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

Chapter 73 Selection Quotas and Promotions

Time passed slowly, and it was 1:30 in the afternoon.

Jiang Heng sent a message to Director Jiang Yunliang, informing him that he was currently studying martial arts and could not participate in the afternoon's cleanup operation against Hongmen.

Jiang Yunliang naturally understood; he couldn't wait for Jiang Heng to improve his strength as soon as possible, preferably to reach the peak of level three immediately.

With his own presence, the Martial Security Bureau will then have two peak Level 3 Physical Body cultivators, eliminating any concerns whatsoever.

Just chase after Pang Long and kill him.

As time went on, Li Minglang finished get off work in the evening, said goodbye to Jiang Heng, and then left him alone in the secret room to continue studying.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Jiang Heng, who had spent a day and a night in the secret room, finally pushed open the metal door.

Walk out of it.

Li Minglang patted his thigh and stood up from his office chair: "You really can hold on. How's it going?"

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Jiang Heng blinked his slightly sore eyes and nodded, saying, "I've memorized everything, but I haven't actually tried it yet."

Li Minglang nodded: "Alright, now lie down in the incubation chamber, and I'll let you experience the real Qi circulation path of the 'Three Styles of the Crippled Ape'."

"it is good."

Jiang Heng arrived at the incubation chamber.

"Buzz—"

A low humming sound came from the incubation chamber, and Jiang Heng immediately lay down inside, where a soft, special material quickly enveloped his entire body.

The incubation chamber door closed slowly.

Li Minglang stood outside the incubation chamber and typed something into the external display screen.

Inside the cabin, Jiang Heng quickly felt streams of warmth flowing into his body, circulating along precise routes, and erupting at fixed locations.

The display screen on the back of the hatch also indicates the corresponding air-sensing operation position and force exertion action.

Time passed again, and an hour later, the warm current injected into the special material gradually dissipated from Jiang Heng's body.

"Buzz—"

The hatch opened again, and Jiang Heng emerged, his body radiating heat.

Although the operation route of "The Three Styles of the Broken Ape" is extremely complicated, not only are there many routes, but they also need to flow synchronously, at fixed points and times, and burst out at a fixed rhythm.

But after a day and a night of memorizing and experiencing it firsthand in the incubation chamber, he had basically engraved this martial art into his mind.

Li Minglang looked up and asked, "How are you feeling?"

"It's alright, I've basically figured it out."

"Um-"

Li Minglang nodded in satisfaction, "It seems I really made the right choice in giving you the Dao Seed fragment—"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Heng felt a slight stirring in his heart, and he dispersed the heat still emanating from his body.

"Professor Li, I remember you said before that reaching the third level of physical body cultivation is considered meeting the standard for Dao Seed approval. I wonder if there are any other specific requirements?"

The previous neural network-type Dao seed fragments did indeed bring him great benefits.

If he could obtain the complete version of the Dao Seed, it would likely be of even greater benefit to him.

"Okay, I'll apply for that for you, but—"

Li Minglang frowned and said, "The quota for Dao Seeds has been tightening recently, and there are a lot of people queuing up in Tianfu Provincial Capital. It will probably be a while before we get a chance—"

He paused, then looked up at Jiang Heng and said:

"There is one more thing I would recommend you consider trying to secure: a selection quota for the Tianfu Wu'an Hall."

What are the selection quotas for the Tianfu Wu'an Hall?

A hint of doubt appeared in Jiang Heng's eyes.

Li Minglang explained, "With your talent, you will definitely not stay at the fourth level of physical body cultivation in the future, but the resources of the Wu'an Bureau of Nanjiang City can only support you to cultivate up to the fourth level of physical body cultivation."

The subsequent advanced cultivation methods, combat techniques, and auxiliary medicines for the fifth level of physical body cultivation will only be available if you have other channels to purchase them from other major forces in the outside world at great cost.

Otherwise, these are all high-level resources, most of which can only be found in the capital city of Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

If you only want to stay in Nanjiang City, retire and accumulate experience, you might be able to become a high-ranking official in the municipal government or a deputy director of the General Administration in the future, but your martial arts level will probably be difficult to improve further.

However, if you intend to continue on the path of martial arts, you must be selected to go to the provincial capital of Sichuan, where you will find higher-level martial arts resources.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Heng seemed to be deep in thought.

