Under One Person: The Sea Emperor Who Shattered Heaven and Earth

The iron box was opened, and a chilling cold and the aroma of medicine instantly filled the courtyard.

Inside the box, neatly arranged were rows of dark red Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms shaped like dragon claws, and several century-old ginseng roots wrapped in red silk, which had vaguely resembled human figures.

“This is the ‘Red Dragon Mushroom’ treasured by our gang. It’s specially made to strengthen muscles and bones and improve blood circulation.” Master Feng pointed to a dark green jade bottle on the other side. “This contains the ‘Dragon Tiger Great Rejuvenation Pill’. I got it in exchange for saving a disgraced disciple from Wudang Mountain. It has miraculous effects on repairing internal injuries and enhancing life force.”

Liu Wei stared wide-eyed, then gasped, "Feng Laowu, you've pulled out all the money you'd save for your coffin! If Brother Jiang properly refines this 'tonic,' his physical strength will at least double."

Jiang Zhen stood up and bowed respectfully to Master Feng.

He knew that in this world of supernatural beings, resources were life itself. Master Feng was truly treating him like a "treasure of the gang."

“Brother Jiang, don’t be in such a hurry to thank me.” Master Feng said with a serious expression, “I also heard what Liu Wei just said. Although Shanghai is our territory, it’s easy to dodge open attacks but hard to guard against hidden ones.”

"Besides, you're still missing a cultivation technique. Give me some more time."

"You don't need to worry about what happens next for now. Focus on taking these medicines to replenish your strength. Let Bai Fulai guide you in terms of movement techniques and hand-footwork skills. He is the best in our area."

"We can only offer some suggestions regarding your innate abilities; the rest is up to you to figure out."

Over the next few days, Jiang Zhen practiced his fist techniques with Bai Fu while continuing to develop the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

In the past few days, the gang members have been feeling the ground beneath their feet trembling slightly from time to time. The trembling is extremely subtle, yet continuous, even causing the fallen leaves in the yard to float neatly in mid-air.

"Master Bai, this Third Master... could he have messed up something during his training?" Little Li asked with a worried expression.

Bai Fu shook his head solemnly: "No, he's... 'tuning'? He's adjusting this body to match that frequency that shatters everything."

That very night, Jiang Zhen and Master Feng were talking when suddenly a loud crash came from the main gate of the Cao Gang's headquarters.

The two gang members guarding the gate didn't even have time to scream before they were sent flying like broken sacks.

A man over two meters tall, as strong as an iron tower, walked in with heavy steps. He was shirtless, his skin a chilling bluish-gray, and his eyes were indeed without pupils, but rather a murky silver-gray, making him look extremely eerie.

Bihe Mountain's stoic crowd, with iron eyes.

Behind him followed several Japanese men dressed in black suits with sinister expressions.

"Where is the man who killed the Ishikawa family samurai?" Tetsuya asked in a Japanese accent, his voice harsh and unpleasant, like sand being ground in an earthenware pot.

The translator beside him was translating his words.

Master Feng and Jiang Zhen walked out from the back room, their faces ashen. Master Feng spoke first, saying, "Japanese, this is the headquarters of the Canal Gang, not a place for you to run wild."

"The Canal Gang?" Tie Mu sneered. He stomped his foot, and a large section of the ground caved in under his weight. "This kind of useless organization built on manpower has no right to talk about dignity? Hand over that person, or I'll tear you all to pieces."

"How arrogant!"

With a roar, Master Feng unleashed his true qi, which surged forth. He concentrated his mountain-splitting power in his right fist, creating a howling gust of wind that slammed directly into Tie Mu's chest.

boom! !

A dull thud, like the sound of leather being struck.

Master Feng's expression changed slightly. He felt as if his punch had landed on a solid block of iron several meters thick.

Chapter 9 Quanzhen Internal Alchemy

Master Feng's punch landed heavily on Tie Mu's chest. The "mountain-splitting force" that was originally enough to split mountains and shatter rocks stirred up a visible wave of energy on the grayish-blue skin, but it only made Tie Mu take half a step back.

On the contrary, the recoil caused a slight pain in Master Feng's knuckles.

"This is your boss?"

Tie Mu grinned menacingly, his silver-gray dead fish eyes devoid of any emotion. He slowly raised his thick, inhuman arm, and with a sudden, sweeping motion, his five fingers, like a giant iron clamp, grabbed at Master Feng's face with a gust of bloody wind.

