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

The four elders of Qingqiu Mountain glanced at them.

But then they saw a handsome young monk sitting at the next table.

The young monk sat at the same table as a woman in red, and the table was laden with wine and meat.

The thirteenth elder frowned slightly...

The Qingqiu Fox Clan enjoys studying human culture, and the Thirteenth Elder is particularly fond of the Buddhist and Taoist cultures of the human race, as can be seen from his habit of addressing people as "fellow Daoists."

"Drinking alcohol and eating meat?"

"Still keeping beautiful women company?"

This monk has profound cultivation, possessing an aura that surpasses the Fish-Dragon Realm, and his internal Dao principles are extremely powerful... However, he doesn't seem very serious!

With a thought flashing through his mind, the Thirteenth Elder looked down on the little monk from the bottom of his heart before shaking his head and saying, "If we knew the characteristics, it wouldn't be so hard to find him."

The Sixth Elder's eyes flickered slightly as he said, "That Jiang He has a little fox with him... and he has an extremely good relationship with the Seven Demon Saints of Niushou Mountain."

"Oh?"

A hint of doubt flashed in the young monk's eyes. He said, "Amitabha... It seems that the Jiang He you are looking for is not the same person as the Jiang He I know."

Say it.

Turned.

I started chatting with the woman in red.

The Sixth Elder noticed the doubt in the little monk's eyes and couldn't help but observe him a few more times. He then heard the little monk saying some vulgar things to the woman in red while eating meat with gusto, his mouth dripping with oil!
The key is the woman in red opposite him.

Even the Sixth Elder couldn't quite see through the aura emanating from him!
He secretly thought to himself, then transmitted his voice to the other three elders, saying, "This little lecherous monk is not simple... and the woman in red with him is even more so. Perhaps he really does know Jiang He!"

Oh?
The other three elders all glanced at the woman in red a few more times.

They discovered that the woman in red had an ordinary aura, seemingly without any cultivation.

But that's precisely what makes it extraordinary...

Within Liangzhou City, even the lowest-ranking commoners usually know a few tricks; how could there be any completely ordinary people?
soon.

After the young monk and the woman in red had eaten and drunk their fill, they left the restaurant together, cuddling intimately.

The four elders of Qingqiu Mountain exchanged glances, paid the bill, and quietly followed behind.

In front.

The woman in red said sweetly, "Good brother, those four old foxes are following us!"

The young monk smiled and said, "It's alright... Jiang He's cultivation is now at the heavens, he's only a half-saint, there's no need to worry."

The woman in red asked, "What?"

"Jiang He achieved physical sainthood, slaying the Great Black Heavenly Demon King and the Great Sun Saint, becoming famous in one battle... You seem quite pleased with yourself?"

"You were once the pride of your time, rivals who fought side by side. Now that he's left you far behind, you feel no pressure at all?"

This little monk is none other than...

It was Xu Rulai.

The woman in red is the "ghost in red," but now she has recovered to the Saint Realm, her flesh and blood have regenerated, and she is no different from an ordinary person.

When she said "a former rival", Xu Rulai couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Back then, Jiang He only threw one punch and I was utterly defeated... How can you talk about a rival?"

"As for the pressure?"

“Jiang He is a year younger than me… I was chosen by my master from a young age and taught Buddhism and Buddhist martial arts. I have always been hailed as a martial arts genius, but it wasn’t until I met Jiang He that I realized what a true genius is!”

“No matter how much I cultivated before, I could never catch up with Jiang He’s pace, and I felt a lot of pressure… But now, he has achieved physical sainthood and his combat power is approaching that of a Great Saint, so I feel no pressure anymore.”

Anyway, we can't catch up.

We're not even on the same level anymore... what pressure do we need?
Seeing Xu Rulai like this, the woman in red was afraid that he would be discouraged, so she pondered for a long time before saying, "Actually, your talent is already among the best in the entire universe. Even if you hadn't met me... I'm afraid it wouldn't have taken you more than a few years to cultivate to the Fish-Dragon Realm on your own, and you might even be able to break through to the Half-Saint Realm before you turn fifty!"

"As for rivers..."

"Don't compare yourself to him."

"Throughout the myriad realms and throughout history, I have never heard of anyone who can cultivate so quickly, especially since he is a body cultivator... In the fashionable terms on your Blue Star internet, this guy is definitely cheating!"

Xu Rulai asked, "Sister, do we really need to ask Jiang He for help?"

The woman in red said, "Do you know any other experts in the Central Region? That's the site of a Buddhist monk's relics, which must contain Buddhist treasures... Don't you want to get your hands on them?"

But I'm afraid the river will take me away!

Xu Rulai thought to himself... But considering that Jiang He has now "become a saint in the flesh," his personality must be different from before!

He recognized Jiang He as early as when he watched the "Sky Screen Recording" released by Wanbaolou.

