Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

At the same time, by the banks of the Tianxiang River, sunlight pierced through the thin clouds, casting its rays upon the river's surface, which glinted like countless golden shards leaping in the light. The river was wide and calm, and occasionally a gentle breeze would stir up ripples, as if nature itself were breathing.

Yuan Ji gazed at the endless expanse of blue waves merging with the sky, a breathtaking scene that somehow filled him with intense irritation and burning rage.

He was still brooding over last night's events.

Lin Rui had actually found syringes of a strengthening serum in the vault of his 'Dasheng Trading Company'!

Not only had Lin Rui used the syringes as evidence to confirm his accusation of collusion with demons, but he had also captured the eunuch Wang Zhenli, the supervisory officer of the Maritime Trade Office!

The more than two hundred merchant ships were also permitted to set sail this morning, carrying 300,000 dan of Divine Heart Tea northward to the capital.

Yuan Ji was filled with regret and knew he had lost completely, lost to the point of not even having a fig leaf to cover himself.

With the departure of those two hundred plus ships, the losses in demon silver for Prince Han and the others amounted to at least thirty million taels, a figure that would probably make His Highness want to flay his skin before long.

Yuan Ji was also very curious as to who had framed him last night. Who was that beast?

He had never suspected Lin Rui, who despite various suspicions, had passed the highest level 'Heavenly Demon Test' and had been examined by the Great Song's National Protector War Dragon.

Yet, this scoundrel was also the chief culprit that led him to his current dire straits!

As Yuan Ji's thoughts wandered, the river before him suddenly became turbulent, and a gigantic demon suddenly burst forth from beneath the water.

This demon's entire body was enveloped in magic power that had materialized into a blood-red aura. It resembled a crocodile with irregular black scales covering its body and horns on its head, standing three zhang high and twelve zhang long.

Its blue eyes mocked Yuan Ji as it spoke, "Isn't this the great merchant Yuan Ji of Jinghai? I hear you've fallen on hard times, with your home ransacked by the authorities and you're now a wanted man?"

As it spoke, the demon coiled its body, displaying agility far surpassing that of a crocodile, "Tell me, what do you want? Let's make it clear upfront: if you need my help, you must offer me satisfactory compensation."

"Your insight is divine, Demon Lord!" Yuan Ji narrowed his eyes as he faced this mighty Six Realms demon: "I need you to help me deal with someone, the new Defense Envoy of Wang City, Lin Rui!"

"Impossible!" the Six Realms demon scoffed: "I'm still injured, yet Prefectural Governor Li Changguo took back his armor early this morning. Ha! It seems your loyalty to Prince Han is quite limited. I thought you would want me to cause chaos on the river and block the waterway—"

Its speech faltered as the Six Realms demon saw Yuan Ji open a strangely shaped case he was holding, made of an unknown material.

The crucial thing was that inside the case, there were two rows of transparent crystal tubes of various colors.

"Are these enhancement serums from an otherworldly Heavenly Demon?"

The Six Realms demon leaned in closer to inspect.

It couldn't tell what the serums were used for, but such Heavenly Demon artifacts were each extremely precious.

The Six Realms demon laughed coldly at Yuan Ji: "The authorities say that Yuan Ji, the great merchant of Jinghai, colludes with otherworldly Heavenly Demons. But from what I see, you might very well be an infiltrating demon from another realm."

It raised its head: "I cannot act personally, but I can have my subordinates assist you. What's the plan and when do we move?"

"We strike when he leaves the city!"

Yuan Ji then took out another serum from his sleeve and injected it into his own neck.

Thereafter, his body underwent shocking transformations, as all the muscles around his brain began to mutate out of control, entwining with one another. Eventually, Yuan Ji's head swelled to three times its size, and he lost all facial features except for a huge eye, which occupied most of his face.

The eye was bloodshot and horrifying to behold.

Yuan Ji's skin also turned purple and was dotted with tiny scales.

"A near-Six Realms, super-king-tier Illusion Eye Demon!"

The Six Realms demon assessed the mutated Yuan Ji, with even more mockery in its gaze: "Interesting. You chose to become a demon rather than remain human. Are you insane?"

"Only temporarily."

Yuan Ji closed his eyes to check his Primordial Spirit.