He certainly couldn't stop there and stay in Nanjiang City.

Putting aside other things, the local government forces in the southern Thai-Myanmar administrative region have already been almost completely destroyed by the Thousand Gu Alliance.

Despite the desperate efforts of reinforcements from all sides to fill the gap, the downward trend could not be reversed.

Who knows when the Thousand Gu Alliance will head north? The local armies of the entire Thai-Myanmar administrative region couldn't stop the Thousand Gu Alliance, so naturally, a mere city like Nanjiang couldn't stop them either.

At that time, Nanjiang City, and even the entire Tianfu Administrative Region, could become a battlefield.

As a member of the Armed Security Bureau, I am bound to go to the battlefield. How could I possibly want to retire? Right now, I naturally need to take advantage of the crisis before it arrives and improve my strength as much as possible.

Jiang Heng thought for a moment and then asked, "What are the requirements for the selection quota of the Wu'an Hall?"

Li Minglang unscrewed the thermos, took a sip of goji berry tea, and held up one finger to explain:

"There are two basic requirements. The first is that the military rank must reach the level of a third-level sergeant major, which is the level of a branch bureau chief."

According to our requirements, that is, accumulated merit points exceeding 200,000 and physical body level exceeding level four.

As he spoke, he extended his second finger.

"The second requirement is that they be young cadres, meaning they must be under 25 years old."

Jiang Heng was slightly taken aback: "A level four physical body under the age of twenty-five?"

As far as he knew, very few people in the entire Nanjiang City were able to reach the fourth level of physical body cultivation before the age of twenty-five.

Within the Wu'an Bureau, there are probably very few left.

Li Minglang smiled and said, "That's why it's called a selection process; it's about choosing the most outstanding talents."

Every June, Nanjiang City submits its selection quotas. You probably don't have much of a chance this year, but with your talent, you might have a chance next year.

If you have your own ideas, it's best to prepare in advance.

Jiang Heng nodded thoughtfully.

It's January now, and there's still almost half a year until June.

In the past six months, I have accumulated 200,000 merit points and broken through to the fourth level of physical body cultivation.

Li Minglang put down his thermos and asked:

"By the way, it seems there's been some danger in your Yuquan District lately. Would you like to be transferred to headquarters? It would be safer there."

Jiang Heng shook his head: "No need."

Now is the perfect time to earn merit points in Yuquan District, so how could he possibly leave at this moment?

Li Minglang nodded slightly: "Alright, I have something else to do, so I won't keep you any longer."

"Okay, goodbye Professor Li."

Jiang Heng left the Wu'an General Bureau and drove back to the garrison room on Guangxin Street.

He has temporarily moved away from Chongming Street and will be living in the garrison's quarters on Guangxin Street for the time being.

The garrison quarters on this street are relatively remote and uninhabited.

However, the surrounding area was already covered with cameras, and an alarm would be sounded immediately if any suspicious person approached, preventing Jiang Heng from experiencing what happened a few nights ago.

Jiang Heng entered the martial arts room, reviewed the training methods of the Three Forms of the Crippled Ape in his mind, and then began to assume the starting stance.

The "Three Styles of the Broken Ape" consists of three moves: Mountain Collapse and River Splitting, Blood-Soaked Moon-Plucking, and Sunset-Burning River.

Jiang Heng took a step forward with his left foot, and pulled his right arm back as if drawing a bow weighing a thousand pounds.

Exhale sharply, fists pointing outwards in a mountain-crushing stance, back foot pushes off the ground, waist twists and wrists flip, unleashing full power.

He unleashed the first move of the Crippled Ape: Mountain Collapse and River Split.

Simultaneously, control the internal energy flow, dividing it into dozens of pathways to jointly propel muscle power—

An hour later.

Jiang Heng stopped his cultivation and stood in the center of the martial arts room again. With a thought, the panel opened in front of him.

[Martial Arts: Three Forms of the Crippled Ape (Proficiency 0.1%)]

The Three Forms of the Crippled Ape have already appeared on the panel, but its proficiency is still stuck at 0.1%.

Although he had memorized the method of practicing the "Three Styles of the Broken Ape", the actual practice was still very difficult and obscure.

After practicing for three hours, I still couldn't find the right approach.

However, this is not important to Jiang Heng. After all, practicing correctly requires attention to various details and techniques, and it takes a long time to develop muscle memory in the body.

