Loan Wusheng

Chapter 132 Breaking through the third level of outer power and attending a banquet in Pingzhang County
Zheng Jun has a lot of demon pills in his hands.

Like ape monster, loach, carp monster, tiger monster, toad...

These are all demons that died at the hands of Zheng Jun. Some are as strong as ape demons, while others are as weak as loaches.

However, now, they can only transform into a round and clear inner elixir for Zheng Jun to absorb and practice.

But now, Zheng Jun still wants to hurry up and refine the three top-level demon pills.

It starts with difficulty but becomes easy later, it starts with bitterness but becomes sweet later.

The three demon pills in Zheng Jun's palm were emitting a manic aura.

One was red as fire, emitting the violent power of a wild ape monster; one was as black as ink, revealing the feminine and strange aura of a loach; the last one was glowing with golden light, faintly filled with the might of a dragon; it was the inner elixir of a demon carp that possessed the blood of a true dragon.

"A lot of vitality has been lost. It seems that the longer we delay, the worse the refining effect will be..."

Zheng Jun thought to himself, "This demon pill can be used as medicine. I wonder which pill made from the demon pill is better?"

Zheng Jun did not plan to refine the remaining Toad Demon Pills and Female Tiger Demon Pills. Instead, he planned to trade them with Jishidiang in exchange for some pills made from the demon pills to see what the ingredients were like and how they differed from directly refining the demon pills.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Zheng Jun's true energy surged and he began to refine the three kinds of magic pills.

The refining process of each kind of demon pill is different. When refining the monkey demon pill, Zheng Jun transformed the sapphire true energy into a blazing flame and wrapped it up. The demon pill was filled with violent energy, and Zheng Jun's true energy wrapped around it like a chain, suppressing the violent power.

With the penetration of true energy and the invasion of the bright sunlight, the evil spirit in the monkey demon pill slowly disappeared, and then turned into a hot and powerful energy, which merged into Zheng Jun's body.

The pitch-black loach inner elixir contained an extremely feminine power. Although the loach was weak, the demon elixir was a bit difficult to deal with. Zheng Jun did not dare to be careless. His true energy turned into a thin layer of light shield, wrapping the loach inner elixir.

Zheng Jun concentrated his mind, and his true energy suddenly contracted, using the radiant sun as the main body to peel off and refine the feminine power bit by bit. Gradually, the power in the loach's inner elixir turned into a flexible and long-lasting energy, which merged into Zheng Jun's meridians.

Finally, Zheng Jun turned his gaze to the demon carp's inner elixir that was glowing with golden light.

Although this inner elixir is not as powerful as the dragon's inner elixir, it is extremely precious because of the true dragon blood contained in it.

"Whoo~"

Zheng Jun took a deep breath, and his true energy surged out like a tide, wrapping the demon carp's inner elixir.

The dragon shadow in the inner elixir moved and made a low dragon roar, as if resisting refining.

Zheng Jun remained unmoved. His true energy transformed into countless fine threads that penetrated into every inch of his inner elixir. He then used the Brilliant Sun and began to remove the evil spirit from it.

One is born, the second is cooked.

Zheng Jun has gone through three previous divestitures and has become a master at it.

As the demonic aura was stripped away, the true energy in the demon carp's inner elixir also merged into Zheng Jun's body, echoing with the previous dragon power, making his true energy more condensed, and faintly filled with dragon power.

These three inner elixirs have been refined again.

Zheng Jun only felt that at this moment, there was a tremendous amount of energy in his body, an indescribable power.

but……

"Whoo~"

Zheng Jun adjusted his breathing rhythm and tried to calm himself down as much as possible.

Now, the true energy in Zheng Jun's body was surging like a river, rushing everywhere, as if it would not stop until his meridians were torn apart.

Of course, it is unlikely to be torn apart. Zheng Jun can still control this kind of true energy.

However, the power of the four inner elixirs was too great. Even with his current level of cultivation, he felt a little overwhelmed and felt as if he had eaten too much.

