Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

They planned to return to Tianan City in the next day or two, since it had taken them nearly ten days since they left.

Over the past ten days, I've visited almost every iconic scenic spot in Zhongzhou and seen most of everything.

Shen Qiangwei and Zhang Huolong now consider themselves worldly people.

He was even planning how to tell his neighbors about the unique features of Zhongzhou City, its many scenic spots, and most importantly, how it was a place where almost everyone was a martial artist.

It's amazing that they can live together like ordinary people without interfering with each other...

Just like elementary school students who go on vacation during summer vacation and immediately look for someone to share with when they return to school, they are the same.

This led them to forget that their neighbors didn't seem to be very familiar with them...

Even resistance.

Having experienced flying thousands of kilometers in a fighter jet in just twenty minutes, Zhang Chaoqiang wanted his parents to try it out too.

Because of the pressure-resistant armor, this also gives ordinary people the opportunity to ride in advanced fighter jets.

On the afternoon of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, in front of them was a butterfly-shaped object with a bright metal shell and multiple facets, whose nature was not immediately apparent.

This is a relatively comfortable fighter jet dispatched by the Investigation Bureau, with a speed of only tens of thousands of kilometers per hour, or a little over a thousand kilometers every ten minutes. It is much slower than the fighter jet dispatched by the Investigation Bureau for Zhang Chaoqiang's previous missions.

Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei, completely covered in layers of pressure-resistant armor, spoke in a deep voice through their protective suits: "Is it really necessary to be wrapped up so tightly...?"

The two were somewhat annoyed by the cumbersome process, especially after putting on the two layers of protective clothing required by the investigators due to their specific physical conditions…

They couldn't even move at all. In contrast, Zhang Chaoqiang and Tan Yue were only wearing simple protective vests, while Lao Chen didn't need to wear anything. They felt very comfortable and satisfied from the bottom of their hearts.

If possible, Zhang Chaoqiang really wanted them to experience firsthand the physical stress that a fighter jet puts on them during normal flight.

Let them understand that wearing protective clothing is definitely not unnecessary.

Unfortunately, it couldn't be done.

The distance from Zhongzhou City to Jushan Mountain in Minjiang City is, of course, much greater than the distance from Zhongzhou City to Tianan City.

Therefore, even with a slightly slower fighter jet, they were able to cross the two places of Zhongzhou and Tian'an in just over twenty minutes.

It successfully stopped in an open space near Zhang Chaoqiang's house.

"so fast!"

Normally, a flight takes several hours, so when Shen Qiangwei and Zhang Huolong got off the fighter jet, they exclaimed in amazement, their exclamations tinged with disbelief.

Is it really true that it's happening so fast?

It has to be said that this trip really opened the eyes of these two "country bumpkins" to the world.

They saw many facets of the world and broadened their horizons in the process.

Although this is just their own opinion, Zhang Chaoqiang felt that his parents, fundamentally and essentially, had not changed at all.

After Zhang Chaoqiang and his family got off the car, the fighter jet took Lao Chen and Tan Yue back. They said goodbye to Tan Yue and Lao Chen. Although saying goodbye wasn't quite appropriate, since Zhang Chaoqiang and Tan Yue would see each other every few days, their relationship was much closer than that of ordinary classmates.

The vendors in Pingshui Street officially opened for business on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei returned with Zhang Chaoqiang and Langgou, carrying large and small bags, which naturally attracted their attention.

Wow, that's awesome! Happy New Year! Did you guys go on vacation?

"Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Looking at all those bags and packages, did you have a great time this trip?"

As the neighbors greeted them, Zhang Chaoqiang and his family exchanged New Year's greetings with each other.

Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei were even more generous, recounting their experiences and observations during their trip to Zhongzhou City.

I don't know if it's because most of them, like Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei, are ordinary people who haven't had many opportunities to see the other side of the world...

Still, with the "Chinese New Year" buff in their favor, they weren't as resistant to Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei as usual...

Surprisingly, they listened attentively to the story of Zhang Chaoqiang's parents, even nodding and expressing their envy.

Chinese New Year is great.

It might only be during this period that the neighbors' attitudes towards Shen Qiangwei and Zhang Huolong can be somewhat softened.

With about a month and a half until the start of the school year, and given his current body's absorption of the fat-stealing agent, he can only guarantee that it will be fully absorbed before the start of the semester. Therefore, he will temporarily stop considering processing the Screaming Chicken Crystal Core.

However, regarding the matter of absorbing crystal cores beyond one's level, Zhang Chaoqiang needs to purchase many auxiliary items and resources, which serve as a form of security for him.

To avoid being burst apart by the immense spiritual power of the fourth-order crystal core.

This is of course crucial, directly concerning his safety. After all, he's not a monster; even after his body explodes, he can use his advantages to reshape it…

He needs to collect some expensive materials and spiritual plants before he can carry out this idea.

Therefore, he specifically sought Old Chen's help and obtained a unilateral prescription.

The above formula can be applied to the absorbed crystal core, making the spiritual energy within it more gentle and reducing fluctuations, especially for martial artists.

Zhang Chaoqiang politely declined Lao Chen's offer of materials, as the prescription was already priceless. He dared not ask Lao Chen for anything more. After thanking him, he began the process of collecting the prescription materials.

There are precedents of low-level martial artists absorbing high-level crystal cores, but it always requires the assistance of one party, and very few people do it this way.

That is because doing so would not be very meaningful.

The crystal cores absorbed across too many levels are not very beneficial to martial artists, because if one is simply willing to cultivate, then lower-level crystal cores can also achieve the same result.

