Promise!

Chapter 152, Perfection

"what?!"

Upon hearing this news, Zhuang Jin thought of the upright old man with a white beard she had seen a few days ago, never imagining that he would be separated from her by death in just a few days.

"I had long anticipated that if I touched the vested interests of those rats in the east of the city, they would stop at nothing. That's why I preferred to come to the south of the city rather than stay in the east as a tool... I just never expected that I would underestimate these people. They are so audacious and ruthless that they directly accused Uncle Pang of colluding with the Medicine King Gang and killed him in the ward's headquarters..."

This sounds somewhat similar to the Zhao Bin incident, but Zhuang Jin didn't dare to go that far. He only kept putting pressure on Zhao Bin until he couldn't take it anymore, his mind collapsed, and he finally took real action... But the way those rats in the east of the city played their game was truly shameless!

To say that Pang Shusheng colluded with the Medicine King Gang and betrayed the enemy is utterly absurd!

Afterwards, Zhuang Jin specifically learned about Pang Shusheng: This man was unmarried and had no children. He was of noble character and hated evil. Because of his impartial enforcement of the law, he resigned from the government and left the government... Even Shen Xianhong, the head of the Shen family, recognized his character and had him teach his son... How could such a person collude with the Medicine King Gang and betray the country?
Even if we don't call it far-fetched, it's completely unrelated, no less so than a fabricated charge!
"It seems that Garrison Commander Pang discovered the crux of the matter and touched something that shouldn't be touched, greatly affecting the interests of certain people. That's why that group resorted to such a desperate measure to scare away any newcomers..." Zhuang Jin quickly guessed the gist of it.

"Yes, but how could those people possibly think they could use this to threaten headquarters and intimidate investigators later?!"

Zou Qingfeng sneered: "Such a distortion of the truth and fabrication has angered even some neutral members of our headquarters who have no vested interest... The patriarch is furious and has deployed the pre-prepared martial artists to intervene, causing the situation to escalate rapidly... I imagine that soon, quite a few martial artists from the east of the city will be exiled here..."

Shen Xianhong had already made arrangements in the east of the city, and had already transferred manpower to cooperate with Pang Shusheng to take over immediately after this incident, and the east of the city was instantly turned upside down.

'But no matter what, Mr. Pang is dead!'

Zhuang Jin sighed inwardly. After Zou Qingfeng left, he remained silent for a long time before taking a glass of wine to the door and pouring it towards the east of the city.

……

The major changes in the east of the city, no matter how many undercurrents were brewing, would not affect Zhuang Jin, who was recuperating from injuries on the third line in the south of the city.

Considering that by the time he recovered from his injuries and returned to the front lines, he would have already broken through the Twelve Meridians, and there would be nothing to fear then, and that he should reveal his Meridian Opening Realm as soon as possible in the future, he returned to the Shen family headquarters in the past two days to register his Eleven Meridians Realm and be promoted to Five-Pattern Guardian. The reason was that he had already completed most of his Ten Meridians Realm accumulation when he was in the east of the city, and had completed it all in the past few days in the south of the city. He also took advantage of this life-or-death crisis to break through the bottleneck.

This led to a dramatic turn of events: Fu Honggang, the chief of the Medicine King Gang in the south of the city, reported his achievements to his superiors, one of the most important points being: the severe injury he inflicted on Zhuang Jin had damaged the potential of this Shen family genius and affected his path in martial arts...

However, no sooner had this report of merit been submitted than news came that Zhuang Jin had broken through the eleventh meridian in one fell swoop by taking advantage of this life-or-death crisis... This was like a slap in the face to Fu Honggang, making his face swell up.

Fu Honggang's attempt to "turn defeat into victory" was exposed, so he naturally lost his credit and was severely reprimanded by his superiors. It is said that when he returned home, he smashed two tables.

The instigator, Zhuang Jin, was unable to retaliate because he was located in the rear of the city. After a fit of impotent rage, he could only secretly remember the incident and plan to settle accounts with Zhuang Jin once he had broken through to the perfect level in his own movement techniques and martial arts, and after Zhuang Jin had recovered from his injuries.
……

With 25,000 battle merits in hand, Zhuang Jin's pockets were bulging again. To save time, he directly switched to meat from a beast at the Perfected Refining level. This kind of meat costs 500 battle merits per pound, which is 15,000 battle merits a month.

However, it is expensive but effective. This is originally for martial artists with twelve meridians, but Zhuang Jin used it to complete the accumulation of eleven meridians, which directly accelerated his cultivation by seventy or eighty percent!
In the peaceful and stable environment of the Third Line Sanatorium in the south of the city, there was no need to worry about household affairs. Chen Yun and her two maids, Song Lan and Yu Xiaoxiao, also came here to take care of her life. She didn't have to worry about the trivial matters of daily life...

Under such circumstances, the accumulation of the eleventh level of the classics was completely completed in just over a month!

……

September 27th, that evening.

In the southern part of the city, in Mingdefang, on the third line of the city, in a quiet and elegant sanatorium, under a sycamore tree, Zhuang Jin sat cross-legged. After another round of meditation, he finally felt the familiar swelling sensation in his meridians.

From the height of summer to the golden autumn, two months have passed, and I've finally completed the accumulation of knowledge for all eleven classic texts!

He sighed inwardly, closed his eyes and focused his inner energy towards the last of the twelve meridians of Qi Condensation, the Foot Jueyin Meridian.

Swish!
The next moment, for the other martial artists, this bottleneck, which was equivalent to 40-50% of the total difficulty of all previous bottlenecks, seemed to have vanished, and they passed through it in one go, their inner energy flowing into it.

