Promise!

Chapter 105, Cleansing the Heart

"The Seven Classics Realm has been achieved!"

After a while, Zhuang Jin felt that his internal energy had been condensed. He opened his eyes and stood up. He felt as light as a swallow, and with a slight movement, he seemed to be floating off the ground.

'This is just an illusion, but breaking through the Seven Classics does bring about huge changes. The most important are three points: First, the quantity and quality of the internal energy have been greatly improved; second, another level of strength besides the Ming Jin has been born, the An Jin!'

'An Jin is different from Ming Jin. It is a different type of force, more sinister and malicious. It can be used alone or attached to Ming Jin.'

Zhuang Jin picked up a walnut that Chen Yun had prepared for him on the table. He silently used his hidden energy to leave the shell of the walnut intact, but when he opened it, the kernel inside had turned into powder.

'The third point is the huge improvement in speed!'

He could clearly feel that when he opened up the three Yang meridians of the hand before, the speed had also increased, but it was far less than this time.

——Just like running cannot only make your legs thinner, other parts of your body will also become thinner. Every time you open up one of the three yang and three yin meridians of the hand, there will be a certain strengthening and improvement in speed and agility. But no matter what, it can never be greater than the three yang and three yin meridians of the foot. This is beyond doubt.

"Originally, the hand meridians were more for increasing output, while the foot meridians were more for increasing speed... Compared to the six meridians, the seven meridians can be called high-speed turrets!"

At this moment, Zhuang Jin finally understood why the Seven Classics had a tacit understanding that they could not attack those below. Because for a warrior of the Seven Classics, even if he had mastered the Six Classics and the Black Evil Palm, it was nothing at all. To defeat the weak with the strong was simply a massacre.

"That's it, or I haven't practiced my martial arts skills!"

"With such a dramatic improvement in strength, it's no wonder that going from the Six Classics to the Seven Classics is like being promoted from a servant to a guard!"

The so-called guard means "the foundation of protecting the family and the clan". Since it is the foundation, it is naturally impossible to sacrifice it easily.

It can be said that at this point, he has already left the level of cannon fodder. In the eyes of the Shen family, he has a certain weight and has truly entered the middle and senior levels.

"At the Seven Classics level, in the Shen family headquarters, one can easily become a director under the first department; even in the streets of the north, east, and south of the city, one is also at the level of guarding a block; the medicinal fields outside the city are also guarding a district... You can see the difference!"

Zhuang Jin sighed, and couldn't help feeling a little lost in his heart. However, he was a man of strong determination after all, so he quickly dispelled the feeling.

"The road of martial arts is endless. I've only just reached this point. Not to mention the realms of the Shen family's Patriarch or the Medicine King Gang Leader, even the perfection of the twelve meridians is still some distance away!"

He shook his head slightly, thinking about his subsequent training: "On the tenth day of May, I returned to the Shen family headquarters. After being promoted to the rank of family servant, I received the four to six meridians of tranquility training, which was just enough to break through the seventh meridian. Just like when I broke through the fourth meridian, now that I have broken through the seventh meridian, I must also return to the Shen family headquarters to receive the more advanced seven to twelve meridians of tranquility training."

"Oh, you can also receive a physical martial arts skill. At the Seventh Scripture Realm, you can learn a second martial arts skill!"

Before, from the first to the sixth classics, I only practiced the Black Evil Palm. It's not that I didn't have other martial arts, but the Black Evil Palm and the Black Evil Skill went together, and they had a synergistic effect when practiced. At the same time, there was no need to learn a second martial art from the first to the sixth classics. I couldn't practice the body movement martial arts, and learning a second killing martial art would distract me and drag down my cultivation level, as well as the Black Evil Palm, which would do more harm than good.

The seven meridians have different levels. If you open up a meridian in the foot, you will be qualified to practice physical skills and martial arts.

'Also, after breaking through the Seven Classics, the low-grade Black Yuan Powder I was using previously has become much less effective. I need to replace it with a mid-grade Black Yuan Powder, which I need to buy from the Pill and Medicine Department... Well, if I remember correctly, a pack of mid-grade Black Yuan Powder costs five taels of silver. The price has skyrocketed tenfold!'

Zhuang Jin wasn't too worried about this. He'd spent some of his time buying exotic beast meat in the first half of the month, and now he still had 2,700 to 2,800 War Merits remaining, along with over 200 kilograms of polished exotic beast meat, which was a decent amount of money. "I need to upgrade my meditation skills, body techniques, and cultivation resources. Because of these factors, and my improved status, I can always break through the Seven Classics and register for advancement. However..."

Zhuang Jin frowned when he thought about his own situation.

On the surface, he received the Shuluo Pill on the 15th of last month and broke through the Six Classics, and only registered for promotion to a Three-Marked Family Servant at the beginning of this month. If he went back for promotion immediately, wouldn't it look like in the eyes of outsiders: He completed the Six Classics realm accumulation in one month and seven or eight days, and broke through the bottleneck from the Sixth to the Seventh Classics?

