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It was midnight, in the backyard of the constables' quarters.

After leaving the alley, Mu Yang returned to the courtyard.

After washing it with several buckets of well water, he returned to the house and casually tossed the fluorite onto the roof beam, its soft light illuminating the entire room.

After killing the woman in the wedding dress tonight, his equipment inventory was empty again.

Unfortunately, he didn't have any extra dantian construction techniques, so he had to equip other items first.

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Mu Yang took out the body of the woman in the wedding dress.

"Equipment, Drowned Corpse Ghost."

[Ding! Drowned Ghost is equipped!]

A mighty stream of clear water swept through my mind, instantly clearing my head.

The strength of the soul has almost doubled.

Then, a cool sensation, like ice against the skin, suddenly arose, traveled along the meridians through the limbs and bones, and finally disappeared into all parts of the body.

This is the effect of Yin energy resisting.

Mu Yang stretched out his hand, and a wisp of true energy gathered at his fingertips.

Yin energy transformation!

With a thought, the rich, pale white high-grade true energy suddenly turned cold and eerie, as hazy as a heavy fog on a rainy day.

Mu Yang clearly felt that with the appearance of a wisp of yin energy, the surrounding air seemed to get a few degrees colder.

As he gradually increased the amount of his true energy, the temperature inside the room continued to drop, and there were even faint signs of frost forming on the wall closest to him.

He stretched out his finger and gently slid it across the wooden table in front of him.

A layer of frost silently enveloped the wooden table, and the inner wall of the frost emitted wisps of visible gray light, as if it had a corrosive effect.

The wooden table, covered in frost, gradually darkened in color, becoming like a withered tree.

"So this is the corrosive effect of yin energy...?"

Mu Yang withdrew his hand and put the frost-covered wooden table into his sleeve.

The effect of transforming superior true qi into yin energy was better than he had imagined.

If the yin energy within the woman in the wedding dress had possessed this quality, it might have actually been possible for her to escape.

After testing the effects of Yin energy, Mu Yang took out two more martial arts techniques for external martial arts from his sleeve.

One was "Wind Power Body" which I obtained from Bao Ping, and the other was "Hardwood Body" which I obtained from Ke You.

The former focuses on strengthening the lower limbs, increasing the hardness of the leg bones and movement speed, while the latter is a traditional external martial art that is effective for the entire body.

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[Equipable Item: Wind Force Body (Qi Condensation Martial Art)]

[Rank: Fourth Rank]

【Equipment Effect: ①Perfect (White): Wind Power Proficiency reaches Perfect level.

② Horizontal Training Affinity (White): Slightly increases affinity with horizontal training martial arts, accelerating the training speed of horizontal training martial arts.

③ Wind (Blue): When using non-wind attribute true energy to activate this technique, the speed boost effect will not be reduced; when using wind attribute true energy to activate this technique, movement speed will be greatly increased.

[Permanent fixation conditions: Equip this item for 100 days, or slay any fourth-tier or higher-grade monster while equipping this item.]

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[Equipable Item: Hardwood Body (Qi Condensation Martial Arts)]

[Rank: Fourth Rank]

【Equipment Effect: ①Perfect (White):.............

②Practice being approachable (in white): .......

③ Hardwood (Blue): When using non-wood attribute true energy to activate this technique, the defensive effect will not be reduced; when using wood attribute true energy to activate this technique, the defensive effect will be greatly enhanced.

[Permanent curing conditions:............。]

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The descriptions for the two martial arts are quite similar, both consisting of two white characters and one blue character.

Both of them contain the entry for "horizontal training and affinity".

Mu Yang sometimes even wondered if, with the help of various affinity-related affixes, he could one day become a true genius without relying on his equipment slots.

Of course, whether or not he becomes a genius doesn't affect his use of the equipment slots.

After all, the various affixes and effects of equipment are much stronger than those gained through self-cultivation.

"Equipment, Wind-Powered Body, Hardwood Body," Mu Yang silently recited in his mind.

[Ding! "Wind-Powered Body" and "Hardwood Body" are now equipped!]

As two Qi Condensation Realm martial arts techniques were applied, Mu Yang's skin began to tremble slightly, as if he had undergone countless beatings while time was accelerated a hundredfold.

The sensation is most pronounced, especially in the legs.

Strands of true energy appeared out of thin air from within the dantian, but instead of merging with the superior true energy, they flowed downwards on their own, circulating through the joints of the legs.

With a series of crisp bone cracking sounds, Mu Yang suddenly felt a significant increase in the strength of his legs.

Once everything was over, Mu Yang raised his hand, channeled his inner energy to his fingertips, and activated the Spider Spear effect, piercing his own skin.

With just a little effort, the skin remained intact.

With a third of the force applied, the skin began to dent slightly, but remained intact.

When the force was reduced to five-tenths, a faint white mark appeared.

When I applied seven-tenths of my strength, a slight stinging sensation came over me.

When I exerted nine-tenths of my strength, my skin began to show faint redness.

When the force was fully exerted, the red color deepened, blood coagulated into beads, and dripped down.

But as Mu Yang withdrew his hand and stopped, the faint wound disappeared instantly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If it weren't for the blood droplets still floating on the surface, no one would be able to tell that there was a wound here just a breath ago.

"The effect is okay."

Mu Yang flicked the blood off his arm and thought to himself.

Previously, when his single arm had a strength of 120,000 jin, 70% of his strength would pierce his skin. Now, his single arm has a strength of 150,000 jin, and he can barely bleed when he uses all his strength. His defensive effect has almost doubled.

If he were to face the Dreamweaver Spider Demon's spear attack now, he probably wouldn't even get a scratch.

After testing the effects of the external martial arts technique, Mu Yang looked at the two empty equipment slots.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yang took out a Qi-replenishing pill and equipped it, then threw the largest pouch on his body into it.

The former can accelerate the recovery of true qi, while the latter mainly protects the sleeve.

Mu Yang was also afraid of encountering a tough monster, and that in the heat of the battle, he might accidentally damage his sleeve pouch.

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【已装备物品：1.溺尸鬼物+、2.《风力身》+、3.《硬木体》+、4.补气丸+、5.小型袖袋+1+】

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After glancing at his fully loaded equipment inventory, Mu Yang snapped out of his thoughts.

"I hope I can get some good assignments tomorrow."

It's past midnight now, and tomorrow is the agreed meeting day. I hope to encounter a few more fourth-tier monsters.

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Dawn, early morning.

Mu Yang appeared in the courtyard early as usual.

With his current cultivation level and spiritual strength, a little bit of staying up late is no big deal.

Early in the morning, Mu Yang first bought some fine breakfast and went to the police station to visit Dai Wang.

Seeing that he was still busy, I didn't stay any longer.

Considering that tomorrow was the meeting day, Mu Yang didn't think about anything else, so as not to delay the meeting time.

In one day, Mu Yang only went out of the city in the morning to register his merits with the Demon Slayer Bureau.

Including the one merit he already has, he only needs six more merits to apply for promotion to Second-Class Demon-Hunting Captain.

That's pretty good news.

The rest of the time, Mu Yang spent his time among the various vendors and restaurants in the city's streets and alleys.

During this time, Mu Yang also visited the Jixiang Restaurant.

Hu Deshui also told him that some members of the Canal Gang heard strange noises and fighting sounds in Guaizi Alley last night, which was very eerie.

Fortunately, no bodies were found this morning, which is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Mu Yang smiled without saying a word.

And so the sun set in the west, and a day passed in a flash.

Before we knew it, the day of the assembly arrived.

After changing into his Demon Slayer uniform, Mu Yang rode Little Black out of the city.