"The aftereffects of these four demon pills are surprisingly strong..."

Zheng Jun immediately started to practice the Broken Jade Technique without any hesitation. He took out several doses of Ning Gang Powder from his arms and swallowed them without hesitation.

Ninggang Powder is a medicinal prescription that assists the creation of true Qi. Now is the right time to take it.

As soon as Ninggang Powder entered the stomach, it immediately turned into a cool energy, flowing along the meridians and slightly calming the restless true qi. Then Zheng Jun used all his strength to perform the Suiyu Gong to transform this true qi into true gang.

Zheng Jun took a deep breath and thought to himself: "Next, I need to digest the true energy provided by these four inner pills..."

This time, Zheng Jun was caught off guard.

I hope that it can be completely refined before those two thieves Liu Yan and Zuo Pin attack the city.

……

Miaoxin County was bustling with people.

Repairing city walls and building houses.

Men carried heavy bricks and stones on their shoulders and hands, and piled them up. Their clothes were soaked with sweat, but no one stopped. Women were busy carrying soil and delivering tools, and children helped to pick up scattered tiles.

The clanging sounds of hammering and shouting are intertwined together, and the situation in the entire Miaoxin County is also thriving.

Qiao Zijing stood on a newly built section of the city wall, looking at the situation, feeling quite complacent.

In times of peace and prosperity, one's abilities cannot be demonstrated and are nothing more than icing on the cake.

Only in this chaotic world can my talents be truly displayed.

Qiao Zijing thought in his heart.

Today, the population of Miaoxin County is even larger than before.

Not only the county town, but also several villages near Pingzhang County began to be populated. Qiao Zijing also appointed many village chiefs to reclaim abandoned farmland and re-establish order.

In an instant, Miaoxin County became full of vitality, and was even no worse than Kangle County.

It just lacks the core of the formation and cannot rely on the city to defend itself.

Qiao Zijing was very satisfied with the situation under his rule. Apart from his life, what he coveted most was fame.

My biggest wish in this life is to enter the Secretariat, become a prime minister, and rule the world one day.

Before fulfilling this wish, Qiao Zijing was unwilling to die.

Originally, Qiao Zijing felt that this wish might never come true in this lifetime, and his goal was to go one step further and serve as a state-level official.

But I never expected to encounter an emergency like Zhang Bengong.

Thinking of this, Qiao Zijing couldn't help feeling a little dazed, and his eyes unconsciously looked towards an extremely quiet courtyard in the city. There was a lush bamboo forest outside. Such a scene was an elegant garden even in this vibrant Miaoxin County.

General Zheng has been in seclusion here for fourteen days.

Over the past fourteen days, every day one could see waves of alluring enchantment coming from this quiet courtyard.

The demonic aura was extremely powerful, which made Qiao Zijing a little frightened. If he was not sure that the person who entered was General Zheng, Qiao Zijing would have suspected that there was a powerful demon living in this quiet courtyard!
However, because of this, Qiao Zijing also felt a little uneasy.

He had no idea what Zheng Jun was doing, nor did he understand why such a strong evil aura erupted... Could it be that General Zheng practiced a special demonic skill?
Thinking of this, Qiao Zijing couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"According to intelligence reports from a few days ago, the bandit army seems to have made unusual movements. I wonder when General Zheng will leave the border..."

Qiao Zijing was worried. Suddenly, he was startled and looked up. The feather fan in his hand paused slightly and he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air: "What a strong wind wave!"

Qiao Zijing looked carefully and saw that the originally clear sky was covered with thick dark clouds. The clouds rolled like ink and there were faint flashes of lightning in them.

Before Qiao Zijing could react, he saw the sky and the earth change color in an instant, dark clouds rolled, strong winds howled, and the whole city seemed to be shrouded by an invisible force!

At the first moment, Qiao Zijing locked onto the location of the quiet courtyard.

