Mountain Patrol Military Officer-Chapter 58 - The Fifth Power Pillar (Seeking Monthly Tickets for Binge Reading)
Chapter 58 -58: The Fifth Power Pillar (Seeking Monthly Tickets for Binge Reading)
Chapter 58 -58: The Fifth Power Pillar (Seeking Monthly Tickets for Binge Reading)
One could see, by the east wall of the small courtyard.
A woman dressed in a blue patched skirt is kneading clay, while a tiger-headed and tiger-brained little boy plays beside her, stepping with his feet, his hands, feet, and face all covered with mud, thoroughly enjoying himself.
On the other side, atop the inner room’s roof.
A woman dressed in a faded white blouse squats on the roof, carefully removing broken tiles and planks, cleaning them, and then placing them into a bamboo basket before lowering it down.
Below, a somewhat frail little girl catches them, struggling to lift these pieces of roofing and dump them in a corner, then repeats the action above.
Chen Yuan, when he sees this scene, consciously restrains the belligerence that came with returning from the battlefield, his brows and eyes relaxing.
Then, herding his sheep, he pushes the door and enters.
The sound of him coming in immediately draws the attention of the two women.
They turn their heads.
With varying expressions.
“Brother Yuan!”
“You’re back.”
The neighbor, Sister Hua, greets him as usual.
But with added stiffness and formality.
Then, she looks somewhat curiously at Chen Yuan herding in three sheep.
Normally she would definitely ask a question or two.
But this time she does not ask.
She vaguely knows from Sister Ping that this Brother Yuan seems to have a mysterious background, and Sister Ping is often grateful for his help.
Even this morning when the demon appeared, Sister Ping was praying for the protection of their benefactor. freewёbnoνel.com
Seeing Chen Yuan’s courtyard in disrepair had her more worried than anyone, causing her to quickly get to work.
Muttering something under her breath.
Now, upon seeing her benefactor return, the woman on the roof, Liu Ping, can’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurries down from the roof.
Her hands muddy, she rubs them on her faded blouse and steps forward to greet Chen Yuan.
“Benefactor.”
Her daughter Chongchong also politely greets him from the side.
“Why have you come?”
“You’ve worked hard, there’s no need for you to handle the repairs of the house, I can do it myself.”
Chen Yuan herds the sheep to a corner.
Only then do his brows and eyes turn back, looking at the mother and daughter with ease.
Liu Ping hurriedly waves her hands,
“It’s not hard work, it’s not hard work.”
“I’m just lending a helping hand, as I should.”
“It’s good that the…
benefactor has returned.”
She seems very awkward and nervous.
Her actual intention is to hope to fix up the house for the adult, to repay him in one go.
And then to be more at ease when the adult returns.
Chen Yuan notices the woman’s unease but doesn’t say much.
Rolling up the sleeves on both sides,
“Let’s do it together!”
Saying that, without waiting for the woman to respond, he heads over to Sister Hua,
“Sister Hua, let me do this.”
As he speaks, he takes over the task of mixing the mud.
Like this, the morning passes.
He has the roof and courtyard walls repaired anew.
At midday, Chen Yuan calls for food and invites the two households for a meal.
At the dining table,
Sister Hua, accustomed to her forthright personality, gradually becomes less formal.
Whereas her son Huwa asks where Chen Yuan’s little fox and little squirrel have gone.
Chen Yuan smiles and releases the two little creatures, and this boy, quite righteous, grabs a bowl, squats outside, and sits in line with the little squirrel and White Fox, sharing the food between them.
His mother looks on with furrowed brows, wanting to scold him, but Chen Yuan stops her.
As for Liu Ping, she just keeps thanking him, not daring to do otherwise, as if sitting on pins and needles.
After lunch, the two women leave with their children, and Chen Yuan, watching his newly repaired courtyard, nods in satisfaction.
Then, he lowers his head, looking at the corner where the three sheep bleat incessantly, before stepping into the inner room to fetch several ropes.
“Fellows, I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but you’ll have to stay here for a while!”
As he speaks, he ties up the three sheep in the courtyard.
Then with both hands, he shuts the door and enters the inner room.
