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

Chapter 153 Departure, Tianmen Pass!

The banquet held to celebrate Liu Feng's tribulation lasted until evening before it ended.

The grandmasters who came from all over to observe and offer their congratulations departed one after another.

Liu Feng was overjoyed. He had not only made a name for himself today but also received a considerable amount of money as gifts. He asked Zhou Tong for a stack of gift lists and inquired, "Captain Zhou, how much money did you receive today?"

Zhou Tongdao: "As per your instructions, Director Liu, the gifts from ordinary people have been returned. The total gifts from martial artists and experts amount to 1.58 million!"

Liu Feng was surprised and asked, "How come there are so many? I remember all the gifts I've given over the years, and the total amount I've given is only a little over 4000 million."

Zhou Tongdao: "Grandmaster Xiahou Wu donated 100 million."

One hundred million?

"Why is Xiahou Wu being so generous this time?"

Liu Feng was taken aback, then laughed triumphantly.

Chen Jingzhou chimed in, "Xiahou Wu is about to undergo his tribulation. He gave you 1 million this time. After he finishes his tribulation, you'll have to return it to him, won't you?"

Liu Feng: "..."

He came to his senses, cursed a few times, and said, "What the hell? I'll stabilize my cultivation and then go to Tianmen Pass. Maybe I'll die after Xiahou Wu finishes his tribulation... Hehe, that old bastard will be heartbroken then!"

Jiang He: "..."

My Uncle Liu, this is just too outrageous!
"What the hell?"

However, Jiang He did not expect that Chen Jingzhou would be even more outrageous.

The mighty Sword Saint of Western Xia.

The top leader of Western Xia jumped up, grabbed Liu Feng by the collar, and angrily said, "Didn't you say that you would take over from me and govern Western Xia after you advanced to the Celestial Realm?"

"I've been waiting for this for so long, and you finally broke through, and you're saying you're going to Tianmen Pass?"

Chen Jingzhou gritted his teeth and said, "You stay here to oversee Western Xia, and I'll go to Tianmen Pass... Otherwise, let's settle things with our own hands!"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Jiang He quickly ran away.

Both of them were Jiang He's closest relatives.

If a fight really breaks out, it's wrong of me to side with anyone; I might as well run away!

He returned to the hospital and began his daily, tedious yet fulfilling spiritual practice.

The following days.

During the day, he diligently cultivated his skills, improving his basic attributes and comprehending the Great Sage Fist. At night, he ventured into the wilderness to train in the "Ningdong Town".

Ningdong Town is known as the "Paradise of Ferocious Beasts" because it is home to a large number of ferocious beasts, including many high-quality ones.

Although the number of high-grade ferocious beasts here has decreased significantly after the last beast tide, there are still more than in other places.

On the first day, Jiang He first lured monsters and killed a group of low-grade and mid-grade ferocious beasts, as well as a seventh-grade ferocious beast.

He tasted the sweetness of success.

For the next few days, I repeated the same steps every night as on the first day.

His strength is improving rapidly.

His mastery of the "Triple Hidden Force" technique of the Great Sage Fist has reached a level of complete freedom.

of course.

Hunting large numbers of ferocious beasts naturally brings in a considerable amount of money.

Especially seventh-rank ferocious beasts.

The raw materials for a sixth-grade ferocious beast are worth approximately 120 to 200 million.

The material value of a seventh-grade ferocious beast is at least 1000 million!
Don't think this is too high!
Actually not.

Because a good S-class alloy weapon can be worth 20 to 30 million.

For a typical seventh-grade martial arts master to afford an S-grade alloy weapon, they would need to kill at least two seventh-grade ferocious beasts... while an ordinary seventh-grade martial arts master might not be able to defeat a seventh-grade ferocious beast in a one-on-one fight, and might even risk losing their life!
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2024, April 10.

That night.

The moon is dark and the wind is high.

In the wilderness deep within the Ningdong mining area.

Rumble!
The carcass of a massive black bear crashed heavily to the ground.

"Ding!"

"You have killed a ferocious beast. Strength increased by 80kg."

"Huh...huh..."

