The proof of Emperor Wu began with daily rewards for diligence.

Pei Qingying tossed her phone to the corner of the sofa, then, with light steps, presented three thumb-sized porcelain bottles to Chen Jue as if offering a treasure.

"Didn't that wicked old man say you were depleted of true energy? I happen to have three drops of low-grade spiritual essence here!"

"Don't underestimate this stuff! Every drop can restore three thousand strands of true energy!"

"Converted to the five elements of true energy, that's a full six hundred strands!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jue was first shocked, then his face lit up with ecstatic joy.

In order to slay the demon that Dong Ling had transformed into and save his own life, he did not hesitate to give up the hundreds of strands of Five Elements True Qi that he had painstakingly cultivated in his body, and used them all to activate the true meaning of "My Way" in the Six Harmonies Sword Technique.

I thought it would take me more than half a month of grueling training to barely make up for it.

Unexpectedly, just when he was about to fall asleep, Pei Qingying produced such a miraculous item to help him recover his true energy...

"Pei Qingqing! You are simply the best little sister in the world!"

Chen Jue scooped the lithe Pei Qingying into his arms and happily spun around on the spot.

"Huh? Huh! Huh?!"

Feeling Chen Jue's passionate embrace, Pei Qingying's heart pounded. Shyness and happiness mingled, her hazy almond-shaped eyes shimmered with tender emotions.

However, a minute later, Chen Jue was still excitedly spinning around, showing no sign of stopping.

By the time the little girl realized something was wrong, her head was spinning and she felt dizzy.

"Put me down!" Pei Qingying patted Chen Jue's back hard, looking pained.

Chen Jue, immersed in joy, suddenly realized that hugging a girl without her consent was extremely impolite.

He hurriedly put Pei Qingying down.

But then the little girl stumbled and fell onto the sofa, pulled over the trash can under the coffee table, and vomited violently.

"..." Chen Jue was stunned by what he saw.

Am I some kind of dirty person?

Even a simple hug makes this rich young lady vomit uncontrollably?

"Brother Chen! Next time! No more spinning me around like that!"

After vomiting, Pei Qingying's face turned deathly pale, as if she had lost half her life, but she still gritted her teeth and set rules for Chen Jue.

"Are you alright?" Chen Jue asked, noticing the girl's pale face. He then went over and patted Pei Qingying's back.

The little girl had a slender figure and a beautiful back. Gently patting her spine was like caressing the most exquisite jade in the world, making it hard to let go.

"What are you doing?!" Pei Qingying recovered and turned around to glare fiercely at Chen Jue.

Chen Jue swore that he absolutely did not intend to put his arm around the girl's slender waist; his hand had become sentient and developed its own consciousness!

"Haha! The weather is so nice today!"

Chen Jue didn't explain. He had already made up his mind. He was determined to win over the girl in front of him no matter what!

He won't die if he can't get married in the future!

"Oh, by the way, the ingredients are in the fridge. Just make something simple for lunch..."

"I'll make you your favorite lotus leaf chicken tonight." Chen Jue stood up from the sofa and hurried to the bedroom.

"Should I not have yelled at him...?"

Watching Chen Jue flee in panic, Pei Qingying began to feel annoyed and punched Chen Jue's pillow with her small fist.

……

Chen Jue returned to his bedroom and drew the curtains tightly shut.

"Secretary Zhao, may your spirit in heaven bless me with wealth!"

He silently recited the mantra several times, and with a devout heart, used the little true energy he had left to open Zhao Wei's storage ring.

"Wow! The Golden Legend!"

First of all, the ring's nearly three cubic meters of storage space filled Chen Jue with immense joy.

Secondly, the spirit stones in the storage space are almost piled up into a small mountain.

Chen Jue quickly counted them and found that there were as many as five hundred low-grade spirit stones, in addition to ten rare mid-grade spirit stones!

"We're rich! We're really rich this time!"

Chen Jue was surprised that Zhao Wei was so helpful, hoarding so many spirit stones for him.

Today he killed two fallen demon priests of the Fire Cult, plus Dong Ling, a level-one boss, and obtained a total of 1000 strands of fire-type true energy.

To perfectly replicate this amount of true energy, he would need at least 100 spirit stones!