His speed was extremely fast, completely inconsistent with his bulky body; it was the result of his muscles forcefully reversing physical inertia.

"Fifth Master, be careful!" Bai Fu exclaimed, already pointing out with the broken fan in his hand.

But someone was faster than him.

Just as Tie Mu's fingertips were about to touch Master Feng's nose, a hand that didn't look particularly thick suddenly reached out from the side and steadily supported Tie Mu's wrist.

hum-

A faint yet highly penetrating hum filled the air.

Iron Eyes, who had been charging forward furiously, suddenly felt as if he had crashed into an invisible wall. The brute force that could tear tigers and leopards apart vanished without a trace the moment he hit the hand, replaced by a tremor that made half of his body go numb.

“My older brother said this isn’t a place for you to run wild. Are you deaf? Can’t you hear me?”

Jiang Zhen walked forward unhurriedly, shielding Master Feng behind him.

His voice was soft, yet it seemed to explode right next to everyone's eardrums. At this moment, Jiang Zhen, having consumed the Crimson Dragon Fungus and the Dragon-Tiger Great Rejuvenation Pill for three consecutive days, had completely lost his original pale, thin, and laborer-like appearance. His bare upper body showed muscles as smooth as a cheetah's, each muscle vibrating slightly at an extremely high frequency, as he constantly adjusted his body to maintain the most perfect state of resonance.

"It's you?"

Tie Mu tried to pull his hand back, but found that he couldn't. Instead, a force was constantly drilling into it, causing the muscles in his arm to twitch uncontrollably as if he were being electrocuted.

Those silver-gray eyes were fixed on Jiang Zhen. Although he was an outcast among the ninjas, his beast-like instincts told him that this young man was a hundred times more dangerous than the old man from before.

"The one who killed that piece of trash Ishikawa was a skinny monkey like you?" Tie Mu mocked in broken Central Plains dialect, his grayish-blue skin creaking as it stretched.

"No need for translation, I can understand Japanese dog barking." Thanks to his past life where he often watched raw anime, Jiang Zhen still had some Japanese proficiency.

Jiang Zhen twisted his neck, and his bones cracked with a series of crisp sounds, like rolling thunder. "You think your bones are hard after practicing some external martial arts for a couple of days? That's perfect. I've been overdoing it these past few days and I'm just looking for a way to expend my energy."

Tie Mu didn't waste any words.

He let out a beast-like roar, trying to shake off Jiang Zhen's hand completely. This time, he used the essence of the "Gangli Luo" technique, his Qi not dissipating outwards, but instead being forced into his bone marrow, instantly increasing the density of his body to an inhuman level.

This greatly alleviated the strange power emanating from Jiang Zhen's hand.

"Die!"

Tie Mu was about to deliver a powerful punch to Jiang Zhen's chest with his other hand.

Jiang Zhen's eyes were calm, and he didn't even put on a stance. Suddenly, the hand holding Tie Mu was covered with a fluorescent white light.

"Ah!!!" Tie Mu suddenly screamed, his whole body twisting uncontrollably.

This is a new insight Jiang Zhen gained from practicing his skills with Bai Fu and studying the Zhenzhen Fruit these past few days—focusing on points to form a line, penetrating to the bone with a powerful shock.

I was just worried about not having a chance to try my hand at it when someone came right away. It wasn't those fancy moves; it was professional, body-to-body training. Most importantly, they didn't hold back at all, you beast.

Click~

A cracking sound came from Tie Mu's body.

He felt that his proud "Ganliro" membrane, which he was so proud of and which he believed could withstand bullets when fully activated, was like a thin sheet of paper in front of Jiang Zhen. A shockwave with a frequency so high that he could not understand or even perceive it instantly penetrated his defenses, directly affecting his finger bones, wrist bones, and spreading throughout his body.

"Let go! Let go! I order you to let go!!!"

Snap!

But no matter how much Tie Mu wailed, Jiang Zhen held onto his wrist tightly, continuing to exert force, and the cracking sounds from his body became more and more frequent.

To everyone's astonishment, Tie Mu's thick, tree-trunk-like arm suddenly went limp and hung down as if it had lost all support.

"what!!!"

Tie Mu let out a final, piercing scream. Jiang Zhen released his grip, and Tie Mu collapsed to the ground like a deflated balloon, blood continuously leaking from his mouth, ears, and nostrils.

Jiang Zhen had shattered all the bones in his body.

