Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 381 - 69 Divinity and Authority, The New Changes in the Panel_2

The tunnel was thirteen feet wide, and a torch was hung every ten steps along the walls.

“Sir, looking at the direction of this tunnel, it should lead outside the city!” Xie Xiaojiu spoke up.

“Indeed, it does lead outside!” Jiang Ning nodded, then continued forward.

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Meanwhile.

The people in the courtyard were suddenly alerted by the shouts of the team members on guard outside the door.

“Greetings to Commander Yuan!”

“Greetings to Commander Yuan!”

Two voices came through, instantly dampening the joyful hearts of the people inside.

Who else in Luoshui County could be addressed as Commander Yuan?

Only Yuan Hua, Martial Arts Seventh Grade, could demand such a call from the guard team members.

The next moment.

They saw a line of people appear at the entrance of the courtyard and then step inside.

“Greetings to Commander Yuan!”

“Greetings to Commander Yuan!”

“Greetings to Commander Yuan!”

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The moment they saw Yuan Hua, they had no choice but to salute.

At the Inspection Office, they could ignore other team captains and not salute them because they had their own captains.

But they could not ignore someone at the Deputy Commander’s level; they had to salute upon meeting.

This was the case even when they were out on official business.

Yuan Hua stepped into the courtyard and swept his gaze over the corpses scattered all over the ground, also noticing the several headless bodies with abnormally transformed flesh.

“Commander Jiang has quite the method, to have snatched the credit that rightfully belonged to me!”

Upon these words, the courtyard fell silent.

No one was a fool; they naturally knew that Commander Yuan wanted a piece of the action, to take credit.

Seeing this, everyone’s heart sank.

Yuan Hua was a student from the academic institution.

And the academic institution was an official organization in the city of the province that cultivated martial arts geniuses, belonging to the Martial Saint Mansion.

And for this reason, since the establishment of the Inspection Office, students from the Martial Arts Garden, the academic institution, and even higher-level students from dojo academies had filled the Inspection Offices, taking up important positions.

These people, having skipped various struggles and competitions, had ascended rapidly.

They were also the core members of the Inspection Offices everywhere, not only extraordinary in martial arts but also coming from the same place and having deep relationships with each other, sharing the camaraderie of schoolmates.

Basically, to move one person was to make an enemy of a group.

Thus, even at the same rank, the power and status were implicitly a notch above.

At this time, Yuan Hua glanced at everyone in the field and then smiled again, “By the way, where is Commander Jiang?”

Everyone was silent.

The next moment.

Cheng Ran stepped forward first.

“Reporting to Commander Yuan, Commander Jiang has entered that house and is probably deep within the enemy’s lair, not having returned yet!”

“I see!” Yuan Hua nodded, then said, “Tell Jiang Ning later that I had set my sights on this God Worship Sect base a few days earlier; unexpectedly, he got ahead of me.”

“I won’t hold it against him, though. As for the credit for eradicating this God Worship Sect base, I won’t compete with him for the largest share.”

“I will take those three bodies!”

“As for the rest, they belong to Commander Jiang!”

After saying this, he walked straight towards the few bodies still oozing black blood in the snow.

“No, you can’t!” Cheng Ran stepped forward, blocking Yuan Hua’s path.

“You dare obstruct me?” Yuan Hua’s eyes narrowed slightly, and the almost tangible aura immediately made Cheng Ran swallow hard.

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Another side.

In the tunnel.

“Sir, don’t stare! That is the idol of the Blood and Flesh God!” Xie Xiaojiu exclaimed in horror, immediately turning his head.

Jiang Ning took a casual glance.

The idol in front of him, nearly two zhang tall, was exactly like the one he had seen in the Golden Box.

It also had three heads, six arms, and four legs.

Jiang Ning looked at the idol, and gradually, whispers echoed in his ears.

“Believe in me, and your flesh shall live forever…”

“Offer to me, and your flesh shall ascend…”

“Serve me, and your flesh shall be indestructible…”

“…”

These three familiar voices slowly rose, as if floating over from the distant heavens.

