From being plagued by all kinds of diseases to becoming a powerful martial arts demon god!

End of the meeting.

Director Dai Tonghui was the first to leave the meeting room, followed by the others who left one after another.

Jiang Heng and Zhang Qing went to the administrative law enforcement team to meet up. After the management section assigned them the investigation tasks, they left the urban management bureau and went to various shops in Yuquan District to investigate the sale of breathing techniques.

I was busy from 10 a.m. to almost 8 p.m., with only a half-hour break in between to have a meal.

As dusk fell, the captain of the urban management team sent a message in the group chat.

"That's enough for today, everyone can go home now."

Zhang Qing breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, it's time to get off work. Our bureau hasn't been this busy in a long time."

As he spoke, he looked up at Jiang Heng beside him and smiled, "Let's go, it's time to get off work. Want to grab a drink together?"

Jiang Heng shook his head: "No, I still need to go back and study the content of the first round of written tests."

Zhang Qing looked at him and couldn't help but say:

"Are you really going to participate in the Security Bureau's recruitment? Didn't you hear the director say today that this testing device doesn't seem very safe?"

Jiang Heng calmly replied, "Don't worry, I'm confident."

Zhang Qing: "..."

Looking at Jiang Heng's calm and confident demeanor, he seemed to be somewhat infected by it.

But he simply couldn't understand where Jiang Heng's confidence came from.

Zhang Qing scratched his head and didn't try to persuade him any further: "Alright then, I'll be going now..."

Jiang Heng nodded: "Okay, goodbye, Brother Zhang."

After watching Zhang Qing leave, he turned around and went to the nearest subway entrance, took the subway, and returned to the Xibin neighborhood in the southwest of Yuquan District.

"Ding-dong, passengers, please note that the next stop is Xibin Station. Please prepare to disembark in advance... Have a safe journey."

The subway doors opened, and Jiang Heng got off the train and exited the subway station.

At this moment, several tattooed young men with cigarettes in their mouths squatted on the stone steps opposite the subway exit, glancing at the empty subway entrance from time to time.

At this moment, seeing Jiang Heng emerge from the subway entrance alone, the tattooed youths' eyes lit up, and they were about to get up and follow him.

But after taking only a few steps, they could see Jiang Heng's urban management uniform by the light of the street lamps.

"Damn, he's a blue-collar worker!"

The tattooed youths muttered a curse under their breath and reluctantly shrank back inside.

Jiang Heng calmly glanced at the group of people and walked past them.

It seems that whether it was two hundred years ago or two hundred years later, the clothes and appearance of these street thugs have not changed.

Furthermore, the arrival of the martial arts era has also given these street thugs a certain level of martial arts skills, making them even more rampant.

On West Bin Street, there are several gangs like them, the largest of which is called the Fierce Wolf Gang, which seems to have a dozen or twenty people.

They either extort money from lone pedestrians or collect protection money from street vendors.

These people's physical body levels ranged from level 0.3 to level 0.6; when gathered together, they constituted a considerable force.

At least the ordinary people on the streets who are trying to make a living cannot resist it.

But Jiang Heng doesn't care about them now.

One reason is the urban management uniform he was wearing.

Although the world is currently in turmoil and fragmented, the ruling power of coalition governments is decreasing.

However, unless absolutely necessary, these gangsters would not provoke people with official status like Jiang Heng.

On the other hand...

Jiang Heng's current physical level is 0.97. Although he looks slightly thin when he is dressed, his actual punching power exceeds 400 kilograms.

If these thugs really don't know what's good for them, he wouldn't mind letting them taste the power of an iron fist.

……

After walking through a dark and muddy alley, Jiang Heng took out his key, opened the door, and returned to his rented room.

The rented room is small, only 30 square meters, with one bedroom and a bathroom, but no stove.

There are several deep cracks on the southeast wall, making one worry about how much longer the house will last.

This is where the original owner grew up.

Six years ago, after her parents died in a fire, she refused the social welfare institution's offer to take her in and moved here alone.

The advantage is that the rent is cheap, only 300 a month.

The downsides are, of course, a dirty and chaotic environment, with water and power outages being the norm.

At night, street gangs would come out and engage in car chases and brawls, dragging ordinary people into it.

A while ago, someone on Shangmei Street next door was accidentally caught in a gang fight on his way home from get off work and died from his injuries.

This is enough to show just how chaotic the West Bund area has become.

This is also an important reason why Jiang Heng urgently needs to become stronger.

In this chaotic era, ordinary people can be caught up in and die at any time due to a gang fight, a riot, or a regional war.

……

At this moment, as night falls, the roar of engines outside the window rises again.

The loud noise made Jiang Heng frown.