Furthermore, after making inquiries from various sources, it was learned that Jianghe is currently located in the Wanbaolou branch in Yuzhou City.

As for why Xu Rulai was able to determine that they were looking for Jiang He when the sixth elder of Qingqiu Fox mentioned that they had a "close relationship with the Seven Demon Saints of Niushou Mountain"... it was because the leader of the Seven Demon Saints of Niushou Mountain, "Devouring Heaven Demon Saint," appeared in the video recording played by Wanbaolou.

hum!
As the teleportation array lit up with its seven-colored light, Xu Rulai and the woman in red disappeared.

The four elders of Qingqiu Mountain stepped forward, found the martial artist in charge of guarding the teleportation array, and asked, "May I ask where that little monk just went?"

The warrior guarding the teleportation array said righteously, "I'm sorry... our city lord has ordered that we must not disclose the information of the guests using the teleportation array!"

The thirteenth elder released a slight amount of holy power.

The martial artist sneered and said, "Half-Saint? Who are you trying to scare..."

Although he was a fish-dragon.

Those likely dispatched to guard the teleportation array must be soldiers from the Liangzhou City Lord's Mansion, people of the imperial court. He naturally has no fear of ordinary half-saints.

The Thirteenth Elder was furious and was about to lose his temper when the Sixth Elder stopped him.

The Sixth Elder quietly slipped a Dao weapon into the hand of the Fish-Dragon Realm warrior and said with a smile, "We have no ill intentions. It's just that the little monk might know an old friend of ours, and we want to go and find out more about him."

The Fish-Dragon Realm martial artist tucked the Dao weapon into his sleeve, shook his head, and said, "I can't say... By the way, are you going to Yuzhou City? One million spirit stones each..."

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

"Ding!"

"Refine the Holy Blood, Strength +5 Dragon Power".

"Ding!"

"Refine the Holy Blood, Strength +5 Dragon Power".

"Ding……"

Yuzhou City, Wanbaolou.

In a meditation chamber that is over a thousand meters long and wide, with the floor, walls, and ceiling all made of special materials, Jiang He sat cross-legged on the ground, naked from the waist up, "cultivating".

"Secluded cultivation is just too boring!"

After gulping down several mouthfuls of holy blood, Jiang He began to complain inwardly.

It's been seven days!
After arriving at the Wanxiang Tower in Yuzhou, he first had Ji Wufa have someone take inventory of the treasures he possessed. He left behind all the resources that could be directly consumed, refined, and transformed into his own "power," such as Sacred Source, Sacred Blood, pills, and spiritual objects.

The remaining treasures, except for the three sets of top-grade holy weapons, were all given to Wanbaolou to exchange for cultivation resources.

Ji cannot guarantee that a batch of supplies will be delivered within seven days; the remaining supplies... will have to wait!
no way!
In less than two months, Jiang He had already obtained goods from Wanbaolou twice, and the supplies such as Holy Source, Holy Blood, and Holy Liquid were almost completely exchanged!
Fortunately, Wanbaolou had a wide distribution network.

In addition, the branch buildings have recently been opened in the four regions of East, South, West and North, so that Jianghe can gather another batch of supplies in a short time... After all, these things are hard currency, and most sects, families and forces rarely put them out for sale!

Even if an ordinary person has money, they may not be able to buy it.

Tons, tons, tons!
After drinking a few more mouthfuls of "Earth's Core Milk," feeling his own strength, blood, and physique growing stronger, Jiang He had a thought, and the system attribute panel appeared.

Name: Jiang He

[Age: 20 years old]

Occupation: Mentally ill patient

[Power: 1.4 Star Power]

"My power is increasing so slowly..." "I've been in seclusion for seven days, and I've drunk a whole jar of holy blood, and I've only increased my star power by 0.4?"

wrong!

Jiang He calculated it carefully...

I killed a lot of half-saints in Jizhou, devoured a lot of saintly sources, and even earned seventy or eighty thousand dragon power!
0.4 Star Power is equivalent to 40 Dragon Power.

In other words, he only increased his dragon power by 43 after seven days of seclusion?

"really."

"Martial arts training cannot be achieved by simply sitting in seclusion; a balance between work and rest is essential... Only by sparring from time to time can one grow rapidly!"

"I wonder if the Zankai-tō has been repaired... and Ji Wufa should be back today too."

With these thoughts swirling in his mind, Jiang He got up and left the cultivation chamber.

Outside the secret room.

The owner of the Yuzhou branch of Wanbaolou was already waiting on the side. When he saw Jiang He emerge from the pass, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Jiang, you've emerged from the pass?"

The poster's surname is Huang.

It is also the cultivation level of the mid-stage of the Saint Realm.

"Ah."

Jiang He walked forward and said, "Is there anything to eat? Please prepare some for me. I've been eating holy blood, holy liquid, earth core milk, and pills for the past seven days, and my mouth is getting so bland."

Huang Louzhu followed Jiang He and said, "Mr. Jiang, please wait a moment. I will send someone to make preparations immediately."

