I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely-Chapter 42 - 41: Stepping into Dan Jin

"Sigh..."

Steward Sun Shiwu sighed and said, "The harvests in the villages have been poor this year. On top of that, all sorts of Demon Fiends are appearing everywhere. Many people have been left with no choice but to become bandits."

"Those bandits are vicious, burning, killing, and plundering—they stop at nothing."

"Naturally."

"The number of refugees has just kept growing."

"Bu Wuyun, Wei Wohu."

The County Magistrate said in a grave voice.

"Your subordinates are here."

"Please give us your orders, County Magistrate."

Bu Wuyun and Wei Wohu bowed.

"The two of you failed to handle matters properly last time. I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourselves now."

The County Magistrate issued his command, "I’m putting the refugees outside the city in your hands. There must be no trouble whatsoever. If anything goes wrong, I will hold you responsible."

"Yes, sir."

"As you command."

Bu Wuyun and Wei Wohu exchanged a glance. They looked at the refugees in the Outer City. Although there were many of them, they were just ordinary people. ’They probably won’t cause much trouble,’ they thought.

However, the only real worry was whether any heretics or fiends had mixed in with them. If these refugees were incited by such malevolent forces, it would be a real problem.

"I’ll have to ask you Patriarchs for your full assistance."

The County Magistrate added.

"Of course."

"Please rest assured, County Magistrate."

"..."

The Patriarchs of the Three Great Families nodded.

In fact, the fact that the Three Great Families of Qingbei Town were providing porridge in this situation made them far better than those in other county seats. The great families in other towns wouldn’t provide porridge or do any good deeds at all; they couldn’t care less if these common people lived or died.

It was just that as the Three Great Families continued to provide porridge outside the city, word spread among the many refugees and beggars, causing refugees from several neighboring county seats to flock here.

You have to understand, these refugees and beggars were so hungry their minds were hazy and their vision was blurry. They would naturally swarm to wherever there was food.

Currently, the number of refugees and beggars outside the city had reached about thirty thousand, and it was still increasing.

「Inside the city, at Xu Qing’s residence.」

Xu Qing was unaware of this matter, nor had he asked much about it.

With a thought, Xu Qing’s consciousness connected to the Encyclopedia of All Things.

One hundred and ninety days.

A total of six months and ten days.

Basically, every day Xu Qing practiced Baji Fist during the day and Life-taking Thirteen Swords at night. He would also make time to go to White Dwarf Mountain to farm Experience Points for his Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique using the ant nests.

Now.

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[Baji Fist LV9: 12020/2560 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Life-taking Thirteen Swords LV5: 2160/480 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique LV7: 2000/720 (Upgradeable!)]

...

’This is what I’ve gained in one hundred and ninety days.’

The corner of Xu Qing’s mouth lifted slightly.

"Upgrade Baji Fist!"

Xu Qing commanded.

BUZZ!

Xu Qing entered the state. His consciousness seemed to enter a mystical space where he practiced Baji Fist over and over again.

Upgrade complete!

[Baji Fist LV10: 9460/5120 (Upgradeable!)]

BOOM! BOOM!

Xu Qing opened his eyes. With a low shout, he took a step forward into the courtyard and began to perform the Baji Fist routine.

Most importantly, Power radiated from Xu Qing’s body. When snowflakes fell, an invisible aura of energy around him seemed to blow them away, preventing them from landing on him.

"Haaa..."

Xu Qing opened his eyes again and exhaled a turbid breath. A sharp light flashed in his eyes, his Essence, Qi, and Spirit at their peak. Sensing the changes in his body, he thought, ’So this is the Peak of Transformation Stage.’

’Level 10 Baji Fist has pushed my Martial Arts Cultivation to the Peak of Transformation Stage. My entire body has now been tempered to a state of Perfection.’

Clearly, Xu Qing’s strength had increased significantly.

But it wasn’t over yet.

After a full one hundred and ninety days, his Baji Fist could be upgraded again.

「One hour later.」

Xu Qing had completely adapted to and mastered his strength at the Peak of Transformation Stage.

"Upgrade Baji Fist."

Xu Qing commanded.

BOOM!

With a thought, Xu Qing once again entered the state from before. His consciousness seemed to enter an extremely mystical space, where he endlessly practiced Baji Fist, deducing its deeper mysteries.

Finally, a tremor ran through Xu Qing’s mind as a brand-new change occurred. The newly upgraded Baji Fist had entered a completely new level.

[Baji Fist LV11: 4340/10240 (This is a profound Fist Technique that combines combat application and Training Technique, a profound Martial Art worthy of being passed down. Its movements are fierce and powerful, simple and unadorned. Its force is issued swiftly with extreme explosive power. It tempers the sinews, bones, and flesh, allowing Power to permeate the bones and flow through the entire body. It trains the internal organs and condenses one’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit, concentrating them into a single point in the Dantian. Upon mastery, one can step into the ’Dan Jin’ level.)]

"Dan Jin."

BOOM!

Xu Qing let out a low shout. After the upgrade was complete, it was as if he had been enlightened; he had completely mastered Level 11 Baji Fist.

At the same time, Xu Qing’s strength advanced another step. Level 11 Baji Fist raised Xu Qing’s Cultivation from the Peak of Transformation Stage to the Dan Jin level.

BANG!

Xu Qing threw a punch, all the Power in his body concentrating into a single explosive point. With just one punch, the large rock in front of him was shattered by the Fist Force.

The power of this punch was utterly terrifying.

"Dan Jin! Dan Jin!"

Xu Qing murmured.

As the saying goes: hold the origin and return to one, internalize the Golden Core, and achieve perfection in all aspects.