As one's physical level increases, a martial artist's five senses are also enhanced. The already noisy engine sound now sounds exceptionally clear and jarring to him.

"I'll have to deal with you sooner or later..."

Jiang Heng frowned, closed the window tightly, and sat down at the computer desk.

He opened the official website of Nanjiang Wu'an, logged in to his account, and selected to apply for the selection and assessment of Wu'an Bureau of Yuquan District.

Soon, the screen displayed the message "Registration successful".

Jiang Heng then swiped the mouse to browse the welfare benefits of the Wu'an Bureau team members on the official website.

The main reason he insisted on signing up for the Wu'an Bureau's assessment was for the cultivation resources within the Wu'an Bureau.

Putting aside everything else, the original owner spent five thousand yuan to buy the book "The Ninth Set of Gengjin Breathing Method" from an illegal itinerant merchant.

If you were to purchase an officially approved breathing method, it would cost at least eight thousand yuan or more.

This is merely a breathing technique used at the lowest level of physical application.

Once you reach the first level of physical body cultivation, the effects of conventional breathing techniques will diminish, and you will need to switch to a first-level breathing technique.

It is said that on the black market, even a single, unlicensed breathing technique can sell for 20,000 yuan.

If it's an authentic Level 1 breathing technique, it could even sell for 30,000 or 40,000 yuan.

This is something that Jiang Heng, an orphan, could never afford.

Therefore, joining the Wu'an Bureau to obtain free cultivation resources was of paramount importance to him.

……

After browsing the official website for a while, Jiang Heng shut down his computer, sat on the bed, and pondered the Wu'an Bureau's assessment.

Based on the information we received today, with his current physical level of 0.97, it seems unlikely that he can secure first place in this assessment.

Qin An's physical body level had already reached 0.93 last month.

During this period, he could not have remained stagnant; he may have already reached level 0.97.

And in the next few days, it might even improve further.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, I need to reach at least a physical level of 0.99 before the assessment begins in order to secure first place.

Jiang Heng pondered for a while, then stopped thinking about it and prepared to cultivate.

He sits cross-legged with his legs naturally crossed, each foot resting on the knee of the other leg with the soles of his feet facing upwards and his knees naturally pressed down.

This posture can open the hip joints, engage the core muscles to maintain balance, improve breathing efficiency and promote blood circulation. It is also the most commonly used sitting posture for practicing various breathing techniques.

He then kept his spine straight, head slightly raised, tongue pressed against the roof of his mouth, hands on his knees, and maintained a specific breathing rhythm.

With the five points facing upwards, meditate on the top of your head, the palms of your hands, the knees of your legs, and the sky connecting with the heavens.

Connect with the invisible metal energy between heaven and earth to strengthen one's physique...

This is the practice process of the Ninth Set of Gengjin Breathing Method.

As a renowned "unlicensed breathing method," the Ninth Set of Gengjin Breathing Method naturally has its own characteristics.

After only a short time of cultivation, Jiang Heng felt a sharp pain in his lungs.

It felt as if an invisible yet sharp aura was continuously stimulating his chest.

[My moderate chronic lung disease is worsening...]

This text gradually appeared in the [Current Status] line on the panel.

Jiang Heng, however, paid no attention to this and continued his cultivation.

Time passed slowly until the night deepened and the roar of engines outside the window gradually faded.

He had been practicing the Ninth Set of Gengjin Breathing Method, which he could only practice for a maximum of one hour, for four or five hours without realizing it.

Jiang Heng opened his eyes and slowly exhaled.

The breath exhaled seemed to carry a sharp edge, not a physical sharpness, but merely a feeling that existed only in one's own perception.

After cultivating for more than four hours, my physical body level increased by approximately 0.001 levels.

At this rate, it would take him another twenty-odd days to advance his physical body level to 0.99.

Of course, this speed is already considered extremely fast.

The range of physical body level zero is from level 0.00 to level 0.99. The higher you go, the more difficult it becomes.

Especially when you reach level 0.95, you are close to the limit of the current level, and it is extremely difficult to improve further.

Many people are stuck here for months, or even a year or two.

Being able to level up from 0.97 to 0.99 in just over twenty days is already considered outstanding.

However, this improvement was not Jiang Heng's main goal in his cultivation.

With a thought, a screen of light unfolded in his vision.

[Current Status: Severe Chronic Comprehensive Lung Disease]

After five hours of arduous practice, he successfully upgraded his [moderate chronic lung disease] to [severe chronic lung disease].

The intense itching and stinging sensation in his lungs clearly indicated his current condition.

Jiang Heng was overjoyed and then silently recited:

"Disease erosion, transformation."