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After exiting the law enforcement hall, Deacon Huang’s footsteps became much lighter.
It was a joyous occasion that left him in high spirits.
Before going there, even he did not expect that the Senior Sister Chen would be so generous from hearing about Jiang Chen.
She had given him a Five Fires Qi Integration Pill!
This pill was something that could help a Divine Sea cultivator make a breakthrough!
The Five Fires Qi Integration Pill could only be refined after 49 days with the essence qi of 18 different beasts and five types of nimble powers.
Not to mention the preciousness of the raw materials, even the cost of hiring a spirit-pill master to continuously refine for 49 days without rest would already be pretty high.
Furthermore, the failure rate of this pill was very high. It could be said that if one was not careful, one would definitely fail.
Therefore, the value of the pill was rather high. Even Deacon Huang, who had been in charge of the laborers in the Skyfire Sect for so many years, could not afford a single Five Fires Qi Integration Pill even with all his wealth.
Initially, he had only hoped for a few spirit stones or other medicinal pills since the most important thing was still just to vent his anger.
If Xu Xin stayed put, it would all be fine. But if Xu Xin dared to stop Senior Sister Chen, she would definitely be taught a good lesson by Senior Sister.
I didn’t expect Senior Sister Chen to be so generous!
After I return, I’ll hurry up and go into seclusion. I’ll try to increase my cultivation by another level. If I can’t reach the second layer of the Divine Sea realm this time, I won’t leave seclusion, Deacon Huang thought to himself as a smile appeared on his thin long face.
He wasn’t slow when he went there, but when he returned, he was even faster.
Soon, he left East District and returned to the South District Laborer Courtyard.
At this moment, besides a few laborers that had finished their work and returned to rest, there was no one else there. Everything was as usual.
Deacon Huang naturally did not care about these people. He went straight back to his room.
He was the deacon of the Labor Department and lived in the best room.
Because of his usual cultivation needs, he had opened up a secret cultivation room near the mountain and set up a small spirit gathering array.
In the sect, many cultivators who had reached the Divine Sea realm did the same.
However, those people’s cave abodes were usually high on the mountain peaks that had more spiritual qi.
The reason why Deacon Huang opened up his cave abode here was that he had wanted to save spirit stones when purchasing one.
With his stingy character, he naturally did not intend to rent a cultivation room from the sect. He planned to break through in his own cave abode so that he could save a considerable amount of rental fees.
“With the Five Fires Qi Integration Pill, even if the spirit qi here is slightly weaker, it’s enough for me to break through.”
Deacon Huang entered the secret room and activated the outer protection array. Then, he increased the power of the small spirit gathering array in the secret room to its maximum.
After everything was prepared, he sat upright on the futon and took out the Five Fires Qi Integration Pill.
“Alright, let’s start preparing for the breakthrough. I won’t use any medicinal pills for now. Perhaps I might be able to break through by myself.”
Deacon Huang made his preparations and closed his eyes to circulate his profound technique.
Initially, he did not plan on using the Five Fires Qi Integration Pill. If he relied on his own strength to break through, wouldn’t he be able to save a precious medicinal pill?
Along with the circulation of his cultivation technique, his spirit sea shook, and the faint red magic power-condensed liquid in his spirit sea immediately began to stir.
Threads of spirit qi were continuously absorbed into his body and then compressed into his spirit sea as he circulated them. However, that mysterious and profound change he was looking for never happened.
“Indeed, I cannot break through by myself!”
Deacon Huang sighed as if he had known this would happen.
Since he still could not rely on himself to break through, it looked like this precious medicinal pill could not be left behind.
He was only trying this time because of his miserly personality.
“Five Fires Qi Integration Pill!”
Deacon Huang activated his magic power and pulled out the pill that was flickering with five different flames. Then, he abruptly inhaled, and the pill entered his mouth.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang.
After the pill was digested, the five colored radiances entered his spirit sea in an instant.
The already turbulent spirit sea immediately underwent a shocking change. It was as if a huge amount of energy had been injected into it all of a sudden.
A mysterious and profound strand of qi was born in Deacon Huang’s spiritual sea.
This was a mysterious change. After this change, the magic power in the spiritual sea would become purer and more condensed.
However, with Deacon Huang’s talent, it was already fortunate that he could cultivate to the Divine Sea realm.
Originally, his talent limited him to the first layer of the Divine Sea. But now, with the help of the Five Fires Qi Integration Pill, he began to slowly advance.
