Mysterious World: I Have a Lost Heavenly Court

The chaos in the county town was finally brought under control on the third day.

It was said to be suppressed, but in reality, Zhou Wu and Li Chun paid for it with human lives.

The garrison troops were mobilized in full force, working with the county constables to forcibly clear out several of the town's markets most severely affected by the spirit talismans.

Those civilians who had completely lost control were driven to an abandoned warehouse area in the west of the city and detained there, where they were guarded by soldiers in shifts.

Those with minor injuries were taken home by their families and placed under house arrest, while those with serious injuries were no longer considered human. More than a dozen more souls perished under Li Chun's iron spear.

Liu Qingyu temporarily put aside the matter of breaking the formation and devoted herself to assisting Zhou Wu in setting up temporary sealing formations throughout the city.

He was highly skilled in array formations and set up a simple demon-suppressing array at each of the four gates of the county town and on several main roads.

Although it cannot stop demons above the third realm, it is more than enough to deal with ordinary people controlled by spirit talismans.

The city gates have been closed since the day the chaos began.

Only the east gate was left open for the garrison and constables to enter and exit, but only during the day.

No one may enter or leave after nightfall.

On the morning of the fourth day, the soldiers patrolling the city wall discovered a new problem.

There are demons outside the city, pouring out in droves from the dense forests on both sides of the official road.

Some were wearing armor, some were wearing animal skins, and some were wearing ordinary people's clothes.

They didn't move, just stood there staring at the sentries on the city wall, their faces bearing a uniform, chilling smile.

siege.

Zhou Wu immediately sent someone to try to send a message towards the prefectural city.

Three groups of people left the city from the east, south, and north respectively, but none of them made it out alive.

Lu Changqing did not go out.

But Qingyun did not stop gathering intelligence from the outside.

Qingyun told him all this news.

in the courtyard.

Qingyun's eyes betrayed her worry: "Young Master, the situation in the city seems to be getting more and more complicated."

Lu Changqing remained silent for a few moments, then shook his head slightly: "There's nothing we can do; these external factors are beyond our control."

"All we can do now is cultivate ourselves."

Qingyun listened in silence and nodded in agreement.

Now, the entire Heishan County, including the military officers in the county government, is under control.

It's not that we don't want to manage the current situation, it's that we simply can't manage it!

Those sorcerers outside the city have clearly made a desperate gamble!

Lu Changqing looked towards the courtyard gate, his eyes filled with a focused, resolute energy, as if pure Yang power was burning within his pupils.

"Just a hair's breadth away from condensing my inner energy!"

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Time flies.

That night.

Inside the detached house, the candles had gone out.

Lu Changqing sat cross-legged on the bed, his hands hanging naturally at his knees, his blood and qi surging and flowing at a speed far exceeding his usual rate.

He focused his mind on his body.

The core of the Blood Exchange Realm is to replace old blood with new blood, thereby continuously improving the quality of blood and qi.

Breaking through to the Condensing Qi Realm requires further compression and condensation of this already peak-quality blood and qi.

An invisible yet tangible layer of protective energy forms on the body's surface.

This layer of qi is a pure external projection of physical strength.

Only when a martial artist reaches this level can he truly possess the ability to contend with Taoist practitioners.

He activated the breathing technique of the Hundred Birds Stance, compressing the surging blood and qi in his body towards his dantian.

With each inhale, the blood flow increases by one fraction.

With each exhale, the pure yang fire in the dantian shines a little brighter.

After taking dozens of breaths, the temperature of his blood had risen to an extremely terrifying level.

If someone were to touch his skin at this moment, they would find that his body surface is burning hot.

But the golden skin and jade network firmly locked in this high temperature, preventing even the slightest leakage.

Then he heard a very faint, crisp sound.

The compressed qi and blood in the dantian suddenly exploded, transforming into countless streams of blazing qi that surged through the meridians to the limbs and bones.

Wherever the qi passed, muscle fibers trembled violently, bones emitted a very faint hum, and a very faint dark golden halo appeared on the skin's surface.

He opened his eyes and looked down at his hands.

There were no visible changes on the skin's surface; the luminous white sheen of the Water and Fire Fairy Robe and the dark gold patterns of the Golden Jade Veil were still there.

