The strength of the soul is increasing, slowly but clearly.
The true energy was also rising sharply, far exceeding the previous gentle increase. Just like the tattoo on the chest, it could not suppress the power of Peng Bai inside, and could only open the mouth wide and pour it into Shen Hao's body.
There is some pain, because the meridians are also expanding, and they are passively stretched by the sudden surge of zhenqi. This situation is very strange, because the meridians would normally break under such a violent flush of true energy, but now they are being inexplicably reconstructed at the same time as they are broken, and they are slowly beginning to be able to accommodate the surge of true energy.
This feeling is also very mysterious, as if it is transforming overnight, making Shen Hao reluctant to leave. It wasn't until the sky got brighter that he had to put it down temporarily and collect his energy and strength.
As soon as he stood up, Shen Hao's whole body made a crackling sound like fried beans, and even his figure was lifted up by an inch out of thin air!
He breathed out half a stick of incense with a breath of turbid air, shaking his clothes and spilling gray-black impurities like sand and dust, all of which seeped out of Shen Hao's body that night.
Shen Hao had a look of horror on his face. Only now did he realize that he had broken through the seventh and eighth levels of Qi Refining in one night, and reached the final perfection of the ninth level of Qi Refining!
At this moment, the muscles and bones are singing together, washing the meridians and cutting the marrow, and reaching the top of the Qi refining realm!
The next step is to reach the first level of practice: gathering the spirit and destroying the energy!
If you succeed, you can enter the Gathering God Realm and continue your spiritual path; if you fail, you will waste your whole life here. Everyone has only one chance to pass the level, no exceptions.
Trying to calm down his mood, Shen Hao did not expect that he would successfully reach the top of the Qi Refining Realm so quickly. Even the day before yesterday, he felt that it would take at least more than ten years for him to reach the top of the Qi Refining Realm.
But, he only used it for one night? !
He opened his shirt and looked at the increasingly vivid black beast tattoo in the bronze mirror. He couldn't tell how he felt.
alert? Happy? Confuse? Explore?
Or...are you getting used to it?
"This is just one night. I can feel that there is still a lot of energy in the tattoo that has not been vented. I wonder how far my cultivation will be pushed by this time? It seems that I need to finish the things in hand as soon as possible and rest quietly. It will take some time to practice.”
The major case had just been solved, and Shen Hao had a lot of things going on. He had to sort them out as soon as possible before he could ask for leave from Tang Qingyuan.
While having breakfast, Shen Hao found that he was eating more than before. Is his appetite more than doubled? The girl Xia beside her looked sideways frequently, her pretty little face full of curiosity, her eyes always peeking at Shen Hao's belly. She was probably wondering why Shen Hao's stomach wasn't bulging after eating so much.
"Don't go to the East Market today." Putting down the third bowl of noodles, Shen Hao seemed to have remembered something and looked at Xia Nu next to him.
"Ah? Master, why?"
"There are heads hanging over there."
"Yeah! Then I won't go. I originally said that I would go with Sister Xin'er to select some cloth and make a coat for you." Next to the East Market is the caravan circle where a large number of cloth businesses are doing business. It is the best place around Licheng. Fabrics are generally purchased there.
"Well, just pay attention to it. By the way, Lin Xiner makes good clothes. Don't forget to give me the money."
"I gave it all, master, don't worry."
"Um."
Shen Hao wiped his mouth, took the tea that Xia Nu brought to hand, took a big sip, put on the Yanji knife, and then went out for business.
...
Every day before dawn, the Licheng East Market is already busy and noisy for the day. Not only are the freshest fruits, vegetables and meats available every day, but there are also all kinds of groceries from the north and south.
Those who buy, those who sell, those who watch the excitement, and those who hang out.
Those who focus on goods, those who focus on people, and those who focus on money.
There is a Dafang Gate on the south side of the East Market. Outside the Dafang Gate is a 20-foot-square dam. Usually, when various businesses want to do something, they will set up a stage here to shout. Or maybe if the imperial court has any big plans, they will choose to announce them here, such as the previous beheading scene.
Early in the morning, the two merchants who were still setting up a stage saw a group of eight Xuanqing guards in black and brocade robes arriving at the dam. They thought to themselves, what are they doing?
Then, these Xuanqing guards took out two clean human heads from a bamboo basket, pulled the rope on the high pole erected on the dam, and passed the head through the mouth and out the neck. , tied into a knot, it rises more than two feet high.
Later, a notice board was placed next to the high pole. There were hundreds of characters on the sign, and the signatures were the signatures of Tang Qingyuan and Shen Hao of Licheng Xuanqing Guard Hundred Household Office.
After doing this, the eight Xuanqing guards packed up and left.
Everyone on the dam immediately gathered around the notice board put up by Xuan Qingwei. Who wouldn't be curious if he knew how to read it? I’m curious about who has his head chopped off and then hangs it out in public? How big a sin is this? In the previous Li family rebellion case, only a few principals were hanged in public for three days. Could it be that these two people were also committing serious crimes of rebellion?
But after some of these people who were literate read the contents of the notice loudly, everyone realized that the two people who were hung out in public were not committing treason but kidnapping hundreds of children!
Everyone knows that treason is a major crime against the Nine Clan. But for ordinary people, it is impossible to talk about how much they hate such people. After all, people can't be blamed for treason.
But kidnapping children is different. Anyone in their right mind is abhorred by this evil behavior, especially those with children.
"Should!!"
"The gentlemen of Xuanqingwei are so powerful. Such beasts who do evil things to children should be chopped up and hung on a pole like this!"
"I've heard that many people have lost their children before. How pitiful is it? Are they all caused by this kind of shit?"
"How can we say that the elders of Xuanqingwei are tough and capable? Do you see what is written above? They are all backlogged cases, some of which have been pending for many years. The case was solved immediately as soon as the great master took action, so I ask you whether you are convinced or not?"
There was no need to beat gongs and drums to publicize it. Early in the morning, people inside and outside the East Market were talking about the mass murder outside the workshop. They were filled with indignation and did not forget to praise Xuan Qingwei, especially at the end of the notice, "Tang Qingyuan Seal" " and "Shen Haoyin" these signatures gave these ordinary people an inexplicable sense of security.
The elders of Xuanqingwei not only focus on arresting the rebellious beasts, but also the beasts who harm our common people will be caught and beheaded.
It was daybreak, and a couple suddenly squeezed in on the dam of the East Market. They were holding a child, both wearing aprons and looking like they were running a stall.
After squeezing in front of the notice, the couple begged a scholar who could read to read the words above again. As soon as the scholar finished reading, the couple burst into tears. The woman squatted on the ground and cried hoarsely, shouting "My baby" in a sad voice; the man held the child in his arms and muttered "The sky has eyes".
