Chapter 105: Back on Track

After fully adapting to the changes in his cultivation, Du En's thoughts stirred, and the panel appeared before his eyes.

【Age: 24/230】

【Spirit Root: Low-grade】

【Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Initial Stage (0/100)】

【Cultivation Method: Firm Spirit Art (Small Success 993/1000)】

【Spells: Earth Bullet Technique (Perfected), Sand Raising Technique (Perfected), Breath Concealment Technique (Perfected), Earth Armor Technique (Perfected), Artifact Control Technique (Proficient 180/500)】

【Divine Ability: Burying Death, Flourishing Life (Initial Glimpse 0/20)】

The other stewards, who had begun to soothe and calm their shaken minds, followed one after another, assuming the posture of peers or even vaguely that of seniors, offering ritualistic congratulations to Du En, this latecomer.

Just consider it a favor.

Thus, he naturally arrived at a conclusion.

So, people were now becoming energetic, their complexions quite ruddy, and their words and actions light and filled with laughter.

After all, no matter what, he was only at the Qi Refining stage.

"Understandable; after all, he was just a lowly laborer before, lacking in experience."

The overall changes were not too significant; aside from his cultivation reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, the proficiency for this stage of his cultivation method being mostly accumulated, and his lifespan limit increasing by eighty years, nothing else had changed.

If all else fails, he can only take a desperate risk, seize an opportunity while he has just broken through, and ambush him...

The scene of Du En walking out was immediately seen by many from afar.

【Hundred Arts: Appraisal (Proficient 0/50), Culinary Arts (Small Success 0/100), Spirit Seeking (Initial Glimpse 0/20), Artifact Refining (Initial Glimpse 0/20)】

Thereupon, Du En rose calmly.

"No problem, Fellow Daoist Du may do as he pleases, though it is best not to go too far, as I imagine a new appointment for you will be issued before long; when the time comes, if a minor official from the Affairs Office comes looking to convey it and you are too far away, it will make you hard to find."

When the stewards recovered, they saw that tranquil figure already standing before them.

A discerning person could tell at a glance that this fellow was full of malice; squinting at Du En, they saw no ripples here, as if he had anticipated this long ago.

"Heh, why don't you call him a corpse-buryer?"

He Bo was the first to snap out of it; he violently shook off the people supporting him, his face as gloomy as a corpse, glaring at Du En, and left in a hurried, stumbling retreat.

But it didn't matter.

And in his current situation, he was unable to fully maximize his cultivation efficiency!

As the saying goes, it is better to avoid extra trouble!

What would it matter if he let him leave?

He could advance to attack and retreat to defend!

Du En shook his head slightly in his heart.

"Perhaps he is just pretending, being arrogant at first and humble later..."

"Indeed so."

Du En responded to them one by one, then asked with concern: "Here at Qingya Garden, are there no stewards at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection or late Foundation Establishment stage?"

The stewards exchanged glances.

If the situation had truly developed poorly, such as Ren Li failing his breakthrough and dying or being crippled, this fellow He Bo would have surely come out long ago to gloat, and would not have remained quietly obedient for so long.

If an evil cultivator had come to seek revenge before, could you really have blocked them?

Du En thought this, and went straight to the point: "I have been cooped up for a long time; now that I have finished my closed-door breakthrough, I want to go out to get some air and clear my mind. I wonder if that is acceptable."

"The new corpse-carrier leader Xu Ran, or someone from the corpse-collection side, or perhaps some miscellaneous personnel from the autopsy department?"

Depending on their cultivation, depth of experience, and individual temperament, the speed at which they returned to their normal state varied.

Having just tried to access their divine sense chat channel, he had indeed overheard quite a few fragments of conversation, and by piecing them together, he could discern the stewards' ulterior motives.

And it was indeed so.

The shanty area during the day was empty, like a ghost town, but at night, it began to bustle.

