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

February 20th, 2025 (lunar calendar).

Early in the morning, Chen Ze sent someone to the villa where Jiang He lived to invite Jiang He to have breakfast together.

Since he had to stick to the "balanced diet" rule anyway, Jiang He naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Ding!"

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

After finishing breakfast, Jiang He said, "Brother Chen, could you have a servant bring me a cup of boiled water? I need to take my medicine."

Chen Ze smiled and said, "I have some fine aged wine here, Brother Jiang, please feel free to drink it."

Jiang He shook his head and said seriously, "Medicine must be taken with warm water, otherwise it's not appropriate."

Chen Ze ordered his men to prepare hot water, then asked curiously, "Brother Jiang... could you tell me what kind of medicine you're taking?"

Jiang He stammered and made up a story: "It's nothing, just some ordinary health supplements."

He didn't want Chen Ze to misunderstand that he had a "mental illness".

After taking the medicine.

Chen Ze then gathered the other nine people and, together with Jiang He, arrived at the "teleportation array" of the Holy King's Mansion.

Unlike the various prefectures and kingdoms.

There are three teleportation arrays in the Holy King City of the Eastern Region, which can teleport people to any prefecture or kingdom in the Eastern Region, as well as to the Central Region. Two of them are located in the East City and West City of the Holy King City, and are controlled by the Holy King's Mansion.

Every year, these two teleportation arrays alone can earn the Holy King's Palace a large sum of "spirit stones".

This one within the Holy King's Palace is for "private use".

As long as enough "spirit stones" are provided, it can be activated at any time.

"I am busy with official duties, so Commander Tian will take you to the Heavenly Blade Sect... Remember, once you arrive at the Heavenly Blade Sect, you must not cause trouble, but you must not be afraid of trouble either, and you must not tarnish the reputation of my Eastern Region!"

"Commander Tian" is one of the three commanders of the "Crimson Blood Army" of the Holy King's Mansion. He is a low-level half-saint and his main cultivation is the way of the sword!
All nine people responded in unison.

"Commander Tian, ​​you've had a long day."

Chen Ze looked at "Commander Tian," who understood and glanced at the nine men before saying, "You all come with me!"

Say it.

He then led the nine people to activate the teleportation array.

Brother Jiang!

Chen Ze looked at Jiang He and whispered, "When you go to the Heavenly Blade Sect, you must not reveal your true identity!"

"Oh?"

Jiang He's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked, "What do you mean?"

"As Huangfu Qiming said, the Heavenly Blade Sect is no longer the Heavenly Blade Sect it once was... In fact, since that battle a thousand years ago, those super sects and forces in the Central Region have long since become mere shells."

Chen Ze explained, "Back then, in order to resist the invasion of alien races, all the major super sects, powerful figures, and disciples went out to fight, resulting in countless deaths and injuries. Later, when the alien races invaded the Kunlun Realm, most of these sects were wiped out, and the few that survived... naturally had to surrender to the alien races to have this opportunity."

"The strongest person in the Heavenly Blade Sect today is said to be a Saint Realm expert from the Bone Clan!"

"This [Sword Dao Tournament] and the ten spots to go to the Heavenly Sword Sect were all negotiated by those three alien beasts!"

"I see."

Jiang He said, "In that case, I'll just make up a name... People in the martial arts world don't use their real names when they're out and about, I know that much."

"correct."

"Brother Chen, remember to make proper arrangements for my four spirit pets."

Chen Ze said, "They will set off within three days. I have already given Flying Eagle Half-Saint a map of the Central Region. He will wait for you at the designated location, Brother Jiang!"

Half an hour later.

Jiang He and the other nine people followed "Commander Tian" onto the teleportation array.

hum!
As the teleportation array was activated, a seven-colored radiance emanated from it, enveloping Jiang He and the other eleven people. When the radiance subsided, the eleven people had disappeared.

Chen Ze returned to the palace, summoned the Flying Eagle Half-Saint, took out a jade talisman, and said, "Take this jade talisman to the teleportation array in the East City, find the Crimson Blood Army commander in charge of guarding the teleportation array, and he will arrange for the four of you to go to the Central Region."

