Chapter 23: Pure Origin Art Reaches Perfection!
“Go check if there are any survivors left?”
With Du Chen’s order, the constables quickly dispersed throughout Lei Family Fort, searching inch by inch.
Half a shichen later, the constables returned one after another to report.
“Constable, the entire Lei Family Fort has been burned to ashes, not a single survivor, but there are charred corpses everywhere, nearly two to three hundred bodies.”
“These corpses should have died before the big fire. We examined wounds on some better-preserved corpses; they were saber wounds, killed with one strike, and the attacker was extremely fast.”
“However, there are some puzzling points. These corpses are densely distributed, all surrounding a courtyard, as if they were attacking the people in the courtyard before they died…”
These constables were all very professional.
The entire Lei Family Fort had been burned by a big fire.
The houses and buildings were reduced to ruins, even the corpses turned to charcoal, yet they could still analyze so much.
Hearing this, Du Chen said coldly, “We received news earlier that Ji Qing had come to Lei Family Fort, but we were still one step too late. I didn’t expect him to be so mad as to slaughter the entire Lei Family Fort?”
Hearing Du Chen directly pinning Ji Qing as the mastermind behind all this, some constables were greatly shocked.
“Constable Du, although there was news that Ji Qing came to Lei Family Fort, there are still many doubts about the Lei Family Fort incident. It may not necessarily be Ji Qing’s doing. To so rashly conclude such a heinous crime is Ji Qing’s, won’t it…”
“What, are you speaking up for the demon? Ji Qing killed his own parents, committing a heinous crime, and he’s listed on the Villain Ranking, a true great demon. Only he could commit such a great crime. What’s wrong with this constable saying it’s Ji Qing?”
“Moreover, there is solid news proving that Ji Qing did come to Lei Family Fort. That’s enough!”
“The purpose of this constable leaving the yamen this time is to pursue and capture the fugitive Ji Qing and bring him to justice. I didn’t expect Ji Qing to commit such a horrific case again! Immediately issue a wanted poster, increase the bounty. This constable wants Ji Qing’s latest whereabouts!”
In just a few words, Du Chen characterized the Lei Family Fort case, leaving many constables exchanging glances, extremely shocked in their hearts.
Normally, they idolized Du Chen, thinking he was the model for all constables in the yamen.
Whenever Du Chen took action, he would surely succeed immediately and capture the fugitive.
They didn’t expect this “never fails” to come like this…
But they didn’t dare say anything.
For Du Chen, he didn’t care about the specific truth of the Lei Family Fort case.
The reason for judging it as Ji Qing’s doing was very simple.
The more heinous and resented Ji Qing’s crimes, the higher Du Chen’s reputation and prestige would be after capturing him!
Therefore, even if the Lei Family Fort case wasn’t done by Ji Qing, this “black pot” must be pinned on Ji Qing.
Moreover, Ji Qing was already an unforgivable fugitive anyway; carrying one more black pot wasn’t a big deal.
“Yes, Constable!”
The constables quickly returned to the yamen to report the details of the Lei Family Fort case to the yamen.
Thus, the yamen reissued a wanted poster.
“On the twenty-sixth of the eighth month of the tenth year of Changyong, Qingzhou Constable Du Chen tracked the fugitive Ji Qing from Liang City to Lei Family Fort, where he discovered over two hundred innocent people of Lei Family Fort brutally slaughtered by Ji Qing, not a single survivor. His inhumanity is intolerable by heaven and earth! Now offering a bounty of three thousand taels of silver for clues on the fugitive Ji Qing…”
With the issuance of this wanted poster, the world was shocked!
Ji Qing had not only committed another crime, but such a terrifying major case.
The bounty had even been raised to three thousand taels!
There were even rumors in the jianghu that Qingzhou’s top constable, Chasing Wind Blade Du Chen, had set out and was determined to personally capture Ji Qing and bring him to justice!
……
In An Yang City, Ji Qing secretly bought a courtyard.
He had no mind to pay attention to the disturbances outside.
The only thing on his mind right now was cultivating Pure Origin Art.
He now had sufficient origin points; he just needed to cultivate Pure Origin Art to beginner.
