38: Top-tier Qi Condensation Pill? I thought it was a candy!

After that, Chen Nian made some additional requests to Sun Li.

Sun Li did not hesitate at all, waved his hand, and agreed to everything.

Chen Nian was naturally happy to see this.

So, he returned to the dormitory with a full harvest.

Pushing open the door, the dormitory was still in its simple state—the furnishings were basic, yet it was clean.

Although with his current status, he could completely apply for a more luxurious single dormitory.

But having lived here for two days, smelling the scent of his own aura remaining in the air, he suddenly did not want to change it.

He placed the things in his hand casually on the table.

That was not just ten top-grade qi condensing pills, but also a thick stack of Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals.

A full dozen or so books.

Each one radiated an ancient and powerful aura, and the handwriting on the covers was like Dragons flying and Phoenixes dancing—one look and you knew they were not ordinary items.

These were all special high-level Cultivation Techniques that Sun Li had approved for him from the treasury of the Donghai City Psionic Bureau.

Some of them were even the highest-level Cultivation Techniques kept at the very bottom of the Spiritual Energy Bureau, rated at a shocking SSS Rank.

Chen Nian's fingers gently brushed over the cover of a Secret Manual titled 《Burning Heaven Dragon Elephant Art》.

His mind stirred, and he tried to check the learning conditions in the System mall.

The next second, a line of small text appeared before his eyes.

【 Learning 《Burning Heaven Dragon Elephant Art》 (SSS Rank) requires points: 500,000 】

"Holy cow!"

Chen Nian's mouth twitched slightly.

His gaze scanned back and forth over that long string of zeros, confirming he had not misread it.

500,000.

A full 500,000 points.

Moreover, he no longer had the newcomer's first-time skill learning discount.

This meant he needed to actually save up 500,000 points to learn this Cultivation Technique.

He opened a few others.

《Nine Turns Profound Yuan Art》, required 300,000 points.

《Void Shift Steps》, required 200,000 points.

The price of each book was like a heavy mountain, pressing down until one could not breathe.

Chen Nian felt a layer of fine cold sweat break out on his back.

Wasn't this a bit ridiculously expensive?

Without a second thought, he pushed these Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals aside.

Cultivation Techniques were ultimately just "arts."

To display heaven-destroying and earth-shattering strength, in the final analysis, one still had to rely on the two "Foundations" of physique and Realm to support it.

Instead of spending massive amounts of points to learn these "arts," it was better to use them all to strengthen his own "Foundation."

One force breaking ten thousand laws—that was the eternal truth.

Having figured this out, he simply swept all those dozen high-level Cultivation Techniques into the corner of the table.

Forget it.

He would flip through them when he was bored.

Maybe he could learn one or two with his own Comprehension Ability; for now, he should not worry about them.

His gaze landed on the jade bottle containing the top-grade qi condensing pills.

Opening the bottle stopper, a rich, medicinal fragrance instantly permeated the air.

Just by smelling it, Chen Nian felt the circulation of Spiritual Qi in his body speed up a bit.

As expected of a top-grade Medicinal Pill.

However, before that, he decided to first take stock of today's harvest.

He chanted silently in his heart.

"Open System panel."

A pale blue light screen instantly unfolded before his eyes.

【 demon slaying and evil eradication system 】

【 host: Chen Nian 】

【 Realm: Awakening Realm (Rank 50) 】

【 Physique: Prison Suppressing Divine Body (Rank 18) 】

【 Skills: Mountain-Collapsing Fist (Rank 10), Myriad Things Yuan Absorption Art (Rank 1), Heart-Devouring Demon Silk (Rank 2), Blood Fiend Incarnation (Rank 1) 】

【 points: 20856 】

His gaze fell on the points column, and the corners of Chen Nian's mouth rose uncontrollably.

20,856 points.

In just one day, he had earned a huge amount of points he would not have dared to imagine in the past.

This feeling was truly wonderful.

Moreover, his skill bar now had a brand-new skill—【Blood Fiend Incarnation】.

【Blood Fiend Incarnation: Can transform into an intangible and formless Myriad Soul Blood Fiend, possessing the abilities of flight, wall-passing, and high-speed movement.】

This was a special skill rewarded by the System after killing that Myriad Soul Blood Fiend.

A purely movement-based skill.

With it, Chen Nian essentially possessed the long-dreamed-of ability to fly, as well as the ability to pass through walls, unstoppable by anything.

This meant that from now on, no physical obstacle could ever stop his steps again.

What a heart-racing thing this was.

Chen Nian's mind stirred.

He slowly raised his right hand and looked at it intently.

The next second, his palm began to become illusory, presenting a translucent, virtualized state.

He reached out and pressed it against the solid wood table in front of him.

Without the slightest resistance.

His hand passed through the thick tabletop as easily as that, as if passing through a layer of air.

The cold, hard texture of the wood disappeared, replaced by a strange, empty, and void-like tactile sensation.

This must be wall-passing.

He withdrew his hand, and his palm returned to its original state.

Next, he activated the power of Blood Fiend Incarnation again.

His feet slowly left the ground, and his body floated lightly in mid-air just like that.

It really worked!

He tried flying a circle in the room; his body was as agile as a swimming fish, making no sound at all.

An unprecedented sense of freedom stirred in his chest.

However, he quickly suppressed the impulse from having just acquired a new ability.

