Chapter 31: The Great Sage Fist condenses blood and Qi, increasing one's battle prowess by tenfold!

"Oh?"

Fang Tailai's gaze darkened as he asked, "How's the investigation on Jiang He's condition?"

"Master."

"Your disciple pretended to be a patient's family member and entered Anning Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center. Through the patients, nurses, and Jiang He's attending physician, I managed to learn much about him."

Xiang Rongshan recounted everything that had happened to him.

Jumping off a building.

Coma.

Amnesia.

"According to Jiang He's attending physician, Jiang He's condition worsened after he woke up from his coma."

"Not only did he lose his memories, but he also developed serious violent tendencies. In the last half a month, he had beaten up the patients in the neighboring ward and flipped the director's mahjong table … by the way, he even stole a cleaver from the canteen and forced his attending physician to prescribe him medicine."

At this point, Xiang Rongshan paused and said doubtfully, "But I didn't find any signs of him refining his body … I've seen the video of his fight with Sixth Junior Brother. His physical strength should have reached about 15,000 kilograms. After taking some kind of pill, he could even defeat Sixth Junior Brother. It's very difficult to achieve such a physical body without a long period of cruel training!"

Fang Tailai said, "Li Wei the Poison Master is known as a master of both medicine and poison. Everything makes sense if he helped Jiang He with some unknown method."

"Moreover, the Earthly Yin Heavenly General of the Holy Faith found out that Zhang Heng the Blazing Sword had bought a Black Fire Spirit Root a few days ago. It is the root of the Black Fire Spirit Fruit, a floral spirit, and eating it improves a person's physique and strengthens their muscles and bones, increasing their strength by ten thousand catties … it makes sense for Jiang He to have such a physique."

"The Heavenly Generals of the Holy Faith are also aware of what happened at Anning Psychiatric Hospital yesterday."

"They are more curious about how Jiang He got rid of the evil poison."

"The evil poison was developed from a prescription the Holy Faith's Saint brought from the world behind Heaven's Gate. It greatly damages the body's meridians, Qi, and spirit, and while it only works on those below grandmaster tier, those afflicted with the evil poison would definitely be crippled and their spirit would be left in chaos."

"Jiang He's physique refinement means that his spirit has stabilized!"

"Well…"

"But his attending physician said that his condition worsened," Xiang Rongshan said.

"Maybe it's just an act?"

Fang Tailai then said, "The Sentinel Generals of the Holy Faith are very interested in Jiang He … try to capture him alive if possible, or eliminate him as soon as possible if not … if he recovers his memories, the Rumbling Thunder Dojo would be exposed, and neither you nor I would be able to escape death then!"

It was a matter of life and death.

Of course, Xiang Rongshan would not dare to be careless, and said, "Alright, master. Rest well and leave this to me. I'll arrange for someone to enter Anning Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center tomorrow morning and keep an eye on Jiang He twenty-four hours a day, looking for an opportunity."

…

Regarding the plan of the Thunder Rushing Martial Arts School.

Jiang He, who was enjoying supper at the night market, was unaware of that.

Ten skewers of barbecue meat.

Two large kidneys.

Two chicken wings.

A plate of roasted leeks, a baked biscuit, and two bottles of beer.

"Ding!"

"Reasonable diet. Strength + 10kg."

He ate and drank to his heart's content.

Jiang He rose to his feet and went to the next table, saying, "Thanks, brother."

The man who had treated Jiang He to supper promptly rose to his feet, bowing and nodding. "You're too kind."

He was afraid that Jiang He was not eating well.

He wanted to give himself another beating.

"Why are you so afraid of me?"

Jiang He picked up a toothpick from the table and picked his teeth, saying, "Actually, I'm not crazy, and I don't beat people up for no reason … by the way, your girlfriend is quite nice."

He then turned and went to the owner of the barbeque stall.

Jiang He then asked, "Boss, you mentioned last time that our hospital released a mental patient again. Why did you say 'again'?"

The owner shuddered in fright and quickly apologized, "Mister Jiang, I didn't mean to say that you're a mental patient … it's just that there were always three old men who came to my place and put me on credit for four thousand bucks. I only learned later that they were mental patients."

Jiang He was dumbstruck.

After a moment of silence, he said, "They're my third, fourth, and fifth brothers … how about this? Put it on my tab, and I'll pay you back when I get my salary."

The owner thought to himself …Sir, please don't come here so often in the future.

As for his salary?

Where would a mental patient get his salary?