However, this step wasn’t that easy either.
This Pure Origin Art produced extremely pure internal energy when cultivated. Reaching beginner wasn’t too difficult, but it required spending some time.
Thinking of reaching beginner in a few shichen or one or two days was simply impossible.
Ten days or so passed.
Ji Qing’s Pure Origin Art finally reached beginner.
Since it had reached beginner, Ji Qing could use origin points to improve it.
This was Ji Qing’s third third-rate internal art, related to whether he could promote to second-rate, a major matter, so Ji Qing valued it greatly.
“Improve Pure Origin Art.”
“Consume one origin point, Pure Origin Art minor accomplishment.”
Scenes appeared in Ji Qing’s mind, scenes of him accumulating day after day, month after month, cultivating Pure Origin Art.
Pure Origin Art lived up to its reputation as balanced and mild internal art.
Indeed very balanced and mild, without any accidents.
But it was just too time-consuming.
Just minor accomplishment took twelve years.
“Continue.”
Then he consumed another origin point, and Pure Origin Art improved to major accomplishment.
At major accomplishment, Pure Origin Art’s internal energy was vast and surging, and extremely pure, but cultivating to major accomplishment took twenty-three years.
If truly cultivating Pure Origin Art step by step, it would take thirty-five years.
Even at major accomplishment, one would merely be a third-rate martial artist.
This was the norm in the jianghu.
Most martial artists in the jianghu spent their lives as third-rate martial artists.
To become second-rate, one either had a fortuitous encounter, or came from a prominent family, or a great sect, piled with various resources from childhood.
Or those with exceptional talent, but such people were too few.
Under normal circumstances, with Pure Origin Art at major accomplishment, Ji Qing could merge all internal energy in his body and attempt to break through to second-rate.
However, Ji Qing still had origin points, and Pure Origin Art could continue to be cultivated.
Thus, Ji Qing improved Pure Origin Art to perfection.
He was also very clear that once Pure Origin Art, which produced such pure internal energy, reached perfection, what changes would occur?
“Consume one origin point, Pure Origin Art perfection. Your Pure Origin Art has reached a divine level, you have comprehended Internal Energy Purification! Any internal energy can be purified to the extreme!”
Scenes emerged in Ji Qing’s mind.
He cultivated Pure Origin Art diligently year after year, and one day, a flash of insight in his mind allowed him to use the “compression method” to make internal energy pure to the extreme again!
What was the use of pure internal energy?
The use was enormous.
If internal energy is compared to a stream of water, greater internal energy turns the stream into a torrential flood, with astonishing power.
But purer internal energy twists the stream into a rope, turning it into a hard ice pick, indestructible!
Especially when breaking through cultivation, the purer the internal energy, the easier the breakthrough.
Breaking through from third-rate to second-rate requires opening some meridians in the body to construct a Great Heavenly Cycle.
At that time, internal energy circulates the heavenly cycle, vast and surging, far surpassing third-rate martial artists.
Cultivating three internal energies and using “piling” to break through cultivation actually has a low success rate.
Mainly because the internal energy isn’t pure enough, making it hard to open the meridians.
One misstep, and previous efforts are wasted.
But Ji Qing was now very calm.
He opened the Demon Record and checked his own information.
Ji Qing: Third-Rank Martial Artist
Supreme Yang Rising Sun Art: Perfection（ Supreme Yang Internal Energy, Internal Energy Burst three-tenths amplification）
Pure Origin Art: Perfection（ Internal Energy Purification）
Thirteen Fast Blades: Perfection（ Signature Move First Line of Sky）
Grass on Flying: Perfection（ Signature Move Borrowing Strength from the Void）
Origin Points: 4 points
Now Ji Qing needed to merge Supreme Yang Internal Energy and Pure Origin Internal Energy, twist them into one strand, and begin opening the meridians of the Great Heavenly Cycle in his body.
For any third-rate martial artist, this was the most important moment!
“Let’s begin.”
Ji Qing immediately mobilized Supreme Yang Internal Energy and Pure Origin Internal Energy.
“Boom”.
The two streams of internal energy formally began to merge!
