From a beggar on South Street to the supreme devil

Chapter 123 Harvest of Practice
The afterglow in the sky gradually dimmed.

The demons on the city wall retreated, leaving only ruins and corpses.

Jiang Chen took off the demon essence stone from the forehead of the five-patterned human demon he had killed.

The number of demon essence stones possessed by this five-patterned human demon is indeed far greater than that of an ordinary four-patterned human demon.

After removing the flesh and blood, Jiang Chen weighed it and found it weighed about ten cents in total.

Then he jumped off the city wall and came to the five-patterned demon that was killed by the green demon.

There was an extremely clear footprint on its abdomen, which was deeply sunken, and the depression even protruded directly from the back of the demon's corpse.

The internal organs, spine and ribs were all crushed by this kick!

This guy was kicked to death by the green human-demon, which was enough to show how terrifying the power gap was between the five-patterned demon and the six-patterned demon.

If I had been caught up by this green demon just now, the consequences would be disastrous!

Jiang Chen lowered his head to take a look, then dug out the demon essence stone on the forehead of the five-patterned human demon.

Although I didn't kill this demon, I came here to provide support after all.

If it weren't for me, the casualties of the remaining warriors on this section of the city wall would have more than doubled.

Besides, in the end, it was I who attracted the attention of the blue demon and bought time for others.

Since he took the ownerless item himself, I'm sure no one else would dare to object.

Sure enough, after seeing Jiang Chen take the demon essence stone from the forehead of the five-patterned human demon.

On the city wall, several warriors who were originally interested had to withdraw their gazes in disappointment.

They certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to come and compete with Jiang Chen for the ownership of the Demon Yuan Stone.

Jiang Chen cleared the flesh and blood off the demon stone and weighed it, which was about eleven cents.

He then collected the demon essence stones on the foreheads of several four-patterned demons that he had not had time to collect before.

By the time he had finished all this, Qian Wenye had already returned from the barren mountains and dense forests.

There was a hint of anger and murderous intent on his old face, and his hands were empty, obviously he had not caught up with the green demon.

Qian Wenye quickly climbed up the city wall, came to Jiang Chen, and took a look at him.

"Are you okay?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "It's okay."

"That's good."

Qian Wenye nodded. He was now counting on Jiang Chen to defeat the Dragon Elephant Sect’s Doukui and bring him some benefits.

Otherwise, all the previous investments will be wasted.

Even though he only gave Jiang Chen a 90% discount on the Merit Hall purchase, the amount of merit he paid was actually not much.

But in fact, the shopping lists that Jiang Chen had seen in the Merit Hall before were all internal lists of the Merit Hall, and some of them would not be shown to ordinary disciples.

Including the Fire-tipped Panlong Spear and the "Ice Silkworm Inner Armor" on Jiang Chen, these are precious goods that only have one piece, and they will be gone once they are sold.

Qian Wenye also had to pay a high price for using this "preemptive purchase right" for Jiang Chen.
Although he is the elder of the Hall of Merit, the priceless goods in the Hall of Merit did not appear out of thin air.

These things were all transported from various other channels, so naturally he couldn't have the final say alone. There were also other elders watching over them.

If Jiang Chen got injured here, causing his cultivation to stagnate, or if he was unable to participate in the Dragon Elephant Sect's Doukuei competition, then Qian Wenye would suffer a great loss!
Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said, "Master Qian, the demon just said a few words when it came. The purpose of these demons coming here is not to attack Yanyang City, but to capture the geniuses in Yanyang City."

Lou Xusheng walked over silently and said slowly: "Maybe he came here for me."

He had just heard the words of the blue demon and roughly understood the demon's purpose.

He turned his head and looked at Jiang Chen with a complicated expression.

Then he clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, Brother Jiang, for helping me today. If it weren't for Brother Jiang, I would have become a prisoner in the hands of that demon now..."

If the green demon had not made Jiang Chen its first target when it arrived, it would have targeted Lou Xusheng first.

With his strength, he would be caught by the green demon in the first encounter and would not be able to survive until Qian Wenye arrived.

It can be said that it was Jiang Chen who saved him from this disaster.

Jiang Chen nodded calmly: "You're welcome."

Qian Wenye listened to what they said and frowned thoughtfully: "Are you here for the martial arts genius..."

He pondered for a while and nodded: "Okay, I understand. I will report this to the headmaster. You guys go back first. There may not be only this batch of demons tonight. Go back and be prepared."

Jiang Chen nodded: "Yes."

Then he left first.

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Lou Xusheng silently watched Jiang Chen's departing back, and there was another moment of silence.

Qian Wenye glanced at him, noticed his thoughts, and laughed: "I'm afraid you have to work harder..."

