Chapter 451 - 227: Purple Qi from the East

Chapter 451: Chapter 227: Purple Qi from the East

After boiling water, brewing the medicine, and soaking in the herbal decoction, Chen Cheng shut the doors and windows. Inside his room, he began to assume various stances.

One moment, his body moved like a True Dragon unfurling its power, performing various draconic motions!

The next, he was like a giant elephant in the Elephant Posture, supporting his entire skeleton!

The cultivation progress of the Dragon Elephant Bone Forging Technique increased.

...

This cultivation session was fueled by the power of an entire Low Grade Bone Tempering Pill, and the effects were astounding. System notifications appeared one after another.

The power of the Bone Tempering Pill felt like a myriad of ants, frantically and swiftly burrowing into his bones, making every single one ache with intense pain.

The pain was so intense that as Chen Cheng resisted, his face would periodically twist into a ferocious grimace.

Chen Cheng could clearly perceive his own bones strengthening, little by little, and his power increasing at a rapid pace.

His eyes shone with an unprecedented clarity and depth, even holding a hint of zealous excitement!

’This was the feeling of pleasure in pain!’

’He felt the extreme pain, felt his bones being constantly tempered, and felt his body growing intensely stronger!’

For the first time since he began cultivating a Body Tempering Technique, Chen Cheng entered a state of pure focus during his practice, one where he forgot both himself and the world.

He gradually forgot the physical pain, his face no longer twisted in a grimace. A faint smile touched his lips.

Had anyone been there to witness it, they would have seen a truly shocking sight.

Despite it being an excruciatingly painful cultivation process, Chen Cheng looked as if he were enjoying it in comfort!

It was comparable to a patient undergoing the legendary treatment of having his bone scraped clean—faced with heart-piercing, bone-chilling pain, his eyes would be gentle, and he would wear a smile.

He might even watch the physician’s blade work and occasionally say, "Doctor, there’s no rush. Take your time!"

This profoundly mystical state also brought an unprecedented clarity and limpidity to Chen Cheng’s Spiritual Power.

Unbeknownst to him, his Spiritual Power began to rise at a slow, almost imperceptible rate.

But this increase in Spiritual Power was not conjured from thin air; it did not come from nothing.

Beyond Chen Cheng’s Perception, a mysterious and profound Power of Origin was gradually coalescing around him, drawn bit by bit from the void.

It gathered above his head before slowly sinking into his body, bit by bit.

If Shen Zhiming, an expert in the Literary Dao Realm’s Mental Realm Cultivation, had been present, he would have been struck dumb with astonishment.

This was because this Power of Origin was none other than Heaven and Earth’s Willpower. In the Perception of Martial Artists like Shen Zhiming, who had comprehended the Literary Dao Realm, Wish Power was clearly visible, manifesting externally as auras of various colors!

The power gathering around Chen Cheng right now was none other than that Vast Energy—the purest form of Heaven and Earth’s Willpower. Its external manifestation was a vast, purple qi.

Given the sheer concentration of Wish Power gathering around Chen Cheng, if Shen Zhiming were present to perceive it, he would undoubtedly cry out in alarm:

"Purple Qi from the East! This is the mark of a born Saint!"

But this Wish Power was not illusory, nor did it materialize from nothing. Some of it trickled out, faint and unseen, from the Demon-slaying Team’s encampment.

More of it came from Fenglin Town itself, from Moshan City, and even from Qingxi Town, hundreds of miles away.

This was the Incense and Candle Power—unseen, untouchable, and inexplicable, yet undeniably real!

...

At the Demon-slaying Team’s temporary encampment, a Shen Family Swordsman was holding court with a group of Protectorate Army soldiers, speaking with great enthusiasm:

"Do you all know who the strongest person in our Demon-slaying Team was during the demon-slaying operation in Fenglin Town?

"You might think it was Lord Shen, Shen Zhiheng.

"Was it Patriarch Luo, Luo Mingyu, a Perfect Martial Artist of the Bone Forger Realm?

"Was it the two young ladies of the Shen Family, the supreme Celestial Prides from Linji City?

"If that’s what you’re thinking, then you are dead wrong!"

The faces of the Protectorate Army soldiers showed both confusion and curiosity!

A rough-looking Hundred Households Officer couldn’t hold back any longer and grumbled, "Just spit it out already, you son of a bitch!"

"What’s your damn hurry!" The Shen Family Swordsman shot him a glare, then swept his eyes over the other soldiers. Seeing he had built up enough suspense, he gave a grand wave of his hand and said,

"I bet you guys could rack your brains all day and still not guess.

"So, let me spell it out for you!

"That person is none other than Lord Chen, Chen Cheng of the Demon Suppression Department’s Purple-clothed Guard!

"You will never believe this, but Lord Chen, by his own power, single-handedly slew five Tier Three Demon Beasts and twenty-one Tier Two Demon Beasts..."

...

Similar scenes were playing out all over the encampment.

Throughout Fenglin Town, legends of Lord Chen, the Purple-clothed Guard from the Demon Suppression Department, were spreading among its tens of thousands of residents!

...

On the main road north of Fenglin Town, the eight-member team of Purple-clothed Guards from the Demon Suppression Department lay weak and exhausted in the wagons, following the Protectorate Army convoy that was transporting Demon Beast Materials to Moshan City.

One of the wagons, covered with a white cloth, carried the body of their leader, Wang Xiongzhang.

No one spoke of Wang Xiongzhang. Even the other seven members of the team had their ears perked, listening as the Protectorate Army soldiers, filled with admiration, discussed Lord Chen, Chen Cheng of the Demon Suppression Department’s Purple-clothed Guard, as they traveled.

...

「In the small courtyard house.」

Stark naked, Chen Cheng stood tall. He suddenly moved, and the bones throughout his body seemed to connect as one, letting out a series of sharp cracks!

BOOM!

Chen Cheng’s body began to move, faster and faster, as explosive cracks erupted continuously from his bones!

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

The explosive cracks blended into a single roar! The room was filled with a fierce gale of Power!

Although Chen Cheng was deliberately holding back, this sharp, swift, and penetrating gale of Power still rattled the sealed doors and windows, the pillars and beams, and the roof tiles, making them hum and vibrate!

After a few breaths, Chen Cheng stopped moving. He stood tall and distinguished, a faint smile on his face.

’My Dragon Elephant Bone Forging Technique has finally reached Great Success!

’I can feel it. Even though my Realm is only at Great Success in Bone Forging Realm, the sheer force of my Power probably far surpasses that of a Perfect Martial Artist of the Bone Forger Realm!

’The reason I’m this powerful is, of course, because I cultivated the Profound Gold Hide in the Skin Grinding Realm and the Dragon Tendons in the Muscle Strengthening Realm, pushing both to their absolute limit.’