As the Qi and blood flowed into his body, Su Wu felt a tremendous force washing over his limbs and bones.

That power was like the marrow-cleansing and meridian-clearing power he had read about in novels in his previous life, cleansing and opening up the meridians in his body.

After several breaths, the strange phenomenon gradually subsided and disappeared.

As the anomaly disappeared, Su Wu's realm level changed instantly.

[Realm: Body Tempering Level 1 (0/200)]

Then Su Wu felt an itch in his throat and spat out a mouthful of phlegm.

As Su Wu coughed up the thick phlegm, he felt the chilling sensation that had been clinging to his body subside considerably.

"My cold poison has subsided!"

Feeling his body improving, Su Wu was filled with excitement.

This cold poison had plagued him for many years, so he always felt that he walked heavily, as if a large stone was pressing on his shoulders.

Even when I went to see a doctor at the clinic before, the doctor said that I didn't have many years left to live.

Now it's as if someone has taken the stone off his shoulder.

Although it hasn't been completely moved yet, the feeling of lightness is unprecedented.

"Cool!"

Seeing that he had entered the first level of Body Tempering, Su Wu excitedly wandered around the room, his gaze falling on the iron bed in his dormitory, and he reached out to lift it.

With a gentle lift, Su Wu effortlessly raised the iron bed.

You should know that before this, Su Wu would be out of breath even if he walked for a long time, let alone carry the bed.

"My strength has increased, and I feel like I have an endless source of power."

"Is this what it feels like to be at the first level of Body Tempering?"

Su Wu felt the long-lost sense of strength in himself and couldn't help but grab the iron bed and lift it up and down a few more times.

"Huh? Am I seeing things? Why does it feel like the bed across from me is dancing in the middle of the night?"

Just as Su Wu was getting excited, Liu Dashan on the opposite bed turned his head and rubbed his sleepy eyes.

"Young Su, is that you?"

Upon hearing this, Su Wu paused for a moment, then quickly put down the iron bed and pretended to bend over and grope on the ground.

"Huh, where's my waist tag?"

"So it was because he lost his waist tag." Looking at Su Wu, who was squatting on the ground groping for something, Liu Dashan nodded in realization.

Then he turned around and closed his eyes again.

But a moment later, he opened his eyes again.

"No way. When did Su boy acquire such strength?"

Liu Dashan wanted to turn around and ask, but he was overcome with sleepiness and his eyelids kept drooping.

"Never mind, I'll ask again tomorrow..."

Hearing Liu Dashan start snoring again, Su Wu finally felt relieved.

Then, he loosened his hands, clenched his fists, and his bones cracked.

Feeling the abundant power within his body, Su Wu couldn't help but look on with anticipation.

"To have such strength at the first level of Body Tempering, I wonder how powerful I will be once I find the right techniques and enter the path of martial arts."

In just over ten hours, he went from a weak and sickly ordinary person to a martial artist at the first level of Body Tempering.

All of this credit goes to the Hundred Generations Book.

"The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes can not only reopen old destinies and change fate, but also collect illustrations to obtain vital energy and improve martial arts cultivation."

"With this book in hand, even in this chaotic world teeming with demons, I possess the qualifications to become a martial god!"

"However, this Book of a Hundred Lifetimes has limited pages, so I must use it sparingly."

"And this Hundred Generations Catalogue, I need to study it carefully and see if I can have the opportunity to include more catalogues and obtain more rewards."

While pondering, Su Wu turned his gaze to the dormitory in front of him.

"But that's a story for another time."

"Right now, what I need to worry about more is how to deal with the aftermath of the fox demon's death."

The escape of the six-tailed fox demon was clearly suspicious and was very likely related to Chen Duo, the prison warden.

If the two were truly colluding, Chen Duo would definitely try to probe him to get information out of him and see if he had discovered anything.

He had to find a way to play dumb in front of Chen Duo and get away with it.

As for the threat the six-tailed fox demon posed to him before its death, that was also a huge, hidden threat.

The only way to deal with this threat is to find a way to improve one's martial arts skills as soon as possible.

"Write the report first."

Su Wu took out a tinderbox to light the oil lamp, bent over the table to grind ink and began to write the report that Chen Duo had given him.

……

Early in the morning, Su Wu arrived at Chen Duo's office with the report in hand.

Now, it's time for me to act.

How can I play dumb and not arouse Chen Duo's suspicion?

He reached out and knocked on Chen Duo's office door.

The Zhixie was an office specifically set up in the Zhenmo Prison for prison officials like Chen Duo who held official positions.

Only officials of the ninth rank or higher, who were not part of the regular staff, were qualified to establish their own offices.

"Enter!"

As Chen Duo finished speaking, Su Wu took the report and walked into the office.

Inside the main hall at this moment, a screen painted with cranes was erected.

Chen Duo, wearing a black gauze turban, a gray-blue round-necked robe, and a copper badge at his waist, sat behind an old desk, studying a yellowed scroll beside him.

"They're here."

Seeing Su Wu walk in, Chen Duo put down the case file in his hand and looked at Su Wu with a smile.

Su Wu nodded with an honest and simple expression, bowing his head respectfully as he spoke.

"Commander Wu told me to take the report to your office."

"I asked him to give the order." Chen Duo smiled and gestured for Su Wu to put down the report, then picked up Su Wu's report and studied it carefully.

A moment later, he put down Su Wu's report and looked at Su Wu with concern and a smile on his face.

"You must have racked your brains for a long time last night to come up with this report, right?"

Upon hearing this, Su Wu quickly cupped his hands in greeting.

"Thank you for your concern, sir. It hasn't been long."

"It's just recording the facts."

"Record it truthfully?" Hearing Su Wu's answer, Chen Duo sneered as he got up and walked towards Su Wu.

"You mean, you, a prison guard with no cultivation and just imprisoned, drained a fox demon who had recovered some of her cultivation?"

"And without their knowledge?"

As Chen Duo walked towards him, Su Wu still maintained his simple and innocent appearance.

"Sir, I don't know if that fox demon has any cultivation."

"Anyway, I was just delivering food when I went in and she grabbed me. Then we opened our mouths face to face, and she just died for no reason."

Upon hearing this, Chen Duo snorted coldly, took a step closer to Su Wu, and grabbed him by the collar.

"So you mean the fox demon is giving you his true yin energy for free, transferring it to you to enhance your cultivation?"

"Do you think this prison history is so easily fooled?"

Faced with Chen Duo's approach, Su Wu instinctively retreated, his face showing panic.

"I...I don't know."

"She opened her mouth at me, and then died inexplicably."

Seeing the look of terror on Su Wu's face, Chen Duo's eyes narrowed slightly.

"You don't seem to be faking it, kid."

"It seems like they really didn't know."

At this point, Chen Duo changed the subject.

"But how come you possess the cultivation level of the first stage of Body Tempering?"

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