However, they only saw a powerful pressure rising from the small courtyard. The people in the city looked up and saw a huge crack in the clouds in the sky, as if a dazzling golden light was pouring down from the sky and directly passing through the quiet room where Zheng Jun was.

The golden light was like an upside-down river in the sky, illuminating the entire county. Even the city wall that was being repaired in the distance was reflected as if it was coated with a layer of golden light.

There was a majestic aura in the air, as if all the power between heaven and earth was gathered here at this moment.

"Strange phenomena in the world, a breakthrough?!"

Qiao Zijing took a deep breath and was extremely shocked: "Could it be that General Zheng has achieved a breakthrough?!"

There was an undisguised shock in his voice. Qiao Zijing felt the majestic aura, as if even his own cultivation was suppressed a little.

Apart from breaking through the orifice, Qiao Zijing could not think of a second possibility.

Such a sudden and unexpected phenomenon is absolutely incomparable to any ordinary realm!
Although the people in the city did not understand anything about cultivation, they felt an inexplicable awe and were terrified and shouted at each other.

"what's the situation?"

"Golden light shines, is this a sign of good fortune?"

"What a bullshit auspicious sign! If there really was an auspicious sign, we wouldn't have left our hometown and come here..."

"..."

The people were talking about it, but no one knew what was going on.

In the distance, the golden light gradually faded, and the strange phenomena between heaven and earth also subsided, as if nothing had ever happened.

Only the remaining pressure still echoed in the air.

Qiao Zijing's eyes were blank for a moment, until the strange phenomenon in the world disappeared. Then he came to his senses and without hesitation, he turned into a streak of white light and fled towards Zheng Jun's quiet courtyard.

It was very fast. In just a cup of tea, they arrived at the gate of this quiet courtyard.

In front of the courtyard gate, the two thin maids who were arranged by Qiao Zijing to be ready to serve Zheng Jun at any time but had never been summoned looked extremely terrified. When they saw Qiao Zijing coming, they breathed a sigh of relief and greeted him one after another.

Qiao Zijing waved his hand without any hesitation, and stood in front of the green bamboo forest. Facing the gate of the quiet courtyard, he bowed respectfully and said, "Congratulations to Lord Zheng for his great success in magic and reaching the state of enlightenment! Our Kangle County will have no worries from now on!"

Qiao Zijing was very excited.

How many years has Zheng Jun been practicing martial arts?
This is already the solution!
Whether he could become the prime minister and fulfill his lifelong dream seemed to depend on General Zheng!

This excitement was beyond words for Qiao Zijing.

Just as Qiao Zijing was speaking, the wooden door of the quiet courtyard in the bamboo forest was suddenly blown by a strong wind.

Zheng Jun stepped out of the gate with his tall and straight figure.

The corners of the clothes fluttered without wind.

Zheng Jun looked at Qiao Zijing and shook his head, saying, "It's not a complete enlightenment, but just the third level of the outer power. There's no need to be amazed."

After hearing Zheng Jun's words, Qiao Zijing was stunned, and then his pupils shook violently.

Waigang Sanzhong?

Is it just the strange phenomenon of heaven and earth caused by the breakthrough of the second level of outer power to the third level?

this? !

Qiao Zijing was horrified.

To put it bluntly, the strange phenomena in heaven and earth caused by Zheng Jun's breakthrough from the second level of outer Gang to the third level are no less than those caused by a martial artist with Tongqiao breaking through!
The second level of outer power broke through to the third level, both are so powerful.

If we wait until General Zheng breaks through.

Doesn't that mean that half of the county can sense the strange phenomenon of heaven and earth caused by General Zheng's breakthrough?
Thinking of this, Qiao Zijing felt a surge of emotion in his heart and was extremely excited.

He felt that his lifelong wish would most likely be realized under the command of General Zheng!

Seeing the excited Qiao Zijing, Zheng Jun couldn't help feeling confused.

Not buddy.

I made a breakthrough, why are you so excited?

After Zheng Jun was puzzled for a moment, he didn't think much about it and asked, "How long have I been in seclusion?"