After opening the last meridian of the Foot Jueyin, the three Yang and three Yin meridians of the hand, the three Yang and three Yin meridians of the foot, and the twelve regular meridians are completely and perfectly connected into a whole network, forming a large circulation of the body. The internal energy flows like boiling water, leaping towards a new level. The two kinds of strength, Ming Jin and An Jin, also show more obvious signs of fusion at this moment!

"The twelve realms of cultivation have been achieved!"

A moment later, Zhuang Jin opened his eyes, stood tall, shook his sleeves, and began to practice the Black Fiend Palm.

At this moment, the insights gained from the Black Fiend Palm flowed through his heart like a gentle stream. In an instant, he experienced a profound enlightenment, truly entering another level and reaching a state of profound understanding. He felt that he had fully comprehended and mastered the essence and mysteries of this martial art. It could be said that, in terms of this martial art alone, he had reached its pinnacle, a point where there was no room for further advancement. Even the founder of this martial art could no longer offer him any further guidance.

Chop, pat, brush, sweep...

At this moment, Zhuang Jin's Black Fiend Palm had long since transcended routines. Each move was like a wild horse galloping freely, seemingly effortless yet perfectly controlled, giving off a sense of harmonious completeness.

This is a profound skill achieved through simplicity and naturalness, without any outward display of grandeur or the sound of something breaking through the air. However, this does not mean that its power is weakened; on the contrary, it is enhanced by this convergence and concentration.

Wow!
A sudden gust of wind blew, causing the paulownia leaves to fall in a soft rustling rain. These fallen leaves, however, were stirred by the invisible aura of Zhuang Jin practicing the Black Fiend Palm, swirling around him and flowing like water.

As he became more and more engrossed, the countless golden leaves that flowed like water gathered together and condensed into a golden dragon, weaving and tumbling around his sleeves.

Chen Yun, Yu Xiaoxiao, and Song Lan, who were in the kitchen next door, were all startled and came out to see what was happening.

Chen Yun stared intently at Zhuang Jin, who was focused and absorbed in his work, her eyes filled with admiration. A faint smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.

Yu Xiaoxiao and Song Lan were more focused on this strange phenomenon. They exchanged a glance and covered their mouths, afraid of disturbing it.

a moment.

Just as the Black Fiend Palm practice was coming to an end, Zhuang Jin suddenly clenched his hands, wrapped them around himself, and pushed forward.

boom!
With a sound like a thunderclap, a more solid and lifelike golden dragon formed inch by inch in front of his palms, baring its fangs and claws as it flew forward. However, after leaving his palms by nine inches, the golden dragon made of paulownia leaves shattered into dust, just like fireworks exploding.

"Ah!" Yu Xiaoxiao and Song Lan's eyes widened when they saw this scene, and they finally couldn't help but exclaim.

Swish!
At this moment, Zhuang Jin's figure swayed, creating a whooshing sound as he reached out and scooped up all the dust that the 'golden dragon' had turned into in his hand.

"Lord Zhuang, you're amazing!" Yu Xiaoxiao and Song Lan clapped their hands.

Chen Yun stepped forward to wipe the fine beads of sweat from Zhuang Jin's forehead and asked, "Husband, has your martial arts improved again?"

"Not bad!"

With a pleased smile on her face, Zhuang Jin released her hands, and the powder scattered down.

This time, he not only broke through the Twelve Meridians realm, but also completely perfected the Black Fiend Palm, which had long been at the limit of Great Completion but was stuck at the last line due to insufficient realm; and the movement technique Swift Wind Step also stepped from the limit of Minor Completion to Great Completion.

'A martial artist with twelve meridians is already at the level of a Grand Guardian, and possesses the Black Fiend Palm at its peak and the Swift Wind Step at its most advanced stage... The Swift Wind Step is already a cut above ordinary movement techniques, and he also has a top-grade Xuan-level beast hide armor...'

"Considering everything, even though I've only recently entered the Twelve Scriptures realm and haven't fully accumulated my Twelve Scriptures cultivation, my combat strength has already reached the top tier among Twelve Scriptures warriors. Now, even Sun Mingbi is probably no match for me… At this point, I truly have nothing to fear in the south of the city!"

In the Twelve Meridians Realm, both the Black Fiend Palm and movement techniques can reach perfection. However, due to the difficulty of cultivation, veteran Twelve Meridians martial artists have only mastered both over the years, such as Sun Mingbi.

The mastery of either the Black Fiend Palm or movement techniques is extremely rare, and such a mastery would surpass even the most accomplished martial artists mentioned earlier.

The Black Fiend Palm and the movement technique are both at their peak, which is even more incredible. By paying a certain price, it can kill a martial artist who has only reached the Great Perfection of the Twelve Meridians!
'If I were to master the Bitter Liver Swift Wind Step, perfecting this movement technique, and then complete the accumulation of the Twelve Meridians, then I would have fully maxed out the Twelve Meridian realms, truly reaching the Qi Condensation realm, where I would be invincible. Above Qi Condensation… uh, I could probably last a couple more moves.'

Thinking this, Zhuang Jin's initial smugness vanished instantly: 'Therefore, I mustn't be arrogant or complacent. Only after breaking through to the Meridian Opening Realm will I truly enter a different world!'

"Speaking of which, another problem arises. In the past month or so, because of consuming the meat of a beast at the peak of the Flesh Refining stage, I've lost all my battle merits. Without the aid of that meat, my cultivation speed will slow down; it might take three or four months to complete the accumulation of the Twelve Meridians Realm!"

He sighed softly: 'So, it's time to go back to the front lines and earn some battle merits… oh no, I mean, some military achievements.'

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(End of this chapter)