Deacon Huang, who was in the midst of his advancement, clearly did not expect that danger was already approaching him.
“This person is actually leveling up? This is a heaven-sent opportunity!”
Outside the secret room, a figure gradually appeared in Deacon Huang’s bedroom.
Jiang Chen scanned with his mind and immediately discovered Deacon Huang who was in the secret chamber. After all, the protection array that the deacon used was only the lowest level array. Meaning, it could only defend against those laborers who did not cultivate. It could not even defend against Dao Initiation cultivators.
Deacon Huang’s treatment of him today made Jiang Chen recall what happened 30 years ago.
Jiang Chen was not the type to repay a harmful act with kindness. It was never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
In addition, during the conflict today, Jiang Chen had already sensed that when Deacon Huang had left, he had an undisguised evil intention in his heart. Therefore, Jiang Chen decided to get rid of him today.
“It seems I can save myself quite a bit of trouble. Unlucky fellow. I can use him for a test.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes flashed with a fiery light. He had previously obtained a martial art technique called Five Poison Divine Palm from signing in.
It was unknown which senior expert of the Skyfire Sect had created this technique that was unconventional and did not focus on condensing the fire spirit magic powers. Instead, it condensed the power of five types of fire poison. When one struck out with one’s palm, the power of fire poison would surge out and produce extremely damaging injuries.
Jiang Chen raised his palm, and the formless and damaging power of the fire poison condensed into an invisible Yin wind. It struck at Deacon Huang, who was cultivating in seclusion.
The attack of the Five Poison Divine Palm!
Deacon Huang, who was in the midst of cultivating, suddenly felt a sense of danger. However, before he could stop cultivating and defend himself, he was struck by the fire-poison palm attack.
Not only was the difference in their cultivation levels too great, Jiang Chen was also very meticulous with his sneak attack.
Before Deacon Huang could react, the surging fire poison invaded his body and entered his spirit sea.
He had not finished his advancement yet. Now that the fire poison invaded his body without any warning, the balance in his spirit sea was broken.
Cough!
Confused and deep in his cultivation, Deacon Huang spat out blood from his severe injuries. The advancement process was interrupted at once. At best, only his vitality would suffer. At worst, his foundation was damaged.
However, the fire poison could still invade into his body, which was what everyone in the Skyfire Sect feared most. The massive amount of fire poison instantly destroyed Deacon Huang’s internal organs along with his spiritual sea.
In an instant, Deacon Huang started shouting like a madman.
“Haha, I’m the Skyfire Sect’s sect master! I’m number one in the world. All the Skyfire Sect’s money is mine. Hahahaha!”
However, not long after, the magic power in his body suddenly surged, and his originally thin and weak body swelled up like a bellow.
His voice sounded as if it came from a duck’s neck that had been gripped tightly. After a series of squeaking sounds, he suddenly exploded.
Jiang Chen looked at the body that was no longer human and said with surprise, “He actually died so miserably!”
He had not expected the Five Poison Divine Palm to be so powerful.
At the same time, he could not help but sigh. Skyfire Sect’s cultivation relied on spirit fire as the foundation.
If Deacon Huang had possessed a spirit fire above the earth grade, then the power of the fire poison would have at most severely injured him and definitely not killed him.
Unfortunately, there were no “what if’s” in this world.
Jiang Chen took care of all the traces of him being here and disguised the scene as an accident before leaving quietly. Just like when he came, he didn’t alert anyone.
Three days later, Jiang Chen once again passed by South District’s laborer courtyard.
At this moment, the entire courtyard was surrounded by a large group of people.
Most of them were gray-clothed laborers at the outermost perimeter, but there were also several black-clothed Law Enforcement Hall disciples.
“He died so tragically. His cultivation went berserk. I didn’t expect him to die just like that.”
“Haha, with Deacon Huang’s character, he deserved to die. When he was practicing martial arts, fire poison must have entered his body. It seems like even the heavens were against him.”
The people around them were discussing fervently.
It was obvious that Deacon Huang’s reputation was not good. Everyone was mocking him, and no one spoke up for him.
“Shut up and get to work.”
The laborers dispersed immediately after being yelled at by a sect disciple.
Then, the corpse that was covered by a white cloth was carried out.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen’s expression did not change at all. He passed by the law-enforcement disciples carrying the corpse and then headed deeper into South District.