: Yi Jin Jing perfected, greatly increasing strength.

Under the moonlight, in the mountains and forests.

The land was ravaged, the earth was crumbling, and the forests were overturned.

The middle-aged man struggled to raise his head, a strange smile curving his lips.

He looked down at the two fists that had pierced his chest.

It let out a piercing, inhuman scream.

"Demon Suppression Division Luo Chen, we will meet again!"

The demons roared, their voices echoing across the land.

The middle-aged man's skin began to bulge, and a crack quickly spread out, centered on the center of his forehead.

A complete membrane begins to peel off.

The human skin swelled rapidly.

In the blink of an eye.

It seemed to transform into a giant human skin net, enveloping Luo Chen beside it and beginning to shrink rapidly.

In the blink of an eye.

On the ground, a silkworm pupa made of human skin appeared, its skin wriggling and contracting.

It was as if it wanted to squeeze Luo Chen inside into minced meat and digest him.

Sudden.

Crimson cracks appeared on the surface of the human skin "silkworm pupa".

Accompanied by the screams of demons so close to his ears.

The human skin "silkworm pupa" instantly exploded into countless fragments.

Luo Chen's body radiated a brilliant golden light, and his golden bones shone brightly.

He stared at the countless fragments of human skin scattered around him, his eyes filled with solemnity.

"Damn it, even though they know they're no match for me, they still have to disgust me."

Luo Chen's tone was filled with disgust.

Watching the human skin fragments quickly turn into ashes in mid-air.

At my feet, a corpse without skin lay silently.

"Not dead, just a clone? Or what?"

Luo Chen waited for a long time, but the kill notification in his mind did not appear.

After glancing at the corpse on the ground, Luo Chen gradually understood.

The human skin they just saw was the power of the demon.

This body is nothing more than that unlucky guy who was skinned and possessed by a demon.

Luo Chen calmed his turbulent blood and continued on his journey.

The moon rises above the middle of the treetops.

The towering city walls of Qingyuan City were already within reach.

Luo Chen galloped on his horse, looked at the closed city gate, held the Demon Suppression Commander's token, and entered the city through the Demon Suppression Division's exclusive gate.

Back in the city, the invisible pressure in my heart gradually disappeared.

He did not bring the snake demon's head back to the Liu residence.

Instead, they went straight back to the Demon Suppression Division.

As a special agency of the Great Qian Dynasty to exterminate demons, the Demon Suppression Division operates around the clock.

Arriving at the attic where Yue Wuchang works.

The Commandant Yue was not present at this time.

He handed the demon's head to a demon-suppressing guard on duty for registration before returning to the Liu residence.

We entered the compound through the side gate.

"A guard said respectfully."

"Young master, the master wants you to come back and see him!"

"understood."

Luo Chen nodded; he also had a question he wanted to ask Uncle Liu.

Arriving at the study, looking at the room with a few faint lights shining through, Luo Chen gently knocked on the door.

"Enter!"

Upon entering, one sees Liu Xingsheng sitting behind his desk, quietly brewing tea.

Liu Xingsheng looked up at the disheveled young man standing at the door, his clothes torn and his appearance rather pathetic.

His tone softened slightly.

"Sit down and let's talk."

Tell me about what's going on here.

Seeing that Luo Chen had returned safely, Liu Xingsheng felt much relieved and began to inquire about the details.

She did not continue to blame Luo Chen.

Luo Chen nodded and recounted his experiences on this trip.

Aside from concealing their true strength, there isn't much difference.

But who is Liu Xingsheng?

Having served in the Demon Suppression Division for over twenty years, I can say I have extensive experience.

However, being experienced, he sensed that Luo Chen was hiding something, but did not investigate further.

After listening to Luo Chen's description, Liu Xingsheng quietly took two sips of tea and began to think.

After a long silence, he finally spoke.

"That demonic skin must have been from a skin-refining demon that killed the martial artist, peeled off his skin, and refined the skin into a demonic clone."

"The true forms of these demons are hard to find, their movements are unpredictable, they usually use skin-refined clones to travel the world, and they are quite vengeful, making them extremely difficult to deal with."

By the end, Liu Xingsheng's eyes were filled with anger.

