I'm a body cultivator, so it's normal for me to destroy a star with one punch, right?

"Fuck!"

"Is that little bald monk Xu Rulai trying to scam me?"

Jiang He's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly realized... Could it be that he had really "accidentally" injured Xu Ru?
Can……

I didn't use much force, did I?
He stepped out of the hall in a few strides and saw that a hundred meters away, the woman in red was half-embracing Xu Rulai. Xu Rulai's chest was sunken, and blood was gushing out of his mouth, staining his bright yellow monk's robe red.

Jiang He was a little embarrassed, awkwardly scratching the back of his head, and said, "Sorry, sorry... I was just saying hello, I didn't expect Old Xu to be so weak... Is he exhausted and has kidney deficiency?"

"........."

Xu Rulai coughed up a mouthful of blood, struggled to take out a elixir and swallow it, then circulated his vital energy. Golden Buddhist light flashed around his body a few times before he stabilized his injuries.

He was helped up by the woman in red and looked at Jiang He speechlessly.

You're the one who's been completely drained!

You're the one with kidney deficiency!

He swallowed several elixirs in one go.

The depression in his chest visibly healed before he re-entered the hall. He first congratulated Jiang He on his "physical ascension to sainthood" before taking his seat.

Jiang He had just introduced Ji Wufa and Xu Rulai to each other and was about to eat when Huang Louzhu rushed over again. This time, his expression was a bit strange. He said, "Second Master, Mr. Jiang... four more half-saints have arrived outside and specifically requested to visit Mr. Jiang."

"Four demigods?"

Jiang He was taken aback. Did I really have that many friends in Yuzhou?
Xu Rulai, standing to the side, said, "It must be those four old foxes from Qingqiu Mountain... They actually dared to follow us?"

Huang Louzhu said, "That's right, they are indeed elders of the Qingqiu Fox Clan."

"Oh?"

Ji Wufa's expression shifted slightly, and he asked in surprise, "Didn't the Qingqiu lineage close their mountain retreat? Have they emerged from the world?"

talking.

Looking at Jiang He, he asked, "Mr. Jiang, do you know the Qingqiu lineage?"

Jiang He shook his head at first, but then he thought of something and nodded, saying, "I wouldn't say we know each other, but we are indeed somewhat related... Master Huang, please take him to the waiting room. I'll go there after I finish my meal."

Master Huang withdrew.

The dinner table.

Jiang He then started chatting with Xu Rulai.

"After parting ways at the Eastern Region Holy King's Mansion, my sister and I went to Liangzhou. With my sister's help and a few fortuitous encounters, I quickly cultivated to the Fish-Dragon Realm."

Xu Rulai said with a wry smile, "I thought my cultivation speed was already quite impressive, but I didn't expect that compared with Brother Jiang, it's nothing at all."

Jiang He comforted him, "Brother Xu, please don't be like this... If I remember correctly, you're only in your early twenties, right?"

"On the Quasi-Saint Rankings of various regions and states, those martial artists who only reach the Fish-Dragon Realm after a hundred years can be listed and are hailed as geniuses... With Brother Xu's talent, wouldn't it be easy for him to take the top spot?"

Xu Rulai said, "My achievements are nothing. Not to mention that I am nothing compared to Brother Jiang... Just the cultivation of Duanmu Feng, Li Wanqing, Wei Changhai, and Gulisu Ruhe Maimaiti is no worse than mine... Not to mention the older generation of experts in our Great Xia."

Jiang He: "Those old Dengs are getting old, the future belongs to us young people... Cheers!"

The two clinked glasses and drank the wine in their glasses in one gulp.

Ji, who was standing to the side, couldn't hear anything, and her eyebrows twitched wildly!

In his early twenties, at the peak of the Fish-Dragon Realm?

Moreover, there are actually quite a few geniuses like him on the ancestral star.
Is this some kind of joke?

After several rounds of drinks, Xu Rulai finally revealed the purpose of his visit, saying, "I came to Yuzhou specifically to find you because I have something I'd like to ask for your help with... I discovered the ruins of a Buddhist temple in Liangzhou. Beneath these ruins lies a grotto-heaven containing our Buddhist treasures, but the grotto-heaven is sealed by an array of restrictions, preventing me from entering."

"Buddhist ruins?"

Jiang He became interested. He glanced at the woman in red beside Xu Rulai and said, "What kind of formation or restriction is so powerful that even your mistress... sister can't break it?"

The woman in red glared at Jiang He.

Then he said, "I am not good at the art of formations."

Jiang He: "I'm not good at it either."

The woman in red said, “I have tried. That formation can be broken by brute force... but my cultivation is too low. I have only just recovered to the early stage of the Saint Realm and cannot shake that formation. I have seen Mr. Jiang’s battle with the Great Black Heavenly Demon King and the Great Sun Saint. Your combat power is close to that of a Great Saint. You should be able to break that formation.”

