Chapter 193: Chapter 192 True Qi, 1000 Points! (Please Subscribe)
"Are you saying that the one who killed Guan Dexi was from Chen Family Stronghold?"
Song Hailong blurted out.
Cheng Lei nodded and said, "It’s possible."
"You mean the killer could be someone other than Chen Family Stronghold?" The smile that had just appeared on Song Hailong’s face instantly froze.
"Hmm."
Cheng Lei furrowed his brow and said, "Because I can’t figure out one thing. If Guan Dexi was killed by someone from Chen Family Stronghold to keep a secret, how did they know that Guan Dexi was also aware that the bandits were in their stronghold?"
After all, judging by the sequence of events, Guan Dexi should have learned this after them, by which time Yang Xiaochun and the others likely already faced misfortune. This woman named Chang Juan, and Wang Xin, certainly wouldn’t have left.
"Cousin! You’re usually so smart, how come you’re confused now? This isn’t hard to explain."
Song Hailong’s lips curled up, "The people from Chen Family Stronghold captured Yang Xiaochun and the others alive and learned from them that there was another woman who knew about this incident. They infiltrated with the intention to silence them and coincidentally ran into Guan Dexi killing the woman. Taking advantage of Guan Dexi’s unguarded moment, they launched a successful surprise attack. Doesn’t it all make sense now?"
"!"
Cheng Lei shivered slightly.
It really seems to be the case.
Although it’s somewhat coincidental, it’s like when Yang Xiaochun saw the people from Chen Family Stronghold leading the horse herd away from the city wall.
But does Chen Family Stronghold really have such experts?
Guan Dexi was indeed a Muscle Refining Martial Artist. In Anshan City, Entry Force Martial Artists were as numerous as dogs and Muscle Refining Martial Artists were everywhere.
In a small stronghold, even having a Body Tempering Third Layer Martial Artist was a rarity. A Muscle Refining Martial Artist was simply a fantasy, let alone one that could easily kill Guan Dexi.
"Alright, cousin, don’t think too much about it."
Song Hailong exhaled deeply, patted Cheng Lei’s shoulder, and said, "The motive is so clear; the murderer is definitely from Chen Family Stronghold."
A cold glint flashed in his eyes, "Tomorrow morning, we’ll set off with everyone, capture all the people of Chen Family Stronghold, break their legs, and send them to Anshan City to await judgment by that lord."
"Hmm."
Cheng Lei nodded.
Though he still felt that some things were unclear,
it was hard to find a more suitable suspect than Chen Family Stronghold.
If it was indeed Chen Family Stronghold, could it be that Divine Shooter? To kill Guan Dexi, it would at least require someone at the Mid Stage, or even Late Stage, of Muscle Refining.
But even a Late Stage Muscle Refining Martial Artist, or an Entry Force Martial Artist, could not withstand the firepower net of heavy machine guns, let alone a few 75mm howitzers.
Let’s hope that the lord of Anshan City is satisfied with the answer we present.
Next to him, Song Hailong clenched his fists. If it weren’t for the dark of night, he would have taken heavy weaponry and stormed in right away!
Those bastards from Chen Family Stronghold dared to kill Guan Dexi? They deserve to die!
...
Night gradually deepened.
The wilderness resounded now and then with the roars of fierce beasts.
In Anshan City, many places were still brightly lit, with men and women in colorful clothing shuttling back and forth, as if it were a different world from the outside of the city.
In the alchemy room, along with a crisp sound, the last batch of Qi Blood Pills was finally refined.
Chen Fan closed the instrument, opened the lid of the furnace, and retrieved the elixirs.
The freshly refined Qi Blood Pills were steaming hot and exuded a rich fragrance.
Three top-grade Qi Blood Pills and seven high-grade Qi Blood Pills, a performance within the normal range.
Chen Fan popped the pills into his mouth like candies.
Afterward, he looked at the panel.
units of medicinal materials, 30 hours of time spent, and the potential points had increased to 88 million!
Not as much as imagined, surpassing a hundred million, but still exceeding expectations. Based on the calculation of ten Qi Blood Pills—seven high-grade and three top-grade—the total potential points provided by 2500 Qi Blood Pills would be only 81 million.
Perhaps due to his high spiritual power,
despite the long duration of alchemy, he didn’t feel the least bit fatigued, still full of energy.
"It’s time to continue breaking through."
Chen Fan looked at the realm bar,
He planned to keep ten million potential points as a safety net and use the remaining 78 million to impact the meridians.
After all, the requirement for the use of [Cloud-piercing Arrow Technique] was right there; without a thousand points of True Qi, its secret techniques couldn’t be used.
By analogy, fist techniques, saber techniques, and other martial arts were similar.
Of course, he didn’t rush to consume the potential points immediately. Over the past day, the True Qi in his body had already been fully restored.
He first used the True Qi in his body to impact a few acupoints, then consumed the potential points.
After opening the Brain Void Acupoint and Fengchi Acupoint one after another, Chen Fan felt that the True Qi in his body was almost depleted.
With a thought, he consumed 420,000 potential points, and a massive amount of True Qi instantly appeared in the dantian, breaking through the next acupoint, Fengfu Acupoint, like an unstoppable force.
Suddenly, his body contained even more True Qi.
Chen Fan glanced at the improvements and saw a 15-point increase in True Qi.
"I’ve already reached the Fengfu Acupoint?"
