Chương 39: Inner Enrichment Mortal Realm Third Stage

Biên tập viên: Henyee Translations

The next day.

Maple Lane Guard Station.

Xu Ning walked into the guard station with a rectangular wooden box in his hand.

Feng Sigua walked over.

"Master…" Feng Sigua approached Xu Ning and lowered his voice. "Several Black Armored Guards came to the guard station today, they are all in Lieutenant Chen's study."

"What are they here for?"

Xu Ning asked.

Over the past few days at Maple Lane, Xu Ning had only seen three or four colleagues, not once were they at the guard station at the same time.

Feng Sigua claimed that he did not recognize the several Black Armored Guards that arrived this morning.

"Maybe it is a last-minute meeting…"

Feng Sigua responded.

"They didn't ask for me?"

Xu Ning asked.

Feng Sigua frowned. "No."

Xu Ning smiled. "Then it has nothing to do with me, I'll leave them alone."

Feng Sigua raised his head and glanced at Xu Ning. It seemed like Master Xu Ning had a casual attitude towards Lieutenant Chen and his other colleagues, as if he wasn't emotionally perturbed at all from being left out.

"Come with me."

Xu Ning said to Feng Sigua, "I have to deal with some business, so stand guard outside the door, no one is allowed to come in."

"Even if Lieutenant Chen asks me to go to the meeting, don't disturb me, wait until I'm done."

Xu Ning said as he turned around.

"Okay, master."

Feng Sigua quickly responded.

He felt that Xu Ning looked oddly serious today.

The Maple Lane Guard Station was quite large, but even counting Xu Ning, there were only seven Black Armored Guards, hence everyone's studies were quite spacious, and there was a small courtyard in front of each door.

Xu Ning entered his study, with Feng Sigua standing by the door.

He didn't know what Xu Ning was going to do. He just simply obeyed Master Xu's orders.

Not long after Xu Ning entered his study, a city guard came over.

"Brother Sigua…"

When the city guard saw Feng Sigua at the door, he forced out a smile.

When Feng Sigua saw the city guard's attitude towards him, he was quite satisfied, but he still looked serious on the surface. "Master Xu is working, please do not disturb him."

The city guard cursed in his heart.

The city guard said, "Lieutenant Chen asked Master Xu to participate in the meeting."

"When?"

Feng Sigua raised his eyebrows.

"Now."

The city guard responded.

Feng Sigua had a blank expression on his face. "Understood, I will tell Master Xu."

"Thank you."

The city guard bowed, turned around and left.

After the city guard left, Feng Sigua turned his head and glanced at the study. After thinking about it, he decided to stand still.

Master Xu had already said that he was not to be disturbed, so Feng Sigua decided to keep guarding the entrance instead.

…

In the study.

Xu Ning put the rectangular wooden box on the table and opened it gently.

Six Swallowtail Flowers lined up neatly inside the box.

Last night, Qu Dayou gave the three Qinglu Dans to Xu Ning.

But, Xu Ning did not directly accept the Qinglu Dans, instead he made a request to replace the Qinglu Dans with taels.

Qu Dayou didn't ask any questions and he immediately agreed. He exchanged three Qinglu Dans for 1500 taels of silver from Camp Site Three's material warehouse.

Xu Ning wanted to exchange for Swallowtail Flowers, but it would be difficult to explain why he wanted to exchange dan medicine for spirit medicine. He did not want Qu Dayou to be suspicious, so he exchanged it for taels instead.

This morning, Xu Ning went to another district, found a medicine store that was not operated by Dayuan Trading Company, and replaced the 1500 taels of silver with Swallowtail Flowers.

Because the store saw his Black Armored Guard attire, they gave him a discount. 1500 taels of silver was exchanged for six Swallowtail Flowers, an average of 250 taels of silver per Swallowtail Flower.

Although this price was higher than Guo Ye's family and friends discount, the profit margins at this price were already quite low.

This was one of the intangible benefits of being a Black Armored Guard.

'Six Swallowtail Flowers, after absorbing them, I'll have 18 units of energy…'

Xu Ning looked at the neat Swallowtail Flowers and smiled.

