My Endless Life.

Chapter 219: Jumping Three Levels
Qian Yude's attack fell into empty space again.

But the Pig Demon County Magistrate was not annoyed at all. He laughed heartily and said:

"Haha, so what if I'm a patrol envoy? So what if I'm a martial arts genius? Under this inhuman power, can't I just run around like a mouse?"

Li Qi moved a little further away from Qian Yude, stood outside Qian Yude's attack range and looked at him with a frown.

Jiang Ming stood next to Li Qi. After hearing what Qian Yude said, he couldn't help but respond:
"Is it worth it to transform yourself into a half-human, half-ghost appearance just for the sake of power?"

Just as Jiang Ming finished speaking, Qian Yude suddenly laughed up to the sky:
"Hahahaha, Jiang Ming, Lord Jiang! Li Zhen is the patrol envoy, he couldn't understand it. Don't you, who has been a bronze medal detective for so many years, still can't you understand it?
"Whether you are a human or a ghost, as long as you can climb up, it is worth it no matter what means you use!"

"But you are already the county magistrate! In this border town, everyone knows your great name, Magistrate Qian! Everyone who sees you will respectfully call you 'Sir'! It's already like this, what else are you not satisfied with!"

Jiang Ming asked loudly.

Although he has been a copper catcher for so many years, he actually has no dissatisfaction.

Rather, he was quite satisfied with being a copper catcher in this godforsaken place.

Therefore, I don’t quite understand the thoughts of this local emperor in the border town.

Hearing Jiang Ming's question, Qian Yude laughed twice again. He stopped what he was doing, looked at the people in front of him, and looked at Li Qi's disguised face for a long time.

Finally he suddenly said:
"I studied when I was young. I learned to read at the age of three, wrote poems at the age of five, read the Four Books and Five Classics by heart at the age of seven, and passed the Tongshi examination at the age of twelve and became a Tongsheng.

"I became a scholar at the age of fifteen, and passed the provincial examination at the age of eighteen. My relatives and friends in my hometown all praised me as a child prodigy and a genius...

"In the following years, I successfully passed the imperial examinations and eventually passed the palace examinations to become a Jinshi! At that time, I was full of energy and thought that I would be able to go further in the court in the future...

"But what's the result?"

Qian Yude sneered, and the two fangs in his mouth moved as he laughed.

"Just because I had no one behind me and because I came from a poor family, the high officials in the court assigned me here and made me a seventh-rank county magistrate. I have been here for more than ten years...

“For ordinary people, a seventh-rank county magistrate might be enough to satisfy them, but for me, this is far from enough!!
"I could have gone further! I could have climbed higher! But I have to waste more than ten years of my life here!
"How can I be satisfied! How can I be willing!!!"

Qian Yude roared to the sky, his voice was deafening.

He stood up and moved closer to Li Qi and Jiang Ming, step by step.

He still held the huge wooden pillar in his hand as a weapon. He looked at Li Qi in front of him and said with a straight gaze:
“It was also from that time that I understood a truth.

"If you want to climb higher, if you want to have more power, you must have a background, have power, and want everything you see! You must be greedier than everyone else!
"So I found He Ru and got the golden elixir from her! No matter who it is or what it is! As long as it can give me what I want, I will--"

As he spoke, he grabbed the wooden pillar with both hands, raised it high, and dropped it hard on the two people below as if swatting a fly!
"——I am willing to do it!!!"

Rumble!
The huge wooden pillar smashed down on top of the head with such force that the ground was completely shattered.

Jiang Ming and Li Qi had already dodged before that, but perhaps Qian Yude had already finished his "lines" to Li Qi and the others, this time he did not stop, one attack after another, continuously attacking Li Qi and Jiang Ming!
Qian Yude's own strength is already comparable to that of an innate warrior. Although he does not seem to have mastered the 'innate energy', his physical strength alone is enough to rival that of an ordinary innate warrior.

He's not even a sixth-rank warrior, but a fifth-rank warrior!
This is the result of Qian Yude's "eating spree" during this period.

Not only did he devour and refine all the 'mummies' of the Feisha Gang, he also did not spare the servants in the county magistrate's mansion.

If Liu Zhi had not been loyal to him and if he had not been looking for someone who could help delay time, Liu Zhi would probably have become his meal.

With the combined strength of so many people, Qian Yude’s current strength is reasonable.

Rather, it is somewhat surprising that after doing so many things, his strength is only at the fifth level, not even at the peak of the fourth level.

It doesn’t matter. Whether it’s the sixth rank or the fifth rank, Jiang Ming and Li Qi can’t deal with it.

Even with Li Qiao coming to help, they were no match for Qian Yude.

Zhong Bo, who had been guarding Li Qi in secret, had already begun to stir.

He has already decided that if Young Master Li Qi can't think of a way to deal with Qian Yude, then no matter what Li Qi thinks, he will take action to get rid of Qian Yude!

For Zhong Bo, Li Qi's own safety is more important than the orders Li Qi issued to him.