Jiang He gasped for breath, retracting his Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique. He spat out a mouthful of blood and couldn't help but say, "Damn it... an eighth-grade ferocious beast is just too hard to kill!"

"My basic strength has already reached the power of five dragons!"

"I used twice the Great Sage Fist and unleashed over 100 punches before finally killing it!"

Jiang He examined his body.

His entire body was covered in blood, and his body was like porcelain, with cracks appearing everywhere, from which a large amount of blood was constantly seeping out!

"My physical body is still too weak!"

"The basic power of 5 dragons, when unleashed by the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, and the Great Sage Fist at twice the power, only has an explosive force of about 3 million kilograms, which is equivalent to the power of 25 dragons."

"With such little power, he was hit more than 100 times and his body almost collapsed."

"That triple Great Sage Fist... how could I dare to use it?"

The first level of the Great Sage Fist.

It can unleash two layers of hidden power, resulting in twice the combat strength.

The second level of the Great Sage Fist involves the superposition of three layers of hidden energy, which can unleash three times the combat power. Jiang He has calculated that his current maximum burst can reach more than 4.6 million kilograms, equivalent to the power of 37 dragons!
but……

He dared not erupt easily!
"I've been hunting ferocious beasts every day lately, and I've made quite a bit of money. I'll sell it to the Martial Arts Administration Bureau later and use the proceeds to acquire more resources to further strengthen my physique."

In reality, physical strength cannot keep up with explosive power.

These are all minor matters; it's simply because the power of the river has increased too quickly.

As long as resources are available, everything will be fine.

The only thing that gave Jiang He a headache was...

I haven't even experienced the "physical limit" they mentioned yet... Breaking through to the Grandmaster level and mastering those flashy and cool blood and qi hand seals for ranged attacks seems like a distant dream!

"Don't be impatient!"

"Don't be impatient!"

Jiang He comforted himself, saying, "Perhaps after a while, I will feel the limits of my physical body. After all, I can now make my blood and qi circulate throughout my body."

He flipped his hand, took out a handful of Bone Tempering Pills, and stuffed them into his mouth.

After all, he had just fought a fierce battle with that eighth-grade ferocious beast, unleashing the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to maintain it for more than five minutes, which consumed a lot of energy.

but……

Jiang He ate it for about ten seconds, but there was no movement at all.

He blinked, then took out another Bone Tempering Pill and swallowed it...

Still no movement.

"Sure enough!"

Jiang He had anticipated this outcome.

It wasn't that he was a genius; rather, the Qi and Blood Pill lost its effect after his power reached the level of two dragons.

Now that his power has reached the strength of five dragons, it is reasonable that the Bone Tempering Pill has lost its effect.

"Pity."

"The Bone Tempering Pill is cheap and affordable, and the key is that it can be purchased in large quantities. It looks like I'll have to switch to another type of reserve pill in the future."

Jiang He shook his head inwardly. He could only drag his tired body to kill more than a dozen low- to mid-grade ferocious beasts to make up for the loss of his qi and blood... However, he also felt a sense of "relief" in his heart.

Without him!

Bone Tempering Pill tastes absolutely awful.

After his energy and blood recovered, Jianghe began collecting materials from the ferocious beasts.

He was now quite skilled at collecting ferocious beasts, and quickly processed the low and medium-grade ferocious beasts before arriving at the corpse of the eighth-grade black bear, which was over ten meters tall.

"This……"

Jiang He was in a dilemma.

One reason is that his storage ring was already filled with materials from ferocious beasts.

Secondly, because an eighth-grade ferocious beast is a treasure trove, it would be a waste to only collect the precious materials!
"never mind."

"The carcass of an eighth-grade black bear, which is about 10 meters tall, probably weighs only about 20 tons. Let's just carry it back."

Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, Jiang He carried the carcass of the eighth-rank black bear back to Wucheng.

It is now 4 a.m.

He sold the carcass of the eighth-grade black bear, along with all the ferocious beast materials he had collected over the past few days, to the Ferocious Beast Material Acquisition Department of the Martial Arts Administration Bureau for a little over 4.3 million.

Jiang He then went to the medicine sales department and inquired about the "Marrow Refining Pill".

It's not only body-refining martial artists who refine their marrow and body.