He pinched one of them with his hand, and an energy absorption notification appeared in front of him.

—

Discovered energy: 3 units

Absorb?

Yes/No

—

"Yes!"

Xu Ning did not hesitate.

Xu Ning repeated this process six times.

Each time he absorbed the energy, Xu Ning felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

Finally, the six Swallowtail Flowers all became withered.

Xu Ning then chucked the six withered Swallowtail Flowers into the fire stove, and they all disappeared without leaving a trace of evidence.

Xu Ning's Martial Arts Panel refreshed.

—

Name: Xu Ning

Martial Arts:

Spring Breeze Tactic (Mortal realm second stage: muscle bone realm) +

Gale Knife Method (Intermediate)+

Light Feather Bow (elementary)+

Source Breath Bodybuilding Tactic: (Beginner)+

Available energy: 24 units

—

'24 units of available energy!'

Xu Ning had never had such plentiful reserves before.

Xu Ning had 6 units of energy saved up before this. He wanted to save up to 12 units, in order to upgrade to inner enrichment mortal realm third stage.

But now, things have changed. Qu Dayou gave him the three Qinglu Dans, which he changed to Swallowtail Flowers, speeding up the process.

Xu Ning did not hesitate. He pressed the "+" button besides his Spring Breeze Tactic.

—

Consume 12 units of energy to level up the Spring Breeze Tactic?

Yes/No

—

"Yes!"

Xu Ning's eyes were full of expectation.

The panel then refreshed.

—

Name: Xu Ning

Martial Arts:

Spring Breeze Tactic (Mortal realm third stage: inner enrichment)+

Gale Knife Method (Intermediate)+

Light Feather Bow (elementary)+

Source Breath Bodybuilding Tactic: (Beginner)+

Available energy: 12 units

—

As the panel refreshed, Xu Ning felt the same sensation when he first reached the practice realm, with blood in his body surging.

The tumbling and burning sensation in his body became more intense, as if there were hundreds of flames burning in his body.

But this kind of burning sensation didn't feel painful, in fact, it felt like it was tempering and forging his flesh to be more and more powerful.

Xu Ning resisted the urge to shout. He felt power and energy bursting out of his body. He felt that he could go out and run for 10,000 meters without running out of breath.

'After reaching inner enrichment, all aspects of my physical fitness are improved, reaching the limit of the mortal human body. Strength, speed, agility and endurance are greatly improved. In this state, the strength of the physical body is no longer comparable to normal humans.'

Xu Ning threw out his fist.

He stretched out his body, and the humming sound in his body from being in the muscle bone realm disappeared, it was instead replaced by a soft gurgling sound, as if his blood was boiling in his body.

But the gurgling sound was very quiet. Only when he used his full body strength could Xu Ning faintly hear the sound in his own ears.

'No wonder internal skill is the fundamental strength.'

After feeling the huge change in his body, Xu Ning sighed. 'A master of internal skill, even if he is only in the elementary realm of an external skill, he can easily defeat a master of external skill. This kind of power is not just a difference in physical strength, as a stronger body can also increase lethality.'

'Gale Knife Technique combined with the inner enrichment realm. Among the newcomers, I should now be the strongest…'

Xu Ning was not arrogant.

From Xu Ning's observations, after leveling up through the Martial Arts Panel, whether it is his internal skill or external skill, he would become the top of his respective realm after leveling up.

'It should not be difficult to win a yellow plate during the assessment.'

Xu Ning glanced at the Martial Arts Panel again.

There were 12 units of available energy left.

He did not immediately use these 12 units of energy, instead he clicked the "+" button besides his Spring Breeze Tactic.

—

Consume 25 units of energy to level up the Spring Breeze Tactic?

Yes/No

—

'25 units…'

Xu Ning's eyebrows furrowed.

The energy required to level up to the mortal realm fourth stage increased by more than two fold.

However, Xu Ning also understood that the difference between the fourth and third mortal realm stage was quite large.

For the first three stages of the mortal realm, the main enhancements were regarding the human body. After reaching inner enrichment, the physical body had basically reached its maximum limit.

Even though further level ups would increase the physical body to a certain extent, it would no longer fundamentally change after the mortal realm third stage.