Qiao Zijing calmed down his excitement a little, and said, "General, it has been fourteen days since you started your retreat."

"Fourteen days?" Zheng Jun pondered for a moment, and instantly felt that this really was like no time in cultivation.

Fourteen days, it really just passed in the blink of an eye.

He had no idea that half a month had passed.

Zheng Jun couldn't help but feel the magic of this practice, and then asked, "Is Feng He back? What did the governor of Pingzhang County, Tang, say?"

"Over there, General Feng..."

Qiao Zijing said: "No news yet, and he hasn't come back yet."

"Ok?"

Zheng Jun was stunned when he heard this: "Fourteen days, he still hasn't come back?"

"Yes, General." Qiao Zijing said.

Zheng Jun nodded after hearing this, and continued to ask: "I already know about this matter. What about Kangle County City? How is Kangle County going? Is there any military intelligence?"

Qiao Zijing bowed and said, "General, there is news that the enemy has assembled and is preparing to attack."

"It hasn't attacked yet."

Zheng Jun originally thought that he would miss a lot of things during his fourteen-day retreat.

But now it seems that Liu Yan and Zuo Pin are more hesitant than he thought.

But if you think about it carefully, Chang Yongping, who was as famous as the two of them, was killed by himself, and Zhang Bu, who was always known as "the third person in the bandit army and the first person under Tongqiao", was also seriously injured by himself and fell to a lower level.

It was normal for them to be afraid of such a famous warrior like himself who could only fight with great powers sitting in Kangle.

Zheng Jun was deeply touched by this practice.

The essence of power provided by the demon pill, after being completely refined by himself, directly sent Zheng Jun to the third level of outer Gang strength, which was something Zheng Jun did not expect.

However, the main reason why Zheng Jun was able to break through the third level of outer power came from the extremely powerful dragon inner elixir.

That was the one-horned dragon that was guarded by an ape demon. Its strength was very average and it was easily killed by Zheng Jun.

Although his strength is low, the true energy in his demon pill is really abundant, more than the sum of several other demon pills combined.

This may be because of the dragon bloodline, or it may be because the Sunlight Flowing Light is more suitable for the dragon's inner elixir, or it may be because the one-horned dragon eats more heavenly and earthly treasures on a daily basis...

All in all, no matter what, after absorbing the demon pill of the unicorn dragon, he devoted himself to meditation and finally broke through to the third level of the outer Gang realm.

The strength is improved again.

Now, Zheng Jun no longer took Liu Yan and Zuo Pin's army seriously: even if they formed a battle formation and came, Zheng Jun would still be fearless.

"In that case, County Magistrate Qiao, send someone to Kangle County City to tell Chen Jingzhong, the commander of the Guoyi Army, that I have reached the third level of the outer power. He will understand my current strength."

Zheng Jun spoke calmly and gave instructions to Qiao Zijing.

When Qiao Zijing heard this, he immediately bowed and agreed. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the wind coming from Zheng Jun's feet and the blue and gold energy surging in his robes. In an instant, he appeared several feet away.

At the same time, Qiao Zijing heard a voice saying, "Since General Feng has not returned, I will go to Pingzhang County to see what happened. I can also have a detailed talk with County Magistrate Tang to avoid any mistakes or misunderstandings."

After saying that, Qiao Zijing was startled. He looked up, only to find that Zheng Jun had disappeared from his sight, completely out of sight.

"When General Zheng was at the first level of outer power, he could fight against those at the third level; when he was at the second level, he could easily kill those at the third level."

Qiao Zijing looked in the direction where Zheng Jun disappeared, and muttered to himself: "Now that he has broken through the third level of outer power, doesn't that mean..."

"Can you fight for Tongqiao?!"

……

Zheng Jun was wearing a black robe and standing on the void. A cyan-gold light surrounded his body, like the brightest meteor in the night sky.