If the goal is to develop martial arts techniques, then forcibly absorbing crystal cores that exceed one's body's tolerance is inherently a thankless task, so how could it possibly succeed?

It's nonsense.

Therefore, the role of gentle, single-ingredient methods has always been merely to assist in making the spiritual energy of the crystal core more gentle and easier to absorb, rather than making it easier or more likely for martial artists to develop martial arts techniques.

If that were the case, the latter, with its function, would probably have long been an information resource that only large families could possess and monopolize.

Therefore, Lao Chen couldn't understand what Zhang Chaoqiang's purpose was in absorbing the screaming chicken.

After Zhang Chaoqiang returned, Bao Long, who had been keeping an eye on things, received the message and specially extended an invitation…

Chapter 191 Three-pronged Approach

In less than a month, the Bao Family Martial Arts School has shown a trend of increasing size compared to before.

With the overt and covert assistance of the Extraordinary Management Bureau in Baicheng District, Bao Long benefited greatly and managed the entire Bao Family Martial Arts School in an orderly manner.

The original Tang-style martial arts school had long since collapsed, and its people had either scattered or fled, after all, they had lost the support of such a behemoth as the local Extraordinary Management Office.

This powerful backer has reversed its direction of protection, not only targeting them directly but also supporting Bao Long, which has led to Bao Long's rise to prominence after rebuilding the Bao Family Martial Arts School.

It has a rather unstoppable momentum, and his martial arts school is quite famous in the entire Baicheng District, occupying a relatively large area.

Although true martial arts masters would probably not even glance at such a martial arts school, it is at most a training place for ordinary people or minor martial artists with a little bit of spiritual power.

However, being able to cover an area roughly one-third of the ordinary citizen area in Baicheng District already places it among the top-tier and number one.

And the circumstances and reasons behind all these reversals in the Bao family's life...

All of this stems from Zhang Chaoqiang.

His appearance at that time would not have changed the course of fate. As for him, Bao Long has always lacked a real opportunity to thank him.

I dare not say anything else, but in Baicheng District, Zhang Chaoqiang needs to find an opponent to spar with, and he can naturally arrange this small matter.

The fact that the martial arts school was taken back from Tang-style martial arts school was basically all thanks to Zhang Chaoqiang. Bao Long was just lucky to have the Screaming Chicken Crystal Core that Zhang Chaoqiang needed.

Everything is the work of fate.

Zhang Chaoqiang was initially not interested in accepting Bao Long's invitation, but when he learned that Bao Long had the ability to arrange physical sparring opponents for him, the situation changed completely.

This is a good opportunity.

After all, he still had nearly half of his physical tasks to complete.

[Activate Body]: Spiritual power cannot be used. For every 30 formal battles fought purely with physical strength against martial artists, internal organs gain +0.02. 15/25

[Fleshly Body Bodhisattva]: For every 100 genuine strikes to the body by a martial artist, the body's strength increases by 0.03. 8/15

[100-Man Kill or Being Killed by 100]: For every 100 victories or defeats in purely serious physical combat against different martial arts opponents, your Spirit increases by 0.03. 5/15

In particular, he only completed a mere third of the last task, and before heading to Zhongzhou City, he had completed no more than three cycles of it.

While traveling in Zhongzhou City, he did not neglect his physical training, searching for martial arts schools to engage in pure physical combat.

Although he basically lost most of the time.

In other words, martial artists whose rank was not much higher than Zhang Chaoqiang's were generally physically stronger than him. In addition, with his constant challenges, he was able to win occasionally at the beginning due to his rich combat experience.

However, they then suffered a losing streak.

This is completely different from the situation in Tianan City, where others dare not accept your challenge due to your status and strength.

In Zhongzhou City, passersby didn't recognize him at all, but even if they weren't bothered by his identity, they had no desire to spar with him physically—it was too boring.

In other words, Zhang Chaoqiang's physical body was too ordinary, offering little point in sparring, and he was unwilling to use martial arts techniques to unleash his spiritual power, which led to people being reluctant to spar with him.

However, under Bao Long's arrangement, the situation has improved somewhat.

With Bao Long's help, this scene unfolded...

The opponents sent by Bao Long were mostly those who met Zhang Chaoqiang's requirements—martial artists with some spiritual power. They lined up in a row, dozens of them in total…

The team's finish line, or destination, was the arena where Zhang Chaoqiang was standing.

"Why would you do that? That's so strange! Isn't this how you spar?"

Faced with Zhang Chaoqiang's complete lack of pretense and his focus on maximizing the rewards from the missions, it's clear that no one but him can understand him.

Of course, it's impossible for anyone to understand what he did.

When faced with doubts from his own martial arts school members, Bao Long said nothing more than a casual remark:

"How could you possibly know what Zhang Chaoqiang is planning to do? It's beyond our comprehension."

That's why they are geniuses and we aren't. If we can understand what they do, wouldn't that mean we're getting closer to the ranks of geniuses?

In short, Zhang Chaoqiang must have his reasons and his reasons for doing this. It's normal that we don't understand, and there's no need to dwell on it.

"By the way, regarding the thousands of different people Zhang Chaoqiang mentioned, please arrange that as soon as possible. In the past two days, Zhang Chaoqiang has already sparred with two hundred of them, and there are still over eight hundred to go..."

On average, under Bao Long's current careful planning, Zhang Chaoqiang is able to complete one "hundred-man kill" or be "hundred-man killed" in a single day.

He revived his physical body and his living body as a bodhisattva several times.

Of course, he required his opponent to do their best in the competition, so there were no loopholes.