"The teleportation array in the East City can transport you to Tianfeng City in the Central Region. This city is only 108,000 miles away from the Heavenly Blade Sect. Wait here, and your master will come to find you."

...............

Of the five regions of Kunlun Realm, the Central Region is the most radiant and prosperous.

The entire Central Region was further divided into the Nine Provinces.

Each state possesses countless spiritual veins and resources, and the land of one state is equivalent to one-third of the size of the Eastern Region!
The Heavenly Blade Sect is located in Qingzhou, in the eastern part of the Central Region. It is one of the strongest sects in Qingzhou, and all sects and major forces in Qingzhou are subject to the orders and control of the Heavenly Blade Sect!
"This is Qingzhou City, the most prosperous city in Qingzhou."

Commander Tian led Jiang He and ten others out of the teleportation array and pointed to the side, saying, "Look, there are eighteen teleportation arrays here alone. Almost every day, a large number of powerful individuals and merchant caravans use these teleportation arrays to enter and leave Qingzhou City and travel to various parts of the Central Region."

Jiang He and his group looked around.

It felt like "Grandma Liu" visiting the Grand View Garden.

In the Eastern Region.

Saint King City is already large and prosperous enough, with many experts in the city, and Celestial Realm experts can be seen everywhere.

However, Qingzhou City was much larger and more prosperous than the Eastern Region Holy King City. Eighteen teleportation arrays were operating in tandem, with one expert after another emerging from or entering the teleportation arrays. The aura of these experts was at least at the Fish-Dragon Realm.

In just a quarter of an hour, Jiang He sensed the auras of five half-saints.

In particular, one of them possessed the aura of a high-ranking semi-saint.

The high-level demigod seemed to be heading somewhere. Before stepping into the teleportation array, he glanced at Jiang He carefully, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

This kid...

Such formidable physical strength?

A Star Realm Body Cultivator?
Who in the Central Region could have raised such a freak?
The high-level demigod secretly changed his mind and entered the teleportation array.

"Qingzhou City is the capital of Qingzhou, and it is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court... All the major forces in Qingzhou have their own bases here. Let's go to the Tiandao Sect's base first, and then everyone can move around freely after we've finished making contact."

Commander Tian was quite familiar with Qingzhou City.

soon.

He then led Jiang He and ten others to the "Heavenly Blade Sect" headquarters.

This is a huge mansion.

The man who received Commander Tian was a middle-aged man carrying a battle sword. Although his cultivation level was only at the Fish-Dragon Realm, his brows were full of arrogance. Even when facing Commander Tian, ​​a half-saint, he still had a haughty feeling.

"The Holy King's Palace of the Eastern Region has arrived?"

"Do you have any token of the Half-Saint Crow's Cry?"

On the other hand, it was Wu Ti, the Half-Saint, who was in contact with the Heavenly Blade Sect.

Fortunately, the Half-Saint Wuti is dead, and his "token" has fallen into Chen Ze's hands.

Commander Tian handed over the "token" of the half-saint Wu Ti. After examining the token, the middle-aged man from the Fish-Dragon Realm immediately underwent a 180-degree turn in attitude, losing all his previous arrogance.

Instead, he bowed and scraped, saying, "Sir...please come in quickly!"

Commander Tian nodded and entered the Heavenly Blade Sect's outpost.

Jiang He and the others followed them inside. The Fish-Dragon Realm cultivator invited them into a grand hall and said, "Lord Tian, ​​fellow disciples, please wait a moment. I'll be right back."

After that, the Fish-Dragon Realm left.

Soon after, a sound came.

"quick."

"Go prepare the banquet... according to the highest standards for receiving a semi-saint."

"why?"

"Are you blind...? That's a confidant of Wu Ti, the Eastern Region Inspector. You don't know Wu Ti? He's a powerful member of the Golden Crow Clan... The Golden Crow Clan is one of the most powerful races in the heavens. In terms of strength and foundation, they are even stronger than the Bone Clan behind our Heavenly Blade Sect!"

In the main hall.

