We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

Chapter 184 Recovery of Strength, Poisonous Golden Needles, Fifth Generation Bewitching Powder
Thirteen corpses would be a bit troublesome for three ordinary people to move them all at once, but it was a piece of cake for Luo Zhuo and his two companions.

Upon returning to their residence, Wen Qingqiu went outside after hearing the commotion. When he saw the corpses scattered all over the ground, he was stunned.

These corpses alone give a glimpse into the brutality of the battle between the two sides.

"These corpses are yours to deal with. Once they're processed, they should be able to boost your strength," Li Jing said, pointing to the corpses.

Wen Qingqiu nodded happily and began to move the body, while Luo Zhuo led the two into the house.

inside the room.

The three sat facing each other.

Luo Zhuo spoke first: "After this incident, the three of us have been completely exposed, so we need to be careful in the coming days."

The two nodded solemnly, both aware of the seriousness of the situation.

They are not yet capable of confronting the entire power of Donglin Prefecture, and their actions to expose Wen Qingqiu were a last resort.

But it's all worth it.

Donglin Prefecture needs a Qing Envoy, and at the same time, they can verify the Blood Fusion Method through Wen Qingqiu.

“I do have a way to temporarily divert the attention of these forces in Donglin Prefecture,” Li Jing said after a moment of silence.

"What method?"

“The Pure Yuan Scripture,” Li Jing uttered softly.

Zhao Fei was startled: "You're not planning to reveal the Pure Yuan Scripture, are you?"

Neither of them spoke, but both glanced at Zhao Fei silently, leaving Zhao Fei completely bewildered: "What? Isn't that what you meant?"

Li Jing coughed lightly and said, "The Pure Yuan Scripture is something we worked hard to obtain, how could we give it away for nothing? My point is to use the Moon Worshiping Thieves and the Pure Yuan Scripture to divert the attention of the Donglin Prefecture forces, making them too busy to deal with it."

Seeing Luo Zhuo deep in thought, Li Jing asked, "Are you planning to have the Liang family take action?"

Luo Zhuo nodded: "I do have that idea, but I'm a little worried."

"What are you worried about?" Li Jing asked curiously.

"We learned about the Dragon Guard and the Moon Worship Bandits from the Liang family before, and our capture of the Moon Worship Bandits has already aroused their suspicion."

If we rely on the Liang family again this time, I'm afraid that if we investigate further, we might not be able to keep it from the Dragon Guard.

Moreover, the prefect of Donglin Prefecture is no simple man; his deliberate selection of one person from various forces this time is likely a test.

"Isn't that simple?" Zhao Fei smiled after hearing this, which drew two intense gazes.

Under their gazes, he said, "This is something Li Jing reminded me of last time. We can't expose the Liang family. So let's pretend to be colluding with the Luo family. Anyway, the Dragon Guard already suspected the Luo family last time, so let's just let them continue down this path."

Li Jing: "..."

No, I was just saying it casually, why did you take it so seriously?!
Luo Zhuo's eyes lit up slightly after hearing this, and he nodded, saying, "That is indeed a good idea."

"Then let's do it."

Li Jing finally nodded in agreement.

……

Inside a courtyard.

"Ugh... Ah... Hiss... Wow..."

A low, painful scream escaped from Ma Chen's mouth, proclaiming his current agony.

Pain, excruciating pain all over my body, so painful that I couldn't even keep my eyelids open.

"Stop barking."

In the midst of his struggle, Ma Chen suddenly heard a familiar voice. He stopped screaming and tried to pry open his heavy eyelids.

A ray of light shone into the pupil.

"Tie Kun!"

Then a familiar figure came into view. Ma Chen's brain processed for half a second before recognizing Su Chen.

He slowly got up, but the movement aggravated his wound, causing him to cry out in pain.

"You saved me and even bandaged my wounds?"

His body was wrapped in bandages, and there was a lot of blood on the ground. Su Chen was washing his hands nearby. This scene immediately made him guess what was going on, so he asked.

Su Chen nodded.

"Thank you," he said sincerely.

Su Chen accepted it calmly.

But the next moment, Ma Chen suddenly said, "I have no way to repay your life-saving grace, except to offer myself to you..."

"Stop," Su Chen interrupted quickly.

Ma Chen immediately panicked, realizing he had said the wrong thing.

"That's not what I meant. You can ask me to do anything, as long as I can do it, no problem," Ma Chen said, trying to suppress the pain he felt from his earlier agitation.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen lowered his guard.

