Chapter 249: Golden Core Mid-stage (Please Subscribe)

Walking slowly through the city that was rapidly recovering, with the various ruins around him being cleared and all sorts of buildings being rebuilt, Inspector Zhen then saw Grey Falcon, whose injuries had completely healed, walking back toward him.

Having gone through this incident without damaging his foundation, his aura was full and restless, looking as if he were about to break through at any moment.

His expression appeared somewhat dazed, but upon seeing Inspector Zhen, he immediately recovered, showing only the true nature of a Surveillance Guard soldier.

"Inspector."

"It's good that you're fine; we should go."

"Yes."

Grey Falcon's public identity in Chiwu City had now dissipated, so naturally, he would be recalled first in the following steps.

Afterward, he might be deployed as a support soldier, or he might change his appearance and infiltrate other cities again to carry out secret surveillance missions, or perhaps, after completing his preparations, he might choose to go into seclusion to break through his realm and then be promoted to Inspector.

In any case, he had rendered meritorious service this time, and Inspector Zhen would secure a better situation for him.

Turning around, just as he was thinking about matters after returning to Hub City, Grey Falcon suddenly asked, "Sir, may I ask your surname?"

"Surname?"

Inspector Zhen frowned subconsciously, appearing puzzled by Grey Falcon's question.

But then he immediately understood the situation here and was hesitant for a moment.

This Surveillance Inspector continued walking in silence for a stretch, and Grey Falcon just followed silently without saying anything more.

They were like two cold, stern stones.

Not until they reached the front of the City Lord's Mansion did Inspector Zhen finally speak indifferently: "Zhen."

"Zhen... Zhen Yu, sir, that is my name."

"...... Just don't forget the codename Grey Falcon."

"Then, in future infiltrations, may I change my name to Zhen Falcon?"

"You may."

The two men's conversation was short and meticulous, devoid of warmth, and filled with the underlying tone of the Surveillance Guard.

However, the situation had clearly changed and was no longer the same as before.

Soon, the two Surveillance Guards stepped into the City Lord's Mansion's teleportation point and withdrew from the scene.

At this time, to avoid any accidents, Du En had already gone to the City Lord's Mansion's treasury and exchanged his newly acquired merits for three exotic Fire Flame Flowers.

Fire Flame Flower, a flower just like its name, is composed of raging flames; it is picked when in full bloom and sealed in specific fire-element amber. Even so, the flower shape constantly changes—now a lotus, a while later a lilac, and after another while it turns into a sunflower—capricious and highly peculiar.

Then, as he walked out of the treasury, he sensed the departure of those two.

"They left in quite a hurry..."

Du En was thoughtful and did not stop, proceeding at his own pace.

The days became calm and ripple-free.

When the Chiwu Mountain Range was completely restored, the spiritual veins and spiritual lands were reshaped, and the overall environment returned to what it was before, the restoration and reconstruction of Chiwu City reached its end.

What followed was a slow process of replenishment.

And Du En's side job was also finished very quickly.

——At a speed that left people tongue-tied, he exhausted the city's remaining third-tier material inventory, refining all of it into third-tier magical artifacts.

Basically, he was just making up the numbers, using third-tier low-grade items to get by, while the surplus materials he kept for himself were all refined into third-tier high-grade items—a full one thousand of them—completely filling the deficit and stocking up on ammunition.

He also piled up materials to make a few top-grade ones, mainly to test the cost-effectiveness; feeling it wasn't suitable, he didn't continue refining them. As for the secondary purpose, if there were times he needed to use them individually, he could take them out to put on a front and fool people.

The above were the bulk of it, while the spiritual stones earned from the side job were very few, only two hundred high-grade spiritual stones.

Now his entire net worth was only nine hundred and sixty-three high-grade spiritual stones; since there was no urgent need for them, he saved them first so he would have them when he really needed them later.

Originally, the new City Lord thought that Du En would surely leave, but unexpectedly, he continued to reside here, directly entering a life of immersive grinding where he didn't step out of the gate, yet made people feel incredibly wary and concerned.

Thus, time flowed slowly yet rapidly, arriving at the five hundred and fifty-fifth day after the Chiwu incident, which was the middle of the third month two years later.

Du En's cultivation, like water overflowing when full, broke through the realm again.

Accompanied by spiritual Qi being crazily swallowed and drawn in, the small seedling growing on the yellow earth in his perception and visualization began to stretch and sprout rapidly, growing quite a bit all at once.

At the same time, the Golden Core in his lower dantian sea had also accumulated and grown to a diameter of one and a half inches. A new outline of a magical power star ring appeared silently around the Golden Core, presenting a situation where inner and outer dual rings intersected and circled the Golden Core.

His lifespan increased by another thirty years, and his divine sense began to expand its coverage, reaching four hundred zhang, with its operability and concealment capabilities receiving a relatively significant improvement.

...... Various changes were quickly adapted to and understood, and Du En slowly opened his eyes.

【Age: 34/553】

【Spiritual Root: Low-grade】

【Cultivation: Golden Core Mid-stage (0/100)】

【Cultivation Method: Green-Yellow Dharma Canon (Small Accomplishment 6600/10000)】

【Spells: Great Cannon Art (Mastery 0/30000), Wind Sand Art (Small Accomplishment 700/10000), Ice Breath Art (Mastery 0/3000), Statue Casting Art (Small Accomplishment 700/10000), Hundred Control Art (Small Accomplishment 0/10000), Golden Flame Art (Small Accomplishment 0/10000), Wood Growth Art (Small Accomplishment 0/10000), Dharma-Devouring Wood Spike (Small Accomplishment 0/10000)】

【Divine Ability: Bury Death Flourish Life (Proficient 26/50)】

【Hundred Arts: Gathering Appraisal (Mastery 0/300), Culinary Cooking (Mastery 0/300), Spirit Seeking (Mastery 0/300), Artifact Refining (Small Accomplishment 0/100)】

During this time, he finished his medicinal pills and worked hard at grinding, successfully completing the cultivation of two mid-grade wood-element spells and switching to their respective high-grade spells.

Afterward, he mainly focused his energy on the Great Cannon Art, which also saw significant progress, reaching the level of Mastery.

Then, it was the same old story: once his cultivation level rose, the speed of accumulating foundations would be suppressed, the benefits of the original spiritual meals and such would decline, and the Shadow-Lacquer Dharma Robe would quickly become useless, so he needed to increase the dosage.

Judging by his current situation, it is estimated that the spiritual materials he has on him can only support him for about three years.

"Sitting and eating away at one's resources—it is time to leave and continue traveling."

There were no problems with Chiwu City; the secondary result of intentionally practicing the Great Cannon Art was that several practice grounds in the inner city were practiced into ruin.

This scared the new City Lord and the new steward so much that they were dripping with cold sweat, becoming visibly more humble and respectful, determined not to dare act recklessly after he left, which was completely enough to last through the recovery period of Chiwu City.

However, before leaving, Du En took away the last remaining tree heart main root of the Phoenix Blood Firmiana.

Previously, after the cooldown period of his divine ability ended, he had begun to try and study it.

Now that my cultivation has had a breakthrough, naturally I must see if there are any new changes.

(End of chapter)