85: Chapter 85 Second Captain, Nan Rufeng.

Qin Feng sat cross-legged on the Millennium Cold Jade bed with his eyes tightly closed, the Chaos Art within his body running to its absolute limit.

As the "refinement pill," which emitted a faint white glow and was covered in mysterious pill patterns, entered his stomach, a massive, terrifyingly violent surge of Spiritual Qi, like a burst levee, instantly rushed through all the Meridians in his body.

"Boom—!"

Qin Feng's body trembled violently, his skin instantly flushing a terrifying purplish-red, with veins writhing frantically beneath his skin like coiling Dragons.

The transition from the Mortal Realm to the Qi Refinement Stage is a true rebirth, an absolute chasm to cross from a mere Mortal to a cultivator.

The agony of having one's mortal Physical Body torn apart and reshaped is enough to make anyone with a weak will collapse instantly.

But Qin Feng did not let out a single scream. He gritted his teeth tightly, his deep eyes flashing with the fanatical light of a hungry wolf.

"Break for me!"

"Hum—!"

The Void Realm trembled, and the vision of the Heavenly Tyrant Body erupted behind him.

The ancient starry path, littered with bones and star fragments, became increasingly solid at this moment, and a terrifying pressure that suppressed eternity and looked down upon the world directly forced the rampaging Spiritual Qi within his body to be subdued and regulated!

Within his Qi Sea Dantian, the originally dense mortal blood and Qi began to undergo a qualitative transformation under the scouring of that pure Spiritual Qi.

The blood and Qi were continuously compressed, purified, and compressed again...

Finally, a drop of liquid mercury-like True Essence, emitting a faint purple-gold light, slowly condensed and formed in the center of his Dantian.

"Crack—!"

A sound, as if some kind of shackle had been completely shattered, rang out crisply in Qin Feng's mind.

Qi Refining Level 1, Breakthrough!

"Hoo—"

Qin Feng let out a long, turbid breath and opened his eyes abruptly.

Two substantial purple-gold electric flashes flickered and vanished in the dark secret room.

He slowly raised his hand and clenched his fist casually, causing a series of piercing sonic booms in the air.

What flowed within his body was no longer rough blood and Qi, but true cultivation True Essence!

The terrifying sense of power, as if he could control life and death and tear through the air with every gesture, was more than ten times stronger than when he was at Mortal Stage 9.

Even his perception had undergone an earth-shattering change.

Without needing to use his eyes, the movement of the breeze and the dancing dust within dozens of feet were all clearly reflected in his mind...

"Is this, then, the starting point of cultivating to immortality..."

A wild and arrogant sneer curled the corners of Qin Feng's mouth, but he did not get up immediately.

Having just achieved a Breakthrough, his Realm was not yet stable. In the perilous Management Hall, he had to maintain his Peak state at all times.

With a flip of his wrist, eight blood bodhi, as delicate and dripping as red agate and emitting a rich, exotic fragrance, appeared in his palm.

These were the Heaven And Earth Treasure he had secretly held back in the Luanzang Mountain Range.

If one were to appear in the outside world, it would be enough to make countless Martial Artists fight to the death for it, yet as Qin Feng looked at them, it was as if he were looking at a handful of ordinary jellybeans.

"Since I need to consolidate my foundation, I might as well go for something intense!"

Without any hesitation, Qin Feng opened his mouth and stuffed all eight blood bodhi into it, swallowing them whole.

"Rumble—!"

The violent medicinal power contained in the eight blood bodhi dissolved simultaneously, like eight fire Dragons raging wildly within his body.

If it were an ordinary person who had just reached Qi Refining Level 1, daring to eat like this, even if they weren't blown apart, their Meridians would be completely incinerated.

But in the face of the Heavenly Tyrant Body's monstrous physical load-bearing capacity, the violent medicinal power could only obediently turn into the purest nutrients, devoured like a whale by the frantically running Chaos Art.

Three full hours passed.

When Qin Feng opened his eyes again, the True Essence within his body was completely stable, and he had even faintly touched the threshold of the Middle Stage of Qi Refining Level 1.

A thick layer of foul-smelling black Impurities had seeped out of his skin. This was the physical filth expelled during the cleansing of his tendons and marrow.

Qin Feng stood up, his entire body's bones emitting a series of popping sounds like roasting beans.

He got up and walked to the pool in the corner of the secret room, washed himself simply, and changed into a clean black robe, his whole person appearing increasingly reserved and profound, like a peerless, vicious sword hidden in its sheath.

...

On the other side, in the Management Hall of District 666.

In the inner courtyard deep within the main hall, the atmosphere was so oppressive it felt as if it had frozen into solid ice.