Jiang He and "Commander Tian" exchanged a strange glance. He glanced at the nine "swordsmen" and found that several of them were the same, especially the bearded swordsman, whose brows were furrowed into a deep frown.

Soon.

The middle-aged man from the Fish-Dragon Realm has returned.

He took out ten identity tokens and handed them to Jiang He and the nine "swordsmen," saying, "These are temporary identity tokens specially made for you by my Heavenly Blade Sect. With these tokens, you can enjoy the treatment of true disciples in my Heavenly Blade Sect for three years... If you can make enough contributions and gain enough merit after three years, you can become true disciples of my Heavenly Blade Sect!"

after that.

It was a banquet.

The banquet was extremely lavish, and even the seemingly most ordinary cold dishes were made with "spiritual plants".

The dishes were extremely luxurious, all made with top-quality ingredients, and even the wines were the finest. After the banquet, Jiang He's physical strength increased by more than 1 dragon.

Eat and drink enough.

The middle-aged man from the Fish-Dragon Realm then invited Commander Tian to "change locations".

Jiang He and his group left the "Heavenly Blade Sect" headquarters and wandered freely around Qingzhou City.

As soon as he left the "Heavenly Blade Sect" headquarters, the bearded swordsman spat and cursed, "Pah... What the hell? Is this the number one sword sect in the Kunlun Realm?"

"With bones that are soft, how can one cultivate a powerful sword technique?"

"Old Luo, are you out of your mind?!"

aside.

A swordsman who looked to be in his fifties quickly covered the bearded man's mouth, cautiously glanced back at the "Heavenly Blade Sect" headquarters, and seeing that no one was paying attention, lowered his voice and said, "His Highness the Holy Son already informed us about the Heavenly Blade Sect's situation before we came!"

"We're here to learn swordsmanship and pursue the sacred path of the sword, not to learn how to be a person!"

The bearded man huffed and puffed, saying, "Learning swordsmanship in a place like this... just thinking about it makes me feel disgusted. The Heavenly Blade Sect used to be so powerful, producing many sword masters... but now, as soon as they hear that Commander Tian is a confidant of the Golden Crow Clan's Half-Saint, their attitude changes faster than a face-changing act."

Chen Ze had already spoken with these nine people about the situation at the Eastern Region Holy King's Mansion.

They had a general understanding of the matter concerning the "Foreign Inspector," so they naturally knew that the so-called "Crow-crying Half-Saint" confidant of "Commander Tian" was an imposter.

But when they thought about the change in attitude of the "Fish-Dragon Realm" from the Heavenly Blade Sect, they felt a strange sense of disgust and even discomfort.

Jiang He, however, took it in stride and said cheerfully, "The Heavenly Blade Sect has long since become a puppet of the alien races, and most of its high-ranking members are also aliens... It's normal that the disciples of the Heavenly Blade Sect have been affected over the past thousand years."

Jiang He had seen this kind of thing many times in his "past life".

Many people idolize foreign things and belittle their own country to nothing.

Isn't this the same situation that Tian Dao Sect is in now?

Originally, he planned to take a stroll around the "Heavenly Blade Sect" and then meet up with Little Fox and Little Golden Dragon... But now, a bold plan had taken shape in his mind!

Since many of the higher-ups in the Heavenly Blade Sect are from other races.

that……

Wouldn't it be better to kill a few and boost your strength?

I spent the afternoon strolling around Qingzhou City.

That evening, Jiang He was dragged to the auction by the bearded swordsman again.

This bearded man's surname was Luo, and his name was Luo Wudi. He was over 360 years old and had reached the peak of the Fish-Dragon Realm. His swordsmanship was extremely skilled. After a day of conversation, he had become much more familiar with Jiang He.

Brother Jiang!

“I’ve already inquired… Today is Wanbaolou Auction House’s once-a-year medium-sized auction. It’s said that there’s even a Saint Source item up for auction today. Even if we can’t afford it, it’ll be good to go and broaden our horizons.”

"This Wanbaolou is quite remarkable."