He landed steadily back on the ground and asked in his heart: "System, how many points are needed to upgrade Blood Fiend Incarnation?"

【 Upgrading Blood Fiend Incarnation (Rank 1 → Rank 2) requires consuming 800 points. 】

The System's reply was cold and swift.

It was actually the same price as Heart-Devouring Demon Silk.

Chen Nian pondered for a moment.

For this kind of movement skill, he did not have much thought about upgrading it for the time being.

Good enough is good enough.

His current top priority was to max out his output capability.

After all, one force breaks ten thousand laws.

He wanted extreme output, absolute power sufficient to crush everything and suppress everything.

Thinking of this, his gaze finally landed on the 【Prison Suppressing Divine Body】 column.

This was where his Foundation lay.

He no longer hesitated and gave the command directly in his heart.

"Use all points to upgrade Prison Suppressing Divine Body!"

【 Ding! Command confirmed. 】

【 Consumed 20,000 points, Prison Suppressing Divine Body Rank increased. 】

【 Prison Suppressing Divine Body (Rank 18) → Prison Suppressing Divine Body (Rank 38) 】

The moment the System broadcast sounded.

An indescribably terrifying power erupted within his body.

His body tensed uncontrollably; beneath his skin, it felt as if countless golden Dragons were frantically darting about.

Dazzling golden light burst forth from every pore of his body, dyeing the entire dormitory a brilliant gold.

His bones crackled, as if they were being crushed and reorganized by an invisible pair of giant hands.

Muscle fibers tore inch by inch, only to be reborn in an instant in a more powerful form.

This feeling of extreme pain intertwined with Rebirth made the veins on his forehead bulge, and cold sweat instantly soaked his clothes.

I do not know how long it had been before the golden light slowly converged.

Chen Nian slowly straightened up and let out a long, turbid breath.

He could clearly feel that the power within his body was several times stronger than before.

Every movement he made contained a terrifying power capable of shaking mountains.

Even his physical fitness had undergone an earth-shaking, tremendous improvement.

He glanced at the System panel; 856 points remained.

He did not hesitate at all and directly ordered: "Upgrade Heart-Devouring Demon Silk."

He was quite satisfied with this strange and powerful skill.

As soon as his words fell.

【 Ding! Consumed 800 points, Heart-Devouring Demon Silk Rank increased. 】

【 Heart-Devouring Demon Silk (Rank 2) → Heart-Devouring Demon Silk (Rank 3) 】

A cold and strange power instantly surged into his limbs and bones.

He could feel that the blood threads hidden deep in his Bloodline had become tougher, more hidden, and more lethal.

After the upgrade was completed.

Now, only a pitiful 56 points remained, and nothing else could be done.

Today's upgrade session ended here.

Next, it was time to Cultivate.

His gaze returned to the jade bottle on the table.

Ten top-grade qi condensing pills.

Each pill of this level was worth a fortune and had unimaginable help for improving one's Realm.

In the Spiritual Energy Bureau, even those senior old members needed to accumulate a large number of merit points to exchange for one.

Not to mention a newcomer who had just joined the Spiritual Energy Bureau.

But at this moment, Chen Nian had easily asked for ten with just one sentence.

Honestly speaking, he was very satisfied with this preferential treatment.

He poured one out; the pill was perfectly round, emitting a faint fluorescence, and the medicinal fragrance was pungent.

He threw the pill into his mouth without hesitation and swallowed it directly.

The pill melted upon entering his mouth, turning into a majestic and pure torrent of Spiritual Qi, instantly washing through his limbs and bones.

He felt the Spiritual Qi in his body becoming abundant at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He ate another one.

The Spiritual Qi became even more abundant.

But the effect seemed... to have weakened a bit?

Chen Nian frowned slightly and ate the third one.

This time, the increase in Spiritual Qi in his body was significantly smaller.

He was suddenly a bit speechless.

This thing seemed like it could not be eaten too much at once.

Would the effect be greatly reduced?

Forget it, it was just like that anyway.

Anyway, he did not rely mainly on Medicinal Pills to improve his Realm.

Myriad Things Yuan Absorption Art was his trump card.

However, after eating three top-grade qi condensing pills in a row, he still felt the changes in his body were very obvious.

The Spiritual Qi in his Dantian was already filled to a critical point.

If those people outside knew that he was treating this kind of top-grade qi condensing pill like candy, swallowing it one after another.

They might just be angered to the point of vomiting blood three liters on the spot.

However, he did not pay too much attention to these irrelevant things.

No time to lose.

Start Cultivation.

Chen Nian sat cross-legged, eyes slightly closed, and began to operate the Myriad Things Yuan Absorption Art.

In an instant, a huge and invisible vortex, with his body as the center, began to operate with a boom.

The Spiritual Qi in the surrounding space seemed to have received some kind of fatal attraction and instantly became violent.

They turned into streaks of visible white airflow, frantically pouring into his body.

The System's prompt sounds also rang out one after another in his mind.

The frequency was faster and denser than any time before.

【 Your Realm has been upgraded to Awakening Realm Rank 55. 】

【 Your Realm has been upgraded to Awakening Realm Rank 65. 】

【 Your Realm has been upgraded to Awakening Realm Rank 75. 】

【 Your Realm has been upgraded to Awakening Realm Rank 85. 】

【 Your Realm has been upgraded to Awakening Realm Rank 95. 】

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