But the instant he clenched his fists, an invisible gust of wind rippled outwards from his knuckles.

A gust of wind swept across the teacup on the bedside table, causing ripples to spread through the cool tea inside.

Then, a very thin crack silently appeared on the rim of the bowl.

He stood up and casually threw a punch at the empty space inside the room.

He did not use any pure Yang power, nor any martial arts techniques, nor even much strength.

It is purely physical strength, wrapped in the protective aura unique to the Condensing Qi Realm.

The fist struck the air, producing a very muffled boom.

It felt like something had been shattered out of thin air beneath the surface of the fist.

This is something that cannot be done at the Blood Transformation Realm.

A punch from someone at the Blood Transformation Realm delivers force.

A fist from a Condensed Qi Realm expert unleashes powerful Qi energy!

Physical strength can only damage the skin and flesh, but internal energy can penetrate to the bone and marrow!

He pushed open the door and walked into the yard.

The night breeze was cool, but it was repelled by his protective aura just three inches away from him.

They couldn't even lift the corner of her clothes.

He bent down, picked up a piece of blue brick used to prop up flowerpots from the corner of the yard, weighed it in his hand, and then tossed it into the air with about 30% of his strength.

As the blue bricks tumbled and rose to their highest point, just as they began to fall, he unleashed a punch.

The fist was still three inches away from the brick when the protective aura struck it first.

The blue bricks exploded into countless fragments in mid-air, the fragments being swept away by the gale and scattered in all directions.

The pieces hit the courtyard wall with a crackling sound, the largest of which was no bigger than a fingernail.

"Young Master?" Qingyun's eyes widened when Lu Changqing made a move, but seeing him constantly trying to break through the changes, she didn't say anything to disturb him.

Now, seeing Lu Changqing slowly stop moving, she couldn't help but ask, "You've broken through again?"

"Hmm." Lu Changqing withdrew his fist, his five fingers slowly clenching and unclenching in front of him, and finally couldn't help but chuckle, "Condensing Qi Realm, achieved."

Qingyun gasped.

She has extremely high talent in Taoist cultivation, and her talent in martial arts is not bad either.

But after following the young master for the past few months, she had gotten used to his rhythm of breaking through to a new level every few days.

I thought I wouldn't be surprised anymore.

But the Condensing Qi Realm.

Upon reaching the pinnacle of the three realms of martial arts, one's blood and qi transform into a powerful force after the blood exchange.

A fist can break a law, and strength can split a mountain.

Among all the martial artists in the entire Black Mountain County, she had never seen another one at the Condensation Realm.

The young master has only been practicing martial arts for a few months at most!

Lu Changqing withdrew his fist, suppressing the urge to rush out of the city gate and fight his way through the demons to find Qin Yuan.

Reaching the Condensed Qi Realm did give him the confidence to directly challenge Qin Yuan, but it wasn't enough.

Qin Yuan had been lying low at Qingfeng Temple for seven years, so his trump cards couldn't possibly be just those ordinary people controlled by the talismans and a few hidden agents at the Condensation Realm.

To take it down without fail, we need divine blood.

The divine blood amber dropped by the heretic could push his foundation in the Condensation Realm to another level.

Make the protective aura more solid and improve the quality of blood and qi!

"The heretic..."

"Once Qin Yuan obtains and refines the divine blood, he will surely die!"

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Ancient ruins, a Taoist temple atop the mountain.

The stench of blood still lingered in the main hall, where the statue of the heretic sat regally on a lotus platform.

The stone surface shattered inch by inch under Lu Changqing's attack.

Its two scarlet eyes opened, and the moment it saw Lu Changqing, it let out a low growl.

This roar lacked the condescending rage of the previous ones.

There was an added, extremely subtle caution.

It remembered the last time it fought, when this human used a variety of magical techniques to outmaneuver it.

Finally, they even cut off half of its fleshy wing, forcing it to revert to its divine form to heal its wounds.

"It's you again." The evil Taoist stood up from the lotus platform. His broken left wing had grown back halfway, but his movements were obviously not as nimble as before.

"This is the last time." Lu Changqing raised his right hand, and the spirit sword flew out, hovering beside him, its pure yang fire burning quietly.

