I'm a body cultivator, so it's normal for me to destroy a star with one punch, right?

Chapter 12 You experienced a battle, Strength +10.

Anning Mental Hospital, fourth floor, VIP ward.

Three old men, Zhang San, Li Si, and Wang Mazi, sat side by side on the living room sofa, munching on sunflower seeds and watching TV, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

The TV was showing a period drama.

The female lead in the drama is known as the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry.

"What's the female lead's name again?"

"Liu Feifei?"

"That seems to be the name. I heard she's quite skilled and never uses a stunt double in her films? Her martial arts level is at the sixth rank? About the same as the fifth brother?"

Wang Mazi was displeased and sneered, "A bunch of actors, all show and no substance. My cultivation was earned through countless battles, how could they compare? If Liu Feifei were in front of me, I could kill her with a single strike!"

Zhang San said, "Speaking of swords... I suddenly thought of Lao Liu. Wasn't Lao Liu always clamoring to pursue the path of body refinement? I wonder how his training is going?"

Li Si shook his head and sighed, "I do hope that Lao Liu can make a name for himself in this field, but the art of body cultivation places too much emphasis on innate talent. If one's physical talent is not innate and there is no substantial financial support, I'm afraid he won't be able to achieve anything significant."

Body Refinement.

It sounds simple; it's nothing more than strengthening your physique and boosting your energy!

But it's difficult to do!
To break one's own limits time and time again, in addition to putting in several times or even ten times the effort and sweat, one also needs a large amount of elixirs to temper one's muscles, bones, and skin!
Furthermore, repeated exercise can damage your body.

It requires long-term immersion in special "medicinal baths" for recuperation.

They also need to regularly invite martial arts masters to massage and stimulate their acupoints with their internal energy.

Both aspects require enormous wealth, so the poor simply can't afford to train, while the rich... are unwilling to endure this hardship!

Spend tens of millions.

After enduring hardship for several years, one might still be weaker than a third or fourth-rank martial artist.

With that money, you could hire several third- or fourth-rank officials!

As for being even stronger?

That would cost more and require more hard work, and it's not guaranteed that you'll succeed just by working hard and spending money!

"Pity."

"If it weren't for the evil poison of the Heavenly Demon Sect, with Lao Liu's talent, he would have no problem becoming a martial arts grandmaster in the future, and even has the hope of becoming a great grandmaster. Moreover, he is an earth-type transcendent awakener. If he goes to the Heavenly Gate, he will definitely be able to wreak havoc everywhere!"

The moment "Tianmen" is mentioned.

The three elderly mentally ill people fell silent.

at this time.

There was a sound of footsteps.

Jiang He poked his head in from outside the door and said with a grin, "Third Brother, Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother... Good morning."

"What a fart!"

Wang Mazi's face darkened, and he cursed, "Sixth Brother, tell me the truth, did you steal our fruit platter?"

"no!"

Jiang He spoke with absolute certainty!
Wang Mazi clearly didn't believe him and sneered, "Swear it."

Jiang He raised his finger and swore to the heavens, saying, "If I stole it, may that Doctor Feng Shaoyu's mouth be filled with sores and his anus oozing pus!"

Li Si asked in surprise, "Who is Feng Shaoyu?"

"That's not the point... The point is that my three older brothers actually suspected me of stealing your fruit platter. That really hurts me... How can it be called stealing between brothers?"

Jiang He looked aggrieved, secretly adding in his mind, "I just took it as a snack or supper after dinner."

Zhang San said, "Alright, alright, it's just a fruit platter, we won't hold it against you... We were just talking about you, have you been practicing your body training these past few days?"

Jiang He nodded and said seriously, "In the past seven days, whenever I had free time, I practiced basic martial arts sword techniques, basic martial arts movement techniques, and basic martial arts fist techniques. However, I know that martial arts cannot be mastered by simply practicing behind closed doors. Therefore, I came upstairs today to ask my three brothers for some pointers and to test my combat skills!"

"Ok?"

Wang Mazi frowned, a hint of displeasure in his eyes, and said, "You've only been practicing for seven days, and you haven't even mastered the basics. What's the rush? Martial arts certainly can't be learned in isolation, but it's also most important to avoid being impatient and restless!"

"This……"

Jiang He was speechless for a moment.

Seeing this, Li Si tried to smooth things over, saying with a smile, "Sixth Brother has just recovered from a serious illness and has no memory of it. He has never been exposed to the art of body cultivation before. It is indeed not a good thing for him to try to learn it all by himself in isolation."

He came out and asked, "Sixth Brother, you said that you would practice basic martial arts techniques, such as movement, swordsmanship, and fist techniques, whenever you had free time during these seven days... So what about body training? How do you train your body?"

Jiang He truthfully replied, "Every morning I go for a 20-minute run, and after lunch I exercise on the fitness equipment for a while. At 9 pm sharp, I go for a night run, usually for 20-30 minutes." "Oh, right!"

"When I take a break from practicing swordsmanship, I will do two sets of push-ups and sit-ups."

"........."

Li Si remained silent for a full ten seconds.

He, who was usually taciturn, couldn't help but swear and said angrily, "What the hell is this body tempering... You'll never get anywhere by practicing like this your whole life. Get lost, wait until you've cultivated your physical strength to the level of a martial artist before you talk!"

"Fourth brother..."

"Don't fucking call me Fourth Brother!"

It was clear that both Li Si and Wang Mazi had lost their temper.

Zhang San immediately stepped forward, first glaring at Li Si and Wang Mazi.

"Fourth brother, fifth brother, you two are over 100 years old combined, how come you don't understand anything? Sixth brother has just started body cultivation, it's not good to discourage him like this."

Zhang San rolled up his sleeves.

"Sixth brother, come here... let's have a go at each other."

Zhang San had even thought it all out.

Deliberately feigning weakness.

Give the river a few more tricks.

Then punch him to the ground and tell him the principle of "never be impatient or impulsive".

Seeing that it was Zhang San who wanted to spar with him, Jiang He said with a wry smile, "Third Brother, aren't you an Awakened One? Otherwise, I'd better go back and practice more."

"how?"

Zhang San's eyes widened: "You look down on Third Brother?"

“We Awakened Ones are physically weak, but that’s relative… I, your third brother, have also practiced martial arts and tempered my body.”

He slapped his chest.

He said angrily, "Come on... hit me here. If you can knock Third Brother back one step, Third Brother will give you a treasure that is extremely precious to a body-refining martial artist!"

"Really?"

Jiang He held the knife in his right hand.

He clenched his left fist and said, "Then I'm really going to hit you, huh?"

"bring it on!"

"boom!"

"Fuck..."

"Boom!"

"Fuck!"

"Fuck!"

"Bang!"... That was the sound of Jiang He punching Zhang San in the chest.

The first "Holy crap!" was shouted by Zhang San.

He was punched so hard that he slid five meters away, his back slamming heavily against the wall. Li Si and Wang Mazi jumped up, looking at Jiang He with disbelief.

And rivers...

He looked utterly shocked!

It's not that I'm surprised by my own strength...

But...

"Ding!"

"You have survived a battle, strength +10kg."

P.S.: I finally have some free time, so I'm planning to set a regular update schedule. What do you guys think is the best time to update?

I suggest posting this in the book review section; I'll take it if I see it.

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