In the courtyard, the three sheep tied by their necks exchange glances.
In his eyes, anger, terror, and desperate frustration shone.
Emitting bleating cries.
Meanwhile, in the inner room, Chen Yuan flicked his sleeve, blowing away the dust that had spattered about while repairing the house in the morning.
Next, he sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.
Within the Mud Ball, the Tiger Talisman shook.
A stream of information leaped into his mind.
“Chen Yuan: Mountain Patrol Military Officer
Realm: Profound Body Great Success
Luck Points: 54
Cultivation Techniques: Dragon Subduing Stance (Perfect), Devil Suppressing Fist (Perfect), Taoist Inner Scripture Map (Perfect), Earthly Evil 72 Skills (2/72)
Magic: Beast Breeding, Devil Suppressing Fist
Divine Skills: Consume, Heart Eye (trainable), swordsmanship, Mountain Carrying (Three Pillars), Demon Transformation (Mountain Lord)”
Chen Yuan’s mind churned, and without realizing it, he had already mastered five Divine Skills.
Consume refines essence, Heart Eye Breaking Illusion, Sword Skill Attack, Three Pillars Mountain Carrying, Mountain Lord True Form.
Just now, after a fierce battle, he had slain two demons with Profound Body Perfection and several lesser Beast Demons, amassing a total of fifty-three Luck Points.
Of these, slaying the strong Bull Demon awarded twenty points, and the Human Demon Wei Yang eighteen points.
However, Chen Yuan felt it odd that the reward for the strong Bull Demon was the same as the one for killing the Mountain Lord.
But it seemed that the prowess displayed by the Bull Demon was somewhat inferior to that of the Mountain Lord.
He wondered if he had grown much stronger, or if it was an illusion.
This time, Chen Yuan faced two opponents alone, almost completely dominating the demons in combat.
Overall, the gains from this battle were substantial.
Now, he had also obtained the essence and Blood Essence of the Bull Demon.
Next, there were two paths to further increase his strength.
One, to use all the Luck Points to open up the remaining five Pillars.
Two, to allocate a portion to master the Second Demon Transformation.
Chen Yuan’s mind swiftly made a decision.
While the True Demonic Forms were indeed mysterious, the Mountain Carrying Divine Power was the essence of the Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Divine Abilities; it was best to penetrate all eight Pillars of his body sooner.
With that thought, Chen Yuan took a long breath and adjusted his breathing.
Subsequently, he carefully maintained clarity at his spirit platform.
He poured all of the Luck Points into the progress bars of the fourth Hand Pillar and the fifth Foot Pillar…
The next second.
A familiar sensation swept back over him.
He felt that, with the accumulation of previous experiences, his threshold for pain should have increased significantly.
Pain drilled into his heart and cut to the bone from his left hand and foot, telling him that he was naively optimistic.
He almost wished he could saw off his legs to escape the agony.
Moreover, he felt that as more Profound Acupoint Secrets of the flesh were unearthed, his perception of the outer world grew stronger and clearer.
Like a foggy glass being wiped ever more transparent.
So…
“Sss”
He sucked in a sharp breath from the pain.
He could only mechanically watch the progress bars within his mind, slowly rising.
The fourth Hand Pillar rose from 35%…
79%…
100%
Fully penetrated.
Three Profound Acupoint Secrets ignited like lamps.
But it was not over.
The opening progress for the fifth Foot Pillar, the left foot, also rapidly increased.
About half an hour passed.
The left foot was thoroughly opened.
Three lamps continued to light up within his body.
After another pot of tea, the remaining Luck turned the progress of the right foot to 4%.
Finally, it was over!
The pain receded like a tide.
To date, Chen Yuan had penetrated both hands, the right foot, sacral and thoracic Pillars – five Pillars of physical strength.
Twenty-four Secret Lamps burned brightly within the black waters of the flesh, providing a constant flow of strength.
He also realized that the tail end’s Dragon Pillar was the most challenging among the eight; it had the most Profound Acupoint Secrets.
After that, it became relatively easier.
After continuing to adjust his breath for a few minutes, Chen Yuan got up.
But just as he took a step forward.
The next second, his expression subtly changed.