The Illusion Eye Demon was one of the most powerful illusion-type demons, indeed.

This unique physiological structure not only hastened the recovery of his injured Primordial Spirit, but also multiplied the strength of his spiritual power!

It should be enough to deal with a pinnacle Third Realm Martial Cultivator.

Yuan Ji breathed deeply, restraining the volcanic eagerness within his chest: "You only need to hold off Blood Blade Ji for me. That Lin Rui, I'll handle personally!"

The Six Realms demon pondered upon hearing this.

This man voluntarily transformed into an Illusion Eye Demon and claimed it was only temporary. Could it be that he was planning for a soul transference? To seize the body of a Capital Commandant of the Imperial City? Truly worthy of being an otherworldly Heavenly Demon.

It then burst into sardonic laughter. The fool before it actually thought that once transformed into a demon, there would still be a way back? How utterly ludicrous.

Even if this man succeeded in the soul transference, he would inevitably become a demon eventually.

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Seven days later, while practicing his stance training in the inner yard, Lin Rui discovered faint golden threads appearing in his blood.

Lin Rui's spirit was exhilarated, filled with anticipation.

At this point, his Blood Cultivation had progressed to 89.2%, just a step away from breaking through to the inner 90% mark.

He estimated that by tomorrow, after completing a set of stance training, he could use that Blood Cultivation serum to overcome this hurdle and transform all the light golden threads into a deep gold color.

At that time, both his spiritual power and physical constitution would undergo a leap in advancement.

He could also draw blood to nourish his main body while attempting "Core Formation".

Just like the Realm of Blood Refinement, once he even achieved 0.001% of Core Formation, he would be considered a true four-realm Golden Core expert—equivalent to the rank of Major in the Earth Federation.

However, at the Golden Core stage, his main body would progress a bit faster.

The Earth Federation's "artificial Golden Core", as long as one's physical and mental qualities met the standard and the mental state was sound, could be implanted without going through the step-by-step cultivation required for external bodies.

What was even more delightful was his rapid progress in "Ascension Sun Robbery Saber" and "Ascension Sun Pile", which he could now use skillfully.

Since he had initially comprehended these two martial piling techniques to the Grandmaster Realm, he had a clear strategy in mind, allowing him to execute the saber techniques in one go, smoothly and effortlessly.

Furthermore, because he practiced with the correct posture, all moves were executed with a high degree of completion, virtually without any flaws or openings.

Lin Rui then turned his gaze toward Ji Xueying, his eyes flashing with a rare light.

The Blood Blade Ji was also practicing the Ascension Sun Robbery Saber he had taught her.

Currently, Ji Xueying's fundamental martial pathway was still the "Blood Thunder Demon Breaking Saber" she had previously learned, specializing in thunder techniques, which didn't quite match her current bloodline powers.

Lin Rui's "self-created" Ascension Sun Robbery Saber was more suitable for this Blood Blade Ji, and once it reached a high level of mastery, it was estimated to increase her combat power by fifty percent based on her current foundation.

However, despite Ji Xueying's outstanding perception, she couldn't compare to Lin Rui, the cheat; at the moment, she was only a beginner in "Ascension Sun Robbery Saber".

To Lin Rui's astonishment, at that moment Ji Xueying's saber practice not only caused thunder to flash around her body, but the surrounding light seemed to distort, and even her saber's speed was a trace faster than the day before.

Of course, this was also related to the recent modifications of Ji Xueying's "Snow Shocking Blade".

Not long ago, a highly skilled bladesmith had fused half of the "Mystic Fluid Divine Metal" into the "Snow Shocking Blade", not only strengthening the internal structure of the Snow Shocking Blade, but also modifying its formation array, bestowing it with both light and fire elemental forces.

"It's already been 7 days, and it's still strengthening? That gene-fortifying potion is lasting so long?"

Lin Rui both surprised and pleased, said: "According to the analysis from the biological chip, Ji Xueying's saber speed has increased by at least 72% compared to seven days ago, her strength by 45%, and the affinity and efficiency of the lightning and fire elements by more than 40%, and there's still no sign of it reaching the limit."

Simai Professor's hand-prepared potion truly exceeded expectations in its effectiveness.

Lin Rui suspected that the difference between now and reaching the emperor level for Blood Blade Ji was only a thin margin.