"I do have a few questions for you." Su Chen shook his arm slightly, and the water droplets on his arm fell off in the blink of an eye.

This unintentional display of skill made Ma Chen's gaze sharpen.

Su Chen asked, "How were you captured by the Demon Martial Sect? Do you know those three members of the Demon Martial Sect? How strong are they? They..."

He asked a lot of questions at once.

He was about to ask more questions when he noticed Ma Chen staring at him in astonishment.

"Let's answer them one by one," Su Chen said, intending to ask again.

Unexpectedly, Ma Chen quickly replied, "I was ambushed by the people from the Demon Martial Sect while escaping the pursuit of the Dragon Guard. As for who those three people are and how strong they are, I don't know very well, because I only saw one person from beginning to end."

He then told Su Chen what Zhao Fei looked like.

"Then what was their purpose in arresting you?" Su Chen thought of something, and his brows gradually became serious.

"As you guessed, it's for the Pure Yuan Scripture." Ma Chen smiled bitterly.

Before Su Chen could speak, Ma Chen continued, "Moreover, they also gave me a kind of medicine. After taking it, I felt dizzy and drowsy, so I don't know what else I said besides telling them everything about Hunyuan Jin."

He paused, then looked at Su Chen: "I know that Tie Niu is not your real identity, and I'm not sure if I've told them about your existence, but you'd better not reveal the Pure Yuan Scripture and the Myriad Wonders of the Profound Heart, otherwise you're very likely to be discovered. Once the Demon Martial Sect has its eye on you, it won't be so easy to shake them off."

Su Chen nodded solemnly, but unfortunately, the Myriad Wonders of the Profound Heart Technique had already been exposed.

Fortunately, he used a fake identity, so even if Ma Chen revealed his existence, the Demon Martial Sect wouldn't be able to find him so easily.

"By the way, you weren't drugged with tracking drugs, were you?" Su Chen asked again.

If Ma Chen were to be tainted with a tracking substance similar to a soul-summoning incense, the people from the Demon Martial Sect would be able to easily find him.

Have to guard against it.

“This…” Ma Chen stammered, somewhat uncertain.

After a thorough inspection, Su Chen did not find any obvious tracking drugs, but just to be on the safe side, he still gave the instructions:
"There is a secret underground chamber in this courtyard. If the people from the Demon Martial Sect really come, you should put your personal belongings at the entrance to confuse them."

This was a method Su Chen came up with based on the characteristics of the Soul-Guiding Worm. He had tested it once, and it could mislead the Soul-Guiding Worm into making the wrong judgment.

"Yes." Ma Chen nodded emphatically.

"There's another question. Do you know about the poison of internal energy?" Su Chen asked.

Ma Chen thought for a moment and said, "It's a special poison from the Demon Martial Sect, specifically used to deal with Qi and Blood Martial Artists. Once they come into contact with it, it can cause them to lose their strength in a very short time."

Su Chen nodded thoughtfully, then chatted with Ma Chen for a while before preparing to leave.

"Um, Tie Kun, is there really nothing you need my help with?" Ma Chen asked promptly as Su Chen was about to leave.

"If you really want to thank me, then find me some pills to enhance my qi and blood," Su Chen replied with a smile.

Ma Chen nodded upon hearing this, keeping it in mind. Then he asked, "If I find you, where should I look for you?"

"old place."

After parting ways with Ma Chen, Su Chen returned to the Qiao residence.

"Are you alright?" Not long after, Qiao Qiliang came over and asked with concern.

Su Chen shook his head: "It's nothing."

He then briefly explained the whole story to Qiao Qiliang.

Upon learning that the Dragon Guards had broken their promise, Qiao Qiliang felt indignant on Su Chen's behalf: "These Dragon Guards are truly untrustworthy and inhuman!"

"Is the Essence Pill really that powerful?" Su Chen was wondering about this when he saw that Qiao Qiliang seemed to know about the Essence Pill, so he couldn't help but ask.

“It’s more than just powerful.” Qiao Qiliang nodded solemnly. “This is a precious pill, a pill specifically for martial artists who have opened their meridians. It’s even effective for martial artists who can move blood. Unfortunately, this has always been a pill used by the royal family to win over martial artists who can move blood. It is only given as a reward to important officials and top experts.”

After listening to Qiao Qiliang's introduction, Su Chen narrowed his eyes, and his feelings about the Dragon Guard became more intense.

Qiao Qiliang came to visit Su Chen, and after learning that Su Chen was alright, he left after chatting for a few minutes.