It was important to know that the ’Dan Jin’ level was the final level of the first major step on the Martial Dao. It emphasized "Holding the Pill" and sinking the hips, concentrating the body’s entire Essence, Qi, and Spirit, blood, and marrow into a single point—like the singular point from which the Grand Thousand Worlds evolved at the dawn of time.

This level of skill sounds mysterious, but it’s really about concentrating all the body’s power into the Dantian and then releasing it with explosive force. The tighter the concentration, the stronger the instantaneous burst of power. Once one successfully achieves Holding Pill, they can reach a realm where they control their Qi and Blood with their mind, and their physical abilities can break through human limits.

’Level 11 Baji Fist is truly extraordinary. It has forcibly pushed my Realm to Dan Jin, allowing me to step into the final level of the first major step of the Martial Dao.’

Xu Qing mused, ’However, it won’t be so easy to upgrade Level 11 Baji Fist from now on. It requires a full ten thousand two hundred and forty Experience Points.’

’Practicing Baji Fist constantly every day yields about fifty Experience Points. At that rate, ten thousand two hundred and forty Experience Points will take nearly half a year.’

’The further I go, the more Experience Points I’ll need to level up.’

「One hour later.」

Xu Qing had mastered and adapted to the power of Dan Jin.

"Upgrade Life-taking Thirteen Swords."

Xu Qing commanded.

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[Life-taking Thirteen Swords LV6: 1680/960 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Life-taking Thirteen Swords LV7: 720/1920 (...)]

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It also leveled up twice in a row.

After Life-taking Thirteen Swords reached LV7, the deduced ’Fifteenth Sword of Life-taking: Sword of Destruction’ was completely perfected. The variations of its Sword Techniques reached One Hundred and Eight Types.

"Good."

Xu Qing opened his eyes. As he comprehended the mysteries of the Life-taking Thirteen Swords, he could faintly feel a kind of Sword Momentum and Sword Intent. ’The Fifteenth Sword of Life-taking is worthy of its name.’

Upon careful comprehension, Xu Qing discovered that even with his current Dan Jin Cultivation, he couldn’t fully execute the Fifteenth Sword of Life-taking. At most, he could only perform the ’Fourteenth Life-taking Sword’.

However, this was already very good.

Previously, Xu Qing couldn’t even perform the Fourteenth Life-taking Sword.

"Upgrade Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique."

Next, after fully mastering the Life-taking Thirteen Swords, he began to level up the Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique.

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[Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique LV8: 1280/1440 (...)]

...

Unfortunately, the Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique only leveled up once, from LV7 to LV8. However, the upgraded technique now allowed Xu Qing to control one hundred and twenty-eight tamed beasts.

It was just that from the moment he obtained the Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique until now, he had yet to actually tame his first beast. He had only been using the ant nests to farm Experience Points.

「The next morning.」

Yu Hu arrived early.

"Disciple Yu Hu pays his respects to Master."

Yu Hu kowtowed.

"Mm."

Xu Qing nodded. "Starting today, I will teach you a more profound Fist Technique."

"Yes!"

Yu Hu kowtowed again. "Thank you, Master."

"Rise."

Xu Qing raised his hand.

After that, Xu Qing began to teach Yu Hu Level 3 Baji Fist. Yu Hu, having mastered Level 2 Baji Fist, had become a Mingjin Martial Artist at the age of fifteen.

Such an achievement was already quite impressive.

An hour passed.

"You may go back now."

Xu Qing said.

"Yes, Master."

Yu Hu bowed.

It had to be remembered that according to the Witch Evil Ghost, a ’Magic Spell’ had been planted deep in Yu Hu’s mind. This ’Magic Spell’ was deeply rooted and difficult to remove.

’I wonder when this Magic Spell will erupt.’

Xu Qing mused.

「Noon.」

Xu Qing went to the Cangying Martial Arts Hall.

His master, Du Cangying, had sent a student from the Cangying Martial Arts Hall to deliver a message, telling Xu Qing to come to the hall at noon. It wasn’t just Xu Qing; all disciples of the Cangying Martial Arts Hall were to be present.

Cangying Martial Arts Hall.

The Inner Courtyard.

One could see that all seven True Disciples of the Cangying Martial Arts Hall, all the Official Disciples, and even the Outer Courtyard Disciples were present.

Over a thousand people had gathered.

"Disciples greet Master!"

"Disciples greet Master!!"

"..."

The disciples shouted in unison.

The momentum was quite magnificent.

"Mm."

Du Cangying stood at the front with his hands behind his back, his expression calm as he looked at everyone present. "I have an announcement to make today."

"This winter is bitterly cold, and the harvests have been poor, leading to refugees rising up all over the county. Right now, thirty to forty thousand refugees have gathered outside Qingbei City."

"Now."

"The Government Office has issued an order. The Cangying Martial Arts Hall, Broken Stone Martial Arts Hall, and Yinghong Martial Arts Hall will take the lead, guiding the other Martial Arts Halls, gangs, and Escort Agencies of the Outer City to form an Outer City Patrol Team. Our task is to maintain order among the refugees in the Outer City and prevent riots until the end of this winter."

"You must understand."

"With so many refugees gathered here, if things aren’t handled properly, it will be easy for Demon Fiends to breed. If ’Deceit’ and ’Evil Spirits’ emerge, it will be a disaster for our Qingbei Town."

"What?"

"They want us to go?"

"You’ve got to be kidding me."

"What about the Government Office’s constables?"

"What does this have to do with us?!"

"..."

Instantly, the crowd grew a little noisy.

"Enough."

Du Cangying raised his hand, and the crowd quickly fell silent. "This will be compensated. Outer Courtyard Students will receive one tael of silver for each day of patrol. Official Disciples will receive ten taels of silver per day."

"True Disciples can negotiate with the Government Office themselves."