The gene-fortifying potion basically lifted all aspects of Blood Blade Ji's qualities, bringing them close to the upper limit of a Transcendent Emperor.

Previously, her development as a Transcendent Emperor was at 76%, but now it had soared to 92%.

The key was that the type-3 extraterrestrial strength enhancer and steel-bone potion still could not be used until now.

The type-3 mental strength enhancer had been used, but the remaining two potions must wait until the effects of Ji Xueying's gene-fortifying potion completely wore off.

Lin Rui was eager to have another fight with Li Guochang and to shave off the skin from his scalp.

Seven days ago, that bastard Prefectural Governor pre-emptively seized many of Yuan Ji's related industries within the city, biting off a huge chunk of the money that should have belonged to him.

Just at that moment, Lin Rui's attention was drawn toward the direction of the outer office.

Ji Xueying also paused her saber practice, her gaze sweeping in that direction.

The place where the two of them were practicing martial arts used to be a garden inside the internal office, which, after being leveled by Li Changguo, Lin Rui couldn't be bothered to restore and simply turned it into a martial training ground exclusively for their practice. Stay connected through empire

Because it was enclosed on all sides by high walls, it was very private, with only this arched gate connecting it to the outside world.

At this point, Wang Sen led a plainly dressed, astute and capable middle-aged scholar through the archway and into the area.

"My lord!" Wang Sen saluted, "This gentleman claims to be the messenger of the Lord Defending Marshal of the Sand Province."

"I am Bai Hao!" the middle-aged scholar saluted Lin Rui: "I hold the position of West Seat in the office of the Lord Defending Marshal of the Sand Province."

"So it is Mister Bai, my apologies for the oversight!"

Lin Rui's expression became serious, and he saluted back formally, "It's inconvenient to talk here. Please, Mister Bai, follow me to the main hall for tea—"

He hadn't expected the envoy from the Lord Defending Marshal of the Sand Province to arrive so soon.

He thought the person would arrive the next day, just as he would have broken through to the fourth realm.

"No need!" Before Lin Rui could finish speaking, the middle-aged scholar shook his head solemnly: "I am here on the orders of the Lord Defending Marshal for two urgent matters. Once they are completed, I must rush back to report. There's no need for such formalities, my lord."

As he spoke, he took a document and a waist tag from his sleeve and handed them to Lin Rui: "The first matter is for this appointment document and waist tag.

The Lord Defending Marshal has decreed that because Martial Cultivator Capital Commandant Lin Twelve has made meritorious deeds in demon annihilation, as of today, he is promoted to Sixth Rank Imperial City Si Colonel, officially appointed as the Defense Commander of Wang City!"

Lin Rui couldn't help but be overjoyed at this unexpected promotion!

The rank of Sixth Rank Imperial City Si Colonel could be considered his military rank. With this rank, he could officially hold the position of Defense Commander of Wang City.

The key was that it hadn't been long since he became a Seventh Rank Martial Cultivator Capital Commandant. It seemed that everything he had done since taking office had pleased his superiors.

Just as Lin Rui was accepting the appointment document, the middle-aged scholar concealed the surroundings with a spell and asked in a lowered voice: "The second matter is about the 'Divine Heart Clearing Spirit Pill' from Qin Yan's dwelling. Is it true what that extraterrestrial demon captured said, that there is a 'Divine Heart Clearing Spirit Pill' inside Qin Yan's dwelling?

Where is this extraterrestrial demon now?"

"Mister Bai is mistaken, the demon wasn't captured by me. It's from seven days ago. I seized it from the people of the Supervisory Constabulary Office for Judiciary—"

Lin Rui tried to clarify, but seeing Bai Hao's impatient and excited face, he chose to stop talking.

"Mister Bai, that extraterrestrial demon is imprisoned in our Wang City's jail. Today I am fortunate that you have come. Otherwise, I couldn't have held out much longer. The Supervisory Constabulary Office for Judiciary has been pressuring me daily for that demon. Being of low rank and weak influence, I've been under great pressure."

Upon hearing this, Bai Hao's brows furrowed as he thought that the Supervisory Constabulary Office for Judiciary was also eyeing the demon. How dare they covet something that had caught the interest of the 'Divine Envoy'?