Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

By now, even though Gu Chen's cultivation level hadn't increased, his strength had leapt qualitatively compared to before.

Moreover, after enhancing his martial skills, the panel still displayed one hundred and twenty merit points remaining, which Gu Chen had reserved to increase his cultivation.

This time, with five hundred merit points, Gu Chen had maximized their potential, not only enhancing his martial skills but also assisting in the increase of his cultivation level.

"Panel, upgrade!"

The next moment, as Gu Chen's thought activated, all one hundred and twenty merit points on the panel vanished instantly, the score returning to zero.

Boom!

Simultaneously, within Gu Chen's body, surge after surge of pure Gangqi continuously emerged; as Gu Chen refined it ceaselessly, his cultivation level climbed higher and higher.

Fortunately, since Gu Chen had cultivated the indestructible Vajra body, and his Vajra indestructible divine skill had reached the beginner level, his physique was incredibly strong and more than able to accommodate the surplus one hundred and twenty years of Gangqi cultivation. He even had spare capacity for more.

The physical body was no longer the shackles of Gu Chen's cultivation advancement; as long as he had the merit points, it was possible that he could elevate his cultivation level directly to the peak of the Gang Qi Stage or even to the Returning to True Stage!

In the future, should he acquire more merit points, Gu Chen would consider his cultivation as the main goal for enhancement.

Feeling the cultivation within him once again becoming abundant and his own formidable physique, Gu Chen felt a certain peace of mind.

After all, he was now a Yellow Level Commander of Da Xia, and there could be a mission that would dispatch him at any moment. Being a Commander of the Jing Tian Department, Gu Chen already had the authority to preside over a region.

Gu Chen's eyes flickered slightly as he scanned the panel. With this enhancement, his cultivation had reached as much as four hundred and eighty years, and his realm had also reached the mid-stage of the Gang Qi Stage.

Of course, although his realm was at the mid-stage of the Gang Qi Stage, the Gangqi within Gu Chen's body was extremely condensed; he could externally project it just like those Outer Gang martial artists.

From this point, it was clear how formidable Gu Chen's current cultivation was.

As his physical body and realm continued to advance, Gu Chen discovered that the internal energy his body could hold had also greatly increased. This meant the further he progressed, the more merit points he would need to support his breakthroughs to the next realm.

However, for Gu Chen or any martial artist, having a strong cultivation was never a bad thing.

The only thing that troubled Gu Chen was the lack of merit points.

"I never thought that as a Commander, I would still be troubled by the lack of merit points," Gu Chen murmured as he looked at the merit points that had reset to zero on his panel, feeling somewhat worried.

Even though he was a Yellow Level Commander of the Jing Tian Department, he could only acquire merit points by completing missions. Hoping that someone would gift them to him was rather unrealistic.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

With his cultivation and martial skills fully enhanced, Gu Chen's strength had improved far too much compared to seventeen days ago. Moreover, during this time, he had completely refined the Blood Shadow Sword at his waist, and the grandmaster-level sword intent within it had also been significantly digested by Gu Chen. Without the aid of merit points, his strength had reached a bottleneck.

Now, Gu Chen was confident that he could contend with martial artists at the level of the Returning to True Stage.

The martial path became more difficult as one progressed, and the gap between each realm only widened, making it extremely difficult to battle across ranks as he had done before.

Let alone a major realm, even the gap within each minor realm was as vast as a chasm, not easily crossed.

This is also why Gu Chen chose to categorize all martial skills on the panel and deduced them into Superior Martial Skills.

Only by doing so, combined with his indestructible Vajra body and the profound Gangqi within him, could Gu Chen truly face martial artists in the early and middle stages of the Returning to True Stage without fear.

As for the Blood Shadow Sword, even though Gu Chen had now broken through to the Gang Qi stage and his cultivation was profound, using the Blood Shadow Sword still required a great expenditure of his energy.

After all, divine weapons are said to be exclusive to grandmasters; only those who have reached the realm of a martial grandmaster can fully unleash the power of a divine weapon.

Unless it was a matter of life and death, Gu Chen would not fully activate the Blood Shadow Sword.

And once Gu Chen did fully activate the Blood Shadow Sword, it would also mean he had entered a moment of life-or-death crisis.

Subsequently, Gu Chen spent another day consolidating his rapidly increased cultivation before choosing to emerge from seclusion.

The reason he chose to seclude himself in the Jing Tian Department was purely due to the tranquility of the location, where no one would disturb him.

At Gu Mansion, any accidents that might occur would be problematic.

When Gu Chen, dressed in dark attire, emerged from the quiet chamber, he found two Metropolitan Procurators waiting at the door; upon seeing Gu Chen, they immediately clasped their fists and said in a deep voice, "We greet Lord Gu."

Both of these men were much older than Gu Chen, in their early thirties, with Vajra Stage cultivation. However, the Jing Tian Department valued identity and strength over age, and since they were both inferior to Gu Chen in these aspects, they had to show their respect.

Nevertheless, neither of them was unwilling, knowing full well Gu Chen's reputation throughout the nine provinces. In fact, they were excited to be in close contact with Gu Chen.

Seeing them standing there, Gu Chen was somewhat surprised and asked, "What are you two doing here?"

"It was Master Chen Yu who asked us to wait for you here, and we have been standing here for seven days now," the two said with bowed heads and respectful voices.

Gu Chen sensed something was amiss and his brows furrowed as he asked, "Has anything happened during this time?"

Exchanging glances, they replied in unison, "Reporting to Master, during the time of your seclusion, war has spread across the entire nine provinces!"

"Hm?" Gu Chen's brows drew even tighter upon hearing this, and he asked, "What has happened during this period?"

The two Metropolitan Procurators looked at each other and said, "Well... Master Chen Yu has been urgently seeking you. He told us to inform you as soon as you emerged from seclusion to find him immediately. Brother Chen will tell you everything that's happened recently."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen nodded and before long, he met with Chen Yu.

"Brother Chen, what exactly has happened during this time? The atmosphere in the Jing Tian Department seems very heavy, and many people have disappeared," said Gu Chen as soon as he saw Chen Yu.

Chen Yu, clad in a blue robe with handsome features, had been instructing Song Yu and Wang Yan about something. Seeing Gu Chen emerge from seclusion, his eyes lit up with joy.

"You've broken through again?" A flash of astonishment crossed Chen Yu's eyes as he sensed the vigorous aura emanating from Gu Chen, whose cultivation seemed to have greatly increased compared to just over a fortnight ago.

Chen Yu inwardly marveled, realizing that today he might truly be no match for Gu Chen.

"Broken through again?!" Song Yu and Wang Yan standing beside him, also experienced a shock hearing this.

Gu Chen was now a Yellow Level Commander of the Jing Tian Department, while they had just broken through to the Vajra Stage and had been promoted to the first order of Metropolitan Procurators. Although they had been friends before, the gap between them was now significant.

Gu Chen naturally noticed Song Yu and Wang Yan and nodded to them. In fact, if it weren't for Gu Chen, neither Song Yu nor Wang Yan would have been so diligent, and their cultivation would not have improved so quickly.

It could be said that it was Gu Chen's presence that spurred them on.

But soon, worry surged in their hearts, overshadowing the joy at Gu Chen's emergence from seclusion. At this moment, Chen Yu, with a grave voice, said to Gu Chen, "Turmoil is about to engulf the world!"