I Have A Qi Fortune Altar

Chapter 49: Chapter 49: The 4th Blood Refining!

After hearing Li Mingqi’s explanation, Chen Yuan finally truly understood the situation in Ping’an County. It turned out there were so many Gang Condensation experts who remained unseen and unknown.

Cien Temple, Lin Family Village, Sanhe Boxing Club…

Especially Cien Temple and Lin Family Village, their strengths were not to be underestimated!

He had always wondered why the Huang Family, the so-called number one family of Ping’an County, had been destroyed so easily. How could they have been referred to as the number one?

Now, at last, he understood.

It was nothing but reckless praise from those who didn’t know the truth.

Indeed, with two Bone Refining experts, the Huang Family was strong, but without a Gang Condensation expert to hold the fort, they were simply wiped out in the end. Only those with a Gang Condensation expert could truly contend in Ping’an County.

Of course, if the Huang Family had not been destroyed, with the Marrow Cleansing Spirit Pearl in their possession, there was not no chance for a Gang Condensation expert to emerge from their ranks, but there were no ifs…

“Telling you all this is to make you understand that the strength of the County Government is not as strong as you imagined, and… the No-Life Sect rogues have been restless lately. The most important thing for you as the arrest officer is to find the traces of those rogues,”

Li Mingqi said, looking at Chen Yuan with furrowed brows.@@novelbin@@

“This servant will do his utmost.”

“Besides that, handling the North City Beihai Gang falls to you, whether to destroy or to subdue them, I want two hundred taels of silver every month,” Li Mingqi said as he fiddled with the ring on his right hand.

Chen Yuan was somewhat shocked. Li Mingqi was blatantly asking for a bribe, without any attempt to hide it, and he was even telling him this before he took office. Suddenly, Chen Yuan felt that this might be the real reason why Li Mingqi had arranged to meet him tonight.

Two hundred taels of silver!

That was no small amount; it was the salary he had earned for over a decade as a Government Official, and this was just for a mere month.

A year amounted to two thousand four hundred taels.

To put it in perspective, even the Huang Family was said to have had only a little over a thousand taels of available silver.

Though Chen Yuan had extorted twenty Tiger Bone Pills worth over two hundred taels of silver from Tie Qinghua, it was a one-off deal. Even if it was a hundred taels, let alone two hundred, if he needed it every month, Tie Qinghua would not be able to provide it.

Silver was not so easy to come by, but since Li Mingqi had asked for it, Chen Yuan could not, would not refuse.

He guessed that perhaps this was how officialdom worked, layer upon layer of exploitation, two hundred taels of silver a month, most likely a significant portion would have to be sent up to Prefecture City. In fact, Chen Yuan had guessed right; the reality was just that cruel.

Seeing Chen Yuan hesitating slightly, Li Mingqi’s expression turned a bit cold and he spoke,

“What’s the problem? Any difficulty?”

Chen Yuan took a deep breath and hurriedly said,

“No, this servant will definitely accomplish it.”

Only then did Li Mingqi show a hint of a smile, stood up, patted Chen Yuan on the shoulder, and said,

“That’s more like it… Hehe, you can go back for now. From tomorrow on, you’ll be the new arrest officer of Ping’an County!”

“Yes, this servant shall take his leave.”

Chen Yuan nodded and turned to leave the room.

As Chen Yuan’s figure retreated, Li Mingqi’s hand suddenly touched the teacup beside him.

“Crash!”

The cup shattered, and the tea stained the floor.

Chen Yuan turned around abruptly, his heart skipping a beat. There weren’t executioners lying in wait here, ready to move at the signal of Li Mingqi’s cup dropping, were there? That wouldn’t make sense…

Li Mingqi gave Chen Yuan a look, then suddenly smiled,

“You haven’t taken the Blood Essence Pill yet.”

Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief,

“Thank you, Sir.”

Afterward, Chen Yuan stepped forward to place the porcelain bottle in his bosom, then turned and pushed open the door to leave the room.

Once Chen Yuan was far away, Li Mingqi withdrew his gaze, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the tabletop.

North City.

Chen Family small courtyard.

Chen Yuan placed the porcelain bottle containing the Blood Essence Pill on the table and squinted his eyes, reminiscing about the events that had occurred previously, silent for a long time.

After a moment of silence, Chen Yuan stopped dwelling on those trivial matters and turned his attention to the Blood Essence Pill on the table, his eyes showing a trace of yearning.

…

The next day.

In the early morning, a ray of sunlight fell through the window. Chen Yuan, who was seated cross-legged on the bed, slowly opened his eyes, a glint of sharpness flashing by, as the golden paint he had applied slowly retracted into his flesh. His originally fair skin began to turn bronze.

After cultivating for a whole night, Chen Yuan felt not the slightest bit fatigued but instead was full of energy.

During the night, Chen Yuan had ingested and refined four Blood Essence Pills. With the help of the medicinal power, he had successfully completed the third Blood Refining and was ready to start the fourth Blood Refining.

The strength of his Qi had grown considerably once again.

Normally, such a speed of cultivation was impossible because the human body has its limits and can’t practice incessantly. He had faced this issue before when refining Tiger Bone Pills.

He could only refine one Tiger Bone Pill per day before feeling a sense of bloatedness.

But maybe it was because of the Marrow Cleansing Spirit Pearl, Chen Yuan was able to refine continuously for a whole night, greatly enhancing the quality of his practice. Previously, he could only absorb at most 70% of the medicinal power from a single Tiger Bone Pill.

But now, he could feel that 100% of the Blood Essence Pill’s medicinal power was acting on his body. Only then was it possible to complete a Blood Refining with just four Blood Essence Pills.

If it weren’t for the Marrow Cleansing, Chen Yuan would have needed at least six elixirs for this round of Blood Refining.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan was even more eager to seize Qi Fortune again and obtain another opportunity.

The first opportunity led him to Cien Temple’s Vajra Glaze Body, allowing him to practice one of Jianghu’s top Body Refining Divine Skills. The second was the Huang Family’s Marrow Cleansing Spirit Pearl, which greatly enhanced Chen Yuan’s cultivation talent.

What would the next opportunity be then?

Chen Yuan was very much looking forward to it!

Unfortunately, he had mostly roamed around Ping’an County and hadn’t found anyone with Qi Fortune.

At one time, Chen Yuan had thought that every living person should have Qi Fortune to some degree, but the Heavenly Eye Technique completely ignored it.

Even if he killed many people, there was no change at all.

It was only later that he realized that perhaps there were some secrets about ‘Qi Fortune’ that he didn’t know.

Standing up from the bed, Chen Yuan properly tied the clothes of a Government Official and did not wear his long sword at his waist. His sword was destroyed in Wu Yushan’s hands and initially, he would have needed to apply for a new one.

But not anymore, because he had become an arrest officer and would receive a new set of official uniform and sidearm.

Leaving the small courtyard, Chen Yuan followed his routine and had some breakfast at Zhou’s bun shop before hurrying to the County Government.

Although Wang Ping also lived in North City, their routes rarely coincided, so aside from occasionally accompanying each other, most of the time Chen Yuan went on his own.

Arrest Room.

As soon as Chen Yuan walked in, a young Government Official came forward, cupping his hands and bowing:

“Arrest Officer Chen, your official uniform and sidearm have already been delivered to the room.”

“Much appreciated…”

Chen Yuan nodded slightly, continuing his walk. All the Government Officials he passed greeted him eagerly, afraid of being even a half step slower than the others.

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