After reaching the mortal realm fourth stage, improvements on internal skill would be focused on internal qi.

Starting from this stage, the technique used to defeat an enemy no longer depended on one's strength and speed, but rather on one's internal energy.

In the Black Armored Guards, reaching the mortal realm fourth stage was regarded as the basic requirement of becoming a lieutenant.

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Chương 40: How Dare You Attack Your Colleagues?

Biên tập viên: Henyee Translations

'I still have 12 units of energy left…'

Xu Ning glanced at the Martial Arts Panel again.

With the remaining 12 units of energy left, he could upgrade his Gale Knife Technique to the perfection realm.

However, if he upgraded his Gale Knife Technique to perfection realm, he would then deplete his remaining energy units.

Also, he would not be able to level up his Source Breath Bodybuilding Tactic.

After commander Wei Changqing gave his speech to the newcomers, the full text of the Source Breath Bodybuilding Tactic was distributed to everyone.

During the previous assessment, everyone also discovered that the black lines on the round stone tablet was actually a guidance method for the Source Breath Bodybuilding Tactic.

In Xu Ning's opinion, the Source Breath Bodybuilding Tactic was a very practical and powerful external skill.

If he could cultivate his Source Breath Bodybuilding Tactic to the intermediate realm, then almost no one could match the power of his physical body.

Therefore, Xu Ning was caught in a dilemma.

'Should I improve my Gale Knife Technique, or my Source Breath Bodybuilding Tactic?'

'Or keep the 12 units of energy and use it to reach qi realm?'

Xu Ning didn't know what to choose.

…

Chen Ren's study.

Except for Xu Ning, the other six people at the Maple Lane Black Armored Guards Post were in his study.

Lieutenant Chen Ren sat in his chair. He had an angry look on his face.

"Come in!"

Chen Ren shouted.

The city guard that had previously passed the message walked in with a look of fear on his face.

He knew that the lieutenant was not in a good mood.

"Did you tell Xu Ning to come?"

Chen Ren asked calmly.

"Master Chen, Master Xu has already been notified."

The city guard replied.

"Then why hasn't he come yet?"

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

The city guard trembled. "Um… Sir I am not sure."

"Has he already started to lose sight of who is boss around here…"

Chen Ren sneered.

Last night, Chen Ren heard that Xu Ning had once again returned the Qinglu Dans.

He never expected that Xu Ning would disrespect him in such a way that he would dare to violate his orders so directly.

"Pan Du."

Chen Ren cast his gaze towards the people sitting aside and called out a name.

A pale, lanky man stood up.

He looked to be around 30 years old. There was no trace of color in his eyes, even his whole body looked frozen.

"Sir."

Pan Du cupped his fists.

"Go and personally ask Xu Ning to come over."

Chen Ren had to force the words "Xu Ning" out of his mouth.

Pan Du nodded and said, "Understood, master."

Pan Du walked out the door.

"Xu Ning…"

Chen Ren felt that he had to prove to Xu Ning that he was the true boss of the Maple Lane Guard Station.

…

Pan Du came to the small courtyard in front of Xu Ning's study room.

Feng Sigua was still standing in front of the door.

"Where is Xu Ning?"

Pan Du asked in an impolite tone after seeing Feng Sigua.

Feng Sigua knew that Pan Du was an evil person who had a dark personality.

One time a city guard accidentally offended Pan Du, and not only was he dismissed from his post, he also suffered physical and spiritual injuries.

Usually Feng Sigua and the other city guards would avoid interacting with Pan Du.

But right now, Feng Sigua had no choice.

"Master Pan, Master Xu is still in his study, he is dealing with important matters."

Feng Sigua replied.

"Dealing with important matters?"

Pan Du squinted his eyes. "What could be more important than Lieutenant Chen's orders?"

Pan Du pushed Feng Sigua away and walked straight towards Xu Ning's study.

Feng Sigua clenched his jaw and chased after him.

He took two steps and walked in front of Pan Du.

"Master Pan, Master Xu is busy with important matters, please do not disturb him."

Feng Sigua reached out his hand to stop Pan Du, not letting him walk any further.