"Bang!!!"

A priceless blue and white porcelain teacup was smashed fiercely against the floor tiles by Steward Wang Taian, instantly shattering into pieces.

"Trash, you are all a bunch of good-for-nothings!"

Steward Wang Taian's pot-bellied body trembled violently at this moment, his face full of fat twisted and deformed by extreme anger.

His turbid eyes were filled with alarming red bloodshot veins as he stared fixedly at the few patrol guards kneeling below.

"Did you see clearly? Was it really Captain Zhang Yan?! Was it really someone from the Fifth Squad?!"

The leading guard was trembling all over from fear, his forehead pressed tightly against the cold ground, not even daring to breathe loudly.

"Rep...Reporting to Steward Wang, our subordinates patrolled to the thirty-mile mark of the Luanzang Mountain Range and did, indeed, discover Captain Zhang Yan's corpse. She... she was killed by a single strike of a flying knife across her throat, dying with her eyes wide open."

The guard swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his voice trembling uncontrollably,

"Vice Captain Zhang Hu of the Fifth Squad had his sternum completely shattered; the fifteen elite crossbowmen accompanying them were all pierced through their vital points by flying knives, and the entire squad was wiped out! Moreover... at the scene, there was also the corpse of a Dark Gold Terror Bear whose heart had been forcibly exploded by someone!"

"Grrr..."

Steward Wang Taian's fists clenched, making a cracking sound, his fingernails digging deeply into his thick palms.

When he accepted the blood bodhi handed over by Qin Feng today, he had thought that this kid had really escaped by the skin of his teeth after a brush with death.

Now it seems, that is simply the biggest joke in the world!

To be able to tear apart a Dark Gold Terror Bear with bare hands, and to be able to counter-kill Captain Zhang Yan and over a dozen armor-piercing crossbowmen in an instant, this person has hidden himself very deeply...

Captain Zhang Yan was not only his cash cow, but also the most handy plaything in his bed.

Now that she was lost, all kinds of anger surged in his heart...

"Qin Feng, what a kid who plays the pig to eat the tiger. Do you really think this Management Hall is a place where a rookie can run wild?!"

Steward Wang Taian gritted his teeth and waved his hand violently,

"Come here, go and call Captain Nan Rufeng for me!"

Not long after, the bead curtain of the inner courtyard was gently lifted.

A thin, gaunt man wearing a dark green tight-fitting suit walked in silently.

His footsteps were as light as a ghost, and in his narrow, long eyes, an icy, viper-like light flickered.

Between his fingers, he was still toying with two plum blossom darts quenched in a deep blue deadly poison.

The Second Squad Captain, Captain Nan Rufeng! The recognized most insidious and ruthless assassination expert in the Management Hall.

"Steward Wang, you summoned me." Captain Nan Rufeng bowed slightly, his voice raspy like two pieces of sandpaper rubbing together.

"Captain Nan Rufeng, Captain Zhang Yan is dead, killed by that little animal, Qin Feng."

Steward Wang Taian did not waste words, getting straight to the point, his eyes revealing pure murderous intent,

"That kid cannot be kept; I want his life."

Steward Wang Taian walked up to Captain Nan Rufeng, lowered his voice, and said in a chilling tone,

"I don't care what methods you use, whether open spears or hidden arrows, I want him dead! Do it cleanly, don't leave any handles."

Upon hearing this, Captain Nan Rufeng's plum blossom darts paused between his fingers, and a cruel sneer curled the corners of his mouth.

"Rest assured, Steward. Although this subordinate is not good at frontal combat, in terms of taking lives from the shadows, there is no one in the Management Hall who can avoid it."

Captain Nan Rufeng lowered his head slightly, a flash of confidence in his eyes,

"Even if that Qin Feng has three heads and six arms, as long as he still needs to drink water and breathe, this subordinate has a hundred ways to let him rot silently in his own bed!"

"Go do it. After it is done, all the resources of the Fifth Squad will be taken over by your Second Squad." Steward Wang Taian snorted coldly and waved his hand.

"Many thanks, Steward!" A flash of greed crossed Captain Nan Rufeng's eyes as he received the order and withdrew.

However, these two men plotting in the room did not notice at all that at the corner of the corridor outside the main hall, a graceful figure was standing quietly in the shadows.

Yang Liu was wearing a luxurious nightgown and had heard the two men's conversation just now clearly.

Her beautiful eyes turned slightly, and a complex light flashed in her long, narrow peach-blossom eyes, as if she was calculating something rapidly in her heart.

A moment later, a faint, imperceptible sneer curled the corners of her mouth, and she turned and vanished into the night like an elegant spirit cat.