From the Iron Shirt Technique to physical sanctification

Niu Mancang had never learned any light-body skills, so he couldn't shake off Ouyang Rujing at all. And Ouyang Rujing? She couldn't cut down Niu Mancang either, and she was also stubborn, so she followed Niu Mancang all the way towards Cangmang City.

The two stopped and started talking frequently along the way.

If you get tired, take a day off, then play again.

That day, they passed through a small mountain village and heard thick smoke billowing from the village, along with faint cries.

Niu Mancang was kind-hearted. Thinking of his past experiences, he strode towards the nameless mountain village.

More than twenty soldiers were burning, killing, and looting in the small mountain village. All the men in the village were killed, and the women were used as their entertainment.

Niu Mancang turned to look at Ouyang Rujing, who was following behind: "Where's the law of Great Chu that you keep talking about? These people are soldiers of Great Chu, aren't they? Look at what they're doing, humph!"

A single hum made Ouyang Rujing feel ashamed.

"stop!"

Ouyang Rujing roared.

The officers and soldiers stopped their bestial instincts, turned to look at Ouyang Rujing, and their hearts skipped a beat when they saw the black eagle uniform she was wearing.

The Black-Clad Constable of the Zhenxing Division.

The duties of the Zhenxing Division include supervising officials, maintaining military discipline, and apprehending fugitive martial artists.

A village headman pulled up his trousers and jogged over.

"grown ups!"

"Where are you from? Whose troops are you under?" Ouyang Rujing asked with a gloomy face.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, we are men under Commander Jiang of the Ma County Garrison."

"What crime did they commit?" Ouyang Rujing continued to ask.

"These mountain people rebelled and killed the village chief. We are under orders to suppress the rebellion." The village chief's answer was impeccable.

Ouyang Rujing's expression was gloomy, and her grip on the knife hilt tightened and loosened repeatedly.

She wasn't stupid; she knew there was something fishy going on, but she had no proof.

Hahaha……

At this moment, Niu Mancang, who was standing next to him, burst into laughter.

"Rebellion? Suppressing a rebellion? With your lot? If they were really rebels, you'd all be dead by now." Niu Mancang roared, "This female constable is an idiot, but I'm not. You can all die."

Uh...

puff!

The village head was slapped on the head by Niu Mancang and his head was smashed.

Then Niu Mancang strode towards the remaining soldiers, shouting, "You slaughtered civilians and raped women; you all deserve to die!"

puff puff...

"Run!"

"Help!"

"We are soldiers, you can't kill us."

what……

The shouts quickly ceased; they had all been killed by Niu Mancang.

Ouyang Rujing stood by without stopping them. She wasn't stupid; she knew what kind of people these soldiers were.

After killing the beasts, Niu Mancang glanced at Ouyang Rujing and said, "Don't follow me anymore. Your so-called Great Chu Law is a load of rubbish; it doesn't stand up for the poor."

Niu Mancang is gone.

Ouyang Rujing continued to follow him, but this time she did not attack him again, nor did she mention taking him back.

"Hey, why are you still following me?" Niu Mancang was extremely annoyed.

Ouyang Rujing remained silent and did not leave.

In fact, after she came out this time, she was greatly shocked, and her worldview and beliefs collapsed.

She didn't know what to do or where to go, so she mechanically followed Niu Mancang.

……

Vast City!

Monster meat, medicinal herbs, and medicine slaves are now equally distributed between the Black Tiger Gang and the Ghost Alliance.

Zhang Yu had only one requirement for Wen Hua.

"Wen Hua, from now on, you only need to do one thing well: ensure that the 30,000 medicine slaves have enough to eat." Zhang Yu stared at Wen Hua with a serious expression and said.

"Yes, Master!"

"The term 'medicine slave' can no longer be used; no one may refer to these herb gatherers in that way."

"Yes!" Wen Hua nodded, then said weakly, "Master, this will greatly reduce our income."

"It's alright, just do as I say."

"yes!"

The Ye, Cui, and Sima families take 80% of the profits from Cangmang City. Zhang Yu doesn't want to deduct money from the medicine slaves' mouths because these medicine slaves are already in a very miserable state.

Sooner or later, the profits will be taken back by the three major families.

That day shouldn't be too far off.

System panel.

Name: Zhang Yu

[Skills: Qingfeng Stance (Perfect 362/10000), Qingfeng Palm (Mastery 320/1000)]

[Master-Apprentice Value: 560 points]

Three days ago, Li Yue mastered the Qingfeng Stance Technique to the minor completion level, becoming a Ming Jin martial artist. Now, her research and understanding of the Qingfeng Stance Technique are becoming deeper and deeper, and her cultivation is becoming faster and faster. She is now providing Zhang Yu with 20 proficiency points every day.

A destiny forged through countless trials becomes increasingly terrifying over time.

Zhang Yu had a premonition that although Li Yue's cultivation aptitude was mediocre, she possessed a destiny of being tempered and refined, and was absolutely capable of cultivating a martial art to the true essence of martial arts, or even to a more terrifying level.

It's just that Li Yue's growth period was too long.

