From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 267 Sixth Grade
It was getting dark.

Meng Yuan took a hot bath, changed his ragged clothes, and had a hearty meal before falling into a deep sleep.

After waking up, Meng Yuan did not feel relaxed, but more tired. When he closed his eyes, he saw a sea of ​​fire, a blizzard, and even faces of people appeared in front of him, including Sister Hua, Uncle Zhang, Big Head Zhao, Old Man Jiang, and Master Nie.

Seeing that it was already turning white outside the window, Meng Yuan stood up.

The clothes were prepared by Tie Niu last night. Meng Yuan put on clean shoes and socks, and his stomach growled.

When he opened the door, he saw Tie Niu standing outside, his eyes red and swollen, one hand tightly holding the hilt of a knife.

"Didn't you sleep all night?" Meng Yuan asked.

"I can't sleep." Tie Niu's voice was a little hoarse, and he asked in confusion: "Brother, when we left the farm and went to the palace to learn skills, we just wanted to live a better life. You said that those people who are more powerful than us are not short of money, and they have endless wine and meat to eat, so why do they want to harm others? Our princess has done good deeds and accumulated virtues. Sooner or later, my father will kneel in front of the tablet. Why do people want to harm the princess? Even if those people don't want the princess to have an easy life, what hatred do they have with the people in the city?"

Meng Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Qing Guangzi didn't want to harm anyone, but he did it to prove his truth."

"What kind of truth would it take for an entire city's worth of people to be buried with you?" Tie Niu asked bewilderedly.

"Qing Guangzi's self-proclaimed Buddhism is about attaining the bright form and becoming the Buddha of Light." Meng Yuan said.

Tie Niu didn't ask any more questions, he simply couldn't understand.

At this time, Fu Cui came out from the kitchen and brought a basin of hot water, "Brother, Tie Niu, wash your face first."

Fu Cui is a man of few words. She was also born into a refugee family and also did not sleep that night.

"I have cooked the meal. Let's wash up and have dinner with Mr. Chen." Fu Cui said.

Meng Yuan patted Tie Niu on the shoulder. After they washed up, they had breakfast with Chen Shouzhe.

"It didn't snow last night, but there were a lot more rumors about Songhe Prefecture in Hedong County." Chen Shouzhuo invited, "Come with me for a walk on the street."

Meng Yuan had no objection.

Chen Shouzhuo immediately rode his little donkey again, and Meng Yuan rode the little red horse, the two of them walked side by side, with Tie Niu and Fu Cui following behind, and they went out into the street together.

The common people passing by were no longer surprised by Chen Shouzhuo riding a donkey. Instead, they greeted him in a friendly manner, and some bold enough even asked if the magistrate was well.

"Last year there was a severe drought, and at the end of the year it snowed heavily. This year the snow is even heavier than in previous years." Chen Shouzhuo's face was warm and humble. "People say that auspicious snow means a good harvest, but if it snows two or three times like this, I'm afraid there will be another disaster."

Chen Shouzhuo talked about people's livelihood for a long time, and then asked Meng Yuan about the details of the Songhe Prefecture incident.

There was nothing much to say about this, so Meng Yuan just told him everything he had seen and heard.

"When my dear brother came, his body was covered in blood. Did you fight your way out of the city?" Chen Shouzhuo asked.

"It's not difficult to leave the city, it's just to protect the third young lady." Meng Yuan said.

"Where is the prince?" Chen Shouzhe asked.

"Dugu Kang was taken away by Qing Guangzi's people." Meng Yuan said.

"The prince is intelligent and kind, unlike his father. I never thought that he would suffer so many hardships." Chen Shouzhuo did not ask why Qing Guangzi captured Dugu Kang.

The two men talked a lot and went around Hedong County twice, which was considered to appease the people.

After two days, Meng Yuan saw that his spirit was back to normal and his internal organs and bones had recovered, so he stopped going out and devoted himself to practicing.

In the quiet room, Meng Yuan lit a stick of incense, closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and thought carefully about the past.

Ever since the incident with Xiangling and Dugu Kang in the mountains that day, Meng Yuan has repeatedly faced off against masters. First, it was Xie Yisheng and his three companions, then the big monster guarding the city gate, and later he encountered Prince Xin Dugu Sheng in Jingyuan.