Many grandmasters and great grandmasters, after reaching a bottleneck in their cultivation, will also engage in physical training to enhance their strength. However, they are practicing as a "side job" and it is difficult for them to truly achieve the same level as physical martial artists.

Therefore, pills like Bone Tempering Pill and Marrow Refining Pill still have a considerable market.

The price of a Marrow Refining Pill is 300 million each.

Moreover, Wucheng only has 8 units in stock.

"300 million..."

The price is 15 times that of the Bone Tempering Pill.

Taking one Marrow Refining Pill can increase strength by 500kg, but its effect is only 5 times that of the Bone Tempering Pill.

have to say.

The cost-effectiveness of the Marrow Refining Pill is very low.

But it has one advantage...

good to eat!

Moreover, the effect of the Marrow Refining Pill is to help martial artists "refine their marrow," which is of great help when they cultivate to the eighth level of Body Refining later.

“I’ll take all eight Marrow Refining Pills from our Wu City stockpile. Also, could you help me contact the base city and other garrison cities like Guyuan City to see if we can borrow some more?”

"How many Marrow Refining Pills does Mr. Jiang plan to purchase?"

The receptionist said, "If the quantity is large, I can contact headquarters and have them ship the goods."

"Shipping from headquarters is too slow; I'm going on a long trip tomorrow."

Jiang He paid the deposit for the eight Marrow Refining Pills and asked them to send the goods as soon as possible. He would go to the base city to pick them up the next morning.

because……

Tomorrow, he will set off for Tianmen Pass!

Back to the hospital.

Jiang He slept for more than two hours, got up at 7:30 a.m. sharp, completed his morning run, ate breakfast, took his medicine, and then went to the dean's office to ask the dean to prescribe a year's worth of medicine for him.

of course.

In addition to medication for treating mental illness, he also needs to prepare a large quantity of Twenty-Four Flavor Rehmannia Pills.

Out of the hospital.

Jiang He found a pharmacy, bought a box of Twenty-Four Flavor Rehmannia Pills, and a few boxes of Band-Aids before taking a car to Yun Yanchen's house.

Yun Yanchen was already dressed in his combat uniform.

The elderly couple, Yun Zheng and his wife, then gave instructions on various matters.

"The area around Tianmen Pass is under military-style management... Once you get there, you must obey orders and be extremely careful when going out on missions."

Yun Zheng repeatedly reminded and instructed, "By the way... Yan Chen, what about the combat uniform I asked you to order for Jiang He?"

"It's in my room, I'll go get it!"

Yun Yanchen strode upstairs and soon returned with an alloy box.

The box was opened, revealing a complete combat suit, including combat boots, arm guards, a combat vest, a helmet, and other components.

The combat uniform is predominantly black with white edges. Upon closer inspection, it features subtle patterns and a metallic sheen, yet it feels soft to the touch.

hard to imagine……

Weapons made from new alloy metals are hard and sharp.

The combat uniform felt like a piece of cloth.

Jiang He's eyes lit up, and he said, "Dad, is this for me?"

Yun Zheng laughed and said, "Of course... You should try it on quickly. I specially asked Old Chen to find a master at headquarters to design and customize it for you. The combat suit is S-level overall, but the vest is SS-level. With your physique, even an eighth-rank would have a hard time causing you any real harm while wearing this combat suit!"

After Jiang He put on his combat uniform, his entire demeanor changed, making him appear even more heroic and extraordinary.

Fighting alongside Yun Yanchen, who was dressed in a silver combat suit, truly felt like a match made in heaven.

Yun Zheng patted Jiang He on the shoulder and said, "Son-in-law, I'm entrusting Yanchen to you... Tianmen is not like our Great Xia, take care!"

I watched as Jiang He and Yun Yanchen drove away.

Yun Zheng couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Yun Yanchen's mother understood her husband's thoughts perfectly well, and said unhappily, "Stop thinking like that... You've only recovered for a few days, and you're already thinking about going to Tianmen Pass to fight? Our daughter and son-in-law have already gone to Tianmen Pass. If you go too, will the Yun family's business still be able to continue?"

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PS: Third update complete, 1.2 words for today!

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