It's a bit outrageous!
"Forget it, let's wait a bit. I'll register for the promotion in the middle of next month. It will still be a bit conspicuous, but it won't be too exaggerated."

In addition, Zhuang Jin has reached the level of Seven Classics Guard, which means he has entered the upper echelons of the Shen family and can afford some malicious intent.

"This period of time will not be wasted. I will digest the accumulated exotic beast meat and use it to assist in the Black Evil Palm, improving my proficiency on top of the Great Perfection."

Although only when all twelve meridians are fully connected and integrated can the Black Evil Palm reach the perfect level, there are differences between the Black Evil Palms at the great perfection level.

——Quantitatively speaking: if the entry-level proficiency is 100/100, the minor level is 200/200, and the major level is 500/500. For the same major level Black Evil Palm, some people have higher proficiency, and between people at the same level, they can suppress those with lower proficiency.

"I don't have a bottleneck. So, I can keep increasing my Black Evil Palm proficiency to 499/500 at the Great Perfection level. That way, I won't have to worry about my output at the same level between the Seventh and Twelfth Meridians. Once I reach the Twelfth Meridian, I'll be able to break through to Consummation!"

It is necessary to practice the killing martial arts skill that focuses on output, such as the Black Evil Palm. This kind of thing has to be done sooner or later. It is not a waste or idleness for Zhuang Jin to focus on this during this period of time.

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In the following days, Zhuang Jin practiced the Black Evil Palm in the morning and evening, and took Chen Yun to travel in the afternoon.

Well, he found he had a good understanding. After reaching the Great Perfection stage of the Black Evil Palm, with the aid of exotic beast meat, his proficiency increased rapidly, so there was no need to rush. Furthermore, he had already broken through the Seventh Sutra and was now in the medicinal fields outside the city, so he wasn't under so much pressure and could relax a bit. Furthermore, since their marriage, Chen Yun had been by his side, taking care of all the trivial matters, which was quite boring. Although Chen Yun hadn't said it and didn't think so, he felt he owed her something and wanted to make up for it a little...

At first, Chen Yun disagreed, worried that it would hinder Zhuang Jin's cultivation. Zhuang Jin said, "In terms of martial arts, we have reached a temporary halt. We cannot rush into it. Traveling and enjoying the scenery is also a way to cultivate our state of mind." He also said, "There is no need to wait until we are old to enjoy the travel and enjoy the scenery. We should do it now while we are still young and enjoy poetry and wine." Only then did Chen Yun agree.

The two of them traveled around the mountains and rivers, and they left their own medicinal fields to Miao Lun to look after in the afternoon - if they encountered a strange beast at the perfect skin polishing level, they would not be able to hunt it alone, but it would not be difficult to drive it away.

In this way, Zhuang Jin and Chen Yun, the couple, were like a fairy couple, and they visited many interesting places near the city.

For example, the Fish Watching Cave is a stone cave with a horizontal crack in the top of the stone, which seems to be falling. The two people walked hand in hand from under the stone. When they entered, there was a pool next to the water. The water was unfathomable. It was said that there were big fish lurking in it. The two people cast bait on the edge, but only fish less than a foot long emerged and swallowed the bait.
For example, Chaoyang Terrace, on the top of Xiaoqing Mountain, was a place they had admired. Chen Yun even brought rice wine and fresh lotus roots in the "plum blossom box" mentioned earlier. The two bravely climbed to the top of the mountain. From this small platform, they looked down and saw that the entire southern Yunnan city was as small as a bullet, and the rivers and streams were as small as pockets. They could see hundreds of miles away and nearby scenery. It was a magnificent view. They spread out their things on the Chaoyang Terrace, drank a little, and admired the scenery. Until sunset, the two of them supported each other and went down the mountain.
Like the Stone Mirror Mountain next door, this mountain is winding, with cliffs and rushing water. The mountain walls are moist and emerald green, making it difficult for ordinary people to climb up. Zhuang Jin held Chen Yun in his arms, and they walked along the steep rocks, climbing up and down the cliffs. At the end, they saw a flat stone that looked like a screen. It was green and shiny, and it could reflect people's shadows.

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In just seven or eight days, Zhuang Jin and Chen Yun went to many places not far away, but it seemed like a long time had passed.

This kind of sightseeing and seeing the vastness of the world gradually relaxed Zhuang Jin's tense heartstrings since he traveled through time, and his mind became open; with Chen Yun's company, their feelings deepened bit by bit, and it also allowed him to temporarily withdraw from the intrigues and deceptions. His increasingly indifferent and dry heart was moisturized, and he was filled with love for life again. His whole temperament became more calm and peaceful, as gentle as jade.

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(End of this chapter)