"This skin-refining demon is not the most important thing."

"The most important thing is who leaked your information, and who wants to kill you."

Luo Chen was not a magnanimous person; if someone wanted to kill him, he would definitely retaliate.

He immediately spoke up.

"Uncle Liu, some time ago, Li Tiankui's nephews came to spar with me. I suppose it was at the behest of this captain!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Xingsheng's eyes showed a hint of contemplation.

"That shouldn't be the case, Li Tiankui?"

Liu Xingsheng shook his head; he knew his old rival's character.

Moreover, their feud hadn't escalated to the point of killing a junior.

Moreover, with his departure from the Demon Suppression Division, the grudges had long since dissipated.

After pondering for a long time, I still couldn't find an answer.

Liu Xingsheng offered words of comfort.

"You don't need to be afraid. At least in Qingyuan City, demons dare not enter."

"Tomorrow you can tell Yue Wuchang the details of the mission. The Demon Suppression Division was ambushed by demons during a mission. He will investigate."

"Understood, Uncle Liu, get some rest."

Luo Chen nodded, bid farewell to Liu Xingsheng, and walked towards his own courtyard.

……

Close the bedroom door.

Luo Chen sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, his eyes filled with a chill as he pondered.

"Strength is the foundation."

Seeing that his lifespan had increased slightly, he decided to continue his cultivation.

He also suffers from a fear of inadequacy.

Today, our true strength has been exposed to the demons.

If I report this to the Demon Suppression Division tomorrow, those experts will surely be able to see that I have been hiding some of my strength.

Regardless, let's add some points first!

With a thought, lifespan began to disappear like flowing water.

[In the first year, you focused on breathing exercises, refining your qi and blood, and your strength improved slightly, achieving the completion of bone forging.]

[In the fifth year, without any powerful elixirs or rare treasures, you broke through the Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing) technique through sheer perseverance!]

[In the tenth year, he achieved minor mastery of the Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Technique), his body bulging with powerful tendons, and each punch unleashed twice the explosive force.]

[In the fifteenth year, he mastered the Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Technique). His body's tendons coiled like a ferocious dragon, granting him five times the explosive power and several times the speed.]

[In your twentieth year, having achieved the perfection of Yi Jin Jing, you have encountered a bottleneck. Diligent practice has strengthened your foundation, but it has also increased the difficulty of breaking through.]

[In the twenty-fifth year, you have achieved the perfection of Yi Jin Jing. You have been striving for a breakthrough, and your strength has improved slightly.]

[In your thirtieth year, having perfected the Yi Jin Jing, you've hit a bottleneck...]

Lifespan: 16/91

……

In the room,

Luo Chen's aura began to surge, and the countless tendons all over his body slowly became stronger.

The veins bulged out, as if a living thing was wriggling on the skin.

A terrifying force was brewing within his body.

a long time.

Luo Chen let out a long breath, and activated the "Withering and Flourishing Technique" at full power to suppress the boiling blood and qi within his body.

Thirty years have passed, and his strength has increased several times over.

Luo Chen, however, did not appear overly happy; instead, he fell into deep thought.

He has evolved his cultivation level and martial arts techniques quite a few times.

Luo Chen also summarized a lot of information.

Evolutionary cultivation is closely related to one's own physical constitution, state of being, the cultivation method one practices, and even the environment one is in.

A simple breakthrough in cultivation involves enduring hardship according to the techniques one has mastered.

Without rare and precious herbs or powerful medicines, it took him so much of his lifespan to break through.

Although it consumes too much of one's lifespan, it also has its benefits, namely, it makes one's foundation extremely solid.

As for evolving martial arts techniques, Luo Chen believes that accumulating martial arts knowledge is more important.

For example, with the Shouyang Demon-Slaying Blade, he first learned the basic sword techniques, which was like learning the prerequisites, making it very easy to get started.

However, if it weren't for the final enlightenment, it would probably have taken a huge amount of lifespan to deduce the "Withering and Flourishing Formula".

In the process of evolutionary cultivation, one is the purest cultivator, free from external interference, day after day.

"Deducing the future of a technique is not easy; it requires sufficient experience and knowledge in martial arts cultivation."

"Looks like I need to read more books in the future!"

"..."