Jiang He really didn't want to do something that wouldn't bring him any benefit, so he said, "Brother Xu, it's not that I don't want to help you... After all, it's the site of your Buddhist sect. If I were to smash it open with one punch, wouldn't those bald monks from the Buddhist sect come after me later?"

Seeing that Xu Rulai's expression was a bit strange, Jiang He quickly said, "Sorry, I didn't mean you when I said bald monk."

Hey!
Xu Rulai's face darkened even more.

He gritted his teeth and said, "To be honest... I don't want to ask my Buddhist predecessors for help with this matter. If they were to intervene, how could I possibly get the treasures inside that Buddhist ruin?"

Seeing that Jiang He remained unmoved, Xu Rulai had no choice but to resort to his trump card, saying, "Besides that precious treasure, there must be many other treasures hidden in the cave within that Buddhist ruin. I can't ask you to help for nothing; you can take one-third of the treasures in the vault."

"Why are you so embarrassed?"

"This is what you deserve!"

"Ah... Brother Xu, even if I don't take a single penny, how could I not help you?"

Xu Rulai's face lit up with joy, and he asked, "When shall we set off?"

Jiang He stood up and said, "Let's go now. I've been in seclusion for seven days, and I'm so bored I'm practically growing mold."

Xu Rulai: "Those four from the Qingqiu Fox Clan... you don't plan to see them anymore?"

"Oh yes!"

Jiang He: "I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it... Come on, let's go see the four elders of the Qingqiu Fox Clan first."

…………

at the same time.

Inside the waiting room of the Wanbaolou branch building in Yuzhou.

The four elders of the Qingqiu Fox Clan drank tea and ate snacks, while Huang Louzhu personally accompanied them.
After all, he is an elder of Qingqiu Mountain.

We should still give them this much face.

The Sixth Elder chatted and laughed with the Yellow Pavilion Master, inquiring about the current situation in the Kunlun Realm. He said, "I heard that the alien races in Jizhou and Yanzhou have been driven out? And it was done by a powerful expert from my Kunlun Realm who has achieved physical sainthood?"

"Now, Wanbaolou's branches all over the country are playing videos of that powerful figure's battle. Could it be that you know that powerful figure?"

Huang Louzhu's eyes flickered slightly.

These four...

They came for Mr. Jiang, but they didn't know that Mr. Jiang was the powerful person who "achieved sainthood in the physical body"?
So he didn't explain the relationship, but smiled and said, "We at Wanbaolou are in business, and we do have some business dealings with that powerful person."

The Sixth Elder then subtly inquired about "Jiang He." Master Huang laughed, "Please don't be impatient, everyone, Mr. Jiang will be here soon... Oh, Mr. Jiang is here!"

While talking.

Footsteps could be heard outside.

The four elders of Qingqiu Mountain looked up at the door and saw a handsome young man in black armor striding in, followed by the little monk and the woman in red.

As for Ji Wufa...

Ji Wufa did not show up.

The four Qingqiu fox clan elders with unclear intentions were not someone he needed to personally receive... The key point is that these four weren't here to do business!
Let's talk about rivers again.

With his mind preoccupied with Xu Rulai's "Buddhist ruins treasure," and knowing that these four Qingqiu elders were most likely here to cause him trouble, he pulled up a chair, sat down with an air of superiority, and asked, "Are you looking for me?"

The four Qingqiu elders looked over at the same time, and the thirteenth elder spoke up: "So you are Jiang He?"

As he spoke, his gaze kept lingering on Jiang He.

The other three Qingqiu elders did the same, carefully examining the river and even releasing their spiritual power to sense it!
Jiang He nodded, his face expressionless, and said, "It's me!"

He secretly sneered to himself.

Do a few mere semi-saints think they can fathom the depths of Lao Tzu's wisdom?
With Jiang He's current cultivation level, he concealed his aura. Not to mention a half-saint, even a saint would not be able to tell his cultivation level... After all, he was a body cultivator, and he only needed to conceal his blood and qi. Unless someone's cultivation level far exceeded his, they would not be able to sense his power at all.

However, he did not completely conceal his aura.

Instead, he controls his Qi and blood strength at around the "Body Refining Star Realm," with his physical body's basic strength being about 10 Dragon Force.

The four Qingqiu elders sensed the situation quickly and understood what was going on.

They exchanged glances and whispered among themselves before the thirteenth elder spoke up: "Mr. Jiang and Wanbaolou...?"

Jiang He said, "I have some things that I sell at Wanbaolou. I guess you could say we're business partners."

Forehead!
The thirteenth elder was taken aback.

They had traveled to many places in the Central Region in the past few days and had a good understanding of the current situation in the Nine Provinces of the Central Region. Naturally, they knew the background of "Wanbaolou"... In the thousand years that the alien races "controlled" the Kunlun Realm, Wanbaolou was able to rise up and spread its business throughout the Central Region, opening a total of seventy-two branches. Its background and wealth were absolutely unimaginable!
This kind of accumulation certainly can't compare to the ancient heritage of Qingqiu Mountain...

But this also represents development potential!

