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

"Forehead……"

Jiang He looked at the blond-haired man and felt a strong sense of familiarity, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before. He immediately asked in confusion, "Do you know me?"

The blond-haired man's expression was somewhat complicated.

He smiled wryly and said, "Jiang He, have you forgotten? I am Zhuang Shuai."

"Zhuang Shuai?"

Jiang He shook his head, certain that he did not know such a person.

The blond-haired man hinted, "I used to be your roommate... In front of the Thunder Martial Arts Gym, you were naked and you pinned me to the ground and beat me up, and you even stole my clothes!"

"Oh!"

Jiang He said, "I remember now, I know you're a disciple of the Benlei Martial Arts School, but where did this idea of ​​us being roommates come from?"

He thought about it carefully.

There doesn't seem to be anyone named "Little Yellow Hair" at the Anning Mental Health Rehabilitation Center, let alone someone who was my roommate.

My roommates were Zhang San, Li Si, and Wang Mazi.

Wei Jiancai arrived later.

The blond-haired man blushed and chuckled, "Mr. Jiang, you don't know... I didn't know that Fang Tailai and Xiang Rongshan were members of the Heavenly Demon Sect. They arranged for me to infiltrate Anning Mental Hospital. It cost a lot of money to arrange for me to share a dormitory with you."

Jiang He: "Is that so? Then why haven't I seen you at the hospital?"

Yellow Hair: "Well... you went to the wilderness area and then killed Xiang Rongshan and Fang Tailai... so I left the hospital and never came back."

Jiang He sat on his bed and asked curiously, "You seem to be in pretty good spirits... and since you're Fang Tailai's personal disciple, your cultivation level must be quite high. Why did you come back?"

"Don't mention it."

Huang Mao sighed deeply, sat on the next hospital bed, and began to tell his own story.

"I was the last to become a disciple of Fang Tailai; I was the junior disciple of Benlei Martial Arts School."

"The senior students at the martial arts school were all very kind to me. Although my master didn't teach me anything, he was still a master I had kowtowed to."

"Then you killed them..."

"To be honest, I hated you back then, but I couldn't beat you, so I said I wouldn't seek revenge, but secretly I swore that one day I would kill you."

"But later, the Martial Arts Administration Bureau announced their crimes, and I realized that far too many innocent people had died because of them over the years. The people of the Heavenly Demon Sect deserve to be killed by everyone!"

"I was very confused during that time, and I did nothing all day. Later, I got into gambling."

“I lost all my wealth and owed a huge debt. I had nowhere to go.”

"I want to join a martial arts team and go out to hunt ferocious beasts... but when people find out that I am Fang Tailai's disciple, they refuse to accept me no matter what."

“I had nowhere to go… Finally, I remembered that Xiang Rongshan had slipped a large sum of money into the hospital to get me closer to you, prepaying for several years of hospitalization.”

"Since I had nowhere else to go, I moved in."

At this point, Huang Mao couldn't help but laugh and said, "I have to say... the environment in this hospital is quite nice, the food is plentiful, the patients are very friendly, the director is also very approachable, and he even plays mahjong with us every day."

Jiang He understood this deeply and patted Huang Mao on the shoulder, saying, "Since you're here, treat this place as your own home... But since you're a martial artist, you can't let your martial arts go to waste. Go back and get a note from the dean so you can go out and kill some ferocious beasts in your spare time. You can train yourself and earn money to pay off your debts at the same time."

"As for why no martial arts team wants you..."

Jiang He took out his phone, gave Wu Xingchen's contact information to Zhuang Shuai, and said, "Contact him later and say I introduced you."

After a conversation.

The two became quite familiar with each other.

Jiang He asked, "By the way... what were you doing just now?"

Huang Mao: "I was bored in the hospital, so I started doing live streaming and teaching people martial arts online."

Right.

This guy is at least a genuine fourth-rank martial artist.

Moreover, he comes from a martial arts school background. When he was at Benlei Martial Arts School, he had more than a hundred junior brothers under his command. His teaching ability must be quite good. When Jiang He inquired about the teaching situation, Huang Mao smiled bitterly and said, "Not many people watch... Usually, a few people come into the live broadcast room, and they all say that I am a liar and even call me mentally ill."