They were significantly weaker than the murmurings that had come from the Golden Box directly into his ears before.

Just then,

A pair of cold little hands covered Jiang Ning’s eyes.

“Sir, you mustn’t stare any longer!” Xie Xiaojiu spoke, “To gaze directly at this Blood and Flesh God’s statue will cause the God’s words to ring in your ears.”

“Such divine speech twists reality, corrupting the mind.”

“In the long term, one’s sanity might be warped by it, turning one into a devout follower of this deity!”

Feng Jiuge cast a distant glance at the two, then withdrew her gaze, silent.

Jiang Ning smiled and removed the cold little hands blocking his sight.

“It’s alright!”

“Such weak spiritual corruption has no effect on me!”

As he spoke, Jiang Ning walked forward.

After covering several feet, he stood at the base of the statue.

His palm touched the foot of the statue.

The next moment,

His expression suddenly froze.

[Detected a trace of Divinity, detected an Authority, would you like to absorb?]

Divinity?

Authority?

Looking at the prompt before him, Jiang Ning was utterly incredulous.

It was the first time he had encountered such an event on the panel.

Both Divinity and Authority sounded extremely mysterious.

After hesitating only momentarily, Jiang Ning mentally affirmed without any hesitation.

[Yes]

As his thought materialized,

He instantly felt a certain trait of the statue in front of him begin to dissipate, and the faint murmurings that had just begun in his ears ceased abruptly.

At the same time,

His panel interface changed drastically and began to fluctuate wildly,

Like a black-and-white television flickering with snowy speckles, what was previously clear became blurred.

On the other side,

Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge, looking at the motionless Jiang Ning, just began to feel puzzled

When they saw the statue slowly rise, hovering a foot above the ground.

“It’s quite heavy!” Jiang Ning said casually,

Then gently set it down.

With a thunderous boom—

The moment the statue touched the ground, the surface beneath trembled slightly.

Dust continuously sprinkled down from the tunnel ceiling above.

“Let’s go, time to head back!” Jiang Ning said indifferently, “Someone up there wants to steal the credit, looking to get a piece of the action!”

No sooner had he spoken than Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge’s attention was diverted.

“Sir, who? Who’s trying to steal your credit?” Feng Jiuge’s brows knitted in anger.

Jiang Ning casually replied, “That would be Commander Yuan Hua.”

Having said that, he had already walked up to the two.

“Jiuge!” Jiang Ning called.

“Present!” Feng Jiuge responded.

“When you go up later, go to the Inspection Office and call for Commander Ye Qiu and also please invite Master Hong! They would be very interested in this statue, I believe!” Jiang Ning instructed.

“Yes, sir!” Feng Jiuge immediately responded.

Jiang Ning then turned to Xie Xiaojiu, “Little Jiu!”

“Present!” Xie Xiaojiu responded in kind.

Jiang Ning continued to instruct, “You go to the county government and ask the chief arrest officer, Xu Zhengnan, to bring people over! The Black Tiger Gang’s crimes are irrefutable; since no one has dealt with them, I wouldn’t mind cleaning them up myself!”

“Yes, sir!” Xie Xiaojiu gave a bow and accepted the order.

“Let’s move out!” after finishing his instructions, Jiang Ning walked towards the staircase leading upwards.

Seeing this, Xie Xiaojiu and Feng Jiuge quickly followed.

At this moment, Jiang Ning’s panel interface suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[Name]: Jiang Ning

[Divinity]: 1

[Authority]: Flesh Regeneration (Incomplete 0%)

[Source Energy]: 370.15

[Skill]:

Reading and Writing (Four Break Limit 2413/5000) (Traits: Unforgettable, Extraordinary Five Senses, Divine Thought Agility, Outstanding Comprehension)

Five Animals Fist (One Break Limit 811/2000) (Trait: Five Internal Organs Store Essence)

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