Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start

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Name: Gu Chen

Martial Arts: Horizontal Training (minor achievement), Red Flame Palm (perfection), Seal Meridian Finger (minor achievement), Phantom Traceless Step (minor achievement), Astonishing Swan Swordsmanship Skills (perfection)

Internal Skills: Pure Yang Technique

Cultivation Age: 201 years

Realm: Late stage Channel Opening Realm

Cultivation Points: 74

Looking at the panel, Gu Chen's thoughts moved, and eighteen cultivation points vanished. The superior martial art, Horizontal Training, also went from minor achievement directly to major achievement.

Hum!

A layer of golden light appeared on the surface of Gu Chen's body, radiating outwards from the inside, even tinting his hair golden yellow. A rather solid phantom of a dragon and a tiger emerged behind Gu Chen. His physical strength soared in a short time, with buzzing sounds coming from within his body continuously, as his vigorous blood energy almost spilled out of his skin.

He was merely sitting there, yet his body exuded a sense of oppression, as if a mountain stood tall and steadfast.

Flesh, meridians, bones, everything was strengthening, and each was coated with a faint layer of golden light. His physique was being constantly refined, with black impurities being expelled from his pores.

During this transformation of his body, Gu Chen felt an extremely strong force. Without hesitation, he acted upon another thought, and twenty-eight cultivation points disappeared from the panel as he directly advanced Horizontal Training to perfection.

Boom!

There was a blast from within Gu Chen, the golden light on his body becoming even more intense. The phantom dragon and tiger circled behind him, prompting another violent transformation of his physique.

As the superior martial art, Horizontal Training, reached perfection, Gu Chen seemed to truly possess the power to overpower dragons and subdue tigers, his strength having increased to nearly 100,000 catties!

The golden light gathered and lingered on his body. At that moment, Gu Chen seemed to be draped in a coat made of condensed golden light, his entire being dazzling, as if a golden-armored war god descended upon the mortal world.

The robust blood energy burst forth from his body, coloring the entire room with a reddish glow, as if the evening twilight of a setting sun had entered.

An unparalleled power surged within Gu Chen, with the density of his muscles and bones increasing by several folds compared to before, intensifying the pressure his body exuded. The entire room seemed to tremble at this moment, struggling to withstand the pressure.

As time gradually passed and the body's transformation neared its end, the golden light slowly receded, condensing into a single point before completely vanishing from Gu Chen's body surface, and the phantom dragon and tiger also dissipated.

The next moment, Gu Chen opened his eyes, a pair of orbs that were even more dazzling than the sun high in the sky.

With a few blinks of Gu Chen's eyes, this vision gradually disappeared.

Gu Chen flicked his finger lightly, and though it was flesh and blood, a metallic sound echoed, indicating that with Horizontal Training reaching perfection, his body had thoroughly transcended the realm of mortal flesh to an extraordinary degree.

Gu Chen was confident that now, even lower-grade treasure weapons would not be able to harm him in the slightest.

Thinking it, he tried it; Gu Chen picked up the Red Refinement Blade lying nearby and thrust with all his might towards his chest. However, there was only a light clang, and not even a white mark was left.

This was the scene of Horizontal Training reaching major achievement; the body itself turns into a weapon, each movement carrying great lethal force.

Of course, not every warrior who practices body refinement could achieve what Gu Chen had done, because tempering the physique is not an easy feat; in certain ways, it's even more difficult than improving one's cultivation, taking even more time.

This is also why there are so few body refinement warriors in the martial world, with only those who are extraordinarily gifted in this path willing to spend time to practice body refinement techniques exclusively.

Beyond that, once reaching the External Qi Realm, warriors could condense their inner breath on the surface of their body, forming a qi wall for protection, which is why many feel there is no need to waste time and energy cultivating body refining martial arts.

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Moreover, tempering the body requires years of accumulation to see effects, and the cultivation process is extremely painful, yet it might still not yield a satisfactory outcome. This is also why most martial artists are unwilling to practice body-refining martial arts.

But Gu Chen has the assistance of the panel, so naturally he doesn't have these concerns. Moreover, in his view, the body is a vessel; if the vessel isn't strong, then even with the panel's help, he wouldn't be able to contain enough internal energy.

Once his Horizontal Training reached perfection, Gu Chen instantly felt his body lighten, and that feeling of having reached his limit disappeared completely.

Then, Gu Chen took out the remaining two bottles of mystical pills and swallowed two. As the medicinal power circulated within his body, Gu Chen thought, and twenty points of merit disappeared from the panel, transforming into two hundred years of internal energy cultivation that appeared within his body.

Boom!

Following several thunderous explosions, Gu Chen, based on the foundation of sixty-one meridians, opened up three more in his body, after which he encountered a tremendous resistance.

Without hesitating, Gu Chen ingested another three mystical pills; the scorching medicinal power spread throughout his body, but this time, it only helped him to open two more meridians.

The mystical pills couldn't be consumed indefinitely; the body of a martial artist has its limits, and so does the effectiveness of the medicine.

The more one consumes, the weaker the effect of the mystical pills becomes; it is only the first time they are taken that the effect is the best.

At this moment, Gu Chen only had the last bottle of mystical pills left. He swallowed all five at once, feeling a cluster of fire rising from his lower abdomen, spreading throughout his body.

"Break!"

Gu Chen let out a low roar in his heart; the terrifying two hundred and twenty-one years' worth of power surged within, breaking through, and, persevering tirelessly, he finally opened five more meridians.

Up to this point, he had opened a total of seventy-one meridians in the Meridian Opening realm, far surpassing the supposed limit of this realm.

The accomplishments of Qin Mu were of no consequence before Gu Chen, left far behind.

Being able to open a full seventy-one meridians in the Meridian Opening realm was simply a tall tale, unbelievable to anyone who heard it, who would think Gu Chen had gone mad.

The foundation and cultivation Gu Chen had built up in the Meridian Opening realm were also immensely profound. He believed there probably weren't any martial artists in the Nine Provinces who could achieve what he had.

After all, if his Horizontal Training hadn't reached perfection, he couldn't have done this.

Straightaway, Gu Chen's spirit sank, and he called up the panel once more.

Name: Gu Chen

Martial Skills: Horizontal Training (perfection), Red Flame Palm (perfection), Seal Meridian Finger (minor achievement), Phantom Traceless Step (minor achievement), Astonishing Swan Swordsmanship Skills (perfection)

Inner Power: Pure Yang Technique

Cultivation: Two hundred twenty-one years

Realm: Late Meridian Opening stage

Merit Points: 8

Enhancing Horizontal Training and opening up the meridians had cost Gu Chen sixty-six merit points, leaving only eight points on the panel.

"Still in the late Meridian Opening stage?" Gu Chen's eyebrows twitched as he felt a sense of uncertainty. Surely, the panel wasn't planning to keep him in the Meridian Opening stage forever, right?

Shaking his head, Gu Chen put that thought aside. After all, accumulating more foundation in the Meridian Opening stage wasn't bad. Now, with only eight merit points remaining on the panel, he chose not to continue improving his cultivation level. After all, there were no more mystical pills, and using them to enhance his cultivation just wasn't cost-effective.

After some deliberation, Gu Chen decided to allocate the remaining eight merit points to Seal Meridian Finger, which consequently advanced from minor achievement to great achievement.

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