Chen Fan muttered to himself.
While refining pills, he also searched the association’s forum for information about the Meridian Refining Realm.
There were details on the forum, but the truly valuable information required a fee to view.
He spent tens of thousands of contribution points and learned a lot of useful information.
For instance, the Yangwei Meridian is the first meridian that martial artists in the Eight Extraordinary Meridians usually attack, and its difficulty in the eight meridians is the lowest.
The entire meridian has 16 acupoints, and when an acupoint is opened, the True Qi in the body increases, and all physical attributes are enhanced to a certain extent.
If the entire meridian is fully opened, the True Qi would increase further.
If four meridians are opened, the Primordial True Qi in a martial artist’s body would exceed 100 points, marking the martial artist’s entry into the Mid Stage of Meridian Refining.
If six meridians are cleared, leaving only the Ren and Du Meridians, the martial artist would be in the Late Stage of Meridian Refining.
When all eight meridians are connected and the Sea of Qi is developed in the dantian, transforming True Qi into True Essence, then one steps into the True Essence Realm.
The difficulty in opening the eight meridians increases with each one.
Without exceptional martial talent and abundant resources, it’s impossible to do.
"The next acupoint will complete the Yangwei Meridian."
Chen Fan was a bit expectant,
[Consume 440,000 potential points to open the Yamen Acupoint of the Yangwei Meridian]
[True Qi value +16]
[Constitution +7]
[Strength +8]
[Fully open the Yangwei Meridian]
[True Qi +20]
[Constitution +8]
[Strength +9]
[Agility +9]
Chen Fan’s eyes first brightened, then he let out a wry smile.
Damn, he thought fully opening a meridian would provide a huge boost.
In the end, the True Qi value only increased by 20 points...
There wasn’t much change in the three basic attributes either.
However, improving physical attributes while refining Qi was a pleasant surprise.
Chen Fan looked at the panel,
Realm: Early Stage of Meridian Refining (0/600,000)
True Qi: 58/236 (+30%)
The potential points needed for the next meridian breakthrough are 600,000, over 100,000 more than the last acupoint.
Chen Fan glanced at his potential points, 87 million. It seemed not hard to clear four meridians. As for the potential points needed for the later meridians, he would deal with that later.
He looked down.
After opening the first meridian, his Primordial True Qi had increased from over 150 to 236 points, an increase of over 80.
However, the total increase in True Qi in his body reached 101 points.
"Let’s continue then."
With a thought, a million potential points vanished immediately.
Although the difficulty of the second meridian was double that of the first, the massive amount of True Qi made it easy to break through.
[Consume 1,000,000 potential points to open the Zhubin Acupoint of the Yinwei Meridian]
[True Qi value +17]
[Constitution +9]
[Strength +9]
"Only 17 points of True Qi value?"
Chen Fan scratched his head.
Seems a bit low.
But according to what those Meridian Refining Martial Artists of the association said, the Primordial True Qi from opening four meridians was only over a thousand points.
Shaking his head, he decided to continue enhancing.
[Consume 2,000,000 potential points to open the Fushe Acupoint of the Yinwei Meridian]
[True Qi value +18]
[Constitution +9]
[Strength +7]
...
[Consume 1,800,000 potential points to open the Zhubin Acupoint of the Yinwei Meridian]
[True Qi value +25]
[Constitution +10]
[Strength +9]
[Agility +8]
[Fully open the Yinwei Meridian]
[True Qi +30]
[Constitution +9]
[Strength +10]
[Agility +10]
The second meridian was opened.
As the effect of opening the whole meridian, the True Qi value increased by 30 points.
But the attributes of Constitution, Strength, and Agility remained around 10 points.
Opening a whole meridian increased the three attributes by around 100 points each.
Chen Fan looked at the panel,
Realm: Early Stage of Meridian Refining (0/3,000,000)
True Qi: 247/425 (+30%)
The potential points needed for the next breakthrough increased from 1,800,000 to 3,000,000, making Chen Fan feel great pressure.
He glanced at his remaining potential points, only about 70 million.
"I wonder if I can open the third meridian; the fourth one seems less likely."
He sighed, but there was good news.
The Primordial True Qi had reached 425 points, and with a 30% True Qi bonus, the total True Qi in his body was 552 points.
If he managed to open the third meridian, his total True Qi, including the inner strength bonus, should exceed 1,000 points, matching the Mid Stage of Meridian Refining.
"Let’s open the Yang Qiao Meridian then."
The Yang Qiao and Yin Qiao Meridians are the other two meridians for the Early Stage of Meridian Refining,
The former has more acupoints, 14, while the latter has fewer, only 9.
[Consume 3,000,000 potential points to open the Shenmai Acupoint of the Yang Qiao Meridian]
[True Qi value +26]
[Constitution +9]
[Agility +8]
...
[Consume 4,300,000 potential points to open the Fengchi Acupoint of the Yang Qiao Meridian]
[True Qi value +39]
[Constitution +9]
[Strength +10]
[Agility +8]
With the Fengchi Acupoint broken, the entire Yang Qiao Meridian was opened.
[Fully open the Yang Qiao Meridian]
[True Qi +50]
[Constitution +9]
[Strength +10]
[Agility +10]
True Qi kept increasing, but the three basic attributes were clearly reaching their limit.
"My total True Qi should exceed a thousand points now, right?"
Chen Fan apprehensively looked at the panel.