He summoned a disciple of Wanbaolou and gave him an order.

Then he added, "By the way, Mr. Jiang, I have had my men deal with those broken holy corpses you left behind last time. We obtained a total of 8800 drops of holy blood and 168 million catties of holy bones!"

"How many?"

Jiang He stopped in his tracks, his voice rising several decibels involuntarily.

8800 drops of holy blood is reasonable.

But the sacred bone...

168 million jin?

Master Huang said, "Sacred bones are different from ordinary bones. They are inherently extremely heavy... In addition, the bodies of those alien races are larger, so it is only natural that their sacred bones are heavier. The half-saint of the Golden Crow Clan only has half a body left, but his sacred bones alone weigh 100,000 jin."

It turned out to be the case.

Jiang He asked, "What is the purpose of this sacred bone?"

Master Huang said, "It can be used to forge weapons and refine bone-forging pills... The Weapon Sect and the Pill Sect of Liangzhou have a great demand for these things. We will take the Sacred Bone to exchange for the resources that you need, Mr. Jiang."

"Okay, you handle it as you see fit."

Jiang He asked, "Has Master Ji returned?"

As they were talking, a hearty laugh came from outside.

Ji Wufa walked over carrying a precious sword and said, "Brother Jiang, I have fulfilled my mission... I have obtained the resources you needed."

Jiang He's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward to accept the five storage rings.

Ji Wufa said, "This storage ring contains Saint Source, but unfortunately there is not much Saint Source. My elder brother even went to kill two alien half-saints and only managed to get eight in total... This is Saint Blood, about 300,000 drops, and this is Saint Liquid."

"This fourth storage ring contains various pills that you requested to be acquired."

"The fifth ring contains some spiritual and rare items, all of which have the effect of enhancing physical strength!"

Jiang He glanced around.

Don't rush to refine the Holy Source.

He still had 10 of them on him, which he would save for later when he activated the "Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique".

30 drops of holy blood...

I have about 2 drops left on me.

Leave 2 drops as a reserve... Refining all 30 drops of holy blood can increase dragon power by approximately 1.5 million, which is equivalent to 150 star power.

There is also holy liquid.

There was a great deal of holy liquid; refining it all would increase one's power by about 1.5 Star Power.

As for elixirs, rare and magical items, Jiang He neither recognized them nor knew their names, so he would only know their effects after consuming them.

It's safe to assume they were all refined...

Raising one's physical strength to the level of "Six Star Power" should not be difficult.

"As expected... the fastest way to get cultivation resources is to steal them from others."

Jiang He sighed inwardly and asked, "Have I run out of money?"

Ji Wufa said, "Because you urgently need them, Mr. Jiang, many of the supplies were purchased at a premium. About a quarter of the treasures you entrusted to Wanbaolou have already been used up. If you want to purchase these supplies again in a short period of time, the price may have to be increased."

"My suggestion is to buy them slowly... Anyway, with so much holy blood, holy liquid, and pills, it will take quite a while to refine them all."

Jiang He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about the price. The Great Sage of the alien race may descend upon Kunlun within half a year. We can't wait."

The two were talking when they were about to go eat.

At this moment, Master Huang came over again.

He said, "Mr. Jiang... a monk has come from outside. He claims to be an old friend of yours and wants to see you."

"Little monk?"

Jiang He immediately thought of Xu Rulai and quickly stood up, saying, "Quickly...please come in."

Ji Wufa's gaze flickered slightly as he asked, "Mr. Jiang's old friend... could he also be a prodigy from the ancestral star?"

Jiang He nodded and said, "Hmm... His name is Xu Rulai. He is one of the most outstanding geniuses of our generation. He was favored by a high-ranking Buddhist monk from a young age and possesses the highest level of Buddhist martial arts. I didn't expect him to come to Yuzhou as well."

Ji was unmoved and smiled, "Such a prodigy, I should get to know him properly."

soon.

Xu Rulai was then invited in by Master Huang.

With him was naturally the red-clad female ghost who was always by his side.

Meeting old friends in a foreign land.

Jiang He was in a very good mood.

He stepped forward and laughed, "Old Xu... why are you starting to look more and more like a monk?"

"nice."

"They've already reached the Fish-Dragon Realm?"

talking.

He punched Xu Rulai in the chest.

This……

It's a way for boys to greet each other. Jiang He used this method to greet Xu Rulai, which clearly shows that he really considers him a friend.

Let's talk about Xu Rulai again...

boom!
As Jiang He's fist landed, Xu Rulai felt a sharp pain in his chest, followed by a crisp "crack" sound. Xu Rulai's smile froze instantly, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. His body shot out of the door like a rocket.

"what!"

A scream came.

It was the voice of the woman in red.

She vanished in an instant, turning into a blood-red blur, and called out with concern, "Brother Tathagata... are you alright?" (End of Chapter)