Liu Wei, who had arrived at the scene to watch the battle at some unknown time, sighed inwardly. He had traveled all over the country and seen many innate abilities, but he had never seen anything so fierce and powerful.

"It seems that a dragon is about to emerge from the canal gang."

Jiang Zhen withdrew his right fist, looked at his skin which was only slightly red, and felt relieved.

Sure enough, with increased physical strength, the control over vibrations is now on a completely different level. Previously, "air tremors" were like indiscriminate bombardment across the entire screen, causing massive damage to the enemy while also inflicting heavy losses on oneself; but now, "bone-penetrating tremors" are precise strikes, locking all the destructive force within the target's body.

"You're the only ones left."

Jiang Zhen took a step forward, and the ground trembled slightly, but there were no cracks. He controlled all his power precisely at the soles of his feet.

Upon seeing this, the remaining Japanese men in suits all drew the short knives and shurikens hidden in their sleeves.

"Kill him! Kill him to avenge Lord Iron Eye!"

Faced with the incoming projectiles, Jiang Zhen didn't even lift his eyelids, simply grabbing at the air with his hand.

hum! !

A semi-transparent ripple suddenly spread out from him.

The shuriken seemed to have struck an invisible millstone in mid-air, bouncing back even more violently. The shockwave from the projectiles killed the men instantly, as their physical strength was not as high as Tie Mu's.

"Higanbana is nothing special...".

Master Feng took a deep breath, walked to Jiang Zhen's side, looked at the mess on Tie Mu's face, and his lips twitched violently twice: "Brother Jiang... this move of yours is much scarier than when you demolished the building in the martial arts hall before."

"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant."

Liu Wei clapped his hands and stepped forward, his eyes burning with the fervor of someone who had found a rare treasure. "After this battle, Master Jiang, I'm afraid the entire city of Shanghai will be quiet for a long time by tomorrow morning. 'Gangli Luo' Tie Mu won't last more than two moves against you."

Looking at Liu Wei who had suddenly appeared, Master Feng asked, "Manager Liu, is there any progress on the matter that requires your help?"

Liu Wei chuckled, took out a secret manual from his sleeve, and handed it to Jiang Zhen.

"How could I possibly leave empty-handed after receiving such a large sum of money from Master Feng?"

"The Quanzhen Internal Alchemy Technique, although it only has the most basic part, please don't look down on it, Master Jiang and Fifth Master. This is a cultivation method for both body and mind that we obtained from the Quanzhen sect. Don't underestimate it just because it's only the basics. It's not profound, and it's extremely reliable to learn step by step."

"I'm sure I don't need to introduce the reputation of the Quanzhen School, right?"

But Master Feng hesitated, "Does the Quanzhen Sect have no objections?"

Liu Wei waved his hand and said, "It's already been communicated. The other side gave me face and said that this is the most basic thing. They use it to pass on to their lay disciples. Lay disciples can pass it on to their sons or disciples. It doesn't involve sectarian differences. It's commonplace in the Quanzhen lineage."

Jiang Zhen took the manual; the three characters "Neidan Gong" written on it in flowing, elegant strokes exuded the profound and prestigious aura of a renowned family.

Jiang Zhen's deepest impression of the Quanzhen School was Guo Jing from The Legend of the Condor Heroes in his previous life. Guo Jing had mastered everything from the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms to the Nine Yin Manual, but he could still improve on the ubiquitous Quanzhen Great Dao Song, as if it had no end.

Jiang Zhen was thrilled to finally have a real cultivation technique that combined physical and mental well-being.

Moreover, it is the most suitable cultivation method for him to temper his life force. His offensive techniques are completely sufficient with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. The higher his life force, the greater the power that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit can be used.

At this point, Jiang Zhen couldn't understand why, when he read fanfiction about Under One Person, the protagonists, who clearly possessed incredible cheat abilities, didn't use them to develop them, but instead coveted things like thunder magic, reversal of life, and the Eight Extraordinary Techniques.

If he doesn't have any cheats, he won't complain. But if he does have cheats, his own cheats are the most important. The others are just extras. If he has them, he can practice them. If he doesn't, he can just ignore them. If he really wants them, they are secondary skills. In the end, he ends up not using them much because he has cheats. It's as if he doesn't have them at all.

Coming to his senses, Jiang Zhen bowed to each of them.

"Thank you, Manager Liu. Thank you, Fifth Master."