Lou Xusheng nodded: "After this garrison on the outer city wall is over, I will go to the Dragon and Tiger Pavilion. No matter if I can pass it or not, I will break through to the Zhuzang!"

The Dragon Tiger Pavilion is the last trial of the Dragon Tiger Sect's inner sect trials. Only after the inner sect disciples have passed the other eight trials will they be qualified to challenge the ninth trial.

In this ninth trial, there is a core inheritance of the Dragon and Tiger Sect.

Countless inner disciples had wanted to pass this trial and obtain this core inheritance.

But this trial is extremely difficult.

In the past twenty years of the entire Dragon and Tiger Sect, only Feng Ruxin has passed this trial.

Lou Xusheng tried several times but failed each time.

He could only stop practicing temporarily, keep his cultivation at the level of Iron Bone Perfection, continue to hone himself, and prepare to try again.

But after what he had experienced tonight, he was obviously deeply stimulated by Jiang Chen.

So I decided not to stay any longer even if I failed this test.

Instead, he directly entered the Zhuzang realm to prepare for the Dragon Elephant Sect's Dou Kui.

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Jiang Chen returned to the section of the outer city wall where he was stationed.

At this time, the fight between demons here has come to an end.

Jiang Chen's previous crushing was so brutal that many demons who were about to rush up from outside the city wall were frightened and turned around and ran away, not daring to come again.

"Jiang Chen, this is the demon essence stone from those four-patterned demons."

Zhao Gaoyang saw Jiang Chen returning, and then walked over quickly with a bag.

The bag was still oozing with blood, and it contained the demon essence stones of the demons that Jiang Chen had killed.

Jiang Chen nodded, took the bag and glanced inside.

There are a total of nine-patterned demon stones.

Afterwards, the warriors on the city wall also began to clean up the mess, clearing the ruins and corpses.

The intensity of the siege from the south was very high this time. Even with Jiang Chen guarding the city, there were still some casualties on this section of the city wall.

Seeing their friends and companions who they used to get along with day and night turned into corpses, the remaining surviving warriors couldn't help but feel sad, and the atmosphere on the field was quite depressing.

After cleaning up, they began their normal shifts.

Jiang Chen temporarily came down from the city wall and came to a temporary house behind the wall. He closed the door and began to check his gains for the day.

Today, he killed eight four-patterned demons and obtained twenty demon yuan stones. There were also two five-patterned demons, which also brought him twenty-one demon yuan stones.

Jiang Chen cleaned these demon stones and then placed them all on the table.

By comparing the two, he also discovered that the demon essence stone on the forehead of the five-patterned demon seemed to be a little richer in color than the demon essence stone of the four-patterned demon, but the difference was not particularly obvious.

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment.

It seems that the demon stones born from demons of different levels contain different qi and blood forces.

Perhaps the quality of the demon stone of higher-level demons may undergo a certain qualitative change...

Jiang Chen withdrew his thoughts and glanced at the panel.

[Casting: Getting Started (125/1000)]

More than forty coins of demon essence stones were enough for him to cultivate [Casting Organs] to the minor success stage.

Jiang Chen then sat cross-legged on his knees and swallowed one and a half coins of Demon Yuan Stone, feeling his own Qi and blood rising rapidly under the effect of the Demon Yuan Stone.

Then he took out the bottle of "Purple Gold Casting Dirty Pill" that he had obtained from Zhong Hui's mansion before, poured out a purple-gold pill from it, and then swallowed it into his mouth.

This "Purple Gold Zhuzang Pill" can be considered a top-grade pill among all Zhuzang pills. A bottle of similar pills can be sold for more than 500 merit points in the Merit Hall.

Moreover, since this type of medicinal materials for elixirs are difficult to search for, some precious medicinal materials cannot be collected near Yanyang City and can only be purchased through merchants in Longxiang County.

Therefore, they are often out of stock and only occasionally one or two bottles of elixir will appear on the list of the Inner Gate Merit Hall.

And once it appears, it will attract the snatching of the iron-boned and perfect warriors in the sect.

The medicinal properties of the pill quickly dissolve in the stomach and spread throughout the body driven by qi and blood.

Jiang Chen began to practice the "Blood Moving and Breathing Method" to promote his own Qi and blood as well as the medicinal properties in his body and to temper his liver.

Wisps of mist emerged from the surface of his skin.

Two hours later.

The Qi and blood in his body gradually calmed down, and the medicinal effect of the "Purple Gold Zhuzang Pill" was gradually digested. Jiang Chen looked up at the panel.

[Casting: Getting Started (155/1000)]

Through the combined effects of the Purple Gold Casting Pill and the Demon Yuan Stone, his experience-earning efficiency per hour has reached 15 points, which means 30 points per day.

According to the current progress, it will only take less than a month for him to successfully break through and enter the Zhuan realm.

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(End of this chapter)