"It is said that there are a total of seventy-two branch buildings in the Central Region of the Nine Provinces, and each branch building has a half-saint presiding over it... There are even saints in the branch buildings in the cities of various provinces."

"so smart?"

Jiang He was secretly surprised. Wouldn't that mean there were at least seventy half-saints?
To have run a business to this extent is quite impressive.

To enter the "Wanbaolou" auction, verification of funds is required.

Luo Wudi, needless to say, is a martial artist at the peak of the Fish-Dragon Realm and has some resources.

Jiang He casually grabbed a handful of Yin Grass.

The person in charge of verifying the funds was a female Fish-Dragon Realm cultivator from Wanbaolou. She was extremely beautiful and had an excellent temperament. She smiled and said, "Sir, these few Heavenly Yin Grasses are not enough to qualify you for our medium-sized auction this time."

Jiang He said, "Who said I only have a few plants?"

talking.

He simply tossed a storage ring over.

The female Fish-Dragon Realm martial artist took the ring and scanned it with her spiritual power. Her beautiful eyes widened in shock, and she looked at Jiang He again with disbelief. Jiang He said calmly, "Well? Are you qualified?"

The female Fish-Dragon Realm warrior regained her senses and quickly composed herself, saying, "I'm sorry, sir, I lost my composure... Gentlemen, please!"

She was considered a middle-level manager at Wanbaolou.

I have seen countless treasures.

A mere Heavenly Yin Grass is hardly worthy of her attention... After all, Heavenly Yin Grass is useless to a martial artist of her level, and in terms of value, a single plant is worth at most a few dozen spirit stones.

But a storage ring...

Ji Yao felt dazed and confused, as if it were all unreal.

Although the storage ring was a bit small... the sheer amount of Heavenly Yin Grass filling the entire ring was astonishing. How many plants must there be?
Hundreds of thousands of plants?

Millions?
If one plant is worth 30 spirit stones... that would be tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of spirit stones, right?

Let's look at the rivers again.

Suddenly noticing that the young man in front of her was handsome and had a good presence, Ji Yao secretly wondered about Jiang He's background and handed over the storage ring with both hands.

Jiang He waved his hand and said, "Take the ring and help me count the number of Heavenly Yin Grass... I heard that your Wanbaolou buys all sorts of things. This thing is useless to me now, so I'll sell it to you as well."

Ji Yao was taken aback.

He immediately smiled broadly and said, "Gentlemen, please... come to the VIP room, and I will arrange for someone to help you with the inventory."

soon.

Jiang He and Luo Wudi were taken to a VIP room on the seventh floor.

The view here is excellent, with a perfect view of the "auction stage," and the VIP room also has a small "sky screen" that can project the "treasures" on the auction stage onto the room.

Ji Yao personally brewed tea for Jiang He and Luo Wudi, and then called two female employees from Wanbaolou to count the number of Tianyin Grass.

Both female employees were at the Celestial Realm, and they were able to quickly scan and count the items using their spiritual power.

The final quantity is obtained.

2,083,680 plants.

The transaction price was 32 spirit stones per plant, and a total of more than 6667 million spirit stones were sold. Wanbaolou helped Jiang He round it up to 6700 million.

"Mr. Wei."

Ji Yao smiled radiantly and said, "This storage ring now belongs to my Wanbaolou... Here are 12 spirit crystal cards, please keep them safe."

Jiang He now uses the name "Wei Jian".

As for the Spirit Crystal Card, it is about the same size as a bank card, but it is more exquisitely made, with a jade-like color and extremely hard material.

It is said that there are four levels of Spirit Crystal Cards.

The lowest grade is white, where one spirit crystal card represents 100 spirit crystals. Next is black, which represents 1000 million spirit crystals, and then gold, which represents 10 million spirit crystals.

The purple-gold color represents 1 million spirit crystals.

It has the Wanbaolou logo on it, which cannot be counterfeited. Cardholders can make purchases or withdraw cash at any branch of Wanbaolou at any time.

Later.

Ji Yao then brought Jiang He an "auction catalog" and said, "Mr. Wei, I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now... If you have any instructions, please press the bell here at any time. Ji Yao is always ready." (End of Chapter)