Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
In the room, Leng Shiqi was cultivating with his eyes closed. His body was surrounded by a faint gray mist and five-colored flowing light. His aura was deeper and more stable.
His cultivation was already at the sixth level of the Spirit Pulse Realm!
When he was at the Blood Clothing Pavilion, he had won the Pavilion Master Hateful Blade and was rewarded with the Nine Melody Spirit Fusion Pill. With the help of this pill, his cultivation had skyrocketed to the fifth level of the Spirit Vein Realm and was close to the sixth level.
Over the past half a month, with the help of several powerful and profound cultivation methods, his cultivation speed had increased by leaps and bounds.
The key was that with these techniques, he could almost completely refine the Third Turn Spirit Melting Pill without leaving any medicinal dregs in his body.
Therefore, he refined a Third Turn Spirit Melting Pill every other day and finally broke through to the sixth level of the Spirit Pulse Realm!
But at this moment, there was an urgent knock on the door!
Before Leng Shiqi went into seclusion, he said that unless there was an emergency, he was not to be disturbed.
But now that someone was interrupting his seclusion, it meant that there was something that Pang Yuan and the other two couldn't solve.
Leng Shiqi slowly stopped and opened his eyes.
The strange thing was that his eyes were very turbid and looked a little sluggish!
This was Leng Shiqi using the Soul Splitting Technique to separate half of his consciousness and immerse himself in the Spirit Illusion Realm.
However, that part of his consciousness wasn't refining mental power in the Spirit Illusion Realm, but deducing spiritual techniques!
In the past, if he wanted to fuse spiritual techniques, he had to continuously use them. But this way, he couldn't cultivate anymore.
Moreover, he was now in the Dark Thunder Manor and there were many eyes. Even if he ordered people not to come close, it was inevitable that some of his information would be exposed.
So he had a flash of inspiration and thought of using the Soul Splitting Technique to separate a part of his consciousness and deduce spiritual techniques in the Spirit Illusion Realm!
There were many benefits to this.
First, he could cultivate spiritual power while deducing spiritual techniques. Also, he could avoid being spied on by others.
Most importantly, if he was outside, he would have to stop to recover his spiritual power after a round of spiritual techniques.
But in the Spirit Illusion Realm, with the support of the Heaven Fey Soul Crystal, he could almost continuously use spiritual techniques and fuse them!
This saved him a lot of time.
Furthermore, the process of fusing his spiritual skills was very smooth. In just half a month, he had fused two new unique skills!
Furthermore, he had integrated the Violent Lion's Raging Forest Fist into the Ferocious Tiger's Wave Treading Fist!
It could be said that he had gained a lot.
Unfortunately, he had urgent matters to attend to, so he had no choice but to stop.
Leng Shiqi used the Soul Separation Technique and withdrew the other part of his consciousness from the Spiritual Illusion World. His eyes gradually became clear.
Then, he stretched his body and opened the door.
What surprised him was that Qiao Qian, Pang Yuan, and Qiu Cheng were all standing at the door with anxious expressions on their faces.
What could make the three Dark Lightning Emissaries so anxious?
When the three of them saw Leng Shiqi, they were also stunned.
As Leng Shiqi had just finished cultivating, his aura had not been completely concealed. They could immediately sense that Leng Shiqi's aura was clearly at the sixth level of the Spirit Pulse Realm!
He only went into seclusion for half a month and broke through to the sixth level of the Spirit Pulse Realm?!
Qiu Cheng was the most shocked because his cultivation was also at the sixth level of the Spirit Pulse Realm. He clearly remembered that it took him two to three years to cultivate from the fifth level to the sixth level!
Of course, he also knew that his cultivation talent was average, but Leng Shiqi's breakthrough speed was too shocking!
On the other hand, Qiao Qian's reaction was not as exaggerated as Qiu Cheng's. He was only at the first level of the Spirit Pulse Realm and had not experienced the hardships of cultivation.
As for Pang Yuan, he was only slightly surprised. In his opinion, someone who could possess the Silver-Patterned Blood Kill Token was definitely a giant among men. However, he still pretended to be shocked.
Leng Shiqi did not think much of it. He said indifferently, "What's the hurry? Come in and talk."
Qiu Cheng and the other two finally reacted and sat down. Qiu Cheng said anxiously, "Sir, actually, there's a secret in our Mist Qi City's Dark Lightning Manor that you might not know about."
"Hmm?
Let's hear it. "Leng Shiqi looked at Qiu Cheng with interest.
Qiu Cheng's face appeared to be in a difficult position. In the end, he gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, you should know that although Mist Qi City is not big, it is still relatively wealthy because of the existence of the trade routes."
Leng Shiqi naturally knew about this. Although Mist Qi City was far from Western Desolated City, there were still many foreign merchants coming and going. It was considered a relatively prosperous city.
Qiu Cheng continued, "Because there are many merchants from the Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, some people have other ideas.
For example … For example, secretly moving some things that are prohibited by the Thunderfire Dynasty! "
Hearing this, a word appeared in Leng Shiqi's mind. "Smuggling"!
Leng Shiqi's eyes moved slightly. Smuggling was a business with huge profits, but this kind of thing was under the jurisdiction of the Dark Lightning Guards. He looked at Qiu Cheng's troubled expression and felt that there was more to it than met the eye.
"In Mist Qi City, there are nine long-established families that are doing this kind of business!" At this point, Qiu Cheng couldn't help but glance at Leng Shiqi.
Leng Shiqi's expression didn't look so good. He asked, "You mean to say that the Dark Lightning Guards know that these nine families are smuggling, but do nothing about it?"
Qiu Cheng hurriedly explained, "Sir, please listen to this subordinate's explanation!
Actually, this matter was tacitly approved by the previous supervisor, Sir Sha Yue. "
Leng Shiqi's brows furrowed slightly. Was this related to the previous supervisor?
Seeing that Leng Shiqi didn't continue to question him, Qiu Cheng continued, "Sir, you're new here, so you might not know that the monthly salary of the Dark Lightning Guards isn't high.
Although the rewards for carrying out missions are quite high, no matter what the mission is, it's more complicated and full of danger.
The previous supervisor, Sir Sha Yue, treated us extremely well, but the Dark Lightning Manor's own wealth couldn't support it.
Thus, Sir Sha Yue thought of a way, which is to tacitly approve of the nine families' smuggling, but they have to hand over a tribute every month! "
Leng Shiqi finally understood. He felt that Sha Yue was quite daring. There were many people who could think of such a method, but there weren't many who dared to violate the Dark Lightning Guards' duties and do such a thing.
Leng Shiqi then asked, "You've said so much. What exactly happened?"
Qiu Cheng said, "Sir, we agreed with the nine families to hand over the tribute at the beginning of every month. But today, the tribute that the nine families handed over was actually less than half of what they usually hand over!"
Leng Shiqi narrowed his eyes. He knew why. It was because the nine families felt that a mid-stage Spirit Pulse Realm supervisor like him wasn't much of a threat to them!
Unknowingly, two cold rays of light shot out from his eyes!