Especially the two brothers from the "Ji family" at the Wanbaolou headquarters, they are both sword saints... and each branch of Wanbaolou has a half-saint in charge!

On the surface alone, their strength is greater than that of Qingqiu Mountain!
Not to mention, with such strength, there must be a master hidden in the shadows!

If Wanbaolou puts out Saint Source Energy for auction... wouldn't they keep some of it to cultivate their own core followers?
Therefore, the four elders of the Qingqiu Fox Clan were still quite wary of Wanbaolou... They saw Jiang He in the inner courtyard of Wanbaolou and were afraid that Jiang He had a connection with Wanbaolou.

But when he heard that it was a "business partner," he breathed a sigh of relief while secretly scoffing.

A business like Wanbaolou that opens its doors to the public...

Do you think everyone you trade with is a "business partner"?

However, since this was Wanbaolou, the elders couldn't be too forward. The thirteenth elder then said, "Mr. Jiang, could we speak in private for a moment?"

Jiang He said, "You can say whatever you want here... Master Huang is one of us, so there's no need to be on guard. Besides, I'm very busy, I don't have time to waste on your nonsense."

Huang Louzhu was somewhat flattered!
Mr. Jiang...

They actually think I'm one of their own?
The thirteenth elder frowned and said unhappily, "Jiang He, don't be so rude... We are the elders of Qingqiu, each of us is at the half-saint realm. How dare you, with your mere Body Refining Star Realm cultivation, speak so disrespectfully to us?"

Jiang He raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "Saying I don't have time to chat with you guys is already being disrespectful... If I were to insult your mother, wouldn't you kill me?"

"what?"

The thirteenth elder flew into a rage, slammed his hand on the table, stood up abruptly, pointed at Jiang He, his hands trembling with anger: "You...you...you little brat, how dare you be so arrogant?"

"Old Thirteen!"

The Sixth Elder spoke up, stopping the Thirteenth Elder.

He looked at Jiang He and asked, "Jiang He, do you have a fox clan concubine?"

Jiang He nodded and said, "Yes."

The Sixth Elder then asked, "Do you know that she is a direct descendant of my Qingqiu clan?"

"Direct descendants of Qingqiu?"

Jiang He chuckled and said, "The little demon was born in the Eastern Region. Her parents were both ordinary white foxes. She herself only gained sentience by chance and embarked on the path of cultivation... What, is the Eastern Region also your territory of Qingqiu Mountain?"

"Are fox demons born from ordinary white foxes also disciples of Qingqiu?"

The Sixth Elder said, “The fox clan of Kunlun Realm all have the bloodline of Qingqiu… Although her parents are ordinary foxes, their ancestors may have come from Qingqiu. The fact that she was able to give birth to four tails is because I requested that she be a direct descendant.”

"When I first met her, she only had three tails and was at the Celestial Realm level."

Jiang He continued, "At that time, she was captured by an evil martial artist and was being sold on the black market... Since she was a direct descendant of your Qingqiu clan, why didn't you do anything about it then?"

"Be bold!"

The thirteenth elder slammed his fist on the table again and roared, "Who dares to be so bold as to capture my Qingqiu disciples and sell them... It seems that after a thousand years of closure, the world has forgotten the methods of Qingqiu!"

Jiang He said, "The little demon has already followed me, but I respect her choice. I won't stop her from going back to Qingqiu Mountain."

The thirteenth elder glared and said, "Do you know what it means that she was born with four tails when she was in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm... She will definitely be able to cultivate into a Great Saint in the future, and may even be able to challenge the Great Emperor Realm, achieving the accomplishments of our clan's ancestors. But you stole her primordial yin. Do you know your crime?"

Jiang He glared back and said coldly, "Old man, I advise you to speak properly... Considering that your Qingqiu Mountain contributed greatly to protecting the Kunlun Realm back then, I will spare you this time. If you dare to glare at me again, I will twist your head off!"

This time, the other three elders couldn't stand it anymore!
The Seventh Elder suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice, "You young human, how arrogant you are! You really don't know what's good for you... Ah!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Jiang He, who was sitting in the chair, disappeared.

next moment.

Jiang He returned to his chair.

He now holds a head in his hand.

Blood gushed from under his head, and his mouth gaped open. After a long while, he finally said, "No... Seventh Elder said you were courting death. Why did you take my head?"

This head belongs to the Thirteenth Elder.

He was, after all, a demigod.

Even if your body is blown up, it can reassemble itself; simply removing your head is nothing.

Jiang He casually tossed his head to Huang Louzhu and said, "I'd like to trouble you, Huang Louzhu, to find someone to refine the holy blood within it."

Immediately.

Looking at the four elders of the Qingqiu Fox Clan, his powerful blood energy erupted, the Law of Power was activated, and a fierce aura emanated from him. He coldly said, "Before you came to me to question me, didn't you at least try to find out who I am?"

"Four mere half-saints dare to yell at me... Go back! If you have anything to say, have your clan's experts come and talk to me!" (End of Chapter)