Pan Du was very surprised. He looked at Feng Sigua from head to toe.

Pan Du's gaze made Feng Sigua shudder.

But he still maintained his posture.

"You, a puny city guard, dare to block my way?"

Pan Du had an amused expression at first, then his smile narrowed and his face turned cold again.

Feng Sigua's forehead broke out in cold sweat, but he still refused to give in.

"Okay then…"

Without saying a word, Pan Du punched Feng Sigua in the stomach.

Feng Sigua was just an ordinary person who hadn't cultivated any internal skills, while Pan Du was a muscle bone realm warrior.

Although Pan Du's strength was considered average among the Black Armored Guards, he could still easily defeat Feng Sigua.

Slap!

A huge amount of power hit Feng Sigua's stomach.

The unbearable pain made Feng Sigua pass out momentarily.

Afterwards, Feng Sigua felt his chest was burning. There was also a gamey smell in his mouth.

Feng Sigua spewed out a mouthful of blood. He leaned over on the ground.

Pan Du didn't look at him. He just rolled his eyes and smirked.

Pan Du raised his foot and continued to walk forward.

Afterwards, he felt someone hugging his feet.

This time he lowered his head and saw Feng Sigua, whose mouth was full of blood, grabbing his feet with both hands.

Pan Du was shocked.

"Are you crazy?"

Pan Du asked Feng Sigua.

He really wanted to know where Feng Sigua got the courage from.

Feng Sigua wanted to talk, but even moving his throat was painful.

Pan Du shook his head. Then he lifted his foot and stepped on Feng Sigua's head.

Pan Du was using his full strength, with a murderous intent in his eyes.

Feng Sigua felt the force on his head.

Suddenly, Feng Sigua felt a little regretful.

He hadn't received any tangible benefits from Master Xu, yet it seemed that he was already about to lose his life.

But Feng Sigua thought of his past 30 years of mediocrity.

If he had the option to travel back in time, he would make the same decision and remain loyal to Xu Ning.

Slap!

It wasn't the sound of broken bones, but rather the sound of a slap.

Xu Ning appeared behind Pan Du out of nowhere.

He raised his arm and slapped Pan Du's face.

The immense power from his inner enrichment caused Pan Du, who was unprepared, to lose his balance.

The huge force from Xu Ning's palm deformed Pan Du's face.

His body was fragile to begin with, and thus he spun around and fell on the ground.

"Ah!"

Pan Du let out a scream.

He felt dizzy in his head. His face was in severe pain and his flesh was swollen.

Pan Du couldn't even open his right eye.

"Xu Ning, how dare you attack your colleagues?!"

Pan Du sat up, supporting himself with his forearms. He covered his right face and looked at Xu Ning, who was dressed in black armor gear.

Pan Du had never met Xu Ning before, but Xu Ning was the only person that could be standing here in black armor gear.

"Yeah, how dare you attack your colleagues?"

Xu Ning walked over.

He bent over and grabbed Pan Du's collar.

Xu Ning paused for a second.

He didn't expect Pan Du to be so light.

Dang!

Xu Ning pushed Pan Du against the wall.

Pan Du's back was in pain as he clenched his jaw.

Pan Du's hair was messy and his face was bruised. He completely lost his evil composure from before.

"Tell me, why are you bullying a city guard, bullying our…"

"Colleagues!"

Slap!

Xu Ning held up Pan Du's head with one hand.

Xu Ning used his other hand to repeatedly slap Pan Du's face.

It wasn't too painful, but the humiliation made Pan Du want to kill Xu Ning.

But every time Pan Du raised his hand to resist the slaps, Xu Ning would yank his neck harder, which forced Pan Du to grab Xu Ning's hand with both hands, for fear that Xu Ning would twist and break his neck.

Feng Sigua was lying sideways on the ground with a puddle of blood near his mouth.

Xu Ning didn't say a word to Feng Sigua.

But Feng Sigua saw Xu Ning's actions.

Feng Sigua wanted to laugh at Pan Du.

But laughing caused his stomach to twitch painfully.

"F*cking…"

Feng Sigua said in his heart.

"Deserved!"

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