I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 177 - 132: A Snake Turns into a Flood Dragon, A Great Demon is Born_2

Chapter 177: Chapter 132: A Snake Turns into a Flood Dragon, A Great Demon is Born_2

"Moreover, he used to be friends with Xu Dingye, but today, because Xu Dingye has risen too high, he no longer associates with him, hence selling Xu Dingye’s information to me, a stranger."

"Tonight, if I were to accept this information, I would owe him a favor."

After laughing briefly, Lin Yan spoke calmly, "But this information is not enough to make me owe him a favor."

Soon after, the men under General Pei’s command also came upstairs one after another to meet the recently famous Inspection Envoy, Wu Chang.

All were excited, their eyes filled with joy.

That night, despite some interludes that upset Lin Yan and made Pei Xiong a bit embarrassed, as the drinking and chatting progressed, they all let it go.

Both Flag Commanders, as well as those junior flags, soon ended up drunk.

As a Refining Essence Realm cultivator, Pei Xiong naturally remained sober, unaffected by alcohol.

And Lin Yan, now in the Qi Refinement Realm, needless to say.

At the end of the night, the banquet came to an end.

"Brother Pei, do you think I was too cold and failed to consider human feelings toward Mr. Shi?"

"Not at all, we are like brothers, and I see that you are not one to push people away."

"Shi Xu may not be inherently bad, but being pampered from a young age, his pride is deep-rooted; he’s bound to look down on those around him, which is why I dislike him."

Lin Yan took out a bundle he had brought and placed it in front of Pei Xiong, saying, "But Brother Pei’s character is enough for me to regard you as a close friend! It’s fortunate to have met you!"

He waved his hand and then walked downstairs: "It’s almost dawn. My junior flags need to report back at Linjiang Station. I must leave."

"..."

Pei Xiong was stunned for a moment, quickly opening the bundle.

Inside, he found a set of soft armor.

His expression changed subtly as he pressed a hand on the armor and found that its material was special.

Though it seemed soft, it was exceptionally tough, on par with heavy armor forged from fine iron.

Such armor was truly a lifesaving item, exceedingly precious.

In a flash, he remembered that outside the city of Gao Liu at the Outer South Government Office, the city sergeant, Wang Yuan, had once been awarded a set of armor!

Later, after Wang Yuan was assassinated, the armor was taken by the "culprit" and had since disappeared!

That night at Jinliu Manor, he realized that this Wu Chang brother could very well be the person who assassinated the city sergeant Wang Yuan.

Now it seemed to be true!

"He’s about to face a challenge from Little Divine Sect’s Xu Dingye; how could he entrust such a lifesaving item to me?"

Pei Xiong shivered and looked outside.

He saw that Wu Chang was already far away, no longer visible.

"General Pei, are you done drinking?"

Mr. Shi Xu approached, smiling, and said, "Care to drink a few more cups with me?"

"..."

Pei Xiong wrapped up the bundle and looked at Mr. Shi, speaking softly, "Mr. Shi, rest early. When it’s light, we must leave the city."

As he finished speaking, he took out the letter from earlier and handed it over: "The Inspection Envoy Wu Chang did not read it, charged me, Pei, to return it to Mr. Shi."

Mr. Shi furrowed his eyebrows, took it, and suddenly smiled, and tore it into pieces.

"The name Wu Chang is well-deserved, truly a bold character!"

——

Lin Yan returned to Linjiang Station, his true energy flowing, and his drunkenness completely vanished.

His gaze was calm as he raised his palm.

A flash of golden light passed through the center of his palm.

He already possessed the Golden Body Divine Power.

By the time he reached the Refining Essence Realm, he had achieved internal and external integration, perfectly unified!

Now, whenever he utilized his Golden Body Divine Power, whether inside or outside his body, his skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and internal organs were as fortified as if forged from fine steel!

Across the entirety of Qifeng Prefecture, no armor set could compare to the defense provided by his Golden Body Divine Power!

"I hope this set of armor will not be needed on the perilous road to Residual Prison Mansion," Lin Yan thought as he entered Linjiang Station, waiting for his junior flags to return and report.

Relative to the recent disturbances, under the fierce reputation of Wu Chang, no faction dared to cause trouble.

As for outside the city, some minor demons and wandering spirits, newly born and acting on instinct, occasionally drifted close, but were mostly chased away by the City Defense Army.

"Very good."

Lin Yan nodded in satisfaction and returned to his dwelling, ordering the Little White Ape to stand guard outside.

He then entered closed-door meditation again.

This time, he used the Phoenix Blood Ancient Jade given by Mr. Lu to restore his Qi-Blood to its peak.

Then he proceeded with another cycle of Refining Essence to Qi!

"Previously at the peak of Refining Essence Realm, it was my first time refining Essence into Qi; I was inexperienced, but now it seems simpler."

Lin Yan slightly closed his eyes, sensing the process of Refining Essence to Qi.

Under the realm of Qi Refinement, and with a more exquisite understanding than before, he thought, "The biggest problem for those in the Qi Refinement Realm lies in the source of ’True Qi’!"

"The purest True Qi comes from one’s own ’Refining Essence to Qi,’ but one’s own essence blood is limited."

"The reason I could start condensing the second stream of True Qi so quickly is due to the Phoenix Blood Ancient Jade restoring my essence blood to its peak.

"But human effort is limited, and relying solely on one’s own foundation to cultivate True Qi is an extremely difficult and slow path!"

"Therefore, those in the Qi Refinement Realm can only eventually gather ’external Qi’ from the outside world, and refine it into ’True Qi’..."

Lin Yan thought to himself, "But inevitably, it will be influenced by the ’characteristics of the external Qi.’"

As he continued his cultivation, the second stream of True Qi had already condensed, residing within the ancestral aperture at the center of his eyebrows.

The ancestral aperture at the center of the eyebrows is crucial!

This acupoint can store at most nine streams of True Qi!

Many in the Qi Refinement Realm had not managed to gather these nine streams of True Qi!

Perhaps because they were too eager for quick success!