His figure flew through the night, so fast that people could only catch a trace of light, which seemed exceptionally brilliant and dazzling. Many people in Pingzhang County who had not yet fallen asleep noticed this scene and called it a wonder.

Only some warriors, after seeing this scene, could not help feeling a little surprised, and then looked at the escaping light with great envy: they naturally thought that the one who just flew past was a martial artist with extraordinary powers.

Zheng Jun, who was flying all the way, felt that his current flying speed was indeed much faster than before.

While flying, Zheng Jun did not forget to check the "Da Dao Martial Book" to see the contents that he had neglected in the past fourteen days.

[Refine the demon pill, survive a narrow escape. The repayment progress of 'Broken Jade Skill' +6003, the current repayment progress is: 10948/20000. ]

“It has increased so much?”

Zheng Jun couldn't help but feel stunned when he saw the small gold-plated characters appearing in front of him.

He really hadn't expected that refining the demon pill would actually increase his repayment progress so much. Moreover, according to the description in the 'Great Dao Martial Book', refining the demon pill seemed to be a very dangerous matter, with a high risk of death!
But in fact……

It is indeed somewhat dangerous, but with the blessing of the radiant light of the sun, the 'nine deaths' have been driven away and extracted, leaving only 'one life'.

However, despite this, Zheng Jun still felt that refining the demon pill was a very tiring task.

Not just physically, but mentally as well.

During these fourteen days, Zheng Jun devoted himself to the experience so much that he completely forgot about time.

"Whoo~"

The cold wind was howling in his face, but Zheng Jun did not feel anything wrong. Seeing that they seemed to have arrived at the Pingzhang County City, Zheng Jun gradually slowed down, and the cyan-gold light of escape also slowly converged.

The next second, Zheng Jun's figure was like a god slowly descending from the clouds. In the instant when the Pingzhang County formation had not yet been activated, he directly landed in an alley in Pingzhang County. Without any hesitation, he stepped out.

Zheng Jun's pace was neither fast nor slow. There was a curfew in Pingzhang County these days. There were some police officers and express patrols on the streets, but Zheng Jun just swaggered through the streets, not paying any attention to the curfew order.

A young police officer saw this and wanted to arrest the man, but found that he could not catch up with Zheng Jun. He was out of breath and was about to say something when he was stopped by the experienced police officers, who whispered, "Are you crazy? He is obviously a martial arts expert. How dare you stop him?"

"But the curfew..."

"Curfew? What curfew? It's only for ordinary people. Which dignitaries would obey it? Didn't General Han go to the county governor's mansion in a swagger half an hour ago? The young master of the Qian family also went out of the city for fun without any scruples!"

"Those high-ranking officials are like this, how dare you mess with this martial arts expert? Aren't you afraid that he will strike back and stab you to death?!"

"Just report this matter, and the officials from the Pacification Department and the Six Gates will come to handle it. It has nothing to do with us!"

"..."

Under such circumstances, naturally no constable dared to provoke Zheng Jun, and allowed Zheng Jun to walk all the way to the county magistrate's mansion.

"The county governor's mansion."

Zheng Jun naturally recognized this place.

The last time he came, he was at the peak of his Qi accumulation stage.

This time when he came again, he had already reached the third level of outer power.

The two soldiers guarding the County Magistrate's Mansion were obviously new and did not recognize Zheng Jun. After seeing Zheng Jun, they immediately stepped forward and shouted, "This is an important place in the County Magistrate's Mansion, get out of here immediately!"

When Zheng Jun saw the two soldiers, he threw out two bottles of Yixue Pills and said calmly, "Go in and report that Zheng Jun from Heishan County is here. Please see Lord Tang."

Zheng Jun is not here to cause trouble.

So, he didn't want any conflict.

Seeing Zheng Jun throw two bottles of pills, a young man was stunned and was about to explode, but unexpectedly, the other person immediately shuddered and said respectfully: "Please wait for a moment, Lord Zheng, I will go and report it."

"What report?!"