He did not look tall, nor was he burly; although his expression was calm, it was not cold.

Du En had broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage and was using his status and the rules; he could no longer suppress the other party, so the current plan was to go find the Outer City Superintendent Tang Yiping to see if he could frame him.

There was not a shred of obstruction to Du En's departure!

The change in attitude was obvious; clearly, they actually had no doubts or concerns about the previous matter, it was just that at the time, Du En was only at the Qi Refining stage, and they felt that keeping him under house arrest didn't really matter.

After all, he was someone who had an omen during his breakthrough; if he suddenly acted up and escaped Qingya Garden, catching people off guard so they couldn't stop him, it was truly understandable, wasn't it?

The night color crept in, rising from the east and pressing toward the west, causing the sunset's afterglow to vanish rapidly.

Those with deep cultivation were the fastest, the magnanimous and friendly were fast, and the others were slower one by one; many still harbored secret jealousy, clearly being birds of a feather with He Bo's side.

Steward Shi was the first to recover, his eyes showing emotion and admiration as he cupped his hands in congratulations.

Living near Qingya Garden, one could not say they knew all the stewards, but such a young, unfamiliar face was rarely seen.

Once these words were spoken, the stewards' expressions could not help but shift; even Steward Shi, the most friendly among them, could not help but sigh inwardly, looking at Du En with an expression of "why bring up that sore subject."

But now that the situation had changed, he had truly broken through and become a peer at the Foundation Establishment stage, and one who had an omen during his breakthrough at that; naturally, he did not want to offend him for no reason.

They were taken aback.

Especially over the past year or so, a batch of overseers had just been replaced, most of the newcomers had not yet mastered the knack for exploitation, and at the same time, the middle and high-level members of those bully gangs had all died out, leaving them in a state of transition.

However, at this moment, the first feeling it gave these Foundation Establishment stewards was as if a mountain were silently approaching; invisibly, they felt a heaviness in their hearts, and they couldn't help but lower their heads and take a step back.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Du, for reaching Foundation Establishment today and soaring to new heights!"

"Demanding wages? That must be from the corpse affairs side!"

At this point, the house arrest of Du En could be said to have effectively ended.

These stewards, right in front of Du En, let their divine senses flicker and whispered to each other; though occasionally acerbic, they quickly reached a consensus and delegated it to Steward Shi, who was closest to Du En.

Having seen no changes for so long, Du En also felt that Ren Li's reply must have encountered some minor accident, so he let He Bo go and stir the grass to startle the snake.

Unexpectedly weak!

The reason it felt not big is because He Bo did not jump.

These thoughts above flashed through the mind in the blink of an eye.

Since the time window has been seized and the breakthrough completed, it is time to break free from the state of house arrest and return to the right track.

"Oh! Right, right! I remember now! It was the corpse-burier! I remember very clearly, after all, among the corpse-service personnel who were dressed neatly, calm in expression, composed and dignified, and who matched the style of the Qingya Garden, there was only that corpse-burier, called, called Du En!"

It looks like there is not.

Du En was also not surprised by this poor quality of spiritual root.

If there really is a problem and they really run away, then unify the story, turn the guns around, and launch a counter-accusation.

"Eh? I remember, he seems to be, who was it again? He came here once before, asking for wages..."

"The cultivation time under normal circumstances, estimated through the trend of the changes in the flow of magic power during the recent breakthrough, should be a little over one hundred years."

After all, during this period of time, Du En was under house arrest and surveillance, and did not do anything else.

"It seems he really just spoke unintentionally just now?"

He immediately said goodbye and left, walking slowly out of the main gate.

"There was an anomaly at the moment of the breakthrough, and the cultivation technique practiced is not a low-grade one; he should be aware of this, but at present, his attitude is considered humble, and he is not arrogant because of it; he is indeed a young man who knows etiquette and is sensible."

Upon hearing this, the crowd could not help but fall silent.

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