The spirit stones donated by Secretary Zhao came at such a timely time that Chen Jue felt a sense of "destiny" for the first time.

However, he did not forget that this spatial ring was given to him by his uncle.

Therefore, upon realizing he had struck it rich, Chen Jue generously transferred 100,000 yuan to He Tang as pocket money.

As for the remaining money, Chen Jue set aside the spirit stones needed for tonight's settlement and used the rest as a fund for buying a house.

There were already signs of unrest in the outer city.

With this windfall, he only needs to work a little harder to raise enough money to buy a house in the inner city and send his mother and aunt's family to live a peaceful life there.

Chen Jue continued rummaging through Zhao Wei's storage space and found two rather exquisite boxes.

Inside the box was a fragmented martial arts manual called "Heaven Collapse and Earth Shattering Slash". The book had rough edges, suggesting that Zhao Wei had taken it out frequently to review and study it, hence the heavy signs of use.

Chen Jue opened the book and glanced at it, then felt his breath catch in his throat.

What kind of filthy thing is this? To unleash the full power of this martial art, it actually requires at least three units of Earth-attribute True Qi!

Isn't this just a radish pit specifically for future generations to cultivate in a large family? It's similar in concept to "The Lesser Five Elements Secrets".

Let's set aside the swordsmanship for now and study it later.

Chen Jue opened another box.

The box contained a "rice seedling knife" that was about three feet four inches long.

The blade is almost straight, with smooth lines like a green seedling. A spirit pattern, about the thickness of a pen core, runs through the entire blade, making it look extremely beautiful.

Clearly, this is a valuable Tier 1 Xuan weapon, with the name of the sword engraved on the hilt – "Benliu".

"A fine knife!"

Chen Jue was overjoyed. He casually brandished the sword a couple of times, planning to change its scabbard and carry it along with his horse-slaying sword at his waist.

After taking inventory of the valuables, Chen Jue swept all the valuables in the storage space, such as clothes, jewelry, and calligraphy and paintings, into a corner.

He has limited ability to convert these items into cash, so he needs to find some time to go to the black market and dispose of them.

After opening the treasure chest, Chen Jue meditated and regulated his breathing to calm his mind before turning his attention back to his dantian.

Under the internal visualization of his true energy, he clearly saw a small black dot curled up at the very edge of his dantian.

Chen Jue sneered and immediately summoned the furnace fire to burn it.

"Ahhh! What are you doing?! Don't come any closer!" The black dot let out a shrill scream that only Chen Jue could hear.

"Tsk tsk, is this all the fire demon you've got, summoned by a believer who sacrificed a hundred lives?" Chen Jue sneered.

"You're the pig-headed demon! I am a noble Shadowfiend! I come from the great Ender Galaxy and have only an employment relationship with the Firefly Cult!" Black Dot retorted loudly, seemingly unwilling to have anything to do with the Firefly God.

Chen Jue understood.

The so-called "Shadow Guards" are actually henchmen of the "Outer Gods" hired by the Fire Cult through sacrifices.

This indirectly proves that the so-called "God of Fire" has very limited strength and needs to use "bribery" to draw power from other star gods.

"Oh, could you tell me about your Ender Galaxy?"

"By the way, could you also tell me about your cultivation system, and what its fatal weaknesses are?"

Chen Jue asked with great interest.

"Heh!" Black Spot laughed in anger upon hearing this. Did this lowly short-lived creature even know what he was saying?

"You think I'd tell you that? Are you dreaming?" he couldn't help but sneer.

"Oh! You won't tell me? That's a real shame..."

Chen Jue stirred the fire in the furnace and burned it directly at the black spot.

Since the extraterrestrial demons don't understand what it means to be "the butcher's knife and the fish on the chopping block."

He wouldn't mind teaching the other person what it means to be "under someone's roof and have to bow your head."

It's just torture to extract confessions.

If it doesn't open after being burned for a day, but keeps opening after ten or eight years, it will eventually open, right?

Immediately, black dots emitted curses and screams like ghosts howling and wolves howling from Chen Jue's dantian.

Chen Jue wasn't some kind of demon, so naturally he couldn't bear to see anyone suffer or be tormented.

So he used the Five Elements True Qi to seal off the space around the black dot, preventing its screams from escaping from its dantian, thus preventing it from affecting him.