Zhong Bo thought so in his heart and turned to confirm Li Qi's current condition.

But Li Qi didn't seem to notice him, but instead scanned Qian Yude's body with his eyes quickly.

Up and down, left and right, inside and outside, no place was left out.

He did not fight back, but just dodged and observed, as if recording something.

"Is all you can do about it?!"

Li Qi's avoidance made Qian Yude a little angry.

It was obvious that in Qian Yude's perception, Li Qi's strength was not that good. He only had the ninth-grade cultivation and barely the seventh-grade combat power.

But this kind of existence that can be killed by him at will can jump and dodge flexibly under his attacks.

What made Qian Yude most unhappy was the way Li Qi looked at him. It was not the look of looking at a living thing, but the look of looking at a new object, an object worth studying.

ridiculous!

With his current strength, he would be able to handle it even if the old man who vaguely posed a threat to him personally attacked him.

How can a mere ninth-rank warrior be so arrogant!
In anger, Qian Yude's attacks became more fierce, and Li Qi's dodging became more and more awkward.

Just as Li Qi was about to be defeated by Qian Yude's fierce attack, Qian Yude suddenly heard Li Qi say:

"Uncle Zhong, help me delay for a while."

"Master...?"

"One stick of incense... no, half a stick of incense will be fine. Don't kill him, just delay him. When the time is up, I will take over the rest."

Li Qi said softly.

This nonchalant attitude made Qian Yude laugh out of anger:

"Haha, okay, okay! You really think I'm a piece of fish on the chopping board, don't you? In that case, I'll show you how I kill that damn old man!!"

Zhong Bo stood in front of Li Qi, forcing Qian Yude to face Zhong Bo, which is why Qian Yude said that.

After all, he couldn't bypass Zhongbo and attack Li Qi directly.

Hearing Li Qi's order, Zhong Bo also sighed, but he didn't say anything. Even when Qian Yude called him a dead old man, he didn't react.

He simply drew out the mechanical sword he was carrying, looked at Qian Yude, and fought with Qian Yude a little more seriously, preventing him from getting close to Li Qi.

At the same time, I calculated the time in my mind.

Li Qi, who issued the order, stared at the giant pig demon while Zhong Bo was entangled with Qian Yude. He activated his superpowers at full power to analyze the body structure of the pig demon county magistrate.

The first part of Li Qi's Immortal Heart Sutra was actually at a relatively complete stage, but Li Qi always felt that something was missing, so he was unable to enter the next part. His own strength and cultivation remained at the first level of the Immortal Heart Sutra.

Originally, Li Qi thought that the hard skills he had seen were too few, and he needed more acquired-grade skills to perfect them in order to complete the first stage.

But after seeing these monsters in the past few days, Li Qi had a feeling.

The weakness of the Immortal Heart Sutra may not be the hard skills, but something else special.

That thing... is 'eating'.

Or to be more precise, it is a kind of energy conversion.

Although Li Qi's Immortal Heart Sutra has strong recovery power, recovery itself requires energy. In a world with magic power or "internal energy", he can also rely on these things to provide recovery energy for the Immortal Heart Sutra.

But if he really encountered a world without energy, how could Li Qi's Immortality Sutra play its due role?
All Li Qi could think of was 'eating'.

Normal life mostly obtains energy for survival by eating. No matter what kind of world we are in, as long as we are human, we must eat to maintain the energy needed for daily life.

Li Qi wanted to use martial arts to improve the absorption and conversion rate of energy in his stomach, but looking at the martial arts techniques in the world, there were few martial arts like this one that focused on eating, so Li Qi was stuck here.

Until now, he saw Qian Yude who had turned into a pig demon.

The opponent's ability to eat seemingly anything just completed the last piece of the puzzle for Li Qi's first stage of practice.

So…

Li Qi can try to improve and break through.

While observing Qian Yude, Li Qi's momentum was also rising. In Qian Yude's perception, Li Qi's cultivation was gradually moving towards the ninth level, and reached the eighth level in an instant.

"I see... A breakthrough on the battlefield? He does look like a genius, but what can a mere eighth-grade master do?"

Qian Yude continued to talk trash.

Li Qi didn't care, his momentum was still rising, and in just a few breaths, it rose from the eighth level to the seventh level.

"!?"

Seeing this, Qian Yude's expression froze for a moment and his voice stopped.

He stopped and stared at Li Qi. Seeing Qian Yude stop, Zhong Bo cooperated and did not continue to entangle with the other party. He returned to Li Qi, staring at Qian Yude vigilantly while looking at Li Qi.

Under the gaze of the two, the energy in Li Qi's body continued to rise.

The strong energy exercises Li Qi's whole body, travels through his eight extraordinary meridians, and finally gathers in his dantian, where it condenses into innate energy!
Invisible pressure radiated from Li Qi to the surrounding areas.

In just half a quarter of an hour, Li Qi's cultivation level had been raised from the ninth level to the sixth level!
Jump three levels in a row!

(End of this chapter)