Soon, only Su Chen remained in the courtyard.

Su Chen took out the pills he had obtained and placed them on the stone table. There were a total of twenty Blood Strengthening Pills and fifty Blood Nourishing Pills, all of which were a reward from the Lord of the Manor.

"It's a pity that they didn't have the chance to touch the corpses of those dragon guards."

Ever since he obtained the Blood Strengthening Pill from the Dragon Guard, Su Chen had been obsessed with it. Compared to others, the Dragon Guard was undeniably wealthy.

The Blood Strengthening Pill, which ordinary martial artists dream of, is just commonplace in their eyes; it's just that the Blood Strengthening Pill is a bit more precious.

Even the Blood Strengthening Pill was given to everyone.

Of course, all of the above are just Su Chen's imagination. He won't know the truth unless he touches it a few more times.

"These pills combined aren't enough to enhance the Vajra Iron Shirt technique. How about enhancing the Pure Yuan Scripture instead?"

Su Chen had not forgotten that the poison of internal energy still existed in his body. Although it was temporarily suppressed by the Vajra Iron Shirt technique, it had not been eliminated.

Although the Vajra Force is powerful, it is difficult to eliminate the poisonous force it contains.

The poison of internal force itself weakens internal force.

Even with the strongest Vajra Force, a kind of food chain-like relationship still exists.

Moreover, Su Chen discovered that even when the poison of internal energy was suppressed, it was still restless and would secretly erode the 'lone' Vajra Energy.

"At first I thought it was the Vajra Force that suppressed the poison in the energy, but now it seems that's not the case. There must be other factors."

Su Chen pondered.

"If I'm not mistaken, the Pure Yuan Power also played a role in this. Because the tempering of the Pure Yuan Power caused some kind of wonderful change in my body, it was able to work with the Vajra Force to suppress the poison of the internal energy."

To verify his idea, Su Chen conducted a simple experiment.

He deliberately channeled his Vajra Force away from the poisonous energy. The poisonous energy quickly sensed the change in its surroundings, but it still dared not be careless and cautiously moved around.

During the swimming process, the internal energy in Su Chen's body will still be eroded, but the erosion will be very slow.

"Sure enough, others run out of strength in less than half an hour, while even without using Vajra Force, it would take me at least a day to resist. Since Vajra Force doesn't have this effect, then it can only be Pure Yuan Power."

Su Chen confirmed his idea.

This made him change his mind slightly. This time, he didn't plan to improve the Vajra Iron Shirt skill, but instead focused on improving the Pure Yuan Scripture.

It's not just about eliminating the poison of internal energy; I also want to see what changes occur in my body after the upgrade.

and……

"As the number of golden needles increases, my strength is also gradually increasing. I will take advantage of this time to improve the Pure Yuan Scripture and release all my energy."

After making the decision, Su Chen devoted all his time and energy to cultivation.

On the fourth day, Su Chen gathered the four hundred Qi and Blood Pills required for the panel.

"You can upgrade now. Enable easy mode."

The panel remains highly efficient.

[Easy Mode Activated: Take 300 breaths to cultivate the Pure Yuan Scripture to the second level.]

As Su Chen breathed in and out, his body gradually felt light.

After taking three hundred breaths, Su Chen felt a jolt, as if he had fallen from the clouds to the ground and returned to reality.

In an instant, a surge of pure primordial energy flowed into his body from all around.

Although this energy is not abundant, its purity is in no way inferior to that of Vajra Force.

"Oh!"

Like a warm current, it slowly flows through the body, starting from the limbs and converging towards the torso, finally rushing straight to the forehead, making the brain feel comfortable and involuntarily emit pleasant sounds.

It took a full incense stick's time to refine the pure primordial energy before it slowly disappeared from the body.

Su Chen felt instantly refreshed.

"The poison of internal energy has disappeared."

Just as Su Chen had guessed, under the cleansing force of this pure primordial energy, only a tiny amount of the poison remained.

You wouldn't notice it if you didn't look closely.

Even without the overwhelming force of the Vajra Force, it dared not move, cowering inside its body, trembling.

Su Chen had originally intended to eliminate the poison of internal energy once and for all, but suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him.

"Wait a minute, the poison of internal energy is no longer effective against me, but that doesn't mean it's useless against others. If I could control the poison of internal energy, it would be useful against Qi and Blood martial artists, not to mention those with demonic blood."

Just imagine.

Su Chen is currently fighting a martial artist; both are at the same cultivation level...