Even so, he only dared to think those words inwardly. On the surface, he appeared respectful and thanked Jiang He several times.

Seeing that Jiang He was staring at the teppanyaki squid he was cooking, he packed another portion for Jiang He, saying, "This is for you, Mister Jiang. Please come often!"

This was just a polite remark.

Jiang He took the teppanyaki squid and chuckled. "Don't worry, I'll only eat at your place for supper from now on. Let's go, boss!"

"???"

The barbecue stall owner was dumbfounded.

…

Back in the ward.

Jiang He turned on his computer at once and logged onto the martial artist forums.

Just as he entered the forum.

A message popped up.

"Dear user, your ID is suspected of violating the rules and has been forcibly modified …"

"???"

Jiang He clicked on his personal page.

Sure enough, the nickname [OldWangFromNextDoor Loves Injections] had turned into a string of numbers.

"F * ck!"

"How does this nickname violate the rules?"

Old Wang next door loves injections …Old Wang, who lives in the ward next to mine, used to be a doctor. He likes injections to treat illnesses. Is that wrong?

Jiang He wanted to call customer service to complain, but was stunned that he could not find the customer service number … it was fortunate that his ID was forcefully changed to a numerical one, and he had a chance to change it again.

After some thought, Jiang He typed 'martial arts newbie'.

Yes.

Returning to the forum, he clicked on the backend messages. There were eight unread messages.

The first was a mix of text and characters, with emojis of shyness, shivering, and drooling.

Jiang He tried to read it. "Mom and Dad aren't home … alone tonight … lonely?"

What the hell!

He clicked on the report button.

Then, Jiang He read the other messages.

One of them was very professional.

The ID of the person who replied was "Iron Bull". He replied, "Hello OP, I myself am also a Body Refining Martial Artist. I have countless secret manuals that can increase the strength of a Body Refining Martial Artist. But if there is a secret manual that can increase the strength of a Body Refining Martial Artist, it would definitely be the [Great Sage Fist] created by Grandmaster Xia Houwu."

Great …

Great Sage Fist?

What an awkward name!

Jiang He continued browsing even as the thought crossed his mind.

As for the name 'Xiahou Wu', Jiang He had heard Zhang San and the others mention that they called him a martial arts legend.

Jiang He checked on the martial artist forums and could not help exclaiming in awe, "Xiahou Wu is definitely a martial arts legend!"

Xia Houwu was born with divine strength. After the World Qi Revival, his strength was further stimulated. Even if he did not cultivate, he could still easily lift several thousand kilograms of heavy objects. Later, he became a disciple of a famous teacher and cultivated. In a mere six years, he reached the Master Realm.

And yet, during a Feral Tide siege, Xiahou Wu was besieged by several high-ranked Ferals and maimed, his Sea of Qi shattered and he became a cripple!

However, he did not succumb.

Instead, he embarked on the path of physique refinement.

Even so, there was no path forward for physique refinement back then, and reaching rank-six pinnacle was the limit.

But Xia Houwu, relying on his own hard work, had forcefully broken through this limit. He had walked on a path that was different from the others. Nine years ago, he had relied on the path of refining his body to reach the realm of the Great Grandmaster!

The Qi and Blood Condensation technique he had created could be said to be a blessing for "body-refining" martial artists.

It allowed them to see the hope of becoming grandmasters.

As for the 'Great Saint Fist', it was created by Xiahou Wu, and it contained the method of condensing blood and qi.

This fist technique had a total of nine levels. Once the first level was mastered, one would be able to release an additional hidden force that would combine with one's own strength to unleash two times the strength.

At the second level, he could release two more hidden forces, which could be combined with his own strength, allowing him to unleash three times his strength.

And so on.

Once he reached the ninth stage, he would be able to unleash ten times his combat power!

"Ten times my combat power …"

Jiang He's eyes twinkled at the sight. "If I successfully cultivate the Great Sage Fist, wouldn't I be able to unleash a force of 170,000 catties with a single punch, enough to defeat most rank-six martial artists?"

Sending a private message to Iron Bull, Jiang He asked, "Brother Iron Bull, may I ask … where can I learn the Great Sage Fist?"

After about ten minutes, Iron Bull replied with five words.

Martial Arts Department (MAD).

Jiang He impatiently logged into the Martial Arts Department (MAD)'s official shop and found the Great Sage Fist among the cultivation manuals.

"Great Sage Fist, selling price … 50 billion?"

Jiang He was dumbstruck.

What the f * ck …

Are you kidding me?

(End of Chapter)