Then there was a desperate battle outside the city, and in the end, they almost exchanged their lives for the lives of others to capture Xie Yisheng. The spirit fire rose and fell, and now it has returned to the size of a soybean.

However, Meng Yuan has already reached the threshold of the middle-grade realm. He has fought to the death several times, suffered repeated serious injuries, and even forced himself to reach Nirvana to revive and burn his life. He has also forced himself to activate Bodhi to destroy the Tao many times, and has defeated powerful enemies many times. His state of mind as a warrior is no longer hindered.

Especially from what he had seen and heard in the past few days, Meng Yuan had already understood the changes in Bodhi's ability to destroy the Tao, and his power was no less than that of Master Jueming at that time.

The two dantians are already full, the jade liquid is thicker and the dantian is wider than before. This is the growth after fighting to the death.

Putting aside all distractions, Meng Yuan had no thoughts in his mind. He just urged the jade liquid to slowly rotate, circulating back and forth between the upper, middle and lower three heavens.

I don’t know how long it took, but the jade liquid in the two dantians was boiling, and the upper, middle and lower three realms echoed each other.

For a moment, Meng Yuan felt extreme pain all over.

This feeling of pain is no worse than that of tempering the body with essence fire, but the meaning of the two pains is different.

My whole body seemed to be under heavy pressure, as if a mountain was pressing down on me, and my bones, muscles and blood were about to be crushed into dust.

My internal organs were beating like crazy, as if they were about to burst out of my body. My brain felt like it was being hacked by countless swords, and the pain almost made me forget what I was thinking.

My mind was completely blank. All the past events, memories, and even my experiences seemed to have become false. Only the stars in the sky seemed to correspond to the three heavens.

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly, Meng Yuan felt as if he was floating in the boundless universe, or as if he had fallen into an endless river.

The upper, middle and lower heavens were connected and echoed with each other. Meng Yuan had a feeling of liberation, just like what Dugu Kang said about "enlightenment".

But before he could catch his breath, Meng Yuan felt a rumbling sound inside his body, as if something was trying to break through his skin.

Each of those strange powers was extremely powerful, with a sense of compassion, a determination to die, a will to live in the face of death, and a heart that could move forward without hesitation...

Meng Yuan wanted to catch one of them, but he was too weak to do so. He couldn't even see it clearly, let alone catch a wisp of it.

But vaguely, Meng Yuan always felt that this endless strange power seemed to be generated between heaven and earth, and he could not take it all, just like he could only take a scoop of water from the river.

Meng Yuan immediately understood that this was the key to the sixth grade that many people had told him about. It was the second of the three steps of ascension when advancing from the sixth grade to the fifth grade, which meant fully unleashing the power of the divine ability.

Closing his eyes and looking inward, among the many divine powers, Meng Yuan discovered that his previous killer move, Floating Light Cave Heaven, and his recent life-threatening method, Bodhi Extermination Dao, were not quite compatible with his own.

On the contrary, the heavenly fire that the third lady gave to him was more suitable for him.

Finally, Meng Yuan saw a ball of fire drifting away, and then he opened his eyes.

The incense in the room had already burned out. Chen Shouzhuo and Tie Niu stood in front of him, staring at Meng Yuan closely.

"I see flames surrounding my brother, which means he must have reached the middle third level." Chen Shouzhe said with a smile.

Meng Yuan also unknowingly realized that everything had come to fruition.

"Cui, come in!" Tie Niu shouted outside, "Brother is wearing clothes this time!"

"Then I'll come in!" Fu Cui responded from outside, then walked in, looked at Meng Yuan for a while, and then said: "Congratulations, Senior Brother, on your breakthrough."

"Brother, let's go home!" Tie Niu said.

Chen Shouzhuo took out an official document and said, "The Demon Suppression Department sent someone here to deliver medicine and food to Songhe Prefecture as soon as possible."

He handed the letter to Meng Yuan and continued, "Xiao Taotao specifically asked you to come back. I heard that Wang Er is here too."

"They came at the right time." Meng Yuan said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)