The slums of Cangmang City were divided in two: 30,000 households of medicine slaves were assigned to the Black Tiger Gang, and the other 30,000 households were assigned to the Ghost Alliance.

That day, Wen Hua had a price list of medicinal herbs posted, and a dozen people banged gongs in the slums to announce it.

bang bang bang...

"Attention all herb gatherers! Our leader Zhang Yu is kind and considerate of all hardships. Starting today, the purchase price of all medicinal herbs will be doubled."

bang bang bang...

Red Flame Grass: 20 coins for one year, 100 coins for three years, 200 coins for five years, and one tael of silver for ten years.

Green Wind Vine...

The drug slaves in the slums were in an uproar when they saw the Black Tiger Gang's price list, because it was double the price they used to pay.

Is this true?

"It should be true, the Black Tiger Gang has posted it, it can't be faked."

"That's great! Our family is under the Black Tiger Gang. If the price is really like this, we'll be able to eat our fill from now on."

"Our family is also under the jurisdiction of the Black Tiger Gang."

"Our family is the same."

……

The medicine slaves assigned to the Black Tiger Gang were moved to tears and spread the news, while the medicine slaves assigned to the Ghost Alliance were dumbfounded.

"What do we do?"

"God, why weren't we classified as part of the Black Tiger Gang?"

"It's not fair, it's so unfair! We also want to be classified as part of the Black Tiger Gang."

……

This world is so strange. When everyone is starving, they only resent their bad luck. But when they see that people like them can suddenly have enough to eat, they start to feel envious, jealous, and hateful. They begin to feel dissatisfied with the Ghost Alliance and make all sorts of underhanded moves in private.

Some people secretly kept some of the herbs they collected to sell to familiar herb gatherers in the Black Tiger Gang. Although the price wasn't double, it was still higher than selling to the Ghost Alliance.

This resulted in the Ghost Alliance having half of its members as medicine slaves, but collecting far fewer herbs each day compared to the Black Tiger Gang.

The drug slaves assigned to the Black Tiger Gang might not have been grateful if they were alone, but the contrast made them realize the difference, so they were extremely grateful to Zhang Yu. Many of them set up longevity tablets for Zhang Yu in their homes and offered incense day and night.

Zhang Yu didn't really care about these things. His main focus right now was on teaching Li Yue and Wen Hua how to cultivate.

Wen Hua had been wasting his energy on the Black Tiger Gang lately, neglecting his cultivation, and his excellent aptitude and comprehension had been caught up by Li Yue.

That day, Zhang Yu called Wen Hua to the backyard: "You will temporarily leave the Black Tiger Gang's affairs to Yan Dao. Dedicate at least five hours each day to cultivation and break through to the Dark Force realm as soon as possible."

"Yes, Master!" Wen Hua bowed and replied.

Resources began to concentrate on Wen Hua and Li Yue.

The two of them take one Blood Nourishing Pill and one Body Tempering Ointment every day, without any limit. Zhang Yu spends half an hour every day personally teaching them the Qingfeng Stance Technique, and he also uses the True Meaning of Shattering to help them break down the medicinal power of the Blood Nourishing Pill and Body Tempering Ointment and let it seep into their flesh and bones.

With Wen Huashuang's excellent aptitude and comprehension, ample resources, and the help of Zhang Yu's martial arts essence, his cultivation speed quickly surpassed Li Yue's.

He can increase Zhang Yu's proficiency by 30 points every day, and it continues to increase.

Li Yue's skill level increase for Zhang Yu has also increased, from 20 points to 23 points, showing steady progress.

Zhang Yu tempers their bodies with the true essence of martial arts every day, which is an extremely luxurious cultivation method.

Ordinary martial arts families and ordinary sect disciples do not receive this treatment; even the most outstanding geniuses of ancient clans and sects do not enjoy this privilege.

Because those who can cultivate the true essence of martial arts are geniuses one in ten thousand, even if such a person takes on disciples, it is impossible for them to spend every day using the true essence of martial arts to help their disciples cultivate.

That day, Zhang Yu was in the backyard using the True Meaning of Shattered Essence to help Wen Hua refine the medicinal power of the Blood Nourishing Pill.

Wen Hua felt his bones and muscles tearing apart inch by inch. The medicinal power of the Blood Nourishing Pill seeped into his body to repair them, then tore apart again, then repaired again. In this cycle, his skin, flesh, bones and muscles visibly became stronger.

Ming Jin is actually the power of the skin and flesh; it breaks through the barrier of the skin and flesh.

Hidden strength refers to the power of the tendons and bones, which breaks through the barriers between them.

Transforming energy is the power of the internal organs; it breaks through the barriers of the internal organs.

The lower three realms are essentially about tempering one's body and internal organs.

"Master, I'm back!" Niu Mancang's happy voice came from the front yard.

He was truly overjoyed to finally return to Cangmang City; he missed his master, senior sister, and junior brother terribly.

Ta-da...

Niu Mancang ran quickly into the backyard.

Zhang Yu was using his martial arts sincerity to help Wen Hua cultivate when he glanced at Niu Mancang and gestured for him to wait a moment.

