From the Iron Shirt Technique to physical sanctification

To celebrate Niu Mancang's transformation into a martial artist with copper skin and iron bones, Zhang Yu gathered everyone together for dinner that night.

Wen Hua has also returned. For the past two months, he has devoted himself to the Black Tiger Gang, constantly reorganizing it. He truly lives up to his reputation as the gang's "Holy Body." In just two months, he has won over the Black Tiger Gang's underlings, who willingly acknowledge him as their leader, including Li Mazi.

He was incredibly loyal and truly treated the lower-ranking members of the gang as brothers. With Zhang Yu's consent, he began to popularize the Black Tiger Fist and the Thirteen Blades of the Gale in the Black Tiger Gang, which won the strong support of the lowest-ranking members.

Now Wen Hua commands great influence within the Black Tiger Gang, and the gang's membership has grown to over a hundred.

We started purchasing medicinal herbs again two weeks ago, but the results have not been ideal.

Of the original 20% share of medicinal herbs held by the Black Tiger Gang, 15% was taken by the Ghost Alliance and the Big Knife Gang, while the remaining 0.5% was taken by the Green Snake Gang and the Iron Fist Gang.

These past few days, Wen Hua has been battling the Green Snake Gang and the Iron Fist Gang, trying to snatch back this half-portion.

During the meal, Wen Hua envied Niu Mancang, but he knew he had his own mission and he genuinely enjoyed running the Black Tiger Gang.

After several rounds of drinks and five courses of food,

Slightly drunk, Wen Hua clasped his hands in a fist salute to Niu Mancang: "Senior Brother, let's have a spar. Let your junior brother experience what it means to have copper skin and golden bones. I also practice Iron Shirt, but I've never been able to get past the copper skin level."

Wen Huaqing broke through the barrier in his Qingfeng stance training and developed Ming Jin (manifested strength), but he had not yet reached the barrier in his concurrent Iron Shirt training and was stuck at this step.

Niu Mancang looked at Zhang Yu with a questioning gaze. Zhang Yu nodded slightly.

The group arrived at the courtyard.

Niu Mancang assumed a horse stance and said, "Junior brother, go ahead and make your move."

"Senior Brother, take this!" Wen Hua didn't waste any words and struck Niu Mancang in the chest with a Qingfeng Palm.

boom!

Niu Mancang's body remained completely still.

bang bang bang...

Wen Hua struck six more times in succession. His movements were graceful and his angles were tricky. His palm strikes were extremely fast, and he had already grasped three-tenths of the true essence of the Qingfeng Palm. Unfortunately, against Niu Mancang's copper skin and golden bones, it was like tickling him, and he couldn't shake him at all.

"Let's stop fighting. Senior Brother's hard skills are so formidable that even a martial artist at the Transformation Realm wouldn't be able to easily shake them," Wen Hua said admiringly.

"Master, recently our gang has been fighting with the Green Snake and Iron Fist gangs. Li Mazi and I have each fought several matches against the other side's martial artists, with wins and losses on both sides. We haven't been able to reach an agreement yet. Could you ask our senior brother to step in and intimidate the other side?" Wen Hua looked at Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu nodded: "Okay, Mancang, you'll go with Wen Hua tomorrow and follow his arrangements."

"Yes, Master!" Niu Mancang hurriedly bowed and replied.

"Thank you, Master!" Wen Hua said happily.

"Don't put all your energy into the Black Tiger Gang. You can't slack off on your cultivation," Zhang Yu advised Wen Hua.

"Yes, Master!"

……

The next morning, Wen Hua and Niu Mancang went to the Black Tiger Gang first, and then called Li Mazi and others. The group then went to the Iron Fist Gang in a grand procession.

Shi Lie, the leader of the Iron Fist Gang, is a half-step Dark Force cultivator. A year ago, he attempted to break through to Dark Force but failed completely. However, he was not injured and can be considered to have broken through half of the barrier. His strength is much stronger than that of the peak of Ming Force.

Three days ago, he broke Li Mazi's right arm.

The Iron Fist Gang and the Green Snake Gang are both small gangs. It's only because Shi Lie has reached the half-step Dark Force realm that he doesn't take Wen Hua seriously.