"........."

Jiang He pondered for a moment and said, "Try not wearing a hospital gown when you do your live streams in the future."

Upon hearing this, Huang Mao suddenly realized what was going on.

He quickly took off his blue and white striped hospital gown, revealing himself to be wearing only red underwear, and came in front of the live stream camera. He then performed a set of boxing moves with impressive skill, but before he could finish, the live stream was shut down.

"What...what's going on?"

The blond-haired man was shocked.

Jiang He was also extremely puzzled and asked in surprise, "What? Is it illegal to livestream boxing without wearing a mental hospital gown?"

There was no excessive dwelling on this issue.

He has his own things to do.

It's 10 p.m. right now.

On the way to the hospital, Jiang He ran here. He's already completed his "night run" for today. He still needs one more of today's eight doses of "Twenty-Four Flavor Rehmannia Pills".

Take out three pills of "Twenty-Four Flavor Rehmannia Pill" and swallow them.

"Ding!"

"Rational use of medication, strength +10kg."

"Hmm... It seems that I haven't finished farming the [basic attributes] for today, namely [after-dinner fruit] and [midnight snack]."

Jiang He took out a Tianyin Grass and put it in his mouth.

"Ding!"

"Consuming a spiritual plant increases strength by 3000 kg."

A system notification sounded in my mind.

Huang Mao swallowed hard, shocked: "Holy crap... Jiang He even eats grass? It seems the rumors were true, his condition really hasn't recovered."

Jiang He glanced at Huang Mao and asked, "Huang Shuai, right? Was your senior brother arranging for you to be admitted to the hospital in a regular ward or a VIP ward?"

wipe!
What Huang Shuai?
My name is Zhuang Shuai, okay?
Huang Mao thought to himself... But it's alright, it's better than being called "Huang Mao"!

He began, "A VIP ward, but the director said that the roof of our inpatient building was trampled by an idiot and is still under repair, so he asked me to stay in 207 temporarily... Ah, Mr. Jiang, why did you hit me?"

"Who the hell are you calling an idiot?"

Jiang He, enraged, threw another punch.

The blond-haired guy realized what was happening...

So the "fool" the dean was talking about was Jiang He?
After beating up the blond-haired guy, Jiang He said, "The patients in the VIP ward need a fruit platter every day... blond-haired guy, go ask the hospital director for one!"

Under the threat of rivers.

Huang Mao, steeling himself, went and asked for a fruit platter. Jiang He placed the platter on his bedside table, crossed his legs, and began to enjoy the fruit.

"Ding!"

"A balanced diet can increase your strength by 10kg."

He only left the ward and walked out of the hospital after the system notification sounded in his mind.

"Ding!"

"Consuming essence blood increases strength by 5000kg."

"Ding!"

"Consuming the elixir will increase your strength by 500 kg."

"Ding!"

"Consuming a spiritual plant increases strength by 3000 kg."

As he walked, he grabbed a handful of Heavenly Yin Grass, the essence blood of a King-level ferocious beast, and Marrow Refining Pills, and ate them as snacks.

His strength is steadily increasing.

The body's Qi and blood are becoming stronger and stronger.

As his qi and blood and physical strength increased, Jiang He felt that something was subtly changing in his body. His bones felt tingly and itchy, as if his bone marrow was surging!
"Eighth level of Body Refinement... Marrow Refinement?"

Jiang He stuffed a handful of marrow-refining pills into his mouth, then calmed his mind and carefully "looked" at his bones and the marrow inside them!

This feeling is very strange.

Jiang He believes that the "inner vision" of a martial artist, which is somewhat similar to that of a normal spiritual practitioner, is a kind of "ability" that was born because his mental will is strong enough.

"Xiahou Wu said that in the path of body refinement, the eighth grade is marrow refinement, and the ninth grade is blood exchange. When one can refine the marrow like frost and the blood like mercury, that is the limit of the ninth grade of body refinement."

"so……"

"I've only just entered the eighth rank of Body Refinement?"

Jiang He felt something was off. He checked the information and consulted Xiahou Wu.