However, in a fleeting glance, he saw a beautiful woman dressed in palace attire following Niu Mancang into the backyard, staring at him with curiosity.

Having grown up in the Great Chu Kingdom, Ouyang Rujing's worldview was shattered after witnessing the lives and plight of the common people along the way with Niu Mancang. Thus, she followed him to Cangmang City in a daze.

Along the way, Ouyang Rujing heard Niu Mancang mention his master Zhang Yu hundreds of times. In her imagination, Zhang Yu should be a kind old man, but she never expected that the Zhang Yu in front of her was actually a young man.

"This..." Ouyang Rujing was taken aback.

He was even more shocked when he saw the true essence of martial arts emanating from Zhang Yu.

"Is this the true essence of martial arts?"

"OMG!"

"What is the other party doing? Using martial arts essence to assist in cultivation."

"Oh! Am I dreaming?"

Ouyang Rujing was dumbfounded.

He had seen someone use the true meaning of martial arts to assist in cultivation before, but that person was the sixth prince of the current dynasty, and he had to pay a price of one hundred spirit crystals before the other party would help.

After a moment, Zhang Yu withdrew his martial arts essence and let Wen Hua continue cultivating on his own. He looked at Niu Mancang and then exchanged a glance with Ouyang Rujing.

"Mancang, who is this...?" Zhang Yu asked with a gossipy expression.

"Master, her name is Ouyang Rujing, a black-clad constable from the Zhenxing Division of the Great Chu Empire," Niu Mancang introduced.

"Oh! You guys..."

"Master, I found Hu the Rich..." Niu Mancang recounted his revenge to Zhang Yu in detail, and finally said, "When I killed the magistrate, she saw it and wanted to arrest me, but she couldn't do anything about it, so she came back with me in the end."

"Master, you tried to drive her away, but you couldn't. Her agility is very strong, and I can't shake her off," Niu Mancang explained.

"A constable from the Chu Town Criminal Division," Zhang Yu muttered, glancing at Ouyang Rujing.

"Were you using the true essence of martial arts to assist his cultivation just now?" Ouyang Rujing asked, staring at Zhang Yu.

"Yes!" Zhang Yu nodded.

"Are you an old monster? No, I mean, are you really that young?" Ouyang Rujing was a little incoherent, because seeing the true meaning of martial arts in a young boy was too subversive.

Zhang Yu did not want to answer the question and said indifferently, "Officer Ouyang, this is Cangmang City, which does not belong to the Great Chu Empire. Even if you are an officer, you are not qualified to barge in."

Old monster?

You're the old monster.

"I'm sorry, I..." Ouyang Rujing was stunned.

"Master, I'll send her away right away," Niu Mancang said immediately.

Zhang Yu didn't speak, but used his Eye of Truth to look at Ouyang Rujing's information.

Name: Ouyang Rujing

Age: 21

[Realm Level: Transformation]

[Technique: First-class technique, the Thirteen Forms of the Suppressing Command]

[Cultivation Aptitude: Excellent]

[Comprehension: Excellent]

[Destiny Character: Impartial and Uncompromising]

Tsk tsk, just like Wen Hua, he has excellent aptitude and comprehension, and also has a destiny. No wonder he was able to cultivate to the level of Transformation Realm at the age of 21.

Incorruptible and impartial, this person has a truly remarkable destiny; a natural-born choice for the law enforcement department. It's a waste for him to be a constable.

Zhang Yu developed a slight interest in Ouyang Rujing.

His incorruptible destiny seems useless to him now, but his ambition is not just a small Black Tiger Gang, but to build a large sect and spread his martial arts throughout the world.

Once the scale expands and the number of people increases, various troubles will inevitably arise. Even if the disciples are loyal to him, they will each have their own people and personal ties. At that time, an impartial and incorruptible person will be needed to serve as the elder of the Enforcement Hall.

Only in this way can a sect develop healthily.

Talent!

Furthermore, Zhang Yu also took a liking to the opponent's top-notch martial art, the Thirteen Forms of Zhen Si.

He has already cultivated his Transformation Force to its peak and is now facing the challenge of opening up his Dantian, generating True Qi, and entering the True Qi Realm of the Middle Three Realms.

Only after reaching the True Qi Realm would he dare to break ties with the three powerful families controlling Cangmang City.

Otherwise, one can only lie prostrate and submit.

The method for opening the dantian cannot be comprehended by practicing the second-rate Qingfeng Zhuang technique to the point of breaking through its limits.

Breaking the limit only allows one to comprehend the true essence of the Qingfeng Skill.

Top-tier martial arts techniques include methods for opening the dantian (lower abdomen), and Zhang Yu has been inquiring about top-tier martial arts techniques through the Chu family for some time now.

Unfortunately, the three great empires and powerful clans of the Western Wilderness Continent have completely severed the path to advancement for ordinary people.

Top-tier martial arts techniques are not circulated among the general public.

In other words, an ordinary person can never break through to the True Qi Realm in their lifetime.

If you are an ordinary person, even if you are a genius, you can only cultivate to the peak of the Transformation Realm. The path ahead is fixed from the moment you are born.