The young man, who had obviously never heard of Zheng Jun, frowned and said contemptuously, "Can anyone come to see the county governor? Such a lunatic should be driven away immediately!"

The soldiers who had heard of Zheng Jun could not help but groan inwardly.

The man who was standing guard with him was a foot soldier transferred from Changyang County, so he had no idea of the value of the four words "Heishan Zheng Jun" in Pingzhang County.

Therefore, when the man was about to open his mouth to explain, he suddenly heard a big man coming out of the county governor's mansion. He snorted coldly and cursed: "Where did you come from, you wild guy? How dare you come to the county governor's mansion to make trouble, and even want to pay a visit to Lord Tang?! Tell me the name of your master and which sect you are from. If you want to surrender to the court, you must go through the procedures!"

The big man had a nose as sharp as a knife, his lips were tightly closed, and he was holding a Panlong stick. He looked like a fierce general on the battlefield.

He did not hear what was discussed just now. He just communicated with County Magistrate Tang for a while, and when he said goodbye and left, he heard the last sentence "madman, send him away".

The moment he stepped out of the gate of the County Magistrate's Mansion, two guards immediately saluted and said, "General Han."

"Ah."

The big general nodded slightly, looked at the person outside the door with his tiger eyes, and was stunned for a moment.

Zheng Jun looked at the big general who was striding out, and couldn't help but smile. He said to the big man: "Han Hu, don't you recognize me?"

After hearing Zheng Jun's words, Han Hu's knees softened and he knelt on one knee, sweating profusely: "Han Hu pays respects to Lord Zheng. How can I not recognize Lord Zheng?"

Zheng Jun narrowed his eyes and said, "Then why can't you recognize my aura?"

Last time you came here to accumulate energy, this time you came here to increase your external energy.

I have never seen your true aura!

Han Hu broke out in a cold sweat.

Zheng Jun, who is in the Qi Accumulation Stage, can beat him so hard that he won't know which way is which.

Not to mention that Zheng Jun is already at the outer Gang level now, and judging from the strength of his aura, he is at least at the second level of the outer Gang level!

Coupled with Zheng Jun’s recent battle record, Han Hu was even more nervous.

Han Hu trembled, and naturally did not dare to tell the truth: "General, this..."

"Forget it. I'm not a petty person. We agreed to let bygones be bygones, so let's let them bygones."

Zheng Jun waved his hand. Seeing that Han Hu was drunk, he immediately asked, "Is Lord Tang holding a banquet in the prefect's mansion?"

"Yes."

Han Hu nodded, but he didn't dare to say what the banquet was.

This banquet was to discuss how to "deal with" Zheng Jun.

It wasn't about a real fight, but rather a discussion on how to deal with Zheng Jun's 'annexation' of the four counties.

After all, if Zheng Jun "annexed" the four counties of Heishan, Pingyun, Rongyuan, and Zhiyuan, the high-ranking officials and families in the county would no longer have the respect from these four counties.

Of course, Heishan County is long gone.

But aren’t there three other counties?

We can’t let these three counties disappear at the same time!
"What a coincidence! Zheng is here. Of course I have to go in and ask for a drink."

Zheng Jun smiled slightly, took a step forward, and released his true energy, instantly shocking everyone around him: "General Han, can you lead the way and take me to the banquet?"

Han Hu did not hesitate and turned against Zheng Jun, saying respectfully, "Of course, Lord Zheng, please!"

After saying that, he took the initiative to make way and wanted to lead Zheng Jun in.

However, Zheng Jun had just taken a step when he suddenly stopped and turned to look into the quiet streets.

"The outer guards from the Pacification Department and the Six Gates have also arrived. It's really lively."

Zheng Jun smiled lightly and said in a loud voice: "What's the point of having so many outer guards staying in Pingzhang? A good man's ambition is to go to the battlefield. It's better to follow me to fight the enemy than to stay here at night and catch some thieves."

There seem to be too many external forces in Pingzhang County.

I have to think of a way to seduce a few of them.

(End of this chapter)