mud Pill!

It was as if his entire being had been opened up.

In his inner vision, inside his body, points of light appeared and flickered all over, up and down.

Like myriad stars in the starry sky.

Chen Yuan, with sudden enlightenment, knew that these were the body's secret Tibetan—Profound Apertures.

There are thirty-six thousand Profound Apertures in the Physical Body, and Divine Ability and True Intent are hidden within them.

And Body Profound is about opening these body secrets, finding True Intent within them, and gaining Divine Ability.

Only then can martial arts cultivation truly enter the inner sanctum!

At this moment, as these Profound Apertures manifested, the Banshan Tiger Talisman in his Mud Pill, the mountains and rivers vibrated violently, and birds and beasts cried out.

A stream of white Qi shot straight into the twelve-story pagoda.

Then it went straight into the Dantian.

Soon, the originally surging True Qi rapidly rotated clockwise, condensing into a vortex.

Then, a clear Sword Qi sounded.

It shot up into the sky from within the vortex.

The True Qi vortex then rapidly solidified, transforming into a transparent small sword.

After the sword took shape, it vibrated with a hum.

It actually shot up into the sky from the Dantian, passing through the three gates and the twelve-story pagoda, breaking through the Heavenly Spirit.

The Sword Qi startled the Void Realm, tearing through the rain curtain, and grew with the wind!

It directly pierced a hole in the sky!

And at this moment,

information manifested from the Banshan Tiger Talisman in the Mud Pill.

"Divine Ability: Swordsmanship, Sword Qi is nourished in the Dantian, controlling the sword with Qi, moving with the Minds Eye, man and sword as one, capable of slaying enemies a thousand miles away."

"Main quest completed twenty percent, Breakthrough to Body Profound Realm, obtained "Seventy-two Earthly Fiends."

"Seventy-two Earthly Fiends: Seventy-two types of magical Divine Ability. Upon mastering them, one can ascend ladders to the clouds above and shrink the ground below. At the touch of a finger, mountains split and walls crack; with a breath, stones fly and sand scatters. Concealing form and changing appearance, deceiving those face to face; capturing ghosts and summoning souls, freely using them in the Void Realm. Wind, clouds, thunder, and rain can be used at will, and water, fire, blades, and guns cannot harm."

"Chen Yuan: Patrolling Mountain Commandant"

"Realm: Body Profound"

"Luck Points: 0"

"Cultivation Techniques: Dragon Subduing Post (Perfection), Demon Subduing Fist (Perfection), Taoist Internal Scripture Diagram (Perfection), Seventy-two Earthly Fiends"

"Spells: Animal Creation, Demon Subduing Fist"

"Divine Abilities: Food Consumption, Minds Eye (cultivable), Swordsmanship"