No, this doesn't feel immersive. When fighting against martial artists of the same level, he basically gets slapped every time.

That means the other party is two realms higher than him.

As time went on, Su Chen became more and more excited, while his opponent became more and more frustrated.

In the end, Su Chen was full of energy and fierce strength, while his opponent seemed to have been completely drained, with no strength left.

Then Su Chen easily eliminated the enemy and won the victory without breaking a sweat.

Just imagining such a scene is incredibly satisfying.

"However, now that the poison of vital energy is almost gone, how can we replenish it and then make use of it?"

After thinking for a long time, Su Chen came up with a solution: to transform the poisonous energy into golden needles.

But before that, Su Chen needs to find a balance.

Don't let it turn into a treacherous wolf and turn on you after you've fed it enough poison; that would be a huge loss.

In the following period, Su Chen began to test the critical points of controlling the poisonous energy and condensing the poisonous golden needles.

After two days, they finally found the critical point and successfully condensed the poisonous energy into golden needles.

With the nourishment of Su Chen's Vajra Strength, Su Chen condensed a total of ten Poison Gold Needles.

No more than that, unless the Pure Yuan Scripture is enhanced again, otherwise it will backfire on oneself.

Once all ten poisoned gold needles were used up, they needed to be refined again. Su Chen kept a portion of the 'seeds' within his body for later refining.

In addition, there was good news: when Su Chen condensed the golden needles to two hundred, he fully released his power.

In other words, he can now unleash the full power of ten parts of his strength, producing twenty parts of its power.

No more worries about having too much energy.

"Once my strength is fully restored, I will be able to defeat even a fifth-level Blood Transformation Realm expert!"

Su Chen was full of confidence. If he added other methods, he could kill even a Blood Transformation Realm Fifth Realm cultivator.

In addition to making great progress in terms of strength, there has also been new development regarding the bewitching powder.

Inspired by two different poisons, the Three-Day Death Powder and the Power Poison, Su Chen successfully improved the Fourth Generation Bewitching Powder into the Fifth Generation Bewitching Powder.

In addition to causing burping, farting, and unconsciousness, the Fifth Generation Bewitching Powder has an additional characteristic: loss of internal energy.

However, this is currently only effective for warriors at the Blood Transformation Realm Level 2.

The Blood Transformation Realm might be affected, but it's not a big problem; you won't lose too much.

The second stage of Blood Removal involves losing most of one's strength, not to mention what follows.

There haven't been any major changes, except that the burps now smell worse. In this respect, there's not much difference between the two mouths anymore.

Su Chen was somewhat looking forward to the day when the two mouths would switch smells, with the burps smelling bad and the farts smelling good.
"Wow... I'm such a weirdo, how could I have such a thought!"

Su Chen snapped out of his reverie and quickly stopped his wild thoughts.

The words are divided into two parts.

"Master, the Imperial Guards have arrived."

The steward entered the main hall, followed by three silver-clad dragon guards, namely Yin Shiba and his two companions.

Qiao Renzhou had been waiting for a long time. When he saw the three of them, he waved to the steward to leave, and then called a maid to bring tea and dessert.

"No need," Yin Shiba waved his hand, refusing the tea. "We've only come to ask Lord Qiao a few questions, and we'll leave after that."

Qiao Renzhou nodded upon hearing this: "Please speak freely, gentlemen."

"It concerns the Luo family's collusion with the Demon Martial Sect. We request that City Lord Qiao inform us of the full details without any omissions," Yin Shiba stated bluntly.

Qiao Renzhou nodded and repeated the same explanation he had given to the manor lord's personal guards.

The four chatted until evening.

"We already know about this matter, thank you City Lord Qiao." Having asked enough questions, Yin Shiba stood up and expressed his gratitude.

Qiao Renzhou chuckled and said, "It is my duty. It would be best if I could help you, sir. It is still late, and I have already prepared wine and dishes..."

"No need, lest others gossip." Before he could finish speaking, Yin Ershi interrupted, refusing Qiao Renzhou's offer.

Qiao Renzhou didn't mind and respectfully saw the three of them off.

"I never expected this matter would involve the Dragon Guard." Qiao Renzhou sighed inwardly after the three left.

After thinking for a moment, he called over the butler and asked him to inform Su Chen about the matter.

Soon after, Su Chen learned from the steward that the Dragon Guards had arrived, and his face lit up with joy:
"It seems that my previous actions have already made the Dragon Guard suspicious of the Luo family. I can add fuel to the fire and also get some Qi and Blood Pills."

(End of this chapter)