Generally, a body-refining martial artist can enter the eighth grade of body refinement and begin "marrow refinement" once their physical strength reaches 15 dragon strength... My physical strength is already close to 26 dragon strength, yet I'm only just starting to refine my marrow.
But upon further reflection, I felt relieved.

“People’s physical constitutions are different, so their upper limits are also different… Just as Xiahou Wu said, the limit of a typical body-refining martial artist at the sixth rank is about the power of two dragons, but he has the power of three dragons. After that, he has to break through the physical limit and step into the realm of body-refining grandmaster.”

"Before I advanced to the Body Refinement Grandmaster level... my physical strength seemed to be equivalent to the power of 8 dragons."

"His upper limit is much higher than Xiahou Wu and the others, so it's only natural that he would be stronger when he advances to the eighth rank."

of course.

Jiang He was referring to the "upper limit".

Rather than "limits".

Before consuming the "Azure Jade Snow Lotus Fruit," he did not feel the limits of his physical body. He was able to circulate his qi and blood throughout his body and release the power of his qi and blood externally, thanks to the effects of the "Azure Jade Snow Lotus Fruit," rather than "breaking his own limits."

I haven't even felt my limits, how can I break them?

"Ding!"

"Consuming the elixir will increase your strength by 500 kg."

"Ding!"

"Consuming the elixir will increase your strength by 500 kg."

"Ding……"

Upon realizing that he had entered the eighth stage of Body Refinement and was beginning the "Marrow Refinement Stage," Jiang He chose to consume "Marrow Refinement Pills" in large quantities.

Across a few streets.

Arriving at the familiar stall in the night market, Jiang He finished his late-night snack and rushed back to the hospital.

Ward 207.

Zhuang Shuai was on the phone, saying things like "live stream unblocking" and "complaint".

Jiang He ignored Zhuang Shuai, sat cross-legged on the bed, and waved his hand...

Wow!

Bed.

A large number of "Marrow Refining Pills" appeared.

"Fuck!"

Zhuang Shuai, who had just hung up the phone, exclaimed in surprise and rushed over. Looking at the huge pile of "Marrow Refining Pills," he exclaimed, "These are... Bone Tempering Pills, right? It's said that the Martial Arts Administration sells Bone Tempering Pills for 20 each. There must be at least 1000 of them!"

"Bone Tempering Pill?"

Jiang He chuckled and said, "Although it looks somewhat similar, this is definitely not a Bone Tempering Pill, but a Marrow Refining Pill... The price of one Marrow Refining Pill is enough to buy 25 Bone Tempering Pills!"

Yellow Hair: "..."

hiss!
He gasped, exclaiming in surprise, "Does that mean this one pill is worth a full 500 million?"

Jiang He grabbed a handful of "Marrow Refining Pills" and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing as he chuckled, "Pretty much, I haven't calculated it precisely..."

He ate over 100 Marrow Refining Pills in one go, feeling a bit thirsty. He took out 100 yuan from his pocket and said, "Yellow Hair, go buy a few drinks... Use the rest of the money to buy whatever you want to eat."

With a flick of his wrist, he took out another handful of "King-level Ferocious Beast Essence Blood" and stuffed it all into his mouth.

Take a bite.

A large amount of "King-level ferocious beast essence blood" exploded inside the mouth.

It can barely serve as a "beverage" in some way.

Zhuang Shuai was startled again and asked in surprise, "Mr. Jiang... what you just ate... was cod liver oil?"

Jiang He was amused: "What cod liver oil? That's the essence blood of a king-level ferocious beast, it just looks a bit like cod liver oil..."

"???"

Blood essence of a king-level ferocious beast? ???

For Zhuang Shuai, such a thing only existed in legends.

He felt his worldview being turned upside down, and muttered, "I heard that a drop of the essence blood of a king-level ferocious beast is worth 1 million... Didn't Mr. Jiang just consume several hundred million with that bite?"

"What do you mean, a hundred million or a hundred million?"

Jiang He remained silent for a moment.

That's the lowest grade of king-level ferocious beast blood essence, okay?
Most of the ones I exchanged are worth hundreds of millions per drop. I just ate eighteen of them in one bite. If converted into money, that's at least 50 billion!
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PS: Second update is here, there will be a third update today. (End of this chapter)