"This time, I will crush you completely!" The evil Taoist made the first move.

With a flap of its wings, the blood mist around its body exploded, and dozens of blood-fiend magic orbs rained down on Lu Changqing like a storm.

Lu Changqing neither dodged nor avoided, but instead formed a hand seal with his left hand, activating the Water Prison Technique.

A water sphere exploded in front of him, transforming into a water curtain that enveloped all the blood-fiend magic orbs.

Then he clenched his right hand and cast Icethorn.

The water-based spiritual energy within the water curtain instantly condensed into ice spikes.

Pierce all the blood-fiend magic orbs that were still struggling in the water.

After piercing the magic orb, the Ice Thorn continued its momentum, shooting straight towards the heretic's main body.

The evil Taoist swung his claws to deflect the ice thorns, but Lu Changqing's next surgical technique had already begun.

The Vine Binding Technique wrapped around its legs, the Rock Spike Technique pierced out from its feet, and the Golden Blade Technique followed closely behind, heading straight for the old wound on its chest.

The three surgical techniques were seamlessly connected, forcing the evil cultivator to forcibly form a thick shield of blood and evil energy in front of his chest to withstand the attack.

The shield was pierced by the Sharp Metal spell, and the blade added a new wound to its chest, but it was not deep.

"Damn it—you're getting stronger even faster than me!" the evil Taoist roared, ceasing his ranged attacks.

With a flap of its wings, it transformed into a dark red afterimage and pounced towards Lu Changqing.

It didn't believe that this human could also overpower it in close combat.

Lu Changqing did not dodge.

He sheathed his spirit sword at his side, clenched his fists, and his protective aura exploded three inches from his body.

The evil man's claws slammed into his fist, and the qi and blood energy collided in mid-air, creating a very muffled explosion.

The last time that claw struck, he was so shocked that his hand went numb and he stumbled back several steps.

This time, he didn't move an inch.

The protective aura neutralized the penetrating force, while the sword bone withstood the impact.

His fist, imbued with the power of the Condensing Qi Realm, slammed into the evil man's claw, causing the claw to retract backward.

The evil Taoist paused noticeably for a moment.

A distinct look of astonishment flashed in those scarlet eyes.

How could this human's close-combat ability have improved so much in just a few days?

Last time, it was able to shatter the opponent's defenses with just its claws.

This time, the punch shattered its own claw bones.

Lu Changqing did not give it time to think.

The Five Yin Falling God Fist was unleashed, each punch aimed at the old wound on the evil Taoist's chest.

Pure Yang fire adhered to the surface of his fist, and each punch brought out a hissing sound as the blood and evil energy were burned.

The evil man was forced to retreat repeatedly, and his old wound on his left wing was hit by a punch, causing the newly grown wing bone to break again.

It let out a deafening roar, its body churning with blood mist as it tried to use its last strength to force Lu Changqing back.

But Lu Changqing didn't give it a chance to breathe.

The Vine Binding spell wrapped around its legs again, the Water Prison spell wrapped around its right arm, the Fireball spell exploded on its chest, and the Lightning Strike spell struck the base of its left wing.

The heretic finally couldn't hold on any longer.

It knelt on one knee, its blood mist around it so thin it was almost invisible, its left wing completely severed, and its chest burned with a charred hole the size of a bowl by the pure yang fire.

With difficulty, it raised its scarlet eyes and stared intently at Lu Changqing. Its roar no longer contained anger or surprise, but only an emotion it had not felt in a long time.

fear.

It recognized the real threat posed by the human before it.

This relentless growth rate, with each encounter surpassing the last, instilled in it a deep sense of dread.

"No, no—"

"Heroes of the world, there are still remnants of evil in Heaven—"

The evil Taoist seemed to have realized something. His inhuman face was filled with horror. He opened his fanged mouth, raised his head, and roared angrily at the main hall's beam, as if he wanted to announce to the world that Lu Changqing was alive!

But Lu Changqing didn't give it another chance to speak.

The spirit sword, imbued with pure Yang fire, pierced its heart with a single strike!

"Pfft—"

[Slay the Remains Species - Bloodthirsty Taoist.]

[Obtained Divine Blood Amber.]

[Obtained the Spine Key.]