"Shi Lie, you old bastard, come out and face your death!" Li Mazi cursed loudly in front of the Iron Fist Gang's gate.

Three days ago, Shi Lie broke his arm, severely humiliating him, and he was holding his breath.

A moment later, Shi Lie walked out of the Iron Fist Gang and saw that it was Li Mazi. He angrily said, "Li Mazi, you're asking for death! Three days ago, I spared your life because of Chief Wen. You still dare to come here to die today?"

Li Mazi wanted to curse again, but Wen Hua stopped him.

Wen Hua stepped forward, looked at Shi Lie, clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Chief Shi, I only have one question for you today: are you going to return the half-portion of medicinal herbs?"

"The share of medicinal herbs was fought for by our brothers with their lives. It's unreasonable for Chief Wen to take it back with just a word." Shi Lie's attitude remained very firm.

"That means you're not going to pay it back." Wen Hua's eyes flashed coldly.

He had been arguing with Shi Lie for a while and had long lost his patience. If he weren't outmatched, he would have secretly killed him long ago.

Seeing the cold glint in Wen Hua's eyes, Shi Lie said contemptuously, "Chief Wen, I know you have the Sima family behind you and are Zhang Yu's top disciple, but our Iron Fist Gang and Green Snake Gang also have powerful backers. There are rules about the allocation of medicinal herbs in Cangmang City, and you can't afford to offend the person who made those rules."

"Don't even mention you can't afford to offend him, your master Zhang Yu can't afford to offend him either. I advise you to take your men and get lost. If I lose my patience, I'll break all your legs." Shi Lie said arrogantly.

"You dare mention my master? Die!" Niu Mancang, who was standing to the side, was furious when he heard Shi Lie's words of belittling his master Zhang Yu, and immediately attacked.

He didn't use any special moves; he simply stepped forward and slapped Shi Lie's head with his large hand.

Shi Lie had noticed Niu Mancang long ago; his iron-like body exuded a powerful sense of oppression, making him hard to ignore.

So when Niu Mancang moved, he moved too. He didn't dodge or retreat, but stepped forward into a bow stance, gathering all his strength in his right fist and punching it out at his chest.

After making the move, Shi Lie revealed a confident smile.

He hit in a straight line, while Niu Mancang's arm moved in an arc from top to bottom, and he was also faster than his opponent.

Shi Lie was confident that his punch would hit Niu Mancang in the chest first, and he was very confident in the power of his punch.

boom!

Just as he had predicted, his fist struck Niu Mancang in the chest first, but the expected vomiting of blood and flying backward did not occur.

Niu Mancang remained completely still.

"How is this possible?" Shi Lie's confident expression turned into astonishment. He was a half-step Dark Force expert, and he had used all his strength in this punch. It would be easy for him to split rocks and shatter stone, but why did it not have any effect on the other party?

Unfortunately, he would never know the answer in his lifetime, because Niu Mancang then slapped him on the head.

puff!

Shi Lie's head shattered like a watermelon, with red and white blood splattered all over the ground.

"Senior brother, spare him..." Before Wen Hua could finish the last word of love, he saw Shi Lie being killed with a single palm strike.

Without hesitation, he decisively ordered the massacre of the gang: "Kill!"

With Niu Mancang's help that day, Wen Hua went all out and led his men to slaughter the Iron Fist Gang and the Green Snake Gang.

The moment Niu Mancang killed Shi Lie, he offended the rule-makers. Since he had already offended them, Wen Hua did not hesitate and went straight to the end, wiping out the Iron Fist Gang and the Green Snake Gang as quickly as possible.

That afternoon, cartloads of gold, silver, medicinal herbs, and grain were transported to Zhang Yu's residence. These were the wealth accumulated by the Green Snake Gang and the Iron Fist Gang over more than a decade.

Last time, Zhang Yu secretly killed Li Xiong but did not obtain the Black Tiger Gang's wealth. This time, Wen Hua caught the Green Snake Gang and the Iron Fist Gang off guard, and most of the two gangs' wealth fell into his hands.