But practicing in reverse doesn't have so many rules; no matter how you practice, it's wrong anyway. Jiang Heng closed the panel and continued practicing the "Three Forms of the Broken Ape." However, this time, the Qi in his body began to move in the completely opposite direction.

The clash, the collision, the tearing of cells, and the tidal wave of excruciating pain spread upwards.

Moreover, it was much more intense than when I practiced the "Six Styles of the White Ape" before.

After all, when I first practiced the "Six Forms of the White Ape," I only had about ten Qi circulation routes running simultaneously.

But now, over fifty energy pathways were simultaneously tearing through his body, as if being sliced ​​into countless pieces, with numerous blades piercing through his flesh...

Two hours later.

Jiang Heng stopped cultivating, collapsed to the ground, his whole body soaked in sweat, his skin a dark red like blood.

11V

He calmed his heavy breathing slightly, opened the panel, and looked at the [Current Status] line.

[Current status: Mild inflammatory syndrome, severe biological functional syndrome (rhabdomyolysis)]

"Cough cough—"

Jiang Heng nodded slightly in satisfaction.

Since he reached the peak of the second level, he has never allowed the biological muscle syndrome in his body to worsen to the point of muscle dissolution.

Now, practicing the "Three Forms of the Broken Ape," he has rediscovered his previous feeling. He sat up cross-legged again and silently chanted, "Disease Erosion, Transformation."

The mysterious power of disease quickly surged into Jiang Heng's body, gently clearing away the lesions within him, repairing the dissolved muscle cells, and feeding back into various forms of power.

A wealth of experience and memories about the "Three Styles of the Crippled Ape" flowed into my mind and were simultaneously etched into my muscles.

It was as if he had practiced this martial art countless times, gradually going from initial unfamiliarity and mistakes to becoming more familiar and proficient.

A few seconds later, the corrosive power gradually dissipated.

[Physical Body Level: 3.16 → 3.17]

Martial Arts: Three Forms of the Crippled Ape (Proficiency 10.1%) 1

[Current condition: Mild inflammatory syndrome, mild biological functional syndrome]

Jiang Heng saw the changes in the data on the panel and immediately smiled with satisfaction.

"Still a 10% increase each time, very good—"

He then opened the expanded section for physical body level and found a line of data.

[Skeletal potential development progress: 6%]

Basic martial arts work on the skin and membranes, while advanced martial arts work on the muscles and tendons.

At the professional level, martial arts begin to tap into the bioenergy within the bone marrow.

Compared to the skin and muscles, the bone marrow is the treasure trove of human bioenergy, containing far more bioenergy than ordinary cells.

If one were to cultivate a superior, professional-level martial art like the "Three Forms of the Crippled Ape" to perfection, one could also develop 60% of one's skeletal potential and significantly enhance one's Qi sensitivity. Jiang Heng withdrew his gaze and pondered silently.

"At this rate, I should be able to master the Three Styles of the Broken Ape in at most ten days."

With the addition of the Level 3 Candlelight Breathing Technique and Dragon Scale Flame Ointment, half a month should be enough to help me raise my physical body level to the mid-to-late stage of Level 3.

Jiang Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, a cold glint flashing in them.

"At that time—in the Yuquan District's Hongmen, apart from Stone Buddha Pang Long, the remaining two level-three martial artists, Blood Rain Mo San Niang and Shadow Ding Yan, will definitely not be my match."

With a thought, Jiang Heng flipped over and leaped up, recalling the general outline of "The Three Styles of the Crippled Ape" compiled by the senior Yuan Jingang.

"His spine is like a broken bow, holding thunder and fire; his qi flows through the three jiaos, burning the golden furnace."

Step lightly with your left foot, utter a low shout, pull your right arm back as if drawing a thousand-pound bow, with your fist pointing outwards in a mountain-crushing stance, push off with your rear foot, and rotate your waist and flip your wrist in the process.

"With a single cry of the ape, rivers and lakes shatter; its broken body dares to crash against Mount Buzhou!"

Jiang Heng suddenly unleashed the first move of the Crippled Ape - Mountain Collapse and River Split, taking a step forward and thrusting his fist forward with a thunderous roar!

A deafening sonic boom, like the collapse of mountains and rivers, resounded throughout the martial arts room and echoed across Guangxin Street.